If you want to teach someone a lesson and make him remember it for a long time, then you have to find his weakness and target his soft spot.
Let him suffer, let him suffer severely, to the bone, so that next time he encounters a similar situation, he will recall the painful lesson and think thrice before making a decision.
Er Biao's aunt has a very prominent characteristic, which is that she loves money!
Other lessons, Er Biao's aunt often can't put them in her heart. There are many ways to solve things, and it's not necessary to go through emotions or anything else. Er Biao's aunt insisted that Qian Wan should go through emotions, and one of the main reasons is money.
If Gu Miao went to plead with Du Hao, and Du Hao really softened his heart and agreed to let go of Er Shu and Peng Jun, then when it came to discussing compensation later on, he would definitely give in a bit.
Of course, if nothing is compensated, Second Aunt would naturally be the happiest.
Gu Xiang didn't let Yu Xiao release Er Shu and Peng Jun, it was just to make Er Shu's wife suffer a bit.
Others helped Yu Xiao because of her previous help, but that time she also got paid for it, not just helping others for nothing. The jade sheep is still in her drawer now.
The person's family, Yu Xiao, had helped find and introduced them before. Since it was about asking for help, there's no such thing as letting others help you for free without any benefits. If there's nothing in it for the other person, who would bother to help you?
Gu Mei asked Yu Xiao for help to make connections, and even asked Yu Xiao to greet the police on behalf of her, so that Er Shu and Peng Jun would not be too miserable inside. This was already quite good, and it shouldn't be up to her to take care of the rest of the matters alone.
If you've done something wrong, you have to take responsibility for it. You should let Erniang handle the consequences and compensation herself, so she can learn a lesson. Otherwise, she'll just make the same mistake again next time!
"You want me to take money to unblock it? Where do I have any money!" After Gu Mian's explanation, Er Shu finally understood what Gu Mian meant and shook her head in refusal without hesitation.
Gu Mei had long expected Er Niang to react this way, and didn't care that Er Niang said she had no money. Instead, she took out an envelope from the house and put it on the coffee table: "Er Niang, in this society, if you want to quickly resolve this matter, one is that those people who were poisoned by food are fine, and the other is that compensation and other things need to be taken care of. These days, many things have happened at home. Recently, Er Shu and Er Niang came to Grandfather for a lot of money because they wanted to open a restaurant. Now our family is also living a tight life. We've been saving for a long time, although the money isn't much, but it's a kind intention. Your clothing store isn't doing well, is it? I heard that the restaurant business is also good...
Second Aunt's face changed upon hearing this, how could she still not understand Gu Mei's meaning?
She just stared at the envelope on the coffee table. She didn't have an outburst for the time being, but instead picked up the envelope and took a quick glance inside.
It's nothing if she doesn't see it, but once she sees it, she gets angry again.
"What do you mean? Is that all? You said so much, but it's clear you didn't intend to help at all. Who are you pretending for?" Second Aunt slapped the money back onto the tea table and glared furiously at Gu Mian and Ji Yun.
The envelope was thin, and although it said there was money inside, Gu Mei had not put much in. This money was just to take the initiative and shut up Erniang's big mouth.
"Second Aunt, how can you say that? I've just started my internship and Grandfather has already retired. Mom is working but her salary is barely enough for anything. If it were before, it would be fine. But previously, Second Aunt, you borrowed a lot of money and left, now my mom can't even afford to buy a new dress. It's already good that she could scrape together this much money. You not only don't show any gratitude but also speak like this, it really makes one feel cold-hearted!" Gu Mian had made up her mind to make Second Aunt pay out of her own pocket. She wasn't afraid of Second Aunt causing trouble.
Anyway, Grandpa knows that we don't have money at home, so even if he comes, he won't say she did anything wrong.
Don't let Second Aunt speak again, Ji Yun took a step ahead and hugged Gu Mian, sobbing: "Xiao Jia, how can you talk like that? Touch your conscience and say, all these years, when have we not helped? My husband died early, it's already very difficult to raise Mianmian, our family is not a bank, where did the money come from?! These are the savings of Mianmian herself, how can you say such things?!
"Mom..." Gu Mian also joined in the sobbing industry, burying her head into her mother's arms.
"Xiao Jia, are you trying to drive us crazy? Are you trying to drive my mother and me to death?! Husband, why did you leave so early?! You're leaving me and Mengmeng to be bullied by others!" Ji Yun's words were like a thunderclap, directly labeling Erniang as someone who was driving her sister-in-law to desperation.
" You... you..." Erniang didn't expect that before she had a chance to make a scene, Gu Mian's mother and daughter would start shouting first, and every sentence was hinting that she bullied her husband's older sister and her fatherless niece.
Gu Mei wiped away non-existent tears and suddenly stood up: "Since Auntie Er thinks we're heartless, why should we be kind and still get disliked? I've done what I needed to do, even if this matter is taken outside, we won't be afraid. The way out has been found, it's just that you, Auntie Er, are unwilling. I think there's nothing more to say between us, my mom isn't feeling well, so please go back first, Auntie Er!"
Speaking of which, Gu Mei didn't wait for Er Niang's reaction, and grabbed the envelope that Er Niang had thrown onto the tea table and stuffed it into her mother's hand, making her attitude clear through her actions.
Since Second Aunt doesn't care about that little money and thinks it's too little, then she wouldn't be happy to give it either!
"Gu Mian, you..." Er Shu was almost given a heart attack by Gu Mian's action.
She is dissatisfied with the little money, but she didn't say no!
"Get out, get out! I don't want to see you now! Husband, how could you leave me and Mengmeng behind like this!" Ji Yun saw that Er Niang was still not leaving, so she immediately shouted and got up to push her towards the door.
It's not good for a junior like Gu Mei to do something like driving someone away, but if Ji Yun does it, it's nothing. It's normal for sisters-in-law to have conflicts and quarrel with each other.
Second Aunt saw Ji Yun's ferocious appearance for the first time. Before, no matter how excessive she was, Ji Yun would at most just say a few words, and most of the time she would hold back her temper. Who would have thought that this normally gentle person would suddenly erupt in anger like this? She hadn't even reacted to what was happening before she was pushed out the door.
Qiu Yan was even more frightened, hearing from Erniang's mouth about the things that had happened to Gu Xiang's family. She had always thought that Gu Xiang's family were the kind of people who could be easily bullied and wouldn't know how to fight back if they were wronged. Who would have thought that they would be driven out just after entering the house, it was really too humiliating.
"Big, big sister..." Qiu Yan pulled herself together and was shocked by Second Aunt.
Just as she hadn't reacted yet, the door which was originally closed opened again.
She handed a piece of paper to Erniang, her face cold: "This is the phone number of those people who need to be contacted. I've done all I can do, if you're not willing to do the rest, then there's nothing I can do!"
Bang!
Gu Mei slammed the door shut again with great force.
It's not clear if it was because of Gu Mian and Ji Yun's shocking actions today, but after Second Aunt was chased away, she didn't immediately counterattack. Instead, she left with Qiu Yan, looking dispirited. Fortunately, Gu Mian had specially prepared noise-cancelling earplugs, which ended up not being used at all.
"How about it, has your second aunt left?" Ji Yun asked softly.
Gu Mei looked at Maoyan for a while, nodded to her mother and said affirmatively: "Don't worry, she's gone."
Ji Yun sighed: "I hope that this time, your aunt will receive some lessons and won't make the same mistakes again. However, regarding what's to come, we really can't intervene, won't there be any problems?"
"There won't be any problem, I've found that friend who has many connections and he's taken care of all the necessary arrangements. I've already calculated it, as long as Erniang doesn't stubbornly hold onto her money and refuses to compensate, there definitely won't be any big problems. We're doing this for our own good in the future, if every time something happens they come looking for us, how will we manage? " Gu Mian helped his mother sit down on the sofa.
"Ah, it's just the way it is." Ji Yun nodded and gently patted Gu Mei's hand: "But now that things have come to this, I don't know what your aunt will say next. As a family, we all want to get along harmoniously, but they really made a big mistake this time. How can you treat food so carelessly? One small mistake and it could be fatal. Luckily, the people who got food poisoning are basically fine, otherwise no amount of connections would have been useful."
"Gossip won't hurt us, and Grandpa agrees with what we're doing as long as our family is good. Let others say whatever they want." Gu Mian smiled and pulled her mom's hand: "But I didn't expect that Mom would be so great at acting too, not just Second Aunt who knows how to throw a tantrum."
"This is nothing glorious, let's just drop it." Ji Yun shook her head.
"Yes." Gu Mei saw her mother was a bit tired, so she stopped talking and didn't say anything more.
Second Aunt originally thought that Gu Mei and Ji Yun were just temporarily angry and did something to drive people away, thinking that in the end they would still help.
But two days passed, and there was no news from Gu Ming's side, as if he had really given up.
She couldn't sit still anymore, every night she dreamed of Gu Rong and Peng Jun being beaten and interrogated at the police station, even thinking of those espionage movie scenes where prisoners were tortured.
Later, she also came to the door again and went to find her father-in-law. However, this time things were unexpectedly difficult. Not only did Gu Mei and her mother have a hard time, but even her father-in-law seemed reluctant to get involved, scolding her from head to toe, saying that Gu Mei had found the way home by herself and it was she who didn't understand.
This is really making her want to cry without tears, others can wait and grind, but she can't!
Woe is me, money, I'm reluctant to part with it!
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