The three Ho brothers!!!
"Big sister, we don't have any money either," He Zhengming said with a bitter face.
Lu's mother pretended not to hear: "I owe him two hundred yuan, I owe him three hundred yuan, I owe him three hundred yuan. That's eight hundred yuan in total."
What!
Everyone was startled.
"Lu family, how come you owe so much money?" someone in the tenement building asked.
Lu's mother looked helpless: "After I was kicked out by my family, I fell seriously ill in the winter. I was young then and it didn't bother me much. But later, I overworked myself and developed many health problems as I got older. This money was all borrowed to pay for my medical treatment."
Then someone asked, "After all this time, with your and your two children's income, how come you're still so short of money?"
Mrs. Lu sighed heavily: "As you all know, the father of the two children borrowed a lot of money before he passed away due to illness, and we had been paying it back for seven or eight years. After finally finishing paying it off, my health improved."
“At that time, Jin Yuan was still studying, and I had to support my family and pay for medical treatment, so my money was not enough. I had to borrow some. When Jin Yuan joined the military region, he was just an ordinary soldier with very little allowance. Lan Lan received even less at the research institute.”
She wasn't lying when she said that.
An ordinary soldier's allowance is not much, and Lu Jinyuan has not been a regimental commander for long.
Needless to say, research institutes are also under great pressure, especially now that the country is facing a severe economic crisis.
Everyone knows that when Lu's mother came to the tenement building, she was raising two children alone. She had a very hard time at that time, and she was reluctant to eat or dress well.
Because her husband died, and he left behind a lot of debt.
She was raising two children alone and had to pay off these debts, so life was naturally difficult for her.
How did everyone find out about these things? It was because some of the older women in the tenement building saw how hard-working and resilient Lu's mother was. They wanted to introduce her to potential partners, so Lu's mother told them about her family situation.
She didn't want to deceive the man and create enmity.
When the aunties heard that she still owed a lot of money, they realized that it was already difficult to find a woman with two children, let alone someone who owed so much money.
The matter was left unresolved.
The story of Lu's mother spread throughout the apartment building.
"Why is my life so miserable? Waaaaah!" Mother Lu secretly pinched herself and burst into loud sobs.
Everyone who heard this felt great sympathy.
I never imagined that the Lu family, who seemed so glamorous on the surface, was actually so pitiful behind the scenes.
A middle-aged woman suddenly spoke up: "When your son got married, he bought a three-wheeled car and a radio. He spent so much money and doesn't even think about paying it back."
Lu's mother didn't expect anyone to bring this up, but luckily she reacted quickly: "My daughter-in-law is the apple of our eye. It's a blessing for our family that she married into our family. Of course, I want to give her the best. Besides, this is a major event in my son's life, and this is all I can do as his mother."
Everyone saw that she was struggling so much, yet she was so generous in her wedding, unlike other wealthy families who were stingy.
"If you can afford to buy a three-wheeled vehicle and a radio, why don't you pay back the money?" the middle-aged woman spoke up again.
The family with a daughter glared at her.
“Liu family, I know you’ve always been jealous that the Lu family is doing better than you. If you keep quiet now, no one will think you’re mute.”
"If you have money, then lend it to her."
"These are things that should be paid for when people get married; let's keep things separate."
The middle-aged woman looked embarrassed as everyone talked about her.
She used to be jealous of Lu's mother, who also had two sons who joined the military. They're still just ordinary soldiers.
Now that she saw that Lu's mother was actually short of money and that her life wasn't as good as it seemed on the surface, she couldn't be happier.
The three men who came to collect their money were very impatient: "Alright, stop talking nonsense and give me my money back."
"Don't worry, it'll be right away." After saying that, Lu's mother looked at the three He brothers and said, "Second brother, third brother, fourth brother. Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back the money I borrowed from you."
"Big sister, it's not that we don't want to lend, it's that we really don't have the money." Even if the three of them had money, they wouldn't lend it.
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