CHAPTER 411: CHAPTER 406: I MUST GET THIS MONEY BACK

Luo Dashan was completely unaware of these matters; just now, when he heard them speaking one after another, he didn’t fully understand what was going on. But after hearing Luo Zhiyong’s words, he roughly grasped what had happened.

He frowned and looked at Zhou Yunmei, "Yunmei, what exactly is going on? You asked Zhiming for money, how much did you ask for?"

Zhou Yunmei glanced at Luo Dashan and fell silent.

Because ever since Luo Dashan returned from his last trip to the provincial city, he had told Zhou Yunmei many times that no matter what, she must not ask Luo Zhiyong for money again. Otherwise, if Li Aihua found out, it would make Luo Zhiyong look bad.

In Luo Dashan’s view, because of all their messy family affairs, their Luo Family already couldn’t hold their heads up high in front of Li Aihua, and he didn’t want to cause further trouble for Luo Zhiyong or to be looked down on even more by Li Aihua.

Seeing that Zhou Yunmei remained silent, Fang Pingying explained in detail to Luo Dashan, "Dad, I asked Grandpa to give Mom one thousand yuan, regarding the incident that happened on the day Grandpa returned."

Right at this moment, Fang Xiu and Fang Ping’an also arrived.

Fang Ping’an happened to hear Fang Pingying’s words and immediately squeezed into the crowd to join in, "That’s right, I personally handed the money to the mother-in-law. At that time, because of the quarrel over Zhiming and Fang Xiu’s matter, there were quite a few villagers watching the commotion, and surely many of them saw me handing over the money to the mother-in-law."

As soon as Fang Ping’an finished speaking, villagers at the scene began to testify, "Yes, I saw it, it was that evening, and there was a stack of money, definitely around a thousand dollars."

With people testifying, Zhou Yunmei couldn’t deny it even if she wanted to, so she could only remain silent.

Fang Pingying looked at her and let out a cold laugh, then asked, "Mom, since Dad isn’t sick, what did you do with the money? When you called, you had to lie to us, making us worried and not knowing what to do."

As she spoke, she purposely glanced at Luo Zhiyong and Luo Honglan, adding lightly, "Zhiyong and Honglan were so worried that they even took time off to come back to see Dad."

In fact, from the moment Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying returned to the courtyard, Zhou Yunmei could tell from Fang Pingying’s demeanor that she must have already known about the situation and had purposely come back to catch them in the act.

She looked at Fang Pingying, infuriated, and snapped at her, "Shut up! I think you did it on purpose."

Fang Pingying did not argue back, but merely raised an eyebrow to question her, "I did it on purpose?"

Zhou Yunmei snorted coldly and pointed at Fang Pingying, "You must have gotten wind of the news from your dad and sister, knowing that Zhiming and Xu He are going to have such an expensive wedding, so you deliberately brought Zhiyong back. You’re trying to encourage Zhiyong to oppose me, aren’t you?"

"Even if I did it on purpose, what’s wrong with my approach?" Fang Pingying did not deny it but pointed around her and started to argue, "You used the pretense of Dad being sick to deceive us for money to arrange Luo Zhiming’s second wedding, and you even made a big feast. You think the thousands of dollars we spent were that easily earned?"

Zhou Yunmei was at a loss for words, hesitated for a long time, and eventually yelled incoherently at Fang Pingying, "Since you’ve already taken out the money anyway, what’s the difference between using it for your dad’s treatment and your brother’s wedding? Just think of it as money spent on your dad’s medical bills."

As soon as Zhou Yunmei said this, many of the villagers who had come to watch the drama began to criticize her.

Some villagers with a strong sense of justice actually accused Zhou Yunmei out loud.

Zhou Yunmei was so angry her mouth twisted, first cursing a few villagers in response, then she pointed at Fang Pingying fiercely and said, "You’re just a busybody. If not for you, my family would have no issues at all."

"If it weren’t for me, your family couldn’t even dream of having it this good," Fang Pingying said coldly before turning to Luo Zhiyong, "Zhiyong, it’s up to you. If this money really was for Dad’s treatment, I wouldn’t say a second word. No matter how much, if I don’t have it, I would borrow it from others; I must borrow it back. But if you squander the money elsewhere, I will not accept it, and I must get the money back."

"Get it back?" Zhou Yunmei was stunned, not understanding what Fang Pingying meant, "What do you mean? Can you take back money that’s already been spent?"

Fang Pingying gave her a glance and said in a mild tone, "That’s none of your business. Since I paid for all these expenses, I will naturally deal with it."

"You..."

"Big brother, sister-in-law, you’re back," Zhou Yunmei hadn’t finished speaking when suddenly a voice shouted from the crowd; Xu He and Luo Zhiming both dressed in brand new clothes came through the crowd.

Luo Zhiming was still okay, his clothes looked like the ones he wore when he married Fang Xiu.

But Xu He was really exaggerated, her clothes extremely fashionable, nothing like what was sold around here, likely bought from the provincial city.

Yet, it wasn’t just the clothes. Especially eye-catching was the gold chain around her injured neck; such an item was rare at this time, and one couldn’t get it without spending several hundred yuan.

Even Fang Pingying in the city hadn’t seen many people wear such things.

Fang Pingying narrowed her eyes, so this was how her money was squandered.

Luo Zhiyong naturally saw this too, and anger raged in his heart. He glared coldly at Luo Zhiming, "Don’t call me big brother. I don’t have a brother or sister-in-law like you."

"Big brother, I..." Luo Zhiming, upon seeing Luo Zhiyong, didn’t know what to say and immediately bowed his head.

But Xu He gave a sarcastic smile, pushed Luo Zhiming backward, and looked at Fang Pingying, curling her lips, "Big brother, sister-in-law, I know you have earned some money outside and are quite wealthy. Truly, wealthy people come back with a different presence than ours, but after all, we are family, why act so arrogantly?"

"We’ll stand out and let people see who is really wealthy, you or me," Fang Pingying said on purpose, pointing at Xu He’s outfit from head to toe, and laughed sarcastically, "Folks, you should still remember what it was like when I married into the Luo Family. Not to mention wearing gold and silver like Xu He, buying extravagant gifts with wedding cash gifts starting from 500, when I got married, even a new piece of clothing, my mother-in-law did not buy me one."

Fang Pingying intentionally said this to create a contrast.

It was also to let the villagers see clearly how Xu He and Zhou Yunmei squandered her money.

She believed that most people didn’t really like those in the village who were too special or too eager to show off. Like how Xu He made such a big spectacle of her wedding arrangements. There must have been many who did not approve, and now letting everyone have a good look, if later on she went too far, no one would blame her.

Sure enough, after most of the villagers saw Xu He, they pursed their lips and began to speak up for Fang Pingying, "It’s true, when Pingying married into the Fang Family, she really didn’t have anything."

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