Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 554 - 221: She’s not just my mom, why should I be the one to provide for her?_3

Since then, he never saw Feng Cuihua again.

"She’s gone to a nursing home. She said her money has run out, not enough to cover the nursing fees." Jiang Erping’s brows furrowed, and he sighed.

Seeing this, his son snorted coldly. "What does it have to do with us if she doesn’t have enough for her nursing fees? It was agreed from the start that we wouldn’t have to take care of her."

Even now, he still remembered how he hadn’t had money for his wedding, and Feng Cuihua had refused to give a single cent. That incident had truly chilled his heart.

"That’s what was said, but she is, after all..." Jiang Erping managed a bitter smile, ultimately finding it hard to bear.

But before he could finish, his son interrupted, fuming with resentment, "What kind of grandmother is she? Her grandson was getting married, and she clearly had hundreds of thousands, yet she refused to give a single cent! That’s what led to Xiao Lan and I splitting up."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Erping couldn’t help but bow his head. At that time, because of this matter, both sides had argued until their faces were red.

"But she said... if we don’t support her, she’ll take us to court." He then added with a complicated expression, "When Feng Cuihua called me, she also threatened me with a lawsuit. She said I either had to give her support payments or take her back to be cared for."

"She’s going to sue us?" His son couldn’t help but scoff. "We’re all family. It’s not like we’re her only children; why would she sue just us? It’s not that we’re refusing to support her. Didn’t she say she didn’t want us to? Now that she’s out of money, she comes back to us? If she has the guts, let her sue!"

His tone was just as disrespectful as Jiang Erping’s had been. In fact, he could barely remember what Feng Cuihua even looked like anymore.

「Jin City.」

In the suburbs, mason Jiang Sanping returned to his humble shanty house after a day’s work. He was only forty this year, but among his brothers, he was one of those not doing too well. This time, after receiving Feng Cuihua’s call, he had also hung up directly.

"Honey, my mom called me." During dinner, he couldn’t resist mentioning what had happened earlier that day.

"That old hag?" His wife raised her eyebrows. "Is she asking for money again?"

"Not asking for money. She said she doesn’t have enough to pay the nursing home fees and asked us to figure something out, whether we could take her back..."

Before he could finish, Jiang Sanping’s wife interrupted him, "Impossible! Our son just started high school, and this is when we really need money! We’re laborers ourselves, barely able to support our own family. How can we support her too? Doesn’t she have four sons? Why single out our family to torment? Let her go to the eldest, second, and fourth son!"

As she spoke, her face was flushed with anger, and she was extremely sharp-tongued. Anyone who didn’t know better might have thought she was ranting about an enemy.

Jiang Sanping silently nodded. Although Feng Cuihua was his mother, he wasn’t very capable himself. He was barely managing to support his own family. Adding Feng Cuihua to the mix would likely drag them all down. Especially since Feng Cuihua was over seventy. Illnesses and ailments were inevitable at her age. If they took her in and she later developed a serious illness, they would have to bear all the costs themselves. His other brothers would definitely not contribute. This burden... he was determined not to take it on.

"She also said that if we don’t support her, she’ll sue us." Finally, Jiang Sanping frowned and voiced his concern, "You’re always on your phone watching videos, so you know more about these things. What will happen to us if she really sues?"

His wife, however, burst into laughter upon hearing this. "She’s scaring you. Don’t I know that old lady’s temper? She pinches every penny. Do you think suing someone is free? Besides, you’re her son. Could she really take you to court? Even if she did sue, she couldn’t just target us. We haven’t said we won’t support her. As long as the other families take the lead, we’ll definitely contribute some money. Stop worrying your head off about this. Let the old lady go bother the other brothers."

Jiang Sanping listened to his wife’s analysis and silently nodded. Indeed, supporting their mother wasn’t his family’s responsibility alone. Since the eldest brother hadn’t set an example, there was no way he was going to take on this thankless burden. As for taking Feng Cuihua back home, that was even more out of the question. Bringing her back would be like welcoming a demanding matriarch who expected to be waited on hand and foot.

「Jin City.」

At a certain school, thirty-eight-year-old Jiang Siping, after finishing marking papers, returned to the faculty dormitory. He, too, discussed the matter with his wife.

After hearing about it, his wife said with some sympathy, "Mom’s getting old. Why don’t we take her in? We live in the faculty dormitory anyway, and there are many elderly people around. She can go for walks when she has nothing to do."

They were both teachers and lived at the school. Many retired elderly people lived nearby, mostly in their seventies and eighties. Feng Cuihua was seventy-five this year, and her daughter-in-law felt very bad that she was living outside all this time. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

However, Jiang Siping’s eyes widened. "Are you crazy? The eldest, second, and third brothers haven’t said a word! It’s clear they expect us to be the suckers! Who’s going to pay for Mom’s support then? It’ll all have to come out of our pockets! Either they come up with a reasonable solution, or I’m not going to be the one footing the bill! I won’t be that sucker!"

His stance was very firm. He believed his brothers had set a trap for him. They had all refused, so Feng Cuihua had turned to him. However, his family wasn’t particularly wealthy. Although they lived a decent life, they couldn’t possibly support their mother all by themselves.