She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Chapter 541

The matter between Old Chen and Yang Su was temporarily concluded after the factory decided to investigate. He was ordered by the factory manager to go home and rest, and was not allowed to occupy the public rest room.

He reluctantly went back, and before he even got home, he bumped into Yang Su, who was out buying groceries.

It was truly a case of enemies meeting with intense hatred; after arguing for a few moments, the two started fighting right there in public.

Yang Su beats people without any regard for consequences. Even though Chen Xiangnan, that little bastard, reported her to the police and she ended up at the police station, she still doesn't learn her lesson at all.

If this old man wants to fight her, she absolutely cannot lose.

The injuries from yesterday hadn't healed yet, and today the two of them were bruised and swollen again.

Old Chen didn't want to go back and face that old man at all; he even felt that sleeping on the street was better than sleeping at home.

He also wanted to kick Yang Su and her family out, but he didn't have the ability. If he fought with Yang Su at home, her son would help him.

After thinking for a moment, Old Chen turned around angrily and went back to the machine factory.

Since he wouldn't be allowed to sleep in the break room, he would sleep outside the factory manager's office.

Anyway, nobody can get him to go back.

When Grandma Xia heard the news, she was having a battle of wits with Chen Lingling over a bag of candy. "You're not allowed to eat it. It's so late at night. You'll lose all your teeth."

Chen Lingling huffed, "Grandma, can't I even have one?"

Grandma Xia refused resolutely, "No, not even half a piece."

Chen Lingling went to Xia Yu'e crying, "Grandma, my grandma won't let me eat candy. I only licked it once, just one bite, boohoo... Please beg her for me..."

Xia Yu'e lay on the bed, turned over, and pretended she was deaf. Children really shouldn't eat too much sugar, or their teeth will rot.

People would often come to their house to give them things. They were usually acquaintances or people expressing their gratitude. Candy was their favorite gift. Chen Lingling, like a little mouse, hid a lot of candy and would eat one whenever she had a spare moment.

When she went to the hospital a while ago, they said that some of her teeth were decayed, so the two old ladies didn't dare let her eat.

Seeing that no one was helping her, Chen Lingling angrily ran to bed, burying her small body under the covers like a little ostrich.

Grandma Xia patted her bottom and made her lie down.

Even though Chen Lingling is only a few years old now, you can already see that she is very good-looking. The second child is good-looking, and Dong Chunmiao is even more beautiful. Chen Lingling inherited the advantages of her parents and is one of the prettiest among children of the same age.

Therefore, she only needs to pout to soften people's hearts, let alone the two elderly ladies.

Chen Xiangbei stood in the living room, pouting, waiting for his mother to coax Chen Lingling to sleep.

That brat, all she does is eat and sleep. She didn't even call him "uncle" when she saw him, even though he brought her some new candy from the supply and marketing cooperative. How rude of her!

"Mom, Auntie, let me tell you, it was such a scene that you'd be missing out if you didn't go see it. My dad got into a fight with that old woman and went to the machinery factory to have the leaders settle things." Chen Xiangbei talked about his father's situation with great enthusiasm.

Grandma Xia: "Yang Su is right. Look at Qiao Yi's parents. Even when her mother is sick and taking medicine, her eyes are still very bright. You can tell whether a person is happy or not just by looking at how well their family treats them and how good their family is."

Not just wives, but children too. Children from truly harmonious families are completely different from those from chaotic, scheming families.

Children from poor families mature early, and this poverty isn't just about lacking money; often it can also mean lacking love.

Chen Xiangbei paused for a moment, "Mom, don't look at me with such guilt. I'm not young anymore. Children from truly poor families are already taking charge of the household when they're just a few years old, but I only became sensible after I grew up. I'm already lucky enough."

You used to spoil me, but after you divorced my dad, you stopped spoiling me. But whenever I come to you, you still take care of me, so I've never suffered much. If I run out of money, you won't just watch me starve to death. If I'm shameless enough, my brother and sister will give me money.

I've never lacked money... nor have I lacked love.

Chen Xiangbei talked for a long time, then thought about it and felt something was wrong, so he added: "My dad used to be a decent person, and he cared about me. It's just that after you divorced him, he became like a father."

So, when you were home, we kids probably didn't come from an unhappy family. Don't think you're being biased or anything; even when my sister was little, you didn't make her do as much chores as others.

But given the current social norms, girls generally have a harder time than boys in any family, let alone in the past. Your biased behavior is understandable, but you've already given her such a large dowry—more than you gave your two older brothers for their weddings—so it evens out.

Grandma Xia's originally depressed mood suddenly seemed to make sense after what this little brat said.

But when Chen Xianghong was mentioned, Grandma Xia became worried again, "Do you think your sister... will she suffer if she marries into that family?"

Chen Xiangbei tilted his head. "Don't worry about that. My sister is like a tigress now that she lives in that family compound. My brother-in-law says she's becoming more and more like you."

Old Mrs. Xia was furious: "Xiao Yu said I'm like a tigress?"

Chen Xiangbei chuckled, "When he talks about you, it's not with disdain, it's with that strange kind of admiration."

Grandma Xia: ...Why is it that none of her children are normal?

She seemed to suddenly realize that the children, who she had initially thought were all a bit off, had become even more abnormal after she had tried to correct them a little.

After Chen Xiangdong was separated from the family, every time they argued, all he did was pack up the leftovers and silently feed them without offering any opinions.

Chen Xiangnan, that little rascal, decided to be a good person while simultaneously running away. He's clever, but this running away is really going to be a disaster.

Chen Xianghong and Yu Hongzhen, one is trying to act like a fierce tigress, and the other always feels that things aren't big enough and should get even bigger. These two are really... Old Mrs. Xia finds it outrageous just thinking about them.

And Chen Xiangbei... She didn't even want to talk about him anymore. Every time she went out, someone would tell her what earth-shattering things that little brat had done.

Grandma Xia didn't really want to hear about her ex-husband, Chen Weiguo. She felt that after the divorce, all her children were better off than before, and that old man wouldn't come in front of her to make her angry anymore. Her life was getting better and better.

If we have to call him a jinx or a bringer of misfortune... to put it bluntly, Old Lady Xia really thinks Chen Weiguo is the real troublemaker; anyone who gets involved with him will never have peace.

At that moment, what Old Lady Xia was thinking actually matched what Yang Su, Old Chen's future wife, was thinking.