Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 6) Chapter 101.2: My Son is an Unparalleled Good Man (3)
Liu Guizhi rolled her eyes, then quickly ran into the kitchen. When she came back in, she was holding a knife.
Liu Guizhi held the knife to her own neck and said to Shao Dachun, “If you dare to sell sewing machines, I’ll kill myself.”
Seeing that she had actually started learning, Shao Dachun quickly coaxed her to put the knife down. But Liu Guizhi was perhaps truly fed up with this kind of life. She didn’t want to endlessly subsidize others, and stubbornly refused to put down the knife.
Meanwhile, Shao Yu kept fanning the flames, saying, “If you really want to die, when you stab yourself, you might as well end it all with me too.”
“Father?” Shao Dachun exclaimed in disbelief.
Shao Yu said, “Since we can’t eat meat anyway, we might as well end it all. Then everyone will know that you are an unfilial son who doesn’t let your own father eat meat.”
Shao Dachun was overflowing with grievances, but Shao Yu was his biological father, and there was nothing he could do. After weighing the options, he could only say, “I’ll go to my second brother’s house now.”
After confirming that her husband had left, Liu Guizhi slowly put down the knife, her hands trembling as she did so. She then collapsed to the ground, buried her face in her hands, and began to sob softly.
After she had finished crying, she slowly stood up and glanced at Shao Yu somewhat embarrassedly.
Although she was honest, she wasn’t stupid. She knew that her father-in-law was actually helping her by doing all this, so she whispered “thank you.”
Shao Yu said, “Eldest daughter-in-law, the old man’s brain isn’t clear. You can’t let him do whatever he wants. You still have a daughter to raise. You have to make your own life. If you don’t take a chance, how will you know what the future holds?”
Liu Guizhi had little formal education and was a very traditional person. Even when she was dissatisfied with her husband, she would only plead and occasionally complain, but she would never dare to do anything as outrageous as threatening him with a knife.
“I’ve got it,” Liu Guizhi said softly, secretly making a decision in her heart: even for Niu Niu’s sake, she would go all out.
The relationship between father-in-law and daughter-in-law was rather awkward, and it wasn’t appropriate for them to stay in the same room for too long. Shao Yu asked, “Where’s my porridge?”
Liu Guizhi hurriedly went back into the kitchen.
The porridge had been cooking in the pot for a while, and after all that commotion, it had now started to release its own oily residue.
But Shao Yu looked at the bowl of white porridge and suddenly sighed.
Liu Guizhi glanced down and saw only a bowl of dry white porridge. She immediately understood and said, “There are pickled vegetables in the kitchen. I’ll go get them now.”
Upon seeing the small dish of wilted pickled vegetables, Shao Yu immediately said, “What is this? It’s all black. Throw it away.”
Liu Guizhi’s face immediately showed reluctance. This little bit of pickled vegetable was something she had managed to snatch from her husband’s greedy hands, and it was enough for her and her daughter to eat for several days.
Shao Yu has always hated leftovers, and he didn’t want to touch the pickled vegetables that had been sitting for more than two days.
Liu Guizhi said, “Dad, how about this, I’ll make you an egg.”
If it weren’t for Shao Yu supporting her today, Liu Guizhi probably wouldn’t have been willing to take out the eggs she had hidden, since she was saving them to nourish her daughter.
Shao Yu shook his head and said, “Leave the eggs for Niu Niu, I’ll wait for my dishes.”
Liu Guizhi asked in confusion, “Dad, we don’t even have any vegetables left at home. We really have no vegetables left.”
There were still vegetables in the house and fields, but when Widow Zhao said there were no vegetables, Shao Dachun eagerly sent them over, which is why there are no vegetables or rice now.
“It’s okay, I’ll be there soon.”
As soon as Shao Yu finished speaking, there was a noise outside the door, and then a dark-skinned young man who looked to be in his twenties hurriedly walked in.
“Father, Father, it’s wonderful! You’ve finally woken up! It’s truly a blessing from our ancestors!” Shao Erchun said, tears streaming down his face.
Shao Dachun lagged behind and entered the house. When he saw this scene of fatherly love and filial piety, a look of emotion appeared on his face.
“Father, you’re awake! Second Brother is so happy,” Shao Dachun said.
But Shao Yu wasn’t very happy; instead, he looked Shao Erchun up and down.
Compared to Shao Dachun, whose clothes were covered in patches, Shao Erchun’s clothes were completely free of patches, making him look quite presentable.
Shao Erchun was also observing Shao Yu, seemingly trying to gauge the old man’s mental state and see if he would still be able to work in the fields in the future.
“Father, now that you’re awake, come with me to our home. I want to take good care of you,” Shao Erchun said eagerly.
Shao Dachun, looking smug and pleased with himself, glanced at Liu Guizhi and whispered, “I told you, my second brother is the most filial.”
Before Liu Guizhi could speak, Shao Yu spoke up.
“Filial piety? Going back to your home?” Shao Yu asked.
Shao Erchun nodded vigorously.
Shao Yu said, “You don’t need to go home to be filial. Anyway, your family is too big and your place is too small to accommodate me. You can be filial here.”
Hearing such sarcastic remarks, Shao Erchun showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, he said, “Father, we had guests earlier, so we couldn’t accommodate them all. Now that they’ve left, please come back with me.”
“What kind of guest is this, who’s going to stay at your house for more than half a year?” Shao Yu asked.
Shao Erchun naturally couldn’t explain it, so he could only say, “Didn’t the doctor say that the patient shouldn’t be moved easily? That’s why I haven’t dared to move you for the past six months.”
Shao Yu sneered and said, “I can’t move, but can’t I eat?”
Shao Erchun immediately replied, “Yes, yes, you can eat. What would you like to eat? I’ll bring it to you right away.”
Shao Yu said, “Go and get me some more meat to cover my food rations for the past six months.”
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Shao Erchun’s face as he said, “Father, last year’s harvest wasn’t good, and we don’t have any extra grain at home…”
As he spoke, he looked at Shao Dachun.
Shao Dachun immediately spoke up for his younger brother: “Dad, I’ll figure out what you want to eat. Please don’t make things difficult for your brother.”
Shao Yu wasn’t surprised at all by Shao Dachun’s eagerness to help his younger brother out of the predicament, and Shao Erchun also took the opportunity to play the victim.
Normally, the two brothers would sing in unison, and their father would naturally not make things difficult for them.
But Shao Yu wasn’t so easily fooled: “I won’t eat or drink, I’ll just wait for your brother to buy meat and cook it.”
The two brothers were taken aback. Shao Yu handed the bowl of white porridge to Liu Guizhi, and then lay down on the bed again.
“Having given birth to two unfilial children, I might as well just die,” Shao Yu said, looking up at the sky.
Shao Dachun became anxious and said, “Father, if you don’t eat or drink, you’ll starve to death.”
“If your brother won’t buy me meat, I might as well die,” Shao Yu said.
Shao Dachun said, “I’ll go buy it right away, you wait here.”
But Shao Yu held him tightly and said, “I won’t eat what you bought.”
Shao Dachun pleaded desperately, but Shao Yu refused to budge.
Seeing this scene, Shao Erchun’s heart skipped a beat. He thought about how he and his wife had ignored his father for the past six months and suspected that Shao Yu was deliberately trying to frame him.
Sure enough, Shao Yu looked at Shao Erchun and said, “If I die, it will be because you, my unfilial son, starved me to death.”
Before Shao Erchun could speak, Shao Dachun, already anxious and agitated, said, “You won’t starve to death, I’ll take care of you…”
“I gave it to your brother, so he should take care of me. If he doesn’t, I’ll go to the village chief! I want what I gave away back!” Shao Yu said.
Going to the village chief wasn’t scary, but getting the things back really frightened Shao Erchun. He immediately said, “Dad, if we take the things back, what will happen to Da Mao?”
Da Mao is the only grandson of the Shao family, and Shao Erchun tries to use his son to bring his father back to his senses.
But Shao Yu was quite decisive, saying, “A grandson born to an unfilial son is better off without.”
Seeing that Shao Yu’s expression didn’t seem fake, Shao Erchun realized that he was serious and could only say, “Father, I’ll go home and get some grain. I’ll sell some things and buy you meat to eat.”
“You’re not having an easy time either, how can we let you sell things?” Shao Dachun said.
Shao Erchun immediately looked at his elder brother with hopeful eyes, as if waiting for him to take out something.
But before Shao Dachun could say anything, Liu Guizhi made a throat-slitting gesture.
Shao Dachun hesitated for a moment and could only say, “First, check if there’s any money at home.”
Upon hearing this, Shao Erchun immediately deflated. However, he understood his older brother well; if he had even a single dollar left, he would never hide it. Therefore, he simply assumed that his brother had been squeezed dry.
“Dachun, if I don’t see any meat within half an hour, help me go find the village chief. If the village chief doesn’t care, I’ll go find the town leaders,” Shao Yu said.
Shao Erchun dared not delay any longer and could only turn around and run home.
This time, Shao Yu traveled back to the early 1980s, just a few years after the opening-up policy was introduced, and people’s thinking had not yet fully changed.
The body he transmigrated into was that of an injured old man lying in bed.
The original owner had two sons; the elder son was honest, and the younger son was clever.
The eldest son is a well-known good person in the area. His hobby is helping others. From childhood to adulthood, he would always give away anything he had if someone begged him for help.
The original owner and his wife were busy with farm work and did not notice that their eldest son, Shao Dachun, had grown into a strange-looking person without them realizing it.
Shao Dachun has helped many people, and the greatest reward he has received is a job with very good conditions in the eyes of the villagers.
By chance, with everyone on the shore standing by and doing nothing, Shao Dachun bravely rescued a drowning child.
The child’s family was quite powerful, and after some maneuvering, they arranged a job for Shao Dachun at the livestock station, transforming him from an ordinary person into a cadre.
If it were anyone else, they would probably have seized the opportunity to take advantage of the family and cling to them, but Shao Dachun did not. After that, the family left the area and completely lost contact with them.
Because Shao Dachun had such a good job, and Shao Erchun had a son, the original owner was extremely biased when dividing the family property two years ago, giving most of the family property to the younger son and a small portion to the eldest son.
The original owner of this body lived with his youngest son, and everything was normal until about half a year ago when he was left half-dead due to an accident. When his youngest son saw that his father was beyond saving, he immediately handed him over to Shao Dachun.
If Shao Yu hadn’t come, the original owner of this body would have died on that day.
The original owner’s death did not have a significant impact on Shao Dachun. He continued to act as a good person, doing his best to help everyone who confided in him. However, he was particularly stingy when it came to his wife and daughter.
Shao Dachun enjoyed the empty reputation of being a “good man” among the people, while Liu Guizhi, who had been trying to stop him, became a well-known “bad wife” in the surrounding villages.
Liu Guizhi wanted to get a divorce countless times, but she couldn’t rely on her family. With nowhere else to go, she could only follow Shao Dachun. Even if she tried her best, she couldn’t keep up with her husband’s pace of doing charity work.
Even though life was incredibly miserable, Liu Guizhi endured it all until twelve years later, when Shao Dachun actually betrothed his fifteen-year-old daughter to a mentally challenged man.
In Shao Dachun’s words, the fool was pitiful because his family was poor and he couldn’t find a wife, so he planned to marry his daughter to him.
Shao Dachun’s actions thoroughly enraged Liu Guizhi, who had endured this for many years.
Liu Guizhi could tolerate being given food, furniture, and even money, but she only had this one daughter, who was her only hope for living after she had completely given up on her husband.
Liu Guizhi would never allow her husband to ruin their daughter.
Therefore, on the eve of her daughter’s wedding, Liu Guizhi forced her daughter to flee the place, but while her husband was asleep, she set a fire, and the couple perished in the flames together.
EmpressYue Corner
Shao Dachun is just digusting at this point because which parent will give their teen daughter to a mentally challenged man because the man is ‘pitiful’ and couldn’t find a wife??
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