Chapter 73 Guagua Guagua Gua She has money of her own.
In the silence of everyone with different thoughts, Xiang Chun borrowed some paper from Xiang Lili, and asked Liu Xiaolan to borrow the pen of Xiang Xiuxiu, who had gone out to visit her classmates. Then he lay over the table, writing clumsily but very seriously.
She stopped studying before finishing elementary school. The lines and sentences she wrote on the paper were as crooked as earthworms in the ground, but every stroke was filled with all her courage.
“Crack—”
Liu Xiaolan, who had cracked a melon seed, saw that everyone's eyes were looking at her. She quickly rolled the melon seed kernel into her mouth with her tongue and threw away the shell.
"What are you looking at? If there's nothing to eat, why not just eat some melon seeds..." She said dissatisfiedly, thinking that this was none of her business.
Festivals are supposed to be a time for feasting. Her mother-in-law finally spent some money to buy some melon seeds and snacks to treat her daughter and son-in-law. As a daughter-in-law who works hard every day, shouldn't she take the opportunity to eat more?
Hearing this, Xiang Cuiliu also grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the dessert plate and said, "Who's looking at you? I was just saying that you have melon seed shells stuck to your mouth, like a matchmaker."
The two sisters-in-law ate melon seeds as if no one was around, which helped to ease the serious atmosphere that had been stagnant for a while. Even Xiang Yao felt that this mentality was very good.
Snacks and fun really go well together! It would be even better if there were spicy strips!
Xiang Ming leaned against the door frame, a small bamboo stick dangling from his lips. He tilted his head and asked, "Are you done studying?"
Xiang Yao was stunned for a moment before pointing his index finger at himself: "Ask me?"
As soon as she said this, she laughed. Look at what she said. Who else in the family could have become a school dropout recently if not her?
However, after her father died, Xiang Ming went back and forth in a hurry and never came back afterwards. I guess he only just found out about this, or rather, he only just had the chance to ask her about this.
She nodded and said, "Yes, I am just a weed. Without my parents' support, I would have no education."
She said this in a loud voice, and everyone's eyes shifted from Xiang Chun to Xiang Yao.
Zhang Juhua glared at him and said, "Our family is dirt poor, and you still expect everyone to go to school? You're just dreaming."
"Your father is gone, and the family has lost their income. Do you want us to starve to death or something?"
Xiang Ming curled his lips, ignored her, and asked Xiang Yao: "How is it, do you still want to study?"
Xiang Yao smiled: "Brother Ming looks like he made a lot of money."
Xiang Ming raised the small bamboo stick in his mouth. "I didn't make any money, but if you really want to study, I'll borrow money for you. It's only half a year away, and you have good grades, it would be a shame not to study."
This time, before Zhang Juhua could say anything, Zhou Aihua couldn't help but say, "A Ming, where can you borrow money from? You have to pay back the money you borrow. You know the situation at home..."
She wasn't referring to whether Zhang Juhua had the money. Everyone knew she had it. But Zhang Juhua was completely refusing to give it up. If Xiang Ming had really borrowed the money, she and Xiang Liang would have to pay it back.
But where did the couple get the money?
Even if there is, Xiang Yao is not her daughter, so she would not be willing to give it away!
Xiang Ming glanced at his mother and said, "Don't worry, if I can borrow it, I will naturally be able to pay it back later."
If Xiang Yao had previously only had a good impression of Xiang Ming, her cousin whom she had just met for the first time, and felt that he was a breath of fresh air in the Xiang family, then now, her heart was trembling and her feelings were completely different.
Xiang Ming was not her father, nor her mother. After all, they were just cousins from the next room apart. Yet, he spoke such shocking words in such a nonchalant tone.
Look, even Zhou Aihua thinks his son is mentally ill.
But Xiang Ming really didn't care about other people's opinions and continued to ask Xiang Yao: "Do you want to read it? You don't have to think about anything else. Just tell me if you want to read it."
Xiang Yao thought about it for a moment, and finally smiled helplessly: "Forget it, I won't read it. Thank you, Brother Ming."
Xiang Ming raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Xiang Yao carefully.
In the end, he concealed his surprise and nodded: "Okay."
Xiang Yao really felt that there was no need to study too much in school. Firstly, she had been studying for too many years before she came here, and she wanted to have a good rest and not be a slave to knowledge.
Secondly, she had some understanding of this era. The current school curriculum was very loose, and after graduating from high school, students did not have any further advancement channels except for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Therefore, neither teachers nor students attached much importance to learning knowledge.
Even if you study hard, when the college entrance examination is resumed, the questions may not be closely related to what you are learning now.
It's not that Xiang Yao doesn't want to study, but she doesn't want to waste her time. So why waste Xiang Ming's money?
Even if it is a loan, it must be filled with affection and face.
There is no need to do this.
She has money of her own.
So, even though Xiang Ming asked, she still refused after weighing the pros and cons.
When Liu Xiaolan saw that Xiang Yao actually rejected Xiang Ming's kindness, she felt both sad and proud.
Xiang Ming, this unruly nephew, always looks like he doesn't care about anyone at home. Why is he so nice to a little girl like Xiang Yao?
But no matter how good they are, these two siblings are just peasants now and in the future. Even if Xiang Mingzhen becomes a master, he will only be a carpenter, which is nothing.
But she still habitually put on a lamenting attitude: "Oh, Ah Ming is good to Xiaochun and Yaoyao, why is he not so good to our Xiuxiu?"
She looked at Xiang Ming, half jokingly and half seriously, "Xiu Xiu will have a bright future. As her brother, if you don't treat her well now, don't expect your sister to support you in the future!"
Xiang Ming spat out the small bamboo stick in his mouth and bared his teeth: "Don't bother your aunt to worry about this. I, Xiang Ming, am just a piece of grass and can't stand Xiuxiu's support."
Liu Xiaolan couldn't stand seeing him looking like he didn't want to ask for help, and thought to herself, you kid, just be stubborn now, but when he comes to me for help in the future, don't blame me for being rude based on what you said today.
As he spoke, Xiang Chun straightened up, carefully screwed the cap of his pen, and blew towards the light outside the door.
Xiang Ming stopped paying attention to Liu Xiaolan and asked, "Sister, are you done writing?"
Xiang Chun nodded: "I've finished writing it."
Some others thought this behavior was shameful, some were completely confused, and some were just there to watch the fun, but none of them could affect Xiang Chun.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the "Guarantee Letter" she had written, took a deep breath, and placed it in front of Lu Ping.
Lü Ping lowered his head to read, and the others nearby also tilted their heads to read. Zhang Juhua, who couldn't read, was so anxious that she scratched her head and cheeks. She couldn't help but grab her daughter and ask, "What's written here? Why doesn't anyone read it?"
Xiang Yinliu wasn't very literate either, but she never let it show. She called out, "Lili, what did your elder sister write? It's a bunch of tiny shrimps. My eyesight is not good now, so I can't read it clearly. Can you explain it to me?"
Xiang Lili really thought her aunt had poor eyesight, so she very considerately got to the front, glanced at the paper with her bright eyes, and turned her head and said:
"Aunt, my sister wrote a lot, saying that she has returned to the Lu family and that all her brother-in-law's money will be handed over to my sister for safekeeping. She also asked my brother-in-law to tell the family that they want to divide the family property..."
"What? Split up the family?"
Zhang Juhua had been listening intently. When she heard this word, she almost jumped up and said quickly:
"What do you mean by dividing the family? You're really imaginative. The elders are all here, yet you still want to divide the family. If this gets out, people will say that our Xiang family didn't teach good people!"
Xiang Chunli ignored Zhang Juhua. She now understood that her grandmother was not biased towards her at all.
In Zhang Juhua's eyes, the importance of her grandson-in-law, Lu Ping, is far greater than that of her, the so-called money-loser.
Even though the other person is an outsider and she is the biological granddaughter, it does not prevent her from being partial to him at all.
Because she doesn't distinguish between inside and outside, she only looks at gender, haha.
"Lü Ping, what do you think?" she asked calmly.
What was written on the paper was not just what was mentioned to Lili. With every item Lu Ping read, his face turned paler. By the end, he was almost on the verge of collapse.
But when he looked up, he first saw the indifference on Xiang Chun's face, and then saw Xiang Ming's half-smile. His heart tightened. Under heavy pressure, he swallowed and finally nodded heavily.
"Okay," his voice had become hoarse at some point, "I agree to everything."
Xiang Chun: "Then sign and seal."
Lu Ping followed his orders and no longer had any thoughts of resistance.
“Pah pah pah——”
The sound of applause resounded throughout the hall, attracting everyone's attention.
Of course, most people looked at Xiang Yao with a smile in his eyes and thought to themselves, "What a troublemaker!"
Xiang Yao didn't care what her dear family members thought. She clapped her hands and said happily:
"Come on, come on, let's congratulate Big Sister. Not only did she successfully escape the sea of suffering, but she also became the most courageous and heroic woman! So amazing! So cool!"
Xiang Chun pursed her lips and couldn't help but smiled softly.
Yes, she is so courageous and powerful!
I am really glad that today is Mid-Autumn Festival and I have returned to my parents' home. I am also glad that I met this eccentric cousin when Lu Ping attacked her for the last time.
She was extremely grateful and fortunate.
"Lü Ping and I won't be having dinner at home tonight." Xiang Chun raised his head high, looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on Xiang Yao. "Next time, I'll find a special time to treat Yaoyao and A Ming to dinner."
Xiang Yao waved her hands like a lucky cat: "Okay, then it's settled. I want to eat meat!"
Xiang Chun nodded: "Yes! Eat meat!"
Xiang Ming curled his lips and stood up straight: "It's still early, let's go, I'll take you and your brother-in-law back."
Lu Ping was just thinking that he could finally escape from this hellish place, but he didn't expect to hear Xiang Ming's words the next moment, and his body couldn't help but stiffen again.
He wants to go home!
But he didn't want Xiang Ming to go home with him!
There's no telling what this God of Death can do!
Xiang Ming noticed his stiffness and said with a smile, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I won't do anything rash. After all, you made a promise, didn't you?"
The implication was that if Lu Ping broke his promise, he couldn't guarantee what he would do.
Of course Lu Ping understood. He even felt a strong threat from the other party's deliberate emphasis on the word "brother-in-law".
But in the end, she could only force a smile, which hurt the purple corners of her mouth, and she hissed, "Yes, yes, yes."
Xiang Yao interrupted and said, "Don't worry, Brother Ming. Our brother-in-law is a man who understands what people say. He knows what to do."
Xiang Ming chuckled: "I hope so."
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