Chapter 1704: Empress Xiaozhuang Is Miserable, and Gets the Bicycle

Zhuang Chaoying has not returned for three days. Although there is one less person at home, Huang Ling feels particularly relaxed.

In the past, she had to worry about whether Zhuang Chaoying could take care of the children at home if she worked the middle and night shifts, but now there is no need.

Because the three children have grown up, she doesn't have to worry about Zhuang Tunan's studies. As for eating, Zhou Chen can do it and help take care of Zhuang Xiaoting, so whether Zhuang Chaoying is there or not actually has little impact on their family.

Anyway, whether it is Huang Ling or Zhou Chen, the three younger ones, they didn't feel any problems in these three days and were not affected at all.

At dinner, Zhuang Tunan swallowed big mouthfuls. At the age of twelve, he is now a half-grown boy and can eat a lot.

"Mom, I will go home for lunch in the future." Zhuang Tunan swallowed the food in his mouth and sobbed.

Huang Ling was stunned: "What did you say? Didn't mom buy you a meal ticket for No. 1 Middle School? Aren't the meal tickets enough for you?"

Zhuang Tunan explained: "Mom, I compared it. One pound of food coupons can be exchanged for one pound of canteen meal tickets, which can make one pound of rice. One pound of food coupons can buy one pound of rice, which can make two pounds of rice. It's twice as much. I'd better go home for lunch."

Huang Ling said: "The food in the canteen is not oily. It's okay to eat at home, but you have to take a bus back and forth at noon. The time is very tight and it's very hard."

"It's okay. I'm not afraid of hard work. Many classmates in the class go home for lunch."

"If you are not afraid of hard work, then go home for lunch."

Mothers are all the same. Although there is a canteen in the school, in their hearts, the food in the canteen is not as good as the food at home.

Zhou Chen suddenly said, "I think it's not a good idea to take a bus back and forth. It's better to get a bicycle."

"Buy a bicycle? You're really bold. A bicycle costs more than 100 yuan, and the key is that you need a ticket."

Huang Ling shook her head, thinking that her younger son's idea was good, but a little too naive. Whether it was the money to buy a bicycle or the bicycle ticket, their family didn't have it, so it was impossible to buy a bicycle.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Mom, if you believe me, give me 40 yuan, I promise to get you a bicycle, but it's not a new one."

"You want to buy someone else's old one? But even if it's old, you can't buy it for 40 yuan. If it's too old, you can't ride it for a long time. It's dangerous and not cost-effective."

"It's not the kind of tattered one. At least it should be 60% to 70% new."

Huang Ling's expression became serious, and she asked again: "Tuxi, are you serious?"

"Very serious, I haven't lied to you, right?"

Huang Ling hesitated a little. She did have 40 yuan, and she was not worried that her younger son would spend the money recklessly, but was mainly worried that her younger son would be cheated.

But after hesitating for a moment, she still chose to believe Zhou Chen. After dinner, she quietly took out 40 yuan and gave it to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen had just put the money in his pocket when he found that Zhuang Chaoying had returned.

Good guy, when he went there three days ago, he was still energetic, but now he is back with a beard, scary dark circles under his eyes, heavy bags under his eyes, and a face full of decadence.

It is no exaggeration to say that compared with three days ago, Zhuang Chaoying seemed to be five years older. How much torture did he suffer in these three days to become like this? Didn’t he sleep?

Huang Ling was also shocked by Zhuang Chaoying’s appearance. She knew that Zhuang Chaoying must have suffered when he went there, but she didn’t expect that it was only three days, and he was already like this?

“Chaoying, what’s wrong with you?”

Zhuang Chaoying said stubbornly: “I have been under great pressure from teaching these days and haven’t slept well.”

It must be said that he is really ‘filial’. Even if it is like this, he is unwilling to say anything bad about that place.

Huang Ling almost couldn't hold back her laughter. Even though Zhuang Chaoying didn't say anything, how could she not guess what was going on?

She finally managed to hold back her laughter and asked as if nothing had happened: "You haven't eaten yet, I'll go get you some."

Zhuang Chaoying nodded, put the bag in his hand on the table, sat down on the stool, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Seeing Zhou Chen, he frowned: "Have you finished your homework? Why don't you do your homework?"

Zhou Chen said: "I finished it a long time ago, Dad, don't you have to go to your uncle's house to take care of grandma today?"

Zhuang Chaoying's face turned black instantly, and a strong resentment surged up. This child's words were still so irritating. He knew that his youngest son was doing it on purpose.

"Don't worry about adults' affairs, children. Go to bed after finishing your homework."

Zhou Chen laughed again without giving face, and under Zhuang Chaoying's angry eyes, he went back to his own camp bed in the inner room and lay down.

After eating and Huang Ling cleaned up, Zhuang Chaoying talked about the topic just now again.

"I have to work and take care of our mother. I really have limited energy and can't take good care of her. I think this is not good for our mother's recovery, so I thought about it, why don't we bring our mother here to take care of her?"

Huang Ling was not surprised that he would say this, because she had already felt it the moment Zhuang Chaoying came back.

"It's the same sentence as last time. It's not that I don't want to take care of her, but the conditions at home don't allow it and there is no place to stay."

Zhou Chen sneered in the inner room. Zhuang Chaoying was just a authentic filial piety in words, a face project. Outsiders praised him for being filial, but in fact, his filial piety was outsourced to Huang Ling.

Before, Huang Ling took care of the elderly at home, cooked meals and served water, but she was the kind of person who did not get any thanks for her efforts, and Zhuang Chaoying actually did nothing at home except paying one-third of his salary. In the end, he took up the reputation of filial piety.

A typical example of filial piety outsourcing.

Zhuang Chaoying's already ugly face turned gloomy again.

"Then what do you think I should do? I have no time now. I have to either go to work or take care of my mother. It's impossible to do both at the same time. You can't let me not go to work and take care of my mother, right?"

"Then how about letting Tusi go?"

Zhuang Chaoying couldn't believe her ears. This sentence really came from Huang Ling's mouth?

But he quickly realized that it was Tuxi, not Xiaoting. During the past three days when he went to take care of her, he was disliked by his parents and his younger brother's family. He couldn't eat well or sleep well.

If the younger son is left to take care of her, given his temper, he might start a fight over there in just one day.

Although the younger son is young, he has a lot of ambitions. He really doesn't think much of his parents and younger brother if they really want to cause trouble. If the old man's legs are not taken care of by then, and it leads to greater conflicts, he will be annoyed enough now. Okay, I don't want to cause any more trouble.

"no."

"You don't agree with what I said, and I don't agree with what you said. No one can convince anyone, so you can figure it out yourself."

Zhuang Chaoying pondered for a moment and revealed his trump card.

"Then we pay for Qianmei and the others to take care of it?"

Huang Ling was shocked when she heard this.

"Your parents used to live in their home, and all the pensions were given to their family. Now that mom is injured and needs no one to take care of her, they ask us to pay them to take care of her. What kind of logic is this?"

"That's our mother, the elder. We are the younger generation of children. Taking care of the elders is not the responsibility of the family. So tell me, is there any other way besides this? I asked you to take care of it, but you don't go. Take it back. You don't want to either."

"Zhuang Chaoying, you cover your conscience and say, what do I do to your family? I don't want to, am I not willing? I have to work three shifts, and there are three children at home to take care of, how can I take care of them? The family is so big, so how can I take care of it? I don’t even have a place to live when I come back, how can I pick him up?”

Huang Ling said coldly: "It's up to you, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, you are in charge of your salary yourself. I haven't seen a single point in the subsidy for the two college entrance examinations. You can subsidize it however you want." , Anyway, it is impossible for me to contribute a cent of my salary. With three children, my salary alone is not enough. If you want to let your children have enough to eat, it is up to you to subsidize them. "

Although Zhuang Chaoying was very angry at what Huang Ling said, the three days of care had really tortured him. Of course, he could not neglect his work, so he would rather spend money to solve this matter than go there again. take care of.

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Xiaozhuang's words were indeed correct. His behavior was as if he was sending money there on purpose.

Zhuang Chaoying is really a top-notch person. She works hard, and one-third of her monthly salary is subsidized to her parents and younger brother. She finally passed the college entrance examination twice and was exhausted. In the end, she didn’t get a single point of subsidy. I took them home and sent them over there.

The most important thing is that they didn't think well of him at all, they just said a few nice words, and he was happy with it.

This kind of behavior is not just as simple as foolishness and filial piety, but pureness is stupidity, stupidity, and having brain problems.

He has been accustomed to PUA since he was a child, and his outlook on life has become distorted. When doing these things, he is probably still feeling self-moved, self-defeating, and feels that he is great and how great he is.

Huang Ling didn't ask again. It was useless to ask. If her words were useful, their family's life would not be like this.

She no longer has any expectations for Zhuang Chaoying. The reason why she doesn't divorce is not because she can't live without Zhuang Chaoying, but because she can't let go of her three children and doesn't want her three children to be laughed at and criticized. After all, in this era, divorce is still Very criticized.

And she also knows that except for the youngest son, her three children may really not care. If the eldest son and the youngest daughter knew that they were going to divorce, they would definitely not be willing to divorce. The children are still in school, so there are no She won't take that last step until she really can't go on.

In the end, Huang Ling didn't know how much Zhuang Chaoying paid because they both managed their own salaries. She didn't know how much money Zhuang Chaoying had, and she didn't ask how much Zhuang Chaoying paid.

This matter passed peacefully, and there was no more trouble over there. It was obvious that they had achieved a satisfactory result.

Sunday!

Early in the morning, Zhou Chen took Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe out and didn't come back until almost noon.

But they didn't come back empty-handed. The three of them all carried a lot of things. Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe each carried a tire, plus some small parts, while Zhou Chen carried a faucet, a frame and other bicycle accessories.

Lin Wufeng, who was sitting in the small courtyard, was surprised when he saw so many things brought back by the three children.

"Tusi, where have you been? Aren't these bicycle accessories? Where did they come from?"

Lin Dongzhe rushed to answer: "Brother Tuxi bought it. We visited several bicycle repair shops in the morning. Brother Tuxi bought these things from others. Brother Tuxi said that he would assemble a good bicycle by himself when he comes back."

“Build your own bike?”

Lin Wufeng was even more shocked after hearing this and asked in disbelief: "Tuxi, are you really good at assembling a bicycle? This is not a simple matter. Are you sure? These accessories are not cheap, are they? I think they are still very new."

Zhou Chen said, "These are not cheap, but they are acceptable. Uncle Lin, don't worry. I have all the parts. I will start installing them after lunch."

Huang Ling, Zhuang Chaoying and Song Ying all came out when they heard the voice. They were shocked to learn that Zhou Chen bought bicycle parts and planned to assemble them himself.

Huang Ling asked impatiently, "Tuxi, you asked me for money just to buy these? Can you really do it?"

"Yes, I won't do anything I'm not sure of."

Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks, saying that Zhou Chen was not doing his job properly, and Huang Ling was careless, so much money was wasted by Zhou Chen, and then Huang Ling said, "I am happy to let my son waste my money", and he didn't say anything with an ugly face.

Today's lunch, both families ate absent-mindedly. After eating, they didn't even have time to wash the bowls, and then both families gathered in the courtyard to watch Zhou Chen assemble the bicycle.

Zhou Chen arranged all the tools and bicycle parts in order. He had played them in period dramas several times, so assembling a bicycle was absolutely easy.

Under the gaze of the two families, Zhou Chen began to assemble. Lin Wufeng volunteered to help and squatted next to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen was not polite. After starting to assemble, he took the initiative to tell Lin Wufeng what tools and parts he needed.

"Uncle Lin, vise, wrench, nut......"

Zhou Chen was very fast, as if he had practiced many times, and he didn't pause much. Lin Wufeng also worked in the mechanical field. He took whatever Zhou Chen said, and the two cooperated very well.

After a while, the bicycle frame was assembled, and it took a while to install all the small parts.

A fully assembled bicycle that was 70% new was presented to the two families. The whole process took no more than an hour.

"Wow, it was really assembled successfully?"

Song Ying exclaimed in surprise. At the beginning, she had no hope at all, but when it really worked, she realized it later and was shocked.

The others had the same expression. Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe cheered loudly and excitedly. Zhuang Tunan was also very happy. He knew that this bike was prepared for him.

Zhuang Chaoying had a complicated expression. He couldn't tell whether he was happy or upset. He should be happy, but he couldn't be happy. After all, he had just ridiculed her. It had only been a short time, and he was slapped in the face.

Huang Ling was the happiest one, not only because of the bicycle, but more because of Zhou Chen's ability. She knew that she would not trust her youngest son wrongly. He said he would make her a bicycle, and he really made a bicycle.

Lin Wufeng stood there, not yet recovered.

Laymen watch the excitement, while experts see the doorway.

Huang Ling and the others only saw Zhou Chen assemble a bicycle, but he saw more. Zhou Chen's operation of the tools, the orderly steps, almost no mistakes, did not seem like the first time to assemble.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would not believe that it was made by Zhou Chen. Even those old car repair masters probably didn't have Zhou Chen's skills.