Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 316

Zhao Tingxu was so angry with his children tonight that his heart ached. He couldn't eat anymore and got off the table to go back to his room. He couldn't stay here for another second.

Seeing Zhao Tingxu leave, Wang Guixiang wanted to leave as well. She didn't want to be bothered by these people asking about the money. However, her ungrateful second son kept pulling her along, asking, "Mom, Chunqin has a good job with a high salary. Why does she still need to borrow money from you? Did you think about my feelings when you lent her the money? These tens of thousands of yuan are money I earned through hard work. Every penny was hard-earned. But you lent it to Chunqin so easily. What about me? In your eyes, am I still your son?"

Annoyed by the questioning, Wang Guixiang shook off Zhao Tiesheng's hand and said harshly, "Can you compare to your sister? Your sister graduated from university, she's much more knowledgeable than you, and her salary is higher than yours. What's wrong with you, as her brother, helping her out? I haven't even said anything bad about you, and you're already criticizing me. These past few days, your family has been the one who's driven me crazy, getting me thrown in jail twice. I get annoyed just seeing you. Get out of here! Chunqin borrowed money from you, go ask her for it, don't come to me!"

After saying that, Wang Guixiang left. She felt a little better after hearing what her second son had said, and her mood improved considerably.

Zhao Tiesheng trembled as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water, his whole body shaking with cold. He couldn't understand it, and felt extremely frustrated and depressed.

As the second oldest in the family, he has not built a new house outside in recent years. Instead, he has stayed at home to help with farm work. In order to take care of the large family, he often neglects his own small family. He also entrusted the money he worked so hard to earn to his trusted mother for safekeeping, and this is the result.

Zhang Cuilan said irritably, "Oh dear, what a mess this is! We thought Mom had found a lover outside, but it turns out she lent all the family's money to my sister-in-law. How are we going to get the money back now!"

That's four thousand yuan, no small sum.

Zhao Tiegang was clearly deflated. He ran over to his wife and said, "Cuilan, is there any way we can get this money back? Mom is so biased. She won't give us the money when we ask her for it, but she just lent it to Chunqin."

Zhang Cuilan glanced at Zhao Tiegang and said firmly, "We must get this money back. Since Zhao Chunqin borrowed the money, we will go to her and get it back."

Zhao Chunqin works in the city, so if you want to get your money back, you have to go to the city to find her.

Zhang Cuilan once again set her sights on Cheng Jinxiang and his wife. She leaned closer and said, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, what do you think about us going to Zhao Chunqin's place together to get the money back? We can set a time and go there together. As long as there are many of us, I don't believe that Zhao Chunqin is shameless enough not to want to return the money."

Cheng Jinxiang snorted coldly and said, "I'm definitely going to go and get it back from her. That's tens of thousands of yuan, my and your second brother's savings over the past few years."

After saying that, Cheng Jinxiang pulled Zhao Tiesheng away. She couldn't eat the meal anymore, and was full of resentment.

Everyone else had left, leaving only Zhang Cuilan and Zhao Tiegang.

Zhao Tiegang looked at Zhang Cuilan and couldn't help but say, "Wife, are we still going to eat? If not, shouldn't we clean up the dishes?"

Seeing Zhao Tiegang's expression, Zhang Cuilan was quite exasperated. She grabbed Zhao Tiegang's ear and couldn't help but say, "What are you packing for? Can't you see everyone's gone? Just leave it there, and I'll pack it myself later!"

Zhao Tiegang said subconsciously, "Huh? Isn't that a bit inappropriate? Are you letting Mom clean all these dishes?"

Zhang Cuilan, hands on her hips, said irritably, "Who told her to lend our money to that Zhao Chunqin! Now the family is in such a mess, it's all her own fault!"

On the other side, Cheng Jinxiang had already let go of Zhao Tiesheng's hand after pulling him to the door. She carried the sleeping Zhao Xiaojuan out of the house, and then called Zhao Da'e over, saying, "Da'e, let's go back."

Seeing that Cheng Jinxiang was leaving so soon, Zhao Tiesheng subconsciously grabbed Cheng Jinxiang's hand and said, "Jinxiang, are you leaving so soon? Why don't you stay and have a little more food?"

Zhao Tiesheng pondered what had just happened and asked, "Jinxiang, did you and Cuilan deliberately cause this today? Did you know that Mom had already lent the money to someone else? If you knew, why didn't you tell me? I could have worked with you to resolve it."

Upon hearing Zhao Tiesheng's words, Cheng Jinxiang couldn't help but sneer. She immediately shook off Zhao Tiesheng's hand and questioned him, "What's the use of telling you? What will your reaction be? Let me guess. Your first reaction will be to question me. You'll question whether what I'm saying is right, and then you'll side with your mother and scold me for thinking that way about her. Perhaps you have some doubts, and then you'll go to your mother to ask her, but did you see her attitude towards you? That impatient attitude, that unwillingness to return the money to us. Do you think she'll give us the money? Has she ever thought about our family?"

Zhao Tiesheng's pupils widened slightly, and his face flushed slightly. He also felt that Cheng Jinxiang had hit the nail on the head. He didn't know what to say, so he just lowered his head and remained silent.

How could he be blamed for this? It was clearly his mother's fault. Cheng Jinxiang was his wife, and instead of helping him get the money back, she lectured him. No man could stand that, but Zhao Tiesheng dared not argue back. He was afraid that if he said anything, he would be a bachelor for life.

Looking at Zhao Tiesheng's silent demeanor, Cheng Jinxiang felt an inexplicable surge of anger.

"Zhao Tiesheng, you've always been so cowardly. It's not that I don't want to live a good life with you. If you were more assertive, you could get most of the money back and build a new house. Then we could continue living together. I've said all I have to say. I don't want to say anything more."

After saying that, Cheng Jinxiang pulled Zhao Da'e away.

As Zhao Tiesheng watched Cheng Jinxiang's departing figure, he felt increasingly agitated. The feeling of being angry but unable to vent it was unbearable. He looked at his parents' house, then at his younger brother's tiled house and his own storage room. This differential treatment made him feel even worse.

He couldn't help but yell at Wang Guixiang's door, "Mom, I think you picked me up from the roadside. You're only happy when you see me stay a bachelor for the rest of my life!"

After he finished yelling, there was no sound from inside the room, perhaps because they felt guilty and dared not say a word.

Zhao Tiesheng became even more defiant. He scratched his hair haphazardly, thinking that he would go to the city another day to find Zhao Chunqin and get the money back. Finally, he would bring along Lao San and his family, because many hands make light work.

Inside the room, Wang Guixiang remained uncomfortably seated. She couldn't help but feel angry looking at Zhao Tingxu, who was leaning against the bed drinking. Her eyes reddened repeatedly; she had truly suffered enough grievances today. "Old man, it's all your fault! If you had cooperated with me today, things wouldn't have turned out like this. Now they know I lent money to Chunqin. The second son's family will make a scene, the third son's family will definitely make a scene, and the other children might join in if they see us favoring Chunqin. This is going to be a nightmare during the New Year! I'm really overwhelmed."

Wang Guixiang was very annoyed and also felt guilty. After all, her second son's family had entrusted her with tens of thousands of yuan, and now that the money was gone, they were all coming to her to settle accounts.

Zhao Tingxu was drinking alone, feeling annoyed. His children were arguing, and it was painful for him, an old man, to watch.

He looked at Wang Guixiang beside him and couldn't help but blame her, "It's all your fault. How could you be so careless as to let Cuilan see you lending money to Chunqin? If you had been more careful, none of this would have happened now."

Seeing that Zhao Tingxu was shifting the blame onto her again, Wang Guixiang's eyes widened, and she was so angry that she could hardly breathe. She pointed at Zhao Tingxu and cursed, "You, Zhao, do you have any conscience? I haven't even blamed you yet, and you're already blaming me! When those little brats falsely accused me of having an affair, you believed them so easily. I've been with you for decades, don't we have even a little bit of trust between us? You know better than anyone what kind of person I am, yet you're the one who suspects me the most!"

Wang Guixiang broke down in tears at the end, sobbing by the bedside, "I've suffered my whole life following you, and now that I'm old, I'm bullied by my children and can't even enjoy any happiness. If my parents were still alive, I would cry and go back to my parents' home."

Here, as long as your parents are still alive, you can go back to your maternal home. If your parents are no longer alive, then it's no longer called your maternal home; it becomes your elder brother and sister-in-law's home.

Zhao Tingxu was also very annoyed by Wang Guixiang's behavior and said bluntly, "If you want to go back to your parents' home, then go. Let's see where you can go back to. All you do is make a scene all day long. I'm also annoyed by you staying in this house!"

After saying that, Zhao Tingxu took some money and went out, intending to go to town to buy some more wine to drink.

Seeing that Zhao Tingxu had left, Wang Guixiang cried even harder by the bedside, but no one paid any attention to her.

Some time later, after the New Year, the two Cheng brothers had to go back to town to work.

Zhao Da'e stayed at her aunt Cheng Jinxi's house with her two cousins. Her aunt had no complaints about Zhao Da'e staying at her house and often asked if Zhao Da'e was eating well. After all, Da'e had helped raise the money for her son's dowry, so she was grateful to Zhao Da'e and thought she could give Zhao Da'e some compensation in other ways.

Cheng Jinxiang and Cheng Jinxiao continued to stay at the Cheng family home. Zhu Yufeng had some complaints, but seeing that Wang's health was deteriorating day by day, she didn't say anything and let the two sisters take care of Wang. Wang was happy and wasn't such a narrow-minded person. Moreover, Cheng Jinxiang would help with some chores here, so Zhu Yufeng didn't say anything.

That day, Zhao Tiesheng came to the Cheng family to talk to Cheng Jinxiang, but Cheng Jinxiang was not there. So he found Zhao Da'e and said, "Da'e, when your mother comes back, tell her that in two days our whole family will go to the county town to ask your aunt for money. We will go together then."

Seeing Zhao Tiesheng's confident expression, Zhao Da'e couldn't help but ask, "Dad, do you really believe that Auntie can pay back the money she owes us?"

Zhao Tiesheng was a little unhappy when he heard Zhao Dage questioning his words. He said, "Trust me, your aunt is not a bad person. In addition, she earns a high salary working in the city. I asked your grandmother these days and found out that your aunt borrowed money from her to do business. She is making a profit. So when we go to your aunt to ask for the money back, we will definitely be able to get it back."

Zhao Da'e pursed her lips and asked, "Dad, do you know what kind of business Auntie does? Are you so sure that Auntie has really made back her investment, and that we can really get the money back this time?"

Zhao Tiesheng thought for a moment and replied, "Your grandma said she's in the tea business and has made money, and even bought a house, but I'm not sure exactly how much she's made. But I can guarantee that when we go to the county town to ask your aunt for money, we'll definitely get it."

When the money arrives, we can use it to build a new house in the spring. Once the new house is built, my wife will come back, and we can go back to our old life. Thinking of this, Zhao Tiesheng felt a sense of joy.

Seeing Zhao Tiesheng's confident demeanor, Zhao Da'e pursed her lips and remained silent, afraid of discouraging him.

In their past life, the family asked their aunt Zhao Chunqin for money, but they couldn't get it back at all. The house they talked about buying was actually a house provided by their work unit, while Zhao Chunqin used all the money to start a business and buy tea worth 100,000 yuan, which was almost all of the Zhao family's savings.

The money her parents left with Wang Guixiang was not just 40,000 yuan, but 50,000 yuan. The reason she said 40,000 yuan was because Wang Guixiang said that the family had large expenses and 10,000 yuan was missing. Besides buying some daily necessities, some of the money was intended to support her parents.

Giving money to one's parents to show filial piety is nothing wrong with Zhao Tiesheng. Although he was reluctant, he didn't say anything. It was Cheng Jinxiang who had a bigger problem. She had worked so hard to earn money, and now she was losing 10,000 yuan. No one would be happy about that. Moreover, the government's living expenses and the money to show filial piety to parents should not be paid by all of Zhao's children. In the end, only the second branch of the family was wronged and had to pay this money.

Zhao Da'e couldn't help but sigh again. In his previous life, his family had never been able to get the money back. In the end, they only managed to get back a few thousand yuan, and it was a very ugly affair. His aunt, Zhao Chunqin, kept saying she would pay back the money, but in the end, she still hadn't paid it all back. She even pretended she had never received the money and simply refused to pay it back.

The idea of ​​selling tea was a lie; she had been misled by a friend who claimed that selling tea was profitable, that wealthy people loved it, that she could buy tea at a low price and sell it at a high price to make a profit, potentially earning hundreds of thousands of yuan.

But what kind of good thing in this world falls from the sky? And not only does it fall from the sky, but it falls right onto your head?

This is no pipe dream!

Zhao Chunqin was immediately fooled. She spent all her savings on tea and even had to go back to her parents' home to borrow money. Ironically, she borrowed 50,000 to 60,000 yuan from her parents' home, but only 10,000 yuan from her husband's family. Because she had more money, her husband's family didn't believe she could make money and didn't lend her much. Anyway, they were all family. If Zhao Chunqin made money, her husband's family would definitely enjoy the benefits. And if Zhao Chunqin lost money, it wouldn't be their money that was lost.