Ai Fang pricked up her ears and tentatively asked:
How old is your eldest daughter? Where does she work?
"How old is my eldest daughter again? She inherited my good genes and is studying at Tsinghua University, but unfortunately she's an ingrate. She won't give me any money when I ask her for it. What's the use of raising a daughter like that? Can I expect her to earn money to support her younger brother and be filial to her father?"
Ai Fang's guess was correct; Chu Yu was indeed Zhou Jian'an's eldest daughter.
The fact that a biological daughter spends an exorbitant amount of money to monitor her father's aunt shows how much she hates her father.
Ai Fang had witnessed men's selfishness since childhood and despised them from the bottom of her heart. Who says that a woman has to support her younger brother and father just to live? There are plenty of trashy men like Zhou Jian'an in China who play around with women outside, are irresponsible to their families, and treat their daughters as tools to earn dowries.
And yet they still expect their daughter to be filial.
He only knows how to blame his daughter and never reflects on himself, just like Ai Fang's biological father.
As a woman, Ai Fang would help Chu Yu even if Chu Yu didn't give her money.
Ai Fang found it thrilling to run away with the money only to be outsmarted by her own daughter.
Ai Fang told Chu Yu everything about the mutual aid association, big or small. After more than a month at the association, Ai Fang understood how it operated.
The mutual aid society operates on a very simple model. In essence, it attracts greedy people with high interest rates. Early members receive their interest in full, and these members advertise for the mutual aid society to bring in more people.
With more members, the mutual aid society grew rapidly. If they caught a few wealthy individuals, they could steal hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan, which would provide the society with a source of funding.
However, it's not without risks.
During holidays and festivals, every household needs money. Many mutual aid society employees choose to withdraw their money and enjoy the interest to have a good New Year. When there are too many people, it can lead to a stampede. If the mutual aid society can't keep up with the money, it's easy to run into trouble.
Chu Yu thought they would run away in the second half of the year, most likely by smuggling themselves to Hong Kong, with Guangzhou as their starting point.
Ai Fang admired her insight.
These past two days, Zhou Fangchun has been frequently communicating with a man from Guangzhou. Ai Fang overheard their conversation and learned that Zhou Fangchun seemed to be arranging for her mother and daughter to be smuggled out of the country, and Zhou Jian'an's son, Zhou Chufei, was also going to go with them.
Chu Yu was not surprised when she heard the news.
During this time, she received a lot of help from Dai Donglin when she opened her shop. Although he was her boyfriend, Chu Yu was not ungrateful. She could not give Dai Donglin much, so she could only try her best to achieve what he wanted.
Last month, Dai Donglin went to Gangcheng to partner with Qin Weidong in real estate and hasn't been home for a long time.
Chu Yu carried a bottle of liquor, a new shirt and skirt suit, and some fish maw, intending to visit Dai Donglin's parents at the Dai family home.
Guangzhou is close to the port city, and people in the port city love to consume health supplements. There are many people in Guangzhou who are engaged in the import and export of health supplements.
Businessmen love to eat this, and the fish maw from Guangzhou is the best.
Chu Yu had been cooperating with Boss Hu, who had sent her a lot of fish maw. Chu Yu stood at the Dai family's door carrying large and small bags of things. She knocked on the door, and Zhou Yun opened it.
Zhou Yun saw her pause for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Xiao Zhou is here, come in quickly! It's rare for you to come to my house, why did you bring anything? You're being too polite."
Dai Donglin was able to buy her a courtyard house, and Chu Yu always wanted to repay him, but he had everything she wanted, so Chu Yu couldn't find an opportunity and thought of being nicer to his family.
Zhou Yun did not have a very good impression of Chu Yu.
When Chu Yu visited, she quite liked the girl. Even though she came from a poor background, the girl was good at making money, smart, and highly educated, making her a good match for Dai Donglin.
However, Dai Qinxue's matter dragged Chu Yu's father into it. After Zhou Yun learned the whole story, she felt particularly disgusted with Chu Yu's biological father.
Naturally, Chu Yu's father abandoned her mother, and Chu Yu had already severed ties with this man.
But Chu Yu's family relationships are too complicated.
The Dai family was prominent, and Zhou Yun and Dai Xueyi treated each other with respect, maintaining a harmonious family relationship.
She prefers girls with clean family backgrounds and simple family relationships, rather than someone like Chu Yu, whose parents are divorced and whose father is involved in a fraud case.
However, one shouldn't hit a smiling face, so Zhou Yun politely welcomed Chu Yu in, cut her an apple, and brought out some snacks.
“Auntie, you don’t need to trouble yourself. I just wanted to come and see you and Uncle. I heard from Dai Donglin that Uncle often has joint pain, and his calves, ankles and feet swell up when it rains. I brought you a few pairs of cloth shoes, all handmade by my mother. They are loose-fitting and comfortable to wear. Uncle can change into them at home when his legs hurt.”
Zhou Yunxin thought it was truly amazing.
Just the day before yesterday, Dai Xueyi was clamoring to buy cloth shoes. Cloth shoes don't require laces, and the open design on the instep offers little restriction. When your feet and legs are swollen, cloth shoes are more comfortable to wear.
There are cloth shoes for sale in Beijing, but no matter how good the branded cloth shoes are, they can't compare to the ones made by rural women.
The cloth shoes Chu Yu gave him included some thin and some thick, as well as a pair of winter cotton shoes. Without exception, the soles of all the shoes were carefully crafted. He told Zhou Yun to take a look, saying they would definitely be very comfortable to wear.
Zhou Yun's impression of her improved greatly, and she asked with a smile, "How did you know your uncle's shoe size? Did Donglin tell you?"
"Yes, I called him, and he confirmed it."
“I thought this child was careless and indifferent to his parents’ affairs.”
"No, he may seem careless, but he cares a lot about you and your uncle. He knows not only your uncle's shoe size, but also yours. I originally wanted to make two pairs for you too, but he said you don't like wearing these. I thought about it, and cloth shoes are indeed not fashionable and don't match your style, so I didn't make them for you."
Chu Yu was eloquent and perceptive, yet not overly enthusiastic. Zhou Yun wasn't ungrateful, and her impression of her improved considerably.
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