Huang Hongmei continued to provoke Fang Yan, saying, "The third son gets a monthly allowance of ninety yuan and so many tickets. This spendthrift woman went to the county town and spent all that money!"
In truth, she didn't believe at all that Fang Yan had used up Zhang Jizhou's allowance for the month.
Huang Hongmei thought to herself, "That little bitch has only hidden the money. Once this is over, I'll subdue her and find the money!"
"Hiss..." A collective gasp immediately rose from the onlookers...
"It turns out that Ji Zhou sends ninety yuan and various coupons home every month. No wonder he can raise Huang Hongmei, his stepmother, and Pangdun to be so healthy and chubby that they don't have to work in the fields."
"They're sucking Ji Zhou's blood, and they still want to leave the house to Fatty. The Zhang family, I think their hearts are beyond redemption! They're just waiting for God to punish them."
...
Vicious words were constantly heard.
Old Zhang's face was so dark it was almost unbearable to look at.
He glared at Huang Hongmei fiercely, "Why did you bring this up for no reason!"
Huang Hongmei felt quite innocent; wasn't she just trying to divert everyone's attention to that little bitch for his sake?
But she didn't understand why these people were so fixated on their family.
Shouldn't the point of her statement just now be that this little slut spent ninety yuan in one night? Shouldn't such a wasteful woman be dragged out and whipped?
Fang Yan was practically laughing out loud. It seemed like today was an incredibly auspicious day, and everything would go smoothly.
Unfortunately, she had to hold back and not laugh. Moreover, for the sake of the plan's effect, she had to continue to maintain the appearance of a little wife who had been bullied terribly by her vicious in-laws. Before she could even speak, she squeezed out a few tears. "Dad, Mother-in-law, from the moment I walked into the house with the child until now, all you've been saying you care about is taking Ji Zhou's allowance back from me this month."
Have you ever asked whether Ji Zhou has gained or lost weight since he hasn't been back for over a year, or whether he has been injured in the past year?
As soon as he entered the house, he didn't even have a sip of water before going to Aunt Wang's house to borrow a cart and push me and the child to the hospital. Did you ever ask us why we went to the hospital or how we were feeling?
In your eyes, human lives aren't as important as allowances, is that it?
She then gave a self-deprecating laugh, "That's right. You two had already secretly agreed with your brother-in-law that this house, including everything else in the house, would eventually belong to him, and we were just slaves to make money for you and your brother-in-law."
"I'm his father, and Bao Cai is his brother. It's only right that he earns money to support us!" Old Man Zhang wondered what was wrong with his third daughter-in-law today.
However, he was certain that he was disliking her less and less.
Before, she was like someone who had lost their parents, always wearing a mournful face, and he just couldn't stand her.
Now that he looks like a troublemaker, he looks down on him even more.
"What a self-evident truth! I'm still Ji Zhou's wife, and the baby is still his son, but why is it that we don't get a single penny of the money Ji Zhou earns? Why is it that this stepmother, who has nothing to do with Ji Zhou, and the strangers she brought with her, can eat meals bought with Ji Zhou's allowance, while the baby and I can only eat the leftovers, the rice-less porridge, and the rotten vegetable leaves that can't be cooked with oil?"
"We let you in here so you could work for us for free. For a scumbag like you, it's already a favor that we haven't made you eat shit and drink piss!"
Because he couldn't get the big meat bun, the chubby boy hated Fang Yan so much that he wanted to strangle her.
This child follows Huang Hongmei around every day, and nothing she hears or learns is good. How can we expect him to say anything nice?
After scolding Fang Yan, the chubby boy still wasn't satisfied and pointed at the baby in Fang Yan's arms, cursing loudly, "I'll give you some pig feed so you can work for us like a dog. When you die, your little bastard will grow up and we can let him continue to work for us. Let him go out and be a farmhand to earn money for me to spend."
These were words that Old Man Zhang and Huang Hongmei said to him in private, and they had also told him not to tell anyone else.
But the chubby boy saw that every time he revealed something his parents had told him in private, Fang Yan's face turned even paler.
Because he couldn't get the big meat bun, he was so enjoying watching Fang Yan almost wet her pants in fear that he didn't care what his parents told him to do and just wanted to enjoy the pleasure first.
Huang Hongmei was so angry with this precious boy that she couldn't bear to hit or scold him, so she could only keep giving him meaningful glances.
Big Fatty is such a spoiled and selfish person that even if his mother squeezed her eyes out, he wouldn't even glance at her, so how could he possibly care about her opinion?
A collective gasp rippled through the onlookers, accompanied by murmurs of discussion about the Zhang family's malicious actions...
Old Man Zhang's face was so dark it could drip ink. He couldn't bear to scold or beat his precious son Zhang Baocai, and he couldn't count on Huang Hongmei either.
He could only shout at Fang Yan in a deep voice, "Third brother's family..."
"Fifth Brother, was what Fatty said just now true?" Suddenly, an old man in his sixties or seventies walked in from outside the door, interrupting Old Man Zhang.
Fang Yan looked at the old man and searched through the original owner's memories for a long time before she remembered that the old man in front of her should be the patriarch of the Zhang family—Zhang Zongde.
Gouzi Village is small, but it has six different surnames.
Each surname has its own ancestral hall and clan head.
Zhang Zongde was exceptionally capable and highly respected within the clan; everyone trusted and respected him greatly.
Seeing that even he had arrived, the onlookers readily made way for Zhang Zongde to walk ahead.
Facing Zhang Zongde, the old man Zhang also restrained himself a bit, no longer daring to look at Fang Yan with such a sinister gaze. He put on an honest and simple appearance, "Uncle De, don't listen to the child's nonsense. He's only a few years old. He hasn't settled down yet. He likes to say some nonsense that he heard from who-knows-where every day."
“At home, whatever we eat, Lao San’s family and Gou Dan eat too,” Old Man Zhang said, sounding quite convincing.
"You're the one talking nonsense!"
The chubby boy was furious. Why did one or two people keep saying he was talking nonsense?
"Shut up!" Even though he was reluctant, Old Man Zhang couldn't help but yell at him.
His appearance was too fierce and frightening, so the chubby boy didn't dare to say anything more.
Fang Yan, however, took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and quietly...
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