frightfiction Chapter 1896, 1. A Slippery Piece
Chapter 1896, 1. A Slippery Piece
Zheng Xuemei pointed at Zheng Yujun and started cursing.
"You, Zheng Yujun, are nothing but Zheng Yuguo's dog. Everyone in the surrounding area knows that. Now that half of him is dead, you're running around pretending to be something you're not. What are you anyway? Bah!"
She spat in Zheng Yujun's face, which was very harmful and even more insulting, making Zheng Yujun so disgusted that his face turned blue.
"Zheng Xuemei, don't go too far!"
"What can you do to me if I go too far? If you dare touch me today, I'll strip naked and lie down in front of your house. Let me tell you, today is the second day of my period, and the flow is heavy. I'll flood your house, you believe me!"
"You!! You shrew!!" Zheng Yujun was so angry that his whole body trembled.
"Auntie, what does menstruation mean?"
A silly, naive voice broke the silence between the two.
Zheng Xuemei looked down and saw a chubby little boy holding a large bowl of noodles, his face covered in sauce, with a strand still sucking on his lips. She became curious about him.
She spat and said, "Get out of here, you little brat, don't go looking for trouble!"
Caibao quickly swallowed the noodles in her mouth and raised her hand: "But I was the one who hit your older brother and sister yesterday, you've got the wrong person~~"
Zheng Shou chased after her and immediately realized he was in trouble. "That silly girl Cai Bao, why is she walking right into the line of fire? Didn't she see that Zheng Xuemei is a reckless brat? I'll beat her up then."
"You hit him?" Zheng Xuemei squinted at Caibao.
Zheng Yujun couldn't help but chime in, "That's right, they were just kids who didn't know any better yesterday and got into a fight. Why should an adult like you interfere in children's business?"
"Besides, what does this have to do with the Zheng family? You should at least have some sense of reason, shouldn't you?"
Zheng Shou's eyes deepened upon hearing this.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Xuemei jumped up: "I knew it! Your Zheng family can't produce any good offspring! You always try to shift the blame onto the children, how shameless! I don't care who beat them, they're staying in your house, so it's your business! Don't try to shirk responsibility!"
Is she going to find a little brat to make her pay money or to get beaten up?
She's not even as tall as a cow dung, and she'll beat her up again.
"If you don't resolve this, I'm not letting this go! Zheng Yujun, I have plenty of strength and means!"
Zheng Yujun sneered: "I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeve, Zheng Xuemei. Let me tell you, your crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide won't work on me."
If he were so easily manipulated by such a shrewish tactic, how could the three brothers have built such a large fortune outside? What a joke.
Zheng Xuemei put her hands on her hips: "Fine, fine, Zheng Yujun, you want me to grant your wish? Just don't beg me on your knees later. Let me tell you, Zheng Yujun, if you don't give me 100,000 yuan for what happened yesterday, this isn't over!"
Zheng Yujun's expression also turned ugly: "Ten thousand yuan, why don't you just rob it?"
It's just a fight between kids, no one's broken skin or bleeding. If Zheng Xuemei were to extort 100,000 yuan for no reason, then the whole village would know that Old Zheng's family at the village entrance is a pushover that anyone can take advantage of. That would be terrible.
In the village, the law of the jungle prevails. If you're even slightly weak, others will bully you.
From petty theft of needles and thread to major offenses like occupying land or water, taking a step back means taking every step back.
They've lived in Baishi Village for decades, so they know the village's ways all too well.
It's no wonder that everyone in the village wants to have sons; families with many sons are less likely to be bullied.
Daughters are considered outsiders; they'll marry out and have to worship other people's ancestors. Don't you see how women aren't allowed in their village's ancestral hall? When the family's land is demolished and divided, the daughter doesn't get a share.
There will be a daughter-in-law.
Zheng Yujun knew very well that they could not back down or compromise. Once they opened that door, the ancestral home that the three brothers had worked so hard to repair might not be saved!
This matter cannot be compromised.
Zheng Xuemei spat at him again: "You won't give it to me? I'll stay at your house, eat your food, drink your drinks, and live in your house. Not just me, my whole family will come. We'll leave when we've eaten our fill of 100,000 yuan."
She took out her phone and made a call: "Hey, Mom, the talks have fallen apart. Bring those two kids over here."
Zheng Yujun's face was as black as ink: "If you dare to cause trouble, I will call the police."
"Hahaha, go ahead and call the police! I was just looking for a free meal. Call the police now and arrest my whole family. If you're so capable, lock us up for life. Otherwise, when we get out, I'll come after you again."
"Don't think we can't find you just because you've gone to Lucheng. I know your home address. I'll find you in the city and turn your place upside down. Let's see where you can run then."
Zheng Yujun was so angry he almost fell over. Wasn't this just a pure female hooligan?
His cousin quickly came over to persuade him: "Brother, this woman is too difficult to deal with. It's only 100,000 yuan, just give it to her."
"No way! She's shameless. Even if I give her 100,000 today, do you believe she'll come back for it again tomorrow?"
This has happened before.
Zheng Xuemei asked for 100,000, but that's just for today. She wants more tomorrow and the day after!
As long as she is not satisfied, she will come every day.
How many days can you give me? If you turn your back on me later, all the money I gave you up will be wasted! He's not going to do something that stupid.
Moreover, the money should come from the eldest son's family, as they are the heads of the family. Now that Zheng Yuguo is lying there unconscious, if he pays this money, what will he do when Zheng Yuguo wakes up, or when Zheng Fangli returns to the country and denies it?
Should I just accept my bad luck?
How can that work!
So they argued back and forth, each disagreeing with the other, until the whole village, young and old, gathered around to watch the spectacle.
Zheng Shou, Huang Haohui, and the others each held a bowl of noodles and squatted there with Caibao, watching with great interest and slurping them down with even greater relish.
Hmm, one, two, three, four, five, four adults, one child, plus a dog. That's right, Little White also brought his food bowl over. They squatted in a row, watching the excitement with great enthusiasm.
Actually, at first, none of them squatted down.
Treasure was just sitting there watching the show with a bowl in his hand. Then Leo got up and saw what was going on. Wow, this was quite a spectacle. He was a foreigner and had never seen anything like it before.
So, following Sister Caibao's example, she brought over a bowl as well.
Wow, little sister really knows how to enjoy life! With lively music as accompaniment, even the noodles taste especially good.
Then Huang Haohui couldn't resist and followed along.
Zheng Shou thought about it. He had to keep an eye on Guabao. What if the two of them started arguing and fighting? Fists and kicks have no eyes and could hurt Guabao.
So he simply went back and brought the noodles over.
Cheng Xuri was left alone at the dining table, looking left and right, when he suddenly remembered the scene of him sitting here alone eating dinner last night.
Suddenly, he didn't want to be so unsociable anymore.