This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 96 Family Dispute!
In Longxian County, at the Tujia Dam affordable housing community, in apartment 2704 of building 2, unit 1, an oscillating fan whirred, dissipating the midday heat.

Tian Zhuang held a large bowl and ate heartily the shredded potatoes, green beans, loofah, and stir-fried green beans with meat on the table.

After finishing a large bowl of rice, Tian Zhuang looked at his mother, Yao Fang, who was nearly sixty years old, and asked, "Mom, where's my salary card? How much money is in it now?"

Yao Fang was clearing the dishes in the kitchen when her voice echoed from afar: "I've put your card away. I don't know how much money is on it. Anyway, it's just sitting there. We'll use it to buy a house later."

Tian Zhuang put down his chopsticks and said, "Mom, could you find my card? I need it to buy something."

"What do you want to buy?" Yao Fang rushed out of the kitchen, holding a green stain-covered cloth for wiping the kitchen counter.

"It will cost more than three thousand yuan to buy the equipment for practicing surgery!" Tian Zhuang looked up.

Yao Fang's pupils contracted sharply, and her movements stiffened slightly: "What's so expensive? Son, have you been scammed?"

"Didn't you buy a set?"

Tian Zhuang stood up and replied, "The instruments we bought are too big and not suitable for later use. Dr. Lu from our department said that we need smaller instruments to practice later surgeries."

Yao Fang knew Tian Zhuang was practicing surgery, but she still clicked her tongue with a conflicted expression: "That's too expensive, over three thousand yuan. How can we practice without buying it?"

"Can't train! ~ Must buy."

At this point, Tian Zhuang added, "Mom, please find my salary card for me. It doesn't matter if there's money in it or not. From now on, I'll keep my own money."

Yao Fang's eyes widened: "What are you trying to do? Are you going to rebel?"

"You're not good at collecting money!"

Tian Zhuang said, "Mom, over the years, I've given you all my salary. I've calculated it, and it's at least twice as much as you paid for my college education over the years."

"I'm all grown up now, and I need to use my own money."

“It’s not right for you to always use my money to pay off your two older brothers’ loans. I need money for myself too!” Tian Zhuang’s voice was very straightforward.

Upon hearing this, Yao Fang's tone immediately tightened as she said, "Your father passed away early, and your two older brothers didn't get much education so that you could go to school. Now that you have a job, you're starting to look down on us, aren't you?"

"What are you saying? Your fourth brother is not married yet, your eldest brother's son is still young, and your second brother just got married."

Tian Zhuang looked at Yao Fang and said, "My eldest brother failed to get into university on his own, and my second brother beat up a teacher at school and left on his own."

"It wasn't because of my studies that I didn't study..."

Yao Fang said, "They don't have much education either. Now that you have a better job, you should help them out if you can."

"Son, let me tell you, you have a good job, so you don't have to rush things. Your two older brothers both work in the county... They don't have much money, and the houses they bought are..."

Tian Zhuang interrupted, "Mom, you said it yourself, they are my brothers!"

"So, in a way, they should be the ones helping me, not the other way around. I've worked for so many years, and I've probably earned hundreds of thousands in salary, right?"

"I don't want any of it. Just give me my salary card, or I'll get a new one and invalidate the old one. That's all I'm saying."

"You dare..." Yao Fang raised her hand, ready to hit someone.

Tian Zhuang said, "What's there to be afraid of? I don't steal or rob..."

"Mom, if you keep saying that, I'll have to ask my uncles and other relatives to come and judge this."

Yao Fang's expression turned terrified and uneasy: "Tian Zhuang, who exactly told you about these underhanded methods?"

"Do you know that he's harming you and our family?"

“Your older brothers are all getting married and starting their own families. You have a good job, so you need to be sensible. Otherwise, your two older brothers won’t be able to manage their current households.”

"What will happen to your nephew if your sister-in-law divorces your brother?"

“Tian Zhuang…you can’t just become successful and forget that you’re family…who exactly is gossiping about you?”

"Is it that Lu Cheng? Mom's going to find him..."

Tian Zhuang's tone was firm: "No!~"

……

Two hours later, Tian Zhuang's three older brothers arrived at the Tuchengba affordable housing community. The eldest brother and his wife were holding a three-year-old child, while the second brother and his wife sat down near the television, glancing sideways at Tian Zhuang.

Fourth Brother Tian Fu crossed his legs and said, "I think Fifth Brother is right. Of course, he should manage his own salary."

"The fifth one is twenty-nine years old this year."

"No way!" The eldest brother, Tian Wei, who was slightly overweight, refused outright: "Fourth brother, you know what kind of person our fifth brother is. He's very easy to be cheated if he has the money himself."

"It's better to have Mom in charge."

The second son, Tian Qin, looked at Yao Fang with a fawning expression: "Mom, the fifth son is trying to cause division. You have to be careful. Maybe he's been misled by some people."

The fourth brother, Tian Fu, had long resented his eldest and second brothers' exploitation of him: "To put it bluntly, I'd rather be deceived by outsiders than by my own family."

"Then find out Lao Wu's salary over the years. He earns at least 100,000 a year. He's worked for three years. If you can come up with 200,000, then I'll acknowledge that you two brothers are reliable."

"Tian Fu, what do you mean by that? Are you implying that we're sucking the blood of Lao Wu? You need to be clear about this. It was Mom herself who said that she was allocating the family's money."

“Didn’t Tian Wei also hand over his salary?” said his sister-in-law, Hong Yaqin. “You’re the only one in the family who doesn’t listen to orders.”

"Sister-in-law, do you have any shame in saying that?" Tian Fu asked.

"How much money has your family paid for Mom in total? List it out."

Just as Tian Qin was about to speak, Tian Fu said again, "You damn well better shut up. You don't do anything productive all day long, and it's good enough that you don't ask your family for money."

"She's over thirty years old, but she's still like a baby."

Tian Fu looked at Yao Fang: "Mom, let's get this straight today. Either you hand over Lao Wu's salary card, or I'll call Uncle and Aunt!"

"Let's make this matter clear: is it you who manages all the money, or are the brothers supposed to keep their own for themselves?!"

"Good heavens, Fifth Brother wants to buy a set of surgical instruments and has to ask around everywhere, what a travesty! Is there no reasoning with him?!"

Tian Wei said, "Buy it! Buy it for Lao Wu!"

Tian Fu slammed his fist on the table: "This isn't about buying equipment anymore; we need to get the facts straight."

As Tian Fu was speaking, he received a phone call.

He immediately stood up: "Uncle, you're here! Okay, I'll come pick you up right away..."

"Tian Fu!" Tian Wei and Tian Qin were extremely flustered.

My father passed away, and my mother and maternal uncle were the next generation.

Yao Fang may favor the two of them, but as their uncle, she won't interfere in the middle.

"I'm giving you two face by calling you 'brother.' If I didn't, who would you be? Just two thugs!"

"You never do anything productive all day. Your uncle will have to reason with you later!"

"I want to see just how much blood I'll have to bleed from Lao Wu's tuition fees over the years before you guys think it's reasonable..."

After being led inside by Tian Fu, Yao Zhonghua, as the older brother, almost picked up Yao Fang and beat her up after only listening to Tian Fu speak for a few minutes.

"Yao Fang, go and give Tian Zhuang's salary card!"

"How you distribute your belongings is none of my business as an outsider, but Tian Zhuang's salary card is his own."

"Does my child need to apply to you guys for permission to buy things to learn a skill?"

Seeing Tian Wei and Tian Qin glaring at him with displeasure, Yao Zhonghua angrily pointed at them and said, "What are you two looking at? Do you think I can't beat you two?"

"Let me tell you, if I hit you because of this and you dare to retaliate, even a dog would bark at you!"

"Yao Fang, don't look at me. If I'm going to hit you now, no one can stop me!"

"Even if Dad comes, it won't work!"

(End of this chapter)