Transmigrated into a child bride, she punishes scumbags, raises children, and marries a soldier.
Chapter 62 Demanding Food Expenses
Zhou Chuan turned around and saw Sister Tian rushing over angrily. She straightened up and stood there waiting for her: "So what's wrong with you?"
The older woman from the next courtyard had her eyes light up, but she still kindly advised, "Girl, let's talk this out."
Zhou Chuan stared at her for a few seconds, then suddenly handed her the lunchbox in his hand: "Quick, give me two cucumbers!" It would be quite inconvenient for her to have a lunchbox in her hand if there was a fight later.
Sister Tian rushed into the yard, yelling, "What nonsense are you spouting? Huh? You don't even know the situation, yet you're just gossiping like this. Who gave you that right? Huh?"
The woman next door was taken aback for a moment, then quickly took the lunchbox. She was now eager to see the show and had no time to haggle with Zhou Chuan. She quickly picked a cucumber and handed it to Zhou Chuan along with the one she had picked earlier: "Girl, listen to my advice, it's not worth it for an outsider."
Zhou Chuan took the cucumber and threw it into the corner. She didn't have time to take it inside before Sister Tian had already arrived.
"Who's talking nonsense? Do you dare say you don't have money for Mi Xiaoran's meals? You're feeding a child nothing but water every day." She's stating the facts, isn't she?
Sister Tian, still a little out of breath from running all the way, said, "Didn't I tell you about refunding or supplementing? We've all lived through hard times, I'm used to being frugal. I just wanted Xiao Ran to have enough to eat. Who can afford to eat lavish meals every day? How did it become my secret stash in your mouth?"
Zhou Chuan looked at her with disdain, almost spitting on her: "Pah, you're just trying to fool me. I don't believe that Commander Xiao gave you money so you could starve his son. What do you mean by 'just enough to eat'? You'd get so much money just for eating?"
"Maybe before his father left, he saw that Xiao Ran was so thin and underdeveloped, and wanted to ask you to help buy some meat or chicken. But you kept it to yourself. Otherwise, I really can't understand why Commander Xiao would leave you so much money. Potatoes and cabbage are only worth a few hundred yuan. Why would he leave you a hundred or two hundred yuan?"
Commander Xiao's tears that day were genuine. Isn't it said that men don't easily shed tears? He must have truly regretted it, at least at that moment. Since he knew he regretted it, he would at least try to make it up to his own son.
Otherwise, there's no way to explain giving so much money. Zhou Chuan doesn't believe that Commander Xiao is a stupid fool with too much money.
Sister Tian felt a little uncomfortable: "Where would I get a hundred or two hundred yuan? Don't talk nonsense."
Seeing Sister Tian's grumpy expression, Zhou Chuan had a rough idea of what had happened. It was probably at least fifty or sixty, if not a hundred or eighty. Anyway, the amount given was quite substantial. She turned to call out to the inner room, only to find Xiao Ran already standing at the door.
She waved to Xiao Ran: "Come here, your Aunt Tian is here to return the money."
Seeing Xiao Ran walk up to her, Zhou Chuan stared at Sister Zhou again: "No matter how much it costs, return it to their child."
Sister Tian held the money in her hand, unsure whether to give it or not, and was at a stalemate.
Seeing that she was trying to renege on her promise, Zhou Chuan urged, "Hurry up and pay. You're not going to serve food to people anymore, so why are you still clinging to their money?"
Sister Tian glared at Zhou Chuan, then softened her tone and tried to negotiate with Xiao Ran: "Ranran, I'll give you a dollar first, and I'll keep the rest for you. I'm doing this for your own good. If you have so much money in your hands, what if you get scammed? You're still young and don't know how bad people are outside. Your father and I are comrades-in-arms, and I won't fool you."
Xiao Ran dared not speak. He lowered his head and remained silent.
Zhou Chuan stood in front of Xiao Ran again, blocking Sister Tian's view: "Sister, can't you be more straightforward? Huh? The money that someone's father gave for their child's meals, why is it so hard to get it back from you! Just tell me how much money he gave you."
“I’ll stay in the military region until Commander Xiao comes back. That’s fine. You just want to accuse me of cheating children out of their money, right? Fine, I won’t leave. I won’t leave until Commander Xiao comes back.”
Seeing that Sister Tian was so angry she didn't say anything, she just curled her lip in disgust.
"I am from the countryside, that's true, but I'm so poor I beg for food. I never intended to take advantage of other people's children, unlike some shameless people who would give up all their dignity for a little money."
The older woman in the next courtyard was terrified when she heard Zhou Chuan scolding the division commander's wife like that; she stood there, not daring to say a word.
Sister Tian was so angry that her heart was pounding and she was having trouble breathing. She didn't want to argue with Zhou Chuan anymore; her mind and body wouldn't allow her to argue any further. If she argued any more, she would only embarrass herself. Didn't she see Li Dazui standing next to her? Forget it, forget it. She would explain when Xiao Beichen came back.
Having come to her senses, Sister Tian threw the wad of money she was holding onto the ground: "It's all here, but let me make this clear from the start: I'm returning the money to you, but I'm no longer responsible for Xiao Ran's meals."
"And I'll say it again, I don't have any secret money. I'm just used to being frugal. Don't talk nonsense. If I hear you talking nonsense to anyone again, don't blame me for being impolite!"
After saying that, Sister Tian, who was furious, turned around and wanted to leave.
Zhou Chuan grabbed her and said, "Where are you going? You haven't even said how much money is on the ground yet. You want to leave without explaining anything? Who are you trying to scam?"
Sister Tian was almost driven mad by Zhou Chuan: "You wanted money, and I've already given it to you. What else do you want?" She then tried to break free, saying, "What's on your hands? You've gotten it all over my clothes. It's filthy, filthy."
Zhou Chuan moved to another spot and pressed him, saying, "Explain yourself before you leave, otherwise who will be responsible if the money doesn't match up later?"
Looking at the tofu dregs and cabbage leaves on her clothes, Sister Tian was unable to leave and was so angry that she gritted her teeth: "The money is all there, why don't you just count it?"
Zhou Chuan still wouldn't let go of Sister Tian. She gestured to Xiao Ran standing to the side, "You go count!" Then she looked at the older sister in the next yard, "Sister, you can be my witness too."
The woman next door was standing there perfectly fine, not expecting her to be involved. She chuckled awkwardly twice, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Xiao Ran squatted on the ground, counting the bills one by one...
Sister Tian rubbed her teeth and said sullenly, "That's fine now, you can let me go."
Zhou Chuan stood by and watched. It was actually easy to count; there were only four ten-yuan bills and one five-yuan bill. She ignored Sister Tian and spoke to Xiao Ran instead: "Count that money again and show it to the old lady next door, count it one bill at a time."
Sister Tian was so angry that she reached out to hit Zhou Chuan: "Are you still not done? I've already returned the money, what more do you want? This is simply too much."
When Zhou Chuan saw that she was about to hit him, he naturally dodged, circling around to avoid her, shouting as he did so, "If you have nothing to hide, what are you afraid of?"
Sister Tian circled around Zhou Chuan but couldn't hit her. Instead, she was panting heavily and said, "Hmph, this is a military region. You'd better get the hell out of here."
Zhou Chuan was also exhausted, but she refused to back down. With her hands on her hips, she confronted Sister Tian, saying, "Who do you think you are? The emperor? Be careful not to piss me off, or I'll go and have your old man settle this with me."
Sister Tian stood there panting, completely at a loss with Zhou Chuan. She turned to the woman next door and shouted, "Li Dazui, have you finished looking at it yet? If you have, just say so. If you don't say anything, I'm not going to leave."
Li Dazui, the woman next door, dared not pretend to be invisible and remain silent. She nodded repeatedly and said, "I see clearly, forty-five yuan."
When Sister Tian heard Li Dazui's confirmation, she angrily turned to leave, but when she looked down at the dirt on her clothes, she had no choice but to stop and pick off the cabbage leaves and tofu residue stuck to her body. As she picked them off, she kept talking: "What kind of world is this? Now even an outsider dares to run wild in the military region!"
Upon hearing Li Dazui's confirmation, Zhou Chuan realized the nickname was too fitting and immediately accepted it. With Li Dazui's confirmation, she stopped making things difficult for Sister Tian. She told Xiao Ran to put the money away, picked up the cucumbers from the ground and handed them to him, then prepared to go back.
Then she heard Sister Tian say something that Zhou Chuan hadn't planned to take seriously, but since she was going to show off, she decided to defy her.
Zhou Chuan twisted his waist and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hey, hey, hey, come on, all the neighbors, be witnesses! Sister Tian returned forty-five yuan to Commander Xiao's son's food expenses today! Forty-five yuan! Forty-five yuan! Everyone listen carefully, she returned forty-five yuan..."
Sister Tian was so angry with Zhou Chuan today that she almost lost her mind. When she heard the repeated mention of forty-five yuan, she finally came to her senses. As soon as she did, she rushed over to argue with Zhou Chuan: "Did I dig up your ancestral grave? Why are you doing this to me?"
Zhou Chuan looked at her like she was an idiot. "What did I do to you? All I did was ask everyone to be witnesses, right?" He had done something despicable by digging up someone's ancestral grave, and now he wouldn't let her talk about it?
Sister Tian glared at Zhou Chuan and remained silent for a long time.
Zhou Chuan glared back, showing no sign of backing down.
"Let's see how long you can keep up your arrogance!"
In the end, Sister Tian had no choice but to leave after uttering a harsh remark.
Zhou Chuan shouted at her retreating figure, "I'm just being arrogant because I'm right, what's it to you!"
"Girl, girl, oh dear, what can I say to you? Why did you provoke her for no reason? She's the worst..." Two-faced, Li Dazui said kindly after watching Sister Tian walk away.
Zhou Chuan snorted indifferently: "I won't tolerate her. What a piece of trash, bullying a child!"
Li Dazui shook his head: "Sigh, even if we don't care about the monk, we should at least give our teachers some face..."
Zhou Chuan frowned, but quickly relaxed: "It doesn't matter. I'm an outsider. Do you think I'm afraid Old Man Yang will make things difficult for me?"
Li Dazui thought about Zhou Chuan's identity and said nothing more; Zhou Chuan certainly had the resources.
After speaking with Li Dazui, Zhou Chuan then said a few more words to Xiao Ran: "Don't be afraid, I'm the one who offended Sister Zhou today, it has nothing to do with you."
Back at the clinic, Zhou Chuan ate the now-cold food, washed up, and went to bed. She wasn't worried at all about Sister Tian retaliating against her; she was all alone now and didn't care about anything.
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