Xu Guiying returned home half an hour later than usual today.
After being promoted to head of the purchasing department, she still had to register statistical tables every afternoon. Although she was working overtime, Xu Guiying was in a good mood and full of energy.
Thinking back to her past life, when she had to cook for everyone, take care of her two grandsons, clean the yard, and do housework every day after work, Xu Guiying felt a headache coming on. What a miserable life she had lived in her previous life!
They're even worse off than the donkeys carrying goods up the mountain!
Dinner was already laid out on the table in the main room. The third brother didn't come back tonight, and the second and fourth brothers and Song Yingying were no different from usual.
The eldest son and his wife were all smiles, laughing so hard that it made Xu Guiying feel uncomfortable.
Song Xinfu was smoking under the eaves when he slowly gave Xu Guiying a look.
Xu Guiying narrowed her eyes and instantly realized what was happening.
"Mom, you're back! Quickly wash your hands and come eat," Liu Aimei greeted warmly.
This was the first time Xu Guiying had ever seen her so obsequious.
Song Guomin was setting out chopsticks. "Mom, dinner's ready."
The second and fourth brothers exchanged a glance.
Something's fishy.
Xu Guiying washed her hands first, and then she and Song Xinfu sat at the head of the table. "Why are you looking at me? Is there food on my face?"
Song Guomin wore the expression of a dutiful son, "Mom, we're just waiting for you to come home for dinner."
Liu Aimei's eyes gleamed. "Mom, this is a sauerkraut and pork soup that I made especially for tonight. Please try it."
Song Xinfu glanced at his eldest son and daughter-in-law, then suddenly clicked his tongue.
The second child couldn't hold back and laughed.
Song Guomin's smile froze slightly.
Xu Guiying didn't reply, but picked up some stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts.
"Mom, have you been busy lately? Is your work tiring? My brother's brother-in-law raises cows in the countryside. Why don't we have him send some milk over to help you recover?"
As soon as Liu Aimei said this, everyone at the table looked at her.
These past few years since I married into the Song family.
Liu Aimei usually moves things to her parents' home, but this is the first time she has taken the initiative to suggest bringing things back from her parents' home.
Xu Guiying didn't want to sully her own mouth.
"I don't need it."
Liu Aimei quickly added, "Yingying was just injured, right? Yingying needs it too."
Song Yingying, who was inexplicably chosen, frowned. "Sister-in-law, thank you for your kindness, but I'm getting enough nutrition lately, so I don't need to drink milk."
Song Yingying was afraid of being poisoned.
The expressions of Song Guomin and his wife froze slightly, and then they looked at Song Xinfu.
Song Xinfu remained expressionless, shook his chopsticks, and picked up a piece of hot and sour shredded potato. "Why are you looking at me? Is there rice on my face?"
Song Guomin and his wife: "..."
Throughout the meal, the eldest son and his wife talked to themselves, praising Xu Guiying, while the old lady just smiled and didn't say anything.
Apart from Song Xinfu, no one in the Song family knew that Xu Guiying had been promoted to deputy director of the supply and marketing cooperative.
After finishing her meal, Liu Aimei went to wash the dishes on her own initiative, and she gave Song Guomin a look.
Song Guomin nodded in agreement, "Mom and Dad, I'll get you some hot water to wash your feet."
Xu Guiying and Song Xinfu exchanged a glance.
The boss won't get up early for nothing, so he might as well use it.
Song Xinfu: "I want it warm, but your mother wants it a little hotter."
The eldest brother smiled, feeling eighty percent confident that things would go smoothly.
"Okay."
Song Rongrong pulled Song Yingying back into the house first, and Song Rongrong deliberately left the door slightly ajar.
"Fourth Sister, I'll go close the door."
Wearing her new glasses, Song Rongrong could see more clearly. Their room was on the west side, and if she opened the door, she could see the activity in the main room. Her parents' room was to the west of the main room.
She was still eager to hear what her older brother was up to.
"Don't turn it off, I want it to be ventilated."
Following Song Rongrong's advice, Song Yingying returned to her desk to read.
A short while later, noises came from my parents' room.
"What do you mean you don't have a single penny left?"
"I don't believe you! I want to see the bankbook!"
"Song Yingying lost so much money, and you all kept it from me. You're deliberately ostracizing me!"
"Mom and Dad, I am your son. I will be the pillar of our family from now on!"
Song Yingying and Song Rongrong exchanged a glance.
This is terrible!
"Yingying, what money are you going to pay?" Song Rongrong squinted at her sister. "Oh, you, Song Yingying, you have a secret about me."
Song Yingying guessed that she couldn't hide it anymore tonight, so she told Song Rongrong the truth, but still said 30,000.
...
Song Rongrong was stunned when she heard this. Thirty thousand! That's thirty thousand!
That's an astronomical figure, unimaginable.
The twenty yuan my mom gave her that day was more than enough!
Song Rongrong: "How much money did Mom and Dad donate, and where did they buy the house?"
Song Yingying shook her head, "Fourth sister, I don't know, anyway, all the money was given to my uncle and aunt."
The commotion inside the elderly couple's house continued.
Song Xinfu and his wife sat on the edge of the bed with identical expressions, watching Song Guomin jump up and down in a fit of rage.
"Mom and Dad, I don't believe you don't have a single penny left."
"I just want money to buy a house, I'm not doing anything bad, why won't you agree?!"
Xu Guiying is in good health and speaks with a strong voice.
"You want money, so your dad and I should give it to you?"
“Song Guomin, you are already married and have a family. Your father and I supported your education, your marriage, and even helped you for the first year or two after you started working. Do you expect your father and I to help you for the rest of your life?”
Song Guomin's face turned red and his neck thickened; that was the meaning in his eyes.
Xu Guiying was not surprised at all. She got up and came to Song Guomin.
“The second and third sons are not married yet, and they need a dowry to get married. Rongrong and Yingying need tuition fees to go to school. Things need to be prioritized. Why should your father and I give you all the money of your other brothers and sisters?”
"Also, all the compensation money for Yingying's accident came from her. Don't try anything funny. The money is gone now, so yelling and shouting won't do you any good!"
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