Boss, He’s Becoming a Father [Arc 1] Chapter 4.1: The Prodigal Son ()
Everyone present was stunned, even Zhang Meng secretly sighed: This old man is really a cruel person.
It’s not uncommon to attack strangers, but what’s even more ruthless is that he can be so ruthless to his own flesh and blood.
The surrounding neighbors were still despising Shao Dabao for his excessive gambling, but at this time they were secretly condemning Shao Yu for being ruthless.
Shao Yu seemed to have no idea what these people were thinking, and continued: “His hands are worth fifty taels, and his feet should also be worth fifty taels, If you don’t dare to kill him, you can also dig out some eyes, teeth, etc. According to the market price, you should give me seventy or eighty taels.”
Shao Yu’s tone of wanting to sell his son by the pound made Zhang Meng look at Shao Dabao sympathetically.
Shao Dabao saw his father’s various defenses for his sister today, and he became more and more angry. He only felt that he had been treated unfairly in this family.
“Dad, we are all your children, why do you treat me like this while protecting my sister? This is not fair!” Shao Dabao shouted.
“Your sister is filial and sensible, and is a hundred times better than you.” Shao Yu glanced at Shao Dabao with disgust, and then said: And you, after living for twenty years, it seems that you have no other use than causing trouble to your family.”
“She is a daughter, I am a son!” Shao Dabao cried.
“What’s wrong with my daughter? Who do you think is supporting this family? Your mother and I are old and in poor health. It’s your sister who supports the shop, and it’s your sister who supports your education.”
Shao Xiaocao’s contribution has never been recognized by anyone in this family. Usually, everyone seems to ignore it deliberately, but at this time, Shao Yu, who has traveled through time, clearly points out all of them.
Shao Xiaocao raised her head and looked at her father’s back, tears welling up in her eyes.
A daughter who usually only gets verbal perfunctory words from her mother no matter how well she does, now hearing her father’s continuous affirmation is like a light suddenly appearing in front of her, making her feel that she is actually a very important person.
“The head of the family, a married daughter, is like water thrown out…” Mrs. Wang said, but she also denied the importance of Shao Xiaocao.
Seeing his daughter’s suddenly disappointed expression, Shao Yu patted the top of her hair, turned to look directly at Wang, and asked: “Son and daughter, do you have to protect your son?”
Shao Xiaocao looked at Wang.
But Wang didn’t dare to look at her and just responded softly.
This sound made Shao Xiaocao suddenly wake up, and she felt that the hope in her heart was really all delusions.
Shao Dabao, who was on the side, seemed to have finally thought of a way. He broke away from the two servants who were holding him down, ran directly to Shao Yu, and knelt down towards Shao Xiaocao.
“Sister, good sister, I am begging you as a brother. As long as you marry Mr. Zhang, brother will have nothing to worry about. Your great kindness will be remembered by brother for the rest of my life.”
Shao Dabao looked at Wang on the side again.
“Mom, mother, please persuade my sister! As long as my sister gets married, nothing will happen.”
Shao Dabao has already seen that Shao Yu doesn’t care about him, but Shao Xiaocao is not so determined.
Mrs. Wang, who was on the side, seemed to have woken up from a dream, and said: “Xiaocao, mother knows that this is wrong, but you only have such a brother, so just get married. As long as you speak, your father will have nothing else to say.”
Shao Xiaocao couldn’t help crying. She didn’t expect that things would take a turn for the worse. Just when she thought it was going to take a turn for good, it would end up back where it started.
Seeing that her daughter was silent, Mrs. Wang cried again and said, “Your brother was also very kind to you in the past. Have you forgotten all about it? Mom is also kneeling down for you. Please, I beg you?”
As she spoke, Wang was about to kneel down towards Shao Xiaocao. As soon as she made the move to kneel down, Shao Yu directly pulled her up without actually letting her kneel down.
Shao Yu still remembers the place he was in. In a place where feudal ethics are very important, even if Shao Xiaocao accidentally suffered this kneeling, she would still be wrapped up in the rumors from the outside world.
As for a scumbag like Shao Dabao, he will kneel down when he kneels. This is what he owes his sister.
Shao Yu pulled her away, but Wang still didn’t want to let her go. She turned around and wanted to morally kidnap her by kneeling down.
Shao Yu simply stood between the two of them.
“Mother, think of a way!” Shao Dabao urged Wang.
Mrs. Wang felt sorry for her son. Seeing that her pleading was in vain, she turned to accuse and cursed: “Xiaocao, are you really so hard-hearted? Unfilial daughter, I love you so much for nothing! I should have drowned you as soon as you were born so as not to harm your brother!”
Hearing his mother’s insults, Shao Xiaocao burst into tears.
Listening to her mother’s abuse, Shao Xiaocao burst into tears.
“White-eyed wolf! What’s the use of raising you! If you don’t want to marry, why don’t you just die!” When Wang thought that her son was going to be injured, she immediately scolded her more and more vigorously, completely ignoring everything. The cause of the incident was Shao Dabao, who only put all the blame on her daughter.
Shao Xiaocao never spoke.
“If you don’t say anything, do you think I have to die before you marry?” Wang said, looking like she was about to hit a wall.
“Mother, mother, how could you give birth to such an unfilial daughter.” Shao Dabao followed suit.
Faced with the moral kidnapping of her own mother who threatened her with death, Shao Xiaocao was finally defeated and cried: “Marry, I will marry!”
Shao Dabao’s face lit up with joy, and Wang also breathed a sigh of relief.
Shao Yu had persisted for his daughter for so long. When he heard what she said, he was not unhappy at all. On the contrary, he felt that a little girl could endure the moral kidnapping of her mother and brother for so long. She had done a good job. .
“Dad, look, my sister wants to get married, so just agree to her.” Shao Dabao said eagerly.
Seeing that Shao Yu was ignoring him, he said to Zhang Meng: “Master Zhang, look, my sister wants to marry, she wants to marry, and our gambling debts are all cleared.”
Shao Yu sneered and said, “The parents words are like that of a matchmaker, and if I don’t let go, who dares to get married?”
“My son has no control over his sister. Since she wants to marry, why do you have to stop her? You have to be this evil person.” Mrs. Wang started to tell lies with her eyes open.
“Yes, yes, if you don’t believe me, ask my sister.” Shao Dabao also said from the side.
Shao Xiaocao just stood by and cried silently.
Shao Yu glanced at this thin little girl, patted her shoulder and said, “Everyone knows whether you really want to get married.”
Shao Xiaocao couldn’t bear it any longer, and immediately burst into tears.
Shao Yu continued: “I will only tell you once today, remember it.”
Shao Xiaocao raised her head, with tears in her eyes, she saw her father’s firm eyes.
Shao Yu continued: “As long as you make up your own mind about your own affairs, don’t worry about what others say. Just treat it like you died for your mother today. You won’t owe her anything in the future.”
Shao Xiaocao nodded vigorously, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to Shao Yu. She looked up at Shao Yu. She had never felt that her father was so tall like this before.
“In the next life, I will still be my father’s daughter.” Shao Xiaocao said softly.
She knew that Zhang’s family was a wolf’s den, and she knew that there was probably no return from this trip, but when she said goodbye, she was still very grateful to have a father who was so protective of her.
In the past, there was very little talk between father and daughter. She always felt that she was dispensable at home. Now that she saw her father arguing so hard for her, Shao Xiaocao felt deeply that she was also taken into consideration.
“You don’t have to wait until the next life, just do your best in this life.” Shao Yu helped the person up.
Immediately afterwards, he glanced at Wang and Shao Dabao who were standing aside, then walked up to Zhang Meng and said, “The debt owed by gambling must of course be won back through gambling.”
Zhang Meng was a little confused, but soon, Shao Yu took out a piece of yellowed tissue paper from his arms.
This piece of paper is the root of the Shao family: the deed of the shop.
“You want to bet with me?” Zhang Meng was a little surprised.
Shao Yu was not afraid that he would not join the game. After all, compared to Shao Xiaocao, this deed was what Zhang Meng wanted most.
“Don’t you dare?” Shao Yu asked.
“Haha, I have been running a gambling house for so many years, and this is the first time someone dares to talk to me like this.” Zhang Meng laughed wildly.
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