Alas! Without my daughter, things are already in turmoil. With her around, there's no peace at all. I feel so sorry for my good daughter-in-law. Our Zhang family treats her so well, yet she still tries her best to honor us.
Zhang Xiaoqin lowered her eyelids, scratched her head, and racked her brains to think about it.
After a while, she leaned close to Wu Ju's ear and whispered something to her. Wu Ju listened carefully, nodding and responding repeatedly, with an affirmative expression on her face.
Shumei thought that she had already eaten, so she didn't cook for herself, which could save some food.
After she finished cooking and brought the meal to the square table, Wu Ju and the others gathered around to eat.
Seeing Shumei sitting there without serving herself any food, Wu Ju pretended to be confused and asked, "Shumei, you've been busy outside all day too, are you eating too?"
"Mother, Qianqian's hair salon opened today and business is pretty good. She has already invited me to dinner." Shumei thought that Wu Ju was kind and concerned about her, so she replied with a smile.
"Is that so? Shumei! Mother has something to discuss with you. You're out all day and never come home on time, like today. Sometimes there's no rice at home, so we have to rely on you to buy food. I've always had a bad stomach, and I'm afraid that if I eat so irregularly, I'll get sick from hunger, which wouldn't be worth it. How about you give me your living expenses on the first of every month, and I'll prepare three meals a day so you don't have to worry about it."
Shumei listened to Wu Ju carefully. She felt that what Wu Ju said made sense, so she agreed immediately.
Wu Ju deliberately counted on her fingers and said, "How about this! Sixty yuan a month, give it to me now!"
"Sixty dollars?"
Although sixty yuan is not a lot for living, Shumei has not found a job yet, so where can she get the money?
"Sixty yuan is really not a lot. Think about it, how much does rice and noodles cost per pound these days? It can only be less, not more."
"But, but... I only have fifty-nine yuan on me right now, and it was given to me by Qianqian. I haven't found a job yet, and there's no harvest from the fields at this time. If I give it all to you, what should I do?"
Shumei took out the remaining money she had and counted it. It was exactly fifty-nine yuan. Did Wu Ju have X-ray vision? She looked at the money in her pocket and said the number! It was exactly sixty yuan.
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