After standing by the window and listening for a while, the couple learned that Wang Meiying had turned straight into Ye Yaohua's house after leaving theirs.
Ye Second Sister-in-Law happened to be washing dishes by the back door. Ye Yaohua had come home late and was still eating. Wang Meiying had asked him outright to lend her money, and he had actually done it without even telling Ye Second Sister-in-Law.
When Ye Second Sister-in-Law finished washing the dishes and came in through the back door, she saw the money in Wang Meiying's hand. Realizing she had come to borrow money, she exploded.
Wang Meiying hurried off as soon as she got the money.
"You damned bastard! Don't you have to tell me before taking the family's money? Just how much do you think we have to lend out?"
"I... she made it sound so pitiful. Her children have nothing but pickles and thin porridge all day... I just... lent her a little to tide her over..."
"You're not pitiful! You're rich! You eat meat and fish every day... heavens above... you're tearing my heart out..." Ye Second Sister-in-Law cursed and hit him in her fury.
"I was going to give her some fish, but she's having such a hard time, and we're relatives..."
Ye Second Sister-in-Law grew even angrier. She took out the switch she used on the children and lashed him with it. "You're fucking trying to kill me! Relatives, relatives... does being related mean you have to lend them money? Playing the big spender when you're poor! You've earned a little money these past two months and forgotten who you are..."
Lin Xiuqing and Ye Eldest Sister-in-Law exchanged a glance without saying anything. Each pulled her own husband home, dragging back the children who had run out to