Fu Yucheng carried Yun Tangyin into the room, and as soon as he put her down, she pinched his arm: "Can't you keep your voice down? The whole family compound heard you."
"It's good that you heard that." Fu Yucheng grabbed her wrist with his other hand, his fingertips tracing the red mark. "They need to know that Fu Yucheng's wife is not to be touched."
He lowered his head and blew on the wound, his eyelashes brushing against her skin, making Yun Tangyin shrink her arm because of the tickling sensation.
"Stop fooling around, your second sister-in-law is still outside." Yun Tangyin tried to break free, but he held her even tighter.
“She’s busy handing over the stolen goods and doesn’t have time to deal with us.” Fu Yucheng pulled out badger oil from the drawer, dipped his fingertip in it, and smeared it on the red marks. “Why didn’t you tell me this morning? If I had known Xu Runli would dare to come, I would have taken half a day off to deal with her.”
“This is such a small thing, why would you need to take leave?” Yun Tangyin looked at his serious profile and suddenly felt a pang of tenderness. “Besides, I didn’t lose anything. Look at the spatula mark on her back, it’ll probably hurt for days.”
Fu Yucheng chuckled softly, tracing circles on her arm with his fingertips: "My wife is ruthless."
He suddenly leaned closer, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe. "But I like it."
Yun Tangyin's ears turned bright red instantly, and she pushed him away, saying, "You're so irresponsible."
As the two were arguing, Jiang Jianhua's footsteps came from outside the door, his voice timid: "Yinyin, Mom asked me to give you something..."
Fu Yucheng got up and opened the door, his face instantly darkening.
Jiang Jianhua was holding a cloth bag in his arms. When he saw him, he shrank back like a mouse that had seen a cat: "I...I'm delivering cloth coupons and account books to Yinyin."
Yun Tangyin walked out from behind Fu Yucheng, took the cloth bag and dumped it on the table, causing a pile of loose cloth coupons and a crumpled account book to roll out.
She casually flipped through a couple of pages, raised an eyebrow at Jiang Jianhua, and asked, "So you just changed the coal money and grain coupons?"
Jiang Jianhua lowered his head even further: "Just... just these two places, I didn't dare to change much more."
"Didn't dare?" Fu Yucheng sneered. "If you had dared, were you planning to take everything from the Fu family's coffers?"
Jiang Jianhua was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground with a thud, tears streaming down his face again: "I really know I was wrong! Please forgive me this time!"
"Whether I spare you or not depends on Yinyin's opinion." Fu Yucheng moved aside, giving the spotlight to Yun Tangyin.
Yun Tangyin gathered the cloth coupons together and counted them: "We're short five feet of blue cloth coupons. Second Sister-in-law had better think carefully about where to put them."
Jiang Jianhua's face turned deathly pale instantly, and his lips trembled as he was unable to speak.
The cloth coupons were ones she had secretly hidden away to make a new shirt for Jiang Zhicheng. She had almost forgotten about them, but Yun Tangyin remembered the exact amount.
"I...I'll go get it right away!"
She scrambled out, and bumped into Song Yushuang just as she reached the door, nearly dropping the sewing basket in her hand.
"What's with all this panicking?" Song Yushuang frowned. "What did Yinyin ask you to get?"
“Blue…blue cloth ticket…” Jiang Jianhua stammered, then ran back to the side room without looking back.
Song Yushuang walked into the room, looked at the cloth coupons and account books on the table, and sighed: "It's also because I've spoiled her too much."
"Mom, don't say that." Yun Tangyin poured her a cup of tea. "Just keep a closer eye on things from now on."
Fu Yucheng chimed in from the side, "I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow and exchange all these ration coupons for something and lock them up, so that no one will try to take advantage of them again."
Song Yushuang nodded: "Acheng is indeed very thoughtful."
She glanced at the wound on Yun Tangyin's arm. "Did you apply badger oil? Don't let it leave a scar."
"I've applied it, I've applied it." Fu Yucheng quickly replied, picking up the badger oil to apply it to Yun Tangyin's arm, but she laughed and dodged him: "I can do it myself."
Just then, Jiang Jianhua ran back with the blue cloth tickets, held them up with both hands and handed them to Yun Tangyin: "Yinyin, here you go."
Yun Tangyin took the cloth coupons and casually put them into the drawer: "The deficit in the accounts will be deducted from your monthly allowance until it's all gone."
Jiang Jianhua nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course."
She glanced at Fu Yucheng furtively, and only when she saw that he wasn't glaring at her anymore did she dare to whisper, "Then I'll go out first."
After everyone left, Fu Yucheng snorted, "This temper of his is hopeless."
"Take your time," Yun Tangyin said, leaning on his shoulder.
Fu Yucheng pinched her cheek: "Only you are kind-hearted. If it were me, I would have kicked them out long ago."
“That won’t do.” Yun Tangyin sat up straight. “After all, Fu Yuanshan entrusted his son to us. If we really kick him out because of that, it will be difficult for Mom in the army.”
Song Yushuang listened from the side, a look of satisfaction in her eyes: "Yinyin has thought things through. Family harmony is the most important thing."
As evening fell, Yu Xia came over with a bowl of pickled cucumbers. As soon as she entered the door, she exclaimed, "I heard that Xu Runli was locked in a room by Jiang Zhicheng. Good heavens, her wailing could be heard halfway down the street!"
Yun Tangyin smiled and poured her a cup of tea: "It's better to lock it up, so it won't come out and cause trouble."
“That’s right.” Yu Xia took a bite of cucumber. “I went to get water just now and saw Jiang Zhicheng squatting by the wall smoking. He looked like he was going to eat someone alive. He probably regrets marrying such a troublemaker.”
Fu Yucheng, who was sharpening his knife nearby, said without looking up, "It's too late to regret it now. We were blind back then, and now we have to suffer the consequences."
Yu Xia was amused: "Acheng is right. But speaking of which, Yinyin, you were really amazing today. You took Xu Runli down so easily. I wanted to applaud you!"
Yun Tangyin raised an eyebrow: "What, does sister-in-law also want to watch the show?"
“Who doesn’t want to see a good show?” Yu Xia laughed, her eyes narrowing into slits. “But seeing Jiang Jianhua’s shameful behavior makes me even happier! I’ve disliked her for a long time. She’s always gossiping about other people’s business, as if no one is as good as her.”
Just then, Jiang Zhicheng's voice came from outside the courtyard gate, sounding a little embarrassed: "Is Yucheng home?"
Fu Yucheng's voice was as cold as ice: "What is it?"
Jiang Zhicheng pushed open the door and came in, carrying a cloth bag in his hand, with an embarrassed smile on his face: "I...I've come to deliver money." He put the cloth bag on the table, "There's thirty yuan in here, plus five yuan in interest, please count it."
Yun Tangyin opened the cloth bag, inside which money was neatly stacked, along with a few small bills.
She counted it, and it was exactly thirty-five and a half yuan.
"Brother Jiang keeps his word." Yun Tangyin put the money away, took out an IOU from the drawer and handed it to him, "Keep this."
Jiang Zhicheng took the IOU, tore it to shreds, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "I'm sorry about what happened before."
Fu Yucheng snorted: "The one who should be sorry is not us, but yourself. Keep your wife in check and don't let her cause trouble in the Fu family again, or don't blame me for being impolite."
Jiang Zhicheng nodded repeatedly: "Definitely, definitely. I'll take her back to the countryside right away, and I won't cause her any more trouble."
He turned to leave, but Yun Tangyin called out to him, "Wait."
Jiang Zhicheng turned around, a hint of nervousness in his eyes.
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