"Yes." Zheng Fangshu handed over fifty yuan. "Has something happened at home?"
"Nothing happened, we just need money."
Liang Guiying smiled and said, "You know, I'm the only one working in the family. Your grandparents and the others... sigh, Fang Shu, fifty yuan isn't enough. Can you help me scrape together five hundred yuan? I'll pay you back after I sell the pigs for the New Year."
"Five hundred yuan?" Zheng Fangshu's eyes widened. "Why so much? Oh right, Mom, didn't Zhou Yue have a thousand yuan? Haven't you managed to coax her back yet?"
"Women naturally become more fertile after leaving a man, and every year she falls into the water and stays in the hospital for seven or eight days, so she spends most of her money."
Liang Guiying sighed, "No matter what, Nian Nian is my own granddaughter, I can't just abandon her. Forget about the thousand yuan, you've already wronged her. If I join you in bullying her, would I even be human?"
Zheng Fangshu knew his mother's integrity; it was already difficult enough for her to accept that he had cheated on his wife and had a child with someone else.
Besides, if her mother is willing to take care of her nephews and nieces who are not related to her by blood, how much more so would she take care of her own granddaughter, Zhou Xiaonian?
“I plan to buy ten more piglets. Some people in the village can’t farm that many fields, so I plan to take them all over to farm. I’ll also plant more tobacco next March, and oh, I’ll raise more chickens and ducks. Wenqing will be a freshman in high school in September, and Wenyong will be a high school student next year. Money is needed everywhere…” Liang Guiying sighed.
"Mom, why don't you quit your job and come to the city to help me take care of Tianbao? You've worked so hard to raise me, it's time for you to enjoy your retirement."
Zheng Fangshu's filial piety and heartache at this moment are genuine, but it's also true that he was an ungrateful wretch in his past life.
Liang Guiying remained unfazed: "I'm only in my forties. What family starts enjoying life in their forties? Even city workers don't retire until they're fifty. Besides, if I really came, your wife would be unhappy."
"Zhou Yue is such a good person, she listens to everything you say, but you still choose to let her down. Now she's being bullied and humiliated every day, and you're happy about that..."
Listening to Liang Guiying's nagging, Zheng Fangshu felt a little regretful. Zhou Yue was indeed very good, but no matter how good her personality was, it would not help his future. Chen Zhilan was a bit wild, but her father could get him promoted!
Zheng Fangshu was out of money, but Chen Zhilan had some, so she kept it in the cabinet.
Zheng Fangshu took out five hundred, then thought for a moment and added two hundred: "Mom, you have no obligation to Wenqing and Wenyong, you—"
“How can I not have an obligation? They call me Auntie, so I have an obligation to raise them! To send them to high school and college!”
As Liang Guiying spoke, she suddenly wiped away tears. "I know everyone in the village says I'm foolish, saying that since they're not their biological children, they'll only be filial to their own mothers after I raise them. But if I don't take care of them, are you expecting your grandparents to? I don't care if you two are exhausted, but you'll have to carry this stigma for the rest of your lives..."
My mother has worked so hard, endured so much hardship, and suffered so many injustices!
He must work hard and make a good living so that his mother can enjoy a comfortable life in the future!
— Zheng Fangshu silently made a vow.
Liang Guiying didn't care what oaths he made, and just took the money.
Before leaving, she instructed Zheng Fangshu: "Fangshu, your grandparents care about their reputation, so I haven't told them about you and Zhilan yet, and you shouldn't tell them either. Also, don't let Zhilan know that I came to ask you for money—"
"What can't I know?" Chen Zhilan pushed the door open and came in. "Mom, why didn't you tell me you were coming to the factory?"
Zheng Fangshu's expression changed.
Liang Guiying calmly said, "I didn't want to tell you, but since you overheard, I might as well tell you. I haven't told my parents about you two yet. They care about their reputation, and if they knew that Fang Shu had cheated on his wife, they would probably be furious on the spot."
Chen Zhilan immediately retorted: "The one who isn't loved is the third party! Zheng Fangshu and I have a clear conscience!"
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