Zhao Xingye pulled Zhao Youcai into his room and sent the crying Zhang Zhaodi to the door to watch over the door. Only then did he speak with confidence:
"Dad, I've been doing pretty well in the south these past few years. Now there's an opportunity to make a lot of money. As long as you invest 10,000 yuan, you can get 20,000 yuan back. I've invested a lot myself, and I want you to make some money too."
If he said he was buying a house, Zhao Youcai would definitely cry poor, so it would be better for him to cheat the money first.
Zhao Youcai narrowed his eyes. Is this kid so kind? No, I can't take it lightly:
"Where do I have money? I'm so poor now."
"You have so many apprentices and the tuition is quite high, how can you be out of money?"
Zhao Youcai counted on his fingers: "I did make some money, but when I divorced your mother, she asked for a huge sum of 7,000 or 8,000 yuan in divorce compensation."
"I didn't have the money to pay back before, and I thought your mother didn't want it anymore. But when she saw that I had opened a training class, she asked me for money. She said that if I didn't pay, she would sue me according to the agreement at the time, and my training class would be closed down. So I had no choice but to give her the money."
Otherwise he could have bought this house earlier, but he thinks it's okay.
Many years later, wages have increased, inflation has risen, and the 7,000 yuan plus interest is not worth as much as it was in 1977.
Zhao Xingye held his forehead and said, "Why didn't you tell me before that you signed a divorce compensation of seven or eight thousand for my mother." If I had known this, I would not have followed Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai said angrily: "If I had told you, you would have run to your mother's side a long time ago."
Zhao Xingye was so angry that he was only concerned about Zhao Youcai saying that he had three thousand yuan, and he was so confused that he didn't even mention that he still owed his mother seven or eight thousand yuan.
It caused him to make the wrong choice.
Then he won’t pretend anymore.
"I don't care whether you have money or not, you must lend me ten thousand yuan now."
They said they were borrowing, but in fact they had no intention of returning it. They both knew this.
Zhao Youcai spread his hands: "No money."
Zhao Xingye was furious: "If you don't have money, then find a way. Otherwise, aren't you afraid that I will report you for cheating on your wife and having a child with someone else?"
"It's been so many years now, times have changed. You can do whatever you want."
Zhao Youcai acted indifferent. It was only in the past two years that he figured out that he was just too scared before. In those days, if a man and a woman were caught kissing, they would be sent to labor camp. Now that so many years have passed, this matter is no longer important.
Moreover, Ma Xiu Lan was just trying to scare herself at the time. If something happened to her, Zhao Xingmin and Zhao Xingguo might have problems going to college. But he was in the middle of the situation at the time and couldn't figure it out.
That's why I've been controlled by these two bastards for so long.
But now Zhao Xingjia is more pleasing to the eye. This Zhao Xingye wanted to extort ten thousand yuan from me as soon as he returned home. He is not a good person.
Zhao Youcai didn't buy it, and Zhao Xingye had no other tricks. Thinking that Zhao Youcai still had the ability to make money, he began to coax him, "Dad, I was just angry and said the wrong thing."
"However, over the years, the second son and his son Zhao Yang have spent a lot of the family's money. My son and daughter are both raised by me at my mother-in-law's house. This is unfair, right? Shouldn't you leave some money for my son as well? I don't want much, just 8,000 yuan."
Zhao Youcai slapped Zhao Xingye in the face. "Fair? Bullshit fairness! I'm lucky I don't have to ask you for money since I'm dealing with a debt collector like you."
After saying that, he left angrily. He knew that the fourth brother was just thinking about his money. If he had known this, he would not want the fourth brother, and he would not want the second brother either.
The eldest son Xingguo and the third son Xingmin are the children who inherited his excellent genes.
The eldest brother is now helping Ma Xiu Lan manage the factory, and the third brother is helping Ma Xiu Lan develop the market. I heard that both of them are very filial to Ma Xiu Lan and buy things for her, unlike the second and fourth brothers who only spend their own money.
The second child is stupid and the fourth child is vicious.
There was simply no news about Lao Wu Xingfeng, and he thought she was dead.
Li Shulan gently handed Zhao Youcai a glass of water:
"Youcai, at our age, it's best to take good care of ourselves. We can't get angry with the children."
Zhao Youcai took the opportunity to complain about his children, and Li Shulan consoled him:
"It's okay, you still have our Jindong."
"Jindong has been telling me over the past few years to keep the money for my retirement and buy things for you."
Zhao Youcai felt a little softer when he thought of He Jindong who always came to see him with gifts during the holidays.
In fact, He Jindong didn't want to come, but Li Shulan married Zhao Youjie, and Zhao Youjie always forced Li Shulan to ask him for money. At least if she married Zhao Youcai, she wouldn't ask him for money.
Even if he gave some gifts, it would be much better than asking for a few hundred dollars, and he wouldn't have to provide for Li Shulan's retirement himself. As for Li Shulan's suggestion of playing the long game to catch a big fish, he didn't take it seriously.
He didn't believe that Zhao Youcai was so stupid that he could be deceived by his mother all the time.
Li Shulan coaxed Zhao Youcai for half the night, massaging his head and washing his feet. Zhao Youcai calmed down and when she saw his expression relaxed, Li Shulan took the opportunity to mention:
"Of course Xingye can get into a junior college. He's smart and intelligent, and he can even go south to make a living. He's also bold and careful. I'm just afraid that if you reject him, he'll just steal the money from you. What will you do then?"
"He dares?"
"Didn't you lose three thousand dollars before?"
"I think you should give the money to me for safekeeping. You know I've been avoiding your money for years, but now I really don't want to lose your retirement money again. You're almost sixty years old and won't be able to work for many more years. You also need to plan for your future."
Li Shulan's words were sincere and heartfelt.
Zhao Youcai recalled that Li Shulan had always kept accounts in the past few years, and gave him any leftovers without the slightest thought about money.
If it weren't for Zhao Xingye's incident, he would definitely continue to keep the money.
But he was afraid that Zhao Xingye had stolen money from his room before, and this time he was afraid that if he stayed out for too long, he would come up with new tricks to steal his money. He was a little scared, so he agreed: "Okay, I'll transfer all the money to your name tomorrow morning."
Li Shulan was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night, fearing that Zhao Youcai would go back on his word.
When it was daybreak, seeing that Zhao Youcai didn't mention the matter, she didn't dare to urge Zhao Youcai, nor did she dare to show anything that would displease Zhao Youcai.
It’s just like there are thousands of ants crawling in my heart.
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