To put it bluntly, the Ling family is shameless and bullies the weak while fearing the strong. After Ying Yan confronted them directly, they didn't dare to make a fuss at all.
Everyone lived cautiously. Those with similar circumstances could still cause some trouble, going back and forth to get to the bottom of things. But Ying Yan had always been unreasonable and only knew how to use his fists since he was a child. The people around him were all kinds of people, from all walks of life.
They were afraid that if they angered someone now, they would be beaten up and stuffed with sacks when they walked alone at night. This had happened before in the residential area.
Grandma Ling was somewhat unwilling. In the past, she could still maintain her status as an old lady of the compound and disdain sugar-coated bullets, but ever since Ling Yifei, no, Ke Enshu, this fake granddaughter, came along, she could eat something good every now and then, and she could have several sets of clothes for all four seasons.
She had endured most of her life in hardship, and finally, she was beginning to see a glimmer of hope, able to breathe a sigh of relief amidst her many descendants. Knowing that the Qin family's only granddaughter-in-law was her own granddaughter filled her with immense joy.
She had heard others say how good the Qin family used to be, but that was just hearsay and didn't really matter to her. Who would care about the lives of the people above them every day?
But ever since she moved here and lived across the street from the Qin family, she could clearly see through the window how well they were living!
It's 1980 now, and the spring breeze has begun to blow from under our feet, but people have become timid because of the upheavals of those years. Only those who are willing to take risks dare to do some risky things, while those who rely on fixed salaries don't see much improvement.
They ate the same rationed rice and grain, spent money with various receipts, and their wages didn't change much.
Their family still eats Sanhe noodles, and each month, with dozens of people, they only eat a few pounds of meat. But across the street, they eat refined grains, and their meat is prepared in various ways three times a day.
Feng was particularly hostile to the Ling family, and he loved to spit out the smell of the Qin family's meat and blow it into their noses, making their stomachs rumble and their days unbearably irritable.
The people across the street are now her granddaughter and grandson-in-law. Putting everything else aside, they can't be eating meat while she, as the grandmother, is still chewing on pickled vegetables, can they?
But now, they don't recognize it at all!
If she had known this would happen, she should have actively made arrangements to find her granddaughter. With Yu Bao'er's outstanding looks and cleverness, even if she missed out on the Qin family's grandson, there would have been other wealthy and powerful families willing to form a marriage alliance with the Ling family.
Wealth and status are within reach, yet they are separated by a barrier that can only be looked at but not touched. The itch and discomfort in that state can drive a person crazy.
The old lady took a deep breath and told herself that there was plenty of time, and she would definitely be able to get Yu Bao'er to accept the marriage.
To calm herself, she shakily returned to her room and rummaged through her money box. But as soon as she picked it up, her face changed, and she opened the lid in disbelief to look at the scattered coins inside.
That's all?
She clearly placed ten stacks of money neatly here before, so how did they disappear?
When she said this to Ko Eun-sook, she did so discreetly, and no one saw her take the money. The place where she hid the money was even more unimaginable.
She had just received ten thousand yuan and was still overjoyed. Now that she was told that she had no money left, Old Mrs. Ling almost couldn't breathe!
She ran downstairs and shouted shrilly, "Which little brat stole my money? Return it before I call the police, or I don't care who you are, I'll send you all to the station!"
Everyone was stunned and rushed over to ask, "Mom, what happened? How did your money go missing? How much was missing? Did you lose anything else?"
"Yes, think about it carefully. Is it when you forgot about it? It's been so many years, and this has never happened before."
Everyone in the family takes good care of their money, using multiple layers of locks and choosing unusual locations, so no one has ever lost anything from the house.
Besides, how many dates could an old lady possibly have? Today one person would ask for one, tomorrow another would take one; she couldn't possibly keep them all.
So everyone was just coaxing the old lady and didn't take it too seriously.
The old woman gritted her teeth and said in a rough voice, "Impossible, such a large sum of money, I have a good memory."
"The time we spent outside is gone, so only family members can get it!"
Hearing this, everyone felt a bit disgusted. Boss Ling's forehead throbbed with pain; this old lady really did come up with something out of nowhere.
"Mom, how much is missing? I'll make it up for you. Let's get some rest early today. Everyone's had a long day at work," he said, his voice tinged with exhaustion and a hint of impatience, like coaxing a child.
His wife couldn't help but tug at his sleeve. "Who makes money easily? How come you just opened your mouth and promised to give it away?"
Maybe the old lady was waiting for him to say that. Besides, she's his stepmother. It's already a favor that she's allowed to stay at home with her children and grandchildren. And now he's giving her money to make her happy. How can she live like this?
Grandma Ling continued, somewhat hysterically: "You give it, how much can you give? Tens, hundreds, or thousands? That's ten thousand yuan!"
Ten thousand yuan?
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what had gotten into the old woman. Was she just getting senile?
Otherwise, she could be happily saying one minute that Yu Bao'er across the street is her granddaughter, and the next minute she could be saying that she had 10,000 yuan but lost it.
Look at how crazy she is now, she doesn't seem normal at all.
Grandma Ling could easily see through their intentions. She took several deep breaths and explained in a trembling voice, "Ke Enshu is the imposter. She said she's not the Ling family's granddaughter; the one across the street is. They are grandparents; they know each other's backgrounds."
“I told you that the Ling family isn’t a place where you can just come and go as you please, so I took 10,000 yuan from her, otherwise I would have kicked the whole family out and they wouldn’t be able to go to school.”
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