Chapter 527 A Refined Young Lady from the Republican Era Gets the Male and Female Protagonists Killed (29)
Zhang Jisheng turned and left, giving an impatient and perfunctory reply.
"She's busy all day long, how could she have time to tutor you? Go back now."
Zhang Jiqing became anxious.
"I'm about to graduate from high school, how am I going to study abroad if I don't get tutoring! Brother, I'm your own sister, how can you just abandon me like this!"
Zhang Jisheng turned around and said something directly.
"I'm your brother, not your father! Am I supposed to support you for the rest of your life?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jiqing felt a great sense of panic.
"But you promised me you'd send me abroad to study! Are you going to go back on your word?"
Studying abroad?
Zhang Jisheng himself couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.
They're barely surviving and still thinking about studying abroad!
Is my sister really mentally unstable? How can she say such things with such self-righteousness?
Do you know how much it costs to study abroad for a year?
“I’ve already asked, and it only costs three or four thousand yuan a year, so I can save some money.”
Want to save some money?
Only three or four thousand?
He now earns 400 yuan a month and would spend it all on her education if he didn't eat or drink for a year.
"Do you even know what four thousand means? If you have nothing better to do, go ask the guy selling pancakes on the street if he can earn two yuan in three days!"
Zhang Jiqing stared at him in disbelief, unable to believe that his proud and confident brother could say such a thing.
But without giving her a chance to speak, Zhang Jisheng turned and left, his back cold and indifferent.
"Mom, how could my brother do this? He promised me he would send me abroad to study! He promised me!"
Zhang's mother was already preoccupied with her own problems, so she had no energy left to coax her ignorant daughter.
"If you don't want to go, then don't go! How many girls can finish high school these days? Be content!"
"How can you say that too! What's wrong with me studying? Zhao Hanying can study abroad, why can't I?"
Zhang's mother was furious and slapped her daughter hard across the face.
"Nonsense! How can you compare to your sister-in-law? She's a top student! I'd be grateful if you could even have half her abilities in the future!"
Zhang Jiqing covered his face, his eyes red, and stared at his mother. His gaze was not that of someone looking at their mother, but rather that of someone looking at an enemy.
"You think she's so great, but she doesn't even care about you!"
"Nonsense! She's incredibly useful to your brother's future. Everything she does now is right! Even her mistakes are right!"
Zhang Jiqing understood this principle, of course, but now that she had been slapped, she couldn't think straight anymore.
"So what if he's useful to my brother! He won't even take out that little bit of money to help us now. What benefits do you think we'll get even if he climbs up the ladder?"
In my opinion, Zhao Hanying is not as good as Jin Shu! Regardless of future prospects, at least Jin Shu is willing to spend money on us!
And what about Zhao Hanying? Has she spent a single penny on you so far?
Even Zhang's mother had no room to refute these words.
But no matter what, things have come to this point, Zhang Jisheng and Zhao Hanying's marriage has already been arranged, there's no turning back now, and she can't regret it no matter what.
"Stop talking! Now you just behave yourself. Once your brother gets promoted and becomes Commander Liu, you won't have a problem not only studying abroad, but you can even buy a house and settle down overseas!"
Although Zhang Jiqing was angry, he was genuinely moved.
Zhang Jisheng only has one younger sister. Now that he's successful, there's no way he would forget his own sister.
Cherishing this beautiful wish, Zhang Jiqing could only grit his teeth and swallow it down.
"Mom, could you buy me a new pair of leather shoes? The ones I'm wearing are peeling, and my classmates laugh at me when they see them."
"How much?"
"twenty."
"Twenty?! What kind of shoes are that expensive? Are they inlaid with gold?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jiqing chuckled.
"Is twenty yuan expensive? When Jin Shu was around, she would take me to buy a pair of shoes for fifty yuan!"
It would have been better if she hadn't heard that name; the more she heard it, the angrier Zhang's mother became.
"Jin Shu's little favors have made you so infatuated! How could I have given birth to such a short-sighted daughter?"
What's the use of being rich in this world? Only a woman who can truly help your brother's future is your real sister-in-law!
As for Jin Shu, without the protection of the Zhang family, she'll be torn apart and devoured by those people sooner or later once she returns to her hometown in Suzhou!
Zhang Jiqing gave a heavy, cold snort.
"They don't even offer us small favors now, so how can you expect them to treat us well in the future?"
The mother and daughter argued all the way back, and along the way they hailed a rickshaw, but it turned out that it would cost a whole silver dollar to get from Wutong Mansion to their rented house!
"Why don't you just rob someone? A whole silver dollar? You really dare to ask for that!"
Zhang's mother clutched her purse and glared angrily at the driver.
The coachman was exhausted, sweating profusely, and panting heavily. He could only say helplessly.
"Madam, I've driven you all the way from Wutong Mansion to here. It's over twenty miles from the city center to the edge of the city! Is one silver dollar a lot?"
I'm exhausted to the point of death, and I still think one dollar is too much.
Zhang's mother clutched the bag and began to bargain.
"One silver dollar is too much. I've been riding rickshaws for so many years and I've never met a swindler like you. Here's fifty cents, that's the most I can give you."
"Five cents?! I dragged you and your daughter for over twenty miles, and you only give me five cents?"
"If you don't have money, why are you taking a rickshaw? There are so many oxcarts on the road, why don't you take one?!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang's mother immediately became furious.
"No money? My ancestors have been locals of BH City for three generations. Who are you to point fingers at me? My son is a young general under Commander Liu. Who do you think you are to say I'm poor? Have you ever seen a hundred yuan in your life?"
Bah! A rickshaw puller's job for life! Get out of BH City!
Zhang's mother's voice was sharp and arrogant, which made the already exhausted rickshaw driver's anger surge instantly. He stared at Zhang's mother with fierce eyes. He was about to endure it, but the next second he heard her say something sarcastic and mean.
"What are you looking at? You poor wretched creature! What kind of look is that? You don't want to hit me, do you?! Do you even know who my son is?! I can kick your whole family out with a single word, you believe me?! You childless bastard..."
"Smack—!"
A slap as hard as iron filings landed squarely on Zhang's mother's face.
The strong man slapped the frail old woman, sending her flying to the ground, where she collapsed and couldn't get up.
Zhang Jiqing, who was standing nearby, screamed in fright.
"Call the police!! Someone's being assaulted!! Call the police now!!"
This area is a suburb, sparsely populated, and the nearest security headquarters is an hour's walk away. It's truly a place where you can't get help from anyone.
"Help!! Murder!!"
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