Chen Hong gave her a "you're kidding me" look, "Cousin, are you kidding me?"

Selling my car now would cost me four or five hundred thousand! Selling my house would be even worse! Go look around the streets, there are houses for sale everywhere, and the prices have dropped a lot.

If I sell now, I'll lose all my capital! What kind of life will my daughter and I live on?

If you don't want to help me, you can't just cheat me!

My cousin's wife objected, "Look at you, if your cousin had money, wouldn't he help you?"

We're broke, but we're only thinking of bringing you in because we have a chance to make money! Chen Hong, we don't have much, but you must have ten or twenty thousand on hand!

Why don't you try investing ten or twenty thousand? You'll get it back by the end of the month, and you'll even earn a few thousand in interest!

Chen Hong became anxious: "Sister-in-law, why don't you believe me?"

I only have a little over 800 yuan left, and I was thinking of using it to fill up the gas tank while driving a taxi.

If driving a taxi doesn't work out, I'm even planning to go fishing in the Yellow River to sell for money!

Without any income, let alone repaying the loan, my daughter and I will have to borrow money to cover our living expenses.

Sigh! Life is so hard! We don't have any wealthy relatives who can help us.

By the way, how are my cousins ​​doing these past few years? Do you think I could lend them ten or twenty thousand yuan if I went to their house?

My cousin suddenly stood up and said, "I advise you not to bother with that!"

If they had money, I would have gotten them to invest long ago! I think you should look for wedding car rental services instead.

Your Mercedes is just sitting idle anyway, you can rent it out to wedding parties and make three to five hundred yuan a day.

Don't just sit around doing nothing. You're a good swimmer, so while it's still warm, go catch fish and turtles in the Yellow River!

If you're lucky, you can catch a lot and sell them for a hundred or two hundred yuan a day, which should be enough for you and your daughter to live on!

"Honey, let's go! We've given our suggestions; there's nothing else we can do to help my cousin."

After saying that, he left with his wife without waiting for Chen Hong to ask him to stay for dinner.

Chen Hong quickly saw them out, "Thank you, cousin! I'll go to the Yellow River tomorrow and see if I catch any fish, and I'll save one for you to eat!"

Dazhu and his wife had no interest in dealing with Chen Hong anymore and left without looking back.

Chen Hong chuckled, finally getting rid of the two sticky bits. She figured it wouldn't take more than two days for news of her million-dollar debt to spread throughout her family.

She knew that this lie couldn't fool everyone, after all, there were a few smart people among her relatives.

As long as most people believe it, she'll have achieved her goal. She can keep as many people away as possible; at least she can have a few more days of peace and quiet.

That evening, Chen Hong's father and brother called one after the other, both worried when they learned she had no money.

Chen Hong's father said on the phone that he still had more than 40,000 yuan and would send her the bank card tomorrow so she could use it first.

He had another renovation job coming up, so she shouldn't worry; as long as she had work, she would have food to eat. She could finally go fishing at sea once the kids' winter break started.

He even said that if all else fails, he would finish this job and come to pick up and drop off the children for her, so she could go back to her hometown in Rongcheng to fish.

Her brother also called, first complaining that she had no money and yet brought so much expensive seafood home.

If they take it to the market to sell, they can easily get a thousand or eight hundred yuan, enough for the mother and daughter to live on for half a month.

He also said he would discuss it with his wife and lend her 10,000 yuan to help her in an emergency.

Her brother's words were so heartwarming! Let's not talk about whether he lends the money or not, but Chen Hong is very happy that her brother has the awareness to help his sister.

Fearing that her father and brother would worry about her, Chen Hong had no choice but to tell them about her cousin's visit to solicit investment.

Fearing that her son and father would be tricked into revealing information by their relatives, Chen Hong did not deny the existence of the loan.

She only told them that she had enough money for living expenses, enough to cover her and her child's daily expenses, in addition to paying the monthly loan.

She told her cousin that because she was afraid relatives would come to borrow money. After all, her family did owe the bank a mortgage, and the amount was considerable; they really didn't have any money to lend out.

When her father found out, he didn't say whether he believed her or not, he just told her not to transfer money to his bank card anymore.

His brother is earning money now. He's in good health and can earn money. He hasn't reached the point where he can't move and needs his children to support him in his old age.

Now there are two people in the family with income, which is enough for daily expenses, and we can even save a little each month so that she doesn't have to worry about us anymore.

They also told her to speak up if she needed money, instead of bearing it all alone. Now her brother is much better than before, and he knows how to take care of the family, so the family is not in trouble at all.

His brother was even more interesting. When he learned what Chen Hong was thinking, he said he understood—it was just about playing the poor card!

The couple knew how to handle it, and told her not to worry about it, as he would take care of the relatives.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hong pouted. Had her brother relapsed into his old habit again? She believed her sister-in-law's tendency to feign poverty; after all, it was her sister-in-law's innate killer skill.

Her brother? To be honest, she really didn't believe it! Her brother was almost thirty-seven, and in the past, besides being lazy, he loved playing cards and drinking.

Moreover, they tend to get drunk easily once they sit down at the table, and once they're drunk, they start talking nonsense and bragging without restraint.

Others love to flatter him at the dinner table. If it weren't for his sister-in-law's shrewish, stingy, and unreasonable nature, no one would dare to go too far.

He'd been so coaxed that he didn't even have his underwear left!

Thinking of this, Chen Hong couldn't help but laugh. It really is true that every pot has its lid, and the matchmaker's red thread really didn't make a mistake.

Her lazy and carefree brother married her stingy, petty, and unreasonable sister-in-law—what a perfect match!

However, as long as they don't use their skills on their family members, the couple's skills are evenly matched with her relatives, and they don't suffer any disadvantage.

Chen Hong thought to herself that since she had nothing to do these past two days, she should go to the Yellow River. She missed the Yellow River carp, the small whitebait, and even more so, the delicious and nutritious Yellow River turtle.

The taste of her childhood often enters her dreams, a taste that no amount of rare and delicious seafood can replace.

That was an era of scarcity, a time of longing and obsession with delicacies!

The next day, after dropping her child off, Chen Hong went out for a walk and brought back a brand new set of fishing gear.

Fishing rod, fish basket, tackle box, landing net, moisture-proof mat, plastic bucket, and a fishing tackle accessory box.

It contains small parts such as sinkers, floats, hooks, main lines, and leader lines.

They also prepared a feeding bucket, about ten kilograms of cornmeal, and a few tender ears of corn.

After lunch, she drove her child to school after the child woke up from his nap.

After dropping the kids off, I didn't go home but headed straight for the Yellow River in the north of the city. It took me more than an hour to find a decent fishing spot.

This place is only five or six miles away from the nearby village. When Chen Hong arrived, she found that there were already more than a dozen people fishing.

Along the gentle slope of the river, every few hundred meters or so, there is a fisherman setting up his fishing stall and fishing.

Chen Hong parked the car in a spacious spot on the embankment, slung her fishing rod over her shoulder, carried her fishing box in her right hand and a plastic bucket in her left, and went down the gentle slope.

She wasn't in a hurry to find a fishing spot, but instead walked slowly along the riverbank from downstream to upstream, observing the fishing activities of the other anglers.

Fishermen who see fish in their buckets will exchange a few words, such as, "Brother, your skills are amazing! You've caught quite a few. What time did you get here?"

When the chubby guy saw the beautiful woman praising him, he replied with a smile, "I came as soon as it was light and have been fishing for most of the day."