Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 91 - 86: The Great Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Battle (Second Update)
Chapter 91: Chapter 86: The Great Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Battle (Second Update)
After scolding Fang Pingying, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law continued to argue.
Honestly, when it came to verbal sparring, Zhou Yunmei was no match for Fang Xiu, who quickly defeated her and rendered her speechless.
But Zhou Yunmei had her own tactics. Seeing she couldn’t outtalk Fang Xiu, she began to leverage her control.
She turned to Luo Zhiming, who had been silent, and attacked, "Zhiming, your wife is something else. I can’t control her. From now on, I won’t interfere with whatever she wants to do, but one thing—like your elder brother, you must contribute food expenses to the family."
"Your elder brother earns more in the army, I won’t compare you two. If you two are staying at home, you need to pay three yuan a month for food expenses, otherwise, I won’t cook for you. Go eat wherever you want, and if it’s really unbearable, we can consider splitting the household."
Hearing Zhou Yunmei bring up splitting the household set Luo Zhiming’s heart racing. If they really did split, not only would he have no pocket money, but even eating would become an issue. He planned to mooch off his mother for his entire life.
After all, he knew his elder brother made money and would not give Zhou Yunmei less than needed. The elderly couple couldn’t use it all up, and in the end, it would still benefit him. He would be foolish not to take advantage of this.
Since he had to please Zhou Yunmei, Luo Zhiming had to sacrifice his wife’s feelings.
He winked at Fang Xiu, and then, like a man of high status in the family, deliberately stern-faced, he yelled at Fang Xiu, "Go back! Mom is right. What’s the harm in scolding you a bit? Can’t even talk now?"
Fang Xiu and Zhou Yunmei were in the heat of their argument, and she didn’t notice Luo Zhiming winking, assuming that Luo Zhiming was siding with Zhou Yunmei.
In that moment, she started crying and yelling, "Fine, Luo Zhiming, before we got married, you cajoled me into bed promising that after we married, you would listen to everything I say, and never argue with me for your mother. It hasn’t been long, and now you’re teaming up with your mom to scold me! Today, I am done taking it."
Fang Xiu was someone who acted immediately. After yelling, she rushed at Luo Zhiming, clenching her fists and fiercely punching him several times.
In reality, Fang Xiu’s strength was limited, and Luo Zhiming didn’t really feel the pain, so he didn’t retaliate, just half-embracing Fang Xiu, letting her hit him.
But Zhou Yunmei couldn’t stand watching this. Her son was precious, never had she laid a finger on him since he was young. Now, in front of her eyes, her daughter-in-law was hitting her son.
Enraged, she rushed over and pulled Fang Xiu away from Luo Zhiming, then slapped Fang Xiu hard across the face, "You ill-mannered girl, how dare you hit your husband? Do you think I, as your mother-in-law, am dead?"
Fang Xiu had never been treated this way her whole life; she lost her reason too. Regardless of whether Zhou Yunmei was the mother-in-law, she slapped her back.
This was really too much. Zhou Yunmei roared and pounced at Fang Xiu; the two tangled into a fierce physical struggle.
Just then, Luo Cuilan, who had also been silent until now, inexplicably burst out yelling and was about to rush to help Zhou Yunmei fight Fang Xiu.
Fang Pingying had tried to intervene with one comment only to be rebuked by both, so she stood by, watching the two quarrel—it reminded her of similar past incidents.
But she truly hadn’t expected they would physically fight, now rolling together on the ground, and even the pregnant Luo Cuilan suddenly rushed over, looking ready to join the fray.
Seeing Luo Cuilan, Fang Pingying remembered her condition and suddenly realized,
She hurriedly reached out to pull Luo Cuilan back, "Be careful with your belly."
Once that was done, she called out to Luo Zhiming, who was already standing aside, "Zhiming, hurry up and separate them."
After recovering from the initial shock, Luo Zhiming was the first to rush outside and yell, "Dad, Dad, come quickly." frёewebηovel.cѳm
Initially, Luo Dashan hadn’t entered the house; family disputes were a daily occurrence, and he didn’t care to intervene.
But upon hearing Luo Zhiming’s shout, he hurried into the house.
Finally, after some struggle, Luo Dashan and Luo Zhiming each grabbed one person and separated them.
Both Fang Xiu and Zhou Yunmei suffered; Zhou Yunmei had a large clump of hair pulled out by Fang Xiu, and Zhou Yunmei’s face bore several nail scratches from Fang Xiu.
At this moment, Zhou Yunmei’s face burned with pain; if Luo Dashan hadn’t held her back, she would have seriously dealt with Fang Xiu.
In her anger, Zhou Yunmei pointed at Luo Zhiming and shouted, "Zhiming, you go with her to the township government to divorce tomorrow. Our Luo family does not need this kind of daughter-in-law."
Fang Xiu, clutching her head, defiantly shouted at Luo Zhiming, "Luo Zhiming, speak up. Whose side are you on today, mine or your mother’s?"
"Yes, Zhiming, you say," Luo Cuilan, held back by Fang Pingying from joining the fight, also began to fuel the fire, "Zhiming, your mom treats you so well, among all the siblings, she loves you the most. If today you dare to stand by your wife, you might as well move out with her and live separately, as if your parents never gave birth to you."
For Luo Zhiming, caught between being a son and a husband, it was truly a dilemma; it seemed wrong to help either side.
Out of frustration, he exclaimed irritably, "Stop it, will you? It’s just about making an extra piece of clothing, it’s not like the family can’t afford that bit of fabric. Why make such a fuss?"
Actually, Luo Zhiming said this without thinking much, but to Zhou Yunmei, it seemed he was taking his wife’s side, as she was the one who started the quarrel over the cloth for making clothes.
This truly escalated things. Zhou Yunmei stopped arguing with Fang Xiu, pushed away Luo Dashan who was holding her, and sat down on the ground, starting to cry and shout,
"Oh God, look at my good son. All these years I’ve loved him dearly, afraid of him getting hurt, afraid of spoiling him. Whenever there was food, I prioritized his needs; whenever there was money, I prioritized his expenses. Now with a wife, he doesn’t care about me anymore..."
Zhou Yunmei was indeed eloquent; in just a few sentences, she clearly expressed how well she had treated Luo Zhiming over the years and one could truly feel the bitterness in her words.
If someone did not know the internal affairs of their family over the years, they might really think that she alone had been struggling outside to support the family.
In reality, it was just that times were different, living standards varied; compared to others, she hadn’t suffered much.
At least now, when other mothers were still struggling for daily meals for their families, she already had spare cash for many other things.
Unable to cope with Zhou Yunmei’s disturbance, Luo Zhiming, with a gloomy face, loudly exclaimed, "Mom, what do you want me to do for you to stop all this fussing?"
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