Zhou Sese's eyes rolled around and a plan came to her mind.
She laughed under the quilt.
Early the next morning.
Zhou Sese got up early.
She went to the kitchen and cooked a big pot of porridge. The old woman leaned on the windowsill and looked out. "She's quite skillful. She knows that coming to my house doesn't mean she has to be a daughter. Look, she's going to make breakfast to please me."
The old man was still huddled in bed, "Isn't it a bit bad to have someone cook for you on your first visit?"
The old woman kicked the old man and said, "How about I let you do it?"
The old man buried his head in the quilt and said, "I didn't say anything."
At the dinner table.
The old woman deliberately asked, "Who made the porridge today?"
Zhou Sese immediately raised her hand with a smile, "Mom, I made today's porridge. What do you think it tastes like?"
In fact, they are all white porridge and rice cooked with boiled water. How big is the difference?
But the old woman still said seriously, "You are worthy of being from the city. You can even cook porridge better than ours. From now on, the task of making breakfast will be given to you."
Sheng Xijiang was about to speak.
Zhou Sese nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, I understand, mother."
The old man coughed and said, "You haven't been back for so many years. Take this opportunity to come back and bring your wife and children to visit your uncle, your aunt, and your uncle."
Sheng Xijiang nodded slightly.
Zhou Sese asked curiously, "Isn't it necessary to bring anything when I go to see these elders?"
The old woman frowned. "Didn't your parents teach you? How can you go to visit your elders empty-handed?"
Zhou Sese looked embarrassed, folded her hands together, and muttered to herself, "Mom and Dad, but we have no money..."
The old woman was almost irritated to death by the mention of having no money. "Old Third gets such a huge monthly allowance, don't you think you'll spend it all? Don't you guys ever save any money?"
It would have been better if she hadn't said anything. When Zhou Sese talked about this, she burst into tears and said, "Mom and Dad won't hide it from you. Sheng Xijiang's allowance is indeed not small, but...but before, Wang Xiaomei went to the military district and offended a lot of people, and we paid them to settle it.
Later, Wang Xiaomei was sentenced. Xijiang felt that since they were from the same hometown, he had to take care of her. He spent a lot of money just to take care of her. All this money was borrowed from his comrades. He has only paid back the money in the past six months! Even the train ticket to come here was borrowed by my aunt shamelessly... "
Sheng Yingying also said quickly, "Yes, I have been eating, wearing, and sleeping at my brother's house for the past six months, and occasionally I want to eat some meat... It's all my fault. If I weren't so greedy, my brother and sister-in-law might be able to come up with ten yuan to celebrate the New Year."
The old woman was troubled by her crying. "Alright, alright, then don't go. Let's go together after the New Year when we visit relatives. Don't go out for the next few days. Then say you won't be back until New Year's Eve."
Zhou Sese patted her thigh and said, "Mom, but Yingying wrote to her cousin at her aunt's house in advance saying that we will be back on the 24th or 25th."
The old woman glared at her daughter angrily, "Why are you so nosy? You tell others about this kind of thing!"
Zhou Sese said aggrievedly, "In this case, we can only tell the truth and tell our aunt that we didn't make any money outside and that our life outside was very hard. Let our aunt understand..."
"no!"
Because she has a son who is an officer, the old woman usually shows off in front of these relatives. If she suddenly lets them know that her son has no money, what will happen to all the boasts she made before?
Zhou Sese wiped her tears and said, "I haven't experienced anything like this either. After all, I'm young. Mom, we'll do whatever you want us to do. We'll listen to you."
Listen to this.
Lu Xiuer quickly expressed her opinion, "Mom, you can't use Zhonggong's money to buy things for them. That would be so unfair to us."
Zhou Sese said tearfully, "Second sister-in-law, don't be afraid. Let me do the embarrassing things. I will talk to these elders and ask them to understand how difficult it is for us."
Lu Xiuer snorted softly, "You should have said it. You've been out there for so many years and haven't saved a penny. Who would believe you if you told it to me?"
Zhou Sese nodded repeatedly. "Second sister-in-law is right. Even she doesn't believe it. My relatives must think I'm too stingy..."
The old woman slapped the table on the small kang and said, "Alright, stop crying. Eat first and we'll talk after dinner!"
After dinner.
The old woman cursed and took out a small cloth bag from the kang hole. She untied it layer by layer and took out twenty yuan from it.
The old man was smoking a pipe nearby. "Hey! Is the stingy guy going to be plucked?"
The old woman angrily scolded the old man, "What a sin! I thought I could live comfortably thanks to the food and drink brought back by the third son, but now I have to pay for it myself. What sin have I committed? Did I destroy the ancestral tomb of your Sheng family in my previous life?"
The old man chuckled and said, "Anyway, this money is sent back by the third son every month to supplement the family expenses."
That's what I said.
But once the money is in your hands, it is yours. Now it is equivalent to taking out your own money to buy things for others. What is the difference between that and cutting your own flesh?
I feel so heartbroken.
The old woman took the two big unity notes and stroked them again and again. Finally, when the second son's family was away, she opened the small window and called out, "Third son!"
Sheng Xijiang walked in.
The old woman slapped the two big unity notes heavily on his hands and said, "Take these twenty dollars and buy something for your aunt, uncle, and uncle, and go visit them."
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