"It's Meifang. I haven't contacted you for several days. Are you okay?" my sister-in-law said politely.
My sister-in-law has some opinions about Wu Meifang. When the old man found a new partner and divided the family property, Wu Meifang got the most. Tian Qingqing, a granddaughter, got a dowry from the old lady, which was much more than what their eldest son and grandson got.
"Sister-in-law, I'm fine. Is my eldest brother home? I have something to talk to him about." Wu Meifang was not in the mood for greetings.
"Your eldest brother has no family, what do you have? Is it the old man who has it?"
"No, I have money and I need it urgently, so I want to borrow some from you." Time was tight, so Wu Meifang had to speak up.
My sister-in-law curled her lips. She had acquired so much property, yet she still borrowed money from them. She asked politely, "How much do you need?"
"One million!"
"How much?" The sister-in-law suspected that there was something wrong with her ears.
Wu Meifang said with difficulty, "I need one million urgently. How much can you lend me, sister-in-law? I will use it for a week and I will pay it back after a week."
"One million? If it's not Meifang, what are you going to do with it?"
"My family runs a business and I want to buy a piece of land." Wu Meifang was too embarrassed to tell her sister-in-law about the poor family situation.
My sister-in-law rolled her eyes on the other end of the phone and said, "Meifang, you think too highly of your eldest brother. He's just an office worker. We've heard of a million, but we've never seen it. If we had that much money, we wouldn't have to squeeze three generations of our family into a pigeon coop of just a few dozen square meters."
Wu Meifang knew that her eldest brother was doing well, and Tian Qingqing had also borrowed money from him a few days ago. It was obvious that her sister-in-law was unwilling to lend him money, and now was not the time to save face. "Then sister-in-law, how much can you lend me?"
The sister-in-law retorted, refusing to lend any money. She was defeated and said, "Ten thousand yuan, that's all we have in savings."
Wu Meifang took a deep breath and said, "No need for that. Sister-in-law, I'm busy here. I'll contact you when I have time."
After the phone call was hung up, my sister-in-law snorted disdainfully. She asked for one million yuan right away. They think their family prints money. If she wants to borrow money, she can borrow from her stepmother.
Wu Meifang hung up the phone and called her younger brother and sister dejectedly. They were all in China and were living a good life. Each of them could give her 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.
In fact, it is already a lot, but it is just a drop in the bucket for Wu Meifang.
"Mom, why don't we try calling grandpa?" Tian Lang asked tentatively.
"Bai Ruzhen and your grandfather are just living together. There's no way she would lend us so much money." Wu Meifang knew very well the Bai family's attitude towards them. Bai Ruzhen didn't want to have too much contact with them at all.
"Why don't we ask the Li family. Aren't those two plots of land the ones they want to buy? We can sell them to them at a lower price, and we can figure out the rest together," Tian Lang suggested.
Wu Meifang's eyes lit up. Based on Wu Zhiqiu's offer, not counting Gao Mingyuan's high bid, he should be willing to pay 700,000 for it. That would leave them with a shortfall of 300,000, which the family should be able to cover by pooling their money.
Tian Lang and Wu Meifang immediately went to the slum. When they arrived, no one was at the Li family. Wu Zhiqiu and Li Mancang had gone back to the village to pick water celery. Wu Zhiqiu liked it, so the couple had eaten it in the morning.
Wu Meifang went to the front yard and knocked on Uncle Ge's door. "Uncle, I want to ask where Li Mancang and Wu Zhiqiu are?"
When Grandpa Ge saw that it was Li Mancang's former in-laws, the third brother's former father-in-law, he opened the door and stood at the entrance, his hands covering his ears. "What are you saying?"
Wu Meifang asked again loudly
"Who's missing?" Uncle Ge leaned over and listened.
Wu Meifang pointed to the backyard and said, "Li's house!"
"The Zeng family, they opened a restaurant. The guy from the Zeng family opened a restaurant. You might not know, but the business is booming. The mixed bean noodles they make are so authentic!"
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