Chapter 68 Mysterious Visitor
When I got home.
Li Qiulan had already left work early and returned home.
The kitchen was filled with the smell of cooking oil and the sound of spatulas.
Hearing Yu Qing open the door, Li Qiulan called out while stirring the food in the pot, "Son's back! How did your exam go today?"
Yu Qing sighed: "There are quite a few mistakes."
"What? You got over 900?"
Li Qiulan seemed not to have heard clearly in the kitchen. She quickly turned off the gas stove, wiped the oil stains on her apron, and rushed out of the kitchen, asking again in disbelief.
"Son, did I hear that right? Say it again, how many points did you get on the test?"
Yu Qing gave an awkward smile: "Mom... your son made a lot of mistakes, I guess he won't even pass the undergraduate entrance exam."
"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't get in. It's just a university. One failure doesn't prove anything."
Li Qiulan waved her hand with a smile, not even bothering to untie her greasy apron, and turned to the kitchen to serve Yu Qing rice: "Hurry up and wash your hands and eat. Today I cooked your favorite braised pork trotters. Eat your fill first, and then we can talk about our ideals."
The table was quickly filled with food, and the aroma of braised pork belly filled the air. Yu Qing picked up a piece of braised pork trotter; it was fatty but not greasy, and the sweet and salty flavors were just right.
Yu Qing lowered his head and gnawed on the bone. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Mom, I plan to repeat a year of high school."
Li Qiulan paused for a second, then her face lit up with joy: "That's great! Even if you don't pass the exam this year, we'll definitely succeed next year. Mom supports you."
Yu Qing's throat tightened, and her nose stung with tears. Suddenly, she looked up and smiled, "Thank you, Mom."
Li Qiulan was slightly taken aback, then laughed and scolded, "You brat, you're a big kid now, it's normal to have your own ideas, of course I support you."
"Um."
Looking at Li Qiulan's face, Yu Qing realized she was over forty years old. The crow's feet around her eyes were deep, and her skin was sallow, clearly caused by long hours of overtime and staying up late. This made Yu Qing feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
He secretly made up his mind that he would never let the tragedy repeat itself in his life, and he would definitely make sure his mother lived a good life.
While the two were eating.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
"You eat first, I'll go open the door."
Yu Qing was about to get up and open the door when Li Qiulan stopped her. She quickly walked to the entrance and opened the door a crack. When she saw the person outside, her expression became somewhat unnatural.
Li Qiulan glanced at Yu Qing, whispered a few words to the person outside the door, then reached out and took a bulging envelope before quickly closing the door.
"Mom, who is it?"
Yu Qing asked curiously.
Li Qiulan discreetly put the envelope into her apron, then sat down opposite Yu Qing and said casually, "A friend of your father's from the past."
"My dad's friend?"
Yu Qing was stunned.
Although he couldn't see the other person's face, those hands were clearly a woman's hands, and a very young one at that.
Since his father went to prison ten years ago, he has had no memory of this incompetent father, let alone any friends.
The sudden appearance of a female friend made him somewhat suspicious.
Seeing Yu Qing's suspicious expression, Li Qiulan immediately explained, "It's a former business partner who heard you took the college entrance exam and came to see you."
"Why don't you come in and sit down?" Yu Qing asked, puzzled.
“He’s a big boss, he’s busy, he doesn’t have time to chat with us, he just happened to come by.” Li Qiulan smiled.
"Then it would have been better if he hadn't come at all." Yu Qing instantly disliked this person. It was true that his family was poor, but there was no reason to be so disgusted with him!
"Alright, stop thinking too much and eat your food."
Li Qiulan comforted Yu Qing.
Yu Qing suddenly remembered something and looked up to ask, "Mom, I think I just saw him give you something. What was it?"
"It's just a letter."
Li Qiulan gave a dismissive reply.
"oh!"
Yu Qing nodded thoughtfully and buried himself in his food.
At nine o'clock.
The sound of Li Qiulan washing dishes came from the kitchen.
Yu Qing tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. He felt that something was wrong.
Ever since his father's drunk driving accident, apart from his uncle's family, all the other relatives have treated their family like a plague. Where did this "business partner" come from? Besides, the envelope was ridiculously bulging; it was clearly money, not some kind of letter.
My mom must have borrowed money from someone in the last couple of days.
So I deliberately kept it from him.
That's so he won't worry.
He was about to go to university, which was a time when he desperately needed money, but Li Qiulan never mentioned how much money the family had. Li Qiulan had always taken care of everything, from firewood and rice to oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. From childhood to adulthood, Li Qiulan would buy him anything he wanted, and he never paid attention to these things.
He knew his family was very poor.
But he never imagined that he had become this poor.
They've already started borrowing money.
However, given his family's situation, none of his relatives were willing to lend them money, so Li Qiulan was very likely to turn to a loan company.
Moreover, at that time, the government had not yet cracked down on high interest rates. The average loan interest rate of microfinance companies was between 15% and 20%, which was four times the benchmark interest rate of banks for the same period, and could already be considered usury.
"It seems that making money needs to be put on the agenda."
Yu Qing made up her mind in her heart.
I need to come up with a money-making plan in the next few days. I can't let my mother bear the financial burden alone anymore. Over the years, Li Qiulan has been both a father and a mother to me, raising me with great care and love.
Yu Qing himself knows best the hardships and bitterness he has endured.
He had actually considered coming clean with Li Qiulan directly, telling her that he was now capable of making money and that she no longer needed to worry about him.
But Li Qiulan certainly wouldn't believe it.
Because she knows herself best.
Let alone making money, we should be grateful if he doesn't go out and cause trouble. So we can only discuss this matter after he has made some money.
Otherwise, no matter how much we say, it will all be pale and powerless.
Yu Qing stared at the ceiling, lost in thought.
Then the screen lit up and a message from a friend popped up.
Yu Qing picked up her phone and saw that it was a message from Lin Yueyue.
"On the day the results come out, our class is planning a thank-you banquet for our teachers. Please tell Lu Chi not to be late."
He paused for a moment, then gave an OK sign.
Then I checked the messages in the class group chat and found that everyone was indeed discussing the get-together. There were 99 messages, half of which were Yuanxiu and Wang Meili arguing with each other.
There are 52 people in the class group, but Lu Chi is not in the group. It's not because he doesn't like to join in, but because he doesn't have a cell phone. However, since everyone is not familiar with him, they can't notify him.
Yu Qing happened to have been to his house, so this arduous task was assigned to him.
Yu Qing turned off her phone screen.
With a heart full of complicated thoughts, I fell into a deep sleep.
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