Chapter 124: First Return My Mother’s Dowry
Thinking of this, Cheng Dajun was a bit out of breath: "It’s not that the family has no money—"
Cheng Jiuhe interrupted him: "If the family has no money, why could both younger brothers take Yuan Nourishing Pills? And Cheng Jiunian, such a waste, even took two Yuan Nourishing Pills, why can’t I with such talent?"
"You—" Cheng Dajun was once again left speechless.
He found it strange; although his son had never been close to him before, he had never spoken back to him . What happened today?
In fact, the economic base determines the superstructure, and this statement is spot on.
Previously, Cheng Jiuhe was disappointed with his father but still thought about getting Yuan Nourishing Pills from the family, so he could only endure.
But now, he had obtained the Yuan Nourishing Pills he wanted and had the money Mengyu gave him. With that money, he could collaborate with Mengyu on something; why would he still endure?
Cheng Jiuhe asked again: "Also, how did my mom’s jewelry end up in that woman’s hands?"
After those two brothers took away several of his cherished treasures, he started hiding the good items his mom and grandfather gave him.
The items taken by those two brothers were only those left in plain sight. But his mother’s jewelry, stored in his father’s room, was beyond his reach when he was younger and ended up in that woman’s possession.
Although his grandfather’s family had fallen on hard times, when his mother married his father, her family had still prepared a dowry for her.
The dowry list was still in Cheng Jiuhe’s hands, and among other items, the jewelry was fully preserved.
Cheng Dajun was stunned: "Your mom’s jewelry ended up with Aunt Xiao? How come I didn’t notice?"
"Hmph, there are many things you haven’t noticed. That woman went to the Lin Family’s banquet the day before yesterday, wearing the pearl necklace that was part of my mother’s dowry."
Cheng Dajun fell silent. As the first wife had a son, when she passed away, her dowry should rightfully belong to the son she bore, there was no reason to give it to the stepmother. He never paid attention to the first wife’s dowry; just the stepmother managed everything in the house after she married in.
At that time, Jiuhe was young, and it did not make sense for him to take charge of the first wife’s dowry, but he had never expected the stepmother to claim the first wife’s belongings as her own.
Cheng Jiuhe coldly said: "Taking my mother’s dowry and still wanting my courtyard, tell that woman to first hand over my mother’s jewelry!"
Hearing Cheng Jiuhe say this and thinking it was said in anger, Cheng Dajun replied: "Okay, I will speak to your aunt and have her hand over your mom’s jewelry."
Right as Cheng Jiuhe was about to leave, Cheng Dajun asked him: "Did you go to that underground antique black market?"
Cheng Jiuhe did not expect to be recognized despite being in disguise and even had it reported back home.
But he would not admit it. He shook his head: "I don’t have money on me, why would I go there?"
Cheng Dajun thought to himself and agreed, his income and the family wealth left by ancestors were all managed by his wife, not reaching Cheng Jiuhe, and with Cheng Jiuhe’s little allowance, what could he buy in the antique black market?
"I thought as much; must have been someone else mistaken. No worries, as long as you didn’t go, be more cautious in the future, those antiques aren’t for us to tamper with."
Cheng Jiuhe ignored his father, returned to his room, told Mrs. Zheng to not disturb him, then locked the door and began using the Yuan Nourishing Pills to break through. After consuming two Yuan Nourishing Pills, he finally broke through to a Level 7 Martial Artist, feeling immensely satisfied.
Unable to rely on his father, he now relies on his sister but has suddenly advanced to a late-stage Martial Artist, becoming a Seventh-level Martial Artist!