Yesterday's rice was stolen, so Lin Wei bought two more bags of rice and a large watermelon to take home today.
She cut the watermelon in half and handed it to the Su brothers. "Go put it in your fridge to chill, then we'll eat it later. Eat this half now. Yuanyuan, go next door and call the Gao brothers and sisters over."
"good."
The three children went their separate ways, but eventually gathered at her house to eat watermelon.
While they were eating, Wu Xiaoling asked, "Sister Weiwei, do you make money running a food stall?"
Wu Xiaoling was still young, and Lin Wei knew that she didn't have any ulterior motives for asking such a question, so she answered truthfully, "To make money, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you for help."
"Sister Weiwei, do you think I can set up a stall too?" Wu Xiaoling asked tentatively.
"Oh, you're setting up a stall too?"
Worried that Lin Wei might misunderstand, Wu Xiaoling quickly explained, "I'm not trying to compete with Sister Weiwei for business, and I don't know how to make boxed lunches. I just wanted to ask if there's anything I can do so I can earn some money to ease the burden on my family."
It's good that the child has this intention, but...
"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but these days you can make money from anything. It's just that you're too young. You're 14 years old, right? How are you going to set this up? What are you going to sell?"
Wu Xiaoling is not tall and has a baby face, so she looks like a child. If she sets up a stall, she will probably be bullied by the people around her.
Wu Xiaoling knew it was too early for this question to be answered; she only asked because she thought Lin Wei might have some other ideas.
Now she can only say with some disappointment, "I thought there was something I could do at my age. I also want to earn money like Sister Weiwei."
"Then you can talk to me when you're my age. Minors can't earn money, otherwise I wouldn't be handing over my daily wages to your mother."
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After we finished eating the watermelon, we also took the person away.
Lin Xiaomeng didn't stay at home for long before she also went home after get off work.
"Auntie, come a little earlier today."
Lin Xiaomeng said coldly, "Yes, Uncle Liu called. I went home early to ask you, Weiwei, do you know that your mother sold my apartment as well?"
Lin Wei paused in her vegetable-picking. "That apartment was sold too? That can't be right. My mom only said she wanted to sell the apartment we live in. I don't really know much about this, but that apartment is in Dad's and Aunt's names. It shouldn't be able to be sold since you weren't there."
Lin Xiaomeng slammed her hand on the table in anger, “That’s why I’m angry. Your mother must have pulled some strings to sell the house with my name on it. Each house is worth over 20,000 yuan, so both houses together must be worth at least 50,000 yuan. What does she need so much money for? To support some other man?”
Realizing her words were hurtful, Lin Xiao tried to explain, "Weiwei, please don't..."
"What do you mean, Auntie? You've got it wrong. My mom sold the house to help my uncle, because the man she found outside has some connections. He's the boss of my dad's construction site. He's rich and doesn't need my mom to help him. But if that's the case, he's probably the one who got things sorted out at the housing authority."
Lin Xiaomeng was shocked. "What did you say? The man your mother found is your father's construction site boss? You're not mistaken, are you?"
"Uncle Liu saw these two getting together with my own eyes before my dad's project started."
“If that’s the case… then…” Lin Xiaomeng looked at Lin Wei, hesitating to speak, but ultimately said nothing. “It’s nothing, I’m probably overthinking it.”
As intelligent as Lin Wei is, how could she not know what Lin Xiao dreamed of?
But by bringing it up at this time, she was giving Lin Xiaomeng a sense of security.
Otherwise, she was really worried that Lin Xiaomeng wouldn't be able to handle it if she found out the truth in the end.
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New City.
A black sedan stopped in front of the police station.
The driver returned to the driver's seat, closed the car door, and said to the person in the back seat, "Second Master, I've inquired. The girl who took you to the hospital that day is this family's daughter, but..."
"But what?" The man's childish face was full of impatience. "Speak quickly."
“Something happened in the girl’s family. Her father fell from a high place and died a few days ago. Her mother kicked him and her younger brother out of the house. Now she has sold both houses to save her younger brother, who is the girl’s uncle.”
The man frowned, took a deep breath, and asked, "Anything else?"
"His uncle's mother-in-law was reported by someone..."
"That's not what I'm asking. Get to the point."
"Oh, oh." The driver hurriedly said, "The girl's name is Lin Wei, and her younger brother's name is Lin Yuan. She just finished the college entrance examination and was admitted to Jiangcheng University. She received her admission notice, but I haven't found out what her major is yet, nor have I found a photo of her. However, according to the neighbors, her aunt lives in Jiangcheng, so she has most likely gone to stay with her aunt."
"Jiangcheng?" the man murmured to himself, then replied casually, "Perfect, let's go back to Jiangcheng too."
Just as the driver was about to drive off, he turned around and asked, "Second Master, what about her uncle?"
"Do you think I'm a busybody? They treat my savior like this, and they expect me to help them?"
"That's right, her mother used all the compensation she received and the money from selling the house to smooth things over. Her aunt is about to be released, and so is her aunt's father. The person who was reported probably won't get a heavy sentence, because the person who smoothed things over did a lot of work."
The man curled his lip. "Tell them that if they don't want trouble, they should pretend nothing happened."
At the driver's instruction, they immediately went to the police station.
-
Ni Qingguo, who was originally happily waiting to welcome his wife, soon received devastating news.
"Can't she come out? Why? We gave you so much money, and you already promised to get my wife out first. How can you go back on your word halfway through?"
The police officer felt resentful and angry when he thought that he had almost made a mistake because of Ni Qingguo.
"What money? What nonsense are you spouting? When did we take your money? We have no evidence. If you continue to slander people, you'll be arrested too."
Ni Qingguo was incomprehensible. "No, you guys..."
Xiao Yuanbing quickly pushed the man out of the police station and hurriedly led the police officer aside, asking, "Brother, don't mind him. My brother was worried about his family, that's why he acted this way. But didn't we agree beforehand? You told us to come and pick him up now, how come suddenly..."
The police officer interrupted him directly, saying, "Who told you that? What are you saying? I don't understand a word you're saying."
Seeing the other party's ruthless attitude, Xiao Yuanbing gritted his teeth and took out a wad of bills from his bag.
"Brother, I just want to ask why, and then I'll know which way to go."
The police officer glanced at Ni Qingguo and said disdainfully, "The procedures have all been followed, and the people were indeed supposed to be released, but they must have really offended someone. The higher-ups suddenly issued a strict order that not only can they not be released, but the entire investigation must be restarted from scratch, and they will be dealt with severely."
"I'm not saying this to be rude, but if he hadn't come out early, he definitely wouldn't be able to get out now. But he shouldn't be too complacent. Given the current situation, he could be called back for re-interrogation at any time."
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