Chapter 20 The Money Was Brought Up
"I haven't even flown yet, Mom. How can you say it's so serious? It hurts me so much. I'm not your sweetheart anymore."
"I went through all that trouble to borrow from my boss and colleagues to pay for household expenses," Liu Jianbang said with a bitter expression.
Zhao Fengxiu said, "That's your own business. I'm just in charge of collecting the money. Didn't you date a foreign girl named Zhen Lan? Why don't you go and marry into her family and get a dowry? You can fly however you want, I can't control you."
Liu Jianbang said helplessly, "It's not that easy. They're just staying at their grandparents' house in the county town for a while. I'm not fully recovered yet! I heard they're even richer than the Wang family. Mom, don't be so short-sighted. Think long-term."
Zhao Fengxiu waved her hand dismissively, "What do you mean by long-term or not? I'm already fifty years old, how many more years do I have to live? I only care about the present. If you can't pay up, get out!"
Liu Jianbang said, "Mom, why can't you understand? Once I really hook up with a rich woman, you'll have your day of living the high life!"
Zhao Fengxiu roared, "Look at my age and my teeth! I can't rely on you now, and I can't rely on you in the future! Will I still be able to eat? You're just making empty promises!"
"You don't have to leave, that's fine too. You can sleep on the floor downstairs tonight, and go upstairs to sleep after you hand over the remaining 5 yuan tomorrow."
Zhao Fengxiu patted Liu Jianbang with a broom and made a gesture as if to turn and leave.
Liu Jianbang quickly said, "Mom! Everything can be discussed!"
Okay, if I can't pay 5 yuan within three days, I'll pay 10 yuan! Is that okay as interest? Please, have mercy, make an exception! You've been so kind to me for so many years, why are you changing your mind so suddenly? I really don't understand."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Fengxiu's eyes lit up.
"You said it yourself. If you can't come up with 5 yuan in three days, you have to give me 10 yuan! Then we'll shorten it to two days. If you still can't come up with 10 yuan, then you can just leave without paying me the 15 yuan. You can just get out of here."
But you'll still have to sleep on the floor here tonight, because you haven't paid in full yet, and the rules can't be broken.
Liu Jianbang complained, "Why don't Jiancheng and Jiangong use their jobs? They're idle and lazy. I doubt they even paid their household expenses today. Why aren't they sleeping on the floor here?"
Zhao Fengxiu explained, "Because you are their third brother! It's none of your business what they do, and they don't talk as aggressively as you! If they displease me, I will deal with it myself."
Zhao Fengxiu took the money, dropped the broom, and went upstairs. She also told Liu Shiping to lock Liu Jianbang's door so he wouldn't have to go in.
Liu Shiping sighed, glanced at Liu Jianbang, and said, "Smooth talker, why didn't you just pay up earlier?"
Liu Jianbang snorted indignantly and slept on the floor.
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The next morning, Zhao Fengxiu still only made three breakfasts: one for herself, one for her husband Liu Shiping, and one for her eldest daughter Liu Jianxin.
While Zhao Fengxiu was eating, her children came down one after another.
They were all dumbfounded when they saw Liu Jianbang, who was sleeping on the floor in the corner, getting up with sleepy eyes!
I never imagined that the third brother would fall to this state.
They didn't think much of it, just wanted to eat breakfast as soon as possible and go about their own business, so as not to end up like Liu Jianbang.
To their surprise, when they went to the kitchen, there was no breakfast for them on the table!
The children looked at each other, completely bewildered.
Liu Jianguo spoke first, "What's going on? Mom, didn't you say you'd make us breakfast today? Where's my breakfast? I need to get to school."
Zhao Fengxiu ignored her.
Liu Jianguo and his wife realized something was wrong; it seemed their mother was going to cheat them, so they could only grit their teeth and hold their breath.
But Liu Jianguo was not convinced. As he passed by Zhao Fengxiu, he muttered, "Liars are dog shit."
Zhao Fengxiu heard them, looked up at them and said, "If I'm dog shit, what are you? You're not even as good as dog shit! You're all grown up and your mothers still have to make you breakfast every morning, you're not even human!"
"You haven't even paid your household expenses, what are you going to eat? Don't you have hands and feet? Don't you have rice or a pot to cook for you?"
Liu Jianguo was starving, and the fact that he had to cook for himself only fueled his discontent.
"Mom, how could you do this? You take so much of our family's money, and you don't even care about Zhenghong's studies. Now you're not even making breakfast! What are you trying to do? What kind of mother is as bad as you!"
You're so selfish, only thinking of yourself. If Zhenghong doesn't get into school, what do you think people will say about us?
They even wanted to use this to blackmail them.
Zhao Fengxiu shouted, "Your own son, you figure it out yourself! Aren't you good at hiding money? Aren't you always betraying your own family and using money from home to support your own family? Go ask the Lin family for it!"
"What do you want from me? What's the point of telling me? Since you're subsidizing the Lin family so much, surely the Lin family won't just sit idly by?"
Lin Jingyi caught Zhao Fengxiu's sarcastic tone and glared at Liu Jianguo: "Look how your family treats us, mother and son!"
"Let's go! Your grandparents don't want to take care of you anymore. Let's go find your maternal grandparents. They definitely won't abandon you like this!"
With that, Lin Jingyi picked up her little girl and took her two sons out the door.
Zhao Fengxiu ignored her completely, only letting out a low sneer.
Didn't Zhao Fengxiu know what the Lin family was like in her past life? She knew perfectly well how Lin Jingyi married into the family.
...
That evening.
The three brothers, Liu Jianbang, Liu Jiancheng, and Liu Jiangong, actually contributed their household expenses.
Liu Jianbang got the five yuan from who-knows-where, but he just took it and didn't care who he borrowed it from!
As for Liu Jiancheng and Liu Jiangong, Zhao Fengxiu really wanted to know.
The three brothers all contributed 20 yuan to their household expenses. It was normal for Liu Jianbang, who was an apprentice, to be able to borrow it, since he had a boss and colleagues to lend him money to. However, Liu Jiancheng and Liu Jiangong were unemployed and idle, always fooling around!
"Where did you get your money?" Zhao Fengxiu questioned.
Liu Jiancheng explained, "Of course I'll ask my good buddy Junjie. Mom, just get it, why ask so many questions?"
Liu Jiangong added, "Yes, we all borrowed them from Zhou Junjie."
That's pretty much the truth.
Zhao Fengxiu thought back to her past life, and realized that Zhou Junjie and Li Mengfei had a close relationship. This fourth brother's ill-fated relationship was really deep!
He's a complete simp, a cuckold... a cuckold!
Now that the money was in hand, Zhao Fengxiu couldn't help but say a few more words, "You borrowed it, so find a job as soon as possible to pay it back. Be practical and stop fooling around and causing trouble!"
Otherwise, how will we ever compete with the Zhou family? Also, I need next month's household expenses as soon as possible. You all need to figure out these things yourselves; you're all grown up, don't make me worry about you.”
Liu Jianmei's was borrowed from Liu Jianxin.
Even Liu Jianguo handed in his, which he had borrowed from a colleague.
Liu Jianguo said, "Now I can make breakfast, right? I almost missed my morning class this morning, which was so embarrassing in front of the students."
Zhao Fengxiu remained silent, neither agreeing nor arguing.
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