Liang Shengdi pouted and looked at Lin Shumei who came back with the cake, then snorted and turned away.
Lin Shumei put the cake in her hand on the table with a shy face and a smile, then walked up to Old Lady Liang and rubbed her arm hard.
"Grandma~ Grandma~ Shumei's most beloved grandma~ Please take care of me~"
Liang Shengdi uttered "Huh" and pushed her away in a cheesy way.
"Stop lying to me! If you really had me in your heart, you wouldn't have stayed away from me for so long!"
It's not like this girl doesn't have a car, she can get home in one step, but she hasn't seen him for half a year. If she didn't know how to drive, she would have driven to the provincial capital to look for him long ago. Humph!
"Oh~ Grandma~" Lin Shumei took Liang Shengdi's hand and put it on her face.
"Look at me! I've lost weight! I've been really busy lately, so I haven't been back. I've been so busy that I haven't even had time to eat..."
Everything else went in one ear and out the other, but Liang Shengdi couldn't just ignore the sentence "no time to eat." She immediately pulled Lin Shumei around and took a good look. Then she frowned and said seriously,
"Yes, I've lost weight!"
She slapped her granddaughter on the back of her hand, even angrier than the fact that she hadn't come to see her.
"Eating is the most important thing in the world! What could possibly make you not even eat?"
"Then I just want to make more money so I can buy delicious food for grandma!"
Lin Shumei continued to act coquettishly, but unfortunately the old lady didn't appreciate it at all.
"Do I need your food? Look at your face, there's no flesh at all! How ugly!"
"How am I ugly?"
Very good, as soon as they met, both sides hit each other's weak spot.
Lin Shuying smiled and brought a plate of watermelon over and placed it on the coffee table, speaking well of her sister.
"Grandma, Shumei has no choice. College students don't have any jobs these days, and they're under a lot of pressure. Besides, society is developing so fast. If she doesn't work harder, she'll probably be overtaken by others. Even if she waits until the time comes to catch up, she might not be able to catch up."
She has the most say in this matter.
After taking maternity leave for more than a year, her family provided her with delicious food and drink, and she lived a really good life. But when she returned to work, she found that all her previous efforts had basically returned to the starting point.
The customers became someone else's, and the orders never reached her. Both the sales model and the fabric varieties were progressing and changing, but she was the only one who remained standing still.
She worked very hard to make up for the lost time and was able to go to the trade fair in the spring and contact new clients. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't have had much time and energy to come home.
Liang Shengdi curled her lips, wanting to refute but unable to say anything. She just stole a glance outside the door, then took her two granddaughters' hands and whispered,
"Are you two short of money? How much? Grandma will give it to you!"
No matter how much pressure there is, how can you not eat? If she gives a little more money, can it make up for the pressure?
Lin Shumei hugged her grandmother's arm and whispered, "Grandma, I'm not short of money. You should keep the little money for yourself to buy food!"
Lin Shuying lowered her head to hide her slightly red eyes, and touched her hands that were wrinkled like bark.
"Yes, grandma, we don't need money. Don't always think about giving it to us. Keep it for yourself."
Liang Shengdi thought her two granddaughters thought she was broke because she didn't work much. She glared at them and said with a stern face.
"I'm rich!"
"Yeah, yeah! We know, you're rich!"
"Really? Your parents give me a large sum of money every year. Last year they gave me another 20,000 yuan! I have so much money in my bankbook!"
"Wow! My grandma is so rich!"
Lin Shumei covered her mouth and giggled. They all knew about the money because the old lady had been very generous to the younger generation in the past two years. She either wanted to buy them some food or give them a red envelope.
There weren't many of them, but the Ma family had many granddaughters, and if they had granddaughters and great-grandchildren, there would be even more. Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing were worried that she would have given away all her savings and have nothing to spend, so they kept giving her money for various reasons.
During the Lunar New Year, that's called the annual living allowance. Lin Guoqing said other families also give it. When the elderly get old, they need their children and grandchildren to take care of them. Liang Shengdi is healthy and doesn't need bedside care, so the living allowance should be sufficient.
During the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, children and grandchildren were asked to pay filial respects to their parents. Chen Chunhua told Liang Shengdi that wealthy families had old men and women, and if their family wanted to continue to make money, they had to pay filial respects to the elderly.
There are also red envelopes on birthdays. If you can’t think of a good reason, just say it’s for good luck. Anyway, you just have to accept it.
Lin Yulan also knew that she had many children and took a lot from the old lady, so she would never forget to give her mother some money during the holidays.
After all this going back and forth, she spent more than she collected, and she couldn't spend it all.
You know what, the old lady's savings are quite a lot! At least much more than Lin Shumei, who hasn't officially made any money yet.
"Don't be shy! If you need money, be sure to tell me!"
Lin Shumei and Lin Shuying both nodded vigorously.
"Grandma, don't worry! If we really can't afford to eat, we will definitely ask you for it!"
"How can you wait until you can't afford to eat to ask for money? Don't you wear clothes or pay water and electricity bills normally?!" Liang Shengdi felt more and more that something was wrong, and was about to get up and go into the house to find money.
"Wait! I still have a lot of change in my tin box. You two can count it later. If it's not enough, I still have the passbook..."
"Hey hey hey! Grandma! It's time to eat! It's time to eat! There's no rush, let's go eat first..."
Lin Shuying and Lin Shumei held their grandmother on both sides and walked out. This was different from the red envelopes given during festivals. If they really accepted it, Chen Chunhua would really dare to pick up a stick and beat them.
Liang Shengdi failed to successfully distribute the wealth, and was not happy sitting at the big round table. Lin Guoqing asked what was wrong. Lin Shumei winked and said,
"Grandma was afraid that my sister and I would starve to death, so she wanted to give us money. When she failed, she became unhappy."
Everyone knew the old lady's temper, and everyone in the room was laughing. Lin Yulan was setting the table for her mother while teasing Lin Shumei.
"Shumei, why didn't you call your boyfriend over today? If you did, your grandma would have a legitimate reason to give you a red envelope! How could she not be happy?"
"Ah! Yes!" Old Lady Liang also realized, "Where's your boyfriend? It's not like we haven't seen Xuejun before, so why are you still hiding him? I've been giving him red envelopes for half a year, but I still haven't met him!"
Lin Shumei: ...It’s not that urgent, right?
but……
"He's like me, studying here and working there. He's graduating in June and is even busier than me right now! I haven't seen him for almost a month, so I didn't ask him to come back with me."
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