After saying that, Ye Yaodong stood up. "Instead of having Brother A-Fan buy a boat in installments, why don't you pay back my eldest and second brothers in installments first?"
"It's only because I wasn't swindled out of any money. Otherwise, try going to my eldest and second brothers' houses and asking them for a helping hand. My two sisters-in-law would chase you straight out with brooms."
"What a clever little scheme! Trying to get something for nothing? Was ruining things for my two brothers not enough? Now you're coming to treat me like a fool too, Eldest Aunt?"
"I originally thought Brother A-Fan was just simple-minded and had been talked into going along. He wasn't the one who swindled the money. Old Lady was worried about him too and wanted me to give him a helping hand, so I agreed."
"Now it looks like you're not satisfied with Brother A-Fan working for someone else, Eldest Aunt. You want him to be a boat owner himself. Then why don't you go somewhere else and buy him another boat? Better yet, buy several, so he won't have to work and can just lie around at home."
"I don't have any boss positions here, and I can't accommodate someone so grand. Go see whose place is big enough for you."
People like this really weren't worth pitying. Like mother, like son.
When those above set a crooked example, those below followed suit.
"That was A-Hong's doing. What did it have to do with A-Fan? A-Fan was talked into going too..."
"How did it have nothing to do with him? Didn't he go along to make money? Weren't the two of them in it together? Otherwise, why was he sentenced? Shouldn't he help shoulder some of the debt they owe?" Lin Xiuqing couldn't