Seeing her conflicted look, Lu Jiaxin went into the house and took out three thousand yuan for her: "Fifth sister-in-law, since you like it, go and handle the formalities tomorrow to avoid someone snatching it away again."

Ma Lili took the money and thanked Lu Jiaxin before saying, "The landlord is a relative of my friend and he told me to keep the house for two days."

Although the other party agreed to give her two days to consider, Jiaxin was right. If they were going to buy the house anyway, they might as well decide on it early. Only after the transfer of ownership would they feel truly at ease.

Lu Jiaxin said, "Fifth sister-in-law, let Xue Mao and Xiao Qiu go with you tomorrow. You have to be careful when you go out with so much money."

Ma Lili wanted Qian Xiaoxiao to go with her because it would be safer since the girl knew martial arts.

Lu Jiaxin couldn't possibly agree to that. She said, "She's stubborn. She'll be wherever I am."

Qian Xiaoxiao was also a girl with a bad temper. Ma Lili looked down on them as a grandparent and granddaughter, and Qian Xiaoxiao ignored her. Lu Jiaxin did not interfere.

Ma Lili was also a resolute person. The next day, she went to the store first, called the company to ask for leave, and then took Xue Mao to buy a house. At noon, she came back with the house ownership certificate and land certificate.

Lu Jiaxin congratulated her.

Ma Lili took out an envelope from her bag and handed it to Lu Jiaxin, saying with a smile: "I negotiated the price with the buyer today, and the other party reduced it by 200 yuan. Here is 1,000 yuan, you can count it. I will definitely return the remaining 2,000 yuan to you before the end of next year."

I took the three thousand yesterday because I was worried about something unexpected happening, so I brought some extra money just in case. Now that the ownership has been transferred, I don’t have to worry.

After Lu Jiaxin took the money, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, return it to me when you have more money."

Ma Lili said: "The house over there is pretty good, there is no need to renovate it. I will move in with the children after I have decorated it well."

When Master Qian and his grandson came, they didn't get along so well. Lu Jiaxin didn't try to stop them, and asked with a smile, "Fifth sister-in-law, have you told Fifth Brother about this big thing?"

Ma Lili smiled and said, "How could I not tell him about such a big thing? I called him after talking to you yesterday, and he said that it was OK as long as I took care of it."

The main reason was that Lu Jiajie didn't have high requirements, as long as the house was close to the school, but Ma Lili had more requirements, so it was delayed until today. It was also because Lu Jiaxin gave 3,000 yuan in salary and borrowed money, otherwise she couldn't afford the current house.

Buying a house is a big deal, and also a happy event. Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "Fifth sister-in-law, let Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law come over for dinner on Sunday to celebrate."

Ma Lili thought that after moving, she would hold a housewarming party and invite Lu Jiaguang's family.

Seeing that she didn't agree, Lu Jiaxin stopped talking. She proposed this because she thought it was better for brothers and sisters or friends to keep in touch with each other. If they never met or contacted each other, their relationship would gradually become distant.

Two days later, Ma Lili came home from work and brought Qiangqiang, who was playing, into the house. Then Qiangqiang cried. Xiaoqiu couldn't bear to hear Qiangqiang crying, but she felt it was inappropriate for her to persuade him, after all, he was a junior. She begged Lu Jiaxin: "Aunt, go and persuade the fifth sister-in-law to stop beating her."

Lu Jiaxin did not try to persuade them. It was not appropriate for others to interfere when parents were educating their children. Firstly, it would undermine the prestige of the parents, and secondly, it would make the children feel that they had a backer and could act recklessly.

After a while, Ma Lili came out of the house. Seeing her face full of anger and red eyes, Lu Jiaxin suddenly felt that it was not just a simple pretense: "Fifth sister-in-law, what happened?"

Lu Jiaxin thought for a moment and said, "Fifth sister-in-law, one person's plan is short, but three people's plan is long. If you encounter difficulties, let's discuss and solve them together. If you think I can't help, let's go and discuss it with my eldest brother and sister-in-law."

Ma Lili had tears in her eyes, but she tried hard not to let them fall.

Qiangqiang walked out of the house and saw Ma Lili. He bowed his head and apologized: "Mom, I'm sorry. I won't bring toys to school anymore."

Hearing this, Ma Lili couldn't hold back her tears anymore. She squatted down and hugged Qiangqiang, crying and saying, "It's mom's fault. Mom shouldn't have hit you."

Qiangqiang wiped her tears and shook his head, saying, "It's my fault. Mom, don't cry. I will be obedient in the future."

The more he said this, the more Ma Lili couldn't stop crying.

Lu Jiaxin helped her into the house, and then asked Xiaoqiu to take Qiangqiang and Xiaofeng to the main room to avoid scaring the two children: "Fifth sister-in-law, if it doesn't work, I'll call Fifth Brother to come back."

Ma Lili wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and then said, "Don't tell him, this is about my mother's family. If he knows, he will be angry again."

Lu Jiaxin felt strange, how did Qiangqiang bring toys to school and have anything to do with the Ma family? She bought the green frog and the car, and it would be a pity for a child to have no toys in his childhood.

Ma Lili calmed down and explained to her, "Qiangqiang was in kindergarten and had a conflict with other children because he brought toys to the kindergarten. I don't know how the topic of the house came up, and the child mocked Qiangqiang and said that we don't even have a house, so how can we have the money to buy a car? It must have been stolen. Qiangqiang retorted that we bought a house and will move in a few days."

Lu Jiaxin thought that there were many people in Qiangqiang's kindergarten who were acquainted with the Ma family, and she immediately understood: "Your family knew about it, and then blamed you for not telling them?"

Ma Lili smiled bitterly: "My eldest sister found out last night and called me this morning to ask me to go back. When I got home, she scolded me and asked me to sell the house and return the money to my parents."

Lu Jiaxin was full of questions. As far as she knew, the Ma family did not borrow a penny to buy the house, and because of this matter, the rift between Lu Jiajie and Ma's parents deepened.

Ma Lili hung her head and said uncomfortably: "My parents said they took 3,000 yuan to buy me a house."

Lu Jiaxin was confused. She remembered that her fifth brother had said that the couple had saved 2,300 yuan, plus the 1,700 yuan that Lu Jiaguang and Lu Hongjun borrowed, which added up to 4,000 yuan. She gave Ma Lili 3,000 yuan the night she came back, and borrowed another 2,000 yuan to buy the house. This amount was completely enough!

After thinking for a while, she asked, "Fifth sister-in-law, your parents clearly didn't borrow any money, so why did they insist on saying they lent you three thousand? What's going on?"

Ma Lili didn't know either. She said with red eyes, "I told you I didn't take a penny. But my eldest sister didn't believe me and yelled at me to pay me back. She said if I didn't pay her back, she would make Jixiang change his last name back to Yan."

It's bad luck to meet such a bad sister. Lu Jiaxin was lucky that except for the corruption of Second Uncle Lu and Second Aunt, everyone else in the Lu family was pretty good. However, Second Uncle Lu and his wife were suppressed by Uncle Lu, and they never caused any scandals in their hometown.

(End of this chapter)