Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 206: Running Away from Home

Zhang Guizhi was shocked, "Leave? Where are we going?"

Xu Dachuan was impatient, "Anywhere is fine, as long as we don’t have to endure this humiliation here."

Zhang Guizhi was reluctant, but when she met Xu Dachuan’s fierce gaze, she immediately cowered, stumbling back into the room to pack, crying as she did so.

Before long, her eldest daughter Xu Xian also came in, "Mom, let me help you."

Xu Xian was just two years younger than Xu Jian. The girls in the Xu family weren’t appreciated, but luckily only their third household had girls. Wang Ximei treated her youngest son neither well nor poorly, so she didn’t specifically target the three granddaughters, but good things never came their way, and they were always ordered around to do chores.

Zhang Guizhi pitifully grasped her hand, "Your dad is really confused now. Where can we go if we leave now?"

Xu Xian’s face was calm, but her eyes were resolute, "Anywhere would be better. Dad barely stands up for himself. If we don’t leave now, it’ll be even harder in the future. Grandma already resents Dad for not having a son, and she’s been plotting for us to earn money for our cousin’s wedding. Mom, are you really willing to accept that?"

Xu Xian’s words hit Zhang Guizhi’s sore spot. Without thinking, she shook her head, "Not willing, I don’t want to!"

Xu Xian breathed a sigh of relief, "If you’re not willing, then resist. If you don’t dare resist, then listen to Dad. Leave first, escape Grandma’s control, and in the future, you can make your own decisions. It’s better than being manipulated by Grandma and Uncle’s family your whole life!"

Wang Ximei looked like she would live for a long time, and Zhang Guizhi had no chance of ever standing out while living here.

Zhang Guizhi was stunned for a moment, carefully pondering her daughter’s words, and finally made up her mind.

Xu Xian saw her mother moving efficiently and knew she had figured it out, so she also went back to her room to pack things for herself and her two younger sisters.

When Xu Dashan saw his younger brother’s family was serious about leaving, he became anxious, "Third brother, what are you doing! Mom just complained about you a little bit, why take it so seriously?"

Xu Dachuan angrily kicked the door, "She can scold me at will if she’s unhappy, but can’t I show my displeasure too! These years I’ve eaten her food and used her place, but my wife and daughters have served her well!

Look at this courtyard’s ground, all the chores inside and outside the house, which one wasn’t done by them? With Mom being so lazy and greedy, could she do any of this? Now just because she’s unhappy, our whole family has to be scolded like dogs!

Even a clay figure has some temper, does she take me for dead!

And you, big brother, don’t stand there talking so glibly. If it were you, I bet you’d have had enough long ago! But of course, with me and second brother bearing the brunt, it’s never your turn!"

Xu Dashan’s face turned red with anger, "Third brother! Things should be kept separate! What’s with dragging me into this? What are you implying? Did I come to mediate and still get it wrong?"

"Yes! You got it wrong! If you dare, go speak to her! It’s clear to anyone with eyes who started this! What if I can’t endure it? Let me tell you, I not only can’t endure it today, but I won’t ever endure it again!" Xu Dachuan shouted hysterically.

The usually invisible Xu Old Man finally got angry, rushing forward in a fit, taking off his shoe to hit Xu Dachuan, "Who do you think you’re talking to? Speak clearly! Second brother has two sons and doesn’t dare to be this arrogant, but you dare to act up with your three burdens, who gave you the confidence?

If you want to stay, stay, if not, get out! I don’t need you as a son, you’ve become so capable now..."

Xu Dachuan didn’t dodge, taking the hits from the old man withstandingly.

Xu Dashan’s face changed, he had a bad feeling.

The next second, Xu Dachuan went back into the room silently, picked up Zhang Guizhi’s packed luggage, and walked out of the room with large strides, heading straight to the room where his three daughters lived, one hand carrying a big bag on each side.

He shouted, "Guizhi, are you ready? The kids and I are leaving first."

Passing by Xu Dashan, Xu Dachuan didn’t even give him a glance.

Zhang Guizhi then followed, carrying two big bags, with a grass mat and quilt on her back, struggling to chase after her husband and children.

In the blink of an eye, only three people were left in the uproarious old house.

Xu Dashan slapped his thigh vigorously, "Dad, Mom! What are you trying to do? Why force the third brother to leave?"

Wang Ximei snorted indifferently, "What are you worrying about! You know what the third brother’s like, don’t you? How can he feed his wife and children without this home? He’s just acting out, doing it for our benefit, probably just going to live with his father-in-law for a few days, and when he can’t take it anymore, he’ll come back with his tail between his legs!

Forget about that useless thing, Guizhi said that Xu Jian from the second brother’s family also got into university, and it’s one in the capital, is it true?"

Xu Dashan’s face turned pale, he really didn’t know about this. Ever since he and Wang Fengying were laid off, they’ve been busy networking everywhere, trying to get into another factory. Recently they finally heard a new food processing factory opened in their town. They were all set to get in, focusing all their attention on it without caring about the village happenings.

Wang Ximei sullenly exhaled a sigh, her eyes revealing some disappointment as she looked at Xu Dashan, "Back then, for Ah Jie’s future, your father and I emptied our coffers, your wife even transferred her household registration to the city.

We’ve been through so much trouble, and Ah Jie only got into a technical college, we don’t even know where he can work after graduating, whether he can earn enough to fill these gaps. I tell you, our family now has no savings at all.

Your father and I are old now, we don’t have the energy to help you, and there’s no use relying on that ungrateful second brother. We’ll have to depend on the third brother and his wife."

Xu Old Man spoke calmly, "The third brother’s family has three daughters, by the time they get married, just ask for a bigger dowry, what’s there to worry about!"

Wang Ximei thought the same, otherwise she would have panicked long ago.

Xu Dashan also felt his parents made sense, thinking of persuading Xu Dachuan to come back after a few days when he’s calmed down.

The whole family harbored their own thoughts.

At this moment, Xu Dachuan had already taken his wife and daughters to the only guesthouse in town.

He used his ID to book a room.

Once inside and putting down their things, Zhang Guizhi couldn’t help but ask, "Dachuan, where are you planning to take us? You’re not going to my mother’s house, are you?"

Her maternal home wasn’t in Pingxi Town, but in another town, over an hour’s bus ride away, costing three and a half per person, their whole family riding would cost over a dozen yuan, Zhang Guizhi felt the pinch just thinking about it.

More importantly, her maternal family also favored boys over girls, they couldn’t possibly let their family stay long-term.

Xu Dachuan sat cross-legged on the bed, smiling nonchalantly, "Don’t worry, we won’t go to your maternal home. I’ve thought it through. Our family will go to Guangdong Province. I hear it’s very prosperous there now, many factories are hiring. We can get jobs there or start a small business, anything is better than waiting to die here."