Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 404 The Money Jar Incident 1

Chapter 404: Chapter 404 The Money Jar Incident 1

"If you can’t stand being with me, then leave, roll back to your mother’s house. The Shen Family’s house is too small to accommodate you," Shen Jianhua snapped. He was a man who greatly valued his reputation, yet Zhou Lanfang had insisted on trampling it into the dust.

"What did you say?" Zhou Lanfang was stunned. Throughout their many years of marriage, it was the first time Shen Jianhua told her to get lost. The couple had quarreled before, but Shen Jianhua never used such language.

After a moment of shock, Zhou Lanfang completely lost her composure, attacking Shen Jianhua like a madwoman, pulling and hitting him.

"I see! Shen Jianhua, you’ve wanted to drive me away for a long time, haven’t you? Once I’m gone, you can be with that vixen outside, right? You heartless bastard, you deserve to be impotent."

’Slap’

A loud smack echoed through the room. Shen Jianhua’s palm trembled with rage. Zhou Lanfang’s words had hit a raw nerve.

Pointing at the door, he roared with trembling lips.

"If you dare make another scene, I’ll have your two brothers come right now and take you back."

The slap left Zhou Lanfang’s ears ringing and suddenly brought her back to reality. Hearing Shen Jianhua’s words and seeing his earnest expression, she became afraid and dared not make any more trouble.

"Shen Jianhua, I’ve been with you for twenty years. For your sake, I can’t even have children. Now at my age, you want to drive me away?"

Shen Jianhua was so angry he was gasping for breath. Zhou Lanfang had now softened, and he felt he had been impulsive earlier, but Zhou Lanfang’s words from before truly enraged him.

He kept a stern face and stayed silent as Zhou Lanfang began to sob quietly, "I’ve been with you for twenty years, haven’t I always considered your needs in everything I do? I’ve been reluctant to spend on clothing, on food, all for whose sake? What do I gain from this?"

"Yes, I admit my making a scene embarrassed you, and that was my fault. But wasn’t I provoked? If you had seen Siyu carrying off all that money, you’d have been even more agitated than me."

Fearing further provocation of Shen Jianhua, she no longer dared bring up the matter of the "vixen" and only fixated on the incident of Mianmian taking the money.

Her two brothers each had large families of their own. If she were truly driven away by Shen Jianhua, even if her brothers did not mind, their wives would not be able to accommodate her.

Even when she occasionally returned home, both sisters-in-law were friendly to her, but that was only because Shen Jianhua was earning money at the moment. These realities, she understood better than anyone.

What’s more, if she really divorced Shen Jianhua, what kind of man could she find afterward?

Who else would be this good to her?

Siyu was still in school. Shen Jianhua, because she couldn’t have children and also had affection for Siyu, was willing to spend money on her education. Another man might not be so generous.

Therefore, no matter the circumstance, she could not divorce Shen Jianhua. When it was time to humble herself, she had to do so.

"Did Mianmian really leave with two jars of money?" Hearing Zhou Lanfang describe it with such detail, Shen Jianhua couldn’t help but somewhat believe her.

"Why would I lie to you?" Zhou Lanfang dragged Shen Jianhua to Mianmian’s room, "Look, she dug the hole under the bed. Such a big hole, she buried two large jars of money there, with fifties, twenties, tens, and fives, two large jars! I said over a thousand, perhaps that’s even an underestimate, it could be as much as two thousand."

"Where did Mianmian get so much money?" Looking at the pit of mud under the bed, Shen Jianhua believed Zhou Lanfang. Though it might not be as much as she claimed, the money Mianmian took was surely not a small amount.

Even if the hole were filled with one mao notes, it would still amount to a substantial sum.

In his eyes, a child’s money is the parent’s money. Whatever belongs to the daughter is also his. He worried about a child carrying so much money and what would happen if it were stolen.