Chapter 236: A Bamboo Basket Fetching Water, All for Naught

Hearing Xiao Dang's words, Shazhu was stunned, and his heart grew even more depressed.

Xiao Dang looked at him, then said, "So, Huaihua wanted to call you 'dad', but she didn't have that luck."

"She can only call you Sha Shu then."

Shazhu became even more depressed.

Xiao Dang: "What? You don't believe it?"

Shazhu: "No, didn't you say your mother wouldn't marry me, but you would marry me?"

Xiao Dang: "Sha Shu, you really dare to think that."

"We're a generation apart; aren't you afraid others will poke at our backbone?"

Shazhu: "Th‑that's not even blood‑related."

Xiao Dang: "Hehe, Sha Shu, you don't like me, do you?"

Shazhu: "Disliking is being a fool."

"But I have always treated you as a close confidante."

Xiao Dang: "That's right, a close confidante shouldn't marry you."

Shazhu really wants to go berserk!

Is this now a bamboo basket fetching water, all for naught?

There were originally three targets.

Qin Huairu, Yu Haitang, and Xiao Dang.

Now each of them refuses to marry him; how will the days ahead be lived?

Xiao Dang sat beside Shazhu and said:

"Sha Shu, look at our family's current situation."

"Since my brother and I started working, my mother now doesn't worry about food or drink."

"In two years, when my brother brings us another sister‑in‑law, my mother will have a grandchild to hold."

"My grandmother, like that Deaf Old Lady, became a wife, and we have four generations under one roof."

"Do you think my mother still wants to remarry?"

Shazhu grew more and more depressed as he listened.

You've got four generations under one roof; what am I to do?

Now that you're not worried about food or drink, you've forgotten about me, right?

Do you still want to slap me?

Xiao Dang is a white‑eyed wolf!

Shazhu looked at Xiao Dang and cursed inwardly.

That's right.

Of course Xiao Dang wouldn't think of marrying him.

The reason for saying that is only to keep him steady.

To prevent him from seeking other women.

Now it's fine.

Bang Geng and she both have jobs now.

The days at home are getting better and better.

So, Shazhu is no longer important to them.

Although Shazhu felt extremely displeased, he forced a faint smile and said:

"So, I have to get married right away."

Xiao Dang laughed, "You have my mother in your heart; you don't set your eyes on anyone else."

"Hey, I also heard you and Yu Haitang have completely fallen out."

Hearing that, Shazhu felt a sudden jolt through his whole body and almost fell to the ground.

So it turns out Xiao Dang knew about this.

That's right.

Xiao Dang indeed already knows this matter.

She also knows Shazhu currently has no goal at all.

Marry whom then?

Even though life is getting better, they still don't want Shazhu to marry someone else.

Otherwise, they'd lose those two houses.

Shazhu said irritably, "You go, go, go, get lost."

"Is this ever going to end?"

"I have your mother in my heart, and I also have you."

"Fine, after you tidy up, hurry and leave."

Xiao Dang stood up and said, "Alright, Sha Shu, you keep drinking slowly, ah."

"Tomorrow, I really won't come."

Shazhu more depressed, "Hey, why are you not coming then?"

Xiao Dang: "Tomorrow I have to go to the colonel's factory."

"We only have two female teachers in total."

"We have to live there for a month."

Shazhu: "Well, then what should I do here?"

Xiao Dang laughed: "Aren't you getting married?"

Shazhu shouted, neck stiff: "I, I can't have nobody to look after this place."

Go on, go call your mother.

Xiao Dang: "Oh, that's tough."

My mother said she can't come into your house anymore, no matter what.

So my brother won't see it and get angry.

My brother comes first in my mother's heart.

Shazhu pointed at Xiao Dang, looking sullen, and said:

"You guys are just ruthless, ruthless, huh."

"You're forcing me to marry, right?"

"Do you really think that because Yu Haitang and I fell out, I have no one left to marry?"

"Do you really think I look down on everyone?"

Xiao Dang: "What do you say?"

"Alright, tomorrow I'll send Huaihua over."

"We've both agreed."

Shazhu: "Cut it out, nobody wants any."

"You two are both little spies."

"Especially you, Xiao Dang, a white-eyed wolf."

"Turns out you deceived me so much; hey, why would you deceive me?"

"I really treated you like my own daughter."

Xiao Dang: "What did I deceive you about?"

Shazhu: "If you won't say your mother won't marry me, will you marry me?"

Xiao Dang gave Shazhu a look and said unhappily:

"Hey hey, don't talk nonsense; saying it once is enough."

"Say too much, and people might hear and think we have some shady relationship."

"Then people will criticize us."

After saying that, Xiao Dang walked out.

Shazhu muttered: "This family is really ruthless."

The next day.

Shazhu was sitting on the bed putting on shoes when Huaihua opened the door and came in.

Shazhu asked: "Not going to school?"

Huaihua didn't answer, instead asked: "Then why aren't you going to work?"

Shazhu: "Today is Sunday."

Huaihua: "You even know it's Sunday?"

"Then why are you asking me why I'm not in school?"

Shazhu: "Where's your mother?"

Huaihua: "She's with my grandma figuring out the chicken."

Shazhu asked: "What machine? A sewing machine?"

Huaihua: "It's an old hen my brother brought back."

Shazhu snorted and said unhappily:

"Following Xu Damao, you can't learn anything good."

"You know how to take advantage?"

"Is that chicken from the countryside?"

Huaihua: "No, what do you mean by 'can't learn anything good'?"

"My brother followed Xu Damao and now knows how to project movies."

"Now he's a formal worker at the cinema, a movie projectionist."

"If you can do good for my brother, why not find him a good job?"

Shazhu sulked: "I told him to be a cook, but he won't."

Huaihua: "So you shouldn't say that following Xu Damao you can't learn anything good either."

"At least my brother is now a formal worker with a wage."

Shazhu: "Alright, let's not talk about this."

"I just want to ask you, is that old hen from the countryside?"

Huaihua: "Why are you asking about that?"

"If you want to talk about this, you should go tell my mother yourself; I don't want to talk about it with you."

Shazhu said sullenly: "Then your mother ought to listen to me too."

Huaihua: "This is because you didn't do well."

Shazhu: "No, how did I not do well?"

"Nonsense."

Huaihua thought for a moment, then asked:

Sha Shu, do you want to hear me tell the truth today?

Shazhu: "Speak, we must speak."

Huaihua: "Before, it was always my mother chasing after you."

Nobody else knows this; my sister and I know it best.

Although, my brother went over to Xu Damao during this time.

Why do you insist on forcing my brother to leave Xu Damao?

You don't care about my brother's personal future at all.

You don't care about my brother's personal future at all.