Chapter 32 Incident
Chapter 33 Incident
The eldest aunt laughed quickly, "No, it's just that the factory is a bit short of funds for a batch of goods, and I want to borrow some from you to help out. Once the other party pays, I will send the money to you immediately."
But grandma didn't seem to believe it and insisted that the eldest aunt tell the truth. Just when Fang Qing thought that grandma just didn't want to lend money, the eldest aunt actually changed her words.
"Well, I'll tell you the truth! It's Shoucai. He's been obsessed with stocks recently. A friend of his in the securities industry gave him an insider tip, saying that there's a stock that's guaranteed to hit the daily limit in the near future. You know the daily limit, right? It means that if the stock is worth 10 yuan, it will increase by 1 yuan every day, so the two of us are going to invest tens of thousands of yuan. If it hits the daily limit for a few days, we can make at least 10,000 yuan!..."
Ten thousand yuan is undoubtedly a huge sum of money in this era. Fang Qing suddenly understood the gambler's mentality of people who play stocks, because once this happens, it will indeed make people rich overnight.
But as he heard his aunt's increasingly excited tone, Fang Qing frowned slightly outside the door.
Although she had never played the stock market, she had read a lot of books on finance and had some understanding of stocks. Although insider information was indeed reliable in many cases, how could the aunt's family be so sure that the person who leaked the information was telling the truth?
Moreover, the stock market is always dominated by bankers. These ordinary investors can only make some small profits from time to time at most, and they need to keep a clear head at all times. Once they are deeply involved in it, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Fang Qing was a little worried. It was not a good thing that her aunt's family was so keen on stock trading. But if she rashly dissuaded them, she would not only not believe it, but might even doubt her...
While Fang Qing was outside the door struggling over how to persuade her aunt's family, Fang Cuiping in the house was still trying hard to persuade her mother, but no matter how she used sweet words, Old Mrs. Fang remained unmoved.
"If your factory is in trouble, it's okay for me to lend you some money, but if you want to use it to speculate on drums, I will never agree to that. People should be honest and make money in a down-to-earth way. If you keep dreaming about getting rich overnight like you do, you will get into big trouble!"
The eldest aunt wanted to persuade them a little more, but was interrupted by her mother, "Go back, don't think about these unrealistic things, it's better for you two to live a good life, I'm tired, you should go to bed early too..."
Fang Qing, who was outside the door, quickly got up and ran into the kitchen. After his aunt returned to her room, he patted his chest, calmed his nervous heart caused by eavesdropping, and quietly returned to his room.
Early the next morning, my aunt took my cousin back to her home without even having breakfast.
Fang Qing looked at her aunt's long face and knew that grandma did not borrow money.
In her heart, she agreed with her grandmother's idea. After all, the Fang family was just an ordinary family. It was already difficult for them to make ends meet. How could they have extra money and energy to play stocks?
Since her grandmother did not lend her money, Fang Qing felt relieved. She also hoped that her family would get better and better without any estrangement between them.
The following days returned to normal. Fang Qing did homework and read books in the morning, and in the afternoon he and Wen Ling went to Teacher Qiu's house to learn painting.
Last time, Fang Qing gave part of his earnings to Teacher Qiu, saying it was his tuition. Teacher Qiu refused to take it, but Fang Qing thought that he needed a lot of paper, pens and paints to learn painting, so he kept part of it as the funds to buy raw materials for the studio.
Teacher Qiu liked Fang Qing even more because of this, and she treated Fang Qing as her own child, cultivating him wholeheartedly. The relationship between the master and the apprentice became better and better.
After the eighth day of the New Year, his father and elder brother started working one after another. Fang Qing was also about to return to school next month. He was discussing with his mother about taking apart and washing the pillows used last year when there was a sudden loud knock on the door.
Fang Qing opened the door and saw that it was her aunt.
"Aunt? What's wrong with you?"
The eldest aunt was in a panic. She pushed Fang Qing away and rushed into the house like crazy, but she rushed out again in the next moment.
"Qingqing, where is your grandma?"
Seeing her elder sister in such a miserable state, Fang's mother knew something had happened, and hurried forward to support her. "Eldest sister, what's wrong with you? What happened? Mom went to play cards with Aunt Wei and the others next door. Please sit down first, we will call her back."
Fang Qing received his mother's gaze and immediately ran out. After a while, he helped Grandma Fang into the house.
"Hey, Ping, what happened to you? How did you become like this?"
"Mom! Mom, please save me! Something really happened in the factory this time. I really have no idea what to do. Please help me. Let me get through this..."
The eldest aunt, who used to be so high and mighty, was now hugging grandma's legs and crying breathlessly, with disheveled hair and a panicked look. She no longer had any of her usual calmness.
Grandma's face was filled with anxiety. After thinking for a moment, she asked Fang's mother to help the man to her room. After closing the door, the two of them whispered in the room.
Just as Fang Qing was about to lean over to eavesdrop, his mother grabbed his collar and dragged him away, "Don't meddle in adult matters, kid. Go and take apart the pillow yourself."
But before Fang's mother finished her words, a scream came from inside the house.
"Mom, Mom, don't worry! What's wrong with you?"
Fang Qing and his mother immediately rushed in, helped the old lady who was leaning on the chair up, pinched her Ren Zhong acupoint, called for help, and asked someone to bring medicine. After a while, the old lady's eyelids moved and she woke up.
Fang's mother and Fang Cuiping carried the person to the kang and let the old lady lean on the pillow. After a long time, the old lady spoke with a sallow face.
"Chunxia, you...you go and call everyone back. I...I have something...to discuss with them..."
Fang's mother did not suspect anything and immediately changed her clothes and went out, and also asked Fang Qing to clean up the house.
Fang Qing stood aside, her hands tightly held by her grandmother. She could feel her grandmother's uneasiness and anger from her slightly shaking palms. She clasped her hands together and leaned down to whisper in her grandmother's ear.
"Grandma, don't worry, we are here for you..."
Grandma Fang looked at her for a long time as if she was meeting her for the first time. A hint of relief flashed in her eyes, and then she closed her eyes and waited for her children and grandchildren to come back.
During the waiting period, the eldest aunt seemed to have lost her soul. She just sat on the stool in a daze, not saying a word. Fang Qing didn't know what had happened in her eldest aunt's family. She could only support her spiritually. She found a blanket for her to cover herself with and heated up the stove in the house. After she had cleaned up the house inside and out, the whole family finally came back.
Seeing Grandma Fang lying motionless on the kang, her children immediately rushed forward nervously to check on their mother. Even her uncle, who was usually timid and honest, lay on the head of the kang with his eyes red with anxiety.
Just when the atmosphere in the house was a little depressed and sad, the eldest aunt burst into tears, "Mom, what happened to you? We haven't seen each other for just a few days, how come you have become like this... Second sister-in-law, is this how you take care of mom? I only gave her to you for a few days! And you made her like this? What are you thinking..."
(End of this chapter)
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