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

Indeed, he discovered that Zhang Zude was at the same place as before, gambling with others with great gusto.

He doesn't seem like someone who has just failed in business and lost all his savings and money; instead, he seems like a wealthy person who has won a lot of money in business.

This time, Hu Guanbao didn't directly confront Zhang Zude. Instead, he quietly observed from the sidelines to see if this person was indeed Zhang Zude. At this point, he still held some belief in Zhang Yuzhen's words.

Sure enough, the people who gambled with Zhang Zude did indeed call him Zhang Zude. Furthermore, Zhang Zude's words and actions were exactly the same as Hu Guanbao's impression of him.

Hu Guanbao can confirm that Zhang Zude is Zhang Yuzhen's younger brother, Zhang Zude.

He didn't want to go to work today; he just wanted to figure out why Zhang Yuzhen said Zhang Zude was making money and doing business outside when Zhang Zude was clearly in the village.

Zhang Yuzhen's recent behavior has sown seeds of doubt in Hu Guanbao's mind, making him wonder whether they are hiding something from Zhang Yuzhen, or whether Zhang Yuzhen is hiding something from him.

So Hu Guanbao kept watching Zhang Zude from a distance, wondering where he would go later.

Hu Guanbao waited from afternoon until evening. After Zhang Zude lost a full four yuan, Hu Guanbao finally cursed, "Damn it, what bad luck!"

Then Zhang Zude left the gambling den and walked away into the distance.

Hu Guanbao quickly followed at a distance. Fortunately, Zhang Zude didn't have a bicycle and relied entirely on his two legs, so Hu Guanbao could easily keep up.

Zhang Zude swayed and staggered along the way, touching and looking around. He walked for more than an hour, and after leaving the village, he headed east to a brigade.

Hu Guanbao had a very deep impression of this place. Wasn't this the brigade where Zhang Yuzhen's maternal grandmother lived?

Could it be...

He had a new suspicion in his mind, so he secretly followed him again until he saw with his own eyes that Zhang Zude had indeed walked into their grandmother's house and closed the door.

At that moment, Hu Guanbao felt extremely heavy-hearted. Needless to say, the fact that Zhang Zude was here at least indicated that Zhang Zude and his parents, Hu Guanbao's parents-in-law, were already having some kind of problem.

Just as Hu Guanbao was about to leave, he heard some loud voices coming from inside the house.

Hu Guanbao couldn't help but stop, and quietly walked to the window of Zhang Yuzhen's grandmother's house again, secretly listening to the sounds coming from inside.

Fortunately, these days most homes don't have high-end double-glazed windows, so you can still clearly hear people talking inside from the outside.

Inside the house, there were clearly four or five people talking. Hu Guanbao listened carefully and recognized the voices of Zhang Yuzhen's maternal grandmother, Zhang Zude, and Zhang's parents.

"You scoundrel, tell me, where did you go? Did you go gambling again?" Zhang's father's angry voice came: "If your uncle hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known you went out again! Do you know that you have to stay at home for the next few days?"

“I can’t stand staying at home. Who can stay in this room all day?” Zhang Zude retorted defiantly.

"Whose fault is it? Whose fault is it?!" Zhang's father was furious. "If you hadn't been neglecting your duties, if you hadn't lost so much money in the fish business, would we be in this situation?!"

Zhang's mother, feeling sorry for Zhang Zude, stepped forward to persuade him, "Alright, alright, let's talk this out. Why are you being so fierce?"

"Keep spoiling him! If you keep indulging him like this, what will Yuzhen do?"

“They started building their house but stopped short of completion. The whole brigade is laughing at them. Hu Guanbao will find out sooner or later. What will happen when he does?”

Seeing his mother's boundless tolerance for her son, Mr. Zhang felt helpless. He didn't dare to argue with his mother-in-law in front of her, so he tried to persuade her with words.

Before Zhang's mother could say anything, Zhang Zude shouted, "I don't know what you're worried about. What's there to be afraid of about Hu Guanbao? Even if he has any ideas, as long as you say a few words, he'll have to obey."

"Besides, let's just stop building the house. I'm not getting married right now anyway. I tricked him into splitting up the family and building the house so that I could use it for my wedding. Now that I don't need it, why waste that money building a house?"

Zhang Zude's words were like sharp steel needles, piercing deeply into Hu Guanbao's heart.

Pain, a kind of pain and bitterness of being deceived and used, spread through his heart.

Over the years, he has always regarded Zhang Yuzhen's family as very important, and he would do his best to help them whenever they asked.

Many times, they even give up their own money-making jobs or their rest time after a tiring day of work to continue doing manual labor for them.

They say sincerity begets sincerity, and even the hardest hearts would be melted by such kindness. But these people not only failed to repay the kindness, they became even more demanding.

At this moment, he wanted to call Zhang Yuzhen over and let her hear how awful her family's words were and how ugly their faces were.

Before Hu Guanbao could make any further move, a reprimanding voice came from inside the room.

It was Zhang's mother who spoke up: "Nonsense!"

Zhang's mother's scolding brought Hu Guanbao a little comfort. It seemed that although his mother-in-law was usually shrewish and mean, she knew how to behave in critical moments.

I must treat my mother-in-law better from now on, and I can't hold any more prejudice against her like I did before.

However, the next second, Zhang's mother's words once again overturned Hu Guanbao's worldview: "Who said he doesn't have to build a house? Zude, you still have to get married in the future. If he doesn't build a house, what will you do for your wedding home!"

"With a nice two-story house, you can find a better partner."

"Besides, I want to live in the new house! When the time comes, our whole family will live in the new house, which will be spacious and comfortable. Don't you want to live there?! I've been thinking about it for a long time and I'm looking forward to moving in."

Hu Guanbao almost stumbled and fell.

Damn it, he was just thinking about being nicer to Zhang's mother in the future, but it turns out that Zhang's mother wasn't criticizing Zhang Zude for treating her brother-in-law badly at all, but rather criticizing Zhang Zude for not being greedy enough.

He really wanted to rush in and expose the true colors of these three people on the spot.

Just then, Hu Guanbao thought of Zhang Yuzhen, and he felt a little comforted. At least Zhang Yuzhen still cared about their family; she still had their little family in her heart.

No, I have to let Zhang Yuzhen know what kind of people her family members are, so that Zhang Yuzhen will stay away from them in the future.

Just as Hu Guanbao was extremely disappointed and preparing to leave...

Suddenly, another voice came from inside, completely shattering the last vestiges of his hope.

"There's not much to worry about with Hu Guanbao. I can easily control him. Whenever I treat him a little better, he gets cocky, and whenever I treat him a little worse, he gets nervous. Our biggest problem right now is that we're all broke. We need to figure out how to get money."