A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

The two had just arrived home when Zhang Zude was released from his room by his mother. He was now standing at the door, shouting and cursing at the people who had come to beg for money.

"Zu De, come here right now!"

As soon as Zhang's father returned home, he scolded Zhang Zude.

Zhang Zude was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then shrank back to his father, looking embarrassed: "Dad, what is it!"

The family members had no idea that they had gone to Zhang Zude's prospective father-in-law's house to ask for a bride price; they thought the brigade leader had taken him out to borrow money somewhere.

"You went to annul the engagement?" Zhang's father was still somewhat skeptical, but he said calmly.

Zhang Zude's eyes darted around, looking somewhat guilty, and he clearly didn't dare to look his father in the eye.

"Say!"

Upon seeing Zhang Zude's demeanor, Zhang's father instantly realized that his son was problematic. He raised his voice and questioned him.

"I...I just can't stand them!" Zhang Zude was initially a little hesitant, but his voice rose as he spoke: "Who do they think they are? What's so great about them that they dare to ask us for a 500 yuan dowry! They don't deserve it!"

Zhang Zude had just finished speaking.

"Snapped!"

A loud slap landed on his face.

"You bastard!" Zhang's father slapped Zhang Zude hard across the face. "You think you're so great? It's a miracle that God even found you a wife!"

"You fucking broke off the engagement! You, you're a hopeless piece of trash!"

Zhang's father was so angry that his chest heaved, and he felt like he was about to faint.

Zhang's mother immediately rushed over and shielded Zhang Zude in her arms, saying, "What are you doing? Talk to me properly! Why are you hitting people!"

"You! You! You just keep protecting him! After I die, after you die, let's see who protects him!" Zhang's father was so angry that he cursed Zhang's mother as well.

The brigade leader, not wanting to get involved in their family's mess, interrupted, "You can talk about your family matters later. There are so many people standing outside right now. Didn't you return the bride price? Surely you have money to give to these people now."

Only then did Zhang's father realize what was happening, and he reached out to Zhang Zude, saying, "Give me the bride price!"

Zhang Zude hesitated and stammered for a long time, but still couldn't take out any money.

"Give me the money! Where's the money?" Zhang's father shouted again.

Under his father's strict questioning, Zhang Zude finally told the truth.

"I only got 200 yuan back from the bride price. I bought this and that, quite a lot, and now I only have 30 yuan left..."

hum!

Mr. Zhang felt like his head was about to explode.

Fainted.

Even the captain on the side was completely overwhelmed by this extraordinary family.

"30 plus 14 doesn't even reach 50, that's not enough," the captain said, frowning.

Just then, Zhang's mother turned her gaze to Zhang Yuzhen: "Didn't you give money to Hu Guanbao last time? Take that money back first, just in case!"

Her words were more of a command.

Zhang Yuzhen agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I almost forgot that I still have money with Hu Guanbao."

So Zhang Yuzhen hurriedly went to Hu Guanbao's place.

Hu Guanbao was just about to go to sleep when he saw Zhang Yuzhen arrive. He thought Zhang Yuzhen was going to sleep here with him.

"Yuzhen, you're here!" Hu Guanbao said with delight.

However, Zhang Yuzhen simply stretched out her hand: "Did you use the money I gave you last time?"

Hu Guanbao was taken aback: "That 200 yuan? I've almost used it all up. I've paid here and there, I've paid a lot."

"How much is left?" Zhang Yuzhen asked anxiously, her heart tightening.

"40 yuan." Hu Guanbao carefully took out the money and asked again, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Zhang Yuzhen grabbed the money, forgetting all about pretending to be a virtuous wife and loving mother in front of Hu Guanbao.

"I have an emergency at home and need to use it, so I'll take it first."

After saying that, she took the money, turned around and left, leaving Hu Guanbao looking bewildered.

"Why didn't she say anything?" Hu Guanbao muttered, then suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, how did she take the money? We need money to build the house later!"

Zhang Yuzhen, panting, returned to her parents' home with the money and handed it to the brigade leader.

When the captain saw that it was only 40, his face turned grim again.

"That's not enough! It only adds up to less than 90, which is still half short!"

He looked at Zhang Zude's family with some resentment, thinking, "If you don't have the skills, why are you taking on this job?"

At this moment, Zhang's father slowly woke up. He sighed and said, "We really have no money left. Maybe we should just return these fish to them."

But as soon as he finished speaking, the people who came to ask for money immediately said, "We don't want the fish! We've already sold them to you, what else do we want? We just want the money!"

When the captain heard about fish, his eyes lit up: "How about this, you sell all these fish to Hu Dahai. If he wants them, then the problem will be solved."

Upon hearing the name Hu Dahai, the Zhang family members' expressions became somewhat complicated. Damn it, in the end, they still had to rely on Hu Dahai's favor.

They just wanted to prove that they could earn more money than Hu Dahai.

Seeing that they still seemed somewhat unwilling, the captain angrily said, "We're in dire straits, what are you still holding back for? Do you really want people to tear down your houses?"

"In my opinion, you should kneel down right now and beg Hu Dahai to take your fish back!"

How could he not know the ulterior motives between the Zhang family and Hu Dahai?

"Sigh." Mr. Zhang sighed, "Alright, then I'll trouble you to go and talk to Hu Dahai."

The captain responded and came to Hu Dahai's place.

At this time, the situation at Hu Dahai's house was still not as lively as usual. Many of the people who used to come to sell fish were either at Zhang Zude's house asking for money or had not yet returned.

Inside the room, only Hu Wangfei sat dejectedly, looking worried.

"Wangfei, where's your father?" the captain called out.

“My dad is inside,” Hu Wangfei said immediately upon seeing that it was the captain.

Soon, Hu Dahai, who was grinding seasonings at home, came out and learned the whole story from the brigade leader.

Hu Dahai pondered for a moment and said, "I can accept them, but I need to check the quality of the fish. If they all die, I won't take them."

"Okay!" the captain replied.

"We also need to negotiate the price. I'm only offering 13 cents now, take it or leave it!" Hu Dahai said firmly.

The captain hesitated: "Isn't this negotiable?"

"There's no room for negotiation. I'm only giving you 13 cents because of you, Captain. If it weren't for you, I would only give you 1 cent," Hu Dahai said.

"Alright, I'll go talk to them." The captain sighed; he was really going to be a volunteer today.

Just as he was about to leave, Hu Dahai reached into his pocket and pulled out half a pack of cigarettes, saying, "Captain, you've had a hard day too. I don't have anything good on me, just this half pack of cigarettes. You can have it."

The captain initially wanted to refuse, since Hu Dahai had already given him face today, but when he saw the cigarettes, which turned out to be half a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, he immediately lost his voice.

A pack of Zhonghua cigarettes costs a full three yuan. Even though there's only half a pack here, it still costs more than a yuan. He's only smoked Zhonghua cigarettes a handful of times in his entire life.

"I can't accept this," he said embarrassedly, while obediently taking the cigarette back.

His image of Hu Dahai improved significantly: Hu Dahai really knows how to behave. It seems that in the future, he should be on Hu Dahai's side whenever there are benefits. This guy is really willing to give away good things.

After the captain left, Hu Wangfei and Bao Yuanshan were puzzled.

"Dad, why are you buying their fish? If you don't, they won't pay you, and everyone can just tear their house down!"

Hu Wangfei said angrily.

Clearly, he harbored resentment towards Zhang Zude and his associates for stealing his business.