Xu Yuetuan happily counted the eighty yuan she had just coaxed out. Recently, she had found a good way to make money: she posted a small rental ad on the street and tricked some young people into renting the house. The easiest to fool were students who had just started working. As long as she said a few nice words, they would obediently pay the deposit.
Those two female students from earlier are so easy to fool. She can easily earn eighty yuan. She has made quite a bit of money using this trick over the past few months, totaling nearly a thousand yuan, which is much better than working a regular job.
As for the house, she definitely wouldn't rent it out. If she did, where would her son live when he came back? Those who were cheated were all from out of town. It was only a few dozen yuan. The police station didn't care about this matter. So those who suffered losses could only swallow their anger and didn't dare to cause trouble, letting Xu Yuetuan get a free ride.
"Mom, give me some money to dye my hair." As soon as Hu Zhihong came back, she saw Xu Yuetuan counting money, and there was quite a lot of it.
"Why dye your hair at such a young age?" Xu Yuetuan immediately put away the money. Her daughter was dishonest and even stole money from the house. She had to hide it well, as this was her retirement money.
Xu Yuetuan has now figured it out. She can't rely on her husband, son, or daughter; she has to rely on herself. So she needs to save more money now, because money is the most reliable thing. With money, she won't be afraid of being alone in her old age.
"I'll dye my hair red, not black, it'll only cost sixty yuan." Hu Zhihong deliberately overcharged, as she could go to the cheapest hair salon for a hair dye job, which would cost about thirty yuan, leaving her with thirty yuan to buy a nice pair of white sneakers.
"Why are you dyeing it red? My haircut only costs five yuan, but you want sixty yuan for a haircut. If you don't have the money, ask your brother."
Xu Yuetuan glared at him irritably, stuffed all the money into her pocket, and went to deposit it in the bank that afternoon. She opened a savings account and had already deposited 20,000 yuan. This was all her retirement money, and she didn't tell anyone.
Hu Zhihong stomped her foot angrily, her hatred for Xu Yuetuan growing stronger. When she was little, her mother was very good to her and her brother, and would save the best food for them. But ever since her brother was arrested and sent to a juvenile detention center, her mother changed. She ignored her and her brother, stopped cooking good food for them, and even stopped buying them new clothes. She had no choice but to steal from the neighbors.
Xu Yuetuan was preparing lunch when Hu Zhihong, who had been hungry for a long time, was called out to eat by Xu Yuetuan. She ran out excitedly, but immediately lost her appetite. It was just pickled vegetable noodles, without even an egg, just some pickled vegetables.
"Mom, why are we eating pickled vegetable noodles again? You could at least fry an egg. Eating this every day is making my stomach churn," Hu Zhihong couldn't help but complain.
She eats this for every meal, three times a day, without a single speck of meat. She feels nauseous just looking at pickled vegetables. She hopes her brother will come back soon. Even though his return is disruptive, at least she can eat meat, and if he's in a good mood, he might even give her pocket money.
"If you don't want to eat, then go hungry."
Xu Yuetuan said indifferently, and started eating with relish. Why be picky when there's food readily available? Even shit tastes good if you go hungry for a few meals. At most, she could only afford to support her daughter through vocational high school. She had done more than enough for her. Don't expect her to contribute more money to her life. She didn't have any money.
Hu Zhihong picked up the noodles with a wronged expression. She was hungry if she didn't eat, but her stomach ached if she did. What kind of life was she living?
“Mom, you’ve changed. When I was little, you used to cook meat for me, but now you don’t even cook eggs,” Hu Zhihong couldn’t help but say.
Xu Yuetuan paused with her chopsticks, picking up noodles, without even lifting her eyelids. "You and your brother weren't this scoundrel when you were kids. I can't count on you to support me in my old age. If you don't want to eat, just leave it. I'll eat it tonight."
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