7

After my sister was taken away, the atmosphere at home became even more oppressive.

Although after Zhang Huan was taken away, Zhang Jianguo no longer needed to spend money to pull strings for her, and even received a betrothal gift of two hundred thousand, alleviating the family's financial situation.

Yet his temper grew increasingly irritable, working outside all day and not coming home.

Even if he returned, he would remain silent, looking at mom and me with eyes full of disgust.

We became the objects for him to vent his emotions.

But I did not engage in disputes with him, once everything was arranged, I would leave with mom.

One day, father suddenly announced that he wanted to invite the leader to our home for dinner.

"The boss has been in a bad mood recently, I need to please him," he said with a nervous expression.

Grandmother immediately expressed her wish to cook herself.

"By the way," father added, "the boss doesn't eat pork, don't include it."