Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 311

Cheng Jinxiang had been away from the Zhao family for over a month. Now that she had finally returned, he was determined to do everything he could to make her happy. Perhaps she would stay at the Zhao family instead of going back to her parents' home.

Zhao Tiesheng's words made Wang Guixiang swallow back the curses she was about to utter. She pointed at Zhao Tiesheng for a long time, still furious. She couldn't help but say, "You make it sound so easy! Your own wife doesn't want to do chores, so you make Lao San's wife do them. Why don't you do the chores yourself? And can Cuilan compare to this woman? Cuilan gave birth to a son, while she? She's had two daughters in a row, and she can't even have a boy. Tell me, what use are daughters like that!"

Wang Guixiang's words were sharp and sarcastic, which Cheng Jinxiang found very offensive. For the past few years, her mother-in-law had been constantly mocking her for not being able to give birth to a son. Cheng Jinxiang and Zhao Tiesheng had been subjected to a lot of criticism, which is why they decided to have another child. They had expected it to be a son, but it turned out to be a daughter. Fortunately, Zhao Tiesheng didn't care whether he had a son or a daughter, and he treated his two daughters well.

But no matter how good Zhao Tiesheng is, if he won't help her, won't stand up for her, and won't protect her daughter, then he's a useless man.

Cheng Jinxiang was no longer the weak and submissive person she used to be. She retorted directly, "Whether or not you give birth to a boy is up to your son. What era are we living in? Even the women's director has explained it to us. As long as we women can give birth, there are no problems with fertility. It is up to your son to decide whether the fetus is a boy or a girl. Otherwise, you can find another woman who can give birth to a son to be your daughter-in-law."

Zhao Yongbo, who was standing next to him, was confused and asked Zhao Da'e curiously, "Sister, is it really determined by whether a child is a boy or a girl? Does that mean I can have a son if I want to in the future?"

Wang Guixiang spat a few times and pulled Zhao Yongbo over, saying, "My dear grandson, don't listen to that wicked woman's nonsense. Whether a child is a boy or a girl is not determined by the man, but clearly by the woman's womb. Don't learn bad things from that wicked woman."

Wang Guixiang was trying to save face for Zhao Tiesheng, but the child's innocent words embarrassed him. His face darkened, and he said to Cheng Jinxiang, "Alright, Jinxiang, how can you talk to your mother like that? Apologize to her right now."

This involved a man's dignity, so Zhao Tiesheng could no longer give Cheng Jinxiang a pleasant look.

Seeing Zhao Tiesheng like this, Cheng Jinxiang couldn't help but feel disappointed. This man always thought his face was more important. He would never think that it was his own fault, but only that it was someone else's fault. On one hand, he said he wanted her to come back and vowed to treat her a million times better than before. On the other hand, when she was being insulted by Wang Gui, he stood by and acted as a peacemaker. He never stood firmly on her side.

If it weren't for the fact that she hadn't gotten those tens of thousands of yuan back from Wang Guixiang, Cheng Jinxiang would have wanted a divorce long ago.

Zhao Da'e was on Cheng Jinxiang's side. She immediately ran to Cheng Jinxiang and spoke up for her, "My mother is not wrong. Dad, why do you always side with Grandma and not speak up for Mom?"

This time, it was Wang Guixiang who started the trouble. Zhao Tiesheng would speak up for Cheng Jinxiang the first few times, but once it came to a man's dignity, he was like a completely different person.

Wang Guixiang sneered from the side and began to criticize, "Tiesheng, look at the good wife you found and the good daughter you raised. This wife is always going against me, and your good daughter is obviously an ingrate. She only speaks up for her mother and doesn't care about you as her father at all."

Zhao Tiesheng was a little irritated. This time, he also felt that Cheng Jinxiang was in the wrong, but he didn't say anything to blame Cheng Jinxiang. He glanced at Zhao Xiaojuan in his arms, and when Zhao Xiaojuan smiled, Zhao Tiesheng's frustration subsided a lot.

He had a premonition that if he sided with his mother this time, he would probably be a bachelor for life, and Cheng Jinxiang would never want to see her again.

However, Cheng Jinxiang was rather dull and didn't know how to protect her man's dignity, which left Zhao Tiesheng feeling quite helpless.

Zhao Tiesheng naturally wouldn't admit that he was wrong, but he also couldn't say that it was his wife's fault. So he turned his gaze to Wang Guixiang and said, "Mom, Jinxiang just got back, so please say less. She just gave birth to Xiaojuan a few months ago, and she's still very weak. I love her no matter if it's a boy or a girl. They're all my children anyway. Look how cute Xiaojuan is."

As he spoke, Zhao Tiesheng took the child over and showed it to Wang Guixiang.

Looking at her son's useless appearance, Wang Guixiang couldn't help but purse her lips. "Look at this son, he's really useless. He doesn't dare to talk to his wife, but he comes to talk to his mother."

But in the end, Wang Guixiang didn't say anything to offend Zhao Tiesheng. He was right about one thing: Zhao Xiaojuan was actually quite cute.

Wang Guixiang couldn't help but glance at Zhao Xiaojuan a few more times. Zhao Xiaojuan seemed to notice Wang Guixiang's gaze and kept giggling and waving her little hand, looking extremely lively.

Zhao Tiesheng noticed Wang Guixiang's gaze and couldn't help but smile. It seemed that his mother was also captivated by Xiaojuan's cuteness. Zhao Tiesheng wanted to give Xiaojuan to Wang Guixiang to hold. "Mom, you are Xiaojuan's grandma, why don't you hold her? Look how energetically she waves her little hands."

Wang Guixiang hesitated for a moment, glanced at Cheng Jinxiang, and her anger rose involuntarily. Just a second ago she was criticizing Cheng Jinxiang, and then she was holding Cheng Jinxiang's daughter. Where would she put her own face?

Wang Guixiang immediately said, "No, no, he's not a boy, what's there to hug? If anyone's going to hug someone, it's my precious grandson."

As she spoke, Wang Guixiang picked Zhao Yongbo up.

Seeing this, Zhao Tiesheng had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​letting Wang Guixiang hold Xiaojuan. He glanced at Zhao Xiaojuan and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips. "Xiaojuan, be good. Grandma won't hold you. Daddy will hold you."

As he spoke, Zhao Tiesheng wanted to take Cheng Jinxiang and the others back to their room first, where it would be warmer. He was worried that his precious daughter would get cold, as she wasn't wearing very thick clothes and would easily catch a cold.

In reality, Zhao Xiaojuan was wearing a thick coat, wrapped in a thick quilt, and wearing a small hat, with only her small face showing. She was wearing a lot of clothes, and since children are active, their backs were very prone to sweating. But despite all this, Zhao Tiesheng still felt that Zhao Xiaojuan was not dressed warmly enough.

"Jinxiang, let me take you back to your room to rest. It's windy here, and I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

Zhao Tiesheng spoke to Cheng Jinxiang in a gentle tone that made Wang Guixiang feel unfamiliar. She couldn't help but twitch her lips. This was a typical case of forgetting one's mother after getting a wife.

Wang Guixiang said with a dark face, "Go away, get out of my way!"

Wang Guixiang felt increasingly uncomfortable looking at the second wife's family, but Zhao Tiesheng ignored her and took Cheng Jinxiang back to their room.

The room was one of those drafty storage rooms. Normally, rooms would have heating, but because of the draft, most of the heat had escaped, making it only slightly warmer than outside. Usually, when Cheng Jinxiang came to a room with heating, she would take off her thick coat, but she didn't, which meant the room wasn't warm enough.

Even Zhao Da'e chimed in, "Dad, the heating in this house is practically on or off. It's still just as cold. It's not as comfortable as the tile-roofed house where Uncle lives."

Zhao Tiesheng was a little embarrassed. He said, "This warehouse is temporary. I've already told your grandmother that once we have some money, we'll immediately use it to build a new house for our family."

Cheng Jinxiang snorted and said, "When has she ever not said the same thing? She took our money and said she would save it for us and pay for us to build a new house later. She's taken tens of thousands of yuan from us, but where is the money now? I plan to start building the new house after the Spring Festival. I went to her to ask for the money back, but she always makes excuses. I don't think she ever intended to build a new house for our family. I don't know where she spent the money. Maybe she won't pay us back."

Zhao Tiesheng's expression darkened. He said, "Jinxiang, say less. Mom wouldn't do that. She's definitely saving money to build us a bigger house in the future."

Cheng Jinxiang got angry when she saw Zhao Tiesheng's spineless and cowardly appearance. "You have a good idea, but look at us. How long have we lived in this warehouse? Several years. We have saved enough money to build a new house, but we are still living in this warehouse. Even the third brother doesn't need to build a new house. He can move into a tile-roofed house directly. But our whole family is just living in this drafty warehouse."

Zhao Tiesheng couldn't stand Cheng Jinxiang's nagging any longer, so he couldn't help but say, "Jinxiang, please say less. Tiegang is my brother, and I'm his second brother. It's no big deal that I let him stay in a better room. Besides, household expenses are also a concern. It's okay if Mom doesn't take out the money right now. Maybe she'll take out the money to build us a new house in a few days."

Hearing Zhao Tiesheng's words, Cheng Jinxiang felt a surge of anger. She kicked Zhao Tiesheng in the waist and couldn't help but curse, "You think it's okay for you, as the second brother, to give way to your younger brother, but what about me, Da'e, and Xiaojuan? Are the three of us supposed to live this miserable life with you, living in this drafty warehouse? Last time I was hospitalized, if it weren't for my uncle coming at the right time, Dad might have made us pay the seven thousand yuan for my hospital stay."

"Since you never fight or compete, you deserve to live in this drafty storage room. If you can't get back the tens of thousands of yuan we worked so hard to earn, you can just watch others build new houses and envy them. How could I have ever fallen for you? In the ten years I've been with you, I've been bossed around and verbally abused by your family. Have you ever stood firmly by my side? Was the reason I went back to my parents' home just because I wasn't living in a tiled house during my postpartum period? Stop looking for reasons in other things. Why don't you look for reasons in yourself? You're just so cowardly! You deserve to live such a miserable life!"

Cheng Jinxiang was also furious and unleashed all the grievances he had held for so many years. Zhao Tiesheng's face turned red, and Cheng Jinxiang's face was pale as he continued to curse. Veins bulged on his forehead, and he tried to retort with trembling hands, but he couldn't utter a word for a long time. In the end, he was so angry that he simply turned and left.

"I'm not going to argue with a woman like you!"

After saying that, Zhao Tiesheng left. He was furious just looking at Cheng Jinxiang, but he couldn't say anything to her or scold her. Zhao Tiesheng could only keep his anger inside.

He went into the yard and kicked the wood in the yard in frustration, but he kicked it too hard and Zhao Tiesheng felt a pain in his toes.

His mother bullies him, Jinxiang bullies him, and even this blockhead bullies him. If he doesn't show his strength, do you really think he's easy to bully?

Zhao Tie angrily kicked the wood on the ground again, but the pain made him gasp.

Zhao Tiesheng felt he couldn't bear this injustice. He decided he would ask his mother where their money had gone another day and then get it back. Once they built a new house, there wouldn't be so many conflicts in the family.

Zhao Tiesheng and Cheng Jinxiang were arguing loudly, and Wang Guixiang, who was busy in the kitchen, could hear some of it. Wang Guixiang frowned and cursed, "What is this damned woman doing back here? She came back this time just to deliberately sow discord between Tiesheng and me, and she still wants that 40,000 yuan back. She's really dreaming. She sits comfortably in her room while her mother-in-law is busy in the kitchen. Tomorrow I will tell everyone and let them discuss who is right and who is wrong!"

Meanwhile, Zhang Cuilan was busy in the kitchen. Ever since Cheng Jinxiang came back, she had overheard some of the arguments between him, Wang Guixiang, and Zhao Tiesheng. In the end, it all came down to money. Zhang Cuilan was also concerned about this issue and wanted to know where Wang Guixiang had put the money.

She had secretly searched Wang Guixiang's room before, even looking through her bankbook, but she just couldn't find the money. She also asked Wang Guixiang for money to build a new house, but Wang Guixiang refused to lend it to her, so it was highly likely that she couldn't come up with the money.

Zhang Cuilan casually remarked, "Mom, you neither lent me this money nor returned it to my second brother. Could it be that you gave the money to someone else or already spent it?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Guixiang was clearly a little guilty, and she didn't dare to look Zhang Cuilan in the eye.

But this matter must be resolved. Wang Guixiang said, "I have to pay for all the household expenses. I spend too much money, and my grandson is growing. I have to buy him meat every day to help him grow taller."

Zhang Cuilan could tell at a glance that Wang Guixiang was acting guilty, but she just pursed her lips and said nothing, since Wang Guixiang had indeed spent money to buy meat for her son.

But they couldn't just let it go like that. The whole family had also put some money with Wang Guixiang, several thousand yuan. Over the years, they had been using the family's money for food and drink and hadn't spent much money. Although Tiegang was lazy, he could do some work, and over the years he had saved several thousand yuan here and there. This money was all with Wang Guixiang. Although it wasn't as much as what his second brother and his wife had given him, it was still money, and they couldn't just let it go.

So Wang Guixiang tried to say, "Mom, it's not just my second brother's family that wants to build a house. Tie Gang and I are also thinking about building a house. Building a house can't be done without at least 10,000 yuan."

Upon hearing this, Wang Guixiang instinctively said, "Go away, I won't lend it to you."

Borrowing money? That's absolutely impossible...

Most importantly, Wang Guixiang didn't have any money... Zhao Chunqin had already swindled her out of her money.