Jiang Fangru's voice seemed to be poisoned and she didn't know what to say. If she told the truth, if they took the dead old woman and asked for a high price, how would their family survive in the future?
But if they don't say it, the police will be here soon, and then this old woman will talk nonsense. When they are arrested and interrogated alone, they will probably tell everything.
If that was the case, it would be better to speak up sooner rather than later. It would be best if the matter could be mediated privately. But she didn't know what Old Zhu meant. Even though she was the one who handled most of the family affairs, it was Old Zhu who made the final decision.
If she said it now and ruined Old Zhu's plan, it would be a real disaster.
Jiang Fangru was very hesitant.
Mrs. Xia suddenly stood up and said, "Boss, let's go and see if the police have arrived."
Jiang Fangru was shocked. What did this old woman want to do?
"Xiangdong's mother, we haven't discussed it yet, so there's no need to rush out, right?"
Old Lady Xia retreated to advance, "No need to discuss it. I don't know how long it will take you to consider it. I'm too lazy to wait. Just tell the public security comrades if you have anything to say."
Jiang Fangru grabbed her, looking very embarrassed. "Xiangdong's mother, wait a moment. I'll call my old man Zhu over. After all, this is not a big deal. How can a woman like me make the decision?"
After saying that, she was about to run out the door.
But Old Lady Xia blocked her path. "Why, when you heard the police were coming, you became anxious and prepared to go find Old Zhu to give a statement?"
Jiang Fangru died unjustly, but the old woman couldn't say a single good word. "How could that be? We have always been honest people. Our legs would go weak when we saw the police. How could we dare to lie?"
Old Lady Xia looked at her with distrust. "You are timid. Your old Zhu is braver than the sky. What did he say last night? Boss, you should learn from him."
Chen Xiangdong immediately told the story of how old Zhu had threatened him last night. As he spoke, he felt that the Zhu family was really inhumane. They could even say such words. An elder of such an old age actually threatened them young people.
Jiang Fangru: ...Now this damned kid has aligned himself with the Chen family. Why hasn't he said anything about his own parents anymore, the way he used to curse them in front of her every day? It's just like what that damned old woman said, he's not a good person.
But we still have to say something. We can't just sit there like this and wait for the police.
Jiang Fangru smiled wryly, "Old Zhu must have lost his mind last night, otherwise he would never have said such a thing if he loved Wenying so much. Our Old Zhu is different from me. He treats Wenying and Wenfei the same way and loves them both."
Zhu Wenying was on the side, tearing down her own mother's tricks. "Mom, only my dad could say that he'd kill Xiangdong and me if Wenfei went to jail. He definitely doesn't love me as much as he loves Wenfei. Anyway, I'm really scared when he says that. Even if I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid something will happen to my Baoyuan."
"Don't glare at me. I was a good child, but my own brother beat me to death. My parents said they wouldn't let our little family live a peaceful life. How can I trust you? If there was no other way, I wouldn't want to stay in your house. Who knows if you will cruelly poison us all to death one day? Who can we talk to then?"
Jiang Fangru: ...Then why don't you just get out? Why are you getting in her way every day?
"Wenying, what do you want me to do?"
Zhu Wenying stretched out five fingers, the meaning was self-evident.
Old Mrs. Xia whispered to her eldest son, "A child is gone, and you only want 500?"
Chen Xiangdong shook his head quietly, leaned closer and said, "It's five thousand."
Old Mrs. Xia: ...Luckily they were kicked out. The eldest brother's family is truly ruthless. These days, a millionaire is newsworthy. Even with so many workers in their family, even if you add up the wages of the eldest brother's family, it would take over a decade to save even 5,000 yuan without eating or drinking.
She originally thought that five hundred was a little too little, and five thousand was really too much, so when Jiang Fangru's face turned so dark, Old Lady Xia understood him.
The Zhu family only has Old Zhu and Zhu Wenfei as workers, and their wages are not comparable to theirs. Five thousand seems like an astronomical figure. No wonder they couldn't reach an agreement.
Old Lady Xia continued to whisper to Chen Xiangdong, "Even if you sell out all the people in the Zhu family, you still can't come up with five thousand yuan, right?"
Chen Xiangdong: "Mom, you don't know, their family prepared 500 yuan as a betrothal gift to marry the deputy director's daughter, the Yu Xue you met before. The rest was all used to buy big things and nice things. It was all their family savings over the years, and some of it was also contributed by Wenying and me. Wenying just wanted them to take out this money and discuss how this family will live in the future."
He glanced at Jiang Fangru, who was spitting and fuming, and said in a lower voice, "Mom, Wenying and I want to split up and let one of the rooms in the Zhu family be ours to live in."
Old Mrs. Xia opened her eyes wide. These two idiots actually had such big ambitions.
The compound where Old Zhu's family lived was different from theirs. It was much smaller and had less sunlight. Their family at least had several rooms, but Old Zhu's family only had three bedrooms besides the living room and kitchen.
Now the old couple has one room, Zhu Wenfei has one room, and the other room is the same size as the small room where Chen Xianghong lives, and is connected to the living room.
If the family wants to split up, the small rooms cannot be separated, and the only room that can be separated is Zhu Wenfei's.
"Will Jiang Fangru fight you to the death?"
Chen Xiangdong felt embarrassed at this time. "This depends on Mom. Wenying and I haven't told her about this plan yet. I just want to scare them with 5,000 yuan first."
Old Lady Xia was about to start treating them differently. She rolled her eyes and suddenly said loudly, "Xiangdong, go to the factory and call Old Zhu and Wenfei. We have to discuss family matters. If we can't come to an agreement, we should contact the police."
After all, it is a major matter like dividing the family, and it is indeed not something that Jiang Fangru can decide alone.
Chen Xiangdong quickly ran out again and brought the Zhu family members over, and the ward suddenly became lively.
I wish Wenying good luck. The patient in the same ward with her was discharged this morning, so she is the only one in the entire three-person ward now, and no other patients have come in.
Even if they all come, the ward can still accommodate people standing.
"Old Zhu, although our two families have had some conflicts, this is the first time such a serious incident has occurred where someone has died. As Xiangdong's mother, I should still be qualified to stand here, right?"
How could Old Zhu dare to be harsh with Old Lady Xia now? This damn old woman was cruel in beating people and even more cruel in doing things. If they couldn't reach an agreement, she would beat them all half to death.
"That's natural. I wonder how Xiangdong's parents would like to discuss this?"
"Actually, I wanted to talk to my son-in-law last night, but he was so emotional, so I impulsively said a few harsh words. If Xiangdong still holds a grudge against me, then I will apologize to him first."
As Old Zhu spoke, he was about to apologize, putting on a good show. One reason was to show Old Lady Xia their sincerity, and the other was to calm Chen Xiangdong down, lest he attack Zhu Wenfei again with a knife.
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