Chapter 087 I Didn't Rob a Bank

  As soon as Tang Xiaosheng entered the house, he saw a familiar figure busy in the kitchen, wearing an apron stained with oil, her white hair already dyed at the temples, and her face, weathered from the wind and frost, bearing deep marks etched by time.

  She is Tang Xiaosheng's mother.

  "Mom, I'm back." Tang Xiaosheng stood at the door and called out softly.

  Upon hearing the call, Tang's mother immediately turned her head around, stunned for a while before regaining her composure. It had been two whole years since she last saw her son. She wiped her hands on her apron, put down what she was doing, and walked quickly over to him with a joyful smile on her face: "Xiao Sheng, you've finally come back!" As she spoke, she carefully examined his face, muttering to herself, "You've lost weight, is it because you're working too hard?"

  Tang Xiaosheng smiled and shook his head, saying: "Not hard."

  At this time, Tang Mu Yu Guang swept a glance and found the two beautiful women beside Tang Xiao Sheng, asking in doubt: "Who are these two..."

  "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce you." Tang Xiaosheng hastily pulled Long Xiaoxue in front of him and solemnly said to his mother, "Mom, she's my girlfriend, her name is Long Xiaoxue."

  "Girlfriend?" Tang's mother furrowed her brow, sizing up Little Dragon Girl with a thoughtful expression.

  "Aunt, hello." Longnü still felt a bit awkward, her thin lips pursed slightly as she spoke in a soft voice.

  "This is my sister next to me, her name is Guo Yixiang." Then Tang Xiaosheng pulled Guo Xiang forward and introduced her to his mother.

  "Auntie, hello." Guo Xiang's small mouth opened and closed as she asked in a childish voice.

  After listening to the introduction, Tang's mother didn't say anything, she just nodded lightly.

  At this time, Tang Xiaosheng found that his father seemed not to be in the room, so he asked: "Mom, where's Dad?"

  "Your father is repairing a chair in the courtyard outside the kitchen," said Tang's mother.

  Then, Tang Xiaosheng brought Xiao Longnu and Guo Xiang to the courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Tang's father holding a large saw, sawing a wooden board. Next to him was a rectangular wooden chair with one leg missing.

  The Spring Festival is approaching, and the number of visiting guests at home will definitely increase. Tang's father wanted to put a few more chairs in the house, but found that one leg of a long chair was broken, so he decided to repair it.

  Tang Fu was an ordinary carpenter, but in Tang Xiaosheng's eyes, his father was a master of toys. When he was young, due to poverty at home, they couldn't afford to buy toys, but Tang Xiaosheng had more toys than other children. Because Tang Fu always used some small wood to make many wooden models for Tang Xiaosheng, such as wooden cars, wooden airplanes, wooden birds, wooden people, and wooden houses.

  All along, Tang Xiaosheng thought his father was the most handsome when he was a carpenter. But now, looking at his elderly father struggling to repair a chair and straining to pull the saw, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

  "Dad, I'm back." After a moment of stunned silence, Tang Xiaosheng immediately stepped forward to greet him. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he said, "Dad, there's no need to repair the chair, let's just buy a new one!"

  "No need, this chair is still sturdy after repair, it can be used for a few more years. Besides, buying a new one would cost a lot of money, and the price of wood has gone up recently, you can't even buy a chair for less than 300 yuan."

  "It's just 300,000, and it's not like we don't have money at home." After finishing speaking, Tang Xiaosheng opened his luggage and took out ten stacks of 100-yuan bills. Since signing with Blue Sky Entertainment, he had already saved 400,000 yuan. Due to the lack of banks near his home, withdrawing money was very inconvenient, so he had taken out 100,000 yuan in cash and brought it back home earlier.

  When Tang Xiaosheng's father saw the 100,000 yuan in his son's hand, he was also stunned. Such a large amount of cash had almost never appeared at home before. After a moment, he asked: "You little brat, where did this money come from?"

  Tang Xiaosheng smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry, I didn't rob a bank. This money is what I earned."

  "How much did you earn?" Tang's father fell silent for a moment, turned his head and shouted loudly towards the kitchen, "The child's mother, come over!"

  Tang's mother heard the shouting and also came to the courtyard: "What's going on..." She stopped mid-sentence because she too saw the ten stacks of 100-yuan bills in Tang Xiaosheng's hand. Tang's mother walked forward slowly, looking at Tang Xiaosheng, and sternly asked: "Xiaosheng, where did this money come from?"

  "He said he earned it himself." Tang's father chimed in to help answer.

  Tang's mother was taken aback for a moment, seemingly still not quite believing it, and asked Tang Xiaosheng again to confirm: "Really earned?"

  Tang Xiaosheng smiled and stuffed the 100,000 yuan into his mother's hand, saying loudly: "Mom, don't worry, this money is really earned by me. You can spend it boldly."

  Upon hearing this, Tang's mother slowed down and after a moment, a hint of joy finally appeared on her face. She said to Tang's father, "It seems that our son didn't waste his four years in university. He's only graduated for two years and has already earned so much money."

  She paused for a moment, then turned to Tang Xiaosheng and asked, "Xiaosheng, what do you do at the hospital? How can your salary be so high? Mom told you, we can't earn black-hearted money. If patients don't give red envelopes when they come to see a doctor, we should still help them even if it means not getting paid. We can't just watch people die without helping, got it?"

  Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaosheng's heart skipped a beat. His parents still thought he was working in the hospital after all. The truth would eventually come to light, so he decided not to hide it anymore: "Dad, Mom, actually, this money wasn't earned from being a doctor, but from being an actor."

  "Actor?"

  "Yes. Today I'll be honest with you about something. Actually, after the college entrance exam, I didn't go to university, but instead became an actor..." Tang Xiaosheng then briefly explained the whole story.

  "Didn't you go to college?" Tang's mother asked with a shocked expression after hearing his words.

  Tang Xiaosheng nodded: "Yes."

  "Are you trying to drive me mad?!" Tang's mother was furious as soon as she heard, "I've worked hard to raise you for over a decade, hoping you'd study well and get into university, have a stable job. But instead, you go off to become an actor! What on earth are you thinking in that head of yours, I..."

  At this point, Tang's mother suddenly choked with sobs and was so angry that she couldn't speak.

  As for his mother's reaction, Tang Xiaosheng actually understood it too. After all, letting him go to college was her greatest wish for over a decade. Now that she suddenly found out about everything, she naturally couldn't accept it.

  Just as Tang Xiaosheng was about to go forward and comfort his mother, Tang's father suddenly turned pale, quickly walked to the west side of the courtyard, picked up a flat shovel, and without saying a word, angrily rushed over.

  Seeing Tang Fu's behavior, Tang Xiaosheng was taken aback. This scene was all too familiar to him. When he was a child, he would often skip school and go fishing in the river, and his father would beat him with a wooden stick just like this.

  "You little scoundrel, you're really daring! Just watch me not kill you today!" Tang's father, carrying a shoulder pole, quickly walked towards Tang Xiaosheng, shouting loudly.

  At this point, Tang Xiaosheng was no longer calm, the feeling of being hit by a broadsword he knew all too well, without thinking much, like when he was a kid, he took off running and hastily fled the courtyard.

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  PS: Thanks for the reward from book friend "霸气王爷".

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