After buying the car and the house, the family planned to go to the largest local shopping mall for a meal. After the meal, Zhao Mei could also take her mother to buy some clothes and do some skin care.
After a bumpy morning of running back and forth, Zhao Mei took her parents to Shengda Plaza, the largest local plaza, and randomly found a Sichuan restaurant for lunch.
After the three of them sat down and ordered their food, Zhao Mei looked at her mother with a puzzled look and said, "Meili, when you came back yesterday, the scene was so chaotic that I didn't have time to ask you. Why did you suddenly lose so much weight? And your face is so pale. Are you sick?"
Zhao Mei smiled and replied, "No, I've lost weight from working part-time and studying part-time. It's a bit stressful to balance work and study in the capital. I'm very healthy. I can eat, drink, run and jump. My pale complexion is from being bored working at a convenience store. How could I not be pale when I go back and forth between the classroom and the convenience store every day?"
Ye Danqin also breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, I'm glad you're okay. You know, a mother worries about her child even when he's thousands of miles away. You're studying at a university away from home, and I'm most worried about your health. You've lost so much weight suddenly, it scared me. I checked all night yesterday to see if you have any illness."
"Don't worry, Mom. I'm going to lose more weight later. I haven't eaten much since I lost weight, so it's become more obvious." Zhao Mei thought about the unused intermediate gene modification fluid in her bag and could only give her mother a heads-up. "Besides, I've grown taller recently. I guess it's because I've been eating better since I won the lottery, and I've grown taller too."
Just as she finished speaking, the dishes were served on the table. Zhao Mei quickly picked up some dishes and changed the subject: "Mom and Dad, hurry up and eat first. It's better to eat while it's hot."
The Sichuan restaurant in the mall has standard taste and ordinary prices. As long as the whole family is there, the ordinary meal can comfort everyone.
After dinner, Zhao Mei took her mother on a thorough shopping spree in the mall, from clothes to shoes and socks, from wearables to wearables to electronic products. After changing their phones from the first floor to the fourth floor and then back to the first floor, Zhao Mei thought about taking her mother to the beauty and skin care shop she always went to. At this time, her father, who was already exhausted both physically and mentally, took the initiative to offer to take all the spoils home. Zhao Mei smiled, and the mother and daughter said goodbye to Zhao Zhengzhen and went to get beauty treatments.
When they returned to the small rental house, it was almost dinner time. As soon as they entered, Ye Danqin, with a beaming face and a bag of dishes, said confidently, "Chef Ye must cook something delicious for you tonight! Let's celebrate this great news!"
Zhao Mei then entered the room, beaming as she complimented her father, "Great! With Chef Ye's cooking skills, we'll definitely be making a full banquet today! The whole family is fully supportive!"
Zhao Zhengzhen took the dish, rolled up his sleeves, and went into the kitchen to help. Zhao Mei leaned against the doorway and watched her mother and father bickering: "Zhao Zhengzhen, look at the potatoes you washed! There's still dirt on them! Are you the one who messed with me?" Zhao Zhengzhen could only take the reworked potatoes and continue washing them. "I'm going to remove the skins if I continue. I don't even need to peel them."
The family is happily enjoying their time together, but uninvited guests always come at this time.
Zhao Mei heard a knock on the door behind her and immediately knew it must be her eldest and second aunts. Seeing her parents' hands stopped, she could only say, "Mom and Dad, wash your hands first and go to the living room. I'll go open the door for them."
When the door was opened, as expected, there were six people crowded in the narrow corridor. Both the Zhao Danhong and Zhao Danzhen families were there. Each of them was holding one or two gifts. The curves of their mouths froze when they saw Zhao Mei's cold face.
Zhao Mei didn't want to waste time talking to them at this moment. She only said, "Are you guys coming in or not? If not, I'll close the door."
The group of people immediately rushed to the door, saying as they pushed forward: "Come in, come in, how can we not come in?"
Half a minute later, the living room of the small rental house, which was only a dozen square meters, was filled with six people. Zhao Mei was speechless and said, "What are you doing? Just coming here to ask for money and you want to burst our little temple?"
Zhao Danhong took the brunt of the criticism and flattered him, "No way, niece! We should bring more people with us. Isn't this a sincere apology? I was indeed a bit impulsive yesterday, but I also have my reasons. I'm your father's sister, and we're all family, right?"
Zhao Mei was too lazy to pay attention to her. She walked past Zhao Danhong and came to Zhao Danzhen: "Aunt, I will still call you that for the time being. IOU and bank card."
With Zhao Danhong's experience yesterday, Zhao Danzhen couldn't wait to take out the IOU and bank card she had prepared long ago. Zhao Mei took it and began to count the money. After counting it, she compared it with Zhao Danzhen: "There are still yuan left to pay, right?"
Zhao Danzhen nodded, looked at Zhao Mei, and moved her lips but couldn't help saying: "Niece, your two cousins are already of marriageable age, but they don't have a car or a house, and they can't even afford the betrothal gifts. No girl is interested in them. Your second aunt and I are really worried and have no other choice. You have to forgive us, we are all family."
Zhao Mei scoffed. "No car, no house? I'd believe anyone who says they don't have a house, but I don't believe you, Zhao Danzhen. No car? Whose Mercedes-Benz is that parked downstairs? Who took advantage of my father's misfortune to mortgage his two million yuan plot of land in his hometown for eight hundred thousand yuan? You have to make me explain it clearly, right?"
Seeing Zhao Danzhen's face suddenly turn pale, Zhao Mei didn't want to continue talking nonsense and dialed the phone: "Hello, Zhao Jing, please transfer RMB for me to the card number xxxxx of Huaxia Bank Xincheng Head Office. Don't add a cent more."
"Okay miss, are you having trouble over there? Do you need me to come over?"
"No need, just help me clean up over there, hanging up."
After hanging up, Zhao Mei continued, "You keep saying how hard your life is and how broke you are. Not only did you not help my dad when he was being chased for debt, but one of you even threatened to jump off the building at my dad's company, and the other one came into our house like a robber, smashing cups and pots. If you were truly poor, it would be fine, and it was my dad who was cheating you, but don't you know how much money you have?"
"A guy driving a Mercedes, a guy driving a BMW, saying he has no money? Everyone dressed up nicely and saying they have no money? Do you really think my dad doesn't know anything? He feels he owes you! I don't feel I owe you. Back then, you were all better off than my dad, yet you used the excuse that you were treated favorably as children to leave your grandparents to my dad to take care of, each running away faster than the other. Then, when my family started making money, you stuck to me like dog-skin plasters, crying, making a fuss, and threatening to commit suicide, forcing my dad to keep working. You are all shameless, and so is your son."
Zhao Mei shifted her gaze to look at her two cousins. "I, a college student, know how to do odd jobs to supplement the family income. But these two, several years after graduation, just lie around at home, using the excuse of exams to avoid work for over 200 days a year. Only after being nagged enough do they find a random part-time job. But if they can't find a wife, don't they deserve it?"
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