Chapter 43 Do They Dare to Borrow with Interest?
Zhu Baoqian was supposed to wait until the next day to go back to her parents' home, but now she went back to her parents' home the day before she went back to her parents' home. It was getting late, so Yu Jiachao still sent Zhu Baoqian to her parents' home. Yu Jiachao was severely criticized by the Zhu family, who asked him to take care of the things at home before picking up Zhu Baoqian.
When Yu Jiachao returned to the Yu family, he looked very unhappy. He and his wife had just gotten married and had only lived together for one night.
"Brother, are you satisfied?" Yu Jiachao looked at Yu Guochao coldly.
"Your sister-in-law is also injured." Yu Guochao said.
Yu Dasao and Zhu Baoqian wrestled with each other, pulling each other's hair and pinching each other. If it weren't for the Yu family holding them back, the two would have continued fighting.
Yu Chunhua hugged the child and stayed beside him, fearing that the child would be frightened. Yu Dasao stayed in the room with the child, and Yu Chunhua glanced in the direction of the room where Yu Dasao lived. Yu Chunhua did not go to see Yu Dasao, one was her brother, and the other was her younger brother, Yu Chunhua did not know what to do.
No wonder Yu Donghua told her not to think about leaving the child in the city. There was no way to leave the child. The eldest brother and his wife had not returned to the city yet, and they already had such a big conflict with Yu Jiachao and his wife, not to mention living under the same roof after returning to the city. I'm afraid their conflicts would be even greater.
When Su Xiao's uncle heard that his two daughters-in-law had a fight, he walked back home slowly instead of walking back quickly. Su Xiao's uncle didn't want to get involved in those things. He wanted Su Xiao's aunt to solve those problems. Men should mainly take care of things outside.
"Brother, don't think about the money in my wife's hands." Yu Jiachao said, "You are not afraid of being laughed at by others, but I am afraid of being laughed at by others. Others will say that I can't protect my wife. My wife just got married, and I want to take away all her dowry. Do I still want to mix with people in the future? If people poke my spine and say that, I will never be able to stand up straight in my life."
After Yu Jiachao finished speaking, he went back to his room angrily and slammed the door shut. There was still a big red wedding sign on the door, but perhaps it was not stuck firmly, or perhaps because Yu Jiachao was too forceful, one side of the big red wedding sign did not stick to the door and floated a little.
Yu Guochao looked at Yu Chunhua beside him, and Yu Chunhua lowered her head and hugged the child.
Afterwards, Yu Guochao returned to his room and looked at his wife and children.
"Your younger brother and sister-in-law have taken all the benefits." Yu Dasao's hair was messy. She didn't go to fix her hair. She wanted to leave it like this. She wanted to let her man see how these people treat them. "I think they don't want you to come back. They want to monopolize the house!"
"Alas." Yu Guochao sighed. His wife really shouldn't have fought with Zhu Baoqian tonight, but since the fight had already happened, what else could he say?
"Your brother and sister-in-law are very smart. They deliberately said that in front of us." Yu Dasao said, "In the end, it was our fault, not theirs. They were right, and we were wrong. We just want to go back to the city, nothing else."
Mrs. Yu said she didn't want anything else, but everyone knew that if Yu Guochao and his wife came back, they would definitely want something else. Without a house and money, how could they live? It was difficult for Yu Guochao to find a temporary job as quickly as Wei Dashan, and the Yu family couldn't afford to rent a house for Yu Guochao.
Yu Dasao had lived in the countryside since she was a child, and she didn't know how expensive it was to live in the city. Yu Dasao said those words as if they had suffered a lot and the Yu family had to do everything they could to help them.
This is impossible!
Yu Jiachao is married, and even if he is not married, he cannot think only of Yu Guochao. Yu Jiachao is very similar to Su Xiao's uncle, both of them only think about themselves.
Su's father and mother were in the room. Su's father had already learned that Su's mother had lent twenty yuan to Su's aunt.
"Why did you borrow it again?" asked Su's father.
"She is your biological sister after all. If she doesn't give her eldest brother some money this time, she will not be able to get over this hurdle." Su's mother said, "If I really don't give her a penny, will you give it to her quietly and privately?"
"No, no." Father Su said, "You said you won't give it to me, so I won't give it to you."
Every month, Su's father handed over most of his salary to Su's mother. In this family, Su's father was the one with the least power to dispose of money. Su's mother did a good job in all aspects, and Su's father just had to listen to her arrangements. Su's father and Su's uncle-in-law did not show up, and they were completely different. Su's father let his wife hold the money, while Su's uncle-in-law held the money himself.
"Don't you have some private money?" Su's mother said. She didn't keep all of her husband's money, so her husband still had some money.
"The third sister's family is pregnant." Father Su said, "We can't not prepare money for them. As for Yamei, Dashan's salary is too low, and the advance on her salary can't be much, so we may still need to prepare some."
Father Su usually doesn't talk much, but he is not someone who is not prepared at all. Both his daughter-in-law and daughter are pregnant and need money. Father Su can't borrow money from others at the last minute. He can borrow money from his youngest daughter, but as his wife said, his youngest daughter is not married yet, and they don't want to make her lose face in front of her future in-laws.
Because Su's mother lent money to Su's father, Su's father took out twenty yuan from his private money and gave it to Su's mother.
"I still have 20 or 30 yuan left." Father Su said, "Not much."
"Yeah." Su's mother put away the money Su's father gave her. Su's mother knew how much Su's father earned.
After the reform and opening up, the policy was relaxed. Su's father helped others do some private work privately, and all the money he earned was given to Su's mother. Su's father worked in a state-owned factory, and he went to work in the private factory during holidays. He didn't dare to take leave directly during work hours. If someone found out, it would be a big deal.
Father Su took his third brother Su to work, and the two of them could earn a little more by working together. Father Su was still worried about being reported, but the family needed money, so he had to do it.
"And the money for today's work." Father Su took out some more money.
Su's mother counted the money and said, "The work in this private factory is quite profitable."
"The salary is high." Father Su said, "They asked me to go over there, saying they can pay more. I will retire in a few years, so it's not appropriate to go over there now. The third brother's skills are not that great yet, so if he goes over there, his salary won't be as good as what they offer me, but it's still more than what the factory offers. I just don't know how long this private factory can last, I'm afraid it won't work."
Father Su sighed. They were all worried about policy changes in the future. If the policy did not change, it would be much better to go to a private factory.
"The third son has changed jobs, and the eldest son-in-law is working as a temporary worker in a factory. I'm afraid they will be affected." said Su's father.
"Is there anyone from your factory going out to work?" asked Su's mother.
"We do it secretly. We dare not let anyone find out. If we are found out, it will be terrible." Father Su said, "We are already this old. If it is recorded in the file, it will not look good."
"That's true." Su's mother nodded.
"We really need to think about the third child," said Father Su. "He's going to be a father, and he'll have to spend more money in the future. If he wants to give his children better things, he has to start working hard to make money earlier. The wages in private factories outside are high, but they lack talent and can't find the right people. If they could easily find the right people, they wouldn't offer such high wages."
"So, we still have to consider Dashan's job?" Su's mother said.
"Yes." Father Su said, "This is a temporary job. The work is hard and the money is low. He doesn't know any other skills. He has no skills to rely on. He only does manual labor. What others want is me, the third brother, not Dashan."
There were many things going on at Aunt Su's house, and there were also things going on at the Su family. But Su's father and mother did not embarrass others, and they found a solution privately.
The family was short of money, so Su's father took Su Sange to take on more private work. They did not use Su Xueqing's betrothal money, but worked diligently with their own hands. Su's father hoped that he could make more money and not cause trouble for his children.
Su Xueqing didn't pay attention to the work of Su's father and Su's third brother. She never paid attention to these things. It was not her turn to care whether her father and her third brother were working overtime or not at home. When Su Xueqing was at the Su family, she didn't have to think about anything else, just study hard.
In the early morning, Su Xueqing was going to school. When she walked out of the house, she saw Yu Dasao and Yu Guochao. Yu Dasao and his wife asked where Su Xueqing lived, and they came over anyway.
Yu Dasao and his wife thought that Yu Jiachao was selfish and didn't know how to think about them. Yu Jiachao and others didn't let them come to Su Xueqing's place, but they still wanted to come.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I have to go to school. If I don't go now, I will be late." Su Xueqing looked at her watch, "I'm on time."
"Just a few minutes." Mrs. Yu wanted to go forward and grab Su Xueqing's hand, but failed.
Ning Yanjing pulled Su Xueqing to his side. He had not yet gone to work.
"Xueqing has to go to class. Their teacher will take attendance. I will take her to school." Ning Yanjing said, "If you have anything to say, wait a moment and we'll talk."
Su Xueqing looked at Ning Yanjing. She wanted to speak, but Ning Yanjing said, "Let's go. If you don't leave now, you'll be late. Do you want to be the best in your major? If you're late, the teacher will say that you're too proud and don't know where you are."
"Oh." Su Xueqing responded.
Ning Yanjing held Su Xueqing's hand tightly and pulled her forward.
When Mrs. Yu saw this scene, she didn't dare to step forward. She just met Ning Yanjing's cold eyes and suddenly didn't dare to move.
"They...can they talk for a while?" Mrs. Yu poked Yu Guochao.
"Wait a moment." Yu Guochao had no idea what would happen in a moment.
Su Xueqing walked with Ning Yanjing. Su Xueqing whispered, "Don't let go. Just say you need to turn around your business. Ask them if they have money to lend you."
"Don't worry, you don't have to worry." Ning Yanjing said, "I know what to say."
"Well, be careful." Su Xueqing said, "I don't meet them often, and I don't know what they will do."
Su Xueqing asked Ning Yanjing to be mentally prepared, as she was afraid that Mrs. Yu and the others would become hysterical.
"How about I go with you?" Su Xueqing said.
"Go to class first." Ning Yanjing said, "Other people take notes in class, why not listen in person? Do you still want to be divided into regular classes? Which student would delay studying because of trivial matters at home? Go to class first and don't worry about these things."
"Oh." Su Xueqing nodded, and she looked at Ning Yanjing a few more times.
"Still want to go back?" Ning Yanjing asked.
"No, I think you are kind of handsome." Su Xueqing said.
"Then take a closer look." Ning Yanjing said.
It was half an hour later when Ning Yanjing came back from sending Su Xueqing to school.
Yu Dasao and Yu Guochao were still standing at the door of the house. When Ning Yanjing just left, he did not let Yu Dasao and his wife in. Ning Yanjing did it on purpose. He said he had to send Su Xueqing to school and said it was too late, so he did not let them into the house.
During this period, Yu Dasao and Yu Guochao had spoken several words to each other, wondering how Ning Yanjing would treat them. They also felt that Ning Yanjing was not a good person to talk to, and Ning Yanjing did not let them sit in the house.
"You guys are still at the door?" Ning Yanjing deliberately asked, "Come on, go in and sit down."
Ning Yanjing did not say that he forgot to let Mrs. Yu and her husband in, nor did he apologize.
When they arrived at the living room, Ning Yanjing asked Mrs. Yu and her husband to sit down and asked Aunt Li to pour some water.
"What do you need?" Ning Yanjing said, "Just tell me."
Yu Guochao looked at Ning Yanjing who was so imposing, and was a little afraid to speak. Yu Dasao didn't care, she said directly, "We want to borrow 200 yuan, if not, 180 yuan, 100 yuan, both are fine. Guochao needs to manage some relationships when he returns to the city."
"Follow the bank interest rate?" Ning Yanjing asked.
"Interest?" Mrs. Yu opened her eyes wide, "Aren't we all relatives? And you still want interest?"
"I'm a businessman. I have to charge interest when I lend money." Ning Yanjing said, "I borrow money from the bank, and the bank also charges me interest. It's impossible for you not to pay the interest and I have to pay all the interest."
Ning Yanjing didn't say directly that he had no money. If he had said that directly, these people would not have believed him.
"The factory needed to expand and purchase equipment, but we didn't have enough cash, so we had to borrow money from the bank." Ning Yanjing said, "We mortgaged our house and the factory, but we couldn't pay them back, so the bank took all of them away."
"This..." Mrs. Yu stretched out her foot and kicked Yu Guochao lightly.
"If possible, you'd better go to the bank to borrow money yourself." Ning Yanjing said, "I'll go through a procedure here, won't I have to pay a handling fee?"
Ning Yanjing wrote a number on a piece of paper and asked Mrs. Yu and her husband to think about it carefully. The interest rate couldn't be too low. If it was too low, Ning Yanjing would lose money.
"Xueqing... doesn't she have the betrothal money?" Mrs. Yu took a look at the number. She knew numbers. There were literacy classes in the countryside. She might not know Chinese characters, but she knew the numbers one, two, three, four, five, and six.
"She gave it to me." Ning Yanjing fooled Mrs. Yu, "The company needs to turn around, she is my fiancée, help her out, and she will be a part of the company's shares."
Then, Yu Dasao and his wife did not borrow money, and they walked out of the house directly. They both felt that the interest rate was too high, and it was almost as high as loan sharking. Yu Dasao and his wife wanted to borrow money without interest, and it would be best if they did not have to pay it back. However, Ning Yanjing's attitude was that they not only had to pay back the money, but also had to pay high interest.
After Mrs. Yu and her husband left Ning Yanjing's place, they went to Su's house. Father and mother Su had already gone to work, and Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su were at home.
Yu Guochao bought some fruits and brought them over. Yu Dasao wondered if Old Lady Su had some money. Yu Guochao thought that this was not a good idea. How could they, as the younger generation, count on the old lady's money? The old lady was so old and could die at any time. Yu Dasao thought that it would be better if Old Lady Su could die at any time, so they would not have to pay back the money they borrowed and could regard it as a gift from the old lady.
"Grandma." Mrs. Yu greeted Mrs. Su warmly, "What are you doing..."
Mrs. Yu saw the dolls on the table, there were a lot of them.
"Working." Old Mrs. Su said, "I have lent all the money to you two brothers. There is a pregnant woman at home who needs to be hospitalized to give birth. If you have no money, don't you have to work?"
Old Mrs. Su looked at Mrs. Yu's flattering smile, and she saw through her at once.
"What about you? You don't plan to borrow money, you plan to pay it back?" Old Mrs. Su patted her leg, "I'm old and useless, my legs and feet are not good."
"We came to see you, grandma." Yu Guochao said. He pulled his wife and told her not to say anything else.
Old Mrs. Su was wearing glasses and she was threading a needle.
"Grandma, let me thread the needle." said Mrs. Su San.
"No need for you." Old Mrs. Su said, "I can do it myself."
Old Mrs. Su put one end of the thread in her mouth and licked it, then squinted her eyes and threaded the needle.
Seeing that Old Mrs. Su still had to do needlework at her old age, Yu Guochao felt embarrassed to talk about borrowing money.
"It's done." Mrs. Su put on her clothes after a while and finally succeeded. Mrs. Su turned back to look at Yu Guochao and Mrs. Yu, "Your uncle and aunt have gone to work, and the third child has also gone to work. We are the only ones left at home. Do you have anything to say? If it's important, wait for your uncle and aunt to come back and tell us."
"It's okay, we just came to see you. After seeing you, we can go back." Yu Guochao said.
"When are you going back?" asked Old Mrs. Su.
"I'll go back later." Yu Guochao said.
"Which train is coming soon?" asked Old Mrs. Su.
"No, we will go back to my parents' house soon." Yu Guochao said, "We won't be going back so soon for now, we have to wait a few days."
"Yes." Old Mrs. Su nodded. "We have to do all this work. We should do more while the third child hasn't given birth yet. We originally thought we wouldn't do it until after New Year's Day, but now we have to wait until the end of the year. We have to do it before the New Year. If we don't do it, we won't have money to celebrate the New Year."
"Brother and sister-in-law, are you guys eating here?" Third sister-in-law Su said, "There's no food at home. I'll go buy some."
"No, let's go back and eat." Yu Guochao said.
Yu Guochao couldn't let the pregnant Su Sansao go out to buy food and cook, so it was better for them to go back first. They didn't get the loan and spent some money. Yu Dasao was not very happy, but she had no choice but to go with Yu Guochao.
After Mrs. Yu and her husband walked out onto the road, Mrs. Yu suddenly shook off Yu Guochao's hand.
"I think it's clear that they don't want to borrow money. They keep saying they have no money and need to work," said Mrs. Yu.
"Grandma is right. She is too old to lie." Yu Guochao said, "Last year, when grandpa passed away, grandma was sick and spent a lot of money. We should not borrow money from grandma anymore. My uncle and aunt lent us some money, that's enough."
"They only earn dozens of yuan a month, how come they don't save any money?" Mrs. Yu didn't believe it.
“You can rent a house in the city and live there for a month, then you will know, right?” Amelia Su said.
Amelia Su lived nearby. She had just gone out to buy two bananas, and when she came back, she happened to meet Yu Dasao Yu Guochao.
“Cousin…” Yu Guochao didn’t expect to meet Amelia Su.
“You and your wife rent a house, not to mention two rooms, just rent one room, live there for a month, and see how much it costs.” Amelia Su said, “You stay in the city for a month, be a little thick-skinned, and others can’t drive you away.”
"It's not necessary to rent a house." Yu Dasao said, "We have a house at home."
"If you don't rent a house, you will be responsible for your own food and clothing, which will cost money." Amelia Su said, "My husband's monthly salary is basically spent, so there is no money left. The money my parents saved was taken away by your Yu family. I am still waiting for my parents to give me money to have a baby. After you do this, do my parents still have money for me to have a baby?"
Amelia Su rolled her eyes. She felt very uncomfortable. Why should these people take advantage of her? They were her parents, not theirs.
"Cousin, be kind." Amelia Su said, "If anything goes wrong when I give birth, and I have no money, or something happens, I will definitely go find you, even if I become a ghost."
"Let's go." Mrs. Yu said to Yu Guochao.
Yu Guochao knew that they had annoyed the Su family, and none of them wanted to pay attention to them. If there was a way, Yu Guochao would not want to come with his wife to find these people. Yu Guochao and his wife thought that if Aunt Su came, Aunt Su would come, and if Aunt Su came to borrow some money, they would come to borrow some money, and they would have more money. If they continued to plunder like this, the rice jar in the Su family would be plundered clean by them.
After Zhu Baoqian went back to her parents' home, Yu Jiachao had to go over there. He coaxed his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and then went out for a walk with his wife. The Zhu family said a few words to Yu Jiachao, meaning that Yu Jiachao should handle this matter properly.
"I won't go back these few days." Zhu Baoqian said, "You have to let your parents know how powerful you are. Don't always think about your elder brother and sister-in-law. Your elder sister-in-law doesn't have the betrothal money. That's a historical issue. It has nothing to do with us. If they want money, they can ask my parents for it. Why should I hand over my dowry money?"
"Don't do it. Don't do it." Yu Jiachao said, "You stay with your parents-in-law for a few days. My brother and his wife will go back to the countryside soon. When they go back, I will come to pick you up."
"Yeah." Zhu Baoqian nodded. "If I let it go so easily, your parents might really ask me to take out the money. The money belongs to us and our children."
"Of course." Yu Jiachao never thought of asking Zhu Baoqian to hand over the money. Not a single cent could be handed over.
"It's ridiculous that your elder brother and sister-in-law have no abilities themselves, yet they still covet other people's money." Zhu Baoqian said.
"My parents are also worried. They will be laughed at." Yu Jiachao thought it was good that more people knew about the incident. They all knew that Zhu Baoqian was forced to go back to her parents' home by her elder brother and sister-in-law. Yu Jiachao didn't want to pay, so he had to have a suitable reason. If Zhu Baoqian went back to her parents' home, it would force Aunt Su and her husband to make a decision earlier.
When Yu Jiachao and Zhu Baoqian were walking outside, the Zhu family went to Yu's house and made a big fuss.
"What do you think of my daughter as?"
"You want my daughter's dowry, do you have any shame?"
"If that doesn't work, let them get divorced!"
…
Aunt Su could only apologize to the Zhu family and persuade them to give them time to solve the problem. They would definitely solve the problem. Only then did the Zhu family leave. Aunt Su was tired. If her family had money, it would be great. She wouldn't have to worry about these things.
Yu Chunhua went to find Yu Donghua and told her about the situation of the Yu family. Yu Donghua asked Yu Chunhua and her son to have lunch at home before going over so that the two sisters could have a good chat.
"The main thing is that the betrothal money for my cousin didn't come from my uncle and aunt. They gave it to my cousin." Yu Donghua said, "My eldest brother and his family can't get this money. My aunt can't let my eldest brother borrow this money."
"I plan to go back tomorrow." Yu Chunhua said, "My parents won't let their grandson stay in the city. If we stay, we will be annoying. My eldest sister-in-law and my younger sister-in-law had another fight last night, so my younger sister-in-law went back to live with her parents. She went back just after getting married, and others are laughing at our family."
Yu Chunhua was greatly shocked. She did not expect the situation to turn out like this. Yu Chunhua originally thought that having a rich relative would make things easy to solve, but she did not expect the family to become a mess.
"I asked... but my parents ignored me." Yu Chunhua sneered, "They just want to settle the issue between my elder brother and younger brother. Three hundred yuan, where can I get so much money? My younger brother just got married, and my elder brother and his wife want my sister-in-law to take out the betrothal money, but my sister-in-law refuses."
"..." Yu Donghua didn't know what to say. She was thinking about this person's money, thinking about that person's money... Yu Jiachao would never give her the money. Yu Donghua knew Yu Jiachao's character. Yu Jiachao and his wife were of the same kind. Before they got engaged, they had been scheming against the Yu family, wanting them to give them more money so that the money would eventually belong to them.
When Su Xueqing returned home, Ning Yanjing had already solved the problem. When Su Xueqing learned that Ning Yanjing had scared away Yu Dasao and his wife with interest, she gave Ning Yanjing a thumbs up.
"I told you that you gave me the betrothal money, and I used it to start a business." Ning Yanjing said, "I gave you shares in the company. They won't think that you have so much money and will ask you to borrow money."
"this……"
"I'm afraid those people will say that we are a rich family and stingy, saying that I cheated you." Ning Yanjing said, "They will say that you found a rich partner, that's all."
"It's okay." Su Xueqing said, "But you, this is not good for your reputation."
"Don't be afraid." Ning Yanjing said, "They should stop bothering you and keep you quiet. This is more important than anything else. Originally, those people were eyeing the betrothal money. It was me who disturbed your peaceful life."
"That's it." Su Xueqing felt that what Ning Yanjing said made sense.
"The interest rate is not low, higher than the interest rate they would get if they mortgaged their house at the bank." Ning Yanjing said, "If they have the idea, they can mortgage their own house, and the interest rate will be lower. Your uncle and aunt have a house, and they can still borrow some money if they mortgage it. I don't know if they are willing to mortgage their house. If they are unwilling to mortgage it, they will borrow from loan sharks, and the interest will compound. I don't know how much money they will have to pay."
"It's better to borrow money from the bank than from others." Su Xueqing said, "You have pointed out a way for them."
As for whether the Yu family would quarrel over this, that was their business. The Yu family always used their affairs to trouble others, and they should have thought about this situation.
Mrs. Yu and her husband did think of asking Mr. and Mrs. Su to mortgage their house to borrow money. The house can be mortgaged for two or three hundred yuan, which is not a problem.
"No!" Yu Jiachao couldn't agree, "This house doesn't belong to you, it belongs to my parents."
Yu Jiachao had not expected that Yu Dasao and his wife would set their sights on the house. "Dad, Mom, this won't work. If we can't pay the money back, the house will be taken away. If we don't have a house to live in, are we going to live on the main road?"
"We will pay you back," said Mrs. Yu.
"You are forcing all of us to help you pay back the debt together." Yu Jiachao said, "I still say that the house does not belong to you and your wife, it is owned by everyone. There is nothing else valuable in the house, just this house."
"Doesn't your unit allocate houses?" said Mrs. Yu.
"Do you distribute houses casually when your company is in business? So many people are waiting for houses, and many of them haven't been allocated houses." Yu Jiachao looked at Aunt Su and her husband, "Dad, Mom. If you really do what Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law said, you won't have a daughter-in-law. She will definitely divorce me, and all the money spent on the betrothal gifts will be wasted."
"Yu Jiachao, you only care about yourself!" Mrs. Yu was dissatisfied, "We didn't ask you to pay back the money. Can't we pay it back ourselves?"
"That's enough." Uncle Su said coldly, "No one should have any idea of taking this house."
Even if Yu Jiachao didn't object, it would be impossible for Su Xiao's uncle to mortgage the house. Su Xiao's uncle only had this one house and no extra houses. If he really mortgaged the house and the matter was not completed, then they would be finished.
"Boss, if you can borrow money, lend it. If you can't, stay in the countryside first." Su Xiao's uncle said, "The money I borrow now should be used as a betrothal gift to your wife."
"Even if it's the bride price, it's enough. The bride price for my brother-in-law..." Mrs. Yu muttered. She was not satisfied.
"If you want it, take it. If not, you can divorce and the eldest son can apply to return to the city if he meets the policy requirements," said Su's uncle.
"Impossible!" said Mrs. Yu, "Even if we get divorced, Guochao can't come back. We have to come back together."
There is no way that Yu Dasao's family would let Yu Guochao go back to the city alone, and they would not let Yu Guochao do it without paying anything.
One night later, Su's mother came to find Su Xueqing, and Su Xueqing learned that Zhu Baoqian had run back to her parents' home.
"Chunhua took the child back." said Su's mother.
Aunt Li peeled the fruit and brought it over. She went to stay somewhere else instead of staying in the living room to listen to Su Xueqing and Su's mother talking. "It's not okay not to go back. Her brothers and sisters are quarreling so much." Su's mother sighed, "Chunhua can't cause more trouble to her parents at this time. According to customs, her eldest brother and sister-in-law should come back first."
"We can't just follow local customs and habits when it comes to this matter," Su Xueqing said.
"Chunhua bowed her head." Su's mother said, "She still wants her family, so she needs to be sensible and not cause them any trouble."
“…” Su Xueqing just felt sad.
"Chunhua herself has no ability, and she and her husband can't make much money in the countryside." Su's mother said, "If the child comes to the city, the parents have to pay more money. Look at your eldest sister, she relied on her pregnancy and didn't give us a penny. The money for raising Shanshan was all paid by your father and me. Your third sister-in-law is a good person, she didn't say she wanted to drive Shanshan away. If it were someone else, there would be nothing wrong with that. There are only so few things, and they have to share them with others. How could they be willing to do so?"
"Yan Jing told my eldest cousin and the others that he had used all my betrothal money to do business." Su Xueqing explained, "The money is still with me. He didn't take it. He just said that. Mom, in the future, if someone asks you, you can tell them that Yan Jing said that. He is not afraid of others saying that he has a bad heart."
"This... is really unfair to him." Su's mother said, "For a family like theirs, there is no way they can be short of this little money."
"Didn't you always say that the richer people are, the more stingy they are?" Su Xueqing said.
"That depends on the person." Su's mother said, "There are so many things going on at home, and it has caused trouble for you and your partner. I'm also afraid that he will be unhappy and that he will treat you badly."
"Not really, he can tell the difference." Su Xueqing said, "Some things between relatives should be distinguished. He doesn't blame me for the things that happened to those relatives, but I can't control those relatives. Who doesn't have a few weird relatives?"
This was the general background of the era. The educated youth returned to the city and worked... It was difficult for them to avoid these things. They had no choice but to face the challenges.
"Anyway, Yan Jing said that. If they want to borrow money, they have to pay a higher interest rate than the bank." Su Xueqing said, "They probably don't want to pay this interest rate."
"The interest rate is too high. It's better to borrow money from relatives and give them lower interest rates." Su's mother said, "Most relatives don't have to pay interest when they lend money."
"Is my partner considered their relative? We haven't even gotten married yet, and they're already using him like this." Su Xueqing pouted.
"It's good that your partner is willing to help you deal with it." Su's mother said, "You should thank him/her."
"Thank you." Su Xueqing said, "He said you don't need to thank me. There's no need to be so particular between him and me."
Yu Chunhua and her son went back, but Yu Dasao Yu Guochao did not. Yu Dasao and her husband went around looking for relatives who could lend them money, including Yu Donghua, Su Yanan, etc. Yu Dasao and her husband went to all the relatives they could find.
Su Yanan took out five yuan and said, "My eldest sister asked me to borrow money a few days ago to give a red envelope to my little cousin, and she also borrowed some extra money for production. The New Year is coming, and the creditors will come to collect debts. We don't have any extra money. We have three children at home. The two boys have big appetites and eat a lot."
"These are fine." Mrs. Yu took the money directly from Su Yanan's hand, fearing that it would be too late and Su Yanan would not give it to her.
"We are all women, and we have all given birth to children. It is really difficult to raise children, and it costs too much money." Su Yanan said, "My children still wear other people's hand-me-down clothes. They have to wear old clothes because we don't have money to buy them. We men still wear clothes from several years ago. We can't afford to buy new clothes during the Chinese New Year, so we can only buy longer clothes for our children so that they can wear them for a few more years. If I don't buy new clothes for my children, they will stare at other people's children. It's too uncomfortable."
"Let's go ask someone else." Mrs. Yu said. She didn't want to hear Su Yanan complaining about being poor. She felt that these relatives in the city were not necessarily really poor. They just didn't want to borrow money, so they complained about being poor.
"Okay, go ask." Su Yanan said, "These days, families with surplus food are considered wealthy. Unlike our family, we still need my mother-in-law to help us from time to time."
Su Yanan watched Yu Dasao and his wife leave, and only after they left did she change her expression. Su Yanan really didn't like dealing with the Yu family. The Yu family always wanted to take advantage of other people's families. Was it so easy to take advantage of other people's families?
Haha, Mrs. Yu just had the nerve to complain about Su Xueqing’s boyfriend, saying that he wanted interest and that he took Su Xueqing’s betrothal money back to do business.
Is it necessary for Mrs. Yu and her husband to take care of this matter?
Su Yanan knew what was going on after a little thought. Wasn't it because of those disgusting relatives like Yu Dasao? These people ran to Su Xueqing to borrow money one by one. Didn't the Ning family know about it?
If it was her own mother-in-law, she would have been angry a long time ago. Su Yanan thought that the Ning family was relatively tolerant. Su Yanan didn't know whether the Ning family had said anything to Su Xueqing, but she knew that this matter was not easy to deal with.
"Sent the person away?" Tian's mother came out of the room.
"Send him away." Su Yanan said.
"The children's clothes are all torn and patched up, but it's time to buy new ones." Tian's mother said, "Don't lend money to those who don't pay it back, and don't have money to buy clothes for your own children."
Tian's mother was warning Su Yanan to stay away from those poor relatives who borrowed money but didn't pay it back. Even though Yu Dasao and her husband had never come to borrow money before, Tian's mother still said so. You have to know that the people who owe money are all ancestors, and it is harder to get them to pay back than to ascend to heaven, and it is even more difficult because of the relationship between them.
"Okay, Mom." Su Yanan looked embarrassed. What she had just said to Yu's wife was also meant for Tian's mother to hear, to let her mother-in-law know that it was impossible for her to lend out a large sum of money.
"Your brother from your mother's side didn't ask you to borrow money, but these people borrowed it first." Tian's mother said again.
"..." Su Yanan didn't dare to say anything, for fear that her mother-in-law would be unhappy. It would be better to let her mother-in-law say a few more words, and her mother-in-law might not be so angry.
It would be good if Yu Guochao and his wife could return to the city. If not, all the money would be wasted and it would be difficult for them to earn that money, let alone pay it back.
"You have to take care of this family," Tian's mother said. "If someone asks you to borrow money, you lend it to them. If you ask them to borrow money, will they lend you money?"
"Mom, have a drink of water." Su Yanan poured water for Tian's mother. "I plan to pack some clothes. It's getting cold. The clothes in the closet have a musty smell. I'll wash them."
Su Yanan could only show her virtue to make Tian's mother happier.
"This is what you should do as a wife and a mother." said Tian's mother.
"It's my duty, it's my duty." Su Yanan smiled apologetically.
In the evening, Su Yanan went back to her parents' home after dinner. She told her parents about Yu Dasao and his wife borrowing money.
"My mother-in-law was at home at the time, she was in her room," Su Yanan said. "She knew everything, and she was very unhappy. They were all here, and we couldn't refuse to lend a penny. If we didn't lend a penny, they would say we were stingy, and my aunt would lose face at home."
"You have to borrow some. If you don't, your uncle will be unhappy, and it will be your aunt who will suffer." Mother Su said, "This money is enough."
"They even had the nerve to say that I didn't want to borrow money, and that my boyfriend asked them for interest." Su Yanan said, "I really wanted to clap my hands and say good, that's how it should be. How could they be like that, saying such things when borrowing money? I don't have a job, I'm not married, they know that, and they still say that."
What the hell, just because they are relatives, people have to lend them money.
"Mom, I don't want to give them face anymore in the future. Giving them face this time is enough." Su Yanan said, "If I give them face again, my mother-in-law will have opinions. Will I still be able to live like this?"
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