Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 126

Zhao Da'e declined Wu Shanhe's offer to treat her to a meal, and besides, she didn't want to live with the title of a fortune teller. Wouldn't that make her the charlatan of Dongtaizi Village?

Being a charlatan is not only troublesome, but also doesn't bring any benefits. Although Zhao Da'e is not a profit-driven person, it's too much trouble to have a few people come to take a look every now and then.

Zhao Da'e is rather lazy and doesn't want to cause trouble all the time.

After seeing Wu Shanhe off, Zhao Da'e started lighting a stove. It was the dead of winter and quite cold; going out would be freezing. He wanted to warm up first.

Outside, Zhou Chunwen and Zhou Chunhong were nailing plastic sheeting to the window frame, thus solving the problem of keeping the small house warm.

I wonder what's going on at home these past few days. Zhao Da'e wants to go back and check on things, but he's afraid that Zhao Tingxu and the others will make veiled accusations, which would be quite embarrassing.

Today is the third day of the twelfth lunar month, and my little sister's one-month celebration has passed. Zhao Da'e hasn't gone to his maternal grandparents' house yet, and he misses his sister a little.

Zhao Da'e boiled some water, preparing to make a pot of tea. Just as he started brewing the tea leaves, Zhou Yuren rushed back. Upon arriving home, Zhou Yuren said to Zhao Da'e, "Da'e, your old house is in an uproar again."

Zhao Da'e blurted out "Holy crap!" and quickly asked, "What happened to them this time?"

“Your grandfather, Zhao Tingxu, said he lost his bankbook, which contained 30,000 yuan. He doesn’t know who stole it, and it’s causing quite a commotion. They even called the police station.”

Zhao Da'e was stunned: What savings account? You have a savings account even if you don't have money?

Isn't this a blatant case of using a clever ruse to escape responsibility? The money is gone, so they just say the passbook is lost. Is that really so absurd? If the passbook can't be found, then the money can't be found either. In the end, they just insist that the money is lost, regardless of whether their sons believe it or not. Anyway, the money is gone.

What can you do if you lose money? There's not much you can do, since there was never a passbook with 30,000 yuan in it to begin with. Even if there were a passbook, the Zhao family didn't have 30,000 yuan in savings.

No way… Zhao Da'e was astonished: Are my grandparents really that shameless? They even put on a show? And they even directed and acted in it themselves? I’m speechless.

Zhao Da'e's face immediately darkened. Although she didn't expect the money her parents had saved from farming to come back, she just wanted to force Zhao Tingxu and his wife to admit that the money had been lent to or given to Zhao Chunqin.

Zhao Da'e never expected that he had underestimated Zhao Tingxu and Wang Guixiang's...filthiness.

"It seems I had been too optimistic about them."

If the money was saved by the elderly couple themselves, then it's their prerogative to give it to whomever they want. Although according to rural custom, a married daughter is often considered "water spilled from a bowl," rarely receiving fair treatment, it's not uncommon for daughters to receive financial support from their parents after marriage, which is quite normal.

However, this money was clearly lost by Zhao Tingxu and his two married sons, without them having separated from the family. Furthermore, the money primarily came from savings accumulated by Zhao Da'e's parents through farming, cattle raising, and frugal living, which they entrusted to Zhao Tingxu for safekeeping. While they could argue that the money was jointly owned since the family hadn't separated, this doesn't negate the fact that the money actually had no connection to Zhao Tingxu or Zhao Laosan's households.

As the head of the household, Zhao Tingxu didn't do any housework. He was like a "local emperor" in the family. What emperor does housework? In fact, he did very little work.

Wang Guixiang was "covered in ailments," feeling uncomfortable in this and that. She was rarely comfortable, and Zhao Tingxu often did the cooking. Moreover, Wang Guixiang had bound feet and couldn't do any work.