Sixteen The scent actually comes from their family?_1

Gu Chen chuckled coldly.

"If Shen Cuilan were the one being called a vixen today, what would you think?"

After Gu Chen finished speaking, Tian Laosì fell silent.

It turned out that his own wife was indeed in the wrong from the start.

Men all need to save face.

Who could stand their wife being insulted in front of them like that?

As angry as he was, he knew that what Gu Chen said made sense.

Ji Pianran never would have imagined Gu Chen actually fighting someone on her behalf.

She hurriedly came forward, her hands tightly grasping Gu Chen, her delicate face filled with worry.

She feared he would hit someone again.

After all, it was she who had borrowed the money.

No matter what, she was in the wrong.

Gu Chen even hit someone, and she truly feared things would escalate.

Shen Cuilan covered her burning face, her eyes bulging with anger.

She had always been one to not let go when she was right.

Being slapped by Gu Chen in front of everyone.

She felt a fire rushing up her body, shaking uncontrollably with rage.

"How dare you, you little thug, hit me! Pay me back now, everyone is watching, don't think you can act shamelessly!"

Gu Chen looked at her expressionlessly.

He had never planned on not repaying the money.

Gu Chen looked at Ji Pianran beside him, "Pianran, give me the money."

Upon hearing this, Ji Pianran quickly took out the hundred yuan that had just warmed up in her pocket and handed it to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen lifted the hundred yuan in front of Shen Cuilan.

He sneered at her.

"Make change."

Shen Cuilan never would have guessed that Ji Pianran actually had a hundred yuan.

How could this be?

How could their family have any money?

With the New Year approaching, many purchases were needed, and every household was tight on funds, especially since Gu Chen had lost all his money to Xue Yang and the others a few days ago, right?

It was said that he had even taken the money meant for New Year purchases from home to settle his gambling debt.

And yet they actually had a hundred yuan?

This left not only Shen Cuilan stunned.

Many of the onlookers now cast incredulous glances at Gu Chen and his wife.

Gu Chen's house was known to be impoverished.

It was common knowledge in the village.

The key point was that Gu Chen and his wife were known for not getting along, a fact well-known throughout the village.

Was that slap an indication of a marital discord?

That was an act of loving his wife, wasn't it?

What was going on here?

More importantly, did Gu Chen actually have a hundred yuan?

It was truly astounding.

Shen Cuilan looked at the hundred yuan in Gu Chen's hand.

She hesitated, not knowing what to do.

With the end of the month approaching, her own family had only a little over thirty yuan left, nowhere near enough to make sixty change for him.

But under the current circumstance, it would be her who lost face if she didn't make change for him right then and there.

She, Shen Cuilan, could not afford to lose face.

What was she to do?

Seeing Shen Cuilan unmoving, Gu Chen coughed twice.

"You should make sixty change for me."

Shen Cuilan bit her teeth and turned to look at Tian Laosì.

This old coot definitely had some private money.

She had thirty; if he could come up with another thirty, that would be enough.

She spoke irritably, "You, find a way to get thirty."

Tian Laosì's eyes bulged.

Good grief, he scrimped and saved all year round, and all the money at home was controlled by Shen Cuilan.

And now she wanted money from him?

She must be obsessed with money.

"I don't have any money!" he said angrily.

Shen Cuilan lifted her chin, "You don't have any private savings?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding people couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Shen Cuilan is truly capable, forcing someone to pay back money, and when they did pay it back without having any cash, she then pressed Tian Laosì to take out his private savings.

It just gets more and more interesting as you watch.

The key thing is, she asked for it in front of so many people.

The crowd that had been waiting to see Gu Chen and his spouse embarrass themselves had now shifted their interest to Tian Laosì and his spouse.

They were all curious whether Tian Laosì actually had any private savings.

Tian Laosì hadn't expected his wife to actually ask about his private savings.

His heart tightened.

Putting on an expression of being wrongly accused, he said indignantly, "When have I ever had any private savings? Don't you know about all the money we have at home?"

Could Shen Cuilan not know? This Tian Laosì, with a monthly salary of eighty-five,

Only gave her eighty, so where did the remaining five go?

She had thought that five per month as pocket money wasn't much, and had decided to pretend she didn't know about it.

But today she had encountered someone like Gu Chen, who wasn't easy to deal with.

If she didn't give the money, she really couldn't face anyone.

She gave Tian Laosì a blank look,

"Alright, five a month, over these years you must have saved quite a bit, hurry up and take it out!"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't hold back anymore and burst out laughing.

Who would've thought that such an honest-looking man like Tian Laosì had such a trick up his sleeve?

A fierce wife, and yet hidding private savings right under her nose.

And the funniest thing was that the fierce wife had always known.

Tian Laosì hadn't expected Shen Cuilan to still have such a move against him,

Discussing his private savings in front of so many people.

What would others think of him?

His face turned red in a rush, both embarrassed and angry, and the most frustrating part was that he didn't have any solution.

After stifling himself for a while, he finally sighed and quietly went into the house.

What could he do?

It was his own choice to marry such a wife.

He entered the house and after a long while he brought out his private savings, carefully counted out thirty, and then went out again to hand it over to Shen Cuilan with displeasure.

Shen Cuilan also took out thirty from her pocket, put the money together and handed it to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen took the loaned money, and without counting it handed it to Ji Pianran.

Then he smiled at everyone.

"Sorry for the spectacle, folks. It's all settled now, everyone can go back."

After saying that, he took Ji Pianran into the house.

Tangtang was still waiting by herself in the house for them to eat.

The two entered the courtyard.

Gu Chen closed the main gate.

On seeing the main characters leave, the onlookers prepared to disperse.

Someone in the crowd asked a question out of the blue.

"Whose house is cooking meat, it smells even better than my family's New Year's dinner!"

Only after this comment did everyone's attention return to the meat fragrance that had been wafting through the air.

They all instinctively sniffed.

"You're right, it really is fragrant!"

"I have a feeling it's coming from Gu Chen's house?"

Someone added.

Everyone was shocked at this revelation.

Gu Chen?

Again, Gu Chen?

He had just casually forked over a hundred, and now there was meat cooking at his place?

Was this the start of a comeback?

No one saw that coming, that the couple had such culinary skills.

Appearances are indeed deceiving?

Of course, Shen Cuilan knew the aroma was coming from Gu Chen's house, but she would never admit it.

After being shown up by Gu Chen today,

She was determined to settle scores with him.

She glanced at the people still discussing the savory meat smell.

With an air of disdain, she said, "What's there to look at? Disperse, disperse!"

After saying that, she skulked back through her front door.

...

Inside the house, in just a little while, Tangtang had already eaten almost half a bowl of rice.

The potato beef her dad cooked really was too delicious.