"No, it's not like your wife remarried, why are you so agitated? You really don't have any bad intentions?" Granny Liu found it strange; why was she paying attention to Zou Yu for no apparent reason? Could it be...?
Seeing his mother's increasingly strange gaze, Xu Minghan realized that his behavior was too suggestive, so he quickly explained, "Mom, it's not what you think. It's just that Xuemei and I both dislike Xu Weiming. He's married and has children, and it doesn't seem to affect him at all. We're just feeling sorry for Zou Yu, aren't we?"
In their past life, Zou Yu and Xu Yaoping had helped them. When Panpan was in elementary school, they asked Zou Yu to help her with the transfer fee. She had an uncle who was the principal of the elementary school, and with just a word from him, they could reduce the transfer fee.
Zou Yu was also a thoughtful person. In the first semester, they asked her for help, and in the following years, she directly asked the principal to write down Panpan's name and give it to the teacher in charge of collecting fees, so that they didn't have to ask the principal every semester.
Of course, after being bombarded with all kinds of information from later generations, the couple did not think that Zou Yu and Xu Yaoping were necessarily wrong. After all, Xu Weiming was the one who cheated first, so Zou Yu could only retaliate in kind!
"There's no need to pity her. She actually turned misfortune into blessing. A few days ago, your Aunt Lancao asked your third aunt to propose marriage to Yaoping. The person she proposed was Zou Yu."
As soon as Granny Liu got home, Sun Honghua couldn't wait to tell her about it. After all, she was happy. Matchmakers are a popular profession these days. If the match is successful, the groom's family will have to give pig's trotters as a thank-you gift, and of course, a red envelope.
Xu Minghan revealed an expression that said, "I knew it." He thought to himself, "Looks like I can still mooch a wedding banquet."
"That's good. Zou Yu is familiar with the village now, and Yaoping is a pretty good person. He's more reliable than Xu Weiming and not the type to cause trouble. Life here will be stable."
Xu Minghan genuinely felt this way. In their past life, the couple ran a breakfast shop in a small town. Not only were the food delicious, but they were also hardworking, managing to support two college students with just that small breakfast shop. Oh, right, Zou Yu later gave birth to twin boys, which disgusted Chen Chunfeng to no end. She became increasingly displeased with her daughter-in-law, but she didn't need Chen Chunfeng's approval. She kept a tight grip on Xu Weiming's money and was quite pleased with herself!
Thinking about it, he felt a little regretful, because he wouldn't be able to see such a lively scene if he weren't in the village.
"That makes sense. Fortunately, there are no children ahead of us, otherwise the children would be the ones suffering."
Granny Liu's words make sense. Whether children live with their biological father or mother, they are often not valued and suffer more losses in blended families.
As soon as Sun Honghua got home, she saw her daughter Xiaoshi pacing back and forth anxiously. She quickly walked over and said, "Xiaoshi, don't worry, Mom has taken care of it for you."
"Mom, how much did you borrow from Auntie and Second Aunt? Did you write an IOU? Let me see it quickly." Xu Mingshi felt a lot relieved when she heard her mother's words, but she was still anxious to see the IOU, because this would be their debt from now on, and she needed to know the details.
"Why bother with an IOU? Your aunt just gave us the money, saying we're all family and trust each other. But your second aunt didn't lend us a single penny; she just keeps pretending to be poor." Sun Honghua wouldn't save face for Bai Tingmei in front of her daughter.
"Look what you're saying in front of the children. If it's true, it's true; if it's not, it's not. We shouldn't hold a grudge."
When Xu Hongzhen saw his wife speaking of his second sister-in-law with a look of disgust, he quickly tried to persuade her.
His second sister-in-law wasn't a very good person, and as her brother-in-law, he couldn't say anything. But his second brother was his own brother, and he didn't want his daughter to have any feelings for him.
Sun Honghua rolled her eyes at him and continued, still not satisfied, "Did I say anything wrong? Second Sister-in-law just didn't lend any money, and she even tried to persuade me to borrow from all of Minghan's brothers, but she just didn't mention her own children."
I brought it up, and now she says my sister-in-law and I ganged up on her. I've really learned something new. I don't want to talk to her anymore.
Of course, this was just said in anger; at most, it just meant a lack of enthusiasm, but I would still have to say what needed to be said.
“Hey, look at you, it’s not like you’ve never seen your second sister-in-law act like this before, why did you still ask her for money? You should have waited for me to talk to my second brother!” Xu Hongzhen felt that his wife was too anxious and should have asked his second brother. Maybe he would have been able to borrow money from her.
Sun Honghua scoffed and said, "Come on, Second Brother just listens to Second Sister-in-law, it's not like he's the one making the decisions."
"Who knows, maybe it'll work this time. After all, Xiaoshi going abroad is a big deal." Xu Hongzhen thought that if he asked his eldest brother to go with him, his second brother should agree.
But what he didn't consider was that even if his second brother agreed, it wouldn't matter, since the money wasn't in his hands. If he said too much, Bai Tingmei might even cause trouble at their house.
"Oh, Mom and Dad, we can talk about this later. Mom, get to the point first. Since your second aunt didn't lend you any money, where did you borrow so much money from?" Although most of the people in the village are related, they would only lend a hundred or two at most, which is still not enough!
"That's something you didn't expect. I originally wanted to borrow two thousand from your aunt, but then your cousin Minghan came back. As soon as he heard that you were going abroad, he immediately asked me if I needed money. How could I possibly ask for it? He has two children to support."
But he wouldn't have it, and directly asked to borrow 10,000 yuan from me, saying that I should find a time to go with him to collect the money. That's why I always said that your aunt's brothers and sisters are all good people, just like your aunt."
"Really, Mom? Minghan said he wants to lend me 10,000? Does he even have any money himself? I don't want to cause a fight between him and my sister-in-law."
Xu Mingshi was quite happy at first, thinking that she had finally raised enough money and didn't have to use up all of her parents' savings. After all, she had three younger siblings who needed money, and she couldn't be too selfish.
But then she wondered if this was all the money Minghan's family had. If she lent it all to her, she wouldn't be able to pay it back in a short time, and the couple might start arguing.
"No, Minghan is a shrewd man. He said he still has money. Besides, your third sister-in-law isn't that kind of person. It's alright, don't worry!" Sun Honghua comforted her daughter with a smile, but she was still a little uneasy and thought she would go and ask her sister-in-law again tomorrow.
"That's good, that's good."
Xu Hongzhen listened anxiously to the mother and daughter talking back and forth, and pressed them for an answer: "Old woman, you're not getting to the point. Does that mean that Han lent us 10,000 yuan, and then we don't have to pay our own money?"
"Not only that, my sister-in-law also lent me two thousand, making it a total of twelve thousand yuan. She said that it's better to be frugal on the road than to be poor, and that Xiaoshi should carry more money with her. I was thinking of taking two thousand yuan from our savings to give to Xiaoshi as well. After deducting travel expenses and kickbacks, she should still have some money on her."
Sun Honghua said with a smile, "A mother worries about her son even when he travels a thousand miles away, let alone to such a far place as overseas. She is worried. She doesn't want her to go, but she also knows that staying at home will not lead to anything in this life. So let them go out and try their luck while they are young!"
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