She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

After the crowd dispersed, Hu's mother got up from the ground, helped Hu's father up, and stood in the yard with her hands on her hips, cursing the group of people who had fought with them.

I came to stay at my son's house and was suddenly beaten for no reason. Who would be happy about that?

This group of people is even more unreasonable than the most unreasonable thugs in their village. This is her son's house. Do her son's parents have to be scolded by these neighbors just because they come to stay for a few days?

Hu's mother couldn't understand why these people were talking about them.

Mr. Hu dusted off his clothes and waited for Mrs. Hu to finish her scolding before leisurely returning to the house.

"Go and bring that little brat over later," Mr. Hu said to Mrs. Hu after sitting down.

Hu's mother was very unhappy. She didn't know the girl well and didn't like her. She had no intention of raising her. "Why bring her back? She'll waste too much food. If you want to raise that old woman, then raise her."

Mr. Hu's face darkened. "Didn't you hear them say how much that old woman pays to support her each month? That's a full fifteen yuan. Can a little girl like her afford fifteen yuan?"

Mother Hu nodded in agreement, "That old woman looked kind and gentle, but I never expected her to be so wicked. Why don't they talk about that old woman, but instead come after us? They're all a bunch of blind and wicked people!"

Mr. Hu slapped the table and analyzed, "If we bring that girl back, how will that old hag have the nerve to accept this money? Then we'll just have to ask, and she'll have to obediently hand over the money. How much can a little girl eat? As long as she doesn't starve, that's fine. This is fifteen yuan! How much money do we save in a whole year?"

"That shrewd second son only gives us ten yuan a year, but he gives that brat fifteen yuan a month to support him. What does he take us for?"

"Even if we weren't the best, we still gave birth to him and raised him, right? If it weren't for us, would our second son have such a good job and be able to live a glamorous life as a city dweller?"

"He raises a worthless, money-losing brat like a pampered princess, while he doesn't even glance at Binbin. How can someone be like that? Binbin is the only true member of our Hu family, our only son."

"That good-for-nothing will still get married eventually, and at most we'll get a dowry. All those years of careful upbringing will be for nothing. That idiot second son, he's wasted all those years of schooling. I should have kept him in the countryside to farm instead of letting him study. He wouldn't have turned into this heartless wretch who doesn't even recognize his parents!"

Standing beside her, Hu's mother also expressed her regret, "Yes, if the second son hadn't gone to school, he wouldn't have been able to become a city dweller. If he hadn't come to the city, he wouldn't have met his first wife who died young. If he hadn't met that wife who couldn't even give birth to a son, he wouldn't only have that girl as his child. If he had married a woman from the village, he would definitely have several children by now, and our Hu family would certainly be prosperous."

Mother Hu concluded, "I think it's all because of his education. I always said that those who have studied are all bad people; they've corrupted a perfectly good child."

"The brigade leader wants all the village children to go to school, but he charges money and doesn't teach them anything good. Who's going to go? Anyway, no matter what, our grandson can't go!"

Hu Bin was playing with the little flowers by the window when he heard this and shouted, "Grandma, I don't want to go to school. When I grow up, I'll be the most filial to you."

Mrs. Hu was deeply moved, "What a wonderful grandson of mine!"

Mr. Hu was overjoyed by these words. He smiled and continued, "If you ask me, even if we don't support that brat, he still has to give us money every month. But if we say this, will he give it to us? He won't."

"What can we do then? If we take care of that girl, even if the second son doesn't want to, he'll have no choice but to give her up. Then the two of us won't go back to the village. We'll just stay here and live the comfortable life of city dwellers. We'll also squeeze some money out of the second son and send it back to the village to raise our grandson."

Hu Wei was somewhat dissatisfied. Why could his parents live in the city and not work in the fields, while they insisted on going back? The city was so much better; they didn't have to work in the fields, there were fewer bugs, and his second brother's family even had a precious fan that kept them cool and comfortable in the sweltering summer.

If he hadn't come to the city this time and hadn't experienced the joys of city life, he might have stayed quietly in the village, thinking that the life of working the land from dawn till dusk wasn't so bad.

But now that he's experienced it, those days were too painful for him. He doesn't want to farm anymore, and he doesn't want to go back to the countryside.

"Dad, isn't it good for our whole family to stay here? It's not like our second son can't afford to support us. We don't eat much anyway. Besides, you'll hardly see Binbin anymore if you live here. Don't you miss him?"

“We all live here, with loving fathers and filial sons, three generations living together under one roof. That’s what a family is all about.”

Jinju agreed with her husband. This place was so nice. Her deceased sister-in-law was prettier and more comfortable than her. She found a lot of things and hid them in her luggage.

But some clothes are fine to wear here, everyone is used to them. If we wear them back home, people will definitely gossip about them. Wouldn't that be a waste of those nice clothes?

Moreover, she also wanted her son to be a city dweller, or even just half a city dweller.

"Mom and Dad, it's so nice for Binbin to live in the city. He can eat so much good food, drink so much, and play with so many things. It would be better to give all this to that brat than to give it to our Binbin."

Mr. Hu nodded; he also felt that his grandson should eat better than others.

"But we're all staying here. What reason could we give? That heartless second brother won't let us stay. He's very wary of us."

Hu Wei patted his chubby son's head and suddenly had a wicked idea. He gestured to Jin Ju to take Hu Bin back inside, so that the child wouldn't overhear and spread rumors.

Seeing that the door was closed, Hu Weicai continued, "Dad, if that girl is gone, won't the second son focus on helping my son? That way, my son will be the only junior in our family, and he'll give him all the money, right? Otherwise, he won't have anyone to mourn him in his old age. He'll definitely try to please my son."

Mr. Hu cursed, "Are you crazy? Do you want to kill someone? Do you want to be executed? Besides, if that girl really dies, your brother will definitely fight us to the death."

Hu Wei disagreed, "The person is dead. At worst, he'll beat me up to vent his anger. But he'll lose his child, so no matter how angry he is, he won't hit me too hard. After all, my son will be his only support in the future."

Mr. Hu: "What if he marries another woman and has children? Then he'll send us all to be eaten like peanuts while he's living a good life outside, with his son and daughter. Wouldn't you feel wronged if you died?"

Hu Wei paused for a moment, then came up with a wicked idea, "Why don't we lure that little girl out to play and sell her? We'll get money and make her disappear. Then we can just say she ran away."

"The second brother had no evidence to prove that we did it on purpose. He searched for that girl for several years and couldn't find her, so naturally he stopped looking for her."

Seeing that Mr. Hu hesitated, he knew that he was also wavering. "Even if he has another son in the future, that's fine too. It doesn't matter if he doesn't help my son. At least our Hu family will have more grandchildren. It's all beneficial, Dad. I'm only thinking about our family."