Chapter 123 Daughter Asks Mom
Jiang Jianni laughed in exasperation: "Fourth Aunt, if you keep going like this, you might as well leave."
"Twenty thousand? How can you say that?"
"If I had that 20,000, wouldn't it be better to just buy a house outright? Why would I need to owe the bank money?"
Seeing that Jiang Jiani was really about to get angry, Yang Xiuhong quickly changed her mind: "Ten thousand, ten thousand yuan is alright, isn't it?"
Fearing Jiang Jiani would refuse, she quickly said, "Ten thousand yuan is really not much."
"You and Lu Xiangyang together earn several hundred yuan a month. How much can the two of you possibly spend?"
“Lu Xiangyang used to be in the army, and the allowances in the army are quite generous.”
"He definitely didn't give you all of it; he kept some for himself."
"My fourth aunt didn't lend much, just ten thousand."
"You know your fourth aunt's husband, he's very good at business, he'll definitely make it back quickly."
"I'll not only pay you back with interest, but I'll also give you an extra thousand yuan, okay?"
Yang Xiuhong was heartbroken: "This price is really not low, it's almost like usury."
Yang Yuemei was somewhat tempted.
Jiang Jianni remained unmoved: "There aren't that many."
"Two thousand at most. If you want it, I'll give it to you. If you don't want it, then forget it."
Before Yang Xiuhong could show her disgust, Jiang Jianni said:
"Fourth Aunt, don't think it's too little."
"We really don't have much money on us."
“Lu Xiangyang paid for all the money for my wedding. He had saved up a lot of money before, but I haven’t been working for long and I don’t have much money either.”
“Besides, we not only have to pay off the mortgage now, but I'm also pregnant. Once the baby is born, the expenses will be huge.”
"If we don't save money now, what will we do when our children are old enough to go to school in a couple of years and we don't have any money?"
Seeing that Yang Xiuhong wanted to say more, she added:
"I can't rely on my in-laws either."
“They’ve all retired and live off their pensions. It’s already good enough that we don’t have to pay them.”
"We would never dare to covet the money in other people's hands."
"Besides, there are four brothers in the Lu family, and two of them are not married yet. Even if I wanted to borrow money from them, I would be too embarrassed to ask."
Yang Xiuhong was silenced and said somewhat resentfully, "I told you you shouldn't have married someone with so many brothers, but your mother insisted that the Lu family was well-off. Is this what happens when you're well-off?"
Jiang Jianni sneered inwardly.
You didn't say that when you first learned about the Lu family's situation.
However, she also knew how to strike at someone's heart:
"Fourth Aunt, my second aunt's family is the richest. Didn't you hear my second aunt's husband say it during the New Year? They earn hundreds of thousands a year."
"I have plenty of money."
"My second aunt's husband even told everyone that if anyone needed money urgently, they should tell him."
"How much money did Fourth Aunt's husband need again?"
"Hey, look at my brain."
"My fourth aunt's husband is short of 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, which is just a drop in the ocean for my second aunt's husband."
“My third and fifth aunts’ families either earn fixed salaries or are just not destined to get rich. They can’t compare to my second aunt’s husband.”
"If you ask me, you shouldn't have come to us. You should have gone directly to your second aunt's husband. He could have covered all the money you were short by himself, and you would have saved yourself a lot of trouble."
Yang Xiuhong's expression immediately changed.
Why didn't they go?
They went to the Zhao family together as a couple to borrow money.
Unfortunately, Zhao Junshan disapproved of Fan Junsheng's character and made it clear that he dared not lend so much.
It's not that I'm afraid he can't pay me back, it's that I'm afraid he'll use his money to support other women and children.
No matter how many oaths Fan Junsheng swore, Zhao Junshan was only willing to lend him five thousand.
He even said it was out of respect for Yang Yuezhi, because they were brothers-in-law, and that if he didn't give them face, Yang Yuezhi would lose face too; otherwise, he wouldn't have lent them a single penny.
Yang Xiuhong wanted to shout, "Who do you think you are with two thousand yuan?" But now, let alone two thousand, they were even short of two hundred.
I reluctantly took the two thousand and even wrote an IOU.
Yang Yuemei had no idea that her younger sister was very dissatisfied.
She said happily, "That's great, these two thousand will save you a lot of trouble."
“I know your family business is large and needs a lot of money.”
"But isn't it true that every family is struggling right now?"
“Junsheng is a capable man. He was able to build such a large business when he was penniless. Now that he has this money, he can definitely do even bigger business than before.”
Even though she said that, Yang Xiuhong's expression didn't improve much.
They've already borrowed over ten thousand yuan; if they take their time, they can manage to turn that money around.
The problem is, they're used to making big money, so why would they be willing to start from scratch, bit by bit?
Seeing that there was no more money left, Yang Xiuhong hurriedly left with the money.
Jiang Jianni had absolutely no desire to say anything more about this fourth aunt.
Yang Yuemei truly believed that Fan Junsheng could make a comeback: "Your fourth aunt's husband, his life has been ruined by women."
"If he hadn't been messing around outside, none of this would have happened."
Jiang Jianni asked deliberately, "Huh? What do you mean, Mom?"
"I thought my fourth aunt's husband was just having business problems, how did he end up having an affair with a woman?"
"Are his women causing trouble again? Nothing ever happened before, did it?"
"How did it get so serious this time? It's almost ruined his business?"
"Did he offend someone at some point and they deliberately set him up?"
Yang Yuemei was stunned for a moment.
This angle was something neither they nor Yang Xiuhong and her husband had ever thought of, let alone them.
I've heard that in business, it's all about you squeezing me out and me squeezing you out.
Even Yang Yuemei wouldn't believe that Fan Junsheng, who has been in business for so long, has no enemies.
No, she'll have to remind the fourth son and his wife later.
But now, Yang Yuemei switched arms with Dudu, saying, "How would I know about your fourth aunt's affairs? Hey, you have a child now, so don't pry into these messy things. Be careful your child doesn't imitate you."
Now that Yang Xiuhong is gone, she has the time and inclination to carefully examine her daughter's new home.
"Hey, I didn't look closely just now, but you have an extra refrigerator and washing machine in your house."
"Jiani, did you spend all your money on these things? When did you buy them? They weren't here when I came to your house last time."
Jiang Jianni's eyes darted around, and she said with a grin:
"No, Lu Xiangyang and I didn't buy this."
"You need tickets to buy this, and the two of us can't get any."
“My mother-in-law bought it for me.”
"They said I was pregnant and couldn't handle the hard work, so they bought me a washing machine so I wouldn't have to hand wash clothes, sheets, or duvet covers anymore."
"My mother-in-law also bought the refrigerator. She said that I'm eating for two now that I'm only one person, so I should buy more good food to nourish my body."
"If you can't finish it, just put it in the refrigerator and eat it slowly."
“My mother-in-law even asks Lu Xiangyang to make dumplings and freeze them often, saying that if I don’t want to cook, I can just boil dumplings and eat them.”
"Mom, am I a good mother-in-law?"
"Do you treat me even better than your own daughter?"
Yang Yuemei: "..."
She suspected that this brat was targeting her.
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