Chapter 27: Bowl Breaking

After getting advice from Du Aihong, Lin Xiangnan left his things behind and left.

"Hey, your snack." Du Aihong was a little embarrassed. The big apple she ate was enough to cover the intelligence fee, and she was embarrassed to accept more.

"There's more at home. Keep it for you. I'll get scolded if I take it back."

Friendship is friendship, and there is no reason to ask people to do things for free.

Lin Xiangnan ran away so fast that Du Aihong couldn't catch up with him, so she could only put the things away helplessly.

While cleaning up the house these two days, Lin Xiangnan also got to know the situation of the brick factory and the sand field. He could run around more when building the house and the route would be paved.

What she needed to do now was to persuade Hu Meili and several uncles to pool money to build a house. This kind of thing usually required several families to work together, and one family alone could not pool so much money.

In order to show off his financial strength, Lin Xiangnan carried a basket with him when he returned home this time, secretly filling it with two kilograms of pork.

When Hu Meili saw the meat, her eyes lit up first, and then she asked coldly: "What did you do just now? You just ignored what mom said, right? If someone reports you, you're done."

Unfortunately, this kind of thing cannot be exposed, and Hu Meili did not dare to curse loudly, feeling very aggrieved.

Lin Xiangnan looked calm, "Mom, don't worry, it's not a big problem."

"I don't care. Tell me the truth. What's going on?"

"Someone was smuggling antiques from the Four Olds period. I pretended not to know their purpose and even helped to broker a deal. Then someone got caught, and I accidentally got a chance to make some money."

She had seen news in the newspaper that such a thing had happened in another place, so Lin Xiangnan simply made it up and attributed it to herself.

If she really couldn't find a job, Lin Xiangnan wouldn't have wanted to make up a story. But she really didn't want to live a hard life anymore, so she could only find an excuse to make herself rich.

As for how much money he had made from his good fortune this time, Lin Xiangnan did not say anything.

She is not short of money. She has a balance of more than 200 million yuan in the mall, and can still buy current money and various bills in the mall. If she wants to improve her life, she needs to spend too much money, and she can't always find a new excuse.

Lin Xiangnan explained the matter clearly in just a few words. After listening to Hu Meili, she became even more nervous.

"You silly child, how dare you get involved in anything? Aren't you afraid of retaliation?" Hu Meili gritted her teeth, "You can't take this money, you have to pay it, and then let the police guarantee your safety."

"Oh my god, I'm involved in this matter. What if the police arrest me?" Lin Xiangnan comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. After someone was arrested, the other accomplices all fled, and no one would think of me."

"You guys, a bunch of unemployed young people who just hang around all day, are always causing trouble." Hu Meili looked disgusted and asked doubtfully, "Is it really okay?"

"It's really no problem. This all happened before your divorce, but I just didn't tell my family. Look, I'm fine, aren't I?"

Hu Meili glared at her, angry and helpless, "I thought you were a coward. Who knew you were braver than anyone else."

Lin Xiangnan said with a smile: "I was worried about the money to buy a job before. Someone paid me to do a favor, so of course I helped. Who knew I would be so lucky and get the benefit for free."

"Where's the money?" Hu Meili stretched out her hand to Lin Xiangnan. "What are you doing with so much money, you little kid? Give it to me for safekeeping."

Knowing that the matter was safe, Hu Meili no longer wanted to hand it over and just wanted to put it in her own pocket.

Lin Xiangnan had been planning to help his family, so he said, "It's ok to give you the money. But you have to agree to one condition."

"Hey, kid. You and I are inseparable, but you are playing tricks on me. I am just keeping your money for you, and I won't spend it. Don't you even trust me?"

"Mom, do you want to live in a new big house?"

"Nonsense. Who wouldn't want to?"

Hu Meili originally wanted to roll her eyes, but when she thought about the fact that she hadn't received the money yet, she forced a gentle smile on her face.

"I got a thousand dollars this time, so I can invite my uncle and others to build a house together. Then I will have my own house."

Lin Xiangnan didn't dare to pay for the renovation of the house by himself, because it would be too conspicuous, and he couldn't explain the source of the money. But with Hu Meili's view on money, if she didn't spend some money, she would never have her own room in this life.

As he spoke, Lin Xiangnan took out a stack of money from his pocket.

"You just don't know how to spend money. You just had enough food and you already want to live in a big house. Isn't our house good enough? You don't have to spend money on food, and you don't have to spend money on buying a job..."

Hu Meili wanted to reach out for the money, but Lin Xiangnan dodged and refused to give it to her, "If you don't agree, forget it."

"You damn girl."

Hu Meili didn't say anything and started grabbing it.

She hung on Lin Xiangnan and fluttered for a few times, and even wanted to jump up to grab it, but in the end she didn't even touch a hair.

"Mom, you are so mean. I'll give you a thousand dollars and you'll give me a house. There's no better deal in the world than this. If you really don't do it, I'll hide the money and not give it to you."

“You dare!”

Lin Xiangnan presented facts and reasoned, "If I really had selfish motives, I wouldn't have taken out the money, don't you think?"

Hu Meili danced for a long time but didn't get any money. She could only stand there gasping for breath and cursed, "Okay, okay, okay, I promise you. Giving you some money and still negotiating conditions, I really raised you for nothing."

"I'll give you five hundred first. I'll give you another five hundred after the foundation of the new house is laid."

"It's not safe if you keep it. It would be best if you give it to me for safekeeping." Several families were building a house together, and she only needed to contribute 500 yuan, but she had seen that money before, and she felt sad when she saw Lin Xiangnan taking it back.

"No, it's safe here too. I haven't lost a penny in such a long time."

Seeing that Hu Meili still wanted to fight, Lin Xiangnan put the money directly into his pocket and ran into the yard.

When there were too many people around, Hu Meili didn't dare to make a fuss anymore. She glared at Lin Xiangnan fiercely and said, "You damn girl, just wait for me."

Seeing this, the lady in the yard tried to smooth things over.

"The child is already this old, please give her some face and don't say anything about her."

Lin Xiangnan smiled and said, "Yes, Mom, hurry up and cook. I'm hungry."

Thinking of the meat that Lin Xiangnan brought back today and the extra 500 yuan in her pocket, Hu Meili snorted proudly, her mood instantly improved, and she hurried back to the house to cut the meat.

It was hot, and two pounds of meat could not be finished in one meal, so Hu Meili cut a pound of meat, marinated it with salt, and prepared to send it to Hu Laodi later, and discuss the house building at the same time.

Previously, when Hu Meili’s cooking was bad, Lin Xiangnan even excused her, thinking it was because there was not enough oil or the ingredients were not available.

As a result, when Lin Xiangnan ate the meat cooked by Hu Meili today, he still found it hard to swallow. She had good meat, but Hu Meili cooked the lean meat dry, the fat meat greasy, and it had no taste.

She was used to eating good food. Lin Xiangxi and Hu Meili both ate with relish and kept their heads down while eating.

We were enjoying our meal at home when we heard the sound of bowls breaking from the Liu family next door.

In an instant, Hu Meili became energetic.

When Hu Meili lost her temper in the past, she would throw enamel basins and enamel pots, which only made a loud noise but did not break. She would never throw a bowl.

Now the Liu family is smashing bowls, which shows that they are very angry.

Hu Meili didn't hesitate at all. She immediately picked up two pieces of food with her chopsticks, held the bowl, and ate while standing at her door watching the fun.