He also asked Shen Lingling to behave well in front of Fang Siwen's family, to be open and confident, and not to be timid and petty, as if she had never seen the world.
This made Shen Lingling even more nervous. After hearing that Tian Tian had returned, she couldn't wait to come to see Tian Tian the next day. If Tian Tian hadn't come back a little late the night before, she would have come yesterday.
"Who said you were going to stay at his house? You can go to the guesthouse and get the cheapest single room. But how many days are you going to stay there? One or two days is ok, but if you stay longer it will probably cost a lot of money." Tian Tian said.
Shen Lingling's face looked a little unhappy. "My grandma asked me to live in his house."
They had just helped Shen Lingling's brother get married last year, and had spent a lot of their money. It went without saying that this trip to Beijing would cost a lot of money again, and her grandmother was unwilling to pay for her.
Although her mother looked unhappy when she heard that her grandmother asked her to live in Fang Siwen's house, she didn't have much money and could not afford to pay for her to go to Beijing, so she didn't say anything.
In fact, Shen Lingling didn't want to live in Fang Siwen's house. She was just going to meet his parents. The marriage wasn't even a thing yet. Wouldn't it cause gossip if she moved in? And what would Fang Siwen's parents think of her?
"We may stay a little longer. Fang Siwen said he would go back for about a week." The expression on Shen Lingling's face became even uglier.
Fang Siwen paid for her train ticket this time, and she also spent Fang Siwen's money when she went out to eat. If she still lived in Fang Siwen's house, Shen Lingling would be so ashamed that she wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground, without anyone saying anything.
"The cost of staying in a guesthouse for a week might be a bit too much. And then you have to eat out, which requires money and food coupons," said Tian Tian.
She had never stayed in a guesthouse, so she didn't know how much the cheapest single room in a guesthouse cost. However, nowadays guesthouses are generally occupied by government officials, so they are definitely not cheap.
Ordinary rural people usually sleep on the streets when they go to the city in the summer. They will not stay in guesthouses and are reluctant to spend the money.
"Tian Tian, how much money do you have? Can you lend me some first? Fang Siwen pays for everything I buy." Shen Lingling asked.
"Me?" Tian Tian was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the person who wanted to borrow money would be her. "I don't have much money. I only have the New Year's money I saved over the years, but it's only a few cents a year. And I usually spend my own money at school, so I can't save much."
"I still have five dollars in my hand. If you don't think five dollars is too little, I will lend it to you!"
In fact, she had much more money in her hands than five dollars, but most of the money was earned when she sold things to Li Jiuniang. She definitely could not take out this money, and she would not be able to explain it when the time came.
These five dollars were the New Year's money she had saved over the years, as well as the pocket money that Grandma Tian gave her for school.
"It's not too little! It's not too little!" Shen Lingling said hurriedly.
Although these five yuan were not enough for her to go to Beijing, she had no money at all. These five yuan were a huge sum of money for her. She could not even accept it in time, so how could she refuse it? Besides, these five yuan were indeed not a small amount of money. It was the money her family earned in half a year.
"Wait for me!" Tian Tian rummaged through the luggage she brought back last night.
She came back too late last night and had no time to pack her luggage, which was all piled aside.
She rummaged for a long time before pulling out a small handkerchief from her luggage. She peeled off the layers of the handkerchief, revealing a small, crumpled stack of money inside.
They are all just one cent, every penny. I can see that you have saved this money for a long time.
Tian Tian counted the money and counted out five dollars. She rewrapped the remaining bills and put them back, then handed the money to Shen Lingling.
Fortunately, she had the habit of keeping some money outside, otherwise she would not be able to lend money to Shen Lingling today.
Shen Lingling felt a little embarrassed holding the money. She also realized that this was almost all the money Tian Tian had, and Tian Tian only had a few cents left.
But she was also very grateful to Tian Tian. Five dollars was not a small amount of money, but Tian Tian asked to lend it to her, so she lent it. Her grandmother and mother were reluctant to give her money. They were family members, and they were not as good as Tian Tian, a good sister.
Tian Tian watched Shen Lingling counting the money with some hesitation.
In the end, it was Shen Lingling who spoke first, "Tian Tian, do you have a pen and paper? I'll write you an IOU. Don't worry about the five dollars. I'll do everything I can to pay you back!"
Hearing Shen Lingling take the initiative to talk about the IOU, Tian Tian breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the paper and pen beside her and gave them to Shen Lingling.
She had been wanting to talk about the IOU, but was a little embarrassed to say it. After all, five dollars was not a small amount of money, and there had been many quarrels in the brigade over five dollars.
I didn't expect Shen Lingling to take the initiative to talk about the IOU.
Shen Lingling simply wrote an IOU. Tian Tian took it back and put it away after seeing that there was no problem with it.
Shen Lingling got the money and went out happily.
After Shen Lingling left, Tian Tian packed all the luggage she brought from school, and then went out.
"Why did Lingling come to see you?" asked Old Mrs. Tian.
"She came to me to borrow money!" Tian Tian did not want to hide it from Old Lady Tian. "She and Fang Siwen are going to Beijing to meet Fang Siwen's parents. She has no money, so she came to me to borrow some money."
"She came to you to borrow money? Her family won't give her money." Chen Guihua asked.
How much money can a little kid like Tian Tian have? Even if she had a little money, she couldn't do anything.
"How can the Shen family have money? Don't you see how much money the eldest son spent on his wedding last year? And the sewing machine, I don't know where he got it from. I guess all the money he had was taken out. Now Shen Lingling is going to Beijing, and the cost of food and accommodation must be quite a lot. How could she possibly come up with that amount of money?"
Chen Guihua sighed, "Shen Lingling is such a pitiful child. If she had any other options, she wouldn't have come to borrow money from Tian Tian!"
There is no way I would go far away and borrow money from a child, because I really have no money.
"You guys are poor but rich on the road. How can you go out without some money? What if something happens? You have no money, you can't even buy a ticket, and you can't even go home." said Old Mrs. Tian.
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