Zhou Zhiyuan was a little nervous. He keenly felt that what his mother said next was not what he wanted to hear.
When Cui Shichu saw this boy with a childish face looking at him seriously, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't be so nervous. What I'm talking about isn't a big deal, it's just your sister's marriage. He has fallen out with me and wants to sever all ties with us."
"W-what?" Zhou Zhiyuan heard her words and wondered if he had heard wrongly, so he asked in a daze.
"I don't agree with Zhou Lizhi marrying Chen Wenya. She thinks I want to trade her marriage and find an easy-to-manage son-in-law so that they can support you in the future. Oh, by the way, she also thinks I am partial and favor sons over daughters. , I only have you as my son in my heart, not her as my daughter. That’s just the way it is." Cui Shichu told Zhou Zhiyuan everything directly, and did not hide it from him as an ignorant child.
"Why does my sister think you favor boys over girls?" Zhou Zhiyuan was shocked, because in his opinion, the original owner's mother actually "favored girls over boys." In the past, when he and Zhou Lizhi quarreled, no matter who was right or wrong, his mother would dissuade him. He lets his sister do it because she is a girl; sometimes there are too many housework tasks and mom can't finish them, so he helps with them, but her sister won't help at all...
When it comes to studying, the original owner's mother also treats them equally and wants to train them to become college students. However, Zhou Lizhi's academic performance was not very good and she refused to continue studying after finishing junior high school. However, Zhou Zhiyuan continued to high school and did not give up. Studies, so you can’t blame the original owner for being partial.
Cui Shichu glanced at the surprised and shocked Cheap Son and said, "I don't know, maybe she thinks I am patriarchal by not letting her marry the man she wants to marry."
Cui Shichu couldn't tell what happened to Zhou Lizhi in her previous life, so she had no choice but to explain to Zhou Zhiyuan this way. After all, in this life, neither she nor Zhou Zhiyuan showed any signs of favoring boys over girls and forcing Zhou Lizhi to be a demon to support his younger brother.
Zhou Zhiyuan still looked confused, unable to understand what Zhou Lizhi's brain was thinking, but - "But, mom, didn't you agree to her marrying her brother-in-law? Why does she still hate you?"
"Your sister is a person who holds grudges but not gratitude. If you continue to associate with her in the future, you should be more careful and don't let her deceive you." Cui Shichu reminded him that Zhou Lizhi would definitely regret marrying Chen Wenya. If she doesn't get what she wants, she will think of her natal family. If she tries to trick Zhou Zhiyuan into doing something, it will be troublesome, so Cui Shichu needs to get vaccinated with Zhou Zhiyuan in advance.
When Zhou Zhiyuan heard what she said, he felt uncomfortable. He didn't understand why his family members who used to be close and harmonious suddenly became alienated and became wary of each other. This made him, who was used to the mother and son relying on each other, become panicked and at a loss.
He twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at Cui Shichu with a hint of pleading and expectation: "Mom, do you and your sister have some misunderstandings?" As if he hoped that Cui Shichu would answer him that it was a misunderstanding.
But Cui Shichu ruthlessly broke his extravagant expectations: "It's not a misunderstanding. Your sister really resents me and you, not just me, but you as well."
"Why does sister hate me?" Zhou Zhiyuan was confused and frightened. He really didn't know where he had offended Zhou Lizhi.
Cui Shichu sighed, glanced at him, and said nothing. Could it be that she said it was because you were disabled in your previous life, which prevented her from coming back to take care of you several times? ——Although the so-called care means bringing some leftovers from the Sun family’s food to the original owner and her son, or lending them some money at the original owner’s begging, this in Zhou Lizhi’s eyes means forcing her to be a helper. Her brother-in-law showed off, so she couldn't wait to sever ties with her biological mother and biological brother for the rest of her life.
Zhou Zhiyuan didn't get an answer from his mother, so he decided to ask Zhou Lizhi himself.
These two days were weekends, and the machinery factory was not working. Zhou Zhiyuan came to the factory gate in despair and realized this, so he had to go to Chen Wenya's house to find Zhou Lizhi.
Zhou Zhiyuan came once when Zhou Lizhi got married, but never came again. Only then did he remember that his sister had been married for almost half a year, but he had never seen her back home. Did she really want to Have you cut off all contact with your natal family?
Zhou Zhiyuan knocked on the door of Chen's house with a heavy heart.
"Who?!" An angry question startled Zhou Zhiyuan, and then the door was suddenly opened, and an old woman in her fifties with a ferocious expression and three white eyes came out. .
"Hello Aunt Chen, have you eaten today?" Zhou Zhiyuan said to Chen's mother politely. He recognized that this was his sister's mother-in-law.
Mother Chen looked at him sideways, then glanced down at his empty hands, rolled her eyes, turned back and shouted: "Zhou Lizhi! Your brother is here to find you!"
After saying that, she turned around and went back by herself, ignoring Zhou Zhiyuan at all, but she still muttered: "You don't even know how to bring some gifts when you come to visit, you are a high school student, you don't know any etiquette..."
Zhou Zhiyuan suddenly frowned, his handsome face turned as red as a monkey's butt. He only felt ashamed and embarrassed. Mother Chen was right. Although he came to see his sister, he was also meeting relatives, so how could he not bring some gifts? Woolen cloth? This is indeed because he does not understand etiquette.
Zhou Zhiyuan was so ashamed that he almost wanted to dig into a hole in the ground, and hesitantly wondered if he should buy some cookies and candies when he went back now? He didn't come to the door without a gift on purpose, but because he kept thinking about his sister's falling out with the family, he was depressed and absent-minded, so he forgot the etiquette.
Just when he was hesitating, Zhou Lizhi came out. When she saw Zhou Zhiyuan outside the door, she didn't let him in. Instead, she came out by herself and closed the door. Then she asked Zhou Zhiyuan expressionlessly. : "Why did you come to me?"
Zhou Zhiyuan's heart suddenly turned cold when she saw her expression. She even closed the door. Did she have no intention of inviting him in? Feeling sad, Zhou Zhiyuan immediately forgot about etiquette. He pursed his lips and asked Zhou Lizhi: "Do you really want to cut off contact with me and my mother?"
As he spoke, he carefully observed Zhou Lizhi's expression, trying to see the negative meaning on her face, but he was disappointed.
"Really." Zhou Lizhi nodded ruthlessly and said to Zhou Zhiyuan indifferently, "I hope you won't come to me again in the future."
"Why? Aren't we a family? Why have we come to this point? What misunderstanding does it have between you and mom? And me, I think I have never done anything to regret you, why do you even want to disown me?" Zhou Zhiyuan couldn't stand it anymore and questioned her with red eyes.
Zhou Lizhi was hard-hearted. When she saw her brother's sad look, not only did she not feel the same, but she felt very happy. As if she was deliberately making her brother more sad, she said to him maliciously: "Of course it's because you will do it in the future." Being poor will turn me into a useless person and drag me down!"
