CHAPTER 972: CHAPTER 973: BLOODSUCKING LEECHES

The Zhang family was certain that if Qi Fenglian wanted a divorce, she could only agree to the demands they made. If she didn’t agree, well, that was fine too—without the signature, the marriage couldn’t be dissolved.

If she agreed, then there would be money to take another wife, and with a new wife, could they really not have another grandson?

Cheng Su watched the faces of these people, feeling so disgusted that she wanted to throw up yesterday’s meal. How could people be so shameless?

This whole family was nothing but a bunch of leeches!

"We’ve been working, and all the money Zhang Jisheng earned was given to you, and you still want to settle accounts with me?" Qi Fenglian was so angry she felt like spitting blood.

She truly must have been blind back then to have married into this kind of family.

"That was the cost of raising your children, not payment for our hard work," Mother Zhang retorted, having already thought of what to say.

"Those are also Zhang family’s grandchildren. Do you really need to be paid for helping to take care of them? Aren’t they from the Zhang family?" Mother Qi shouted.

"Yes, they are from the Zhang family, but you’re trying to take them away," Mother Zhang fought back without yielding.

"Zhang Jisheng, do you really want to go over accounts and divide things up?" Qi Fenglian didn’t look at her mother-in-law, but pointed at Zhang Jisheng and asked.

Zhang Jisheng was full of dread and meekly said, "Fenglian, how about not divorcing? I’ll listen to whatever you say, I’ll change..."

Answering a question with an unrelated answer, dodging left and right.

"Yes, don’t divorce, then everything remains within the family, no need to divide," Mother Zhang immediately said.

They thought they were certain to win, forgetting that the family still had Qi Taiguo and Cheng Su.

"If you divide, then the Zhang family also has to pay child support and maintenance fees. Both children and the elder sister must be supported," Cheng Su interjected, "Support them until they’re eighteen. For two kids, food, clothing, living, and schooling costs, right now five yuan per month for one is enough, ten yuan for both, increasing year by year."

Mother Zhang was stunned, quickly did a mental calculation, and was shocked by the numbers, which far exceeded what they would get now.

"How can this be, it’s you who insisted on the divorce!" Mother Zhang was a bit flustered.

Cheng Su sneered, "What, you guys figured out how to split marital assets, but didn’t think about the child support and maintenance fees? Zhang Jisheng just handled the seed, carrying on the Zhang family name from generation to generation, and in the future, they will hold the ancestral banner and buy you water. You mean you don’t need to pay for their upbringing? How is there such a cheap deal in the world?"

Her biting sarcasm made the faces of several Zhang family members present turn red.

Meanwhile, Mother Qi glanced at her daughter-in-law, thinking her sharp tongue was truly formidable.

"Bring over the agreement, write it down. The boss of my elder sister is me. I pay her salary, ten yuan a month. You want to divide? Fine, write in the support and maintenance fees too. If you don’t pay, we’ll sue you in court," Cheng Su said, slapping the table.

"What ten yuan, it’s clearly tens of yuan a month!" Mother Zhang shouted.

"Yes, I was willing to give her tens of yuan. Now I think she hasn’t done her job well, especially since she’s taken so much time off. I need to deduct her salary; it’s completely justified," Cheng Su stared at Mother Zhang coldly, "You have the right to manage Zhang family affairs but not to meddle in mine!"

"You, you..." Mother Zhang was so angry her whole body trembled.

From the time her grandson was born, she knew this daughter-in-law of the Qi family was not to be trifled with, a real thorn in her side, and now seeing this, it was indeed true, sharp-tongued and fierce.

"Zhang Jisheng, I warned you long ago, my elder sister is a pushover, but Qi Taiguo and I are not, we’re the difficult ones. You didn’t listen, insisting on challenging our bottom line. Do you think nobody in the Qi family can stand up to you?" Cheng Su shouted once more.