Chapter 97: There are still melons to eat
As soon as Zhuang's father and mother came back, Lin Fang asked about the money eagerly.
When Lin Fang heard the two say that their older brothers and sisters were very opposed to it and did not give out any money, she began to break down and cry.
"How can they be so evil! Are they so unhappy if Gan Mei goes to jail? He's tainted, and so are all the Zhuang family members! What can we do? If they don't rescue Gan Mei, I'll take Zhendong and Zhenbei and jump into the river!"
She cried so seriously that both Zhuang's father and mother believed her.
"Afang, even if they don't care about us as their parents! But the money is really not enough. Why don't you ask your parents for help?" suggested Zhuang's mother.
"I don't even dare go back to my parents' home now. If I go back, my mother will ask me to file for a divorce and leave my two children behind so I can live alone! If I had any conscience, I would listen to them!"
Lin Fang pretended to be righteous, as if she had betrayed her family and stood firmly on the side of the banker.
When Zhuang's mother heard this, she thought it made sense. If her son went to jail and her daughter-in-law ran away, it would be a big problem.
The family began to count the money at home. Lin Fang pretended to take out five hundred yuan, saying it was all her savings.
That leaves 5,500 yuan, which is still a lot less than the savings of both of them.
Mr. Zhuang gritted his teeth when he thought of the 1,800 yuan he gave to Huang Ling.
The next day, the two of them went to Zhuang Chaoying and Zhuang Hualin to ask for money again.
The two men still refused to pay, so one of them wanted to jump into the river and the other wanted to hang himself.
Finally, Zhuang Hualin turned his pockets over to show them, and there was only fifty-three yuan and seventy-three cents in it.
The fifty yuan was indeed brought for Pengfei's medical treatment. Zhuang Hualin was afraid that his mother would make a fuss if he didn't pay a penny, so he simply used the fifty yuan to buy a meditation pill.
The three yuan and seventy-three cents was not accepted by Zhuang's mother. She patted her daughter's hand and said, "Save it for your grandson to buy some food."
Zhuang Chaoying contributed two hundred yuan.
This was the money he and Huang Ling had saved for so long on the AA basis, a total of four hundred yuan. He wanted to leave it to Huang Ling, but Huang Ling refused to accept it and didn't want him to have anything to say.
Huang Ling had warned him before, so he kept two hundred yuan as a backup.
Zhuang Chaoying tried to persuade them again, but the two had already gone too far, so Zhuang Chaoying had to give up.
Three days passed and the six thousand had not been collected. However, the banker took out all his family assets and borrowed more than a thousand yuan to collect four thousand yuan. He then called Li Yuanhang over and asked them to help ask someone to see if it would be possible.
Li Yuanhang went back and forth twice and said that he had persuaded them and that four thousand yuan was fine. He would do the job after paying the money and that they would be released in about ten days, or at the latest half a month.
He took Zhuang's father to meet the man, and acted mysteriously. The man showed Zhuang's father his ID and even wrote a receipt, saying that the money would be returned if the matter could not be done.
Zhuang's father believed it and went home calmly to wait for news.
Zhuang Hualin stayed for two days and was ready to go back.
The day before she went back, she took Pengfei to see Huang Ling.
When Huang Ling came back, she saw Pengfei and Zhuang Hualin sitting in the yard waiting.
"The birch forest is here."
"Sister-in-law..." After calling her, she felt something was wrong. Now Huang Ling was no longer her sister-in-law.
"It's okay, just call me Sister Ling from now on." Huang Ling smiled.
"Okay, Sister Ling."
"Pengfei, I'm going to criticize you." Huang Ling said with a stern face.
Zhuang Hualin glanced at his son, then at Huang Ling, and explained:
"No, Sister Ling, I asked Pengfei to bring me here, mainly because I wanted to..."
Huang Ling interrupted her and said, "I gave you the key, why don't you use it? It would be nice to let mommy enjoy the fresh air outside while you have a cup of tea inside."
Pengfei smiled and touched his head: "I forgot to take it when I came out. I will remember to take it next time."
Huang Ling knew that Pengfei didn't say that because he was polite and was afraid that Huang Ling would mind her mother coming into the room.
Zhuang Hualin looked at Huang Ling gratefully.
Huang Ling opened the door, and behind her, Song Ying came back with Xiaoting and Dongzhe.
Xiaoting hadn't seen Zhuang Hualin for several years. She didn't recognize him, but just felt that he looked a little familiar.
"Xiaoting, auntie is here."
Xiaoting immediately called out sweetly, "Auntie."
Niu Dongzhe came over and said, "Auntie, are you Pengfei's mother? Pengfei and I are good friends! My name is Lin Dongzhe!"
"Hello," Zhuang Hualin took out a bag of candy wrapped in brown paper from his net bag and handed it to Xiaoting. "Xiaoting, this is for you, and... Dongzhe, right? Let's eat together!"
“Thank you, Auntie!”
"Thank you, Auntie! Let's go! Pengfei, watch TV!" Dongzhe called.
The three children were taken to Song Ying's home.
Huang Ling invited Zhuang Hualin into the house to sit down.
Zhuang Hualin looked around the house. It was very different from an ordinary home. The house was decorated very warmly. There was a vase of flowers on the table covered with a checkered tablecloth.
"You came here specially to see Pengfei," Huang Ling handed her a cup of hot tea.
"Oh, don't mention it. My parents said Pengfei was sick and tricked me into coming here!" Zhuang Hualin said hatefully.
After listening to her scolding the Zhuang family, Huang Ling was only concerned about one thing: how much money Zhuang Chaoying gave her.
Zhuang Hualin told her that Zhuang Chaoying gave them two hundred yuan.
Huang Ling had an idea in mind.
Zhuang Hualin was very grateful to Huang Ling:
"I heard from Pengfei that he comes to your place for dinner every week, and you even made him new clothes. Even though you're not his aunt anymore...you've really helped me a lot!"
"Oh, I'm not helping you. I just feel sorry for the child. I can only help so much, I can't do anything else. Also, Zhuang Chaoying paid for the food, shopping, and clothes with me."
Zhuang Hualin was stunned when he heard this.
She didn't understand Huang Ling, but Huang Ling understood her.
The fact that she was able to send her son directly to Suzhou shows that she is also a ruthless person. After all, she has the blood of the Zhuang family and has some of the same characteristics in her genes.
Selfish and scheming.
Zhuang Hualin wasn't stupid. Seeing how she had distanced herself from the matter, he could only say, "No matter what, I'm very grateful to you, Sister Ling."
"You're welcome." Huang Ling accepted the thanks graciously.
Zhuang Chaoying did not tell Zhuang Hualin in detail about their divorce, but Zhuang Hualin could guess a thing or two.
Her family members treated her badly, and her elder brother was cowardly and did not stand on her side, so it was normal for her to want to leave. It’s just that most women might have many concerns and would not do so.
Now looking at the capable and confident Huang Ling in front of me, she seems like someone who can do this.
She took Pengfei away from Huang Ling's house and returned to Guizhou the next day.
Originally, Huang Ling thought that Zhuang Ganmei would end up in jail and divorce Lin Fang, and that Zhuang Jiadeng would live with his two grandchildren. Unexpectedly, there is still a side story to eat!
Thinking about it with your knees is deceptive!
Perfect.
Huang Ling sat there laughing foolishly for a long time.
This time, Zhuang Chaoying made a little progress and didn't spend all the money.
According to the original Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, not only would she have to pay out all the money, she would also have to borrow money to help rescue her brother.
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