Chapter 4 — Bowl of Rice Sees into People's Hearts

Besides the three of us, there were also Tran Hao's eldest aunt, uncle and two cousins. Liu Guifen sent the first voice message. I'm not open. Right after that, Tran Hao's eldest aunt sent a message. "Tinh Tinh, being a daughter-in-law cannot be so outrageous."06 I looked at that message and suddenly felt that the house was more bustling than the small restaurant downstairs. Tran Hao rushed into the bedroom from the living room. "First of all, don't say anything in the group." I asked: "Why?" He lowered his voice. "We're all adults, making a fuss will be very unsightly." I put the phone on the nightstand. "Who pulled everyone into the group?" He paused for a moment. "Mom was also irritated by you to the point of losing her temper." "So she can bring up family matters, but you can't answer?" "You answering will only make things more chaotic." chaos." I looked at him. "You were afraid of chaos, why didn't you stop her just now?" Tran Hao was speechless when asked. The phone screen continuously lights up. The eldest aunt sent a text message again. "We all know what kind of person Que Phan is, his whole life he saved every penny, it's not easy." He continued. "Young people, don't be too greedy for enjoyment, we don't know whether the food outside is clean or not." A cousin sent a sigh emoji. "Sister-in-law, older people who cook rice sometimes can't estimate accurately, don't make a big deal out of it." I lowered my head to look at those words. Each sentence sounds like it has been rehearsed before. No one asked me these past few days if I was finally able to eat or not. No one asked where the money in the joint account went. They just need a conclusion. I don't understand. Tran Hao stood next to him, his face clearly relaxed a bit. If you think that there are so many people, I will definitely bow my head. I opened the message input box. Tran Hao immediately raised his hand to steal the phone. "Don't send it." I avoided his hand. "If you touch my phone again, I will report to the police that you stole personal property." His hand stopped in mid-air, his face turned pale. "Manh Tinh, do you have to make something so big now?" I didn't look at him, directly typing in the group. "Hello, elders." The group was quiet for a few seconds. I continued sending. "If mom has invited everyone here, then I will explain everything clearly." Tran Hao was impatient. "Manh Tinh!" I raised my eyes to look at him. "It's useless for you to call me." I sent each photo I took in the past few days to the group. The first plate is two bowls of rice on the dining table. The second photo is an empty rice cooker. The third plate is half a bowl of millet porridge so thin that you can see the bottom. The fourth sheet is the receipt for the meals I ate out. The fifth sheet is the transfer history of the joint account. After sending all the photos, there was absolutely no more noise in the group. I sent another sentence. "I don't ask the elderly to serve me." "I just want to ask, in a situation where I still transfer money for living expenses on time every month, but the family only cooks for two people for a long time. Is this called saving or extortion?" After this sentence was sent, Liu Que Phan's crying in the living room also stopped. Tran Hao's face gradually darkened. Half a minute later, the eldest aunt sent a voice message. This time I opened it and listened. Her voice was no longer as harsh as before. "Tinh Tinh, maybe your mother really doesn't calculate correctly, she doesn't know how to talk." I answered directly. "So the money in the joint account was also accidentally miscalculated?" He didn't say anything more. After a while, my cousin texted. "Sister-in-law, there are some things that need to be discussed clearly." I turned off the group chat. Tran Hao stood in front of me, anger suppressed in his eyes. "Are you satisfied? You made my mother lose face." I said: "When she pulled everyone into the group, did she leave a way out for me?"

"She's an old person!" "I'm also human." In the living room there was a sound of pulling a chair. Liu Que Phan walked to the bedroom door. Her eyes were red, her lips pursed very tightly. "Tinh Tinh, I really didn't expect you to send these things to your relatives to see." I looked at her. "I also didn't expect you to call your relatives to judge me first." She choked up. "I just want them to advise you." "Advise you to continue to be hungry." "Her face stiffened. Tran Hao immediately said: "Do you have to talk so hard?" I turned to him. "The truth is hard to hear does not mean your way of speaking is hard to hear." Luu Que Phan leaned against the wall, tears falling again. "So what do you want me to do? Is it okay for me to cook dinner for you tomorrow?" She said as if she were doing a favor. I didn't answer. Tran Hao hurriedly continued. "Okay, I've said this much, you're just fine." I asked him: "Did you hear her say tomorrow?" Tran Hao was stunned. I said: "I haven't eaten dinner at home for several days in a row." "Not one day did the two of them proactively ask me if I was hungry or not, only when I refused to cooperate." Then you two remembered to cook for me." Luu Que Phan's eyes avoided. I picked up the phone.