Chapter 351: Eighteen Years of Living Expenses
Seeing that Bai Chunhua was persuaded, a hint of contempt flashed in Lu Huaiyi's eyes.
"We are willing to pay for Yaya's tuition and living expenses until she reaches adulthood, fifty yuan a year." Lu Huaiyi took the initiative to say.
Bai Chunhua did some calculations in her mind. The tuition for children in the village was only a few dollars per semester. Add in the cost of clothes and shoes for a year, and it would be more than fifty dollars a year.
Just as Yu Hui was about to speak, she heard Mr. Lu say, "Fifty dollars a year, you have the nerve to say that."
Lu Huaiyi: “…”
Zhou Lin frowned and said, "Fifty yuan a year is not a small amount. One hundred kilograms of grain is only sixteen or seventeen yuan. She's a child, and her daily ration is only two taels. She can't even eat a hundred kilograms in a year."
Old Master Lu sneered, "Only rice, no meat? No eggs? The way you give living expenses, just enough to keep people from starving is enough, right?"
"The child's daily ration is two ounces. Won't she grow? Won't her appetite increase?"
"After entering middle school and high school, the tuition will continue to rise. What can I do with fifty yuan a year?"
Then, Mr. Lu pointed at Zhou Lin's coat and said, "Your coat isn't even worth fifty yuan, is it?"
Zhou Lin was so embarrassed by what she said that she couldn't even lift her head. The coat she was wearing was newly bought for her wedding and she was over 80 years old.
After hearing what Mr. Lu said, Bai Chunhua remembered that she had only calculated the cost of buying clothes and shoes for her children to go to school, and had not yet calculated the cost of food.
With this calculation, fifty yuan a year is indeed not enough.
"Then Dad, how much do you think it should be?" Lu Huaiyi asked in a flattering manner.
Mr. Lu rolled his eyes and said, "One hundred and fifty-one years."
"Dad, my annual salary is only over 800 yuan." Lu Huaiyi frowned.
Old Master Lu sneered, "Your annual salary is over 800 yuan, and Zhou Lin's is over 600 yuan, which is over 1,400 yuan a year. It's not worth breaking a sweat to come up with 150 yuan a year. How can you do that?"
“…” Lu Huaiyi choked.
Mr. Lu looked at Bai Chunhua and said, "Comrade Xiaobai, they are reluctant to even pay the annual living expenses of 150 yuan. I think you should go to the Public Security Bureau and sue Lu Tianyou for bigamy."
"Don't." Lu Tianyou said hurriedly.
"Dad, Mom." Lu Tianyou looked at his parents pleadingly.
When he graduates from college, maybe he can earn 150 yuan a month.
You must not lose many hundred and fifty yuan in the future just for one hundred and fifty yuan in one year.
Father and Mother Lu gritted their teeth and said, "Okay, one hundred and fifty is one hundred and fifty."
For the sake of their son's future, they paid the 150 yuan.
"Sister Chunhua, you probably don't want to deal with them in the future, right?" Yu Hui asked in a low voice.
Bai Chunhua nodded.
Yu Hui said, "A lump sum payment for eighteen years will save us from dealing with each other in the future."
"Where is eighteen years?" Zhou Lin cried out, "The child is only four years old. If we give him until he's eighteen, it should be fourteen years."
Lu Tianyou nodded, "Yes, Yaya is four years old."
Yu Hui looked at Lu Tianyou and said, "When you were in the countryside, you ate at Sister Chunhua's house, lived at her house, and relied on her to avoid starvation. In the four years since Yaya was born, she also ate and used the Bai family's food. You didn't contribute anything, so shouldn't you have been given living expenses for these four years?"
Mr. Lu nodded, "Indeed, it should be given."
Zhou Lin gritted her teeth. Four years meant six hundred yuan, which made her feel so distressed.
"Eighteen years is eighteen years." Lu Huaiyi gritted his teeth and agreed, and at the end he glared at Yu Hui, the nosy person.
One hundred and fifty yuan a year for eighteen years, that's two thousand seven hundred and fifty yuan. Lu Huaiyi agreed that he would pay the money when the divorce agreement was signed.
He and Zhou Lin have worked together for so many years, and they still have 2,700 yuan.
Yu Hui told the Lu family not to worry, "Don't worry yet, after we've settled the children's accounts, it's time to settle Sister Chunhua's."
Zhou Lin's eyes widened as she pointed at Bai Chunhua. "She has hands and feet, does she also need us to pay for her living expenses?"
Yu Hui: "It's not living expenses, but..."
Before she could finish her words, Bai Chunhua interrupted her, "I don't need any money from you. I only want Yaya's living expenses and tuition."
She said, looking at Lu Tianyou, "I was deceived by you and married you. I was stupid, I was dumb, I was blind and couldn't judge people. I admit it!"
Lu Tianyou lowered his head in embarrassment.
Seeing that Bai Chunhua insisted on her own opinion, Yu Hui didn't say anything more.
Bai Chunhua: "The divorce agreement can be written right now. You give me the money right away, and I can buy a train ticket this afternoon and take Yaya home. From now on, I will never appear in front of you again. Of course, you'd better not even think about appearing in front of me."
Mr. Lu glanced at her and said nothing.
Zhou Lin stood up and said, "Tianyou, come home with me to get your passbook and go to the bank to withdraw money."
"Okay." Lu Tianyou followed him out.
Lin Siyu felt that staying here was just asking for trouble, so she took her bag and left.
However, she did not follow Lu Tianyou and the others, but took a bus in the opposite direction.
She needed to find a quiet place, a place without the Lu family.
The others sat in the main room and waited. When Zhou Lin and Lu Tianyou returned home, took their passbooks and rushed to the bank, the bank had already closed and would not reopen until 2:30.
The mother and son had no choice but to wait near the bank.
"Mr. Lu, it's time to cook. How many people do you want to cook for?" Sister Zhang asked as she walked to the door.
Mr. Lu glanced around and pointed at Lu Huaiyi and said, "Except for this beast, we can cook as much as there are people in the family now."
Lu Huaiyi: "Dad..."
Mr. Lu: "I'm not your father, don't claim me as your father."
"Then I'll go cook." Sister Zhang turned and left.
"Let me help you." Gu Hongmei chased after him.
Sister Zhang: "How can this be good? You are a guest."
Gu Hongmei smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm used to helping out."
Gu Hongmei left with Sister Zhang. Old Master Lu stood up and said to Yu Hui and Bai Chunhua, "Xiao Yu and Xiao Bai, come with me."
"good."
Although the two men didn't know what the old man was going to do, they still followed him.
Lu Huaiyi was the only one left in the huge living room.
He calculated the time and estimated that when Zhou Lin and the others went to the bank, it would be closed. He was afraid that they would have to wait until the afternoon when the bank opened before they could withdraw the money.
He was treated like air in the house, and when they had dinner later, there would be no share for him. It would be quite awkward for him to stay here.
It would be better to go out first, find a place to have lunch and come back later.
So Lu Huaiyi also left.
Yu Hui and Bai Chunhua followed Mr. Lu into the study. Mr. Lu sat on the chair behind the desk and said to them, "You sit down too."
The two sat down on the chairs nearby.
Mr. Lu looked at Bai Chunhua and said, "Xiaobai, do you know why I asked you and Xiaoyu to come to the study with me?"
Bai Chunhua shook her head.
"I hope you can stay in the city with Yaya and ask Xiaoyu to come with you. I know you definitely don't want to, so I want her to help me persuade you."
Bai Chunhua frowned. The people in this strange city broke her heart. She just wanted to take Yaya away and never have anything to do with those people again.
She was absolutely unwilling to stay here.
Yu Hui's eyes lit up, and she asked softly, "Grandpa Lu, do you mean to acknowledge Yaya as your great-granddaughter?"
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