Read Novel Full Chapter 967: Outburst
Chapter 967: Chapter 967: Outburst
Zhou Minli has been waiting for Yang Zhiqiang to come over. All day, her parents have been telling her not to take the money back, or she won’t get a penny in the future, nor will she be in charge later on.
She waited until past ten in the evening. Still no sign of him, leaving Zhou Minli feeling uneasy.
So, late at night, she secretly found her mom’s money stash, taking back the 370 yuan she had given them, leaving over a hundred untouched.
She quietly left her mom’s house, and when she knocked on her own door, there was no response.
Yang Zhiqiang was really tired. During the day, he had been loading and unloading. A bag of cement weighs a hundred kilograms, and over a thousand bags need to be loaded in a day—it’s truly exhausting.
So when he heard the knocking in the middle of the night, he struggled to get up.
Watching his son sleep sweetly on the side, he hoped to straighten things out with him.
When he went to open the door, he knew it must be Zhou Minli; it couldn’t be anyone else.
Zhou Minli saw her husband blocking the doorway, "Zhiqiang, my parents wouldn’t give me the money, but I know where they keep it. I’ve brought it back."
She said, handing the money over to Yang Zhiqiang.
Yang Zhiqiang, standing in the doorway, felt a surge of disgust towards Zhou Minli but still accepted the money.
"This is money earned by me, Yang Zhiqiang. You should leave. I don’t want you anymore." With that, he shut the door.
Zhou Minli went wild, pounding the door, "Yang Zhiqiang, didn’t you say that if I got the money back, I could come home? How could you do this to me?"
Yang Zhiqiang ignored her, directly returning to the room to lie down.
He didn’t care, but the neighbors wouldn’t have it. It’s late at night; while they aren’t sleeping, their own households want to sleep. So they came out cursing and swearing from both sides.
"Zhou Minli, are you crazy? What do you want in the middle of the night without sleeping? We don’t have your good fortune; it’s been a long day. If you keep yelling, I’ll beat you up. What a bad omen, greedy, lazy, and untidy. The Yang Family really was blind to take you."
Zhou Minli didn’t care what others said; she was truly scared now. It seemed Yang Zhiqiang really didn’t want her anymore. What should she do in the future?
She continued pounding the door, calling out Yang Zhiqiang’s and their son’s names loudly, but no one paid her any mind.
She really ticked off the other two families; their women came out with sticks and started beating her.
Things got even livelier, with many households dressed and coming out to watch the spectacle.
Yang Zhiqiang was extremely annoyed. But from the bottom of his heart, he was disgusted with Zhou Minli.
Someone who was close to Hu Chunhua saw how bad the situation was getting and went to find the old couple.
By the time Yang Minggang and Hu Chunhua arrived, Zhou Minli was already lying on the ground. The three women had indeed let their anger fly.
Yang Minggang was furious seeing the situation; it was too embarrassing.
So he shouted loudly for his son.
Yang Zhiqiang heard his dad’s voice and had no choice but to get up. By now, there were already twenty to thirty people gathered at their doorstep.
Yang Zhiqiang came out, and Zhou Minli scrambled up from the ground, "Zhiqiang, I’ve already asked for the money loaned to my parents; why won’t you let me come home? I was wrong, and I’ll never secretly loan money to my parents again."
Yang Zhiqiang hung his head, "Mom and dad, I won’t stay with Zhou Minli anymore, not for a single minute."
Yang Minggang sighed, "You say you want to leave, and you just leave?"
"Yes, I said I’m leaving, so I’m leaving. She took my hard-earned money and lent it to her parents. Her parents talk nicely, but they won’t repay it. Also, any oil, meat, or fine grains in the house get secretly taken to her family.
For so many years, how much has she secretly taken back to her own family?
Moreover, she’s too untidy; there’s no place to step in the house. Everyone knows how things have been for the last ten years.
She’s never really regarded this place as home either.
No matter what anyone says today, I’m not living this life anymore."
Someone nearby advised, "Minggang, Shubao is already grown up, can’t you make a compromise and just live on?"
"Shubao? Her family has found a way to win over the child and led my son astray. Shubao, come out now; I’m speaking for the last time in front of all these people. If I ever find out you’ve been to your grandma’s house, then I won’t want this son anymore."
No one said a word after that. The worst possible outcome for Zhou Minli had finally arrived. She trembled in fear; now her husband didn’t want her, and she didn’t dare go back to her birth family. If she did, she’d be beaten to death for stealing that money back.
She stood there, dazed, and now everyone sympathized with her. But what good is sympathy? Others might not know that she secretly took money home, but she sure was messy. All the women would visit one another, yet no one ever came to their house; there was no place to step, plus in summer there was the stench, and flies were particularly abundant.
Zhou Minli suddenly remembered her mother-in-law; she hadn’t heard her voice since arriving here. It was like finding a lifeline. She turned and ran to Hu Chunhua, and knelt down in front of her. "Mom, please persuade Zhiqiang; he doesn’t want me anymore. I have nowhere to go. The 370 yuan I stole from my mom’s house; the night before last, Zhiqiang told me to go home and ask for money, but my parents wouldn’t give it to me.
They said I had to wait for Zhiqiang to pick me up. But I got scared. Zhiqiang has never been this angry before. So tonight, I took the money while they were asleep.
Now he doesn’t want me; what should I do? Where can I go?"
Hu Chunhua looked down at Zhou Minli, "You think of me now? When you were stirring up trouble between us, did you remember I was his mother?
Actions are watched by heaven. Do whatever you please; Yang Zhiqiang is the same. My heart is utterly broken."
With that, Hu Chunhua turned away, choking on her words.
The onlookers knew what it meant; they all felt a bit embarrassed. They had all previously advised Yang Zhiqiang that his parents favored the younger son, leading to a rift.
After hearing his mom’s words, Yang Zhiqiang knelt down too, "Mom, Mom, I truly made a mistake. Forgive me. There won’t be a next time."
Hu Chunhua didn’t turn back, and Yang Minggang sighed, "Minggang, you and Shubao really hurt your mom’s feelings.
However you wish to live, live that way." With that, he turned his back and left.
This time everyone really believed the Yang family was truly split apart, and some felt even more embarrassed.
Zhou Minli stood there dumbfounded for a moment. She got up, "Zhiqiang, I will live well with you in the future."
Yang Zhiqiang shook his head, "Even if I were to die, I wouldn’t live with you. You should leave. I won’t shortchange you; whatever you secretly gave to your mom’s family before, I’ll let it go. I’ll give you another hundred yuan, and from now on, we go our separate ways."