Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying had a big quarrel at home. The two quarreled about everything they had done in the past, including getting married, having children, and their children going to school. Huang Ling burst out all the resentment she had accumulated over the years.
Wang Gang only found out about his parents' quarrel later when he received a call from Zhuang Xiaoting.
But he was not surprised at all. Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying had many problems to begin with. Zhuang Chaoying was too foolish and filial, taking her parents' words as an imperial edict. She wanted to be filial, but she suffered for her wife and children.
In the past, when Wang Gang was still at home, Huang Ling had her son to support her, and Zhuang Chaoying didn't dare to make any mistakes.
As Wang just left home to go to school, Zhuang Chaoying felt that she was good enough and could compete for the position of head of the family, so she started making trouble.
After Wang Gang used the school phone number to contact Huang Ling, she still wanted to hide the matter at home.
"Son, everything is fine at home. You go to school well. If you don't have enough money, tell your mother that I will remit some money and go to Shanghai."
Huang Ling is a good mother who reports good things but not bad things.
"Mom, I heard, do Zhendong and Zhenbei still live at home?" Wang Gang asked.
Huang Ling couldn't hide it, so she simply said: "He's still here! Your father refuses to send him back."
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Mom, you haven't asked for leave for a long time! Do you want to come to Shanghai to visit me during the summer vacation and bring Xiaoting with you?"
Huang Ling murmured: "If you go to Shanghai, won't you come back during the summer vacation?"
Wang Gang said: "I asked the professor to help me rent an apartment in Shanghai. Why don't you and Xiaoting come and stay for two days?"
Huang Ling said nervously: "Rent a house, why do you want to rent a house? Don't you live in a dormitory? Is there someone bullying you in the dormitory?"
Wang Gang couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Mom, where are you thinking? No one in school bullies me. I have to write at night! The dormitory environment is too noisy and I can't concentrate, so I rented a small house."
Huang Ling suddenly realized and warned: "Son, you must take care of yourself when you are alone in Shanghai."
Wang Gang suggested again: "Mom, come and stay in Shanghai for two days! Let my father take care of Zhendong and Zhenbei by himself. If he suffers, he will naturally think of you."
Huang Ling hesitated and said, "It's hard to ask for so many days off in the factory. What about Pengfei? Your aunt won't be able to take care of her alone."
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Then bring Pengfei here, and I will take him to visit the university campus and let him feel the learning atmosphere."
Huang Ling thought for a while, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll discuss it with your aunt later."
After hanging up the phone, Huang Ling went home and saw her husband, Zhuang Chaoying, tutoring her two nephews with their homework.
"Huang Ling, have you cooked? Shake your heart and say you are hungry." Zhuang Chaoying raised his head and asked Huang Ling.
"Won't they go home to eat when they are hungry? The ration at home is enough for anyone." Huang Ling said angrily.
"You can't starve your children." Zhuang Chaoying said dissatisfied: "Xiaoting and Pengfei always have to eat."
Huang Ling snorted coldly: "I will take Xiaoting and Pengfei to the cafeteria to eat. You are responsible for moving east and north. I don't have the energy to take care of them."
After that, Huang Ling took her daughter and Xiang Pengfei and left home.
Zhuang Chaoying was angry, but she had no choice but to make some noodles for her two nephews.
But his cooking skills were mediocre, and the noodles he made were bland, which made his two nephews dissatisfied.
"Uncle, the noodles taste so bad. I want to eat the rice cooked by my aunt."
"It would be nice to have some. This is the only noodles left at home." Zhuang Chaoying put down his chopsticks angrily.
After finally dealing with his nephew, Zhuang Chaoying found out the next day that Huang Ling had returned to her parents' home with the child, leaving Zhuang Zhendong and Zhuang Zhenbei to take care of him alone.
Zhuang Chaoying is also quite tough. She just doesn't ask for a wife and takes her two nephews to a restaurant for a few days.
Zhuang Zhendong and Zhuang Zhenbei were quite happy going out to restaurants every day, but after a week, all three of them couldn't stand it anymore.
Zhuang Chaoying couldn't stand it for his wallet, and Zhuang Zhendong and Zhuang Zhenbei couldn't stand it for their noses. Their clothes hadn't been washed for a week, and they already smelled bad.
In the end, Zhuang Chaoying had no choice but to send her nephew back to her brother's house, and then go to her wife's house to ask for help.
But what surprised Zhuang Chaoying was that his wife and daughter were not at her parents' home. Her father-in-law said that she went to Shanghai to see her son.
Zhuang Chaoying realized the seriousness of the problem and called Wang Gang when he got home.
"Mom and sister will stay with me for two days. I'll take Xiaoting and Pengfei to experience the university campus." Wang Gang's attitude towards Zhuang Chaoying was quite good over the phone.
"Where will they stay in Shanghai?" Zhuang Chaoying asked with a numb scalp.
"I'm staying at my classmate's house temporarily." Wang Gang made an excuse and sent Zhuang Chaoying away.
After Zhuang Chaoying returned home dejectedly, looking at the messy house, she felt a little desolate.
At this time, his stomach growled, so he went to the kitchen to find something to eat, and happened to see Song Ying cooking.
"Teacher Zhuang, I heard that Sister Ling took leave to go to Shanghai to see Tunan. Why didn't you go with me? Isn't school on summer vacation?"
Zhuang Chaoying was so proud that she could only explain: "There is something else going on at school."
Song Ying did not expose Zhuang Chaoying, put out the dishes, and then said: "Teacher Zhuang, I have finished using the kitchen, you can use it!"
"Oh, okay, thank you."
After Song Ying left, Zhuang Chaoying looked for food in the kitchen, but found not even a grain of rice after searching for a long time.
Only then did he remember that he had spent his entire month's salary in order to take care of his two nephews.
In the end, she couldn't stand the hunger any more, so Zhuang Chaoying had no choice but to go to Song Ying's house next door to borrow food.
When Lin Wufeng heard that Zhuang Chaoying hadn't eaten, he stayed home to have dinner with him. Song Ying was a little dissatisfied, but she was concerned about her man's face and didn't say anything in the end.
Zhuang Chaoying was not polite, she picked up her chopsticks and ate her food as soon as she sat down, wolfing it down as if she hadn't eaten in days.
Lin Wufeng and Song Ying looked at each other, and then asked: "Teacher Zhuang, did you and Sister Ling quarrel?"
Zhuang Chaoying sighed and said: "You are not outsiders either. Let me tell you the truth. Huang Ling did not agree with my two nephews living here, so she took her daughter back to her parents' home. They went to Shanghai without even telling me."
Song Ying said angrily: "You didn't even say hello to Sister Ling, so you took her home."
Zhuang Chaoying said angrily: "They are my nephews. If Huang Ling can accept Pengfei living at home, why can't she accept Zhendong Zhenbei?"
Song Ying said disdainfully: "Pengfei really needs help, and your sister is good at life, so Sister Ling is willing to help. Your two nephews obviously have their own home, why do they want to live here?"
"We are all one family, why bother so much!" Zhuang Chaoying said in confusion.
Lin Wufeng stopped Song Ying who wanted to continue, and then said to Zhuang Chaoying: "Teacher Zhuang, you have been raising children alone for a few days, how do you feel?"
Zhuang Chaoying said in a low voice: "It's really hard to take care of children. You have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, and you can't relax for a moment. You don't know that my two nephews have tormented me a lot since Huang Ling was away these days."
Lin Wufeng said with a smile: "It is not easy to take care of children, and it is even harder to take care of other people's children. Before, Pengfei and Dongzhe ran away to Shanghai privately, and Sister Ling was more anxious than Song Ying, just because she couldn't bear this responsibility."
Zhuang Chaoying silently put down the bowls and chopsticks.
Song Ying said: "Teacher Zhuang, to put it bluntly, you are too selfish. You have to fulfill your filial piety. It's hard for you to reject your brother, but let Sister Ling take the responsibility. If it were you, I would go back to my parents' home!"
Zhuang Chaoying raised his eyelids, unable to find the words to refute for a moment.
"It's not like before. Tunan has grown up and doesn't need to worry about Sister Ling. She's really driving her into a panic. I'm leaving you alone with Xiaoting. Teacher Zhuang, what should you do?" Lin Wufeng poured a glass for Zhuang Chaoying.
liquor.
"We have been neighbors for so many years, and we all know in our hearts that the backbone of your family is Sister Ling. Without her, the family will surely fall apart."