Chapter 1120 Epilogue
There is a part in Western-style weddings where the father takes his daughter's hand and hands her over to the groom.

But on the wedding stage, it was Huang Ling who handed Zhuang Xiaoting to Lin Dongzhe.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but cover her face and cry, which made Uncle Lin on the side very unhappy. It was his nephew's wedding day, and this man came to ruin the party?
If Zhuang Chaoying hadn't been seated at the main table, Fujianese people would have been angry with him long ago, given their hot temper.

After the wedding ceremony, Huang Ling returned to her seat and looked at her ex-husband who was crying his heart out. She felt a little relieved, but when she thought of some of his past actions, she immediately turned away with a stern face, not even interested in looking at him any more.

It was not until the end of the wedding, when Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting came to toast, that Uncle Lin realized that Zhuang Chaoying was actually his father-in-law.

"Dongzhe, Xiaoting, you are newly married and your uncle doesn't have anything good to give you. Take this."

Uncle Lin put a small house key into Zhuang Xiaoting's hand.

Zhuang Xiaoting didn't react for a moment: "Second Uncle, what is this?"

"Hey, I discussed it with your aunt and the others. You are all college students, and we don't have anything to offer. You have just graduated and your company hasn't allocated you a house yet. This house is not far from Dongzhe's workplace, so I'll give it to you as a wedding gift."

Boom~~~
The guests at the surrounding tables were all stunned. Who would give a house as a wedding gift? And from the looks of it, it was a house in Shanghai.

What is the background of the Lin family? Why did they give away a house right away? How much would it cost?

"Uncle, we can't accept this..." As soon as Zhuang Xiaoting opened her mouth, Uncle Lin said with a stern face: "In our hometown, gifts from elders cannot be refused. If you don't believe me, ask Dongzhe."

Lin Wufeng said to Lin Dongzhe, "Just accept what your second uncle gave you. Why don't you thank your second uncle?"

It was obvious that Uncle Lin had already discussed this with Lin Wufeng before sending the wedding gift.

"Thank you, uncle."

When it was time to toast Zhuang Chaoying, Zhuang Chaoying's face was full of shame. The Lin family actually prepared a house in Shanghai for Lin Dongzhe as a wedding gift, but he had prepared nothing for his daughter.

"dad……"

"Dad, Xiaoting is very happy that you can come to her wedding."

The more Zhuang Chaoying listened, the more upset he felt: "Xiaoting, Dad..."

"Today is our daughter's wedding day, don't spoil her fun." Huang Ling quietly tugged at Zhuang Chaoying's sleeve.

After the wedding, Zhuang Chaoying was already drunk. Actually, he didn't drink much today, but the reality made him unable to raise his head, so he could only numb himself with alcohol.

The Lin family gave him an apartment, Qin Hao gave him a Santana sedan, and even Xiang Pengfei gave him a color TV, but he had nothing to show for it.

Zhuang Chaoying privately asked Huang Ling why she hadn't discussed her daughter's dowry with him. Huang Ling simply said, "What can you do if you know? Can you add to Xiaoting's dowry?"

Yes, all his salary was given to his parents, and the little savings he had left were not enough to buy him a bicycle. What was the point of discussing it with him?

When they returned to the Zhuang family's house, Grandpa and Grandma Zhuang saw Zhuang Chaoying lying drunk in the yard, and they were immediately furious.

"You still have the nerve to sleep here, get up!"

Zhuang Chaoying was drunk and said, "I'm not drunk. I can still drink."

Zhuang Ganmei's wife said sarcastically, "Brother looks very happy today, but it's a pity for us. Our shoes are worn out and we can't even have a mouthful of porridge."

After hearing what she said, Mr. Zhuang became even angrier and slapped Zhuang Chaoying in the face.

"You unfilial son, you still have the nerve to drink! Look at how your parents have been ruined."

Zhuang Chaoying was sobered up by the slap and burst into tears: "I am an unfilial son? Now you despise me for being unfilial, but that's not what you said at the beginning."

"If I were an unfilial son, would I have ended up with my wife and children separated from me today?"

"I am just too filial and always respond to your requests. As a result, my son doesn't recognize me, my daughter doesn't love me, and my wife looks down on me."

"Today is my daughter's wedding day, and I can't even give her a dowry. Where did my salary go all these years? Didn't I give it all to you? Now you think I'm unfilial, then you should return the money I spent on me all these years. I want to give Xiaoting a dowry, a car and a house, and I can't let the Lin family look down on me!"

Master Zhuang was so angry that his hands were shaking: "Rebellion, you are going to rebel."

"Chaoying, what's wrong with you today? What about giving away cars and houses?" Grandma Zhuang was startled.

Zhuang Chaoying was drunk and told the story of how Uncle Lin gave him a house and Qin Hao gave him a car, which immediately made everyone in the Zhuang family jealous.

"When did the Lin family become so rich? A house in Shanghai would cost a lot of money, right?"

"A house in Shanghai is nothing. The guy named Qin is really arrogant. He spent a 200,000-yuan Santana."

In the 90s, cars were more expensive than houses.

The bankers were regretting their decision.

"I don't know how Xiaoting got so lucky to marry such a good woman."

"Of course I am. We just got married and we already have a house and a car, and it's in Shanghai."

"It's all my mom's fault for favoring boys over girls, otherwise the relationship between our family and Huang Ling wouldn't be so strained."

"Second daughter-in-law, how can you talk to your mother-in-law like this?"

"Mom, I'm just talking about the facts. Why are you so excited?"

"Let's talk about the matter. I'll tear your mouth apart."

Zhuang Ganmei's daughter-in-law was not like Huang Ling who would just accept it submissively. She pushed the old lady to the ground. What made the old lady heartbroken was that neither her husband nor her second son had any intention of blaming the second daughter-in-law. Only the drunken eldest son helped her up with difficulty.

Grandma Zhuang had never suffered such a loss before, and she immediately smashed everything in the house.

"But it's over. I can't live like this anymore."

From that day on, the Zhuang family went from being a "model family" to being in chaos. Almost every day one could hear Grandma Zhuang and the second son's wife quarreling and smashing things.

In such an environment, the brothers Zhuang Zhendong and Zhuang Zhenbei naturally had no way to review, and they failed the college entrance examination as expected. In the end, they had to take over their parents' job in the department store. In the 90s, the department store was on the verge of bankruptcy and often could not pay wages. Not only could the brothers not support the family, they also often needed help from their family. The Zhuang family's life became worse day by day.

What’s even worse is that Zhuang Chaoying hasn’t handed in his salary since the day of his daughter’s wedding, which makes Grandpa and Grandma Zhuang so angry that they call him an ungrateful person every time they see him.

However, Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting did not forgive him. Or rather, they were far away in Shanghai and rarely saw Zhuang Chaoying. As time went by, their feelings for him became even weaker.

A year later, Zhuang Tunan also brought back a girl, who was introduced by a professor from the design institute. Zhuang Tunan couldn’t say he liked her, but he didn’t hate her either. The girl had a good personality, dignified and quiet. Huang Ling was very satisfied with her. In less than half a year, Zhuang Tunan arranged for the parents of both parties to meet.

At the end of the year, Zhuang Tunan also held a wedding, but this time it was held in Shanghai and he did not return to Suzhou. The main reason was that Zhuang Tunan was very busy with his work at the Design Institute. With the rapid development of Pudong, almost all important projects were piled up in the design institute.

According to Zhuang Tunan, he is now drawing blueprints even when he is dreaming at night.

It was also in this year that Li Jia gave birth to a son for Qin Hao. Song Ying loved the child so much that she volunteered to take care of the child for Qin Hao. Of course, the main reason was that the cotton mill went bankrupt and Song Ying was too bored at home.

Huang Ling was also laid off and it was said that she took several weeks to recover. Song Ying took her to live in Shanghai for a while. Anyway, Qin Hao's small Western-style building had three floors and many empty rooms, so she could just live there.

Lin Wufeng hasn't retired yet, but it's almost time. The compressor factory is in a state of possible bankruptcy at any time.

With the child being taken care of by Song Ying and Huang Ling, Li Jia could continue to work in the design institute. After graduating from graduate school, Li Jia was also assigned to the design institute, and was not in the same group as Zhuang Tunan.

In 1996, when the child was three years old, Song Ying and Huang Ling had to return to Suzhou. It was not because they were unwilling to continue helping Qin Hao take care of the child, but because the cotton mill informed them that as retired employees of the cotton mill, they could buy the house at a preferential market price.

Song Ying spent seven thousand on her house, while Huang Ling only spent 5600 because Huang Ling had worked longer than Song Ying.

Qin Hao bought the house at the market price of 38,000 yuan. After all, he was not an employee of the cotton mill. If he bought it at a preferential price, it would inevitably arouse envy. Qin Hao was not short of that little money, and he bought it mainly to keep a memory.

In the following years, Qin Hao continued to play the role of "big devil" in the field of Go. From the first Fujitsu Cup in 88 to 2000, Qin Hao won all the Go world championship titles, leaving a group of Go geniuses with nothing but envy.

"How can you be bright when you are born with beauty?"

In the winter of 1997, before Hong Kong's return to China, Lin Wufeng was finally "honorably laid off". Now that Song Ying had a companion, she often took Lin Wufeng and Huang Ling out traveling together, saying that she wanted to visit all the places she had not been to in all these years to make up for the regrets of her youth.

Qin Hao and Lin Dongzhe both fully supported this, but not long after the three of them set out, they returned because of a phone call.

Zhuang Xiaoting is pregnant.

For a time, Zhuang Xiaoting enjoyed meticulous care, to the point that she even doubted whether she was paralyzed. Even when she wanted to drink a sip of water, someone would bring it to her bedside.

Compared with the prosperity of the Lin family, the Zhuang family can only be described as gloomy and miserable.

The department store where the brothers Zhuang Zhendong and Zhuang Zhenbei worked went bankrupt. The brothers lost their stable jobs. Having lived a life of luxury since childhood, they could not bring themselves to set up stalls, let alone do manual labor. So they just stayed at home all day long, eating and doing nothing.

The monthly pension of Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang Ganmei was not enough for them to live on, so they could only find ways to live off Grandpa and Grandma Zhuang.

However, Grandpa and Grandma Zhuang are not Zhuang Chaoying, so how could they allow a family of four to lie on them and suck their blood?

As a result, the Zhuang family spent almost every day in quarrels. Zhuang Ganmei's daughter-in-law even shared the kitchen with Grandpa and Grandma Zhuang, and would not cook for the old couple if they were not paid.

At this time, the old couple of the Zhuang family finally remembered Huang Ling's kindness and wanted Zhuang Chaoying to reconcile with Huang Ling. They even lowered their posture and expressed their willingness to apologize to Huang Ling.

In fact, Zhuang Chaoying had wanted to reconcile with Huang Ling for a long time. Seeing that his parents were willing to admit their mistakes, he also changed his mind.

However, when he came to the familiar yet unfamiliar courtyard again and saw Huang Ling again, all the words he had in his mind vanished.

After so many years, Huang Ling has not only not aged, but is in better condition in all aspects than before the divorce.

At this moment, Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but burst into tears. He finally understood how desperate his wife was when she complained to him before the divorce: Zhuang Chaoying, I can't rely on you.

After returning home, seeing that Zhuang Chaoying never mentioned remarrying Huang Ling, Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang became very worried.

"Dad, Mom, just give up on this idea. I really don't have the face to let others give up their good life and live a hard life with me."

"How can you talk like that, kid? Huang Ling's good life was given to her by Tunan and Xiaoting. You are also the child's father, so they should be filial to you." Grandma Zhuang advised earnestly.

Zhuang Chaoying sneered: "Mom, you don't care whether my child is filial to me, but whether he is filial to you and my dad, right?"

Grandpa Zhuang said angrily: "Isn't it normal for grandchildren to be filial to their grandparents?"

"Really? Then why don't Zhendong and Zhenbei take good care of you? They are also grandsons. Besides, my mother has always favored boys over girls since she was young. She also said that it is useless for a girl to study well." Zhuang Chaoying was also desperate.

"Mom and Dad, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. It's just that Tunan and Xiaoting are promising, while Zhendong and Zhenbei are useless and still rely on their parents. You just want to lie on Tunan and Xiaoting and continue to suck their blood."

Bang! Master Zhuang slapped Zhuang Chaoying hard on the face.

Zhuang Chaoying covered his face, but his eyes became particularly determined.

"Mom and Dad, you have completely ruined my life, but I cannot watch you continue to harm Tunan and Xiaoting. They don't owe you anything, I owe you. I will repay you for giving birth to me and raising me. "

"In my next life, I will never be your son again!"

Mr. Zhuang staggered, his face flushed, and he stared at Zhuang Chaoying with disbelief.

"You...what did you say?"

"I said, if there is an afterlife, I will never be your son again!"

Mr. Zhuang couldn't hold it in any longer and spit out a mouthful of blood. His eyes turned black and he fainted on the ground.

When he woke up again, he found that he could no longer control his body.

"Old man, why are you paralyzed? How can I live with you?"

Grandma Zhuang threw herself on Grandpa Zhuang and burst into tears, almost sending him away.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang Ganmei came but left within two minutes, as if they were afraid of being relied upon.

"Chaoying, your dad is like this now, what should I do?"

Zhuang Chaoying has become Grandma Zhuang’s last hope.

"Mom, I'm going to ask you to take care of Dad from now on..."

"How can you be so cruel..."

Before Grandma Zhuang finished scolding, she heard Zhuang Chaoying coldly say, "Second brother will definitely not take care of Dad. Now I am the only one earning money in the family. If I don't go to work, with the little pension you and Dad have, won't we starve to death?"

"Yes, yes, you have to go to work, you can't just rely on your pension."

Grandma Zhuang rolled her eyes again and said, "Chaoying, your father has encountered such a serious problem. You should inform Tunan and Xiaoting, right?"

"Mom, don't think I don't know what you're up to. If you tell Tunan and Xiaoting, don't expect me to take care of you anymore."

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