Yang Tao’s new house is located in the most conspicuous position at the entrance of the village. Compared with the mud houses in the village, his brick house is very grand.
After the house was repaired, Zhou Chengming never went inside to take a look, because whenever he thought that the house was repaired with money borrowed by Zhou Tiegen, and whenever he thought that he was still paying back the money, he felt extremely disgusted.
But this time he had to come.
Zhou Chengming took a deep breath and stepped into the house.
The room was bustling with activity at the moment. Zhou Tiegen had thrown out all the things from Wang Juhua's room and was now sleeping on the bed, refusing to move.
Wang Juhua has been living with a widower in another village and has not returned for many days.
But Yang Tao and his wife were still at home, and the couple didn't want to be dependent on Zhou Tiegen.
But they knew that Zhou Tiegen had become a disabled man, unable to earn work points, unable to support his family, and had a lot of debts. It would be terrible if they were depended on by him.
Yang Tao didn't care about his face anymore and grabbed Zhou Tiegen, trying to drive him out.
But Zhou Tiegen didn't care about his face anymore. He held the bed and refused to move, saying that he was the one who built the house.
The commotion here was so loud that many villagers were attracted here.
Everyone in the village was trying to persuade them, both Zhou Tiegen and Yang Tao.
Unfortunately, neither of them would listen to advice. One is selfish, and the other would rather die than let the net break.
Then, Zhou Chengming was found.
When Yang Tao saw Zhou Chengming, he acted like he saw a savior and immediately said, "Chengming is here, Chengming, please try to persuade your dad. My last name is Yang, and your last name is Zhou. We are not a family. How can your dad stay in my house? Do you have any shame?"
When Zhou Tiegen on the bed heard this, he was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. This was his good stepson, he treated him closer than his own son, but in the end he got a call of shamelessness.
Zhou Chengming laughed when he heard this, and he didn't even know whether he was laughing at Zhou Tiegen's stupidity or at Yang Tao's ruthlessness.
The villagers felt unfair for Zhou Tiegen. He had raised Yang Tao for more than ten years. Even a dog would know how to wag its tail. How could he raise a stepson who turned out to be an ungrateful person
But if Yang Tao had any shame, if he cared about the villagers, he would not treat Zhou Tiegen like this.
No matter what era, shameless people tend to live more comfortably.
Zhou Chengming looked at Zhou Tiegen quietly. Although he didn't say anything, it was enough to embarrass Zhou Tiegen.
Zhou Tiegen turned his eyes away from his son, and leaned his elbows against the bed, saying firmly, "I'm not leaving. I've raised Wang Juhua and her son for seventeen years, and I'm not asking them to raise me for a long time. I just want them to give me back the seventeen years."
Yang Tao was so angry at Zhou Tiegen's roguery, and with his wife looking at him with dissatisfaction, he couldn't help but say angrily, "Were we allowed to be supported by you in vain? Didn't you sleep with my mother for seventeen years? Zhou Tiegen, you don't have the ability to keep my mother, and don't even think about blaming me. I absolutely cannot support you."
His words were so shameless that the villagers were speechless. But Zhou Tiegen had already made up his mind. Although he was so angry that his lips were trembling, he still squeezed out those words: "I paid for the renovation of this house..."
Seeing that he couldn't do anything to Zhou Tiegen, Yang Tao looked at Zhou Chengming again: "Zhou Chengming, what are you standing there for? Why don't you take care of your father?"
To be honest, Zhou Chengming felt very happy when he saw the current scene.
These two used to play the role of loving father and filial son in his family. They probably never dreamed that one day they would become enemies.
Before coming here, Zhou Chengming wanted to bring Zhou Tiegen back. He didn't want him to embarrass himself or cause any more trouble.
But at this moment, Zhou Chengming changed his mind.
Let them torture each other as they had tortured him.
Zhou Chengming took two steps back and said, "My dad is right. He paid someone to build your house. Of course he has the right to live here."
At this point, he sneered twice again: "Of course, if you return the money for repairing the house to him, then I can take him back."
But how could Yang Tao come up with so much money
And even if Yang Tao could take it out, he wouldn't be willing to do so!
"Zhou Chengming, are you crazy? You and your father are crazy?" Yang Tao looked at the father and son angrily, not understanding why they were so shameless
Zhou Chengming pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "Yes, we are crazy. We are driven crazy by your debt." He seemed to be explaining, but also seemed to be helplessly telling himself: "I just brought home the rice yesterday morning, and when I went to see it in the afternoon, it had been taken away. In order to pay off your debt, there is not a grain of rice in the house. We are almost unable to survive. How can we not be crazy?"
A villager in the crowd lowered his head in embarrassment. He was the one who moved the jar of rice, but it was not his fault. The Zhou family had been owing the debt and did not seem to be able to pay it back. He was so anxious that he had no choice.
The other villagers could understand what happened to Zhou's father and son. It was very simple to think about. The Zhou family was in debt because of Yang Tao's house. Now the father and son were starving to death. They would definitely lose face!
Now the villagers all began to persuade Yang Tao, saying that since he had received such a huge benefit from others, he should at least give something in return, right
After all, Zhou Tiegen and Zhou Chengming both have the surname Zhou, and this is Zhoujia Village.
No matter how shameless Yang Tao is, he still has to live in the village in the future and cannot offend everyone.
So when the village chief came out to coordinate, Yang Tao's face turned pale, but he finally agreed to raise Zhou Tiegen.
Of course, Yang Tao also said that he only raised Zhou Tiegen and could not raise Zhou Chengming. After all, he raised Zhou Tiegen because of the house, and Zhou Chengming was so old and had good hands and feet, so it didn't make sense for him to be raised by an outsider.
Zhou Chengming really didn't need to worry Yang Tao, and he had never thought about living in the Yang family.
When Zhou Tiegen settled down in Yang Tao's house, Zhou Chengming had already made up his mind to go to the city.
Mingyue, a girl, can make a living in the city, so there is no reason why a grown man like him would starve to death if he goes there.
After asking Uncle Tieshu for Mingyue's contact information and address, Zhou Chengming asked the team leader for a letter of introduction to go into the city. He locked the door of his house and went into the city with only a few sets of clothes.
At this time, Mingyue also received a call from Zhou Tieshu. The old man Zhou briefly talked about Zhou Chengming's family affairs on the other end of the phone. He also said that Zhou Chengming had a hard time and asked Mingyue to help him more.
Mingyue naturally nodded and agreed. After thinking about it, she found the landlady of the slum, Niu Nainan, and prepared to rent a house nearby for Zhou Chengming.
(End of this chapter)