Huo Zhiguo returned home with a gloomy look on his face, and the gloom in his eyes could not be dispelled.
"Huo Zhiguo, what are you doing sitting here alone?"
As the sound of cursing came, Huo Zhiguo looked in the direction of the sound and saw his wife walking into the house. He pursed his lips to make sure that no sound could be made.
Li Mei put her sleeves on the table, picked up the teacup and gulped down several gulps of tea. She took a breath and her eyes fell on him: "Why aren't you talking?"
"I asked you to go to your mother to ask for money, did you get it?"
Huo Zhiguo waved his hand and looked at her: "Don't mention it."
She sat down on the chair, her eyes fixed on Huo Zhiguo, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter? Don't tell me your mother doesn't want to?"
Huo Zhiguo had a bitter face and said nothing. Li Mei put the teacup on the table with a clatter. The sound was so loud that he curled up. "Wife, I tried my best. You can't blame me for this!"
Li Mei cast a half-smile at Huo Zhiguo, her droopy eyes looking shrewd no matter how she looked at him. "Huo Zhiguo, it seems our Huo Chen isn't a member of your Huo family, right? He finally found a girl he likes, and your mother isn't willing to contribute a little to the betrothal money?"
"What's wrong with her? Does she want to leave all the money to Huo Jue?"
Li Mei became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. Seeing her husband's cowardly look, she slammed the table and stood up from her chair: "No, I have to go to the old lady's house!"
Huo Zhiguo saw his wife about to cause trouble, and was so scared that he grabbed her hand and said, "Please, stop it!"
Li Mei frowned: "Why, are you still willing to let your mother just sit back and do nothing about it?"
She shook off Huo Zhiguo's hand and tried to walk out. Huo Zhiguo saw it and took a deep breath and said, "Do you really think I agree? I'm telling you, if you ever step out of this door, our family will be finished!"
Huo Zhiguo sat back in his chair with a gloomy face. Li Mei overheard what he said and immediately turned to look at him: "Tell me clearly, what's going on?"
She frowned and looked at Huo Zhiguo: "Huo Zhiguo, why is this matter over?"
Huo Zhiguo told Li Mei all about Wen Xiannuan's threats. Li Mei's face changed and she looked at Huo Zhiguo and asked, "How did she know that?"
Before the Landlord game, she and Huo Zhiguo took advantage of the chaos to hide a lot of things, and even Mrs. Huo didn't notice. Wen Xia Nuan had just arrived here, so how did she know? Unless...
Thinking of a possibility, Li Mei grabbed Huo Zhiguo's sleeve and said, "Tell me the truth, were you really not seen by Huo Jue when you moved those things?"
Huo Zhiguo shook his head. He really couldn't remember those circumstances.
"You useless bastard! How could you forget such an important thing?"
Li Mei was so angry that she raised her fist and hit her husband several times. "What sin did our son commit to deserve such a useless father like you! That girl from the city finally agreed to be with your son. You should at least try to make him proud, right?"
"If you can't come up with the betrothal money they ask for, I wonder how you're going to explain it to your son!"
Huo Zhiguo rubbed his face with his hand. "Forget about the betrothal gift. Huo Jue said that we have to pay our mother's support over the years. If we don't take it, they will go to the captain to make things clear!"
Li Mei scoffed and refused, "Alimony? She's just dreaming! What else can I do if I don't give it to her?"
She rubbed her brows with a headache: "Besides, is Huo Jue really willing to tell the captain about the antiques in his house?"
Huo Zhiguo didn't speak for a while. Li Mei's eyes fell on his hesitant expression and urged him, "What else are you hiding from me? Tell me now!"
Li Mei's vision went dark and dark. What else was this useless man of hers hiding from her?
Huo Zhiguo took a deep breath, looked at Li Mei and said, "I'm not hiding anything from you, but judging by Wen Xianuan's personality, she's very likely to tell you everything about us!"
He reached out and held Li Mei's hand, looking at her and said, "If these things are found, think about what the consequences will be for us."
Thinking of his brother and sister-in-law who died young due to struggle, Huo Zhiguo felt a chill all over his body and held his wife's hand even harder: "Li Mei, you have to think it through. We can't test these things!"
Li Mei had never suffered such a loss before. Seeing her husband's aggrieved look, she sat on the chair and thought for a moment before saying, "How much money do we have to spend on your mother's?"
Huo Zhiguo gestured a number, and Li Mei's face darkened: "How much?"
"I have to pay one dollar a month!"
Li Mei sneered and glanced at Huo Zhiguo. "Your nephew is really asking for too much! One dollar a month! The work points you and I make combined only make five dollars a month. Why does he want one dollar from me?"
"He said this dollar is compensation for what he did before. When he's paid enough, it will be fifty cents a month."
Li Mei's expression looked a little better, but she still felt distressed when she was asked to take it out.
"It's really painful to take out this money, but if you think about it carefully, those things are in our hands after all. When the policy improves in the future, we can also..."
The rest of the words were self-explanatory, but Li Mei sneered: "You are the only one who knows about those things? Your nephew doesn't know? Can you guarantee that the policy is in place and those things are still in our hands?"
Li Mei sat on the chair. If she wanted to keep the things, she could only pay Huo Jue, but if she didn't pay, she couldn't keep the things.
Huo Zhiguo was right. These things were something they had saved with great difficulty. If their lives got better in the future, they could exchange them for money and it would indeed be a considerable fortune.
Li Mei pondered for a moment, her eyes falling on Huo Zhiguo: "Are you sure those things are still in the same place?"
Huo Zhiguo nodded quickly, and Li Mei's mind was slightly relieved. She looked at him and said, "First, take out the things and move to another place, then give Huo Jue the money!"
The two of them looked at each other, and while it was still dark, they hurried to the place where the things were buried.
As he dug with the hoe, Huo Zhiguo's heart was beating fast. The soil on the surface was so soft as if it had been dug. He pursed his lips, feeling a little uneasy.
"Huo Zhiguo, where did you bury this thing?"
Li Mei lowered her voice. Huo Zhiguo was about to speak when his hoe hit something. He immediately put it down and dug with his hands. However, the next second, he sat down on the ground with a pale face: "It's over, it's all over..."
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