Chapter 78 Hand over the money

The sudden outburst startled everyone present.

Zhong Qiao looked in the direction of the sound.

Standing at the threshold against the backlight, the figures were of different heights. They were none other than the sisters-in-law of the Zhong family who loved to stir up trouble.

No one knew how long they had been eavesdropping in the corner. At this moment, their eyes were blazing with fire and their faces were ferocious, as if they wanted to eat Zhong Qiao's family alive.

"What are you doing here?" The old man from the Zhong family frowned. "I'm discussing something important with Zhong Shao, and you two are eavesdropping. Do you even act like elders?"

"dad."

The eldest son’s wife gritted her teeth.

"If we hadn't been more careful, we would have almost missed this wonderful show. We clearly agreed to be a family, sharing happiness and hardship together. The Zhong Qiao family made money without even thinking of taking us with them."

"That's right." The second son's wife looked at the hundred-yuan bill and several coins on the table, her eyes filled with greed. "That bitch Zhong Qiao said she wanted to buy it. At her price, how can we still live?"

"If you ask me, you should just give me the money. I'll do the math and negotiate a price with them later. It will definitely be more affordable than the current price."

"That's right." It was the third son's wife who spoke. "Also, we all give our wages to mom, so why shouldn't Zhong Shao use it? She lives in our house, so she should hand over the money just like us!"

Old man Zhong listened to their protests one after another. His brain, which was already suffering from memory loss, could not remember such a large amount of information. He felt a piercing pain in his brow, and he slammed the table impatiently.

The whole audience fell silent after this beat.

"Come here one by one. The third brother, you tell me first. When did your mother and I ask for your wages?"

The third daughter-in-law, who was named, felt a little uneasy, but she said stubbornly: "Dad, we pay our salary every month, you can't refuse to pay."

Old Man Zhong rolled his eyes at her and said that the so-called handing over of wages was nothing more than collecting their monthly food expenses.

These wives who married in from other places are just dishonest. They are all monsters who have transformed into human forms. When it comes to money, they are very shrewd. They refuse to separate after marriage and shamelessly take advantage of the food and drink provided by the two old people.

They are old, half buried in the ground, and they just feed a few mouths and receive a symbolic amount of money, but these cunning people blame them.

They are still calculating the money earned by Zhong Qiao's family. These lazy women almost have their thoughts written on their faces.

Do you really think he is old and his mind is not clear?

"This is the money Zhong Qiao earned." Old Man Zhong suppressed his anger and emphasized, "Have you always denied that Zhong Qiao is a member of the Zhong family? If he is not a member of our Zhong family, then why should we hand over this money? What does it have to do with you?"

The boomerang that was used to exclude Zhong Qiao hit several people right between their eyebrows.

They were instantly speechless, looking at each other, their throats rolling, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Until the third son's wife took the lead.

"Anyway, anyway..." She was being shameless. "Anyway, as long as you live under the Zhong family's roof, you have to hand over your salary every month."

Their outrageous remarks simply pushed the Zhong Qiao family to the bottom line.

Mother Zhong finally understood why Zhong Qiao was so determined to divide the family property a few days ago.

She thought too simply, thinking that as long as they kept to themselves, everything would be fine. However, she didn't hear that walls have ears.

Where there are people, there are disputes. Even if they live an honest life behind closed doors, there will always be people who come to disrupt it.

For example, Zhong Hong, for example, now.

Mother Zhong closed her eyes.

It is indeed time to divide the family. Otherwise, any good things in the family will be lost and will be snatched away by these black-hearted people who even scheme against their own family members.

"This is the money our family earns. Why should we give it to you?" Mr. Zhong would not argue with a woman. In order to protect the rights of his family, he asked back with his neck stiff.

"You're just a son-in-law who married into the family, so just shut up. What business do you have?" The eldest daughter-in-law rolled her eyes and put on the airs of an elder. "Just because I'm your sister-in-law, shouldn't I respect my elders?"

Seeing her being so arrogant, claiming to be an elder, and slapping their family members in the face in public, the anger that Zhong's mother had suppressed in her heart finally erupted.

"What the hell is this sister-in-law? You're still an elder? I think you're deliberately bullying our family! Bullying my Qiao Qiao! Are you still worthy of being an elder like this? Pah."

"Hey." The eldest daughter-in-law pretended to be polite. "Don't talk nonsense. We all paid our wages. We are not targeting your family alone. Besides, you have the blood of the Zhong family in your body. Shouldn't you respect your elders?"

Mother Zhong said with a spit, "You guys are so shameless, how dare you say such things!

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Okay, Mom." Zhong Qiao stopped her mother, who was rubbing her hands in anticipation of a fight. "There's no need to reason with them about this kind of thing. They simply won't understand."

Upon hearing this, the brainless people looked at each other. Not only did they not understand that this was an insult, but they thought that Zhong Qiao had no choice but to give in, and smiled smugly.

"If you know what's good for you, hand over the money immediately, or you won't be worthy of being a member of the Zhong family anymore! Get out of this compound with the money you paid for!"

Zhong Qiao sneered.

These lazy women always use the same template to curse people over and over again, just like copying and pasting. Their lethality is not even as strong as Xu Lili.

"Are you guys planning a rebellion?" The old man from the Zhong family was so angry that his beard curled up. "I'm not even dead yet, and you're already forcing the Zhong Qiao family here."

In this tense atmosphere, Zhong Qiao suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention.

"Aunt, Second Aunt, Third Aunt, I can hand over this money."

As soon as these words came out, the eldest daughter-in-law of the head family immediately smiled happily: "Oh, I knew you, Zhong Qiao, are the most sensible and obedient."

"Hand over the money quickly. Then your third aunt will help you with the purchase." Third aunt rushed to the table and stretched out her hands greedily.

A few coins and a hundred-dollar bill are all hers. As for the purchase, when the money is in her pocket, she will start talking nonsense and deny it to the death.

The Zhong Qiao family can't do anything to them.

It’s so beautiful just thinking about it.

"Hey, don't be anxious, Third Aunt." At this moment, in full view of everyone, Zhong Qiao clamped her claws.

The third son's wife was startled and looked up in confusion.

Zhong Qiao lowered his eyes slightly, smiled innocently, and spoke in a soft tone.

"Third Aunt, since they said before that we share happiness and hardship, and our family is very short of money now, can you give us your salary?"

She calmly took back the coins and banknotes.

"If we can see your sincerity, we can hand over the money to you with confidence, right?"

When their interests were involved, all the originally pleasant faces turned dark in an instant.

"Zhong Qiao, don't you trust us?" The eldest daughter-in-law's voice was cold. "If you don't trust us, then don't trust us. Why do you have to tease us like this? We are your elders. What bad intentions could we have? We just want to help your family acquire the property!"

"If you're not happy, forget it." The second son's wife snorted coldly, "Why do you have to go through all this trouble to disgust people?"

Mother Zhong was so angry that she laughed at their words and actions, which changed their attitudes faster than turning the pages of a book.

These women were greedy for the money their family earned, and said all kinds of good and bad things about them, completely forgetting that they wanted to kick Zhong Qiao and the child out at that time.

At that time, they didn't remember that they were the elders, but now, when it came time to keep the money, they remembered everything.

brazen!

Seeing that Zhong Qiao and the others were indifferent, they became angry and embarrassed and simply stopped pretending.

"Zhong Qiao, we've done our best to keep you in our compound. Please don't be ungrateful!"

"Your sister's marriage has failed twice because of you. You ruined your sister's happiness. So what if we take some money? Isn't this all owed to us?"

Zhong Qiao was about to speak, but the old lady of the Zhong family closed her eyes and opened them again, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"Old family, have you guys said enough?"

"I really don't know what's going on in your heads. You're stepping on the faces of our elders and making things difficult for the younger generation."

He patted the table.

"It was my idea to let the Zhong Qiao family live in the compound, and you agreed to it at the time, didn't you?"

"If you are not satisfied with the Zhong Qiao family, then get out and set up your own household."