Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 76 - 72 Scaring Luo Dashan (Taizi Weiwei’s Extra Update on the He Shi Bi)

Zhou Yunmei saw that the money was about to be hers, but Luo Dashan and Luo Cuilan were causing a fuss again. Furious, her mouth was practically twisted as she yelled at Luo Dashan, "You old man, what on earth are you trying to do? What kind of benefits did your daughter-in-law give you to make you take her side?"

Luo Dashan’s face grew stern when he heard this, replying to Zhou Yunmei with disapproval, "At your age, shouldn’t you know how to speak properly? If outsiders heard this, what would they think?"

"I..." Zhou Yunmei realized her words were inappropriate and slightly lowered her voice, "Pingying agreed to let me manage the money. Why are you opposing this? People say ’elbows turned outwards,’ and they must be talking about you."

Luo Cuilan couldn’t help but laugh, asking her, "Mom, we’re all family here. What ’inside’ or ’outside’ are you talking about?"

"Don’t you say a word either. You’re no good, playing both sides. I’ve never seen you get along that well with her anyway." Remembering Luo Cuilan’s recent stance with Fang Pingying, she yelled at Luo Cuilan again.

"Mom, you really are..." Luo Cuilan glanced at Fang Pingying, looking somewhat embarrassed, and couldn’t help but complain, "You’re not young anymore, yet you don’t know how to behave. By pitting us sisters-in-law against each other, do you want the household to be in turmoil every day?"

"That’s right," Luo Dashan glared at Zhou Yunmei, stretching out his hand with impatience, "Enough, let’s not talk anymore. Hand over this month’s wages to Pingying. Let her manage the household expenses. You don’t need to interfere anymore, considering you spend so little time at home, always gossiping at the village entrance."

Seeing Luo Dashan extend his hand right in front of her, Zhou Yunmei knew that if she didn’t hand over the redemption slip, Luo Dashan would probably go search the house himself.

While Luo Zhiyong and the others, as daughters-in-law, couldn’t do this, Luo Dashan could.

Zhou Yunmei didn’t want to let go of what she had in her hands. After a moment of silence, she suddenly grabbed Luo Dashan and sat down on the ground, crying out loudly, "Ah, I can’t live like this. You old bastard, I’ve spent so many years with you, suffering all this time."

"All these years, I’ve managed the household affairs, while you just hovered over your few acres of land, hardly producing a thing all year around. I look after your meals every day, and you speak to me like this. Life’s not worth it for me anymore."

Shouting, Zhou Yunmei suddenly got up from the ground and charged towards the outside.

Luo Zhiyong, not far from the door, caught her, "Mom, what are you trying to do?"

"I’m going to jump into the river. If I don’t drown, I’ll hang myself with my belt. I can’t live like this anymore. Your dad humiliates me in front of you all; my life is meaningless now." Zhou Yunmei’s life-long strategy for dealing with Luo Dashan was to first scare, then make a scene, and finally threaten to hang herself.

She knew she could certainly scare Luo Dashan with this. Today, as long as Luo Dashan didn’t force her to hand over the money, it would be hers.

Luo Dashan had been oppressed by Zhou Yunmei for so long that when he saw her make such a scene, he was indeed a bit frightened. At last, he couldn’t be bothered to argue, and simply left the house, "I don’t care anymore, do whatever you want."

As soon as Luo Dashan was gone, Zhou Yunmei immediately stopped making a scene. She said, "Zhiyong, Pingying, your dad also agrees, so Zhiyong’s salary will still be sent to me."

"Mom..." Luo Cuilan frowned; she was reluctant to give the money to Zhou Yunmei.

Zhou Yunmei accused Luo Cuilan of trying to cause trouble, yelling at her, "Don’t speak, don’t mention your dowry. Marrying into Zhang Jianguo’s house in such an embarrassing way, it doesn’t matter whether you have a dowry or not. People are bound to talk anyway."

Zhou Yunmei’s words were truly harsh, and Luo Cuilan ended up with tears spinning in her eyes, eventually covering her mouth and running into her room to cry her heart out.

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

Since Fang Pingying had already started to agree to the situation, she naturally wouldn’t object. She said to Zhou Yunmei, "Then we’ll do as you say from now on."

After speaking, Fang Pingying also went back to her own room.

Luo Zhiyong followed Fang Pingying back to the room.

He felt incredibly guilty towards his wife, but didn’t know what to say. He was so frustrated that he picked up a cigarette from the table and decided to smoke.

Actually, Luo Zhiyong didn’t smoke often, just when he was extremely irritated or feeling uncomfortable. Moreover, since getting married, Fang Pingying didn’t like him smoking, so he had cut back even more.

Seeing him like this, Fang Pingying took the cigarette from his hand, saying, "Why the worry? It’s just about that bit of money. Whoever I give it to, I still live the same life."

"You are my wife, and if you need money, you’ll have to ask my mom for it. How can we live like that?" What Luo Zhiyong really meant was that given Fang Pingying’s pride, it would be too humiliating for her to ask Zhou Yunmei for spending money.

Fang Pingying understood what he was thinking and said with a smile, "What’s the problem? It’s my own man’s money that I’m spending. Even Fang Xiu and the others have the nerve to ask her for it; why shouldn’t I spend my husband’s money?"

After pausing, Fang Pingying’s eyes slightly narrowed as she said, "Moreover, look at the way mom is acting. I’ve been married into the Luo family for a few months now, but she keeps going around in circles about money. If you don’t let her lose out on this, she will never give up. As I see it, at most she will manage your salary for a couple of months, then she’ll have to hand it over to me willingly, and once she does, she can’t go back on her word in the future."

"How can you say that?" Luo Zhiyong was puzzled by his wife’s confidence and didn’t understand what she meant.

Fang Ping carefully explained her plan to him, "Do you really think that having two more people at home is just about two more people eating?"

She looked at Luo Zhiyong and shook her head with a smile, "It’s not that simple. The situation has changed now. With Fang Xiu here, given her extravagant nature and her desire to save some private money, she will surely ask for money openly or secretly. If Fang Xiu asks, I will follow suit."

"And on Cuilan’s part, she made it clear today that she knows mom won’t save a dowry for her, so she will naturally find ways to get money from mom. Plus, we have Zhiming at home, who can really spend money, along with all the other household expenses. Do you think sending home thirty dollars a month will last?"

Luo Zhiyong pondered for a while and felt that Fang Pingying’s words made sense; if the money was used as before, thirty dollars would indeed be insignificant.

Fang Pingying looked at him, pursed her lips with a smile and continued, "I guess at most it will be a matter of a month or two, then mom won’t be able to hold out anymore, and she will naturally try to get rid of this responsibility."

"And to take a step back, even if that situation doesn’t happen, it’s just a matter of a few months. After the new year, I will follow you to the provincial city, and there’s no reason to keep sending all our money back home. We need money to live on, after all."

Above all, Fang Pingying didn’t want to constantly argue about such things. Ever since she married into the family, Zhou Yunmei and the rest never stopped causing trouble, and she was utterly sick of it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to recommend it at Qidian (qidian.com), cast your monthly ticket, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)