Before Zhou Yuni could speak, Luo Dashan suddenly looked at her and bellowed, "If you keep talking, from now on you can live with your money."
After a brief pause, Luo Dashan continued, "Don’t think I don’t know, this morning Zhiyong ca here for money, in such a critical situation, yet you were still reluctant to pay. I didn’t have ti to co over then, or else you would have tried it."
"Try what?" In all his life, Luo Dashan had never been so domineering in front of Zhou Yuni. How could she stand it? She glared at him and pushed Luo Dashan away with annoyance, "What are you trying to do, you want to hit ?"
Luo Dashan didn’t bother with her push, but still spoke in an irrefutable tone, "Zhou Yuni, I can give in to you on other matters, whatever you want, but not this one. We must provide the money for our second brother to see the doctor. Find out how much is needed, and if it’s not enough, tell second brother’s family who covered it for now, and we will help pay it back later."
Right after Luo Dashan’s words fell, they heard Qiu Xiu’s voice in the courtyard, "No need, big brother, I borrowed the money from my maiden family’s side, you all don’t need to worry."
Qiu Xiu had roughly heard the situation in the courtyard earlier and never intended to have Luo Dashan’s family help with the money. She felt that Fang Pingying’s temporary covering of the expenses was already a big favor, so she didn’t plan to argue with Zhou Yuni.
"Here you are." Luo Dashan felt sowhat awkward seeing Qiu Xiu had heard everything and did not want to argue anymore. He then called out to Qiu Xiu and Yu’er, "Let’s eat first, we can talk about the money later."
Afterward, noticing that Yu Fen hadn’t arrived, Luo Dashan asked, "What’s the matter, where is your Yu Fen?"
"Yu Fen is pregnant and has already gone to sleep, leave her be." The truth was that Yu Fen had almost gotten into a fight with Cui Lan that morning, and she didn’t want to co over.
Qiu Xiu also knew she was a difficult person to deal with, prone to saying harsh words, so she didn’t insist on her coming.
Hearing that Yu Fen had gone to sleep, Luo Dashan didn’t say much else, but simply called out, "Let’s eat, eat first."
Qiu Xiu and the others sat down as told, but Zhou Yuni stood still, unmoved from where she had been.
Luo Dashan asked soone to call her. She retorted unsatisfiedly, "Our entire savings are being drained, what al is there to eat..."
Seeing that Zhou Yuni intended to make a scene with Qiu Xiu’s child present, Luo Dashan glared fiercely and shouted, "Zhou Yuni, behave yourself. Second brother’s family is here for a al. Be a good hostess, or I won’t indulge you this ti."
Zhou Yuni, seeing Luo Dashan seed genuinely angry, dared not to act up anymore.
For so many years, she understood Luo Dashan’s temperant. The things he didn’t care about, she could do whatever she wanted, no matter how excessive. But there were so lines she couldn’t cross, or divorce could be possible.
So, she fell silent and walked towards the table.
Fang Pingying noticed her softening and smiled at her, giving her a nudge toward the table, "Mom, co sit and eat with second aunt. Eat up before the food gets cold."
"This..." Qiu Xiu, noticing Zhou Yuni’s still unhappy expression, felt a bit awkward.
Seeing this, Luo Dashan pushed Zhou Yuni a bit to encourage her to attend to Qiu Xiu.
Zhou Yuni was reluctant, but Luo Zhiming and Fang Xiu both pulled her aside and whispered persuasions for a while until finally they managed to convince Zhou Yuni.
Although Zhou Yuni was still upset, she relaxed her face as much as she could and called out to Qiu Xiu, "Xiu, let’s eat, look at this whole table of dishes, not ant to just sit and be looked at."
Afterwards, she spoke to Qiu Xiu about the money, "Xiu, it’s not that I don’t want to give money, it’s just that my family hasn’t saved up any in the second half of this year, there’s no cash at hand. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have said it’s because of Cui Lan, even if it hadn’t been, between our two families, being our own people, I’d still be willing to contribute."
Qiu Xiu knew Zhou Yuni’s character; even if she had the money, she wouldn’t give it.
But the fact she said this ant she still cared about the bond between relatives. She nodded and patted Zhou Yuni’s hand, "Sister-in-law, don’t worry about the money, we’ll manage on our own."
Hearing this, Zhou Yuni imdiately agreed, and now felt more inclined to chat with Qiu Xiu.
The two chatted as they ate, touching upon Cuilan’s marriage.
Qiu Xiu actually cared enough to ask, "Big sis, what about Cuilan’s marriage? Now that Zhiyong is taking care of his second uncle in the hospital, won’t it delay Cuilan’s wedding?"
Yun i said, "It’s fine, I talked it over with her dad today, and we’ll discuss this matter first thing tomorrow morning."
"How did you discuss it?"
Yun i’s voice grew angry when she ntioned Cuilan’s issue, "The wedding banquet is set for the sixth day of the first lunar month. If the Zhang family disagrees, then so be it. The wedding is off, and once the New Year festivities are over, our Luo family will gather folks to confront the Zhangs. We’ll tally up how miserable they’ve made my daughter Cuilan during her ti with them and demand compensation for her suffering."
"Mom, what are you talking about? Why would it be off?" Cuilan was extrely reluctant for things to reach that point, but given the circumstances, she dared not say more.
Seeing Cuilan still speaking up, Yun i gave her a fierce glare, "It’s almost certainly off."
Cuilan pouted, wanting to speak.
Qiu Xiu imdiately interjected, saying to Yun i, "Big sis, you consider what to do about this. If you need help from our side, just give us a holler."
Yun i responded with a grateful smile.
After dinner, Qiu Xiu lingered for a while with Yu’er due to the cold weather before heading ho.
Pingying had not slept well the previous night and had been out and about all day, feeling rather tired herself, so she got ready for bed.
As she was preparing her bedding, she suddenly heard a commotion outside; it sounded like a dispute between Dashan and Yun i.
Pingying dropped what she was doing and imdiately went out to the courtyard.
Upon opening the door, she saw Dashan slap Yun i across the face.
Hong Lan and the others were standing in the yard, clearly drawn out by the heated argunt.
Pingying was shocked by Dashan’s action; since she had been with the family, even including her past life, she had never seen Dashan lay a hand on Yun i. At most, he would shout, and Yun i would work herself up as if she was the only one bearing the world’s unfairness.
Once she regained her composure, Pingying quickly approached, "Dad, what’s happening? Why all this sudden fuss?"
Dashan, red-eyed and veins popping on his forehead with anger, pointed at Yun i, "Tell her to get lost. Tomorrow, I’ll go with her to the township governnt to divorce. I can’t live this life anymore."
"What happened?" Seeing she wouldn’t get an answer from Dashan, Pingying turned to ask Hong Lan, who was standing by their side.
Hong Lan whispered about the incident that just transpired, "It’s about the money for second uncle’s dical bills..."
Earlier, when Qiu Xiu and the others ca for dinner, Yun i didn’t dare make more trouble because of Dashan’s threats.
Also, she hadn’t clarified how much money was actually spent on Dahu’s treatnt. She thought it was just a matter of a hundred or two hundred yuan, figuring that even if she covered half, it’d be only tens of dollars at most.
According to what Dashan initially said, they would pay it off slowly; a few dollars a month seed manageable to her.
Plus, she knew Dashan held fraternal loyalty in high regard. Like he said, he could compromise on anything else, but if Yun i dared to play tricks on this matter, he would not stand for it.
Hence, not wanting to provoke the rarely angered Dashan, Yun i resolved to let the matter go and paid up. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welco to vote for it with a recomndation ticket or monthly ticket at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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