Wang Qian's home.

Wang Yuanguang and Lu Aihua, each carrying a large basket of potatoes on their backs, arrived at their doorstep, panting heavily.

"Dad, Mom, put the basket down, I'll hold it up."

Lin Xiaoyu, heavily pregnant, hurriedly came to greet her.

"No need, we can manage on our own!"

Lu Aihua waved her hand, signaling Lin Xiaoyu to move aside, "You're not able to move around easily right now, so don't bother us, lest you upset the baby."

Although Lin Xiaoyu wanted to help, she couldn't persuade the two elderly people, so she had to give up reluctantly.

"Where's Xiaoqian? Is he still sleeping?"

Leaning the basket against the corner of the wall, Wang Yuanguang frowned and asked.

"He...he...went out!"

Lin Xiaoyu stammered for a long time before finally saying, "He said he was going to make money."

"make money?"

Wang Yuanguang and Lu Aihua exchanged a glance, both looking on with suspicion.

"How does he make money?"

"If he wants to make money, why doesn't he come with us to dig potatoes in the fields?"

Neither of the elderly people had much education, and their horizons and cognitive abilities were extremely limited.

In their eyes, the only way to make money is to raise pigs, chickens, and ducks, and then sell them at the market when they are fat.

Or they would do farm work and wait for the crops to be harvested to sell for money.

"I don't know how he's going to make money, but..."

Lin Xiaoyu frowned, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

"Xiaoyu, say what you have to say quickly. We're family, what can't we say?" Lu Aihua urged.

Wang Yuanguang also comforted him, saying, "Just say what you want to say. Although Xiaoqian is a bit lazy, he did go to university, so he won't do anything too outrageous."

Under the intense gaze of the two elderly people, Lin Xiaoyu had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "When he left, he took more than a hundred yuan from the house."

These words seemed to have exhausted all her courage.

After she finished speaking, she quickly lowered her head, not daring to look the two elders in the eye again.

Wang Qian is her husband!

However, she strongly suspected that Wang Qian took all the family's savings with him, possibly to gamble.

Otherwise, if you don't do any work, where will you make money?

But she was afraid that Wang Qian would get angry and embarrassed, so she didn't dare to stop him and could only wait for the two elderly people to come back before thinking of a solution.

"What? He took the money?"

Wang Yuanguang panicked as well, "What is he going to do with it?"

"Dad, he said he'd use it to make money!"

Knowing she couldn't hide it any longer, Lin Xiaoyu had no choice but to briefly recount Wang Qian's extremely unusual behavior and words.

"This good-for-nothing, he definitely wants to use it for gambling and make that kind of dirty money."

"It's over, it's all over now. Xiaoqian, why didn't you just finish college, find a decent job, or become a minor official? Why did you have to go down this path of no return?"

After hearing this, the two elderly people collapsed to the ground, their faces filled with despair.

There are too many gamblers in their village.

Anyone who becomes addicted to gambling never ends well.

When they win, they are basking in glory; when they lose, they are crestfallen.

Some, envious of their losses, kept betting their entire savings in an attempt to win back their money.

If you're lucky, you can win it back.

If you're unlucky, the consequence could be financial ruin.

If you encounter someone with a bad temper, they might take it out on the elderly, wife, or children in the family, and even do many extreme things.

"Xiaoyu, marrying Xiaoqian, that spendthrift son, has really been a hardship for you!"

Lu Aihua wiped away her tears, her gaze towards Lin Xiaoyu filled with reluctance and pity.

"Mom, please don't say that!"

Lin Xiaoyu waved her hands repeatedly, "I know I'm not good enough for him."

Despite saying this, his eyes couldn't hide his disappointment and dejection.

When Wang Qian suddenly became like a different person, gentle and considerate towards her, she was flattered but also quite touched.

She even had a thought.

If Wang Qian continues like this, even if he lives a miserable life for the rest of his life, she will be content.

Now it seems that it was all just her imagination.

As the saying goes, "It's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature."

Wang Qian's sudden kindness towards her wasn't out of a change of heart, but rather for ulterior motives.

rattttt!

Suddenly, the faint roar of a tractor could be heard.

He instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tractor slowly approaching on the muddy road not far from his house.

"It's Wang Dalin's tractor."

Wang Yuanguang recognized him instantly, and was also somewhat surprised, "What's he doing at our house?"

Although the muddy road was wide, it led to their home.

They didn't hire Wang Dalin to haul anything, so why did the other party bring the tractor here?

"It's Wang Qian, he's the one driving Uncle Wang's tractor."

As the tractor drew closer, Lin Xiaoyu was the first to recognize it.

"Xiao Qian?"

"Why is he driving Wang Dalin's tractor?"

The two elderly people also looked surprised.

A moment later, the tractor arrived at the gate.

Wearing a cotton-padded jacket and sneakers, Wang Qian jumped off the tractor.

"Dad, Mom, you're back?"

Upon seeing the two elderly people, Wang Qian immediately smiled warmly, "You must be tired after digging potatoes all day?"

Without saying a word, he immediately rushed to the large vat by the door, picked up a ladle, scooped a large ladle of water from the vat, and walked up to Lu Aihua, saying, "Mom, have some water!"

Lu Aihua blinked, but didn't take it.

Wang Yuanguang, standing next to him, looked at Wang Qian as if he were a monster.

That's not right!

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