Chapter 45 The Prodigal Old Man
"His contempt for my daughter is tantamount to contempt for me as well," Liu Xiangqian sighed, his face full of helplessness.
"I really didn't expect him to be this kind of person. If it weren't for your guidance..."
Liu Shiping reached out and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him, "It's alright, you really should talk things out properly, I'll wait for your news."
Liu Xiangqian nodded, feeling somewhat relieved.
"Second brother, what you're holding is for second sister-in-law, so what are you thinking?"
Liu Shiping said, "Yes, we've been married for many years, it's time to show our affection, lest our relationship grow distant."
Liu Xiangqian was somewhat surprised, "You and your second sister-in-law had a fight?"
Liu Xiangqian gave him a cold glance. "Don't talk nonsense! We're just trying to solidify our relationship. Go do your thing, I'm getting ready..."
Just as he was about to leave, Liu Xiangqian suddenly suggested, "But second brother, you really should pay attention to yourself. Your hair is all messy and your face is all oily."
If possible, you should get a haircut and take a shower before getting close to your second sister-in-law.
Liu Shiping took it to heart and indeed went to the hair salon to get a nice haircut!
After arriving home.
Zhao Fengxiu was weighing oil at the stall, and even though she knew he was coming back, she didn't glance at him.
Liu Shiping quickly slipped into the house to take a hot shower and tidy up before coming out.
"daughter in law……"
Zhao Fengxiu had just finished weighing a customer when she heard the voice and turned around. "Where have you been? What's wrong with you?"
He had a very short buzz cut, looked energetic, had slightly wrinkled skin, and was clean-cut, but his expression was sleazy and greasy.
Liu Shiping dangled in front of her for a moment.
"How do you look? Are you more energetic now?"
Zhao Fengxiu pursed her lips, unable to deny it, but unwilling to say it directly.
She pushed him aside and went inside, saying, "You're blocking my way. I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going to rest for a bit."
Liu Shiping pulled her to the table, opened the packaging bag on the table, and showed it to her.
"Here's some osmanthus cake for you! Honey, you've worked so hard."
Zhao Fengxiu felt ashamed...
Liu Shiping wasn't finished. He took out a bracelet from his pocket and put it on her wrist, saying, "Even though your hands are rough, they deserve this bracelet."
He then took out a bottle of wine from the side.
"Drink this to warm yourself up, then go and rest. I'll take care of the rest."
After saying that, Liu Shiping winked at her, which gave Zhao Fengxiu goosebumps all over!
Looking at the osmanthus cake on the table, the bracelet in my hand, the wine in front of me, and his grotesque buzz cut, I realized he no longer had the steady and reliable demeanor he once had.
Zhao Fengxiu thought about how she had been busy all morning, while he had spent so much money going out!
She was instantly enraged and punched him!
Bang!
Zhao Fengxiu's angry voice followed, "Drink my ass! First there was a spendthrift son, now there's a spendthrift old man! Where did you get the money to buy these things?"
Isn't it still my money you're spending? I let you do the shopping, and you're still hiding your own money! And look at how things turned out, which vixen did you go see?
Is it Sister Zhang? Why didn't you take these to see her? ..."
Zhao Fengxiu berated him and punched and kicked him, leaving Liu Shiping with a bruised and swollen face. He leaned innocently to the side, not falling down.
The floor was covered in liquor, smelled of alcohol, and had broken glass.
The commotion inside attracted Lin Jingyi upstairs, who quickly came down to break up the fight.
"What's going on? Dad, what have you done wrong? Mom, go easy on him, you've beaten him up!"
Why is there wine on the floor? Dad, why did you spend so much money on this?
Liu Shiping was finally rescued. He curled up in a corner, hugging himself, looking every bit like a helpless old man, as if he was still secretly wiping away tears.
After Lin Jingyi sorted out the situation, she quickly comforted Zhao Fengxiu, saying, "Mom, don't be angry! Is there some misunderstanding?"
Didn't you say before that it was just a man?
Zhao Fengxiu retorted angrily, "That's what they say! Look at your father, spending the family's money on things like osmanthus cakes and wine bracelets!"
He actually dared to hide money from me! If he hadn't shown it to me today, I wouldn't have known he was hiding money!
Lin Jingyi turned to look at Liu Shiping; he was already in enough pain.
Lin Jingyi quickly said, "Maybe Dad just wants to make you happy? Mom, look, Dad bought you osmanthus cake and a bracelet, and prepared wine for you. He just wants you to take a break."
If Liu Jianguo hadn't told her last night, Lin Jingyi wouldn't know how this situation would have ended.
Zhao Fengxiu, enraged, pushed Lin Jingyi away, saying, "What's it to you?"
Despite Lin Jingyi's attempts to persuade him, Liu Shiping still received a scolding before he finally explained the reason.
But this also obscures the true purpose.
Lin Jingyi was dumbfounded.
Zhao Fengxiu laughed, "Listen to this, he said it himself! He has a secret stash of money! How could he possibly have a secret stash of money with me?"
She'll buy the cakes, and of course she'll get her own bracelets too!
Alcohol! Of course, I'll have a little bit every now and then!
But Liu Shiping's behavior is simply unacceptable! How could he secretly hide money from others?
After tidying up the items on the table that she had asked to be purchased, Zhao Fengxiu had nothing to say and turned to leave.
Lin Jingyi was left tidying up the venue, sighing helplessly.
Liu Shiping's frustration was amplified when his four sons returned home, and that night a series of wailing howls echoed downstairs!
Despite Zhao Fengxiu and the others coming down to question him about what had happened, the four sons refused to say a word.
He simply said that he was itchy and wanted Liu Shiping to scratch him.
Faced with Zhao Fengxiu's questioning, Liu Shiping chuckled and said, "That's true."
Who told those four money-losing guys to keep giving me bad advice!
If you can't appease your wife or get things done, don't even think about blaming yourself!
Who told him to be the father!
...
Two days later, an uninvited couple appeared in front of the oil pressing shop.
They bowed repeatedly in front of the door. Liu Shiping came out just in time to see them and asked in surprise, "Who are you?"
The next second, they started wailing.
"Oh my god! It's so unfair! My son can't go on in the hospital, sob sob! It's all their fault!"
"Hey fellow travelers, take a look! This family's son injured my son, and they refuse to pay compensation!"
The couple cried and made a scene.
After a moment of thought, Liu Shiping remembered them. It was the fourth and fifth brothers who had beaten someone else's son and sent him to the hospital. It happened last year!
He immediately called Zhao Fengxiu over from inside the house and whispered, "Wife, what should we do? We've already given them all, haven't we? They've come again!"
Zhao Fengxiu understood immediately.
It was in a past life. Although the matter has been clarified, the grudges and debts have been formed in the end.
Last year, Zhao Fengxiu paid 680 yuan in compensation because of the trouble caused by Liu Jiancheng and Liu Jiangong. A year has passed, and they are now demanding further compensation on the grounds that their old injuries have recurred!
Zhao Fengxiu only learned later that it was the Xu family extorting money from her!
Their son was actually paying to stay in the hospital, waiting for the new compensation to come through, so he could get married and have children soon!
What a grand scheme!
The wailing of Mr. and Mrs. Xu attracted a large crowd of onlookers, who pointed and whispered among themselves.
"Is this the incident where the Liu family's son beat up the Xu family's son?"
"I heard that Xu's son's old injury has flared up again and he's in the hospital! It's amazing that the Liu family can still manage to get by."
Zhao Fengxiu also knew that this was someone hired by the Xu family to spread the news among the crowd.
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