After speaking, she realized she had spoken too loudly and immediately covered her mouth in fright. Her heart was pounding, and she could hardly believe what she had heard.
Fifty thousand!
Not five hundred, not five thousand, it's fifty thousand!!!
Zhou Cailian would never dare to do such a thing!
Yu Qiuying found her reaction somewhat amusing. "Calm down. What's fifty thousand? Our family will have even more money in the future."
Cai Cai Lian swallowed hard, unable to remain calm. "There will be more..."
She couldn't imagine how much more her mother was talking about. Before this, the only way she had thought of to make money was to save up more eggs to sell, plant more land, and sell some grain to earn some money when she needed it urgently.
So she always envied Lu Sanmei's eldest son, Zhou Qidong, for being able to work at the county brewery. He was the only one in their village with a job in the county, and he could earn more than 200 yuan a month. Her family couldn't earn that much money in a year.
But now, her mother told her that the family has 50,000 yuan!
And there will be even more money in the future!!!
At this moment, Zhou Cailian truly felt like she was dreaming.
It took her a while to come to her senses.
Then she quickly lowered her voice and asked Yu Qiuying, "Mom, what were you doing at the old coffin house all of a sudden? And how did you know that the fugitive was hiding there?"
“I went to the hometown of coffins to inquire about the situation on behalf of your great-aunt’s family. Your great-aunt’s mother is over eighty years old, and she wants to prepare a coffin for her mother in advance. She mentioned it to me when we went to Xiaowan Village last time.”
"I had completely forgotten about it, but I just remembered it that day and thought I'd go ask her how much it would cost to make a coffin. That's when I ran into that fugitive," Yu Qiuying said without batting an eye.
"Oh, then..." Zhou Cailian still had many questions.
Yu Qiuying quickly interrupted her, "Alright, alright, you just need to know that our family is rich now. But I've only told you this, don't tell Lao Wu and the others. This is a secret between you and me, don't let a third person know, understand?"
Zhou Cailian quickly replied, "I understand, Mom. I won't tell them."
"By the way, there's an awards ceremony in the county in a couple of days. The police officer asked me to go. You can also go to the county town then. Just wait for me at the department store, and I'll show you around."
Without giving Zhou Cailian a chance to ask any more questions, he said, "Alright, go back to your room and go to sleep. I'm tired too, so get some rest."
Zhou Cailian: "..."
Zhou Cailian couldn't sleep all night; she was unusually excited.
The next day she woke up with dark circles under her eyes, but she was in a great mood and felt energetic in everything she did.
While eating breakfast, Zhou Jiahong looked at her strangely several times and asked, "Big sister, what's wrong with you? You seem to be in such a good mood. Did Mom introduce you to someone again?"
Zhou Cailian's face flushed, and she glared at him reproachfully, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Yu Qiuying laughed and scolded, "Why does being in a good mood mean you have a boyfriend? Can't it be something else? Honestly, hurry up and eat your food!"
Zhou Jiadong ate his meal silently, not daring to say a word. Watching his mother and fifth son chatting and laughing, he felt a pang of bitterness. Without comparison, there's no hurt; his mother clearly favored the fifth son more than him.
The day they went to the county to attend the commendation meeting happened to be a Saturday. Yu Qiuying originally only wanted Zhou Cailian to go, but when Zhou Jiahong heard that they were going to the county town, he also insisted on going. Yu Qiuying was in a good mood and didn't want to spoil the fun, so she agreed. Even when Zhou Jiadong said he wanted to go with them, she didn't say anything.
Zhou Caixiang didn't say she was going. She was still angry with Yu Qiuying for leaving her to go to Dongguan after the New Year. She was very irritable and had no way to deal with it, so she was always depressed.
Yu Qiuying ignored her and went out with Zhou Cailian after breakfast.
The commendation meeting was held at the county government. When Yu Qiuying arrived, Xiao Guofeng and several others from Shuiba Village had already arrived, as had her second son-in-law, Xiao Mingyang.
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