The clothes were taken by his wife. Chen Laoshi didn't know the specifics, but knowing his wife's nature, he assumed the money had been taken by her.
Thinking about how her mother had secretly hidden a hundred yuan from her, and now that she had been caught red-handed, Chen Laoshi felt that her position as the head of the family was in jeopardy.
Enraged, he slapped her across the face, yelling, "You bitch, hand over the money right now!"
He didn't want to make his wife return the money later, but the Wang family was watching, and things couldn't be left so easily.
Right now, they're only smashing small items like bowls and plates. What would happen if they started smashing all the furniture too?
"No, old man, I really didn't take it."
Chen's mother was crying so hard that she had snot and tears streaming down her face, which made Chen Laoshi hesitate.
Gu An'an didn't give them a chance to hesitate, immediately stirring things up, "You took it but said you didn't? Could it be that you've already spent the money? But that's a hundred yuan, a huge sum! Where could you possibly spend it?"
She was just talking nonsense, her purpose was to make things difficult for the Chen family, but her words hit the nail on the head for the Chen family.
Chen's mother always favored her own family; in local parlance, she was a "family thief," sending any good things she could to her family.
Later, after Chen Laoshi found out, he beat her up a few times and took control of the family's money, which made things a little better.
But being a little better doesn't mean she's really changed. Over the years, she's always tried to sneakily send anything good to her parents' home. If she suddenly got a hundred yuan, she might very well keep it and send it to her parents' home.
"You bitch, did you send that money to your brother again?"
No wonder, no wonder she said she was going to the field to get some wild vegetables the night before, and ended up staying there for several hours.
While dodging her husband's slaps, Chen's mother protested, "No, I didn't. Don't you know whether I've been back to my parents' home recently?"
But no matter what she says now, Chen Laoshi sees it as sophistry and only wants to know the whereabouts of the hundred yuan.
Of course, the result was that there was no result.
Looking at the chaotic scene before him, Wang Ting's father just wanted to resolve the matter quickly. People were willing to help, but he couldn't let these things really interfere with the family's work.
"If you want to hit me, then wait. Now, give my daughter's money back right now."
"No, I can't do anything if my in-laws don't want to pay up."
Chen Laoshi was absolutely unwilling to use the family's savings.
“She’s your wife, so of course you, as her husband, should take responsibility for her mistakes. Don’t tell me you can’t even come up with a hundred yuan. My son-in-law has worked himself to the bone all these years and hasn’t received a single penny.”
"If you won't even give me this money, then I'll just have to have someone smash some more things to vent my anger."
Of course I have the money, but it would be too painful to actually take it out.
However, there was nothing he could do even if he didn't want to bring it up, since things had already come to this point.
"Okay, okay, tell the brothers to stop, I'll go get it right away."
Even if he takes it, as long as the two children are still in the Chen family, he will have a chance to get the money back.
On his way from the main room to the bedroom, he thought of countless ways before finally reluctantly taking out the money and handing it to Wang Ting. "Ting, your mother was wrong this time, but we're still family. We need to live a good life together from now on and not let outsiders laugh at us, don't you think?"
Wang Ting took the money, a cold smile playing on her lips, but she forced a smile onto her face. "Dad's right. We're a family, so we should definitely live a good life together."
She practically gritted her teeth as she said the words "live a good life." When she first got married, she thought her taciturn father-in-law was better than her mother-in-law, but now she realized it was a joke.
After Gu An'an's "teaching," she understood a principle: to deal with the Chen family, one had to use special methods.
As for whether he would feel guilty for cheating people out of money, that's completely impossible. If it weren't for Junzi working day and night and occasionally going up the mountain to hunt for game to supplement the family income, the Chen family wouldn't have had such a good life all these years.
They got their belongings back and the money in hand, but Aunt Cuiying was still worried. "Tingzi, how about we split up the family property?"
Upon hearing the suggestion of dividing the family property, Chen Laoshi immediately objected, saying, "What are you saying, Mother-in-law? We were indeed wrong this time, but talking about dividing the family property is too serious. I will definitely keep them in check from now on."
If the family really splits up, there's no chance of getting back the things we gave away today.
Wang Ting shook her head at her mother, "Mom, let's not separate for now."
An'an is right, splitting up the family now would be too easy on them.
Aunt Cuiying didn't say anything more, but told the Chen family that if anything happened, they should go back to their parents' home and tell her.
She couldn't stay here any longer. The villagers had come to help, so she had to go back and prepare a meal to treat them. That's how simple and straightforward the interactions between people in the village were.
"An'an, I'll come back to visit you in a while."
The night before, Aunt Cuihua had told her about An'an and Xiao Yuheng. In addition, Gu An'an had given her a hundred yuan in just a few words today. Wang Ting's goodwill towards Gu An'an increased rapidly.
If it weren't for the need to pay back the debts her child incurred, she would have preferred to separate from the family and return to her parents' home.
"Okay, be careful. If things get dangerous, run. Safety is the most important thing."
Wang Ting nodded, feeling that she had realized her mistake too late; otherwise, the Chen family wouldn't have been able to hog her.
Seeing that the commotion was over, the village chief of Chenjia Village "hurriedly" squeezed out from the crowd.
"Old Wang, what are you doing?"
"Old Chen, you must have heard about what happened to Chen Laoshi's family. If they hadn't gone too far, we definitely wouldn't have come."
“Our child is a bit simple-minded. Her parents wanted to send her home, but it’s not like we can’t afford to raise another daughter. She can’t bear to leave Xiaojun, so we have no choice but to let her have her way. We’ll have to trouble you to keep an eye on her from now on. I don’t want to bring any more people to our house. People who don’t know any better might think that Xiaowang Village is some kind of bandit village.”
Village Chief Chen's lips twitched at his words. He had originally wanted to intervene, but Chen Jun and his wife had gone straight back to Chen Jun's parents' home. Since it was a family matter, and no one had asked him to make a decision, he couldn't say anything.
It turns out Old Wang is really fierce, which is... kind of satisfying.
"No problem, no problem. If Junzi's wife needs anything, she can come to me. I certainly can't ignore her."
Hearing this and looking at his messy house, Chen Laoshi suddenly felt like cursing.
"Hey Old Wang, look how close Chenjia Village is to yours, could you move our village up a bit in the rankings? Don't worry! As long as you want our village's wild produce, you don't need to worry about the quality, I'll guarantee it."
After saying that, she turned her eyes to Gu An'an, her smile becoming even more fawning, "This must be Gu Zhiqing, right? Oh my, she's even more beautiful than the rumors say."
Then, a child who was watching the commotion said, "Gu Zhiqing, look at our village. The children are so poor that they don't even have shoes to wear. When they are hungry, they can only fill their stomachs with water. Please, have some compassion and consider our Chenjia Village when you need goods."
Little baby: ......It's not that I didn't have shoes, I just joined in the fun and didn't have time to put them on!
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