Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 74 - 72: Scaring Luo Dashan (Extra - for Taizi Weiwei’s He Shi Bi)

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Zhou Yunmei saw the money was about to be in her hands, but Luo Dashan and Luo Cuilan were starting to make trouble again, making her so angry that her mouth went crooked,

She immediately yelled at Luo Dashan, "You old man, what are you trying to do? What benefits has your daughter-in-law given you that you stand on her side like this?"

Luo Dashan, hearing this, his face darkened, and he said to Zhou Yunmei, "At your age, can’t you watch your words? What will others think if they hear you talk like this?"

"I..." Zhou Yunmei also knew that what she said was inappropriate and slightly lowered her volume, "Pingying has already agreed to let me manage the money, so why are you opposing it? There’s a saying about elbows turning outward, and it’s about you."

Luo Cuilan chuckled and asked her, "Mom, we are all family, what’s inside and what’s outside?"

"Don’t you talk too, you are no good either, two-faced and deceitful, and I have never seen you getting along that well with her." Remembering Luo Cuilan had also sided with Fang Pingying just before, she yelled at Luo Cuilan again.

"Mom, you really are..." Luo Cuilan glanced at Fang Pingying, her expression a bit awkward, and couldn’t help complaining, "At such an old age, you still can’t behave properly, are you trying to stir up discord between us, wanting the family to be in unrest every day?"

"Exactly." Luo Dashan glared at Zhou Yunmei, somewhat impatiently stretched out his hand towards Zhou Yunmei, "Enough, stop talking. Hand over this month’s wages to Pingying, let her decide how to distribute it. With her managing the household, you don’t need to interfere too much, especially since you’re hardly ever home, hanging around at the village entrance chatting everyday."

Seeing Luo Dashan stretching his hand toward her, Zhou Yunmei knew if she didn’t produce the redemption slip, Luo Dashan might just go into the room and search.

Although Luo Zhiyong, being a son-in-law, cannot do such a thing, Luo Dashan can.

Zhou Yunmei, who had something valuable in her hands, was reluctant to let go, she remained silent for a while, then suddenly grabbed Luo Dashan and sat down on the ground, crying loudly, "Ah, I can’t live anymore, you dead old man, I’ve been with you for so many years, and all I got were these years of hardship."

"All these years, I’ve been the one managing the household affairs, and you just stick to your few acres of land, hardly achieving anything all year round. I serve you food and drink every day, yet you talk like this, life doesn’t mean anything to me anymore."

While shouting, Zhou Yunmei suddenly got up from the ground and made towards the door.

Not far from the doorway, Luo Zhiyong grabbed her, "Mom, what do you want to do?"

"I’m going to jump into the river, if drowning doesn’t kill me, I’ll hang myself with a belt, I can’t live anymore anyway, with Dad demeaning me in front of you all, life is meaningless to me now." Zhou Yunmei’s lifetime tactics against Luo Dashan were to frighten, to make a scene, to threaten to hang herself.

Knowing this would certainly scare Luo Dashan, today, as long as Luo Dashan doesn’t force her to hand over the money, the money would belong to her.

Luo Dashan, indeed habitually oppressed by Zhou Yunmei, saw her making such a fuss and was genuinely scared, in the end, he couldn’t be bothered to talk and just left the house, "I don’t care anymore, do whatever you want."

Once Luo Dashan left, Zhou Yunmei immediately stopped making a scene, she said, "Zhiyong, Pingying, your dad has agreed then, so Zhiyong’s salary will still be sent to me in the future."

"Mom..." Luo Cuilan frowned, unwilling to hand over the money to Zhou Yunmei.

Zhou Yunmei, thinking Luo Cuilan was going to cause trouble, yelled at her, "Don’t speak, and don’t mention your dowry. It’s a disgrace for you to marry into Zhang Jianguo’s house this way. Whether you have a dowry or not doesn’t matter anymore, as people will definitely talk either way."

What Zhou Yunmei said was truly harsh. Luo Cuilan, with tears swirling in her eyes from Zhou Yunmei’s words, covered her mouth and ran into her room, bursting into loud sobs.

Seeing this, Luo Honglan immediately followed her into Luo Cuilan’s room.

Since Fang Pingying had agreed to this arrangement, she naturally wouldn’t object, so she told Zhou Yunmei, "Then let’s do as you say from now on."

With that said, Fang Pingying also went back to her own room.

Luo Zhiyong followed Fang Pingying back to the room.

Feeling truly guilty towards his wife, but unsure of what to say, he felt extremely stifled and picked up a cigarette from the table intending to smoke.

Actually, Luo Zhiyong didn’t smoke often, only when he felt extremely irritated or uncomfortable. Since getting married, Fang Pingying also didn’t like him smoking, so Luo Zhiyong smoked even less.

Fang Pingying saw this, took the cigarette from his hand, and said, "What’s there to be annoyed about? It’s just a matter of that bit of money. Whomever I give it to, I still live the same life."

"You are my wife, and when it comes time to use money, you’ll have to ask my mom. How can we live this way?" Luo Zhiyong actually meant that with Fang Pingying’s nature, she likely would struggle to ask Zhou Yunmei for spending money, which would be humiliating.

Fang Pingying understood his thoughts and said with a smile, "What is there to worry about? The money you earn, even Fang Xiu dares to openly ask for it. What’s wrong with me spending my own husband’s money?" freewёbnoνel.com

She paused, then squinted and added, "Besides, looking at mom’s attitude, I’ve been married into the Luo Family for several months now, but she’s been elusive about money. Unless you make her suffer a bit, she won’t give up. I think she can only manage to control your salary for a couple of months at most, and after that, she’ll hand it over to me willingly. Then she won’t be able to go back on her word later."

"What do you mean by that?" Luo Zhiyong, seeing his wife speak with such certainty but not understanding her intention, asked.

Fang Ping patiently explained, "Do you think it’s just about two more people in the house, just about feeding two people?"

She looked at Luo Zhiyong, smiling and shaking her head, "No, it’s not that. The situation has changed now. Since Fang Xiu arrived, with her extravagant nature and desire to save some private money, she’ll definitely ask for money openly or secretly. If Fang Xiu asks, I’ll ask too."

"And for Cuilan, today her words made it clear. She knows mom won’t give her any dowry, so she will also think of ways to get money from mom. There’s also the very spendy Zhiming in our house, plus all the household expenses. Think about it, you send back 30 dollars a month, how long will it last?"

Luo Zhiyong pondered for a while, feeling that what Fang Pingying was saying did make some sense. If used as before, 30 dollars would indeed be insufficient.

Fang Pingying watched him, lips pursed in a smile, then continued, "I estimate at most it’ll last a couple of months. When mom can’t hold it anymore, she will naturally think of ways to handle it."

"Even if that situation doesn’t occur, at most it’s just a matter of a few months. After the new year, I’ll follow you to the provincial city, and there won’t be a reason to send all the money back anymore. We need to spend money to live our lives after all."

Most importantly, Fang Pingying didn’t want the family to always fight over such matters. Since she married into the family, Zhou Yunmei and the others had never stopped bickering, making everyone extremely annoyed. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote and support on Qidian (qidian.com). Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com.)