Chapter 38: Reporting Income

The room fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

No one responded to Chen Mingguo’s words.

Especially Chen Mingxin, who disliked hearing this.

Back then, it was he who refused to join the army.

Now, his third brother was rich, but that money was earned with his life!

Thinking of Chen Ming Chuan’s countless scars, not only Chen Mingxin, but the entire family trembled: If those scars were on them, wouldn’t they be in agony?

Wang Mei’s eyes flickered, and she sighed heavily: “Third brother’s wife, she’s finally had her share of hardship.”

“What did you say?”

Mrs. Chen’s eyes narrowed, looking at Wang Mei sharply: “Second wife, are you saying you’ve had a hard time with this old woman?”

These past few days, Wang Mei had learned that her mother-in-law was a bully who feared the strong and exploited the weak.

She couldn’t be weak anymore.

If she continued to be weak, once the third brother’s wife left, she would be the one being bullied!

“Mom, I didn’t mean it that way, I was just sighing.”

“We can’t even afford an egg, yet you guard it so tightly, this life is unbearable.”

What?

This life is unbearable?

“Bang!” Mrs. Chen slammed her chopsticks on the table: “Second wife, are you trying to rebel?”

“If you don’t want to live this life, then don’t!”

“Don’t think that without your stinking onion, our Chen family can’t hold a feast!”

“If you want to leave, then leave!”

Wang Mei’s face turned pale, then red, and she cried out, “Wah!” before running away.

Chen Mingzhong chased after her.

“Wang Mei, Wang Mei, where are you going!”

His son was actually chasing after her?

What was this kind of daughter-in-law trying to do?

Mrs. Chen had always been strong-willed, how could she tolerate anyone defying her?

Immediately, she roared: “Second son, come back! If you dare to chase after her, you will never be allowed to step foot in this house again!”

“Mama, Mama!”

“Mama, Mama! I want Mama!”

Wang Mei’s twin daughters were not even five years old, and seeing her run away, they instantly burst into tears…

“What are you howling for, all of you, get out!”

Mrs. Chen was so angry that her lips were trembling, everyone in this family was trying to rebel!

Wang Mei ran away, and Chen Mingzhong didn’t know where he was chasing after her, the three children were crying in a heap.

Li Xinyue didn’t go out, nor did she let Chen Yiheng go out.

She had no interest in being cannon fodder.

She felt sleepy and was about to go to sleep.

But just then, Chen Mingchuan came in and pulled out two boiled eggs from his pocket, handing them to her.

“One for each of you.”

Li Xinyue twitched her lips: “Outside, they’re making a fuss over these eggs, and you still dare to bring them in for us to eat?”

Chen Ming Chuan’s voice was cold: “Don’t worry about it, just eat what I give you.”

What kind of person is this!

Did she even want to worry about it?

She didn’t want to be scolded every day!

“Your second brother and sister-in-law ran away.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Li Xinyue sat up, first cracked the egg for her son, then peeled her own.

Chen Mingchuan acknowledged her, so she brought up what was on her mind.

“Second sister-in-law was so strange today, she actually dared to run away, she never had the guts before.”

“It was me and your second brother who told her to.”

Ah?

What does that mean?

Li Xinyue was genuinely puzzled: “You taught her?”

Chen Mingchuan peeled the other egg, nodding: “Yes.”

Now Li Xinyue was surprised: “Why? You…”

Chen Mingchuan took a deep breath: “Father and mother only care about Big brother and Fourth brother, even the two sisters are better off than us.”

“When I was a child in this family, I had the worst time, followed by second brother.”

“Actually, second brother is quite kind, he just isn’t good with words.”

“When I was a child, I would go hungry, and he would always take me up the mountain to find wild fruits to eat.”

This is…

Li Xinyue blinked: “So you have a plan?”

She was deliberately provoking Chen Mingzhong’s couple and Mrs. Chen , there must be a purpose. She wasn’t a child, she wouldn’t deliberately make her parents angry.

Sure enough.

Chen Mingchuan revealed his plan.

“My salary is high now, I get fifty-nine yuan and eight cents a month, and I won’t be sending money back home anymore.”

“When I was young, Second Brother helped me a lot.”

“I want to give him five yuan every month, what do you think?”

Fifty-nine yuan and eight cents a month?

This salary was really high in this era!

Hearing Chen Mingchuan’s words, Li Xinyue looked at him in surprise.

So he knows how to be grateful?

It seems this man isn’t just a white-eyed wolf…

However, she felt sorry for the original owner.

“You didn’t show me this kind of gratitude back then.”

Chen Mingchuan’s face twitched: “I don’t owe the Li family anything, whoever owes whom should repay.”

Alright.

That makes sense.

This debt was owed by Old Man Chen, it shouldn’t be counted on this man.

But Li Xinyue didn’t agree with Chen Mingchuan: “You are also a son of the Chen family, why shouldn’t it be counted on you?”

Chen Mingchuan said expressionlessly: “There’s more than just me as a son of the Chen family!”

“Fourth Brother is about your age, he’s more suitable than me!”

What a person!

Li Xinyue rolled her eyes: It’s a good thing the original owner didn’t marry Chen Mingguo, otherwise she would have been disgusted to death!

That Chen Mingguo, he looked like a disgusting person!

His mind was not right, he was lazy and gluttonous, he didn’t respect his brother and sister-in-law, his character was terrible!

Alright, the original owner was lucky!

However, Li Xinyue felt resentful.

“The money you earn, how you use it is your business, you don’t need to ask my opinion!”

“I’m just a woman who’s stuck here, I don’t have the right to manage your family.”

As soon as she said this, Chen Mingchuan’s face turned black: “Li Xinyue, the past is the past, now is now!”

“I tell you, I’m not going to get a divorce!”

“You have to manage this family, whether you like it or not!”

What kind of person is this?

You say you won’t divorce and you won’t?

Li Xinyue didn’t say anything else, when he meets his sweetheart, he’ll probably be eager to get a divorce!

“Dad, you can’t yell at Mom!”

Seeing his son’s dissatisfied expression, Chen Mingchuan took a deep breath: “I’m not yelling at her, she’s just not listening.”

Is that so?

Chen Yiheng looked up: “Mom, will you be good?”

“With Dad, no one will bully us.”

“By the way, Mom, where are the ducks you hid? Can you give Dad some?”

“Dad, I’ll tell you, duck meat is delicious. It’s the best meat in the world!”

Duck meat is actually a bit dry, the only good thing is the soup it makes.

Hearing this, Chen Mingchuan couldn’t be angry anymore.

What right does he have to be angry?

He has been wrong all these years.

And Li Xinyue’s face twitched after hearing this: My god, she forgot!

In this hot weather, that duck soup…

Forget it, don’t think about it!

If I think about it, I won’t even be able to eat the eggs in my hand.

“Eat the eggs, that one is already rotten, you can’t eat it.”

“Ah? What a pity!”

Chen Yiheng looked heartbroken: “Mom, don’t be sad.”

“When I grow up, I’ll raise so many ducks for you, you can eat duck meat every day!”

“Dad, I’ll raise some for you too.”

Although this woman wasn’t cute at all, her son was really endearing.

Chen Mingchuan nodded solemnly: “Okay, Dad will wait, wait for you to raise ducks for me to eat.”