022: Count all your belongings
Xu Ying looked at Yu Jiahui, wanting him to make a decision.
Yu Jiahui: Why are you looking at me? I don’t know anything. I’m still confused myself. I’m really at my wit’s end!
Yu Jiahui went to see his daughter again.
So, the couple's eyes all fell on Yu Xiaoye.
Yu Xiaoye: Well, it seems that I am now the hope of the whole family, shouldering the heavy responsibility of changing the fate of the whole family!
I can't be depressed. I have to cheer up and give my parents advice based on my understanding of the original book's plot.
So Yu Xiaoye straightened his back, exhaled heavily, and said:
"Dad, Mom, first of all, we must have confidence and not give up on ourselves, let alone throw things into a tumble. Also, we should be thankful that we've traveled through time now, when there's still time to fix everything and we don't have to clean up the mess left behind by the original owner. Otherwise, by the time Mom stole someone else's eggs and Dad threw manure, it would be too late to even pick up our shoes and run."
Yu Jiahui praised with great satisfaction:
"Hey, my daughter has grown up and can do things now."
Yu Xiaoye continued to offer advice:
"First of all, we can't look for that Li Dasong anymore, the relative that Dad contacted before."
Xu Ying nodded quickly:
"That's right, you can't look for Li Dasong anymore, otherwise, you will have to marry his stupid son. We would never let you marry a fool!"
"Since we can't find Li Dasong, our next move becomes a problem. This is the 1970s, not the 1980s, let alone the 21st century. People can't move freely now. In this era, we must have an organization, otherwise even eating will be a problem. Now we only have two options: first, return to our hometown production team to earn work points, or find a way to stay on the farm."
Yu Jiahui pondered for a moment and said:
"How about we go back home?"
Xu Ying was the first to shake his head:
"You can't go back."
"Why?"
"Because you have no money," Xu Ying analyzed based on the original owner's memories. "When we got here, we borrowed half a brigade, and only managed to borrow less than 60 yuan. We traveled for eight days, and we paid for train tickets, meals, and other expenses. You even secretly bought yourself meat buns, fried dough sticks, and tofu pudding without telling your three children. We don't have much left."
Yu Xiaoye suddenly reminded:
"By the way, Dad, take a look at how much money you have. It should all be on you."
"Oh, yes, how could I have forgotten such an important thing? Let's quickly count our belongings!"
Yu Jiahui quickly searched his pockets to see how much money he had left.
Because he had a broken arm and an injury on his lower back, it was inconvenient for him to move, so Xu Ying took the initiative to turn him over. He first took out a few neatly folded pieces of letter paper from the inside and outside pockets of his shirt. They should be letters of introduction issued by the brigade in his hometown.
In addition to the letter of introduction, there was also a handful of change. After counting, there was only four dollars and sixty cents left.
"Is this all left?" Yu Xiaoye asked in disbelief.
Yu Jiahui blinked: "I don't know?"
Xu Ying frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly got out of bed, picked up Yu Jiahui's worn cotton shoes, pulled out the insole, and took out a piece of Great Unity with the smell of stinky feet from under the insole.
The family was so united that they didn't mind where the money came from. They were immediately delighted and wanted to give each other a kiss.
Finally, Xu Ying pondered for a while, and then put his hand into Yu Jiahui's waistband again, scaring Yu Jiahui so much that he whispered:
"Hey, what are you doing? The child is still here, don't touch him!"
Yu Xiaoye couldn't bear to look at it and could only look away.
After a while, Xu Ying pulled back his hand, and there was a five-dollar bill between his fingers.
Xu Ying smiled and said:
"Five more dollars—now the total is nineteen dollars and sixty cents."
Yu Xiaoye thought about the five dollars that Director Zhou had given him just now, and without hiding it from his parents, he took it out of his pocket:
"The manager who just bumped into you gave me five dollars when he was downstairs helping me with the hospitalization process. Considering our current situation, I didn't try to be too frivolous and just accepted it. So, all my belongings now total twenty-four dollars and sixty cents!"
"Is this money enough for the three of us to go back to our hometown?" Yu Jiahui was still thinking about going back to his hometown.
Xu Ying raised her voice and said:
"Old Yu, I told you not to go back, not to go back. Do you think it's just a matter of travel expenses? When you go back, you still have to pay back the 60 yuan you borrowed. How can you pay it back? With the work points our family earns, we can't even afford to eat. We're in debt every year. How can we ever save up 60 yuan? Besides, we've left those two sons behind. How are you going to explain to your mother when you go back? If she asks where those two eldest grandsons are, what will you say?"
Yu Jiahui was shocked:
"I still have a mother at home?!"
"It's not just me. You have your eldest brother and your third brother, a family of more than a dozen people, young and old. They all hope that you can put down roots here and bring the whole family here. That's why they are willing to lend us money. Otherwise, if you just leave, their money will be thrown away like meat buns to dogs and never come back."
Yu Jiahui looked at Xu Ying in confusion, not because of the problem of the family of more than a dozen people that Xu Ying mentioned, but because he couldn't believe that Xu Ying would speak to him in such an angry tone.
His wife has always been gentle, coquettish and sweet. When did she become so fierce?
Yu Xiaoye was also surprised by her mother's change, and she tried to persuade her mother:
"Dad, Mom, please stop arguing and calm down. You two are probably still under the influence of the original owner, and your tempers are a bit hot. Please understand each other. We should unite and solve this problem instead of quarreling."
Xu Ying also felt a little regretful and said helplessly:
"I wasn't arguing, I was just telling the truth. It's just that as soon as I opened my mouth, I had that tone, and I couldn't control it."
Yu Xiaoye winked at Yu Jiahui:
"Dad, please understand."
Yu Jiahui nodded repeatedly:
"I understand, I understand, of course I understand—"
Although he understood it, he was still a little depressed that his beautiful and gentle wife had been replaced by this fierce old woman.
Yu Jiahui divided the money in front of him into three parts. He gave the largest denomination, the Great Unity, to Xu Ying, returned the five yuan to Yu Xiaoye intact, and kept the remaining nine yuan and sixty cents for himself.
The three of them each packed their money.
As Yu Jiahui was packing the money, he suddenly thought of another very important question:
"By the way, what is our family's composition? Is it safe?"
Xu Ying replied:
"Don't worry, we're very stable in poverty. Six generations ago, we were all poor peasants. There's no family in the entire brigade more honest than your Yu family."
"Oh—then I'm relieved. These days, the poorer you are, the more glorious you are."
After putting the money in, Yu Jiahui said:
"It seems that returning home is impossible, and we can't go to that Li Dasong either. So where should we go next? Xiaoye, tell me, you should be more familiar with the situation here."
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