I Became a Vicious Supporting Role in the '70s
Chapter 328: I Won’t Go to the City

Chapter 328: Chapter 328: I Won’t Go to the City

The next day, Dezi felt much better. He sat on the hospital bed while Daya slowly fed him water with a cup, and Xiao Ya was next to him, reading a comic book. The three siblings got along very harmonically, a scene Shirley had longed to see as they grew up.

She came in carrying three lunchboxes and a thermos. The three children all looked towards her.

"Mom is here."

"Mom, what delicious food did you bring? I can already smell it."

"Is there any soup?"

"Like a little greedy cat. Yes, there is soup. Granny Qian made smooth chicken soup, braised pig trotters, stir-fried pork, and ten two-in-one buns. Hurry, eat them while they’re hot."

Shirley set up a small table on the hospital bed and opened two lunchboxes that were packed full. She handed each child a bun and then took the chopsticks out to the restroom to wash.

"Brother, look, this was made by Granny Qian. Her cooking is so delicious. Smell it, doesn’t it smell good?"

"Yes, it smells really good. I haven’t had meat in a long time."

"Little brother, eat more later. Granny Qian’s stir-fry doesn’t have chili but small bok choy, which you can eat. Your head is still injured, you need to nourish your body well!"

Dezi squinted his eyes, smiling, a bun in his hand, looking at the two lunchboxes full of food, he felt warm inside.

Shirley returned quickly, handing each child a pair of chopsticks, and they began to eat. Dezi still had a wound on his head, and although he was very eager to eat, Shirley still controlled his pace, making him eat slowly and properly.

He was very obedient.

He used to find listening to Shirley very annoying, but now it was different. He felt fortunate to be looked after by his mom.

"It tastes really good. Granny Qian is so nice. I like Granny Qian the most. Brother, when we all live in the county in the future, we can stay together all the time and eat the food Granny Qian cooks."

Dezi nodded vigorously, then he became melancholic, shaking his head at Xiao Ya.

"I won’t come to the city. I want to live with grandma and grandpa."

Daya, who was chewing on a bun, choked a bit and said sternly to Dezi, "What’s wrong with you? Don’t you understand? What kind of people are grandma and grandpa? In their hearts, dad is most important. They indulge you like a precious child just because you are a boy. I’m telling you, if you keep staying with grandma and grandpa, you will eventually be beaten to death."

She said this, her eyes turning red as she watched Dezi silently eating his meal, not saying a word. She quickly looked at her mom.

"Mom, my brother is a real fool. Let’s not bother with him anymore."

Dezi panicked instantly at those words.

"Mom, I, I can’t come to the city, I really can’t come to the city."

Shirley looked at his anxious and flustered expression, waved her hand but nearly touched her forehead, and quickly stopped him.

"Don’t move around, you still have injuries on your head. Your sister just said that because she cares about you, otherwise she would have left you alone a long time ago. Ever since you were young, you’ve been acting like a little tyrant, bullying your sister since you knew better. She’s suffered so much from you, your grandparents, and your father ever since she was small, having to do laundry, cook, clean, cut pigweed, and earn work points. Dezi, your sister has gone through so much hardship and tiredness, yet she still thinks of you, you should remember her kindness."

"I, I do remember, but I can’t come to the county. I already knew I was wrong. Our grandparents used to say I was the golden grandson, the future of the Xu Family, and I thought I was amazing. My dad didn’t do anything but still had food and drink, I thought it was impressive. But after mom took my sisters and left, I was frequently bullied. People in the village called me a motherless child, they threw stones and clumps of dirt at me, I had to start doing chores at home, and my grandparents made me work, wuu wuu wuu, I really know I was wrong, I also want to be with mom, and my sisters, I will definitely be good in the future, mom, but I can’t go with you. I overheard my grandparents talking at midnight, they said no mother would be willing to abandon her child, they said if I went with you, I’d bother you every day. If I couldn’t find you, I’d go and trouble that uncle’s family, and then, then there would be no shortage of food and drink at home, I’m just a burden."

Shirley’s eyes reddened as she listened to him, and she quickly turned her head to look the other way, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Really bad, heart full of maggots."

"Bad, all bad, brother has changed, won’t stay with them."

Shirley considered and then said, "You are a child. If you really want to be with your sisters, Mom will figure out a way to take you. Your Uncle Qian and Granny Qian are good people. They will accept you too. Would you like to come with mom?"

Dezi pursed his lips, tears streaming down, snot running down, but he still shook his head.

"No, mom, grandparents were good to me before. People say dad is rotten to the core, after grandparents die there will be no one to bury them, I want to stay by grandparents’ side. I will stay in Lu Family Village, if mom misses me, just come and see me."

Shirley, listening to his words, didn’t know why but felt a sense of relief in her heart, there were still barriers between them as mother and son, it wasn’t something that could be resolved so quickly.

However, thinking that the old couple of the Xu Family were also getting on in years, not knowing how many years they had left, Dezi was still so young, not knowing how many years he would have to endure.

"If you have decided, Mom will not force you. Next month after I marry your Uncle Qian, your sisters will come to the city to study. I will also enroll you in the commune’s primary school. The place where we live now, Mom will leave it to you. In winter, mom will buy some bricks and tiles to fix up the house. If you ever feel wronged by your grandparents, just go to that house. Your Aunt Lianhua and Aunt Xifeng will take care of you. If you are hungry, go to them for meals. Mom will give them money, you eat in peace. When your sisters and I have time to rest, we will come to see you, is that okay?"

Dezi wiped his tears, smiled happily at her, and nodded vigorously, this was already the best situation.

Perhaps, to say something unfilial, maybe after the grandparents pass away, he could live together with mom!

"Study well at school, achieve whatever you can. If you don’t do well, take over my job after graduation, thirty-five yuan a month, you can always support yourself, okay!"

"No need mom, give your job to my sisters instead, I don’t want it."

"Your sister is now consistently among the top three in her class every month; she will have a respectable job in the future. Your little sister is also smart, following your older sister’s studies, even if I offer them, they won’t need it."

Dezi: "....."

She thinks I’m dumb, but mom thinking of him already made him very happy.