Qi Zhijun's eyes widened like a goldfish's, veins bulging on his forehead, and he gritted his teeth as he said, "Fangzi, I'll ask you one last time, don't you have anything to say?"
Mother Qi snorted coldly, "Why are you forcing Fangzi to do this? If you have something to say, say it to me!"
Qi Zhijun picked up a bowl, intending to smash it, but then remembered something and threw it on the table. He then grabbed a pair of chopsticks and threw them hard on the ground. His face was full of anger, his eyebrows were raised, and his mouth twitched, like an enraged lion. He paced back and forth a few times, finally pointing his finger at Qi Zhifang, "You're a damn troublemaker! You can't stand not causing trouble for a day, can you? You think you can get away with it by not saying anything? Why is Mom making a fuss about money? Do you think I'm stupid? Is she going to give you subsidies again? Tell me!" As he spoke, he picked up Xiao Cui's chopsticks and threw them at Qi Zhifang. "Ah!" "Ah!" "Qi Zhijun, what are you doing? This is your sister! Are you crazy?"
Qi Zhijun shouted, "Ah...!" She jumped up and down, her face flushed red, pointing at Qi Zhifang as if she wanted to devour her. "If she weren't my sister, I wouldn't even want to look at her. After Yanda left, look at all the things she's done. How many of them aren't worthy of being talked about behind her back? She ruined the whole family, killed Dad, and now she shows no remorse and wants to harm others. Qi Zhifang, tell me, will you only stop when you've killed us all?"
He then strode into Qi's mother and Qi Zhifang's bedroom. The mother and daughter hurriedly followed him in, and Qi Zhifang shouted, "Brother, what are you doing? Why are you coming into my room!"
Qi Zhijun, as if possessed, threw out everything Qi Zhifang had bought: a bright red wool scarf, a pair of leather gloves, a dark red cashmere coat, leather shoes, and a green sweater. "Ah! Qi Zhijun, are you crazy? Why are you throwing my things? Do you know how much this cost? Can you afford to pay for it? Ah..."
Qi Zhijun stepped forward and slapped him across the face, roaring, "Are you even human? The whole family is tightening our belts to make ends meet, and look what you've done! You spend all your money for a month on clothes! Have you ever thought that if that money could buy some eggs or some meat, would Mom and Xiao Cui still be arguing about every penny? How can you be so heartless as to let the whole family eat bland food and save money to buy you these things? Don't you feel any remorse?"
Qi's mother rushed forward and shoved Qi Zhijun a few times, saying, "Why are you hitting her? What did she do to you? Even if she was wrong, don't you know how to teach her properly? Don't you have a mouth?"
Qi Zhijun's eyes welled up with tears, and she choked back sobs. "Mom, you saw this with your own eyes. She started buying all these things this fall. These items must have cost at least a hundred yuan! I want to ask her where she got the money!"
Finally, with disappointment in her eyes and gritted teeth, she said, "How much of this money did you subsidize, Mom? You're so calculating and petty. If you want to keep it for your own retirement or use it to do something useful for Qi Zhifang, I won't say a word."
But look at what you've done! Mom! And after all this, you still question Little Hammer Butler's abilities? And you're still arguing with Little Cui?
We've already saved almost 50 yuan from Xiao Cui's money, along with all the receipts she left behind. Now, could you please tell me, do you want those receipts or Qi Zhifang's? How many days can you keep these things with you?
Seeing that the mother and daughter remained silent, Qi Zhijun suddenly felt that it wasn't worth arguing with them. She looked coldly at Qi Zhifang and said, "You can just go with these clothes!"
He turned back to look at his mother and said, "Mom, you have disappointed me so much."
With red eyes, Qi's mother wiped away her tears without saying a word, while Qi Zhifang covered her face and turned her head to the side.
Qi Zhijun sat on the bed and said in a low voice, "Let's not talk about the distant past, let's talk about the recent past. When Wang Fang came back after her miscarriage, Mom and Xiao Cui had a huge argument over two eggs and a bowl of brown sugar millet porridge. I want to ask you, where did your money go at that time? Why couldn't you even buy a single egg? Give me an explanation."
Qi Zhifang's mouth was as if it were made of paste. Qi Zhijun sneered, "Mom, you kept some of the money from selling the house for your retirement. Has it already been used to subsidize Qi Zhifang?"
Qi's mother's lips moved, and Qi Zhijun laughed in exasperation, "Is it that hard to answer? Mom, you were so quick-witted when you were pressuring Xiao Cui, why are you silent now? We're trying to reason with you right now."
Qi's mother sat on the stool, wiping away her tears. "What do you want her to do? She's already made a mistake; can you really kill her?"
Qi Zhijun said coldly, "What I really want to know is, Mom, why are you so eager for money and ration coupons again? Are we starving? We are! Things are even better than they were two years ago. So why are you being so relentless?"
Mother Qi covered her mouth, her face full of grievance, and said, "You are all my children. I don't want to make things difficult for you, but what can I do? When Fangfang passed away, her body was in such a terrible state. She barely made it to the countryside, and now she has nothing to eat or drink. Fangzi, Dongdong, and I scraped together some money and coupons and mailed them to her. Dongdong and the others are also having a hard time now, they don't even have food to eat. I was thinking of coming here to make do for the next few days. I've already humbled myself, but it was your wife who started making a fuss."
Qi Zhijun, who had been sitting upright on the edge of the bed, suddenly hunched over, lowered his head, rubbed his hair vigorously with both hands, and looked up at Qi Zhifang. "Fangfang, with your condition, don't you know how to save some money? So you've spent all your own money and coupons?"
Qi Zhifang, finally unable to bear the grievances any longer, burst out, "Brother, can you please not speak so harshly? I don't have the ability to foresee things, and I didn't know Fangfang would get into such a serious situation. I've spent the money and I'm broke. Can I borrow some from you? I'll pay you back later!"
Qi Zhijun slammed her fist on the bed a few times in anger. "I understand you've always been willful. When you were little, your parents always sided with you. Even after Yanda passed away, you were still willful. You spent all that compensation money without a second thought. We never said anything to you. I even married Wei Shuqing, whom I didn't like, just to support you and your mother and the four of you, all for that 30-odd yuan a month. Mom, isn't 30-odd yuan a lot these days? Our monthly living expenses are 68 yuan in your hands, and you can't save a single penny. What are our family's conditions like? How can you be so blind to right and wrong, insisting on feeding her and dressing her up? You think you love her, but you're actually harming her. Because she's vain, she has no money, she's gone astray, she's having affairs, going out every day, and people are gossiping about us. Why don't you change?"
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