I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 120: Little Suizi Gives Great Warmth

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Little Suizi Gives Great Warmth

"So in your mind, I’m already out to get you?"

Suizi made a move to take back his scarf, and Yu Jingting hastily held onto it.

"Are you trying to take back your own shit?"

Suizi’s lips twitched, what a shitty metaphor!

But Yu Jingting was right.

Her trip this time was not as simple as visiting relatives.

Before leaving, Yu Jingting saw her stuffing a box of medicine into her pocket, which he promptly took out.

"Dragon Eye Ointment? What silly ideas are you up to again, reading something that hurts your eyes, huh?"

"What... this is for treating hemorrhoids- Don’t look at me like that! I don’t have them!"

In this era, a significant discovery had been made.

This eye therapy ointment actually had a very good effect on hemorrhoids and was later improved to create internationally renowned ointment for hemorrhoids.

"Nobody in our family has hemorrhoids, what are you doing with this?" Yu Jingting asked, looking at the still unopened box.

"Li Youcai was sentenced to five years in prison, and he will soon be transferred. Coincidentally, someone from granny’s village is visiting the prison, so I asked them to take it."

Someone from granny’s village was also at the prison that Li Youcai was being transferred to and could take Suizi’s "sincere greeting" along.

Yu Jingting was furious.

"How did you find out he had hemorrhoids?!!!" His face turned green.

Literally green.

Suizi leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

Yu Jingting’s cloudy expression cleared up, and upon careful thought, he realized that his wife was seriously crafty!

"It’s lucky you weren’t born in Sichuan, the place known for bamboo shoots, or you would have taken all the pandas’ food."

He had never seen anyone as crafty as her.

"Don’t say that about me, I’m just caring for a classmate. Li Youcai, with his appearance, wouldn’t be able to attract any women, but men might not think the same. After being in prison for a while, even a pig would look handsome, let alone Li Youcai? As a fellow villager, we should show some humanitarian concern."

Probably, Li Youcai would be furious to see the hemorrhoid medication she sent him.

Even though Suizi was the one who put Li Youcai behind bars, she was far from settling their score.

In her past life, he had caused her death and sealed her spirit. In this life, he targeted her sister-in-law. Only a fool would seek reconciliation with him.

Whenever she found an opportunity, she would annoy him.

Don’t think that it was over just because he was in prison. Even from the other side of the prison walls, Suizi could find ways to make his life difficult.

Watching her calm yet menacing demeanor, Yu Jingting felt more and more that this woman was not to be messed with. Whoever she targeted was truly unlucky, haha.

The two villages were not too far apart, and it was not cold to walk there on such a sunny day.

As soon as they entered the village, Yu Jingting spotted two old women chatting under a tree. One was Auntie and the other was Mother-in-law.

"You two stand still, I’m going to pee."

Yu Jingting hid Suizi and Jiaojiao behind a tree while he walked quickly over.

He walked round the wall from where those women couldn’t see him, and Suizi couldn’t see him either.

Considering how his investigation of gossip always coincides with the need to relieve himself, Suizi couldn’t tell if he was intentionally doing it, or if he just happened to run into people gossiping while taking a leak.

It was like the chicken-or-the-egg conundrum.

Auntie and Mother-in-law were engrossed in their conversation, gesticulating wildly and speaking loudly.

Their voices carried over to Suizi with the wind.

She could vaguely make out a few words: "Being educated doesn’t make one superior," "Looking down on people," "Stingy," "Bringer of bad luck."

"Sister-in-law, they’re talking about you, aren’t they?" Jiaojiao had figured it out as well.

Suizi just smiled without saying a word.

It’d be strange if they didn’t blame her.

Yu Jingting had brought back a lot of wild fowl recently.

All the relatives had a share, except for Auntie.

Along with the festive hog slaughter incident, the two families had long-standing feuds. Auntie didn’t dare to scold Yu Jingting, so she vented her anger on Suizi, thinking that she was the culprit.

Mother-in-law’s resentment towards Suizi, however, was because of the incident where granny fell and was bedridden.

Wang Cuihua took care of the old lady at her uncle’s house. Whenever she came, Suizi would ensure the mother-in-law didn’t go home empty-handed, and she brought along meat and food.

The Yu Family also shouldered half of granny’s medical expenses, which was considerable by village standards.

According to the custom of the village, the son inherited the family property and was responsible for the majority of the parents’ care. By these standards, it was quite remarkable that Wang Cuihua was able to take care of half the expenses.

Yu Jingting’s grandmother strongly disagreed with the arrangement, believing that the daughter-in-law shouldn’t meddle in the affairs of her maternal family’s home.

She sent people several times to make a fuss at Yu Jingting’s house–the grandmother herself didn’t dare to go, always feeling haunted since Suizi had shocked her the last time.

Nothing would come of the fuss–as long as Yu Jingting was there, he would kick them all out.

If they came when Yu Jingting was not at home and met Suizi, she would act congenial, offering tea and nuts, and being excessively polite.

But no matter what they said to Suizi, she would always just laugh and keep silent, and when pressed, Suizi would say she was just a daughter-in-law and had no say in family affairs. For any issue, they should discuss it with Yu Jingting.

No one dared to speak to Yu Jingting, they did not wish to invite trouble.

Yu Jingting was the kind who would not hesitate to curse even the elders if provoked.

So the matter was dropped.

Considering everything, Wang Cuihua had done her part excellently, and Suizi believed that as a daughter-in-law, she had performed her due diligences quite well.

But Mother-in-law was not satisfied, often joining Auntie to complain about Wang Cuihua and Suizi’s shortcomings.

In their view, since Wang Cuihua’s family was wealthy, they should bear all the expenses for the elderly.

Although village custom was for the son to care for the elderly, these people believed that whoever had more money should take on all the responsibilities, and that was "only right".

Wang Cuihua was uncertain. Her family was indeed wealthier than her older brother’s family, and covering all the expenses for the elderly wouldn’t be too difficult.

But Suizi and Yu Jingting refused.

Despite the couple having different temperaments–one gentle, the other brash–they shared the same characteristic of being unwilling to be taken advantage of.

They definitely had enough money, but they wouldn’t spend it in such a way.

Wang Cuihua’s uncle’s family hadn’t been of much help when she was in distress, and Mother-in-law’s sense of entitlement toward wealthy families irritated Suizi and Yu Jingting.

When Wang Cuihua discussed this with Yu Jingting, he scolded her.

Wang Cuihua was so upset that she skipped a meal, forcing Suizi to cook her a bowl of noodles and coax her into eating.

With Wang Cuihua occupied with food on one side, Suizi was over here boiling a frog in warm water.

She used gentle persuasion, recounted stories about ungrateful people from ancient times to modern, explaining everything from start to end.

By the time she finished her noodles, Wang Cuihua felt that keeping the money in her own pocket was the best option and had no desire to help anyone anymore.

Mother-in-law especially hated Suizi. If it weren’t for this "home-wrecker" marrying into the family, the Yu Family wouldn’t be receiving "only" half of the payments.

Whenever she got the chance, she would team up with Auntie to badmouth Suizi.

There were no secrets between the villages, and soon these words made their way back to Suizi.

Suizi had come over today not only to ’show her care’ for Li Youcai, but also to settle her grudge with Mother-in-law.

As Suizi was pondering this, the two gossiping old women in front let out a shriek.

"Ah!!!!!"