Chapter 215 A Resolute Attitude
Yao Chunian's unhurried attitude made Zhang Tiesheng even angrier.
"You...you only care about money now? Don't you have any family feelings at all?" Zhang Tiesheng said angrily.
Yao Chunian chuckled twice, completely oblivious to the fact that the people around him were just watching the spectacle.
"Concern for family ties? How can I possibly care? Zhang Tiesheng, when your whole family treated me like a maid during the New Year, I stopped expecting any family affection from you!"
You say your brother is having a hard time? How is he having a hard time? It's a dual-income family, and both of them are permanent employees who get paid. How can that be considered a hard time?
We had nothing when we got married.
When he got married, he had all the traditional Chinese wedding accessories: a watch, a toy watch, a microphone, and a toy watch. In addition, your mother gave his wife a watch and two hundred yuan.
They don't have money?
You have to support your whole family on sixty yuan a month, and you have to be very careful with your money every month. Where would you get the spare money to lend to him?
Also, didn't he ask for money to buy a washing machine? Ask anyone, who buys a washing machine just because they don't want to do laundry?
I don't object to lending money, but everyone knows that you can help in an emergency, but not in a long-term commitment!
He comes to you for money every time his family wants to buy something expensive. What? Are you printing money? Or is he your son, and you're expected to support him?
Don't you even look at how much money you earn? Do you even have the money to lend?
The three hundred yuan you stole from him was money I earned from working hard from dawn till dusk making spiced peanuts; it was my hard-earned money.
You're using my money to save face, Zhang Tiesheng, how can you be so shameless!
"How can your family be so shameless!" Yao Chunian's mouth sputtered like a machine gun.
Zhang Tiesheng didn't know how to refute it, and after a long pause, he finally managed to stammer out, "Why can't I have the family's money..."
"How can you say that? Do you dare say that you earned even a single penny of that money?"
That's what I earned; now I'm the one supporting my family!
Your whole family lives off me; in ancient times, you would all be considered gigolos.
"Even those who live off women should have some professional ethics. Are you trying to force your way into this position?" Yao Chunian said bluntly.
Zhang Tie was so angry he didn't know what to say. He raised his hand but didn't dare to strike.
Zhang Tiesheng's parents were still sitting on the ground, wailing and saying that their family had suffered a misfortune.
The neighbors who were watching the commotion had all sorts of opinions.
"That youngest son of the Zhang family is really something. All these years he's been taking things from the Zhang family, but he's never brought anything back!"
"Old Zhang and his wife favor their younger son, thinking he's more successful!"
"So successful, yet you still ask your family for money! And you even ask your own brother for it, that's just too much!"
"During the Spring Festival, we usually cook a big family meal, but people are picky and won't even let us sit at the table."
"Spring Festival is hard work! Every day we pickle peanuts, boil peanuts, and dry them. After that, we have to set up a stall. We're so busy every day that our feet barely touch the ground."
You finally earn some money, only to be told to leave after just a few words. Anyone would be anxious in that situation!
If that happened to me, I'd probably use a knife!
"Who says otherwise! Spring Festival is so hard, their hands are black from being soaked in brine, they earn their money through hard work."
They don't even feel guilty taking other people's money!
...
Zhang Tiesheng felt even more ashamed.
He felt it was a small matter. Even if there was a conflict, they could just talk it out at home behind closed doors. Why did they have to make a scene and let everyone know every time?
This time... they even smashed up the whole house.
“Alright, I lent you the money, and I will definitely pay you back in the future, but you need to take care of your family…” Zhang Tiesheng wanted to appease Yao Chunian first.
Yao Chunian doesn't buy into that stuff anymore.
"You're going to pay it back? What are you going to use to pay it back? With your monthly salary of sixty yuan?"
You don't support your family or provide for their basic needs? How much money can you save each month?
"Zhang Tiesheng, I'm telling you, if you don't get my money back within three days, we're getting a divorce!" Yao Chunian immediately interrupted Zhang Tiesheng.
Zhang Tiesheng immediately became enraged.
"Fine, let's get divorced! Get out of here! Take your clothes and get out of here, but Qiangqiang is from the Zhang family, he's my son..."
"Pah! You gave birth to him?! Do you even have that ability? Qiangqiang is my son."
He was born after I carried him for ten months; I risked half my life to give birth to him.
Zhang Tiesheng, how dare you say that Qiangqiang was born from you?
What did you contribute?
"Just a few puffs and you're a hero? Was it even three minutes? A child takes longer to pee than you!" Yao Chunian spat hard in Zhang Tiesheng's face.
The neighbors who were watching immediately chuckled.
Zhang Tie's eyes turned red with anger.
"Yao Chunian, you think I'm being too polite..."
Zhang Tiesheng raised his hand again, but before it could fall, Yao Shula pulled Miao Yamin over and shoved Zhang Tiesheng away.
“Brother-in-law, really! Why did you have to sneak around when you were borrowing money? Chun Nian’s hard-earned money has suddenly disappeared. She must have thought the house had been robbed. How could she not be worried?” Miao Yamin said immediately.
"That's right. Since it's my brother-in-law's younger brother who's borrowing money, and it's Chun Nian's money, how can we not let Chun Nian know?"
"They borrowed money from each other, and it ended up with you two fighting. They did it on purpose, didn't they!" Yao Shula said bluntly.
Zhang Tiesheng then noticed that Yao Shula and Miao Yamin had come over.
He knew that the Yao family would be arriving soon.
The onlookers also began to murmur among themselves.
"That's right. The younger son happily took the money, which caused a fight at the older son's house, and he was cleared of any wrongdoing."
"Absolutely! That's really cunning. They're just jealous of how well others are doing and deliberately caused this mess!"
"Do we really have to buy a washing machine? Everyone washes their clothes by hand, why are they acting like theirs are so precious!"
"Three hundred yuan! He just took it without saying when he'd return it, how am I supposed to pay it back? Isn't this stealing? No, it's robbery..."
With just a few words, Yao Shula and Miao Yamin brought Zhang Tiesheng's younger brother and his wife back from the brink of disappearance.
"Zhang Tiesheng, I'm telling you, this divorce is final!"
I will definitely take Qiangqiang with me, but you must return the three hundred yuan you stole to me immediately.
If the money isn't returned within three days...
"Heh, I'll make a scene in the city, and at the workplaces of your two lazy, good-for-nothing brothers and sisters-in-law. I want to ask their bosses how a state-owned enterprise can produce such thieves and robbers. Are they going to do anything about it or not!" Yao Chunian said angrily.
Zhang Tiesheng became even more anxious after hearing what Yao Chunian said.
You dare!
Yao Chunian was about to rush up and tear Zhang Tiesheng apart, but before Yao Chunian could even get forward, Zhang Tiesheng was slapped hard across the face.
"Zhang Tiesheng, you think I'm being too nice to you?!" Aunt Yao withdrew her hand from Zhang Tiesheng's hand, put her hands on her hips, and glared angrily at him.
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