"The police will be coming tomorrow. Let's go home first and talk about it when we get back." Yu Qiuying was exhausted, hungry, and thirsty at the moment, and all she wanted was to get home as soon as possible.
When she got home, she gulped down two large bowls of water, which relieved some of her fatigue.
Zhou Cailian brought her a basin of water. "Mom, wash your face and eat. I borrowed two bowls of rice from Aunt Xiuying to make dinner."
Her mother had left in a hurry and hadn't even opened the door. There was no rice in the kitchen, so she had to borrow some rice from Aunt Xiuying to cook dinner.
Mentioning Wang Xiuying reminded Zhou Cailian of something else: "Oh, right, Mom, Aunt Xiuying said that Caixiang borrowed five yuan from her this morning to go to school."
"Okay, I'll return the rice and money after dinner." Yu Qiuying didn't say anything about her youngest daughter borrowing money from Wang Xiuying. Although she didn't want to take care of her anymore, she still had to fulfill her responsibilities. After all, she was her own daughter, and there was no deep hatred between them. She could ignore other things, but she couldn't prevent her from going to school and ruin her life.
Zhou Cailian went to the kitchen and brought the food over. While eating, Yu Qiuying told Zhou Cailian about what happened in town, but she didn't mention the fugitive trying to steal the bicycle. She only mentioned that she found a black wallet that the fugitive had dropped.
"Oh right, I haven't checked what's in my wallet yet." Thinking of the wallet, Yu Qiuying quickly put down her chopsticks and reached into her pocket, actually taking the wallet out of her storage space.
Zhou Cailian, however, was more concerned about whether the fugitive had been caught. "I wonder if the police have caught him yet. I hope he hasn't managed to hide in our village..."
"I'll ask the police tomorrow." Yu Qiuying opened her wallet and saw that it was full of money.
When Zhou Cailian saw so many hundred-yuan bills, her eyes widened. "How much money is this?"
Yu Qiuying counted the money and found it to be over 1,200 yuan, which was quite a lot these days.
"One thousand two hundred and fifty-two yuan." It's always good to get something for free, and Yu Qiuying's mood improved a bit, with a smile appearing on her face.
Zhou Cailian couldn't hide her surprise, "So many!"
Good heavens! I heard that Lu Sanmei's eldest son works at the county brewery, and he only makes a little over two hundred yuan a month. Mom, you just picked up more than a thousand yuan, which is almost half a year's salary for him!
However, she then became a little worried, "Mom, is it okay if we don't hand over this money?"
"It's alright, don't worry. If this were money lost by an ordinary citizen, I would have turned it over to the police long ago. But this money belongs to that fugitive, so if I found it, it's mine." Yu Qiuying put the money away without any concern.
Zhou Cailian felt a little relieved upon hearing this. After thinking about it, she realized that the fugitive was no good person anyway, and he deserved to lose the money.
Yu Qiuying put away the money and continued eating, then instructed Zhou Cailian, "Don't tell your younger siblings about this, okay?"
"Okay, I understand." Zhou Cailian wasn't one to talk too much anyway.
"By the way, where's the fifth son? Hasn't he come back yet?" When talking about her children, Yu Qiuying suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen her youngest son when she came back this afternoon, and he was nowhere to be seen now.
Zhou Cailian suddenly felt a little guilty, "He's back, he's inside..."
"You must have let him have dinner, right?" Yu Qiuying understood perfectly well what was going on when she saw her like this; this girl must have let Lao Wu have dinner.
Zhou Cailian honestly admitted, "He said he hadn't eaten anything all day."
Yu Qiuying didn't really want her youngest son to starve to death, so she didn't blame her. "He should be starved for a few meals so he'll behave. Make him fetch water tomorrow morning. If he doesn't, then we don't need to cook for him tomorrow."
“He has to go to school tomorrow, so let’s just forget about him carrying water. He can wash his own clothes after school tomorrow,” Zhou Cailian couldn’t help but say in defense of her younger brother.
But when the topic of her youngest son's schooling came up, Yu Qiuying got angry. "What school is he supposed to go to? It's only been a little over a month since the semester started, and the school teachers have already come to our house twice!"
That brat just goes to school to kill time. He's in his final year of junior high now, and he still can't concentrate on his studies. He skips class every few days to sneak out, or he doesn't go to school at all and just hangs out with other people.
In her past life, the more she forced him to study, the more he rebelled against her. He dropped out of school in the second semester of his third year of junior high. No amount of scolding or beating worked. In the end, she got so angry that she gave up on him. The following year, he started having an affair with a widow in town.
Yu Qiuying will never force him to study again. If he doesn't want to study, then he doesn't have to. After the New Year, she will take him to Dongguan Province so he can work and earn money!
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