Granny Liu knew that her third son had money, and that her sister-in-law was a good person, so she also advised, "Alright, Honghua, just take it. Minghan has earned a little money. We're all family. You're not going to refuse to pay it back, so what are you afraid of?"
“This…” Sun Honghua looked at her nephew’s serious expression, thought about the family’s situation, gritted her teeth, and said, “Alright, I’ll consider it thanks to you, Minghan. Don’t worry, when Xiaoshi earns money and sends it back, I’ll be the first to pay you back.” My sister-in-law will be second.
"There's no need to rush, I'm not in a hurry to use it." Xu Minghan waved his hand. His aunt and uncle really had nothing but praise for their nephew. When he was heavily in debt, everyone looked down on him.
At that time, the couple worked day and night at the factory and finally paid back the money owed to everyone else, leaving only the money owed to their third aunt's family.
At that time, my two older brothers were planning to build a two-story house. I wanted to build one myself but didn't have the money, so I could only watch enviously.
In the end, it was his third aunt who found him and earnestly advised him to build the house now, as the three brothers could save money by building it together, and it would cost more money if they waited until later.
As they were talking, she took out 30,000 yuan and handed it to him, saying it was to lend him money to build a house. In this way, he borrowed 30,000 yuan from his aunt and lent his mother the money that his younger siblings had deposited with her. He managed to build a two-story house, albeit in a very small way. At least he no longer had to live in that dilapidated old house.
"Then it's settled. Find a time and have Minghan call Xuemei to wire the money. I'll give you the two thousand directly." Granny Liu said, handing the money she had just taken out to Sun Honghua.
Sun Honghua no longer refused, "Then I'll accept it, sister-in-law. Minghan, I'll remember this favor."
"We're all family, Auntie, there's no point in talking about this. I brought my savings book with me, and I'll have Xiaoshi and I withdraw the money sometime. But there's one thing, Auntie, please don't tell anyone I lent you this much money, just say a thousand. And tell Xiaoshi not to let it slip either, you know, I'm afraid of... you know!"
Xu Minghan scratched his head. If everyone knew he was rich, people would probably come knocking on his door asking for money. Everyone in the village was related by marriage. If he said it lightly, they would pretend they didn't understand. If he said it heavily, they would say he was rich and looked down on his fellow villagers. Anyway, there would be a lot of trouble. It was better to keep it a secret.
Sun Honghua nodded repeatedly, "How could Third Aunt not know? 'Don't flaunt your wealth, make a fortune quietly,' I understand all that. Well, I'll head back now, and I'll have Xiaoshi find you later!"
"Yes, I've been at home lately, so I'm available anytime."
Sun Honghua originally planned to go straight home, but then she thought she should still go to her second sister-in-law's house, just to go through the motions, otherwise those shrewd people would be able to guess something.
"Second sister-in-law, you're busy, but I have something to tell you." Sun Honghua got straight to the point as soon as she arrived at Bai Tingmei's house. Anyway, she didn't really expect to be able to borrow money. She knew that her second sister-in-law was just as good as her eldest brother, only taking and never giving.
Bai Tingmei was squatting in the yard washing clothes. Without looking up, she asked directly, "What's up?"
"Well, isn't Xiaoshi and her husband planning to go abroad to work? I'm a little short on money, so I was wondering if you could help me raise some?"
Bai Tingmei paused, put down the clothes in her hand, and said to Sun Honghua earnestly, "Honghua, it's not that your second sister-in-law is unwilling to lend money, but you know that your second brother and I are just farmers who make a living from the fields, and we don't have much money saved up."
Besides, Lai Lai had an extra child two years ago and we paid a fine. Ming Yue isn't married yet, and I need to keep some money on hand for her dowry. I really don't have any spare money to lend you. How about I have two hundred here? You can take it to tide you over?" As she spoke, she prepared to go back into the house to get the money.
"Second sister-in-law, forget it, no need, I'll think of another way," Sun Honghua called out, knowing full well that this would happen.
Upon hearing that it wasn't necessary, Bai Tingmei immediately turned around and continued washing clothes, saying as she did so, "If you ask me, it's good that Xiaoshi is going abroad to work. I've heard them say that the money is much higher abroad, one dollar is worth several dollars here, and it's easy to make money. If Xiaoshi becomes successful in the future, she should take care of her good-for-nothing older brothers and sisters at home, don't you think?"
Sun Honghua couldn't help but roll her eyes. What a tightwad! He didn't want to lend her a single penny, but he was already thinking about the benefits first.
Bai Tingmei naturally saw Sun Honghua roll her eyes, and thought it would be unreasonable not to lend her a single penny, but she also felt that she didn't know when the money she lent out would be returned, so she hesitated.
Suddenly, as if struck by a sudden thought, her eyes lit up, and she said directly, "Honghua, why don't you go and see your sister-in-law? All the money your nephews and nieces earn is deposited there. Why don't you borrow it for a while?"
Besides, Minghan is back too. He's set up a stall himself. He might not make much money, but he can lend you some, every little bit helps!
“The first place I went to was my sister-in-law’s. She agreed to lend me two thousand yuan, and I brought the money with me.” Sun Honghua finished speaking and then pointed at Bai Tingmei with her eyes.
"Really? Sister-in-law is so generous this time! What about Minghan? How much did he lend?" Bai Tingmei asked somewhat awkwardly.
Su Honghua held up one finger. "A thousand. He's showing some consideration."
Bai Tingmei pouted and muttered, "What's so special about this? Your family lent him three thousand before, and now he only lends you one thousand. It's not much! Why didn't you ask Mingri and the others? They're all married now, they could probably scrape together some money. They're young and capable, unlike us old folks who barely see any money in a year."
Sun Honghua was speechless. If you don't want to lend it, then don't. Why do you have to drag other people into it?
But since that's the case, she had something to say. "So, Second Sister-in-law means that Mingyang and Minglin can also help contribute? I'll go ask them right now. Second Sister-in-law, you really care about me and even gave me a good idea. I was thinking of going to Granny Liu's place if I couldn't contribute enough! But now I don't need to."
"Hey, I didn't say that. Besides, Mingyang and his friend don't have any money. They're living off my savings! They don't have any money to lend you."
Bai Tingmei hurriedly grabbed Sun Honghua, who was about to leave. She couldn't let her go, otherwise what if her two silly sons really borrowed the money?
"Didn't you say, Second Sister-in-law, that married people all have some savings? Mingyang and Minglin have already had children, aren't they considered married?" Sun Honghua was using what she had said before to shut her down!
"Well, isn't the situation different? Why can't you understand? I kindly gave you advice, and you're blaming me." Bai Tingmei got angry as she spoke, realizing that Sun Honghua was in cahoots with her sister-in-law, specifically there to annoy her.
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