At first glance, Song Lili had a bad impression of this person, feeling that he was too scheming and that his eyes were full of calculation.
Song Lili frowned. Why would her mother have arranged for her brother to marry into such a family? Having such people as in-laws would only cause discord in the family.
“What could possibly happen in the dead of winter? I’m just staying at home,” Song Yongren replied.
Chen Erhua finally shifted her gaze from examining the house to examining Song Yongren. When she saw the clothes on Song Yongren's body, her eyes lit up, and a greedy glint flashed in them.
"In-laws, did you split the money today? How much did you get? Your family must have a lot, right?" Chen Erhua was practically implying that your family was rolling in money.
Song Lili turned her head away in disgust, unwilling to look at this person, but unexpectedly her eyes met another pair of eyes.
In those eyes, there was some shame, some sadness, some embarrassment, but more than anything, there was a gleam in them.
Those eyes... like a sky full of stars, unconsciously drawing you in and making you think, "This person is nice."
Song Lili was somewhat surprised. This was Xia Niu's younger brother? She never expected that someone like Chen Erhua would have a child with such eyes.
Is this a case of bad bamboo producing good shoots?
Xia Jun smiled somewhat awkwardly at Song Lili, and Song Lili returned a genuine smile; she had a very good impression of him.
Looking at Xia Niu next to Xia Jun, she also looked honest and simple, not like someone who would cause trouble.
Song Lili thought to herself, neither of Chen Erhua's two children resembled her.
Therefore, she no longer felt as much resentment towards Xia Niu, her future sister-in-law.
Over there, Chen Erhua was still trying to get information out of Song Yongren: "In-law, I heard that your Lili's vegetables made a lot of money, is that true?"
"With the money you've received, your family must have quite a bit of money, right? Could you lend my family some to tide me over?"
"You know how difficult it is for a widow like me to raise two children. Life is so hard."
“Father-in-law, can you help my family? Xia Niu is Jianshe’s fiancée after all. From now on, we’ll be family. Of course, family members should help each other.”
Chen Erhua spoke fluently, but Song Yongren was somewhat at a loss. He looked at Chen Erhua with difficulty and said, "In-law, this... I really don't know how much money I received."
"Didn't your family receive money today too?" Why would you come here to borrow money?
Chen Erhua didn't hear Song Yongren's first sentence; all her attention was focused on the first one: "What? You don't know how much money there is? You didn't go to collect the money?"
"No, it's...it's from the Construction Department, I...I didn't ask."
Chen Erhua's incredulous look made Song Yongren feel as if he had done something wrong.
"What? Jianshe received it?" Chen Erhua exclaimed again. "My dear in-law, how could you let Jianshe go? He's still a child. You can't let a child take money."
Then, she turned around and looked at Song Jianshe with a smile, "Jianshe, how much money did you receive?"
Song Jianshe was also somewhat disgusted by Chen Erhua's behavior, but no matter what, she was his future mother-in-law and an elder, so it would be impolite not to answer.
"Three yuan."
"How come it's only three yuan? Did you undercharge me again? Just like Xu Youcai, I'm going to find them."
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was about to get into a fight.
Everyone in the room was stunned by Chen Erhua's antics, except for Song Lili who sneered, "Hmph, in the end, she's just here to freeload."
She glanced at Chen Erhua sarcastically, and seeing that neither Dada nor her brother wanted to stop it, she had no choice but to speak up.
"Ma'am, who told you you undercharged?"
We can't let her make a scene. Putting aside whether she's been taken advantage of or not, if she makes a scene like this, it'll be difficult for Zhang Qinghua to handle things in the future.
She couldn't cause trouble for Zhang Qinghua.
"You didn't lose any? How could that be? It's impossible for you and Jianshe to split three yuan between just the two of you. Didn't you say you were strong and that all the work points belonged to the adults?"
"Then your family must have paid at least four or five yuan, how could it only be three yuan? My family pays three and a half yuan."
Song Lili nodded. "So your family got three yuan and fifty cents, more than mine." Then how dare you ask my family for money?
"No...no...it's because my family had too much debt and we had to pay it all back to others. That's why I was thinking of borrowing some money from you, my in-law, to tide us over."
Chen Erhua realized she had let something slip as soon as she finished speaking, and immediately looked embarrassed, hurriedly trying to make amends.
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