"Once the money is in our hands, it's mine. Whether we pay it back or not is none of our business."
Lin Yuyao came out of the bathroom and asked, "I heard a knock on the door just now. Are my sister-in-law's parents still here?"
"I'm leaving now."
"Oh, what did they tell you?"
"They said they wanted to renovate their house and wanted to ask your eldest brother for some money. I said I agreed to help him pass on the message, but they needed the money urgently and said they were too busy going back and forth to pay, so they asked me to lend them some."
Lin Yuyao's eyebrows jumped, "What do you say?"
"Of course I agreed."
"What? You agreed? You gave me the money?"
Fu Huaiyi smiled and said, "Of course not. I told them to come pick it up at noon. Thirty thousand is a lot, but I don't have any cash on hand."
Lin Yuyao's eyes widened. "They're asking for 30,000? Bah! They really have the guts to ask for that. Three thousand is about right for building a house in the countryside."
"Well, maybe he knows your elder brother is making money, so he dares to ask for such a high price."
Lin Yuyao agreed.
Fu Huaiyi added, "Let's leave early tomorrow. Although I told them to come at noon, there's no guarantee they'll come early in the morning just to get the money."
Lin Yuyao thought it made sense.
It was getting late, so the two of them went to bed quickly, and then left with their luggage at dawn the next day.
They really guessed it right, the two of them did come early.
Seeing that no one was at home, I didn't think much about it and thought they had gone into the city to get money.
Then I sat at the gate of their yard and waited.
I waited from morning till noon, watching smoke rising from the chimneys of every house around me, cooked and ate...
The two were so hungry that their chests were sticking to each other, but they still didn't see a single person.
"Where's he? Why hasn't he come back yet?"
"It might be difficult to withdraw so much money. Let's wait a little longer."
Then the two continued to wait until smoke was coming out of the dinner chimney, but still no one came back.
Unable to wait any longer, Chen's father asked Chen's mother to ask the neighbors.
The neighbor said, "Maybe he's gone."
"Leaving? They promised us...how can they leave?"
"I heard they had a flight at noon. It's almost evening now, and flights go fast. They should have already arrived home."
"What?" Only then did they realize they had been cheated.
"Oh, that bastard, he tricked us into tears."
…
Lin Yuyao and the others did go back, and they had indeed arrived home by then.
Lu Jiangting came over to take a look, and only when he saw the closed door did he realize that they had left.
That's right, those who came back to attend the old lady's funeral, after she was buried, naturally went back.
However, Lu Jiangting has applied for annual leave, and he will not be going back for a while, as he still has to visit his mother.
This month his mother is staying at his eldest sister's house, and he gives her fifty yuan a month. He gives the money to whoever his mother lives with.
For the sake of money, my brother-in-law has no objection.
After all, adding an extra pair of chopsticks is not something they need to do to take care of the old lady, and the old lady can occasionally help with some housework, so why not do it?
At this moment, only his mother is at home in his eldest sister's house.
Wang Cuilan was surprised to see him.
"Jiang Ting, why are you back?"
Lu Jiangting stuffed two bags of fruit candies into Wang Cuilan's hands and said, "Mom, I've taken my annual leave and came to see you."
"Oh, my wife is fine, what's there to be proud of? You send money back every month, but life is not easy either. You should save some money and don't come back unless necessary."
"It doesn't cost much. The travel expenses will be reimbursed."
"But..." Wang Cuilan asked him with a frown, "Have you checked it out at home?"
"I've seen it, and I've also gone to burn incense and paper for my father. But our house is empty, and it feels like it's about to fall apart."
Wang Cuilan nodded and said, "That's right. Alas! This old house will collapse if no one lives in it. I said I wanted to move back in, but your two sisters didn't want to."
"You're too old to live alone, or you won't know anything."
"What could possibly happen to me?" Wang Cuilan patted her chest and said, "I'm in good health."
Lu Jiangting suddenly thought of those illusions. About a year after his father passed away, his mother also passed away.
However, in that fantasy, my parents were well taken care of by Yuyao, and even though my father had cancer, he lived for many years before he died. It was not like that in reality, where he passed away so early.
In other words, my mother actually still has ten or eight years to live.
He is the late-born son of his parents, who were not young to begin with.
For the old man, living to over seventy years old was enough. But when he thought that his mother only had eight or ten years left to live, he felt a little sad.
Lu Jiangting said, "Mom, why don't you come with me? I'll take care of you in your old age."
"How can this be possible?" Wang Cuilan refused without a second thought, and then whispered in his ear: "You silly boy, if I follow you, how will you find a wife?"
"Mom, I..."
Lu Jiangting was about to say something when Wang Cuilan stopped him. "I know you won't despise me. I know you're filial. Listen to what mother said. There's no young woman these days who doesn't despise old ladies. Why would she serve an old woman like me as soon as she walks in? Without me, you can find someone better."
You see, Wang Cuilan actually knows everything.
She won't go now, but if Lu Jiangting really gets married, she will definitely go.
"mother……"
"Alright, alright, stop talking. I'm fine with your two sisters. I'm happy you came back to see me. It's a rare opportunity for you to come back, so stay at home for a few days and then go back."
Swallowing all the words he wanted to say, Lu Jiangting nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"By the way, you said you had a blind date with a girl last time, did it work out?"
Lu Jiangting was speechless for a moment.
How could he have gone on a blind date? He had lied to her to reassure her.
"No...it didn't work."
Wang Cuilan was anxious, "Why didn't it work out? Didn't they say this girl was very nice?"
"She...she's quite nice, but she has two younger brothers, both of whom are useless. They're both waiting for me to help them find jobs."
Lu Jiangting laughed and cried and said, "How could I be so capable of helping others with their work?"
Wang Cuilan hurriedly shook her head upon hearing this. "No, no, that's definitely not possible. It's not just about helping people find jobs. Later on, you might even have to pay for them to get married and raise children."
"Yes."
"Then look at other people. There are so many good girls in the world. My son is so handsome, how can he not find a good girl?"
Lu Jiangting said, "Yes, let me take another look."
That being said, it has been so long and there is still no suitable one, and Wang Cuilan is getting anxious.
"Why don't you ask your sisters to introduce one to you?"
"No need." He had been lying to her, so how could he ask his sisters to introduce him?
If I really introduce you to someone, it would be hard to refuse.
"The guys my sisters know are all from our hometown, so they're not suitable. I want to find a local girl from South City, preferably from a well-off family who can help me with my career."
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