Training the Heavens

Chapter 169 Who Owns the House
Zhuang Chaoying stared at Huang Ling fiercely and slammed his fist on the table. The two glasses fell heavily on the concrete floor and shattered with a loud bang.

Huang Ling didn't back down. She pulled Zhuang Tunan behind her to protect him and continued, "Tunan and Xiaoting are both mine. Now that you're free of that burden, you can focus on honoring your parents and supporting your siblings. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"

"Oh, Sister Ling, why can't you just say it nicely? You two have been together for so many years, why do you have to get to the point of divorce?" Song Ying from next door heard the noise and couldn't help but come over to smooth things over.

This is the current trend. The boundaries between neighbors are not as clear as in later generations. Moreover, they both work in the same unit. Since such a big conflict has arisen in her good sister's family, she naturally has to come and persuade them.

"Yeah, if there is any conflict, can't you just talk it out nicely? You are a model couple in the cotton mill, how come you are on the verge of divorce?" Lin Wufeng also came over to help persuade them, and before coming, he had asked Lin Dongzhe to take Zhuang Xiaoting out to play.

"It was Tuanan's grandmother's birthday, and he flipped the table. This year during the Chinese New Year, Huang Ling didn't care about my parents. I asked them to apologize to my parents, but what happened was, it was like setting off firecrackers." Zhuang Chaoying was very confused.

"My mother worked hard to cook for a whole day, but she was not even allowed to sit at the table. She was told to eat in the kitchen with Xiaoting! Since my mother can't eat, no one else can eat!" Zhuang Tunan revealed these things directly.

"We just moved in, and they already want Zhendong and Zhenbei to live with us, and they want Xiaoting to go over and take care of grandma. They don't care about Xiaoting at all. So why should we go there for the New Year? It's still the same as before, with my mom working so hard to cook? And then we have to eat in the kitchen with Xiaoting? And after that, we don't even have a place to sleep?"

"It's all your fault that you taught the child bad things!" When Zhuang Chaoying heard this, not only did he not regret it at all, he also blamed Huang Ling.

He looked at Lin Wufeng and talked about his family's difficulties. "My brother, sister and I had a hard time when we were young. There were many children in our family, and there wasn't enough food. Even so, my parents insisted that we all go to school. Before school started, my mother would go around borrowing rice from relatives for us to take to school. She would even mix corn and millet into the rice bags to barely fill us up. Aling grew up in a well-off family, and she doesn't understand the bond between us siblings who grew up through hardships together."

Lin Wufeng was dumbfounded. "Teacher Zhuang, when we were little, every family was like this. We all grew up in hardship. Listen to me, one generation takes care of the next. You can take care of your brothers and sisters, but don't let your children suffer with you. You've suffered, so don't let your children suffer again."

"Why are they suffering?" Zhuang Chaoying still didn't understand.

Song Ying was shocked. "Do you think Sister Ling is enjoying herself with you? She takes care of the children, but she can't even afford to make clothes for herself. She wears work clothes in the summer and a cotton coat that's too small for Tunan in the winter. I touched it and the cotton is stiff and no longer warm. "And her shoes too. The uppers are torn and the soles are almost worn out."

Hearing this, Huang Ling completely gave up. "Okay, then I'll take good care of your brotherly and sisterly friendship from now on. I won't be a burden to your family anymore. Let's go through the divorce procedures tomorrow. I'll raise the two children, so you don't have to worry about them."

"Mom, I'm grown up now. I can take good care of you and my sister." Zhuang Tunan was very happy. He could finally get rid of this guy who was holding him back.

Zhuang Chaoying once again felt the familiar resentment. Whenever someone tried to puncture the illusion of harmony in their family, he felt an uncontrollable resentment. This resentment made him lose his mind, and he rushed to Huang Ling with his hand raised high.

"Teacher Zhuang, what are you doing?" Lin Wufeng wanted to come over to stop him, but it was too late.

Fortunately, Zhuang Tunan reacted quickly. He rushed out from behind Huang Ling and slammed his hands on Zhuang Chaoying's thighs, "Don't hit my mother!"

Zhuang Chaoying was caught off guard for a moment, and coupled with Zhuang Tunan's great strength, he was actually pushed to the ground by an eleven-year-old child.

"Teacher Zhuang, calm down, calm down." Lin Wufeng finally arrived and quickly supported Zhuang Chaoying. Song Ying, intentionally or unintentionally, blocked Huang Ling's path. "Okay, okay, okay, you all don't recognize me anymore, right?" Zhuang Chaoying was so angry that he was speechless. He had always been very proud, but today his wife and children had completely ruined his good reputation.

"Let's get divorced tomorrow!" Zhuang Chaoying pushed Lin Wufeng away, supported herself on the ground, stood up, and walked outside without looking back.

"Xiao Ting!" Zhuang Tunan chased out immediately. He was afraid that Zhuang Chaoying would meet his sister on the road and take his anger out on her.

The others hurriedly followed him out. When they saw Lin Wufeng walking towards the alley after leaving the courtyard, Song Ying breathed a sigh of relief. "It's okay. Dongzhe took Xiaoting to the back alley to play. I'll call them back."

Outside the yard, the neighbors on both sides had closed their doors, but there were many pairs of eyes hidden in the cracks of the doors and windows. They all heard the commotion in the yard and were hiding in the house eating melons.

After a while, Song Ying came back with the two children. Zhuang Xiaoting didn't know what had happened and was still talking and laughing with Lin Dongzhe.

Song Ying comforted Huang Ling, "A quarrel between husband and wife will heal after a while. You just came back and haven't eaten yet, right? I'll make it right away. Let's eat at my house today and try the fish balls Wu Feng brought back from Fujian."

Huang Ling didn't want to eat now, but the two children hadn't eaten yet, so she had to agree, "I'll be over later, Xiaoting, come in and tell you something."

The two families each went back to their own rooms, and Huang Ling closed the door. Before she could say anything, Zhuang Tunan spoke first, "Xiaoting, we don't have to go to Grandpa's house anymore, and we don't have to see Zhendong and Zhenbei anymore. From now on, we will go to Grandma's house for the New Year and other holidays. What do you think?"

"Good!" Zhuang Xiaoting clapped her hands happily.

When Huang Ling saw this scene, she couldn't hold back her tears. She didn't expect that her daughter still remembered the grievances she suffered in the Zhuang family, and she became more determined to divorce.

She hugged Zhuang Xiaoting and said, "Your brother is right. We don't have to see them anymore."

Then she told Zhuang Xiaoting about the divorce. Zhuang Xiaoting was still young and didn't understand much, so she just hugged Huang Ling and said, "Mom, I will definitely listen to you from now on."

In another corner of the city, Zhuang Chaoying had already returned home angrily. As soon as he saw his parents, he said, "Huang Ling wants to divorce me!"

"Ah? How dare she!" The old woman was stunned.

Lao Deng immediately asked the question he had been thinking about for days, "You two are getting divorced, what will happen to the house? You can't give her the house!"

(End of this chapter)