Chapter 387 Zhao Mei also learned how to do business
Just when Wang Lan was getting anxious, Ma Kaiqu came back with a head full of snow.
Wang Lan looked at Xiao Mei who was holding the child in the inner room, then looked at Ma Kaiqu, gritted her teeth and pushed the man out:
"Did you get the money?"
Ma Kaiqu took off his hat and shook off the snow, then hung it on a nail on the wall and said with a tired face:
"I borrowed some money from a colleague. I'll give it to him first to make up for the loss."
Wang Lan heard this and thought, won’t the borrowed money have to be repaid sooner or later? She whispered cheerfully:
"As for the money, Xiaomei gave it to me. I said she had money, after all, our son's allowance passbook is with her."
Ma Kaiqu heard this and said, "She has already given it? Why do you want her to give it? She still needs money for school. She also needs money for food and other things."
Wang Lan was immediately unhappy when she heard this. Thinking that she was holding the child in the house, she felt even worse:
"Don't worry about it. Even if she doesn't give it to him, Qijun will still have to take care of our old house when he comes back. It doesn't matter who gives it to him. Don't say anything."
After giving the instructions hastily, he hurried into the house and said with a smile, "Xiao Mei, your father is back. Go heat up the dumpling soup in the pot for him, and you can also have some to warm yourself up."
After hearing this, Ye Xiaomei gently put the child down. She knew in her heart that Wang Lan liked her grandson, and she would never hurt him anyway. And she also had something to talk to her father-in-law about.
As soon as Ye Xiaomei walked out of the door, she called out to her father, "Wait a minute, I'll go heat up the dumpling soup in the pot."
Ma Kaiqu smiled unnaturally, followed Ye Xiaomei to the kitchen, lit the fire and added firewood expertly, and asked hesitantly:
"How is it to study in Chaocheng? Are there all the food, accommodation and daily necessities?"
Ye Xiaomei stirred the bottom of the pot to prevent it from getting burnt: "It's all good. The dormitory is clean, and we eat in the cafeteria. The food is good too. By the way, Dad."
As she spoke, Ye Xiaomei took out a prepared wad of money from her cloth bag and handed it to Ma Kaiqu.
"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you doing this for me? Keep it for yourself. You still have to study and eat when school starts." Ma Kaiqu was shocked.
I wonder how much this thick stack of black bills costs.
Ye Xiaomei handed it forward again: "Dad, this two thousand yuan is for building the house, just take it."
Two thousand? Ma Kaiqu suddenly became uneasy. With this money, he could definitely build a house, but he felt a little uncomfortable:
"Well... I heard that your mom was unhappy with you about your schooling, and your dad didn't give you any money to support you, but you gave it to me. Well... it's true that our family is in a tight spot, and the performance of the factory is not very good. I haven't received any bonuses for several months."
Ma Kaiqu took the money with a guilty conscience and added, "When the profits are good in the spring, Dad will save it for you when you need it for your studies."
"No, I have enough money." Ye Xiaomei smiled and served two bowls of rice: "Dad, eat."
"Okay, okay, you eat too, you eat too." Ma Kaiqu was so grateful that he didn't know what to say. Where can he find such a good daughter-in-law? But Wang Lan is such a picky person.
Ye Xiaomei had already made up her mind when she came here. As a married girl, she could spend money on her parents, so she had to treat them equally. Besides, Qijun was their son and they would take care of him.
The new house was just opposite the guest room where Wang Lan lived, with a small living room in between. Ye Xiaomei was exhausted after the long journey.
There were so many people at Chaocheng Bus Station in particular that even though two more buses were added due to the year-end peak season, the demand still could not keep up with the supply.
Ye Xiaomei was also helpless and could only ask Tang Buci to ask Li Yao to give him a ride. However, they only gave him a ride to Qingyang County. It was not Li Yao's fault, as he had been driving on the highways in the city for so long that he could not drive on such a narrow mountain road.
What made Ye Xiaomei laugh and cry was that he asked her for 100 yuan for the bus fare.
It's true that like the boss, like the subordinates. When I was carried out of the car, this guy was still shouting in the county to see if there were any customers going to Chaocheng.
Does this count as using a public car for private work?
Just as I was thinking about it and found it interesting, the sky started to turn pale and Wang Lan knocked on the door:
"Xiao Mei, do you want to go visit your mother's house today? I'll get you two old hens to bring back."
Ye Xiaomei jumped up quickly. Is this so good?
Sure enough, by the time Ye Xiaomei finished getting dressed and wrapped herself in her space suit and scarf and went out, she had already tied up the two old hens and hung them upside down on the door handle.
"Okay, I'm just planning to go take a look." Ye Xiaomei took the chicken and was about to leave. The moment she turned around, she found that the door of the guest room opposite was locked. Looking at the old hen in her hand, it was obvious that they were looking for an excuse to get her out.
"Go ahead, go ahead. You can stay for two more days." Wang Lan smiled. Besides, Ma Kaiqu said that the girl gave her two thousand yuan, otherwise how could she be willing to catch two chickens for her to take away.
Ye Xiaomei frowned, feeling unhappy. She seriously suspected that Wang Lan was mentally ill, as if she would steal the child.
He walked out of the door silently on the snow, with a crunching sound under his feet. His father-in-law Ma Kaiqu was sweeping the snow at the new house. The old house opposite the courtyard wall had been demolished and the wall was being built on the foundation.
Zhao Mei has been staying in Meihua Village for more than a month. Firstly, she wants to monitor the progress of her own house, and secondly, mainly because the red bricks she bought were stolen by someone who slandered her.
So when Ye Xiaomei found the residential land next to the Ye family's old house, Zhao Mei was like a scout, investigating back and forth in the gaps between piles of cement and red bricks.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Seeing her daughter coming back, Zhao Mei was stunned at first and then burst into laughter. She quietly pulled Ye Xiaomei into a tent made of tarpaulin. There was only a bed inside, and water cups and rice bowls were placed on a small table made of bricks.
There was a large earthen pot at the door of the tent, an iron pot that was only used for banquets, and it was filled with snow.
Ye Xiaomei threw the chicken in the corner of the tent and said, "Mom, you're going to live here?"
Zhao Mei didn't take it seriously. She smiled and waved her hands, saying, "This is great. It's very windproof. I'm here to look after our bricks and cement. Besides, I can also make big pots of rice to sell."
Huh? Ye Xiaomei was surprised: "Sure, Mom, you've also learned to find business opportunities? If I'm not mistaken, you're selling it to those construction workers."
"Of course not. What mom bought is not expensive. These workers don't eat well all day, so I just add more water. A bowl of food is only one dollar, and with the free pickled vegetables, it is enough for two people." Zhao Mei patted her chest proudly and continued:
"You don't know, it's impossible not to watch. Someone stole one or two hundred yuan of the red bricks that your big-mouthed aunt next door had just bought overnight. The next day, your big-mouthed aunt went around the village with a sack and cursed all day long."
Ye Xiaomei's scalp tingled: "Really? Who did it?"
Wow, it was really scary. But my mother was right. The whole Hongmei Village was under construction at this critical moment. Stealing one brick saved the money of one brick. Moreover, they could just throw the bricks into the pile of red bricks at home without writing their names on them. So who would know whose house they were taken from?
Zhao Mei raised her finger and pointed in the direction of the Ye family's old house outside the tent, and said in a low voice:
"I was watching the bricks in our house in the middle of the night. When I got up to relieve myself, I saw a figure flash out of the east room and head straight for your big-mouthed aunt's homestead. Who else could it be?"
Auntie? Ye Xiaomei was slightly startled: "Then it seems that we have to watch it."
"No, your aunt and your grandmother have no place to live for the time being, so they had to demolish the west room and the main room to lay the foundation. The whole family is living in the east room. If you ask me, your aunt stole bricks from more than just that family. Your mother has to watch her forehead no matter what she says. Look at how close she is. She can take away more than ten bricks from our house with just one turn."
"Is Sister Zhao here?"
As he was speaking, someone came outside.
"It should be Foreman Li, here he comes!" Zhao Mei opened the curtain and walked out.
Ye Xiaomei followed closely behind, and it turned out to be Uncle Li Dayun.
When he saw Ye Xiaomei, his pupils shrank.
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