Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 1343: The Carrot

Liu Hong, Liu Zhiweng, and Liu Zhiguo watched coldly.

Chen Qidong and his five sons were really putting on a show.

When the ambulance arrived, the sons helped lift and carry, assisting the doctor and nurse in getting the old man onto the ambulance.

They found out which hospital the old man was sent to and then drove directly to the hospital themselves.

Liu Zhiweng and Liu Zhiguo asked Liu Hong.

The two of them were a bit unclear about what exactly these unfilial sons were up to.

"Sister, what kind of play are these five singing?"

Liu Hong held Li Hao; her daughter was so obedient, well-behaved, and close to her, giving her a sense of hope for the future.

"Isn't it obvious? They're definitely trying to ask us for the 100,000 yuan."

She gently stroked her daughter's hair.

Li Hao was discontented, "Mom, I see those five uncles as bad eggs; we shouldn't give them the money."

The child has her own ability to discern things; she listened to what the five had said to her mom. Although only six years old, Li Hao could understand many meanings due to all that's happened recently in their family. She couldn't remain an innocent six-year-old.

Liu Hong smiled, "Oh, our little Hao is quite capable, she can even tell who's a bad egg."

Li Hao felt a bit shy, burying her face in her mother's embrace.

"Mom, you're teasing me."

"How am I teasing you?"

Liu Hong hugged her daughter tightly; being with her daughter, without other factors involved, suddenly felt like the kind of life one should live.

"Mom, you surely can see those five uncles just want to ask for our money; they're not really trying to take care of grandpa."

Looking into her daughter's clear eyes and the serious expression on her face.

Liu Hong felt very satisfied; her daughter was growing up.

"You saying these words makes mom very happy because you're already able to distinguish right from wrong at such a young age. Indeed, those five want to get money from us, so they're trying hard to send the old man to the hospital because they're afraid if the old man passes away, they won't have an excuse to ask us for money anymore.

For people like these, unfilial, scheming, and bad, if we don't handle them a bit, wouldn't it be letting down your Grandpa Chen?"

Liu Hong had also changed a lot; compared to the past where she would endure for her children, she now preferred a life of straightforwardness and retribution.

"Right! They're unfilial, very bad, and they pushed grandpa onto the street. They should suffer too, maybe even be forced onto the street to beg." Though Li Hao didn't understand much, she knew these people were bad and should be punished.

Liu Zhiguo and Liu Zhiweng laughed too.

"This little girl of yours is really smart. How can you be so clever? Combined, we two uncles aren't as clear-minded as you. Oh dear, we're ashamed, really ashamed now."

Li Hao explained with a smile, "Uncles, it's not that you can't figure it out; you just haven't thought that way. You're very kind to Grandma and Grandpa, so how would you expect others to have any bad intentions?"

These days at Grandma and Grandpa's house, she saw how her uncles, aunt, and mom were so good to them.

She also understood what filial duty was and what it meant to be a real child.

Moreover, she knew Grandma and Grandpa were good people too, selflessly good to her mom and two uncles.

Just like how her mom treated her brother, sister, and herself, selflessly and never considering gains or losses.

So she wanted to learn from her uncles and be a filial daughter to her mom.

"Liu Hong, what are you thinking? What do we do now? It seems Chen Danye's five sons are determined to get money from us. If we go to the hospital, they'll probably ask us to pay the medical expenses right away."

Liu Zhiweng and Liu Zhiguo had of course figured out the situation and they could immediately imagine what those five would do.

"Don't worry, big brother, since they want to show their filial piety, let them show it well. Although they want to get money from us, it wouldn't hurt to dangle a carrot in front of them." Liu Hong had already thought it through; those five were really just after money.

Knowing they might take out 100,000 yuan, to let go was simply impossible, just like mosquitoes could never leave blood.

"A carrot? What do you mean? Don't bully us two for being uneducated." Liu Zhiguo was simultaneously amused and frustrated.

Indeed, among the siblings, Liu Hong was the one who finished high school.

Liu Zhiweng and Liu Zhiguo joined the military early.

During their time, the literacy requirement was not high; graduating from elementary school was enough to join the army.

So there was some level of difference.

"Big brother, think about it, if you want to steer a donkey forward, it only keeps moving ahead steadily if you hang a carrot in front of its eyes. Then the donkey walks properly."

Both big brothers burst into laughter.

"Sister, you're sneaky, really sneaky. Imagine describing five grown men as donkeys."

They imagined the scene of Chen Qidong's five sons with carrots hanging above their heads.

They couldn't stop laughing even more.

"Big brother, Chen Danye is indeed very pitiable, raising five brothers so hard for so many years, and ending up with five unfilial sons. Since they're now vying to act as filial sons, wanting to seize the money left by the old man."

So why not take out this money and let them see me giving it to the old man, making them properly fulfill their filial duties to care for him in his final days."

"You're really going to give out that 100,000 yuan?"

Both Liu Zhiweng and Liu Zhiguo were a bit pained to hear it, since it's 100,000 yuan, not 1,000, not 2,000.

"Big brother, you must believe in Elder Chen's character; I've observed it clearly. He's a very reasonable person, though too lenient when it comes to educating his children. This time we'll use this money to teach them a good lesson, let them know what filial piety means."

Liu Hong understood well the concept of a gift causing gratitude while excessive favor causes resentment. Given Chen's current condition, if not mistaken, the old man looked gray and had become weak, fearing he might not last long.

In his final days, he must feel the genuine filial piety of his children while he's alive.