When Yu Qiuying arrived at the department store and met up with Zhou Cailian and the other two, it was already past eleven o'clock.
Zhou Jiahong had been waiting impatiently for a long time. "Mom, where have you been? It's been so long! My back is aching and my legs are sore from standing."
Zhou Jiadong and Zhou Jiahong had no idea why Yu Qiuying had come to the county today. They assumed she was simply in a good mood and wanted to browse the department store.
Yu Qiuying didn't explain much to them. "Let's go. Considering that your performance has been satisfactory to me recently, I'll allow you to buy one thing worth less than ten yuan today, whether it's food or clothing."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiahong's backache and leg pain immediately disappeared. "Then I want to buy food!"
Yu Qiuying asked Zhou Cailian, "Cailian, what do you want to buy?"
"I... I want to buy a dress..." Zhou Cailian smiled shyly. If her mother had asked her this before yesterday, she would have said that she didn't want to buy anything. But now that she knows the situation at home, she feels more confident and dares to think about things she wouldn't have dared to think about before.
To be honest, she had never bought clothes before. In the past, she would buy the fabric herself and then take it to a tailor shop to have the clothes made. She never dared to think about buying clothes before, and she wished she could stretch every penny to two.
"It's time to buy a couple of new clothes, and we need to buy some shoes too." Yu Qiuying glanced at the half-new black cloth shoes Zhou Cailian was wearing. These shoes were probably bought the year she got married, and they were the only pair of decent shoes she owned. She rarely wore them throughout the year, only taking them out to wear when she was going to the city like today.
"Hmm." Zhou Cailian thought that her mother had 50,000 yuan, so she didn't say anything about not wanting it. She didn't say anything when the family didn't have the means, but now that the family had money, her mother was willing to buy it for her, which made her quite happy.
"Mom, what about me..." Zhou Jiadong felt sullen when he saw that Yu Qiuying had asked about the fifth brother and the eldest sister, but not him.
Yu Qiuying gave him a cold look. "What do you mean, 'you'? Fifth brother has been behaving well and obediently lately, so I'm happy to spend money on him. Not to mention your eldest sister, she's the one who has contributed the most to this family out of the five of you. And you? What have you done? What have you contributed to this family?"
Zhou Jiadong: "..."
Zhou Jiadong was speechless when asked the question, and shrank back, not daring to say another word.
"You're already eating and drinking my food, and now you want to spend my money? Where do you get the nerve?"
Zhou Jiadong's face flushed red as he finally realized the truth: his mother truly didn't care about him anymore.
Otherwise, Mom would have calmed down long ago.
Zhou Jiadong followed behind Yu Qiuying and the other two dejectedly, trying to make himself as inconspicuous as possible.
The department store was crowded at this time. Zhou Jiahong was in a hurry to buy food, and Yu Qiuying was in a good mood and also wanted to shop, so she agreed.
Unexpectedly, just as they entered the grocery section, Zhou Jiahong suddenly stopped and shouted towards a corner on his right, "Zhou Qiliang, you're a pickpocket! Everyone, look! He's a pickpocket!"
People around immediately looked in the direction Zhou Jiahong was pointing, and then checked their bags for damage and whether their wallets had been stolen.
Zhou Qiliang glared at Zhou Jiahong menacingly, then ran away in a panic.
Yu Qiuying pinched Zhou Jiahong in annoyance, "You brat, why are you so reckless? Why did you yell? Now look what's happened, he'll definitely hold a grudge against you."
"No, he just reached into someone's pocket!" Zhou Jiahong didn't think he was being reckless at all. He had seen Zhou Qiliang put his hand into someone's pocket, so of course he had to stop him.
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