Chapter 184 The Double Standard Party
Before Zhong Chengyi could say anything, Li Hongjuan jumped up.
"Mom! How could you do this!" she exclaimed, her face contorted with anger. "It's just an outfit, is it really that big of a deal?"
"Now that it's your turn, it's just 'one outfit'?" Zhang Chunxue sneered. "Does our Yuanyuan even like the outfit your Zhong Hongqing is wearing?"
Zhong Chengfa's face turned bright red with embarrassment. He quickly said, "Mom, no need, no need. I'll come back to get Hongqing's clothes in a few days when the rain stops and the clothes are dry, and I'll bring these over with me..."
Unexpectedly, Zhong Chengyi quickly said, "Oh, Mom, hurry up and give me my nephew's clothes. I promise I'll bring them to you as soon as the weather clears up!"
He was hoping to get closer to his mother that time!
Zhong Chengfa was so angry that he glared at Zhong Chengyi.
Song Yanshen then took Zhong Hongqing's still-wet clothes and brought them over.
Zhong Chengyi took it from him and patted Song Yanshen's head.
Song Yanshen immediately hid to the side.
Zhong Chengyi immediately felt a little embarrassed, but still joked, "Why is this child so introverted?"
Zhang Chunxue said impatiently, "Do you have anything else to do? If not, then leave! It's getting late!"
Zhong Chengfa immediately nodded and bowed, "Yes, yes, we'll be going right away..."
As he spoke, he grabbed Li Hongjuan, took the umbrella from her hand, held it over the mother and son, and turned to walk away.
Zhong Chengyi smiled apologetically, "Then Mom, you guys keep eating, I'm leaving too..."
Zhang Chunxue said expressionlessly, "We've already finished eating!"
Zhong Chengyi's lips twitched, and without saying anything more, he turned and left.
This was just a minor incident for Zhang Chunxue and her group, but for Zhong Chengfa and his group, it sparked a heated argument between the two.
Zhong Chengfa cursed Li Hongjuan the whole way.
"It's only because Hongqing was smart this time that he knew to go to Mom's! Otherwise, if he had really gotten lost, I would have beaten you to death!"
Li Hongjuan was furious after being rebuked by Zhang Chunxue, and she had just been slapped by Zhong Cheng. Her clothes were soaked and her face was red and swollen.
Upon hearing Zhong Chengfa's words, she immediately retorted, "Is it my fault? How was I supposed to know that going to the supply and marketing cooperative would result in getting separated from the child!"
Now that Zhong Hongqing is safe, Li Hongjuan feels more confident.
"You don't know! You don't know anything! What do you know?" Zhong Chengfa's anger flared even more when he heard her talk back. "All you ever do is eat!"
"So what!" Li Hongjuan retorted, "Hongqing is perfectly fine, isn't he?"
“If anything happens…” Zhong Chengfa’s eyes turned cold, “I really will beat you to death!”
Zhong Chengyi also chimed in slowly, "Sister-in-law, you were lucky this time, but what about next time? You might not be so lucky!"
When Li Hongjuan heard Zhong Chengyi also starting to criticize her, she became even more furious: "Fine! Fine! You two brothers are family, and I'm an outsider! You're ganging up on me!"
As she spoke, she snatched the umbrella from Zhong Chengfa's hand, angrily picked up Zhong Hongqing, and left.
Zhong Chengyi walked over to Zhong Chengfa and patted him on the shoulder.
"Tsk!"
Although it was only one sound, it truly conveyed everything without words.
Zhong Chengfa's already dark face turned even darker.
After the two brothers returned home, Li Hongjuan took a sweet potato back to her room and ate it. Zhong Chengfa also ate something casually with Zhong Chengyi, his face grim. Zhong Chengfa didn't even want to share a room with Li Hongjuan, so he went to squeeze in with Zhong Chengyi.
This nearly drove Li Hongjuan to her death.
Meanwhile, the second son, Zhong Chengren, was gambling away.
Outside, the rain was pouring down, but inside the little house, it was bustling with activity.
Most gamblers rely on smoking to relieve fatigue and drowsiness, so the small room with its doors and windows tightly closed is filled with smoke. Anyone who doesn't smoke will be choked and fall over if they enter.
Zhong Chengfa's eyes were red. He had been incredibly lucky these past two days, so he hadn't gone home to sleep during the day and had been gambling here the whole time.
By all accounts, he has been without sleep for almost 25 hours.
But... he's so lucky! In just over twenty hours, he's already won over two hundred, which is the luckiest day he's had in a while!
He thought that it was raining heavily today and he couldn't go to the county, so he didn't go back. If he won a little more tonight, he would be more confident when he bought Meng Wanshu a big gold bracelet tomorrow.
The people in the house exchanged knowing glances as they watched his excited expression.
One of them threw down his cards: "Damn it! Another bunch of trash cards... I'm not playing anymore! I need to go home and get some sleep to change my luck!"
Another one was also grumbling: "This is really strange, I've been losing all day... I'm going home too!"
"No!" Zhong Chengren immediately stopped them. "I'm in the middle of a good fire! How can you just leave like that!"
He straightened his back, but his tone carried a hint of arrogance: "No one can just walk away after losing! Otherwise, how can we play this game?"
Another person couldn't help but speak up: "But we've been fighting for so long... it's time to take a break!"
A few people at the next table joked, "That's right, you were here when we came this afternoon, and we've been fighting for ages, and you're still here..."
"This card game is fine for playing around, but you can't keep playing it like this!"
"That's right!"
Zhong Chengren, however, was displeased: "We can't just leave whenever we want! We need to set a time, and then we'll leave..."
He pushed open a crack in the window and looked at the rain outside: "Besides, it's raining heavily outside!"
The man who spoke first rubbed his eyes: "It's gotten this late... forget it! Let's play for another hour..."
"Two hours!" Zhong Chengren said decisively. "How about we fight until ten o'clock? Perfect timing to go back and get some sleep?"
The others exchanged glances, their voices full of helplessness: "Fine, fine!"
"I'm telling you! It's the last two hours! Don't let me leave later!"
"Hahaha! Old Master Zhong is in high spirits! How could he bear to let you leave!"
Everyone burst into laughter, and the whole house was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Zhong Chengren, on the other hand, was extremely pleased with himself: "Come on! Let's continue!"
In the last two hours, Zhong Chengren won another twenty yuan, making him even more pleased with himself.
He has always been very restrained and doesn't play very high stakes. It's just that he's been on a winning streak these past few days, and he's gotten so engrossed in the game that he doesn't want to leave the table.
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