Capítulo 936: Chapter 633: Tit for Tat

“Aunt Zhong, are you more concerned about the bride price or your daughter?” Luo Xiaoqiong asked bluntly, sizing up Aunt Zhong.

“Child, how can you talk like that?” Aunt Zhong looked at Fat Auntie with displeasure, “Cha Xiang, your daughter is making me uncomfortable, aren’t you going to say something?”

“My daughter is just speaking the truth, what’s there to intervene?” Fat Auntie glanced at her coolly, “Otherwise, would you let your daughter run to City A during New Year’s?”

Aunt Zhong retorted defiantly, “Isn’t your daughter also spending the New Year away from home?”

“Is it the same thing?” Fat Auntie looked at her with exasperation, “New recruits can’t go home for the first New Year, don’t tell me you didn’t know that.”

Feeling called out, Aunt Zhong glanced at Zhao Yulan with dissatisfaction and muttered under her breath, “We’re all from the same village, and yet they show no consideration, always waiting to see a joke, sigh!”

Clearly, she was blaming Chuxia for not speaking up for Zhong Hongying. This person truly lacks shame. Even though it was her daughter who made the mistake, she blames others for not showing leniency.

“What have you come here for, exactly?” Fat Auntie frowned, staring at her, “Standing here already shows you some respect, but if you keep mumbling, do you believe I’ll chase you out with a fire poker?”

“Gangshun’s Family, why are you so quick to anger?” Aunt Zhong said, forcing a smile, “I’m just worried about the child, you know. Ever since Hongying came back, people in the village have been gossiping. Otherwise, why would the child run off like that during New Year’s?

You’ve all watched Hongying grow up; you know what she’s like. She’s hardworking and proficient, yet she still becomes a topic of gossip for many peers in the village. Do you think it’s her fault? To be honest, isn’t it just that they’re jealous because they can’t measure up?

Now that she’s joined the military, she’s ambitious, obviously wanting to excel everywhere. Couldn’t avoid offending someone, and now they’re making a fuss over her and Commander Liu.

I’m not blaming Chuxia for not helping. It’s just that, living in the same village, shouldn’t we show some solidarity?

Hongying told me that if Chuxia had just mentioned that we were from the same village, her son-in-law would surely have helped to secure Hongying’s position.

But what did Chuxia say? She claimed she didn’t know Hongying well and told Commander Zhou not to meddle with Hongying’s affairs. Is that how things are done?

As mothers, when their children run off during New Year’s without a word, how can we not be concerned? She’s my flesh and blood; no matter how heartless I may seem, I can’t ignore my own daughter’s life and death, right?

Since you all just came back from there, I rushed over to ask about the child. If, God forbid, something happened to her, how would her father and I cope?”

As she continued, Aunt Zhong covered her face and cried.

Zhao Yulan, having heard Chuxia mention Zhong Hongying before, felt a surge of anger at Aunt Zhong’s clear complaint that Chuxia didn’t help: “Sister-in-law Zhong, I don’t like what I’m hearing from you.

Sure, we’re neighbors, but my daughter doesn’t owe you anything, so why should she be at your beck and call?

If your daughter had openly asked my Chuxia for help, wouldn’t she have done so? But what did your daughter do? She went directly to my son-in-law, lied to him, and said that my daughter sent her, claiming that Chuxia had agreed to ask my son-in-law to help her.

Do you believe your daughter had no ulterior motives for my son-in-law? But what kind of person is my son-in-law that he could be easily deceived?

If my daughter were to do such a thing with your son-in-law, it wouldn’t just be a matter of not joining the military; your daughter would certainly come back and make it so she couldn’t even show her face in public again.

Of course, my daughter wouldn’t do such a thing, I’m just making a point. I hope you can think it over carefully and not assume the whole world owes you and your daughter.

And about your son-in-law, wouldn’t he have dismissed her if your daughter weren’t so opportunistic? We all know about your daughter’s confrontation with him.

He made it clear that he’s not interested in her, yet she keeps causing scenes, again and again, using Cha Xiang’s family’s Hongqi as a shield.

Then when Hongqi found a girl he fancies, and both Cha Xiang and Gangshun approved, she missed her chance and couldn’t let go. Well, seeing no hope there, she went to harass Commander Liu again.