Not long after Fang Yanming turned on his phone, he received a call from Xu Tianlai. The whole family was still waiting at the station and refused to go to a hotel. Fang Yanming was so angry that he laughed.
He deliberately prevented this family from having their way.
"I'm coming now. You wait for me at the station entrance. I'll be there in half an hour."
Fang Yanming drove slowly and called his cousin, who was Shi Junjie's mother. His mother and cousin had a good relationship and his mother listened to him. He needed his cousin to persuade her. As long as his parents didn't interfere, his aunt's family wouldn't be so shameless.
“I’ll call my aunt right away. To be honest, your aunt’s family is shameless. They haven’t paid back the money they owed your family before. How dare they go to Pingjiang to look for you again, especially since your wife is heavily pregnant!”
My cousin muttered indignantly. She looked down on her aunt's family for being so shameless. They were obviously trying to take advantage of Fang Yanming. The whole family brought a terminally ill patient to Pingjiang to freeload and then ask for medical expenses. Wasn't that what they were after?
"Thank you for your help, cousin."
Fang Yanming was quite grateful. His mother wouldn't listen to anyone else, but his cousin could still say a few words to her. Thanks to his cousin, his mother had become much more well-behaved during this time.
"Don't mention it. You and your wife have helped me so much, and I haven't even had a chance to thank you properly. By the way, Yanming, you really have to keep an eye on Junjie for me, and make sure he doesn't get involved with that woman surnamed Gao again!"
Fang Yanming was at his wit's end again when his niece brought up the old story. He mumbled a few words in response, but inwardly he found it amusing. Shi Junjie and Gao Shengnan had moved in together, and the young couple were really getting along. Maybe the next time his cousin called, he would be holding his grandson.
Aunt Fang's family waited anxiously at the station, their stomachs growling with hunger, but they couldn't bear to buy any food. Xu Tianlai was starving, so he asked about fast food, but it cost ten yuan a cent. He was so scared that he ran away and drank a glass of water to endure the hunger.
Ten yuan could buy thirty steamed buns, enough for a family to eat for several meals, so he endured it!
Xu Tianlai was all set on his plans, thinking that once Fang Yanming arrived, he would be able to eat and drink to his heart's content, but he couldn't bear to spend a single penny.
Aunt Fang was so hungry that she could barely sit up. She slumped against her luggage and said weakly, "Tianlai, Mom is hungry. Go buy some food."
"Mom, just bear with it a little longer. Yanming will be here soon. The things here are ridiculously expensive. We can't waste money like this."
Aunt Fang's lips trembled as she pleaded in a trembling voice, "You can buy me a pancake, I just need one bite."
She can't be hungry or overeaten now. She has to eat something when she's hungry, otherwise her body can't take it. Since she got on the bus yesterday, she has only eaten half an egg and drunk some water. She is starving.
Xu Tianlai hesitated, seeing that his mother was indeed in very poor condition, and prepared to buy a small pancake. Uncle Fang said unhappily, "It's not that precious, just bear with it!"
Aunt Fang shuddered, glanced at Uncle Fang with a resentful look in her eyes, but dared not say anything. She stopped talking about being hungry, but her face grew paler and paler, and her whole body exuded a deathly aura. Passing travelers kept their distance, afraid that touching her would cause trouble.
Xu Tianlai still couldn't bear it, so he went and bought a tea egg, which cost two yuan each. He was so heartbroken that he couldn't even bear to throw away the eggshell.
"Eat up, this egg costs two yuan."
Uncle Fang glared at his son with a dark expression, but Xu Tianlai pretended not to notice. After all, she was his mother, and he still felt sorry for her. Aunt Fang was also worried about the money, muttering as she ate, "Everything is expensive in the city. In our village, eggs cost three for a dollar, but two dollars can buy six..."
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