"His legs have been paralyzed for over a decade, what's so good about that? You couldn't even find a better excuse to lie." Zhao Caifeng curled her lips, "Don't try to trick me! This money should be split at least in half. Chen Shanhe is your son, and so is Chen Shanlin. Don't let your butts be too crooked!"
Wu Xiu'e wanted to speak more, but Chen Dingguo stopped her: "Alright! Don't tell her so much. If she were reasonable, she wouldn't have thought about the money."
Chen Dingguo pointed at the money in Chen Shanhe's hand and said, "My dear eldest daughter-in-law. God is watching what you do! I admit that I must have been a burden to you and Shanlin over the years. But don't push Shanhe into the mud. I know that the money for my medicine is all sent by him. How many times have you searched the two rooms we live in from inside to outside? Can we two old people save a penny? Don't just let others feel guilty, feel your own conscience first. Our Chen family didn't let you live a good life, but we don't owe you anything. My good eldest son has been bullied by you for the sake of us two old people over the years. If you really want a divorce, then divorce!"
Jiang Shiyue clapped her hands and asked Li Chuntian, "You've been in the hospital all year round, so you must have seen all kinds of life. Have you seen something like this..." She raised her chin to gesture towards Zhao Caifeng, "Have you seen this?"
Li Chuntian shook his head. "I've seen some children with bad attitudes who are unfilial by the bedside of a patient for a long time. But... I've never seen anyone lie in broad daylight and try to take other people's money so righteously. Maybe it's because, in a military hospital, no one would dare to rob so blatantly?!"
Lu Zheng looked at Chen Shanhe with sympathy, "To be able to grow up safely in such a family, you must be either lucky or strong!"
Chen Shanhe gave Lu Zheng a look that told him to get lost.
Jiang Shiyue looked up at the setting sun and waved at Zhao Caifeng, "Don't you want a divorce? Then you have to go talk to Chen Shanlin. Even if you tell us, we can't make the decision. You standing here is really disturbing the atmosphere. Go away! Go away!"
Zhao Caifeng regained feeling in her right wrist. She stretched out her hands to try to flip the table, but Jiang Shiyue pushed her on the shoulders and made her move sideways two steps.
"Zhao Caifeng, I'm warning you, my patience is running out. If you say another word, I'll let Chen Shanhe throw you into the pigpen!" Jiang Shiyue threatened, pointing at the pigpen behind the dry toilet.
In Houan Production Brigade, almost every household raises two pigs.
Generally, a pigpen is divided into two parts. One part is level with the ground, with a shed, covered with straw and a pig trough.
It is where pigs sleep and eat.
Another part is connected to the dry toilet, and the manure pit in the dry toilet is also one of the daily food sources for pigs.
People want pigs to be clean, but pigs like to make trouble in the manure pit.
Every summer, when there is heavy rainfall, the manure in the pigpen can be one meter deep. The rotten manure stinks, and flies and maggots are everywhere.
The pigpen Jiang Shiyue was referring to was naturally the manure pit.
Zhao Caifeng glanced in the direction of the pigpen, then looked at Chen Shanhe approaching her. Without saying a word, she turned around and ran to her room, shouting fiercely as she ran, "Jiang Shiyue, you bitch! Wait and see how I'll deal with you later!"
Jiang Shiyue thought she was farting and waved her hand, "Don't pay attention to her, let's continue."
Wu Xiu'e stood up and said, "It's getting late. You guys sit down. I'll go cook."
Chen Dingguo shook his head. "What's there to discuss? I'm almost seventy. Why would I waste this money?"
He pointed at the money in Chen Shanhe's hand and said to Jiang Shiyue, "Keep the money. My daughter, I appreciate your kindness. If you and Shanhe are doing well, I will be happier than living a hundred years."
Jiang Shiyue tried to persuade him a few more times, but seeing that Chen Dingguo was determined, she took the money back.
It is not necessary to pay cash for leg treatment, I just want to reassure Chen Dingguo.
Chen Shanhe sent Chen Dingguo back to bed to rest, as the old man would get tired from sitting for a long time.
Jiang Shiyue took Li Chuntian to visit their newly renovated house.
Lu Zheng was more interested in solar energy and wind power generation, so he took a ladder and climbed onto the roof himself.
After a while, all the members of the production team finished work and went home.
Chen Shanlin and Chen Jiadong also returned home.
As soon as Chen Jiadong knew Zhao Caifeng had returned, he went back to his room. Chen Shanlin went to the east wing to see Chen Dingguo before returning to his room to change clothes.
Jiang Shiyue's living room and Zhao Caifeng's room were separated by only an earthen wall, and she could clearly hear the quarrel between Zhao Caifeng and Chen Dingguo.
Zhao Caifeng still looked fierce, "Chen Shanlin, if you don't return the thousand yuan from the old man, we will get a divorce!"
"Why are you so restless as soon as you get back? Where did my parents get a thousand yuan? Let alone a thousand, they would have a hard time coming up with ten. You've been in charge of all the money Shanhe has sent back over the years. Haven't you counted how much money my father has?"
"I saw Jiang Shiyue take out a thousand yuan today. It must have been given by the old man. After all, a daughter-in-law can't give a thousand yuan to her father-in-law, right?"
"My dad just said that it was my sister-in-law who gave it to me to treat his leg. My dad didn't want to return it to my sister-in-law. This money has nothing to do with us, so you don't have to worry about it."
"Am I asking for this thousand yuan for myself? Just think about it, with this thousand yuan as a betrothal gift, wouldn't our Jiadong be able to marry Wang Qian in style? Then, as the eldest brother-in-law, Wang Lei will definitely find a good job for our Jiadong in the commune. It will guarantee a good income regardless of drought or flood, which is better than our hard-working farming life, right?"
"Oh! Of course I hope Jiadong can marry a good wife and find a good job. But that money really belongs to my sister-in-law. Besides, haven't you been saving the money Shanhe sent back over the years? It's almost enough if it's less than a thousand yuan, right? We have our own money, why are you thinking about other people's money?"
"Where did you get a thousand yuan?" Zhao Caifeng jumped up and down at the mention of money. "Your paralyzed father doesn't have to pay for his medicine every month? And the whole family doesn't have to pay for food, drink, and toilet? How many years can Jiadong work like this? In the past, it was just you and me who earned work points, and the money we got at the end of the year wasn't enough for your father's medicine for a year. We all got our rations from the team. Chen Shanlin, I'm warning you, if you don't get that thousand yuan back, I'm going to divorce you!"
"Zhao Caifeng, you've been talking about divorce every day for so many years. What's the point? Even if you divorce, I won't ask my sister-in-law for money. The couple still has to celebrate their wedding, and there are many places to spend money!"
"There are many Chen Shanlins! Now you think Chen Shanhe has your back, right? Divorce me if you want! I won't come back even if you kneel down and beg me!"
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Jiang Shiyue and Li Chuntian looked at each other.
Li Chuntian snorted and asked Jiang Shiyue, "Do you think they will really get divorced?"
Jiang Shiyue shrugged and shook her head, "I don't know. It is said that there is no divorce in the countryside."
The quarrel next door lasted for about ten minutes, and then they heard a door slam. Then Jiang Shiyue and Li Chuntian saw Zhao Caifeng walking past the door angrily, carrying a bundle on her back.
Li Chuntian was curious: "Did she run away from home?"
"Maybe going back to her mother's home?" Jiang Shiyue guessed.
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