"Fourth sister, glory isn't for others to see. It's something you have to work hard for." Xu Jing struggled to wipe away Li Yuhe's hand and said calmly, "Well, let me test Zhou Jie for you. If he's really as good a person as you say, and has a good family background, then I'll give you 10,000 yuan and let you marry in style. If he's not a good person, I'll save the 10,000 yuan and give it to you after you get married."
"Okay." Li Yuhe agreed immediately. She would do anything as long as she could get the money.
"Seventh Sister, please transfer 70,000 yuan to my account for a fixed deposit. If you have any difficulties or important matters in the future, please tell me and I can take out the 10,000 yuan I have saved for you."
Li Yurong interrupted Xu Jing before he could finish his words. "What are you talking about, little brother? You've helped the family so much, how can we ask you for money?"
"Yeah, yeah, no money."
Faced with everyone's unanimous comments, Xu Jing did not change his original idea and still insisted on doing so.
Sooner or later he will have to leave this land, and he has to provide some relief funds to his sisters, otherwise he would be sorry for their hard work over the years.
"It wasn't easy for you to raise me. I'll naturally think of you when I'm successful. But I'll have to go to school farther away and won't have time to take care of you. It's better to leave some money with you."
Xu Jing looked at the people at the table and said slowly, "You can never make enough money. I just hope you can be well. If you live well, I will be happy too."
The meal was very unpleasant for everyone. Although no one at the table said anything, no one knew what they were thinking.
After dinner, Xu Jing made an excuse that he wanted to go out to digest the food and took Qin Chuan away.
Since the two hadn't seen each other for a year and were very close, no one thought much of it and just went with them.
It wasn't until they left the east end of the village that Qin Chuan finally spoke out the frustration that had been building up in his heart. "You don't have to carry so much."
Xu Jing smiled bitterly and said, "I'm different from you. You're a bachelor, so all you need to do is eat and wear clothes. But I can't do that. My father worked away from home all year round, and I was raised by my eldest sister and her friends. They stopped studying long ago to support me. To help support the family, my father sold my eldest sister to a cripple for just a few dozen yuan. The cripple treated her badly, beating and scolding her. A few years after their marriage, he sent her back because she couldn't have children. They even had a fight with our Li family to get the betrothal money back."
"Did you win?"
"No, they nearly broke my dad's legs. If the village chief hadn't intervened, my eldest sister's husband would have taken away the beams we were using to build our house. That's how my dad ended up paying half the money, and the family suffered heavy losses. Later, my second and third sisters got married. Although their marriages weren't good either, they were much better off than my eldest sister's. At least they had enough to eat and could take care of the family.
My fourth and fifth sisters went to work in the county town, and every month they sent most of their earnings home. They had to support not only me, but also my sixth and seventh sisters.
Qin Chuan held his hand and lowered his voice. "You haven't had an easy life either."
"It's quite easy. Without their support, how could I have enough food and clothes to eat and wear? When you saw me, I was still fat, so you knew how well I was doing."
Xu Jing smiled until tears began to flow from the corners of his eyes. He wiped them away and continued, "So, I vowed to make a lot of money so that they could live a good life. Now I have achieved that. Not only has my whole family been able to enjoy a good life with me, but I have also given my sisters jobs. It's great that they can support themselves with their skills. Next, I plan to give them a dowry when they get married, which can make up for the regrets of the first half of my life."
Measuring family affection with money is the lowest form of decency. But it has to be said that money can break a person's spine, forcing them to work against their will.
The human heart is never satisfied. When one is broke, one can still feel the deep affection of family. But once one reaches a certain level of wealth, greed takes over, and dissatisfaction begins to set in, unleashing the evil thoughts hidden deep within.
Was Li Yuhe like this on the first day? No, she has always been like this.
She was vain, and it was natural for her to want to be beautiful. In her previous workplace, the colleagues she met were all similar in status to her, so naturally, she would still choose a blue-collar man for marriage. But once she was introduced to a different world, her horizons were broadened, and she began to lose sight of herself.
She will feel inferior and out of place. No matter how nice her new colleagues are to her, she will still feel uncomfortable. She tries to make her family like them to offset her inner fear.
But everyone knows that class transition is not something that can be achieved overnight. It may take three generations of hard work to achieve it.
Li Yuhe, blinded by desire, only pursues what he wants in front of him and often ignores the essence of things.
Xu Jing looked at Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan was unlike any other normal person with a clear mind. He would only cling to one thing and work tirelessly to conquer it. He paid no attention to anything else. He didn't understand the ways of the world, only that he was unhappy, and the most direct way to feel unhappy was to get rid of them. While that was a good idea, one couldn't be so selfish. At least his family wouldn't allow him to be selfish.
"Why are you looking at me?" Qin Chuan turned his face away and said, "It's not good-looking. I haven't slept well recently."
“It’s pretty.”
"Are you deceiving me?"
"Beautiful, really beautiful." Xu Jing ruffled his hair and said softly, "I can handle my family's affairs myself, you don't have to worry about these."
Originally, Qin Chuan didn't pay much attention to the Li family. He only knew that whoever treated him well would be treated well by him. "Li Heng, don't be too tired by yourself."
"I know. Tomorrow you will accompany me to the county town to take care of Fourth Sister's affairs."
Qin Chuan's face turned pale when Li Yuhe was mentioned. The image of the crazy woman had hurt him too much, and he didn't want to face her if he could.
But thinking about being alone with Li Heng for a while, he endured the pain even though he felt bad. "Okay, I'll go with you."
In the evening, Li Yuhe did not eat with everyone. Without her to disrupt the situation, the dinner table was filled with laughter and joy for a while.
After dinner, Xu Jing found his eldest sister, Li Yumei. "Sister, is there any room available at home?"
"Yes, what do you want?"
"There are many people in my family. Qin Chuan and I will live in one room. You can divide the other rooms."
"Okay, stop working, take a shower and go to bed early."
After getting the room key, Xu Jing locked the door.
Both of them took a shower and lay in bed, too sleepy to open their eyes.
He woke up in the middle of the night. Qin Chuan was no longer shy this time and hooked his arm around his neck. "Li Heng, I missed you so much."
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