Chapter 73: Being used as a pawn without even realizing it...
"Your words are enough. Take the money back. You will have more expenses when you have children. Besides, you still have favors to pay..."
Zhang Guifang said this while wiping away tears, and Zhou Yong felt even worse.
Although he has no money now, money is just a number to him.
Qian Zhouyong did not take it back. He turned around and left the house in a depressed mood.
Zhang Guifang took the money and looked at Li Baotian: "Dad, is this appropriate?"
Li Baotian thought for a while and said, "Since Zhou Yong gave it to you, just keep it. When he needs money in the future, you can give it to him..."
Zhang Guifang thought this was a good idea. After all, they only had one daughter, Li Caiyun. Although Zhou Yong was their son-in-law, they treated him as their son.
Li Baotian stood up: "I'm going to the brigade."
Zhang Guifang responded, Li Baotian walked out, and Li Caiyun, who had fed the chickens and ducks, came into the house.
"Mom, when are we going up the mountain?"
Zhang Guifang held the money in her hand and changed the subject to talk to her daughter about the money Zhou Yong gave them.
Li Caiyun looked at her mother's hand holding the money. After Zhang Guifang finished speaking, she said, "Mom, since Zhou Yong gave it to you, just accept it! I guess he didn't do it because of what you said this morning. It's probably because my in-laws always come to borrow money."
Just because Zhou Yong didn't say some things doesn't mean Li Caiyun can't see what he's thinking.
Zhang Guifang frowned: "Because of the Zhou family's loan?"
Li Caiyun nodded: "If the Zhou family hadn't always borrowed money, our family wouldn't have to live in such a tight situation. Of course, it's not just the Zhou family that asks us for money, there's also the Li family, but Zhou Yong's status is here, how does he feel about the Zhou family always borrowing money?"
Zhang Guifang pondered over it and felt that what her daughter said made sense.
"He is him, and the Zhou family is the Zhou family. They cannot be confused."
Even so, don't forget that Zhou Yong's surname is Zhou after all.
Li Caiyun bit her lip and changed the subject: "Mom, I want to go to work in the brigade."
work?
"Are you having a fever? What nonsense are you talking about?"
Li Caiyun was not talking nonsense. The brigade was in need of people right now. Since she couldn't do physical work, she could do other jobs.
Wouldn't it be easier for our family if she gets a salary every month?
After listening to Li Caiyun's words, Zhang Guifang couldn't help but sigh: "Zhou Yong and your father both work in the brigade. It's not good for you to go to work. Stay at home and do something within your ability..."
"Mom, if I don't go to work in the brigade, someone else will."
That's the truth, but don't forget that Zhou Yong is now the team leader of the production team and also a part-time timekeeper, so he gets two salaries. Li Baotian is the village chief, and if Li Caiyun joins the team, the only one missing from their family is Zhang Guifang.
Wouldn’t people say that the brigade belongs to the Li family?
After listening to her mother's words, Li Caiyun realized that it was indeed inappropriate for her to join the team, even though she was unwilling.
Then she only had one way left, which was to make money by collecting mountain products.
Li Caiyun forced a smile and said, "Mom, let's go pick mountain products!"
It was already past seven o'clock, and it would be after eight o'clock when we got to the mountain, and we still had to cook lunch. Zhang Guifang shook her head.
"What time is it? We should go in the afternoon."
Li Caiyun nodded, then went to the kang to do needlework.
Zhang Guifang put the money away and turned to leave the house when Cui Shufen came.
Cui Shufen's arrival made Li Caiyun nervous, fearing that she was here to borrow money.
Because the Zhou family had borrowed money several times, Zhang Guifang's attitude in private became worse and worse, and Li Caiyun was afraid that the Zhou and Li families would break up.
She was not afraid of losing the Zhou family as a relative, but she cared about Zhou Yong's feelings.
"Mother-in-law, please sit on the kang."
Cui Shufen smiled and turned to sit on the edge of the kang: "Sister-in-law, is Brother Three going to the brigade?"
Zhang Guifang sat down and nodded: "Yes, I left with Zhou Yong."
Cui Shufen saw it at home, otherwise, would she have come to Li’s house?
Li Caiyun was sitting on the kang sewing shoe soles, and Cui Shufen soon explained her purpose.
Cui Shufen wanted to arrange the brothers Zhou Gang and Zhou Qiang into the team, but was opposed by Zhou Yong. Li Baotian did not say so. He said that the team was full.
Afterwards, Cui Shufen chatted with her neighbors and learned that there were still six vacancies in the acquisition team. She went home and realized that it was her son's problem.
She came today and wanted Li Caiyun to help persuade Zhou Yong, hoping that he could put aside the past grudges and allow Zhou Gang and Zhou Qiang to join the acquisition team.
Li Caiyun felt uneasy after hearing what Cui Shufen said.
In the past few years, when Cui Shufen saw her privately, she always said how difficult her life was, and implicitly hoped that she could help to mediate the relationship between them.
In the past few years, Li Caiyun was young and did not consider things comprehensively, so she foolishly helped to deal with things, which made Zhou Yong dislike her very much.
Later, Li Caiyun no longer dared to speak well of Cui Shufen in front of Zhou Yong, but what she had said could not be taken back, so the relationship between the two became increasingly strained.
In fact, the reason why Zhou Yong hates Li Caiyun is that he feels that Li Caiyun does not understand him.
No one knows the pain unless the knife is stabbed into their body. Li Caiyun grew up in a carefree environment and had hardly ever suffered any hardship. Everyone coaxed and pampered her, and she was raised to have a simple personality, so she could not understand the pain in Zhou Yong's heart.
But during this period, Zhou Yong gradually opened his heart to her, letting Li Caiyun know how much pain he felt.
Only after understanding Zhou Yong’s pain did Li Caiyun realize how much harm she had caused him before.
The person next to him doesn't understand him and is always trying to make him forgive his family. Is there any meaning in such a marriage?
Now Cui Shufen asked her to help deal with it again, and Li Caiyun shook her head without thinking.
Cui Shufen looked surprised. This was the first time Li Caiyun refused her request.
Zhang Guifang said nothing, but sat quietly by the side listening to the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Aunt, you know Zhou Yong's temper well. He doesn't listen to me at all. If he listened to me, you wouldn't be like this with him..."
Cui Shufen sighed: "If you help me with Caiyun's matter, no one else can help me. You know the situation at home. If you don't help us, I'm afraid that everyone in my family will starve to death..."
Li Caiyun felt a little soft-hearted when she heard Cui Shufen's complaints. At this moment, the words Zhou Yong said to her in bed flashed through her mind.
He told her not to get involved in any matter related to the Zhou family, and to let the Zhou family members come to him if there was any problem.
Li Caiyun's eyes drooped for a few seconds, and she looked at her old lady: "Aunt, I really can't do anything about this matter."
Cui Shufen did not give up. She held Li Caiyun's hand and said, "Caiyun, please help your aunt! No matter what, we are all a family. Zhou Yong is young now, so it's normal that he can't figure out some things. When he figures it out, he will know that everything I did was for his own good..."
Cui Shufen said similar things to Li Caiyun many times, which made the naive girl think that what the old lady said made sense.
So she foolishly persuaded Zhou Yong to accept Zhou's family. Now she thought about what she had done. Just as Zhou Yong said, it was not only ridiculous, but she was being used as a tool without knowing it...
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