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Chapter 1532 Good Luck Continues (21)
Hearing Grandpa Li's outrageous words, Li Qiuyun rolled her eyes and said, "What a joke! That's my salary. What right do you have to spend it? Aren't your two sons enough for you to spend? You want to spend your grandchildren's things too? You think you're so great."

To be honest, Linlang was a little dumbfounded after hearing what Grandpa Li said.

Don't they even consider what kind of person Li Qiuyun is? She's the kind of person who only takes and never gives, only wants to take advantage of others, and is even dishonest and steals other people's things. Once the money is in her hands, how could Grandpa Li possibly dig it out?

Grandpa Li was furious when he heard what Li Qiuyun said.

But Li Qiuyun just wouldn't pay her wages. Would Grandpa Li dare to beat her? Even if he did, he might not be able to win. After all, Li Qiuyun was in her prime, while Grandpa Li was already seventy years old, old and frail. It was really not certain that he could beat Li Qiuyun.

They tried to pressure Li Qiuyun with the label of filial piety, but is Li Qiuyun the kind of person who would give away money for the sake of reputation? Impossible.

Seeing that Li Qiuyun absolutely refused to hand over her wages, Grandpa Li had no choice but to talk to Li's father about it. He said that since the money had been given to the second branch of the family and Li Qiuyun was unwilling to give it up, then only the second branch of the family, or more precisely, Li's father, would have to cover the deficit. After all, it was unrealistic to ask Li's mother to cover the deficit.

As far as he knew, Li's mother had been restless lately, unlike before. She was unhappy that Li Qiuyun had received 800 yuan from Grandma Li and even demanded that Li's father compensate her daughter. How could anyone expect such a person to make up for Li Qiuyun's loss? She would probably immediately shout that it was one thing for Grandma Li not to give her daughter money, but she also wanted to make up for her stepdaughter's loss. So Grandpa Li simply didn't mention making Li's mother make up for the loss.

Fortunately, he didn't mention it, otherwise Li's mother would have used this opportunity to escalate the conflict with the Li family and then bring up the matter of divorce.

Fearing that Li's father would be unwilling to contribute 800 yuan, Grandpa Li immediately said that Li's father only needed to contribute 400 yuan, and he would contribute another 400 yuan. He would then say to others that Li Qiuyun had returned the 800 yuan, and then redistribute the money. He would add another 100 yuan, with each of the three branches receiving 300 yuan, and the money from the second branch naturally going to Li's father. In other words, he only needed to contribute 100 yuan.

But Mr. Li was not very willing to pay the four hundred yuan.

Although according to Grandpa Li's instructions, in the end he only spent 100 yuan, which wasn't much, what if he gave Grandpa Li 400 yuan, and then things changed and he didn't get 300 yuan back? Wouldn't he have lost 400 yuan? Adding the 100 yuan he gave Linlang before, he would have lost 500 yuan in such a short time.

Even if his salary is high, five hundred yuan is not a small amount, so although Li's father is filial, he is still reluctant to spend so much money.

Grandpa Li got angry when he saw that his son was unwilling to give it to him. Unlike his granddaughter, he didn't hold back when talking to his son, whom he could scold at will. So Grandpa Li immediately scolded his father: "You can give Linlang a hundred yuan, but you can't give me a hundred yuan? I'm still your father! Speaking of which, why did you give Linlang a hundred yuan? A girl like her, who will definitely marry out of the family, it's already good enough that she didn't have to pay household expenses..." After all, none of the girls in the family had paid, and it was a bit excessive to only make Li Linlang pay, so he had no choice but to let her not pay, which was really letting her off easy. "Give her money? What were you thinking? Doing such a stupid thing."

When Li's grandfather mentioned giving Linlang money, Li's father cursed Li's mother and Linlang in his heart again, calling them stupid for being so eager to boast about it after being told not to tell anyone, thus causing such trouble. Li's father then rolled his eyes and said, "How about this, I'll give Dad a hundred yuan, and we'll tell everyone that I've already received three hundred yuan, okay?"

Anyway, he was worried about handing over four hundred yuan to Grandpa Li, fearing that he wouldn't get three hundred yuan back.

Grandpa Li just wanted to gloss over the matter, so when he heard what Li's father said, he had no choice but to agree. However, he still reminded him, "Don't say that Li Qiuyun didn't take out the money, otherwise there will be a lot of arguments later."

His heart was bleeding. After all, he had to spend five hundred yuan to settle this matter, and it pained him greatly. This was almost all of his savings—the savings that he had entrusted to Grandma Li to keep and that Grandma Li had shown to him in the public room. Because Grandma Li had taken a thousand yuan from him, he only had five or six hundred yuan left with Grandma Li, which was not equivalent to all of his assets.

Thinking of this, Grandpa Li started scolding Grandma Li again. After all, if she hadn't given Li Qiuyun eight hundred yuan and then the matter hadn't been exposed, he wouldn't have had to take out his private savings.

Grandpa Li was unhappy, but he couldn't do anything about it. If he didn't, the third son's family might cut off all contact with him. He couldn't possibly put all his hopes for his old age on his second son's shoulders; after all, you can't put all your eggs in one basket.

Fearing that Li Qiuyun might say the wrong thing because she was unaware of the situation, Li's father and grandfather summoned her again and told her about it.

When Li Qiuyun heard that her father had given her grandfather 100 yuan to cover up the matter, and that her grandfather would then contribute 500 yuan, with 300 yuan each going to Li Zhiguo and his wife and the third wife and their spouses, she immediately became unhappy. After all, why was it that only her father was spending money and she wasn't getting a penny? All the money her father spent, and all the money he didn't receive, was her money! Even if Li Zhiguo were to contest it, she would at least get half. This meant she had given money but hadn't received anything in return—how could she accept that? So, Li Qiuyun immediately shouted, "I don't agree to this plan! I already said my money was stolen, why should I have to return 800 yuan! And then Li Zhiguo gets 300 yuan, while I get nothing?"

But Li's father and grandfather only informed her of this matter so that she wouldn't complain about not returning the eight hundred yuan, which would displease the eldest son's wife, Li Zhiguo, and the third son's wife.

As for Li Qiuyun's unhappiness, they wouldn't take it to heart. After all, as long as this matter could be resolved, that would be fine. Li's father also wanted to resolve this matter because he didn't want his younger brother to stop having contact with this place because of this incident. He would be responsible for his parents' care in the future.

As for his father, Grandpa Li, wanting to use the money to subsidize Li Zhiguo and his younger brother, he had nothing to say about it since Grandma Li had given Li Qiuyun eight hundred yuan. It was a fact that her money was stolen, and it was her own fault for being so useless as to let so much money be stolen. It had nothing to do with anyone else. In other words, their branch of the family got eight hundred yuan, the most of all. So what could he argue about or complain about?

To be honest, Mr. Li, who always doted on his eldest daughter, had some complaints about her this time. After all, it was eight hundred yuan, so much money, and she could lose it so carelessly. It was very disappointing.