"Enough!" the clan chief interrupted him sharply. "Are your father's words and your third uncle's eyewitness accounts all false? We all saw your attitude just now! Zhao Dazhu, the facts are undeniable, how dare you try to deny it?!"
"Look, look! This is the good son and grandson our Zhao family has raised! Disobedient and unfilial, full of lies, and unrepentant! How did you raise such a beast?"
The village chief shook his head repeatedly. Zhao Dayong used to be a bad person, but the children he taught learned it all perfectly. He asked Zhao Dayong if he regretted it.
"I was wrong, Uncle. It was all my fault before. Now what do you suggest we do? Can Dazhu be brought back to his former self?"
The clan leader remained silent. "What's the point of talking about this at this age? Sanzhuzi was so young, and he still didn't change back."
"Speak, why did you call us here? What are your thoughts on this? How do you plan to handle it?"
Since things have come to this point, there's no point in saying anything; let's just handle things properly.
"Chieftain, I want to divide the property. You may not know, but I am in poor health. The doctor said I am very ill and probably don't have many years left to live."
After I left, my wife was no match for Dazhu. She's probably getting old and not very clear-headed these days. I think I should sort things out now to avoid future trouble.
Also, Dazhuzi is no longer suitable to live with us. Since we've separated our households, he shouldn't continue to associate with us. Let him go back to the old house.”
"Father, are you really so heartless?"
Zhao Dashu laughed so hard, "You even dared to hit him, does he think he'd just wait to be beaten to death if he didn't kick you out? Do you think everyone else is stupid?"
Second sister-in-law has been shrewd her whole life, how could she be so confused now? But she can't bear to scold her own son, nor can she bear to give up on him.
A doting mother often spoils her child, and the second sister-in-law deserves much of the blame for how the child turned out this way.
"We've already given you what we were supposed to give you. You know how your mother and I have treated you all these years. It's not that we've wronged you, but we really don't want to continue supporting you anymore. It's not worth it."
As she spoke, she slowly looked up at her eldest son and said, "You know I'm not in good health, right? But have you ever cared about me or asked how I am?"
All you want is for me to leave everything to you, for your mother and I to help you with chores while we're still able, and for us to end our own lives as soon as we can't anymore, so as not to be a burden to you, right?
Dazhu, I know your thoughts very well, and that's why I'm so disappointed.
I'm not afraid of you scheming against us. I will give you what is rightfully yours. I know you're having a hard time, and it's not that I don't care about you. But you are so heartless, and it really breaks my heart.
We've always thought of you, but you treat us like fools. Dazhuzi, you're too calculating and too inhuman.
Don't think your father is being unfair to you; think about what you've done yourself.
Zhao Dayong was now perfectly lucid, and every word he spoke was firm and resolute.
If his son can understand, and if he is still willing to change, it's not too late. He will get the new house he wants, as long as he's alive, it's not too late.
It all depends on what the eldest son chooses.
"Yes, I was unfilial, I hit him! But so what? Ask yourselves, have you ever treated me like a son? From childhood to adulthood, all you've ever thought about is Sanzhuzi."
If I don't fight and compete, I won't have anything. I might even end up being a scapegoat for Sanzhuzi, working like a beast of burden for him for the rest of my life.
I know what you're planning. You just want Erzhuzi and me to be like Uncle San, working hard and supporting Sanzhuzi for the rest of our lives.
I'm not Uncle Three. He's stupid, but I'm not. You've all miscalculated. I just want to live for myself and want to gain more benefits for myself. Is that wrong?
"Dad, I'm just asking you, was I wrong? Weren't you the same? When Grandpa favored Uncle, didn't you and Mom do the same, scheming and plotting every day, trying to save as much as possible for yourselves?"
Zhao Dayong's face turned pale and then red as his son spoke. Yes, he had only outwardly obeyed before; privately, he had only thought about his own family. Was he wrong? No.
"Every man for himself, or the devil take the hindmost." He has several sons and daughters. What's wrong with him thinking of himself? Why can't he?
Even when he was thinking of his own future, he didn't cross the line. He still listened to his father and remained filial to his parents.
Da Zhuzi is different. He doesn't care about being a human being at all. He wants everything for himself and doesn't plan to be filial to himself in the slightest.
"Don't give me this nonsense. Are you only thinking about your own little family now? We separated a long time ago. It's not wrong for you to think about yourself. I've never asked you for anything."
"But Dazhu, you shouldn't have laid a hand on me, or on me."
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