Zhang Xiaoqing was working at home when she saw her parents come in one after the other with gloomy faces. She knew that she had not gotten a good deal from the Zhou family.
I don't know who gave Wu Ruonan the idea to borrow money from the Zhou family, since the Zhou family is rich anyway.
Zhang Xiaoqing found it absurd. So what if someone has money? Even wealthy people don't squander it like this. Why should someone you have no relation to lend you money?
Moreover, according to Wu Ruonan's plan, she would borrow as much as she could, and then pay it back ten or eight years later.
If she borrows too little, she simply won't pay it back.
The plan is well-thought-out, aiming to minimize the losses for their family.
The Zhang family may not be able to come up with 15,000 yuan right now, but they can borrow from relatives and scrape together 15,000 yuan.
It will only make the family very poor, so when Zhang Zongyao comes out, he won't be able to get money as easily as before.
As soon as Wu Ruonan entered the house, she began cursing. First, she cursed the Zhou family, then the people who had been injured by Zhang Zongyao, and finally Zhang Xiaoqing.
"I've wasted all these years of your education. Didn't you get better grades than that brat from the Zhou family when you were in school? Now she owns a shop and is a big boss. Why don't you have that kind of ability?"
"With a monthly salary of just a few dozen yuan, what can you do? Other people earn more in a day than you do in a month."
“Your brother lives in town, and you live in town too. You never seem to care about him enough. Let me tell you, the money your brother borrowed after this accident is yours to pay back, or I’ll break your legs.”
Wu Ruonan had already attributed the main reason for Zhang Zongyao's accident to Zhang Xiaoqing. She believed that Zhang Xiaoqing, as the older sister, was responsible for not taking good care of her younger brother.
"Can't you be a little more ambitious? People say that the older generation is like the younger generation. Look at you, all you do is wash vegetables and dishes in that lousy kitchen all day long. What can your younger brother learn from you?"
"It's infuriating! There isn't a single one that's easy to deal with."
Zhang Xiaoqing didn't utter a single word of rebuttal. She silently continued with her work, but if she dared to say a word back, a thousand more words would follow.
"What about that classmate from your old town? Did you lend him the money he asked you to?" Wu Ruonan asked, glancing sideways.
Zhang Xiaoqing gently shook her head, "His family's money is all with the adults; they can't get it out."
In fact, what Chen Zongyue said was much harsher than that.
Chen Zongyue told him not to be a toad trying to eat swan meat, saying that he was not good enough for him and should not covet the Chen family's money.
"Pah!"
"What good are you? You can't make money, and you can't even seduce a rich classmate. I should have married you off to that lame guy from the other village. At least you'd have a few hundred dollars in your pocket now."
Zhang Xiaoqing immediately pictured the limping figure opposite her, with its uneven height and the pus constantly oozing from its body, and felt a wave of panic wash over her.
Because she didn't know when the lame man had come to her house looking for Wu Ruonan.
"Alright, stop talking and talking, isn't it annoying?" Zhang Laifu, who was inside the room, was getting impatient. "If you have so much free time, go and borrow the money and get Zongyao out as soon as possible."
"Why should I go? Why don't you go?" Wu Ruonan shouted at him.
Zhang Laifu, who was very concerned about his image, was unwilling to ask others for favors, as he felt it was too embarrassing.
“If I go, who will cover my shift? Should I ask for leave? If I ask for leave now, my salary will be docked. Do you think you have too much money at home?”
Zhang Laifu had plenty of reasons, and they were reasons that Wu Ruonan couldn't refute.
"I really owe the Zhang family something. I have to do everything inside and outside the house, big and small. I don't know what bad luck I've had."
Wu Ruonan dared not vent her anger on Zhang Laifu, so she could only take it out on Zhang Xiaoqing.
He pinched her arms and thighs hard several times before turning and leaving.
Zhang Xiaoqing wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and secretly vowed to herself that she would become rich and stay away from this life of beatings and scoldings.
On the Zhou family's side, once the Zhang couple left, the others also left one after another. Apart from those few living bodhisattvas, many people were still sober.
Everyone says the Zhang family isn't in that situation yet. If they were really short of money, they would have sold their house and land long ago. They wouldn't have time to cause trouble here. They just want to take advantage of the situation and tell the Zhou family not to take this matter to heart.
After everyone else left, only the Zhou family remained.
Grandma Zhou said with some concern, "What Sui Sui said today was probably inappropriate."
"Huh?" Zhou Sui was taken aback, not knowing what she had said wrong.
"Grandma, what my sister said is so true. Look how smug those people are." Zhou Yu still found it funny.
"I'm not saying what she said was wrong." Grandma Zhou sighed softly, looking at her two granddaughters.
“You two are still young women. After this commotion, the villagers will surely say that our Zhou family girls have fiery tempers and will have a hard time finding husbands in the future.”
Nowadays, many families look for wives who are sensible, virtuous, and have a good personality.
Zhou Sui used to be like that, but now she's completely different.
The way she yelled today left many people stunned, and they looked at Zhou Sui with a hint of consideration.
"Those people have no sense of propriety; who knows what they'll say once they leave this room?"
Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.
Although she didn't think her granddaughter had done anything wrong, hearing others say that was ultimately detrimental to Zhou Sui and the others.
Zhou Sui thought it was something serious, but when she heard that the old lady was worried about this, she immediately comforted her.
"Grandma, don't worry. What's wrong with being a little feisty? At least you won't get bullied."
"Why do those people look for sensible and docile men? Isn't it because they think they're easy to bully? If a family is like that, it's better not to marry into it."
It's good that she's 'infamous,' so no one will come knocking on her door to arrange marriages. Right now, all she wants is to make money; she doesn't want to get involved in any romance or lovey-dovey stuff.
“Mom, Sui Sui is right. What era are we living in? As long as a girl is successful, she doesn’t have to worry about not finding a good husband. I think this is a good thing.”
"Anyone who wants to marry our daughter in the future will have to think twice. The Zhou family is not to be trifled with."
Zhou Dawu also spoke up for her, and the old lady's expression gradually improved. She was actually just worried about her granddaughter.
After chatting for a while, the whole family went back to their rooms to rest. Everyone had work to do, and resting early would give them the energy to continue working.
Zhang Cui walked at the very back, slowly, looking at Zhou Sui as if she had something to say.
Zhou Sui didn't beat around the bush and asked Zhang Cui directly what was wrong.
Zhang Cui looked at her niece apologetically, "Sui Sui, your aunt has to trouble you again."
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