Chapter 174 Borrowing Money
Throughout the entire meal, Meng Qi spoke very little.
Jiang Ruzhen toasted him with tea instead of wine, saying, "Professor Meng, thank you for bringing me to the auction. I had a great time buying things today."
Meng Qi smiled slightly, seemingly casually.
"You're really generous with your spending, going all the money into buying a house. Won't that affect your and your children's quality of life?"
"It doesn't matter, it's only a few dollars."
Jiang Ruzhen spoke in a calm and collected tone, saying things that could infuriate anyone, so Meng Qi could only chuckle.
"Comrade Jiang's business is quite large!"
"Not big, not big, just enough to meet the consumption needs of me and my children."
Jiang Ruzhen waved her hand, seemingly unconcerned.
Well, this food is really hard to swallow.
After lunch, Meng Qi said he had something to do at the TV station and left in a hurry.
Jiang Ruzhen looked at his retreating figure with apologetic eyes. Hopefully, this person won't bother Xin Xin anymore now.
Her move was a win-win situation.
Jiang Ruzhen took advantage of the free time in the afternoon to go back to her parents' house.
The elderly couple lived in the staff housing of the Capital University. Today happened to be the weekend, and she was worried that her parents would become so engrossed in doing experiments that they would spend all day in the lab.
When they arrived, they found that not only were their parents resting at home, but their second brother and sister-in-law were also there.
As she changed her shoes, she greeted them, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, you've come to see Mom and Dad? What a coincidence."
"Little sister's here?" Jiang Zhengxiao happily got up to greet her, hugged Jiang Ruzhen, and complained.
"And you, you came all the way to the capital and didn't even come to visit your second brother. You only care about Mom and Dad, not me?"
Jiang Ruzhen followed her second brother forward, and inadvertently glanced at her second sister-in-law, and smiled.
"Second brother, you know I'm always busy with random things, and we always miss each other's schedules. I just happened to be running some errands nearby today, so I thought I'd stop by and see Mom and Dad."
"I really envy you guys, you're all so busy. Your parents are busy, and you're even less of a sight to behold. You're all people who do great things."
Jiang Zhengxiao said that, but he didn't have any great ambitions. He was currently a minor director in the Cultural Bureau, and he was quite content with his leisurely life.
"I envy you. You live a leisurely life every day and can rest on weekends.
The brother and sister praised each other for a while before sitting down.
Looking at his complete family, except for the eldest son, Jiang's father was happy but also a little melancholy. He drank a few more cups that night and went to bed early.
Second sister-in-law Zhou Qing barely spoke a few words to Jiang Ruzhen throughout the entire process; she just listened to Jiang Zhengxiao and Jiang Ruzhen chattering away all night.
Jiang Zhengxiao had also drunk a bit too much, and Zhou Qing helped him to the door.
He turned around and waved to Jiang's mother, Tian Rong, and Jiang Ruzhen, speaking with a thick tongue.
"Mom, I... I'm telling you about that... thing, don't... get anxious or upset, I... definitely have a way to... solve it."
Tian Rong nodded and watched them leave.
Jiang Ruzhen didn't leave. She went back and sat on the sofa with Tian Rong, drinking hot water and casually asked a question.
"Why did my second brother come to see you today? What brings him here?"
Tian Rong sighed, "Your second brother's eldest son, Jiang Wen, is a senior in high school this year. The school has five government-funded spots for him to study abroad."
The school will reimburse all expenses for the top three students in the grade. Students ranked fourth to tenth will receive a 50% tuition fee and a 50% self-funded tuition fee. Whoever can contribute 30,000 yuan can take up one of the other two spots.
So, your second brother and his wife have set their sights on your father and me. They seem to be here today to talk things over, but really they just want to see if we, the old folks, can help them out a bit.”
"You want me to contribute some of the cost? How much do you earn in a month? How can you possibly contribute?" Jiang Ruzhen grumbled, putting down her cup in displeasure.
Tian Rong sighed again, "They thought your dad and I had hidden a lot of prize money because they knew we had researched a project."
In reality, the school only rewarded my wife and me with two thousand yuan, which is far less than they imagined.
The largest sum of money we have is still the 10,000 yuan you gave us, which we haven't touched. How about we lend it to them to tide them over?
Tian Rong had no choice. It was a good thing that her child was ambitious and wanted to study abroad. She couldn't let her child's future be ruined just because she didn't have the money.
"Mom, that's my retirement money for you, don't touch it. Don't worry, leave this to me. I'll go ask my second brother, and if it's true, I'll pay for it."
When Shen Shuxin got into trouble, my second brother was always running around helping her, calling the police, communicating, and keeping in touch for several days.
She has to repay this favor, and besides, the two of them have been close since childhood, so she can afford this amount of money.
"No way, it's not easy for you to earn money. Besides, you don't know what your second sister-in-law is thinking. She's always putting on airs in front of us, saying that her family helped find your second brother's job."
They spent so much money, saying their family is capable, and that we don't value your second brother. Everyone in the family has a job, but we didn't arrange anything for your second brother.
I don't know what she's so angry about. Your dad, your older brother, and I were all directly assigned jobs by our original employers. Your second brother's position at his original employer wasn't vacant, so how can you blame it on my wife and me?
The implication was that we were biased. Since she said her family was capable, she should just let her parents handle everything; why bother coming to us two old folks?
Tian Rong had been holding it in for a long time, so he finally talked to his youngest daughter about it, and Jiang Ruzhen finally understood what Zhou Qing meant.
It seems they don't want to contribute a single penny of this money; they want the elderly couple to pay for everything.
Or they could make her parents pay the lion's share, taking all the money from them, and then figure out what to do with the rest.
Where in the world is there such a good thing?
My parents don't owe them anything.
"Okay, I understand. I'll talk to my second brother when I have time. Mom, don't worry about it, go inside and get some sleep."
After persuading her mother to leave, Jiang Ruzhen sat on the sofa and pondered for a long time.
Every family has its own set of problems.
This matter is actually not difficult to resolve, but with my second sister-in-law's mindset, she will be a troublemaker sooner or later.
Now that she's taken the money, will her parents have to pay for her next time her second son, Jiang Wu, needs something?
They even said they were borrowing, making it sound so nice, as if they could really pay it back.
She doesn't know what her second brother is thinking; it seems she needs to talk to him alone.
Over there, Jiang Zhengxiao straightened up after leaving the house, looking at Zhou Qing with a bad expression.
"What's going on between you and my little sister? You've been making sarcastic remarks to her several times last night. I'm warning you, my little sister is our family's darling. If you have a problem with her, it means you have a problem with me."
Zhou Qing pushed the person aside angrily.
"How much has your Jiang family spoiled Jiang Ruzhen? She's already ruined your eldest brother's family, and you're still protecting her."
Now that she's in Beijing, why is she trying to cause trouble for our family?
I just can't stand her. My sister-in-law was originally a very honest person, but she drove her to the brink of despair, and now we haven't heard from her at all.
I deliberately let her know through your parents that my family is short of money, to see if she dares to try and get close to me again.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhengxiao flew into a rage. "Zhou Qing, how many times have I told you? Bai Hua's divorce from my brother is her own fault."
She was the one who wronged my brother first, cheating on him and making him a cuckold, which is why my brother divorced her in a fit of anger.
Why are you blaming my younger sister? Besides, you just said that Jiang Wen needs so much money, did you even think about what my parents would think?
Will my parents be worried about me?
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