BHBF Chapter 102.3

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 6) Chapter 102.3: My Son is an Unparalleled Good Man (6)

Shao Yu said, “You’re cleaning so slowly, you’re trying to wear me out.”

When an elderly person becomes unreasonable, it’s almost impossible for the younger generation to understand.

Even though Shao Dachun was sore and exhausted, he could only force himself to speed up so as not to upset Shao Yu again.

After he finally finished cleaning, Shao Yu started reaching into every nook and cranny to feel around. If he touched even a speck of dust, he would immediately make a big fuss about it.

After cleaning was completed, Shao Dachun breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if he had just survived a tribulation.

He thought he finally had time to rest, but Shao Yu spoke up again: “Go cook, I’m hungry again.”

Shao Dachun then realized that he had been busy all day and it had gotten dark without him noticing. He was so tired that his back ached, but he was afraid that his father would be dissatisfied, so he could only drag his heavy body slowly toward the kitchen.

Liu Guizhi wanted to help, but Shao Yu stopped her.

“He always thinks what you do is normal, which is why he dares to be impatient with you. Now you should show him just how much work you actually do in a day,” Shao Yu said.

Upon hearing this, Liu Guizhi stopped interfering.

Shao Yu added, “If I were you, I would treat him the same way he treated you before.”

Shao Yu didn’t quite understand the way her eldest son and his wife got along, so she wanted Liu Guizhi to give it a try.

Upon hearing this, Liu Guizhi hesitated for a moment and asked, “Is it really possible?”

Although the slogan “Women hold up half the sky” has been around for many years, in family life, housework is still dominated by women, while men are left to their own devices.

If it were Shao Dachun supporting the family, that would be fine; the idea of the man working outside the home and the woman staying at home isn’t unacceptable. But Liu Guizhi does all the housework and supports the family, while Shao Dachun doesn’t help at all and even drags her down.

“Why not? Men and women are equal. Treat him the way he treats you,” Shao Yu said.

Liu Guizhi repeatedly prepared herself mentally. When it was time for dinner, the family of four sat around the table, and Shao Yu gave Liu Guizhi a wink.

Liu Guizhi took a deep breath and glanced at the food on the table. She had originally planned to find fault with it, even if it meant being nitpicky.

But now there’s no need for that anymore. The problems with Shao Dachun’s work are already quite obvious, without needing to be deliberately picked out.

The rice is burnt.

“There’s not enough food.”

These were the words Shao Dachun had complained about before, and Liu Guizhi was now returning them to him.

After a long day, even a saint would have some temper. He could tolerate Shao Yu to some extent, but he completely exploded when facing Liu Guizhi.

“It’s okay if the rice is burnt, but what if there aren’t enough vegetables? We only have meat and pickled vegetables at home, what can I possibly cook?”

Shao Yu said, “Oh, so you finally realized there’s no food at home.” Shao Dachun immediately realized he was in the wrong. He had given away all the vegetables in his field, leaving his family without any vegetables, while the other family was enjoying their food.

“I want to eat vegetables and drink soup. If there aren’t three dishes and a soup, I won’t eat,” Shao Yu said, making a scene.

Shao Dachun was naturally not as casual with his father as he was with his wife, so he could only carefully coax him.

But the more he tried to coax him, the more Shao Yu acted like an unreasonable brat.

“You unfilial son, you are truly morally corrupt. You give away everything just to make me suffer. Am I really that much of an eyesore to you?” Shao Yu asked.

Shao Dachun hurriedly tried to explain, but Shao Yu seemed to have already made up his mind.

Helpless, Shao Dachun could only say, “I won’t give out vegetables randomly anymore…”

Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Wanting to escape the somewhat suffocating atmosphere in the room, Shao Dachun got up and went to open the door.

“Brother Dachun, I’m so hungry.” Widow Zhao knocked on the door and stated her request very directly.

Upon hearing this, Shao Dachun’s face stiffened, and he felt extremely ashamed.

He planned to go out in the morning to deliver rice to Widow Zhao’s family, but because his elderly father woke up and a bunch of other things happened, he was so busy that he forgot about delivering the rice.

At this moment, Widow Zhao, who was so hungry, came to his door. He immediately felt extremely ashamed, as if it was because of him that they were so hungry.

“Are you having dinner? I shouldn’t have bothered you. Brother Dachun, are you eating meat? Or am I just hallucinating from hunger?” Widow Zhao asked softly.

Shao Yu looked at Liu Guizhi and noticed that her hand holding the chopsticks had tightened.

“Come in and eat,” Shao Dachun called out.

Widow Zhao immediately said, “How could I accept this? Won’t my sister-in-law be upset?”

Liu Guizhi kept a somber face and remained silent.

Shao Dachun quickly nudged her and said, “Guizhi, why aren’t you saying anything?”

“What are you saying!” Shao Yu slammed down his chopsticks.

Shao Dachun and Widow Zhao were both taken aback.

Widow Zhao quickly said, “Uncle, so you’re cured. You don’t know how worried Da Chun was every day while you were sick.”

Shao Dachun chimed in, saying, “Dad, Xiao Zhao has always been very attentive to you too.”

Upon hearing this, Shao Yu retorted, “Why is she so concerned? What is she to me, or to you?”

This question left Shao Dachun speechless and stiff.

But Widow Zhao was not a normal person. Even though Shao Yu had made his point so clearly, she still shamelessly said, “I treat Brother Dachun like my own brother. Seeing Brother Dachun worrying about Uncle’s illness makes me feel even worse than him.”

“My lover?” Shao Yu said this deliberately.

Shao Dachun quickly explained, “He’s my biological brother, not my lover. Dad, please don’t talk nonsense.”

“They’re talking about my sweetheart,” Shao Yu said innocently.

At this moment, Liu Guizhi’s eyes had become like knives.

Strangely, Widow Zhao did not refute this.

Shao Yu continued, “I’m so old, I can’t stand hearing such things. Whether you’re my lover or my brother, all I remember is that you’re a member of the Wang family. It’s not very proper for a widow like you to come to our door late at night.”

Upon hearing this, Widow Zhao burst into tears and said, “It’s my fault for upsetting you, Uncle. I’ll leave right now, and even if I starve to death, I will never come back to find Brother Dachun.”

Seeing her act like this, Liu Guizhi gritted her teeth even more, while Shao Dachun felt increasingly guilty.

Shao Yu, however, remained completely unaffected and said, “If you know you’ve upset me, then hurry up and leave.”

“Father, what nonsense are you talking about? How can you be so rude?” Shao Dachun said.

Shao Yu glared at him, and Shao Dachun dared not continue speaking.

Shao Yu naturally couldn’t give a kind look to someone like Widow Zhao, who clearly had hands and feet, fields and land, yet didn’t even grow vegetables and relied on Shao Dachun for help with her whole family.

“Yes, I’ll leave right away.” Widow Zhao then looked at Shao Dachun and said, “Brother Dachun, don’t worry about us. We won’t starve to death for now. Tomorrow I’ll take my mother-in-law and children out to beg for food.”

Upon hearing this, Shao Dachun immediately became anxious, feeling as if a life was about to be lost in front of him. He said on the spot, “Wait a minute, let me find you something.”

Widow Zhao lowered her head, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Shao Dachun rushed to the kitchen and saw that he was still the same as before. Liu Guizhi looked dejected and felt that everything that had happened that day had been in vain.

Shao Yu asked Liu Guizhi, “Is there no knife in the kitchen?”

Once Liu Guizhi was awakened, she disregarded everything else and immediately got up and rushed to the kitchen.

Shao Dachun was in the kitchen packing rice. Because Shao Erchun had given them some food rations this time, the family was a little better off, and he was even thinking of packing more for others.

However, when he saw Liu Guizhi rush in, Shao Dachun couldn’t help but feel guilty and hid to the side.

But Liu Guizhi did not stop him from filling the rice container; instead, she directly held the cleaver to her own neck.

“Guizhi, talk this out and put the knife down,” Shao Dachun coaxed.

Liu Guizhi, knife at her side, rushed up to Widow Zhao and said, “If you dare take this bag of rice today, I’ll kill myself right here.”

Widow Zhao was stunned; she never expected Liu Guizhi to take such an extreme action.

Shao Yu patted Niu Niu’s little head and said, “Call Grandpa Wang from next door over.”

The four-year-old girl immediately got up and ran nimbly towards the door. A moment later, there was a commotion next door.

“Da Chun, what’s wrong at your house so late at night?”

After Old Wang finished speaking, he saw Shao Yu sitting down and immediately said in surprise, “Old Shao, you’ve recovered quite well. You can sit down and eat now.”

Shao Yu nodded and said, “I don’t know if my family owes your family anything, but your Wang family’s daughter-in-law comes to our door asking for food in the middle of the night.”

“If she had an IOU, we would accept it, but she had nothing. She came to our door empty-handed to complain, tears streaming down her face. If you didn’t know better, you would think that Da Chun had done something to her.”

Upon hearing this, Old Wang immediately lost face.

In rural areas, clan consciousness is very strong. Widow Zhao is a daughter-in-law of the Wang family, while Old Man Wang is an elder in the Wang family. When such a thing happens, the elder cannot ignore it.

Old Wang had always known about Shao Dachun’s bad habits, and he was also well aware that Widow Zhao had been taking advantage of him. It was just a matter of mutual consent, and Old Wang always pretended not to know.

Now that Shao Yu has said this, Old Man Wang can no longer pretend to be dead.

Shao Yu continued, “Look at your daughter-in-law, what has she driven my daughter-in-law to? There’s only one bite of food left in the house, and she still won’t let it go. She’s determined to drive my daughter-in-law to her death.”

Old Wang quickly advised, “Da Chun’s wife, let’s talk this out. Put the knife down, put it down quickly. If you accidentally cut yourself, it will be terrible.”

Liu Guizhi remained motionless, staring intently at Widow Zhao.

Widow Zhao also found the situation very difficult. She had only thought about taking advantage of the situation, but who knew things would develop to this point.

Old Wang turned around and scolded her: “Are you so desperate for food that you have to keep bothering Da Chun?”

Widow Zhao also felt wronged. It wasn’t that she insisted on clinging to Da Chun; it was that she simply couldn’t cling to anyone else.

“Uncle, I’m so pitiful. I have elderly parents and young children to support, and my whole family hasn’t eaten for three days…” Widow Zhao said, looking at Old Man Wang with pleading eyes.

Old Wang’s heart skipped a beat. He was afraid that Widow Zhao would become entangled with him because of this, so he was unsure whether he should continue to persuade her.

But Shao Yu said, “I remember that Widow Zhao family had a lot of land. Could it be that after her husband died, the land was divided up by your Wang family, which is why she came to my house asking for this and that?”