When the family was divided, who cared about their life or death?
If it weren’t for grandparents and Sister Xiazhi, how could they be where they are now?
When she heard about the price of 300 yuan, the old lady was still hesitant, but her eldest daughter-in-law pulled her clothes and whispered:
"Mom, in this case, three hundred yuan is three hundred yuan. Three hundred yuan is already good. If they get really angry and don't give us a penny and never come back, then we won't get a penny, right?"
After hearing what the eldest daughter-in-law said, Old Mrs. Zhou also felt that it made sense. Now they were in debt, and if they didn't come back and didn't pay, they wouldn't be able to get even three dollars, let alone three hundred.
"Three hundred is three hundred, but it must be paid in advance. You have to pay next year's dues in advance this year."
"As for your house, when you leave after the New Year, leave the key to me and your father. Your father and I will move in and help you look after the house."
"It's easy for something to go wrong if no one lives in the house for a long time. When you come back, we can help you clean it up in advance."
Jiang Yue: "Old lady, aren't you trying to force us to death? This house is our only escape route now."
Old Mrs. Zhou: "Don't worry, I will live here and won't take yours away. They will build their own house after the New Year and don't need your house."
Jiang Yue: "You must be saying nice things now, who knows if you will all move here."
Ma Juan: “You~~~”
Zhou Dahu: "It's not impossible for you and grandpa to come and live here, but I'll have to give you one hundred yuan less every year."
"After all, you live here by yourself, and your uncle and his family don't need to take care of you anymore, so they should give you something every year, right? Not to mention the same as my father, but a hundred dollars a year is not too much, right?
"We'll pay 200 per year, and this house will be occupied by grandparents, so uncle will give you 100 per year. If you agree, we'll give you the money and the key before we leave after the New Year."
Ma Juan naturally wouldn't let the old lady agree when she heard that, and she said first: "Mom, you and Dad are so old, how can we let you move out? What if something happens to you here, we don't know what to do?"
"We will build a new house next year. One more room for you won't be a big deal. If you have any problems or fevers at home, we can always find out in time."
What a joke, the old lady and her husband live with them. Although the old lady is the head of the family, when the children want to eat meat, the old lady will usually cut some meat for them.
The whole family can eat together, and the soup tastes like meat.
If they moved in, not only would they have to pay for the meat themselves, they would also have to give the old lady money every month, even if the old lady didn't want to take it in private.
Now I have three hundred yuan in my hand every year.
We are still waiting for the old lady to give us money to build the house next year. She has also agreed to it.
Otherwise she wouldn't have the money to build a house.
After hearing these nice words, the old lady thought about the fact that she was two hundred short and then one hundred short, so naturally she was not happy.
"Forget it, three hundred is fine. I'd better live with your uncle and his family so that they can take care of me."
Zhou Dahu: "Okay, since you all have no objections, we will also ask for a witness. When the time comes, ask the captain to come over and bear witness. We will write it down in black and white so that you won't say that we didn't care about you in the future."
"Now it's you who don't want to go to Hai City with us, and it's you who want to follow uncle. From now on, our family will give grandpa and grandma 300 yuan every year, so no one should say anything bad about anyone else."
Mrs. Zhou: "Give me the money first."
Zhou Dahu: "I can give you this year's money first, and next year's money will be given at the end of the year. We don't have that much money right now."
"Mom, go get them two hundred dollars."
Jiang Yue, who was standing by, stamped her feet in anger: "All our belongings are only a few hundred yuan. If you give us two hundred now, we will have to pay three hundred later. How can we survive?"
"After the New Year, we're going to Haishi. The girl is still waiting to pay her tuition?"
Zhou Dahu: "Next year's 300 will definitely be given by the end of next year. If it's not enough, we'll find another way."
Jiang Yue: "Think of a way, think of a way. You said you would think of a way when you bought the shop, and you're still saying you would think of a way now."
"I don't care about you, do whatever you want." After saying that, Jiang Yue went back to the house angrily to clean it up.
After hearing what Jiang Yue said, the old lady was worried that they would have no money to give after the New Year. She rolled her eyes and said, "Then let's ask the captain to come over tomorrow to witness the signing. But you'd better give me the money as soon as possible after signing."
"We don't blame you if you brothers don't help, but we as parents and grandparents should always lend a hand."
Zhou Dahu: "It's definitely not given after signing. It's agreed to give one year at the end of one year. Otherwise, you should go to Haishi with us."
Mrs. Zhou: "Then give me half. Otherwise, who knows whether you will give it back later."
Qiao Xiu'e: "Mom, what you said is true. We have never owed you two a penny in these years. We will definitely give you what we promised. Even if our family has nothing to eat or drink, we will still give it to you."
"If I give you all the money now, then our whole family will still need capital to run our business, not to mention the New Year, right?"
"How can this business continue without capital? How can we pay back the bank when the time comes? We agreed to pay you a year's payment at the end of the year, and I haven't reduced your payment."
When Qiao Xiu'e mentioned the bank's money, the old lady shuddered in her heart. Come to think of it, if she couldn't pay back the bank's money, let alone give them the money as a filial gift.
If I can't pay back the bank's money, I'll be in trouble when they come to my door.
"Well, that's fine, but you must send the money back before the New Year. Your father and I are waiting for the money to celebrate the New Year."
This is fine for now, and the old lady finally calmed down.
Their original purpose was to ask for 500 yuan to build a house next year, and they also wanted 500 yuan a year as an annual tribute.
In the end, it only cost three hundred yuan.
I didn’t ask for a penny for building the house.
The old lady thought about it and still felt like she was dreaming.
On the way home, he still pulled Ma Juan aside and asked, "Did you read the IOU carefully? Did you really borrow money from the bank?"
Ma Juan didn't want to admit that it was true, but she knew it was the bank, and she had the stamp on the loan, as well as the names and fingerprints of the three of them, father and son.
"Mom, I understand what you mean, but that IOU doesn't look fake."
The old lady thought about her eldest daughter-in-law who couldn't read a few words, so she said, "No, when you go find the brigade to witness tomorrow, go find a few more people to help."
"If it's fake and they did it on purpose to deceive us, we should ask them for more money."
Ma Juan heard this, thought about it and agreed.
"Okay, let's ask the captain to help tomorrow, and find a few trustworthy people to help."
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