Miao Cuilan squinted and cursed, pointing her teeth with a straw stick.
"Mom, Yue'e has worked very hard. Dad has been sick for so long, and she's been busy taking care of him and she must be exhausted. Please be nicer to her."
Zhang Baozhu wanted to smooth things over by saying a few nice words to his wife, hoping that his mother would be happy and give him the money.
"That's what she should do. After all, she's the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family. It's only right that she serves her parents-in-law. We wasted so much money to marry her."
"You're so kind and considerate. I don't think she's tired at all. She always tries to shirk her responsibilities and is so fat that her waist is all flabby."
"She's living such a good life now because she's enjoying it with you. If she were in someone else's family, she'd be eating meat every meal. Dream on!"
Miao Cuilan didn't listen to her daughter-in-law at all. She would never forget the time when her son married her, when her mother-in-law refused to let her daughter go out because of two feet of cotton cloth, and the stalemate lasted for a long time.
Seeing that his methods were ineffective, Zhang Baozhu simply decided to speak his mind directly.
"Mom, Dad is in the hospital now, and the expenses are quite high every day. Yue'e and I don't have much money with us, and we're almost out of money. Do you have any money? Take it out and use it."
Upon hearing this, Miao Cuilan became agitated, immediately stood up, and pointed at her son's eye sockets to berate him:
"Baozhu, has your wife been gossiping about you again? Why is it so difficult for her to spend a little money? And she's even eyeing my money."
Wang Yue'e, who was hiding by the door, heard her mother-in-law get angry and turned to walk out of the hospital.
"Mom, it wasn't Yue'e's idea, it was mine. I just didn't have much money with me, did I?"
Zhang Baozhu tried to defend his wife.
“I have no money. I’ve spent all my money. Where would I get any spare cash? You’ve only had a couple of days of comfort, so you’ve come here to rip me off.”
“Baozhu, you should ask that wretched Xia Enruo for money. It’s all her fault. She’s the one who brought our family into this state. If we hadn’t taken her in, our family might be doing much better now.”
“Xia Enruo was raised by your sister. She never ate from breast milk but she ate from food. She owes our Zhang family a debt for life. We have to make her bleed a little and take a lot of her money.”
"If you have no money, go ask that beast for it. If she refuses, ruin her reputation. Say she's unfilial, ungrateful, and a heartless wretch!"
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