"Grandma, you keep saying sarcastic things. Our family has no money, what can you use to treat us?" Lin Daqiang didn't believe his grandma's lies at all.
Old Mrs. Lin was touched by him. Inviting the neighbors was secondary. The most terrible thing was that the village party secretary informed her a few days ago that the township head was entrusted by the county head to come to her house to attend the graduation banquet and to celebrate Lin Fengya's graduation!
It would be fine if she only invited the head of the family, since they were not particular about food anyway and could just cook a few dishes casually. But the village chief also wanted to come, and he said that he was entrusted by the county chief. If she cooked a casual meal, it would be disrespectful to the county chief.
Besides, it is a great honor for the Lin family that Lin Fengya goes to college, and Mrs. Lin is willing to take this opportunity to flatter herself. The village chief is a big shot, and you can't even meet him normally. Now that he has taken the initiative to say it, she will hold a decent banquet for him even if she has to sell everything she has.
After the village chief ate her meal, she became an acquaintance of the village chief, and she will be able to act arrogantly in the village from now on!
But the thought of money made her head explode.
The family eats a lot but earns little, and only saves about a hundred or twenty or eighty yuan a year. Lin Fengya is going to college, and the family has emptied their savings to come up with three hundred yuan. To hold a proper banquet, it will cost at least forty or fifty yuan. Where can she get the money?
But she quickly thought of a solution, and a sinister smile flashed in her muddy yellow triangular eyes.
She patted her eldest grandson on the back and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely make sure you have a good meal."
After saying that, she walked on her small feet to find Lin Tiezhu.
Lin Tiezhu was squatting in the yard drinking corn residue porridge. When he saw his mother coming over, he quickly drank a few mouthfuls and put the bowl on the ground: "Mom, what's the matter?"
"Tiezhu, you know the township head and the village party secretary want to attend Fengya's teacher appreciation banquet, but all the money in the family is used for Fengya's schooling, and mother really can't afford it."
Lin Tiezhu was startled and instinctively shrank back: "Mom, I gave you all the money I earned. I don't have a penny in my pocket."
"Mom knows. I'm not asking you for money."
"Then what are you going to do?" Lin Tiezhu couldn't guess what his mother meant.
"You've raised Qingqing for eighteen years, and our family didn't even ask for a penny of betrothal gift when she got married. Now it's time for her to serve you."
"Her in-laws are even poorer than ours, how can they afford the money?"
"You can just ask her and she'll know. Besides, she doesn't contribute a cent to her parents' family when they have problems. Isn't that a joke? I'm doing this for her own good. After getting married, she should get closer to her parents' family so she doesn't get bullied by her husband's family and has no one to back her up. If Fengya becomes successful in the future, can she take advantage of it less?"
Lin Tiezhu felt that what his mother said made sense. Once Fengya settled in the city, she would definitely have to take care of her cousins. If Lin Qingqing helped her, she would be helping herself.
"Mom, you're right. I'll go to Zhou's house to find Qingqing right now."
"I'll go with you."
Old Mrs. Lin was afraid that her son couldn't afford the money, so she wanted to go with him. As for the quarrel with Lin Qingqing over the return gift a few days ago, as an old woman, she had no shame in making this trip just for money!
The Zhou family had just put the meal on the table and had no time to eat when Old Lady Lin and Lin Tiezhu arrived.
"Oh, my dear relatives, are you eating?" Old Mrs. Lin saw the rice porridge at once, and her eyes flashed like lightning. It was not that she was greedy, but people these days are too sensitive about food.
The Zhou family is so poor, yet they can eat rice?
When Lin Qingqing saw the old woman and her father, her face suddenly darkened and she felt extremely disgusted.
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