Chapter 73: 73 disagrees with buying new clothes for his wife.
Translator: 549690339
Xiao Yishan didn’t agree or disagree. He darkened at the thought of his third brother’s pettiness over his wife stealing some money.
Su Qingyue stood aside, intending to help her second brother wash the dishes, knowing that he and his younger brother were discussing family matters.
Others listened to words, while she could only ‘watch’ them. Even when people spoke to her face to face, she had to pay close attention and strain herself to understand.
From her position, her second brother was sideways to her, so she couldn’t see what he was saying. His swollen tace was as putty as a pig’s snout, making his lips unclear. She was too lazy to watch.
She had thought that it was none of her business and didn’t care what they were talking about.
But then his little brother suddenly looked at her, and his face changed. Could it be that he thought she ate too much for dinner almost a whole chicken?
Her face wasn’t too pleasant either. The second brother had finished washing the bowls. There was no need for her to help.
She went straight out of the kitchen and prepared to go to bed.
Seeing the bad look on his wife’s face, Xiao Yuchuan was even more convinced that she was planning to steal from the house again, “Second brother, my wife…”
“If you have something to say, just say it. What are you stammering for?”
“…” Yuchuan still didn’t say it. He thought about persuading his wife to dispel her thoughts of theft, and pretend that it had never happened. “Third Brother…” This time it was Xiao Yishan who had something to say.
“We now have a total of 948 cents in our house. The string of money you earned and gave to Zhou Fuquan to buy medicine for the fourth brother will last him ten days. Your wife only has one set of clothes and nothing to change into. Why not go to town tomorrow and buy her a new outfit?”
“Let’s wait a few more days.” Yuchuan was thinking that his wife was so badly injured, and the road to town was long. A woman’s clothes always have to be picked out in her favorite pattern. It wouldn’t be too late to wait for a few days until she was better.
Just as he was about to share his thoughts with his second brother, Zhou Fuquan’s voice came from outside the courtyard, “Second Brother Xiao, Chuan, are you home?”
Xiao Yuchuan heard the voice and walked out.
Xiao Yishan thought that his third brother disagreed with spending money to make clothes for his wife, and his already dark complexion turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
In the yard, Zhou Fuquan from the same village saw Xiao Yuchuan’s pig-headed face illuminated by the moonlight and was startled, “Hey yo, Chuan, how the hell did your face swell up like that!”
“Not only my face. Look at my whole body. It’s swollen.” Xiao Yuchuan lifted his sleeve to show Zhou Fuquan his swollen and bruised arms. His eyes, however, were aimed at his second brother who had come out of the kitchen, thinking that his second brother had beaten him so badly, he should feel pity for his younger brother. Instead, his second brother didn’t even spare him a glance.
“I’ve heard about it. You had a fight with the Zhao brothers and Shi Cai from the village.” Zhou Fuquan has always been close to Chuan, he said indignantly, “If I weren’t working in town, I would’ve helped you beat them until they were searching for their teeth on the ground. How could they have beaten you to such a state? It was just a minor verbal dispute from the same village, yet they went so far!”
Yuchuan originally wanted to say that he didn’t take any losses in those fights. It was purely the second brother who had beaten him up twice. But then he thought about it, the Zhao brothers and Shi Cai would definitely not let this go. If they blackmailed him…
He was seriously injured now, he had a case to make and could possibly avoid medical expenses. It would be better not to clarify, only said, “I had two fights. It’s normal to get some casualties. Weren’t you supposed to come back tomorrow morning?”
“Oh, a few people who went to work with me worked hard and finished the job early, so I hustled back on the night road..”