"...You, you, you, how am I not good to them? You're the one who wants a divorce. Didn't you think about these two children when you got a divorce? Don't you see how people laugh at people who get divorced these days?"
Yang Chunhua was ultimately on her son's side. Even if she wanted Guan Lian to come back, she wanted her to serve her obediently as before. What kind of situation was this? The mother and son were just standing there, ready to argue with Guan Lian.
"Anyway, the child is our Chen family's grandson, so he'll definitely stay with us. If you want to come back, we..."
"Smack!"
Guan Lian's anger had been building up ever since she discovered he had taken her youngest son away. It would flare up whenever she saw the mother and son. Their current behavior was all too familiar to her.
He pushed the young man behind him and slapped Chen Wei hard across the face without saying a word.
"You're over 40 and still clinging to your mother for milk? Have you no shame? She's practically half-buried and you still can't wean yourself off milk. You have to listen to her in everything. All these years, I've been supporting two kids on my salary. What use are you?"
Why should someone like you get married? You should stay with your mother and not cause trouble for others!
Chen Wei was stunned by the slap. He and Guan Lian had been married for more than 10 years. She had always had a good temper. Even when they argued about her mother taking her salary, she would never hit him.
That period in Northeast China was already enough to shatter my perception of her; how could she become so ruthless? But I never expected that she would dare to directly attack him now.
"What nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean my son is still drinking milk at this age? Are you crazy! Watch your mouth, or else—"
"Smack!"
When Yang Chunhua saw that Guan Lian dared to slap her precious son, she was so angry that she didn't care about anything else and quickly stepped forward to grab her hand.
But after Guan Lian struggled a few times, she got so angry that she raised her hand and slapped her hard across the face.
The neighbors who had been watching the commotion were stunned into silence by the scene before them, unable to react at all. Ah Lian, who had endured so much humiliation in this house for so many years, had finally snapped and slapped the mother and son!
"Did I say something wrong? Your son is your precious child, and you're willing to take care of his bodily functions at his age without anyone bothering you, but why are you treating my son like this? Did my son just spring out of the ground?"
"You two, mother and son, should stay together and stop causing trouble. Why should my son come back?"
In the past, when I was sick, I couldn't get time off from the factory and was so busy that I just hoped Yang Chunhua could help me take care of the children. If I had a fever again, I didn't expect her to take care of me, I just hoped that I could go to the factory and call her back.
"Mom, feel his forehead. If he has a fever, call me at the gatehouse!"
Before she could finish speaking, she grabbed her bag and rushed out to work, but Yang Chunhua stepped toward the door before her, saying, "How can I have time to look after your child? Besides, the fever has gone down, hasn't it? It'll be fine in a bit. You're making a big fuss over nothing."
Before Guan Lian could answer, she rushed out the door. She had so many things to do every day, so it was definitely up to her, the mother, to take care of the child, since it wasn't her child.
Guan Lian was so helpless and on the verge of tears that she almost cried. It was Xiao Liang who suggested that she stop going to school and stay home to help out.
Over the years, there have been countless similar incidents, and she is unwilling to even lend a hand, as if helping out would be seen as Guan Lian, the mother, taking advantage of the situation.
"Yang Chunhua, you really are something else. The kids at home have been sick these past few days, and you haven't even helped Alian take care of them. You're out playing cards all day."
Finally, a neighbor couldn't stand it anymore and said a few sarcastic remarks to her, but Yang Chunhua didn't feel at all that it was an insult.
"Which mother hasn't gone through this? When Awei was sick, I took care of him by myself while also working to support him. I still managed to get through it. She's just being dramatic!"
Plenty of people can take care of children. In the countryside, women can have five or six children and still work and breastfeed at the same time. This woman only has two children and is still talking about this and that.
It's just that she can't stand seeing her enjoying a life of leisure. Bah! She went through so much to raise Ah Wei, and now all of this is what she deserves.
Guan Lian will never forget her words, "So pretentious!" She was so angry that she was trembling all over. Hadn't she gritted her teeth and desperately raised her two children all these years? They were just like decorations.
She increasingly felt that this kind of life was meaningless, but she couldn't make up her mind to get a divorce. Her parents disagreed, and she was also afraid that her two children would be looked down upon.
Later, Yang Chunhua falsely accused her of having an affair and prevented her from attending night school. Guan Lian's first reaction was not sadness or grief, but relief. She felt this was a breakthrough, and she could finally vent the anger that had been building up for so many years. She wanted a divorce!
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