He couldn't explain, so he could only lower his head and let his mother scold him. He was indeed in the wrong, but he really had no money left.
Old Mrs. Sun cursed with spittle flying everywhere. Zhao Dashu finally had an outlet for his grievances. After cursing, she drank a bowl of water and felt refreshed.
Zhao Dayong waited until his mother stopped talking before looking up. When Old Sun looked up, she was startled to see that her second son's eyes were as red as a rabbit's.
Did you yell too hard just now? Did you make someone cry?
Emma, good heavens, she remembered that her three sons were all incredibly shameless, thicker than city walls, so she didn't hold back at all when she scolded them.
Being too lenient won't work; it won't get your attention.
"Second brother, you..."
"Mom, actually I often think about going to find Dad, and I also want to die. People feel relieved when they die. Living is really too tiring."
I can't control any of my sons. If I tell them to go east, they'll go west. I don't know what sins I committed in my past life to have given birth to such troublesome children. I'm very distressed.
I want them to be good people, I want them to be successful, but none of them are successful. Even Dazhu can't have children anymore.
Mother, what terrible things have I done? Why is God punishing me like this?
Zhao Dayong spoke with great sorrow, tears streaming down his face, "Mother, I really want to end it all. Living is too tiring, I can't take it anymore, I really can't take it anymore."
Li and I worked day and night, but we couldn't save a single penny all year round. If anything happened to our family, even emptying our savings wouldn't be enough.
Mother, do you think I'm just useless, or is the world really that hard? Am I not trying hard enough?
Look at me, look at me! My hair is mostly white, and sometimes I feel like I look older than you. When people in the village see me, they all say, "Dayong, how come you've aged so much in the last two years?" But who knows my difficulties and how much I've suffered!
"Mother, please tell Father to take me away. I beg you, please do something good and let him take me. I've really had enough of living."
Old Mrs. Sun was dumbfounded. She had always been the type to advance when others retreated, but now that her son had suddenly gone mad, she was at a loss.
What should I do?
"Second brother, I know, I know you've had the hardest time among all your brothers, but what can we do? Even if it's tough, we have to live."
"If your sons are really no good, then just leave them be. I don't think any of them will be filial in the future. You should think more about yourself. Listen to me, okay?"
Old Mrs. Sun truly felt that her second son's family was ruined. Dazhuzi not only didn't have a wife, but he also couldn't have children. As for Sanzhuzi, she didn't even mention him; that guy wasn't even considered a person.
“Listen to your mother. You can only rely on Erzhuzi. Be good to them in the future. His wife isn’t stupid. If you continue to favor one over the other, they will definitely abandon you in the future.”
Your father and I used to rely on our eldest son for our old age, so we gave him as much money as possible. Now you need to learn from that. If you can't support all three children, then help them so they can support you in your old age, understand?
Old Mrs. Sun looked closely at her son, her heart aching. She hadn't thought much of it until he said something, but now, looking closely, her second son was indeed incredibly old, barely recognizable as human, almost a generation removed from her third son, the rascal.
Thinking about it, my son's life is really tough. The calluses on his hands are all cracked, and you can even see blood in some of them. His hands are like old tree bark.
Her son is only forty years old this year, so why does he look so old?
If we keep going like this, we might really end up outliving our children.
"Mother, I'm sorry. I know Sanzhuzi has hurt you terribly, and I know I should have paid for all your medicine, but your son is useless, so useless!"
As Zhao Dayong spoke, he pounded his chest. It was heartbreaking to see a man driven to desperation by money.
"Stop him! Stop him!"
The servants sighed; the three brothers, born of the same mother, now had vastly different fates. But who could they blame? They'd heard that the second master had always been very selfish and looked down on the third master, being incredibly snobbish.
After leaving the old lady's courtyard, Zhao Dayong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had truly shown his emotions just now, and he really didn't want to live anymore.
Thinking about himself and his children, he felt that there was no hope for the future, and that death would be a relief.
His back seemed to have hunched over even more. He had the silver his mother had given him in his arms. This time, his mother not only didn't ask for his retirement money, but also gave him an extra three taels of silver.
He clearly benefited from the deal, so why wasn't he happy at all? He really wasn't happy at all.
When will Dad finally take him away? He's had enough of living.
"Old man, what's wrong? Did Mom scold you?"
Seeing her husband looking distraught and with red eyes, Li thought he had been scolded by his mother again, and felt both resentful and heartbroken.
"Go back to your room and lie down for a while. There's not much to do at home today. My second son's wife and I will cook the New Year's Eve dinner."
Zhao Dayong shook his head and pulled Li Shi into the house. "Mother didn't scold me much, and she even gave me some silver." As he spoke, he took out three taels of silver.
"this……"
Li was shocked; she never imagined that her husband could swindle money from his mother-in-law.
"Then why do you look like the sky has fallen?"
"I'm heartbroken, honey. I feel so bad. I feel completely useless. I can't take care of the kids or raise them properly, and I can't even properly take care of my parents. I'm just a good-for-nothing!"
Li's eyes also reddened. "Who said you're useless? Look at how many men in the village are more capable than you and would stay with you for life. I don't feel wronged."
Zhao Dayong's eyes reddened even more. "Wife, we really should harden our hearts and leave them alone from now on. I'm serious."
Li sighed. They always said that, but when could she really put her mind at ease?
"Why would your mother give you money, and so much at that?"
Zhao Dayong didn't want his wife to worry about him, and he didn't want her to know that he had lost control, so as not to make her feel bad.
“I told her about our family situation. The whole village can see how we've been through. She's not blind, so she can see it too.”
In the end, I am her own son. Even if she didn't care about me, she wouldn't really drive me to my death. So when I told her I had no money, she said she didn't need the retirement money this year, and even gave me three taels of silver when she left.
My mother told me to stop worrying about Dazhu and Sanzhu, and to stop upsetting Erzhu's wife. She told me to treat Erzhu well from now on, because they were the only ones I could rely on in the future.
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