Chapter 824: Let’s put the trouble aside

I said somewhat angrily, "If he wants to come, then come. I'm not here anyway, so you might as well pretend to be on a business trip."

Xiao Shiqiu smiled gently and said, "It's okay. In fact, it's no problem for me to receive your uncle on your behalf. Your family is my family, so there's no need to be so reserved with me."

This guy always makes me feel so comfortable when he speaks. He is thinking about me, so naturally I can't cause him any trouble.

I don't know much about my uncle, but my father told me that my mother and aunt helped him find the money to buy a house and a car.

He stayed in the south after graduating. It can be said that he never showed filial piety to his grandparents for a single day. My mother was busy taking care of the two old people during their last days at their bedside. My aunt was in poor health and could only do limited help.

The house left by the two elders was not small, with its own entrance and courtyard. I heard that Deng Xinrong wanted to move into that house at that time, and my aunt even discussed it with my mother.

It was impossible for my family to move back to the county. Originally, my mother thought it was okay to let my aunt's family live there, but at that time my uncle said that he wanted to buy a house and wanted to sell the house in his hometown and let him exchange it for a small apartment in S City.

My mother and aunt were a little reluctant at the time, after all, it was the house where they grew up. But my uncle kept nagging my mother, so they finally sold the old house.

At that time, my uncle thought they could get one-third of the house price, but my mother gave it all to my uncle, saying that my grandfather had originally planned to leave the house to my uncle.

The housing prices in S City are high, and the money from selling the house is still not enough to buy a house in full. My uncle borrowed money from my mother on the grounds that bank loans were not cost-effective, and only then did he get the full amount to buy the house. Of course, he has never repaid the borrowed money.

Although family disgrace should not be made public, I still decided to tell Lao Xiao what I think of my uncle.

As a younger generation, it's not good to talk about elders behind their backs. I thought carefully before speaking, "Apart from buying a house, buying a car, getting married, and having children, my uncle seems to have never called my mother in these years. Usually, it's my mother who takes the initiative to call him.

My father told me that in addition to lending him money, my mother also gave him a lot of other support. However, since one of them supported the older brother and the other supported the younger brother, they didn't look down on the other.

After my aunt passed away, my uncle never showed any concern for Deng Sisi. When my mother was injured and had a miscarriage last time, he didn't even say he would come back to see her, and he didn't even call.

So I don’t have a very good impression of this uncle.”

I told him this not because I really wanted to complain, but because I was afraid that he would be unable to save face in front of these so-called elders for my sake, and if they got a taste of the sweetness, they would make more and more excessive demands a second and third time.

Xiao Shiqiu winked at me mischievously. "From what you said, your parents seem quite generous. How could they raise a stingy person like you?"

I couldn't help but feel angry. It seemed like all my talk for half a day was in vain. This guy concluded that my parents were generous and I was stingy?

He saw that I was so angry that my cheeks were puffed up, and pinched my face to coax me, "Okay, I'm just kidding."

He changed the subject, "Do you want to check your uncle's recent financial situation? From what you just said, he used to call your mother when he needed money, but this time he came directly to you. This means that the amount he needs exceeds your mother's ability, or it is an amount that your mother will not easily give out."

Hearing him say this, I felt that it made sense. "It shouldn't be a big problem. He's not in business. The annual salary at a big internet company is not low. He bought a BMW X5 two years ago, and my mother sponsored him 200,000 yuan.

Without a mortgage or car loan, it shouldn't be stressful to support a family with the income from a large internet company."

Could he be sick? This possibility suddenly occurred to me.

"Why don't you check it out? In case someone in his family is sick, I have to help if I can." I am still very kind, and I silently praised myself in my heart.

"Okay, send me your uncle's name, address, and company, and I'll have someone check it out."

I really admire a guy like him who has connections everywhere. He seems to me to be very powerful.

He dialed the number, "Xiao Yang, I just sent you a message about someone. Please check this person's current job and financial situation as soon as possible, including the financial situation of his wife's family."

Well, the one with great powers seems to be the omnipotent Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang's efficiency was as high as ever. By the time of dinner, he had already produced results from his investigation.

"Boss Xiao, this guy named Lin Shuyi was fired at the beginning of this year. After that, he invested in his own business and was scammed. He lost most of his savings.

His wife, Zhuang Lizhen, is an ordinary company clerk, nothing special about her.

I felt a headache after hearing this. It turned out to be about money. Fortunately, I was not around. Let my mother worry about this herself.

By the way, let me feel sorry for my dad for three seconds.

In fact, my father's behavior of supporting my brother is somewhat different from my mother's.

My dad always says that my uncle helped him in the past. Before he got married, he gave his income from work to my grandmother, so my dad's high school tuition can be considered to have been paid by my uncle.

Later, he started his own business and his family gave him some money. My grandmother said that the money included a portion from his uncle, and the family would not let him pay it back, as long as he could help his nephew.

According to the older generation’s concept, since my father has no son, his nephew is the legal heir. Even my father himself thinks it is his duty to help his nephew.

But later my father had an illegitimate child, so he brought less back home.

Putting aside all the worries at home, I am still shopping for my study abroad trip to New Zealand.

"Baby, New Zealand is a developed country after all, not some remote place. You don't think there's nothing you can buy there, do you?"

Xiao Shiqiu looked at my almost overflowing suitcase with a helpless look on his face. "Are you sure you need all this? This isn't like traveling, it's like you're moving. Others who elope don't bring as much luggage as you do."

As I struggled to stuff all sorts of things into the suitcase, I gasped and said, "This trip lasts ten days, and Tianyi and Nana and the others brought so much stuff."

"Okay, girls really compete with each other in every aspect." He reached out to lift my suitcase and teased, "You can't even open a water bottle normally, but you can actually carry such heavy luggage at this critical moment. It's a miracle, right?"

My face turned slightly red. When we first got together, which girl wouldn't pretend to be weak? How could I, who has been dancing since I was a child, be so fragile? I could even win prizes in the school sports meet.

But I still said stubbornly, "With Ah Zhi following me, what's there to be afraid of?"

I am going to New Zealand tomorrow. For the last dinner before leaving, I strongly insist on going out for a nice meal.

Before Lao Xiao got off work, I went to his office to find him in advance. Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Si Kouting.