In the car, Zhou Xiuqin had a gloomy face. After a long time, she finally couldn't help herself and said, "Yun Zhao, you shouldn't have said those words just now."

Shen Yunzhao asked with a smile, "Mom, what shouldn't I say?"

"If you say our family is poor, you shouldn't say these things!"

Zhou Xiuqin sighed, "It's true that our family isn't rich now, but it's not too bad either. At least, we still have a house, right?"

Although the loan for this house has not been paid off yet, the house is worth about one million yuan.

There are many people in the village who don’t have houses, so their family is not poor no matter what.

Besides, if they told the villagers about their poverty, they would definitely look down on them.

Zhou Xiuqin also wants to save face. She doesn't want to be looked down upon, so no matter how poor she is, she won't show it.

Shen Yunzhao didn't care at all, "Mom, if we don't cry poor, we really won't be able to get the money back today."

"Then you can't say that you are useless!"

Having three college students at home is the proudest thing in Zhou Xiuqin's life, but Shen Yunzhao belittles herself, which makes her particularly uncomfortable.

"I really don't have a job right now, I'm just telling the truth!"

Zhou Xiuqin: ...

After a while, she continued, "Why did you let the whole village know about your father's kidney problems?"

"If we don't spread the word, my dad will still drink with others. Only after we spread the word, people will be afraid to drink with him."

Most of the people who drank with Shen Fugui were from the same village, so after Shen Yunzhao said this, most people probably wouldn't go to Shen Fugui to drink.

Zhou Xiuqin added, "Then your father will have no friends."

"My dad doesn't need fair-weather friends. Compared to his health, these are nothing."

Zhou Xiuqin: ...

She was completely annoyed. "Alright, I can't argue with you! You just have too many crooked ideas!"

Shen Yunzhao chuckled, but was glared at by Zhou Xiuqin, and she immediately shut her mouth.

Everyone was silent along the way.

Until we arrived at the rented house at the end of the village.

The house had been extensively renovated. The roof had been rebuilt, so it wouldn't leak anymore. The kitchen stove had been rebuilt, and Zhou Xingbo had even bought a stove and a tank of LPG. The bathroom had been rebuilt, with tiled floors and walls, and a squat toilet.

The whole house was cleaned thoroughly and there was no musty smell.

A drying rack for grain mats has been set up on the yard outside the house, and you just need to put the grain mats on it.

Shen Yunzhao was very satisfied with this.

After the tour, Zhou Xingbo pulled Shen Yunzhao aside and whispered, “Yunzhao, what’s wrong with you today?”

In his impression, Shen Yunzhao has always been a gentle and quiet person. He almost never conflicts with others, and he never speaks in a sarcastic tone, let alone with sarcasm.

But today, Shen Yunzhao changed his previous style and targeted Shen Fuguo everywhere.

Shen Yunzhao smiled and said, "Nothing serious, I just can't stand Shen Fuguo. My mother worked hard to make money, but he cheated my father's money into his own pocket. I have been unhappy with him for a long time."

"That Shen Fuguo is really despicable. He's been cheating on your dad for free food and drinks many times. I've mentioned this to your mom many times. Your mom must have told your dad, but your dad is very stubborn and won't listen."

"Haha, my dad is like that. Whatever people outside say is like an imperial decree, and he listens to it completely. But whatever people at home say is bullshit, and he won't listen to a word."

Zhou Xingbo was amused. "But after what you did in the village today, Shen Fuguo will definitely be more restrained in the future. But, hey, your reputation might be in jeopardy in the future."

Shen Yunzhao didn't care. "My dad really cares about what others think of him. In the end, everyone compliments him on the surface, but calls him a sucker in private. So, what's the point of saving face?"

Zhou Xingbo knew that he couldn’t persuade Shen Yunzhao, so he could only say, “Be more careful in the future. After all, you will have to return to the village in the future, and it’s not good to have a bad reputation.”

Shen Yunzhao knew that Zhou Xingbo said this for her own good, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Brother Xingbo."

After returning to the city, Zhou Xiuqin took Yaoyao out to play. Shen Yunzhao wanted to enter the space before it got dark, and Cheng Shaoyuan followed him in.

The two were busy collecting the dried mushrooms.

While collecting, Cheng Shaoyuan asked, "Yun Zhao, will Shen Fuguo do anything to harm our family in the future?"

Shen Yunzhao replied, "Yes. In the dream, what Shen Fuguo did was very abominable..."

It turned out that in the dream, Shen Fuguo had been cheating Shen Fugui for free food and drinks, treating Shen Fugui as a sucker and an ATM.

Later, when Shen Fugui died, they still wanted to make a fortune from him.

Shen Fugui's funeral was held by the Shen family's relatives. Shen Fuguo was the prime minister and was responsible for all matters related to the funeral.

He teamed up with the chef and deliberately quoted a high price for the dishes, and he and the chef split the extra money equally;

He specially invited a band from another county and quoted a high price for the band. He paid the band a fee and kept the rest in his own pocket.

There are many more such things.

The cost of funeral for people in their village is more than 30,000 yuan, and will not exceed 35,000 yuan.

However, Shen Fugui's funeral cost more than 50,000 yuan and was very simple.

This made Zhou Xiuqin very angry. After settling the bill, Zhou Xiuqin personally called Shen Fuguo and scolded him.

After this, the relationship between their family and Shen Fuguo became particularly bad.

However, afterwards, Shen Fuguo and his wife went around the village slandering Zhou Xiuqin and Shen Yunzhao.

They said Shen Yunzhao was too poor and couldn't even afford his father's funeral, which was shameful, etc.

"Damn it!" Cheng Shaoyuan clenched his fists upon hearing this. "How can this person be so disgusting? He's so evil-minded that he's greedy for such money!"

According to their local customs, funerals are not presided over by the closest relatives, but by the relatives.

Because the closest relatives have to receive guests, cry in the mourning hall, and have a lot of things to do, it can only be presided over by the relatives.

Moreover, for funerals, there is no need for the host to take charge, and everyone will voluntarily go to help when they are free.

This is a rule passed down from generation to generation, and everyone does it this way.

So no one would ever make a fortune from a funeral. It was a very shameful thing and unheard of.

At least no one in their county has ever done this.

Shen Fuguo is definitely the first one!

"Even though this hasn't happened yet, I get angry when I see him. Brother Yuan, I plan to settle every penny of Shen Fuguo's debt to my father and make him pay it back."

"That might be difficult," Cheng Shaoyuan analyzed. "He could turn the tables and say it was Dad who treated us. That's hard to say."

What happened yesterday is easy to deal with. It just happened. I just need to make a phone call and ask.

But who still remembers who treated and paid for the banquets in the past?

Besides, Shen Fugui might not even remember who drank with them.

"It's certainly difficult. However, my main goal isn't to get him to pay back the money, but to get him to break up with his father."