Chapter 175 Eighteen dollars and fifty-six cents
"Jian Qingyi, who do you think is more talkative, me or her?" Zhang Xiaomei grabbed Jian Qingyi's arm, wanting Jian Qingyi to speak for her.
Jian Qingyi put down the fungus in her hand and looked at the two people in front of her seriously.
Realizing that Jian Qingyi was looking at them, Zhang Xiaomei and Ren Lingling both curled up the corners of their mouths, revealing what they thought was a perfect smile.
Jian Qingyi looked at Zhang Xiaomei standing in front of her on the left, then looked at Ren Lingling standing in front of her on the right, and pressed the corners of her mouth together before she let out a laugh.
"It's the same."
Four words.
"Jian Qingyi, if you dare to say we are the same, you are dead..."
"Jian Qingyi, you're done..."
Zhang Xiaomei and Ren Lingling were about to touch Jian Qingyi's sensitive spot.
Jian Qingyi was so scared that she ran away.
While people were joking and playing around here, things were not so harmonious and lively at the Chen family's side.
The Chen family occupies a relatively marginal position in the small county town of Nancheng.
To be more precise, it should be called the suburbs.
If the area around the steel plant is the wealthy area of South City, then the suburbs belonging to the urban-rural fringe are the slums of South City.
Most of the people living in this area are temporary workers who sell their labor.
Because of low wages and unstable income, their housing conditions and living standards are far below the average living standards in the south city.
Compared with Jian Zhongliang's house of three bedrooms and two living rooms, which is about one hundred square meters, the Chen family's one bedroom and one living room, which is as big as a butt, is really shabby.
There are several pillars erected on the edge of the eaves, and three large tiles are placed on it, which is the kitchen.
Because no one had lived there for a long time, the three large tiles were in tatters.
The roof of the main house was missing pieces here and there due to years of disrepair.
If it weren't for the help of a few enthusiastic male neighbors and Zhuo Shuliang, Li Meiqian and Chen Xiaojing, mother and daughter, might have really had to squat under the bridge.
Looking at the gray roof and walls, as well as the peeling paint and worn furniture, Li Meiqian and Chen Xiaojing felt a little uncomfortable.
"Mom, how can we live in such a small house?" Chen Xiaojing frowned and looked at the bedroom which was less than ten square meters.
The furniture was shabby and worn.
The bunk bed creaked loudly when you sat on it.
The wooden tables and chairs in the living room were pitch black, as if they hadn't been polished in eight hundred years.
The wall opposite the main entrance had mold spots due to water seepage, and the black mold spots covered half of the wall.
Taking a deep breath, you can still smell the pungent musty smell.
"If I don't live here, where should I live? I can't live under a bridge!" Li Meiqian didn't want to come back either.
But where else can I go if I don't come back?!
The guesthouse cost one dollar a day, and they stayed there for five days, and all the five dollars was gone.
That damn girl gave her a total of one hundred yuan. She spent thirty yuan on buying ingredients, vegetables and cooking these days, plus five yuan for staying in the guesthouse, so thirty-five yuan was gone.
She now has only sixty-five dollars in her pocket.
"Mom, why don't you go back and ask for help over there!" Chen Xiaojing really didn't want to live here.
There is not even a toilet in this house. If you want to use the toilet, you have to go to the public toilet at the entrance of the alley.
When I think of the smell of a public restroom...
Chen Xiaojing felt like vomiting.
Bathing was also a problem.
It’s okay in the winter, you don’t have to wash it every day, but what about the summer?!
The more Chen Xiaojing thought about it, the more annoyed she became.
"Do you think that damn girl can let us go back?" Li Meiqian said in an irritable tone.
And that old hag Mao Chunqiao...
Which one is easy to get along with?!
Chen Xiaojing choked.
"Oh, by the way, I saw that kid from the Zhuo family gave you money?" Li Meiqian suddenly remembered the scene in the morning.
Chen Xiaojing took out the banknotes from her pocket and threw them to Li Meiqian without saying anything.
Li Meiqian unfolded it and counted.
Adding up all the numbers, it comes to eighteen dollars, fifty-six cents.
"What can this little money do?" Li Meiqian curled her lips.
Lu Yujing's friends gave the dead girl red envelopes of several thousand yuan each, and Lu Yujing even gave her three passbooks, a watch worth three thousand six hundred yuan, and a bracelet inlaid with rubies.
On weekdays, there is a constant supply of nutritional supplements, snacks, and pastries.
The Zhuo family is doing well.
Eighteen dollars and fifty-six cents.
I can't even buy a good shirt.
Even with this, he still dared to set his sights on her daughter.
What a toad wanting to eat swan flesh!
"It's better than nothing!" Chen Xiaojing's heart ached when she thought of her 350 yuan.
"Mom, there was a thief at home..." Chen Xiaojing turned her head to look at Li Meiqian beside her, with a hint of temptation in her tone.
"I've said this hundreds of times. We've been robbed." Li Meiqian was extremely annoyed.
Even her own sister doubted her...
Stealing from the inside!
She had thought about it before, but before she could put it into action, the damn thief emptied Jane's house before her.
"If I really had money, would I replace these broken things?!" Li Meiqian shook the bunk bed under her butt.
As her body swayed, the bunk bed made an unpleasant creaking sound.
Chen Xiaojing's already thin back suddenly bent.
"Jianzhou's wife..." The slightly teasing voice of the female neighbor next door came from outside the door.
Li Meiqian and Chen Xiaojing's faces turned ugly at the same time.
Chen Xiaojing's biological father is Chen Jianzhou. If Li Meiqian had not remarried, the neighbors would call her Jianzhou's wife, and there is nothing wrong with that.
But the key point is that she remarried.
Now calling her Jianzhou's daughter-in-law is like slapping her in the face.
"Jianzhou's wife..." The female neighbor outside the door was still calling relentlessly.
From the tone of his voice, I knew he was here to cause trouble.
During the days of renovating the house, Li Meiqian has heard too much sour talk.
But I have to deal with it.
Li Meiqian gritted her teeth, stood up and opened the door.
"Sister Liu! Come in and sit down." Li Meiqian tried hard to force a smile.
The female neighbor walked over the threshold while cracking melon seeds and pretended to look at the furnishings in the house.
"Jianzhou's wife, look at you, you don't live in a building as big as the candy factory, but come here to squeeze into this shabby compound with us. You really don't know how to enjoy your blessings!"
Living in a large compound, if there is any movement in someone's house, everyone in the area will know about it in no time.
Everyone in this area knew about Li Meiqian's past.
While feeling sorry for Chen Jianzhou, he also despised Li Meiqian's fickleness.
Nowadays, many widows remarry.
But the man hasn't died yet, and she has already started looking for the next one.
Apart from Li Meiqian, there is really no one else like her.
so……
Upon hearing that Li Meiqian was moving back, neighbors from several nearby tenements came over one after another to see what was going on.
Those with good temper and gentle nature will come over to take a look and then leave.
When you meet someone who hates evil and has a bad temper, like this female neighbor, she will use her "soft knife" to hit you one after another.
As a woman, she knows how to hurt someone's heart.
I also know where it hurts the most.
Li Meiqian pursed her lips and didn't respond.
"Jianzhou's wife, why didn't I see the man from your candy factory?" The female neighbor was cracking melon seeds happily.
"You have good taste. You were able to find such a handsome man even when you were a second marriage."
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