Chapter 11 Where the money went
Lu Mingfeng ran home and saw his mother leaning against the wall, tears streaming down her face, her eyes red, and she kept coughing.
Lu Bailing patted her back anxiously, "Mom, don't worry, my eldest brother has gone to find Dad."
Seeing Lu Mingfeng coming back, Lu Bailing quickly stood up and came over, holding Lu Mingfeng's arm, and tears couldn't stop flowing down.
"Second brother, you are back. What should we do? The money for my eldest brother's wedding was stolen."
Lu Mingfeng comforted his sister, squatted down and asked Liang Qiaoli: "Mom, when did you find out that the money was missing?"
Liang Qiaoli cried and said: "I was just about to take out some money... to pay the deposit for your father to Carpenter Li's house. When I opened the box, the 200 yuan inside was gone."
After that, she coughed.
"When was the last time you saw the money?"
"A week ago, I saw that the money was still in it. How come it's gone now? Who the hell stole my family's money!"
200 yuan, that was a huge sum of money that the Lu family had saved for several years. It was stolen. Liang Qiaoli wanted to die.
"Mom, don't worry, I'll go report it to the police right away." Lu Mingfeng helped Liang Qiaoli up and went into the house. He told his sister to take good care of her, and was about to go out.
Lu Mingqi, who had gone out to look for his father, just came back. Lu Yongfu was behind him. When he heard that his son was going to report the case, he stopped him from going.
Lu Yongfu said to his wife, "Wait a day or two and look for it at home. Maybe you just remembered the wrong place to put it."
Liang Qiaoli hurriedly said, "It's impossible. My money is in the box and it hasn't been moved." Lu
Yongfu looked impatient and said, "Go find it when I tell you to. If you report the case and the police come and find it at home, it will be a false report."
Lu Mingfeng said, "Dad, if the money is missing, you should report it immediately. "If we don't find the case, even if we catch the thief later, what can we do if the money is all gone?"
Lu Mingqi said, "Then let's look in each room together."
Lu Yongfu glared at her and said, "I told you to wait a day or two before looking. Now you are like a headless fly, how can you find it?" After hearing
what her husband said, Liang Qiaoli wondered if she really put the money somewhere else, because in the past, if something disappeared at home, it would appear somewhere else the next day. When
it comes to finding something, the more anxious you are to find it, the harder it is to find it. Maybe, after two days, it will really appear.
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During the two days of waiting, Lu Yongfu didn't let Liang Qiaoli look for the money in a hurry. Liang Qiaoli had to force herself to calm down and think carefully about where she might have put the money, but she still had no idea.
Fortunately, her cough was cured. Liu Xiaocui came to visit and asked her what prescription she had used, as her mother had been coughing for years.
Liang Qiaoli took out the bottle of cough syrup and showed it to Liu Xiaocui: "It's really a good thing from the big city. I stopped coughing after drinking it for three days."
Liu Xiaocui looked at the bottle and saw that there was still some left, so she said: "Third sister-
in-law, you are all well, give me the rest, my mother coughs all year round and she can use it." Liang Qiaoli was of course reluctant to part with it: "I want to keep such expensive medicine. If I cough again one day, I may need it."
Seeing that Liang Qiaoli was unwilling to give it, Liu Xiaocui leaned close to her and whispered: "Third sister-in-law, I know where your family's money is. If you are willing to give me the medicine, I will tell you."
Liang Qiaoli's mind was full of thoughts about finding money these two days. Hearing Liu Xiaocui say this, she was a little skeptical: "Second sister-in-law, do you really know?"
Liu Xiaocui nodded.
Although Liang Qiaoli was reluctant to give up the medicine, the money for her son's marriage was more important, so she reluctantly handed the medicine to Liu Xiaocui.
Liu Xiaocui whispered in Liang Qiaoli's ear.
Liang Qiaoli snatched the medicine bottle: "How is it possible? You just want to cheat me of the medicine, right?"
Liu Xiaocui took the medicine bottle from her hand again: "I heard it with my own ears outside the door. The third brother asked the eldest brother when he would pay back the money. He said that your family was going to order furniture. He is still at the eldest brother's house. You will know if you go and see him."
If what Liu Xiaocui said was true, then her husband knew the whereabouts of the money and tricked her into looking for it at home.
Thinking of this, Liang Qiaoli went straight to Lu Yongsheng's house with a lot of questions in her mind.
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Lu Yongfu was talking to his eldest brother Lu Yongsheng about repaying the money, and Lu Yongsheng said that he would give him the money in a few days.
Liang Qiaoli rushed in.
"Lu Yongfu! Where did our money go?"
Seeing that his wife already knew, Lu Yongfu stopped hiding it and said that the money was only temporarily given to his eldest brother's family and would be returned in a few days.
Liang Qiaoli roared: "I want it now, return my money to me quickly!"
An old voice came: "Brothers should help each other, and your family's money is not urgently needed. What a shame to make such a big fuss? Let others hear and laugh at our family."
Old Mrs. Lu walked slowly with a cane, supported by her eldest daughter-in-law.
"Mom, is what your son did a humane thing? The money is missing, and I've been worried and unable to sleep these two days, and he just watched it like that without telling me. What do you think of me?" Old
Mrs. Lu said calmly, "Men must have their reasons for doing this, and women should not worry about these things."
Lu Yongsheng hurriedly explained, "Third sister-in-law, it's my fault. I thought it would only take a few days and it wouldn't delay your family's use of money. Who knew you would find out? Don't worry, I will pay you back as soon as possible."
Lu Yongfu said to his wife, "Go back, you have nothing to do here, my brother and I will take care of it."
Liang Qiaoli was so angry. The Lu family treated her like air, and she immediately refused to let her go. She insisted on getting the money today, and she would not leave if she didn't get it.
Lu Yongfu thought his wife was making a fuss and embarrassing him, so he grabbed Liang Qiaoli's arm and dragged her out.
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Shen Jiale didn't know that Liang Qiaoli already knew where the money went, and wanted to tell Lu Mingfeng not to be impulsive or too angry.
In her previous life, Liang Qiaoli didn't ask for money, and she got sick because she was angry. She didn't get treatment in time, and she caught a cold when it rained, which made her condition worse. Lu Mingfeng was so angry that he smashed his uncle's house, but he didn't get the money, and he was almost arrested by the police. Liang Qiaoli also developed a chronic illness because of this.
After dinner, Shen Jiale went to the fields to find Lu Mingfeng.
Liang Qiaoli had no mood to work these two days, so Lu Mingfeng had to do the work of two people.
Seeing Lu Mingfeng was already pulling weeds in the field, Shen Jiale walked up to him and was about to say hello when he heard someone shouting Lu Mingfeng's name.
"Mingfeng, go back quickly. Your family's money has been found. Your mother went to ask for the money but failed, and there was a commotion at your uncle's house."
"Second aunt, who stole the money?"
The person who came was the woman who came to look for Lu Mingfeng last time, Lu Mingfeng's second aunt Liu Xiaocui.
"The money was not stolen, your father lent it to your uncle."
Lu Mingfeng heard this, threw away the weeds in his hand and was about to leave.
Shen Jiale grabbed his clothes and said, "Promise me, don't be impulsive, take your aunt home first, think clearly about what kind of result you want most, and if you don't have a good method, come to me."
Lu Mingfeng nodded, and ran away without waiting for Liu Xiaocui.