Chapter 48: Chapter 48: If You’re Here, You Have to Pay Up**

As soon as the old lady spoke, Yan Hongwei perked right up.

“That’s right! Second sister-in-law, this is such a big deal—you should at least have told our parents! Mingxue is the only child our second brother left in this world. How could you make decisions about her marriage on your own?”

Mother Fu shot right back, “What business is it of yours?”

“How is it not my business? I’m her aunt, after all—”

Mother Fu sneered, “Oh? Now you want to act like the big aunt? Fine, since your dear niece is getting married, as her aunt, you’d better chip in for her dowry! Giving a hundred yuan or so isn’t too much to ask, right? After all, your husband is her uncle! If you’re too stingy, how will you face your brother-in-law who’s been dead for years?”

Yan Hongwei’s eyes widened in shock, her face flushing red with anger.

Damn it, does Xu Zifeng have no shame?

She really dares to open her mouth like a lion—over a hundred yuan! Why doesn’t she just go rob someone?

Mother Fu ignored her and turned straight to the two old folks.

She said bluntly, “And you two, since you’re here, I don’t have to make another trip. My Mingxue is getting married—if you, as her grandparents, don’t give her a dowry, that’s just not right. Considering your age, I won’t ask for much—just half of what you gave your eldest grandson! I heard you gave Fu Junyang four hundred yuan. Now your granddaughter is getting married, just give two hundred. If you can’t even come up with that, I’ll make a scene.”

“All day long you go on about your precious granddaughter. What, now that she’s getting married, you’re not willing to spend a cent?”

“You—you’re shameless! What kind of granddaughter asks her grandparents for dowry money—”

This time, Yan Hongwei jumped the highest.

After all, Xu Zifeng was asking for two hundred yuan right off the bat, which would come out of her son’s money—in her mind, all the old folks’ money belonged to her two sons.

How could she let a girl get her hands on it?

Mother Fu didn’t hesitate—she slapped her, twice, right across the face.

“I’ve put up with you long enough! You just can’t keep your mouth shut, can you? What’s wrong with asking the grandparents to give their granddaughter a dowry? Their son’s been dead for years, and they still have the nerve to ask me for living expenses every month. But when it comes to their granddaughter, suddenly they don’t want to give a penny?”

“And another thing—the money I’m asking for is from the compensation the army gave when Mingxue’s father died. They took most of it back then. Now their granddaughter is getting married, and they can’t even cough up two hundred? Have they no conscience?”

“If that’s how it’s going to be, fine! Don’t expect me to give them a single cent from now on. And don’t even think about getting anything from my Mingxue. From now on, we have nothing to do with your Fu family.”

“You, you—” Yan Hongwei clutched her face, furious.

That damned Xu Zifeng actually slapped her in front of everyone.

Seeing no one stepping up to defend her, she glared at her husband.

“Are you dead? Didn’t you see her hit me?”

The eldest Fu son finally spoke: “Second sister-in-law, you’re out of line. How can you hit someone?”

Mother Fu sneered, “She deserved it! Maybe she should take a good hard look at herself—why didn’t I hit anyone else, just her?”

Yan Hongwei was fuming again.

Listen to her—does that even sound like something a person would say?

What does she mean, ‘take a good hard look at herself’?

Damn it, what is there to reflect on—

At that moment, Old Man Fu finally spoke up: “Enough, stop arguing. Second daughter-in-law, Mingxue’s marriage is a big deal. Why didn’t you tell us? Marriage is a major event—even if you’re her mother, you shouldn’t make the decision alone!”"

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