Chapter 160 The Highest Level of Acting
"Auntie, what brings you here?" The young widow was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) weaving a mat. The children, with their bare bottoms exposed, hid under the covers and looked at the newcomer with curiosity.
"I've come to see the children." Li Fenfang sat down and looked around. The young widow had no man and had to do everything herself. With no able-bodied men in the family, her income was naturally low.
The more money they needed, the easier it was to get things done. When Li Fenfang saw that the children didn't even have any clothes to wear, she immediately felt that this matter was going to succeed.
The young widow continued weaving the mat with her hands, then glanced at Li Fenfang and said, "Auntie, there's nothing I can do, the house is a mess, and I don't have time to clean it up. Please don't mind."
"The children are the same; they only have one set of clothes, and they've wet themselves. We'll just have to wash them for now, and they'll have to go around naked." The young widow sighed, her eyes drooping, a sight that evoked sadness in everyone who saw her.
"That's why your auntie brought you money." Li Fenfang took out thirty yuan from her pocket and said, "Actually, I know what happened. You were the leader."
Everyone knew what was going on. The young widow raised an eyebrow as she looked at the money in Li Fenfang's hand.
She immediately understood why Liu Nian had given her the money, because Liu Nian had already calculated every step the Zhang family would take next.
Giving her money was meant to tell her that following Liu Nian would only bring her more money, and she shouldn't lose more than she gained. If she offended Liu Nian in the future, she wouldn't have a good outcome either.
The young widow made a decision immediately. She shook her head and said, "Auntie, what are you saying? I really don't understand."
She's not bad at playing dumb; blinking her eyes and feigning innocence is something she can do with ease.
Li Fenfang gave a slight twitch of her lips and said, "If you really don't understand this, then let me give you a hint. Regarding the voting, if you can help me put on a show and return the money, this thirty yuan is yours."
Just as Liu Nian had said, the young widow smiled gently and said, "That's fine too."
She accepted the money immediately; it was money offered voluntarily, so why not take it?
"Then I'll be going now." Li Fenfang felt that the matter was almost settled and happily went home.
"How did it go?" Zhang Aijun asked as soon as she entered the house, "Did the young widow agree to your request?"
Li Fenfang said smugly, "Don't you know who your mother is? She's such a tightwad, how could she possibly refuse?"
The Zhang family breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Fenfang began to assign tasks to the group.
“Li Feng and Ai Jun must act extremely pitiful, saying that they can’t live without getting their money back, that one of them wants a divorce and the other’s marriage plans are ruined, and then they should make a scene about threatening suicide.” Li Fenfang thought for a moment and then said, “Tomorrow I will find a few gossipy people in the village and ask them to speak on my behalf.”
“If anyone doesn’t return the money, the villagers will say they have no compassion and will talk behind their backs.” Li Fenfang snorted, thinking to herself that social interactions in the village are just like that; to put it bluntly, it’s all about whether you have any shame or not.
Anyway, even if they wanted to save face, no one would give them any, so they might as well go all out.
The next morning, the Zhang and Li families met up and headed towards the young widow's house.
Liu Nian naturally knew that there was something interesting to see in the village these days, so she immediately helped the three babies get dressed and called Zhang Suzhen to go to the young widow's house to eat melons.
The young widow's door was already crowded with people. Li Aijun stood there pleading, "Sister-in-law, please give me back my money! My wife is going to divorce me because of this!"
"And Fengzi, his family is so worried about not being able to find a wife!"
Li Zhaodi, with a fierce expression, cooperated and said, "Anyway, if you don't find a way to return this money to my family, I'm definitely going to divorce you!"
Then Liu Nian heard the murmurs—
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