Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 23 Stupid to the Core

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Seeing Fang Xiu sigh and shake her head again, Fang Pingying's lips curled slightly, determined to teach Fang Xiu a lesson today.

She looked at Fang Xiu coldly, "Fang Xiu, what do you mean by that? Are you speaking up for your family's Zhiming, feeling that we've treated him unfairly?"

"I didn't say that." Fang Xiu denied it verbally, but her expression was indeed telling everyone that was what she thought.

"Then what do you mean?" Fang Pingying asked coldly, "Are you suggesting that just because Zhiming is in the countryside, our parents and Zhiyong should support him unconditionally, letting him idle around in the village or town like before, and just reach out for money from home whenever he needs it?"

Fang Xiu snorted, "Zhiming is at home every day, and it's only right for him to take some money from home. He also helps our parents in the fields from time to time. Isn't that money enough for his own expenses? It sounds like you're saying Zhiming really does nothing."

"As I see it, it is actually you and your husband who are scheming. You only give so little money to the family every month, then you eat and live at home. When you got married, the eldest brother didn't contribute a cent, and these days he's been recuperating at home, often needing to buy this and that for making soup to treat his leg. Doesn't that cost money?"

Today, Fang Pingying truly saw what is called shameless ingratitude.

Those who don't earn money feel entitled to spend the family's money, while the one who does earn money, having injured his leg, is considered wrong, even for occasionally making soup to drink, in her view, that's taking advantage of the family.

Moreover, with Fang Xiu speaking like this, Zhou Yunmei didn't even utter a word, instead looking at Fang Xiu with approval, as if to say she was speaking well.

Since that was the case, Fang Pingying had no intention of being polite with them anymore. She had been hesitating whether or not to postpone the reduction of money given to the family for a month, but now she no longer hesitated and decided to implement it immediately from this month.

But for Fang Xiu, Fang Pingying would not let her off for saying these things.

She pointed at Fang Xiu and yelled, "Fang Xiu, I'll give you one chance to take back what you just said and apologize to your elder brother; I might let you off the hook today."

Fang Xiu let out a cold snort through her nose, looking disdainfully at Fang Pingying, "Why should I apologize? What I said is right, why should I take it back."

"Fine." Fang Pingying nodded her head as she pointed at her, then turned to Zhou Yunmei and said, "Mom, since Fang Xiu implies that we have been benefiting from the family unjustly, I will clarify things today. Starting today, Fang Xiu and I will work out the family's accounts."

"From now on, I will only support you two elders. I will cover the monthly grocery expenses for the time I am home, and I will give you and dad US$ 5 each as pension money every month. As for Cui Lan and Hong Lan, they both work and can support themselves, I'll save up their dowry every month and when it's time for their marriage, we, as their elder brother and sister-in-law, will not shortchange them."

"As for Fang Xiu," Fang Pingying glanced at her, "however they as a couple wish to live is up to themselves. If they want to split the household, I won't have any objections. Apart from the house, whatever else she wants can be hers, I won't argue. If they want to live together, the daily cost of vegetables will be split evenly per capita; for two people in their family, that's two shares. They must hand over the money to me on time every day; otherwise, they will go without food the next day."

Seeing that Fang Pingying was truly angry, and even mentioning dividing money and family separation, Zhou Yunmei was somewhat worried that Fang Pingying would really do as she said. In that case, the one who would suffer the most would not be Fang Xiu, but her.

She quickly stood up and tried to persuade Fang Pingying, "Pingying, don't be angry; Fang Xiu is your own sister, don't you know what she's like? She's just talking nonsense when arguing; how can you take it seriously?"

"Besides, I have been keeping track of the household expenses over the years; no one said you and Zhiyong have taken advantage of the family." After that, Zhou Yunmei glared fiercely at Fang Xiu, forcing her to apologize, "Fang Xiu, aren't you going to apologize to your sister-in-law?"

Fang Xiu truly couldn't believe this, lifting her head she scoffed, "Hmph, expecting me to apologize? No way. Just because she asks for money, do I really have to give it to her? I won't give it, and I don't believe she'll really stop feeding me."

"Mom and Dad, you both heard it today. Since Fang Xiu is so defiant, from now on, don't blame me for being excessive when doing things." Fang Pingying was actually relieved at the bottom of her heart that Fang Xiu refused to apologize, as it would allow her to settle the matter of giving money to Zhou Yunmei as well.

She said directly, "Starting from this month, I won't be handing Zhiyong's wages directly to the family. But I will pay for all the groceries, and I will still give you and Dad an extra US$ 5 for living expenses each month."

Having said that, Fang Pingying left without looking back, straight into her room.

Not to mention, Fang Xiu's fuss was quite opportune; she was worrying about how to bring up the issue of reallocating Luo Zhiyong's wages with Zhou Yunmei and her family. She even predicted that it would take a quarrel with Zhou Yunmei to settle this.

With Fang Xiu's disruption, she was able to clarify the matter, and Zhou Yunmei couldn't complain now; even if Zhou Yunmei wanted to scold someone, it definitely wouldn't be her.

Sure enough, Fang Pingying's guess was not wrong; as she sat in her own room, Zhou Yunmei pulled Fang Xiu into Fang Xiu's room.

As soon as the door slammed shut, Zhou Yunmei poked Fang Xiu's forehead and scolded, "Do you even have a brain? These past few days, I've been worried that after Zhiyong marries your older sister, your older sister looks capable, and I'm not sure if she will still give me his wages. I didn't expect you to suddenly make such a fuss, giving your older sister the perfect opportunity to take the wages away rightfully. If we follow what your older sister said, and she gives me only US$ 5 for household expenses per month, what are you and Zhiming going to eat?"

Fang Xiu was also taken aback by Zhou Yunmei's demeanor and after a moment, she looked at Zhou Yunmei with a wronged expression, "How much money could Big Brother give you per month in the first place? It seems like, besides covering the family's food and lodging, she can still give you and Dad US$ 5, which sounds like quite a lot."

Luo Zhiming, who was lying in bed, had actually woken up a long time ago, but seeing the commotion in the yard, he was too lazy to wade into the messy situation, although he knew exactly what had happened from start to finish.

Hearing Fang Xiu's question, he also frowned and glared at her, "Are you stupid? My older brother used to send back at least 30 dollars a month, even 35 on a good month. Our family's monthly food expenses, to tell you the truth, amount to only several dollars at most, because we grow vegetables and fruits at home, and the only expenses are for buying meat. In truth, how much can that really cost?"

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"Ah." Fang Xiu was startled by the amount, "Big Brother sent back so much money per month, Mom, why were you always crying about not having money for food?"

Zhou Yunmei looked at her, so angry she wished she could bite to death the fool in front of her, "You're really so stupid it's hopeless. When your Big Brother was at home, if I didn't cry poor, he would definitely think we could save a lot of money each month, and he might reduce the amount he sent back in the future. It's better for him to think we're living a hard life."

"This... I didn't know because you never told me." Now Fang Xiu had really caused a big problem and didn't dare to talk back loudly, sitting on Luo Zhiming's bed with a face full of grievance.

Zhou Yunmei was too angry to speak, she gave her a disdainful look, "Should I get a loudspeaker and go around the village announcing it?"