Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Niu Lihua’s Idea
Under the glaring eyes of the Yue Family, Zhang Tieniu finally dragged Niu Lihua out.
“What are you staring at? Waiting to get beaten?”
It took Niu Lihua a moment to recover, licking her lips, “Did you see the jade on that wretched girl’s neck?”
Niu Lihua gestured, “This big, obviously very valuable.”
Zhang Tieniu misunderstood Niu Lihua’s intention and erupted in anger, “The Yue Family allows a good-for-nothing to wear gold and jade, yet they are reluctant to contribute to their daughter-in-law’s brother’s dowry.”
Niu Lihua quickly covered Zhang Tieniu’s mouth, “Don’t shout here, let’s talk at home.”
She silently complained that this man was really too stupid, completely missing her point.
Sigh, if it hadn’t been for the Zhang Family having some property, why would she have married such a fool.
The couple had just arrived home and hadn’t even had a chance to drink water.
Zhang Jinhe had already heard the noise and climbed out of bed abruptly.
“Dad, Mom, how much money do we need?”
It’s not borrowing, but demanding—could “borrow” be used when collecting a dowry for a brother?
Niu Lihua replied irritably, “Not a cent, and almost got beaten up.”
Zhang Jinhe couldn’t believe it; in his memory, that cheap sister-in-law was like clay, never daring to defy her mother.
After being married off for half a year, she often trembled when she saw him.
Niu Lihua scoffed, “They have the Yue Family backing them, they don’t acknowledge you as a brother.”
Then glancing at Zhang Tieniu, “What did I tell you before? That girl is a white-eyed wolf. Even though I didn’t birth her, I’ve raised her to this age, yet she can’t spare a dime to help out.”
Zhang Tieniu felt a loss of face and sighed with frustration, “Just like her ill-fated mother, no wonder you always said she brings bad luck.”
Zhang Jinhe didn’t want to hear their bickering, “So what do we do now? Xiaoling’s family said clearly, five hundred yuan, not a penny less. If we can’t gather it, they’d rather have Xiaoling abort the child and marry someone else.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Tieniu jumped up from his chair, “We can’t do that, that’s our precious grandson!”
Zhang Jinhe snorted, “Useless, her family only cares about money now.”
Niu Lihua secretly cursed the bride-to-be for demanding the sky, but with the other side carrying the golden seed, they had no choice but to comply.
Zhang Tieniu, with a gloomy face, thought of a solution, “Maybe Taohua can ask her in-laws for some money; after all, she is Jinhe’s real sister.”
Niu Lihua shrieked, “What are you talking about? Taohua has just been married for over a year, hasn’t even settled in yet. If she takes out money, what will her in-laws think of her? Zhang Tieniu, are you even human?”
Zhang Taohua was the first child she had carried in her womb; how could Niu Lihua bear to see her suffer?
Zhang Tieniu shrank back, whispering, “Isn’t this really the last resort? Plus, our family gave her so much dowry initially, she should take some out to help her brother get through the threshold.”
Nothing is more important than their own precious grandson, moreover, if not for the excessive dowry given during Taohua’s marriage, the family wouldn’t be unable to afford the dowry now.
Niu Lihua pointed at his nose, “Look at you, Zhang Tieniu, instead of asking Zhang Ying for money, you choose to dig into Taohua’s dowry. I must have been blind to marry you.”
Now Zhang Tieniu didn’t dare to make a sound, hanging his head as Niu Lihua lectured him like a child.
Zhang Jinhe impatiently said, “What’s all this noise about? This won’t work, that won’t work, I might as well not marry this wife, remain a bachelor forever. I’m going to tell Xiaoling right now that my parents won’t pay, let her abort the child and marry someone else, alas, dire fate of paired mandarin ducks.”
Zhang Tieniu hurriedly stopped him, not letting Zhang Jinhe leave the house.
In the midst of the noisy argument, Niu Lihua casually sat in her chair.
“I actually have an idea.”
The father and son turned their heads to look at her, Niu Lihua squinted her eyes, a cold smile playing on her lips.
“Old Zhang, didn’t I just tell you about the jade pendant on that bastard’s neck? That thing looks like it’s worth a lot of money …”
If they could get it and sell it, not only the dowry, but the family might even afford to build another house.