strictlysupreme Chapter 237: Learn to Do What You Can
Chapter 237: Learn to Do What You Can
Darong's mother kept on scolding for a long time, from the old events of her childhood to the house she built for the family later to the support of Darong's grandmother. She recounted everything one by one.
It seemed that people of Darong's mother's generation were like this. Every time they had a quarrel, they would start from the beginning. Even Darong became a little impatient, but Third Uncle just sat there with his head lowered and listened quietly.
When Darong was feeling confused, Darong's mother suddenly changed the subject.
"I know about Yangyang's situation, but his cousin is just a policeman. I'm not sure if he can help."
After hearing what Darong's mother said, Darong finally understood that the reason why her third uncle listened to the lecture so obediently was because he needed a favor from him.
After the third uncle left, Darong asked Darong's mother about the reason for the incident.
"He said that Yangyang was deceived by someone and became the leader of the pyramid scheme. Now he has been arrested by the police. He wants to ask your cousin for help."
Darong, her third uncle, was not much older than her, and Yangyang in the family was only one year older than Buyi.
"Mom, please don't get involved in this matter. Is pyramid selling something we can control?"
When Darong heard what Darong's mother said, she immediately became anxious and frowned to stop Darong's mother from getting involved in this matter.
Speaking of it, both of Darong's uncles have gotten their comeuppance.
My eldest uncle's cousin married a yaksha and paid back double the amount of unfilial behavior my eldest aunt showed to Grandma Darong.
Yangyang, a boy from my third uncle's family, has been arrogant since he graduated from university. He encountered repeated setbacks in the process of looking for a job. But later, he suddenly got a super high-paying job and earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year at a young age.
At that time, my third uncle often boasted to relatives and friends about his son's abilities, but even he himself could not clearly explain what kind of work Yangyang was doing.
At that time, Darong had some doubts in her heart, but she was only skeptical about the income that her third uncle boasted about, and did not think that Yangyang had joined a pyramid scheme.
"You said he came to our house. After all, I am his aunt, so I can't just ignore it..."
Darong's mother has never been a person who knows how to say no. Now that her third uncle has come to her house for help, she agreed faster than anyone else.
"Then tell him that you've asked enough questions. They can't help. We can't help with everything. Didn't our family suffer enough in order to help my grandma? We sent all the good things in our family to them. We were already grown up at that time, but we couldn't even afford refined rice and flour. And what was the result? We ended up like this today."
When Darong's mother heard Darong say this, she sat on the sofa and sighed silently. Thinking about Yangyang's current situation, she felt compassion for him and her eyes became red.
"Yangyang has earned a million dollars but never gave you a penny. You feel sorry for him now, but he may not recognize you as his aunt in the future."
In fact, what Darong said was not wrong at all. When Darong's grandmother was still alive, in order to get Darong's mother to sign and give up the two courtyards in Zhouzhuang, her eldest uncle and third uncle came to their home every year. They coaxed Darong into giving them her whole heart by calling her sister all the time.
Later, after grandma passed away, Darong's mother really signed the letter of renunciation. However, the two uncles seemed to have forgotten that she had a sister and would not visit her all year round.
When my cousin from my eldest uncle's family meets me, he still calls me aunt, but the one from my third uncle's family pretends not to know me and just takes a detour when they meet on the road.
"You little rascal, why are you so hard-hearted?" Looking at Darong's expression, Darong's mother couldn't help but scold her.
"It's not that I'm hard-hearted..." Darong didn't say the second half of the sentence.
Darong's mother is indeed too kind-hearted. Even Darong cannot understand where her love for others comes from.
The cousin of Darong that Darong's mother has always wanted to find is the child of Darong's aunt. Although he is already the director of the Public Security Bureau, it is precisely because of this status that it is even less likely for him to help in this regard.
While Darong was still persuading her mother, Darong's father, who had gone out for a walk, opened the door and came into the house.
"Who brought this?"
Darong's father looked at the big and small bags of gifts placed at the door and asked Darong's mother.
"Her third uncle just left, and he brought all these things." Darong's mother answered listlessly while sitting on the sofa.
"Wow, what a rare visitor! What are you looking for now?"
Da Rong's father sneered. How could he not understand his two brothers-in-law? There was no need to visit the temple, and when you visit the temple, you will see the eternal lamp.
After hearing this, Darong's mother rolled her eyes at Darong's father in annoyance.
Darong sat aside, smiling secretly.
"Dad, don't you think about it? What if he feels guilty and gives us a house?"
"Feeling guilty? Then you have to have conscience first!" The old man's words accurately expressed his psychological cognition over the years.
"Just you!" Darong's mother actually had no reason to refute, so she could only retort with this sentence and then snorted coldly.
I don’t know if it’s because Darong’s mother is really old, but her strong personality, which used to be the only one in charge, has finally learned to listen to her children.
Following Darong, Xiaoying, Sibei'er and Huazi also expressed strong opposition to Darong's mother's involvement in Yangyang's affairs, so she finally did not go to Darong's cousin for help.
Later I heard that in order to reduce his son's sentence, the third uncle sold the two houses he had been allocated and paid a lot of compensation, just so that the court would give a lighter sentence and reduce Yangyang's sentence.
Although Darong's mother did not get involved in Yangyang's affairs, she never mentioned the renovation and division of the old house again.
"In fact, our mother is kind-hearted. Why didn't she mention the house that Third Uncle promised to give her anymore? She just admitted that she used the money from selling the house to reduce Yangyang's sentence."
Darong had long understood what Darong's mother was thinking, and talked to Xiaoying about the kind of person Darong's mother was.
"My mother is so stupid. She suffered all the losses herself, but she never defended herself. In the end, people in my grandmother's family thought that my mother, as the eldest sister, was fighting with her younger brother for the property. She is so stupid."
After Xiaoying finished speaking, she could only shake her head and sigh.
"That's right. Our mother has lived a very tiring life, and it's thankless... My eyes have been blurry these past few days, as if there are double visions, so weird."
When Darong said this, she felt uncomfortable in her eyes and couldn't help but rub them with her hand.
"As you get older, your eyesight gets worse. Even I have to squint to read. I can't even see small words clearly. Go back to the hospital and get some medicine. And spend less time on your phone."
Xiaoying handed Darong a tissue and then gave some instructions.
As she gets older, Darong has indeed felt significant changes in her body in recent years, the most obvious being her eyes and teeth.
Now Darong has to wear magnifying glasses when looking at things, and dares not eat anything cold or hard. Even though she is so careful, she still sacrificed two big teeth and can only chew slowly with one side when eating.