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Chapter 345: Chapter 335 I Will Definitely Stand by Your Side
Li Hongjun glared with bull’s eyes at his wife in his arms, grinding his teeth as he said, "In your dreams! You’re my wife, Pangpang is my son; you both have to be with me. Wanting to throw me away? Keep dreaming. I advise you to strangle such thoughts immediately." He wasn’t angry at first, but as soon as he heard that his wife wanted to take the child and leave him, he couldn’t hold back his anger anymore.
"Psh, scared of you? Am I?" Shen Yunfang was far from scared of him; he was a paper tiger.
"Fine, fine, you’ve got some nerve now, huh? Let’s see how I deal with you." Li Hongjun looked around, but with no suitable household item to use, he had to make do with himself.
"Hey, what are you doing, let go—ah, haha, that tickles to death..." Shen Yunfang didn’t expect this man to be so despicable, his big hand relentlessly tickling her in her armpits.
"Are you still running, huh? Are you still running?" Li Hongjun said angrily as he scratched her even harder.
"Ow, the baby, be careful of the baby!" Shen Yunfang laughed while softly calling out.
Li Hongjun’s big hand suddenly stiffened. Shen Yunfang quickly escaped his grasp and sprawled on the kang, gasping for air and touching her stomach with one hand. Erpang, like his older brother, was sleeping soundly and wasn’t disturbed by their parents.
"How is it, Erpang is okay, right?" Li Hongjun crawled back over, his big head resting on his wife’s belly, listening carefully.
"Hmph, with a dad like you, even if Erpang is asleep, he’d be awakened by your aggravation," Shen Yunfang said angrily as she poked Li Hongjun’s head with her finger.
Once he was sure that Erpang was indeed still sleeping peacefully in his mother’s belly, he crawled up a bit and lay down head-to-head with his wife.
"Don’t be angry anymore, wife. I know my parents did wrong, and I’ve said it before, from now on, whatever happens, I will definitely stand by your side. You did the right thing getting the money back, but in doing so, aren’t you putting yourself at risk too? It’s not worth it." Li Hongjun was very angry about what his parents did, but he cared for his wife even more. She had only been with the army for a short while, spending every day at home looking after the child, with no chance to go out and socialize. She had few friends to begin with, and after this incident, even fewer people were willing to talk to her.
"So what do I do? I had just gotten home, still unclear about what was going on, when people started coming to my house demanding money. If I delayed payment, those old women who lent the money would lose their temper and berate me." And then it just happened that way. "If you were home, what would you do?"
"Me? I would just drag it out," Li Hongjun said casually.
"I’ve been dragging it out too, but those people are anxious. They’ve even complained about me to the army, and my superior personally talked to me, afraid that I wouldn’t repay the money," Shen Yunfang had originally intended to delay the payment.
"How could we not repay it? I’m still here, so the money definitely won’t go bad," Li Hongjun replied confidently, "But, we also need to live our lives. We can’t just repay the money without eating or drinking. Calculate how much we can save each month after necessary expenses, if we can save even five or ten yuan, that’s not bad. List all the lenders and repay five yuan each month, and it should all be paid off in three to four years."
"Do you think those people are willing to wait that long? Besides, I’m paying back the money your mother borrowed, why should I?" Shen Yunfang was displeased.
"Idiot, don’t we give my parents money for their support every year? It used to be a hundred yuan a year, but from now on, just give them thirty or fifty to spend, that’s enough. The two hundred they borrowed can also come out of that. Once we’ve saved up two hundred, we can give them a hundred for support, and that’s it. As for those lenders who are not happy, we can’t do anything about it. My monthly salary is just that amount, and the expenditure of that money is all verifiable. We aren’t splurging it all on ourselves. Being able to save five or ten yuan a month is all thanks to your ability to live frugally. If they think it’s too slow, then we really have no other solution. Even if the superior talks to you, you’ll have something to say." Li Hongjun has remittance slips for the monthly financial aid he sends to a few comrades’ orphans, which cannot be contested.
Shen Yunfang blinked, worthy of being a couple, they were on the same page. She had thought the same at the time, but one thing led to another, and the original plan had taken a turn.
"Yeah, I thought the same at the time. I wanted to drag it out and repay it slowly, letting those who rushed to lend your mother money get anxious and see if they would dare to do such shameless things again. At the time, I never really thought to make your mother cough up that two hundred," no matter what she thought, now she had to say she hadn’t thought of it, "Later, I approached your mother just wanting to hear some soft words from her. After all, she’s the one who’s put us in deep trouble, so it’s only right for her to show some humility. But you know what your mother’s temperament is like," she should say that her mother-in-law can’t speak a kind word, "After a few words over the phone with your mother, I was so angry, I couldn’t calm down. Then one word led to another, and your brother said he would repay it. I thought it was good, anyway, the parents came to see him, and it was trouble for us, so he should take responsibility."
"Hm, the rest of that two hundred must have been given to him by my mother, so it’s right for him to repay it," Li Hongjun thought clearly.
"Later, I also thought that if we really dragged it out to repay slowly, who knows how much debt might be waiting for us later on," Shen Yunfang shifted to a comfortable position lying in Li Hongjun’s arms, "You should know your mother’s nature best. If she sees how easily we raise money here, she’s bound to get greedy again, you believe me? If later she goes around borrowing money expecting you to repay it and creditors block our door every day, what will you do?"
She believed that her mother-in-law was definitely capable of doing such a thing. Qiu Shuping was someone who bullied the weak and feared the strong, greedy for life and afraid of death. If this behavior wasn’t stopped in time, she would think that she had found a good way to control the couple, and would go out borrowing money when short on cash, then just walk away after dropping a line about her second son repaying it. Shen Yunfang didn’t want to be chased by creditors for no reason in the future, and although she felt she might have been a bit extreme in dealing with this matter, she didn’t regret it.
Li Hongjun didn’t speak, giving his wife’s words careful thought. Hm, she made a lot of sense. His own mother could really do something like that.
"My wife is capable indeed. What you did was right, we must cut through the mess quickly and not encourage such unhealthy trends," Li Hongjun said seriously. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
"Oh, give me a break; you don’t know how much you’re blaming me in your heart. Alright, I’m in a good mood now, so go ahead and speak up, speak your mind. I promise I won’t get angry or scold you. This is your one chance, miss this village and you won’t find another shop," Shen Yunfang gently tapped Li Hongjun’s chest with her finger.
Li Hongjun swallowed hard, "Wife, that’s not fair, if we’re going to talk, let’s talk without getting physical." He moved his hand up to his wife’s lower abdomen, stroked it for a little while, then continued to move up, "Let’s first discuss how Erpang gained his name."
