Li Ying pretended not to hear and whispered in dissatisfaction: "A daughter-in-law should be filial to her mother-in-law, isn't that right? What's the difference between you paying and your wife paying? You are a couple."
"One thing is one thing." Gu Qi explained: "My money and Xing'er's money are our common property. But most of the money she took out was stolen money, so she must return it to Xing'er. Public things are public, and private things are private. They cannot be mixed up."
Li Ying rolled her eyes and said, "That piece of land seems to be quite big, who knows how much money it can make. There's no need to pay it back. When she and Ma Dali divide the money in the future, she can use the five hundred yuan as collateral."
Seeing her "as it should be" attitude, Gu Qi became increasingly angry.
"Mom, I don't expect you to be so righteous, but you should at least be self-aware and have a sense of propriety and shame. We were worried that you would be tortured and treated coldly after being arrested, so we rushed to rescue you. Those people are not so easy to reason with! Xing'er said all kinds of nice things to them and took the initiative to pay to rescue you. Why don't you think about her a little bit?"
Li Ying turned her face away and said in a low voice: "When have I never thought about her..."
"Do you have it?" Gu Qi asked disdainfully, "She took out the money to help you first, and you have no way to pay it back. Ayi and I naturally have to find a way to save money to pay it back. She cooperated with Dali to package the 馂䮀 to make money, and the money she earned was hard-earned, not something that came easily. She took out the money but didn't pay it back. Isn't this embarrassing for her? 馂䮀 is not hers alone, isn't this embarrassing for her?"
Li Ying stopped talking awkwardly, not wanting to continue.
After Gu Qi cleaned the sofa and the dining table, he turned on the water on the stove.
He poured out three large bowls of water and set them aside, and poured the rest into a thermos. Then he filled two more pots and put them on to boil.
At this time, Gu Xuan had already cleaned the balcony and picked up the broom to sweep the floor.
Gu Qi wrung out the mop to help, and said, "After the hot water on the stove is ready, wash your hands, faces, and feet, and go to bed early."
"Yeah." Gu Xuan answered in a low voice.
Gu Qi explained: "Starting from next month, we will only give mom ten yuan to buy some daily necessities. Rice, grain, vegetables and oil should all be picked up from Sanyuan, and all ingredients should be asked from me. If you need money for your studies, just ask me directly."
"Yeah." Gu Xuan nodded.
Li Ying, who was standing by, had red eyes and started to cry.
"A grown-up son is no longer under the control of his mother... I made a mistake just this once, and you don't even allow me to spend money..."
Gu Qi was mopping the floor by himself and said, "Ten dollars is the living expenses of an ordinary farmer for two months. It's not that there is no money for you to spend, it's just that it's less."
Li Ying choked up and begged: "Aqi, I...I've said it all, I know I was wrong."
Gu Qi nodded: "It is a great virtue to know one's mistakes and correct them. From now on, you are not allowed to gamble anymore. We are ordinary people who earn a few dozen yuan a month. A few hundred yuan is a huge sum of money for us, not a small amount."
Forehead?
Li Ying was choked and speechless, feeling a little angry and embarrassed.
"Archie, it's okay for other people, but why are you so mean now? I'm your mother!"
Gu Qi calmly mopped the floor and asked, "Mom, I want to ask you - where are the gold jewelry and silver dollars left in our family?"
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Li Ying was stunned for a moment, his old face flushed.
"Well, my family was so poor back then. I was the only one working, but there were many mouths to feed. I struggled and struggled, but I couldn't bear it any longer, so I had to sell them bit by bit and exchange them for some rice for you to eat."
Gu Qi couldn't help but ask back: "When I went south, didn't I have some jewelry left? I even counted the silver dollars, and I still remember exactly how many there were. Before I went south to work, Lao Guo gave me a special talent settlement allowance, which was 18 yuan at the time, right?"
"...It seems so." Li Ying answered hesitantly.
Gu Qi said calmly: "It's not like, it's really eighteen dollars. Since then, I have been sending money home regularly every month, and rice and grain are no longer a problem for the family. Mom, if that's the case, where did the remaining jewelry and silver dollars go?"
Li Ying rolled her eyes and swallowed nervously.
"Later... I had to pay tuition fees, rice was expensive in winter, and your uncles would come to borrow money from time to time. When I couldn't make ends meet, I had to pawn my house. For a person, the most important thing is to survive, and everything else is just material possessions... material possessions."
Seeing that she still refused to tell the truth, Gu Qi sighed secretly.
"Okay, when I return to the capital at the end of the year, I'll find a way to redeem it."
Li Ying quickly shook her head: "How is that possible! The pawn ticket is long gone... I also forgot exactly where I pawned it."
Gu Xuan, who was standing by, suddenly looked up and asked, "Mom, you hid three silver dollars in your pocket more than a month ago, didn't you? I saw it with my own eyes."
Forehead?
Li Ying was extremely embarrassed and stammered, "...You must have seen it wrong."
Gu Qi stood tall and straight, staring at his old mother with cold eyes.
"Mom, if you don't tell the truth, I won't talk to you anymore. You can't even keep the last few valuable things my dad left behind. Are you worthy of my dad?"
Li Ying's eyes turned red when she heard this and she started to cry softly.
"I... I was really obsessed... At first I thought it didn't matter if I only lost a little, I could just win it back. But later on, I don't know what happened, I lost more and more, and the more I lost, the less I could win back."
"Then what?"
"All the money you gave me is gone. I feel so sad. I think I should win it back, but I don't have the capital anymore. I can't borrow money. I dare not tell you, for fear that you will be angry with me. I...what else can I do, right? I have no other choice!"
Gu Qi asked, "Did you gamble away all of it?"
Li Ying dodged her eyes and whispered, "At first... without collateral, no one would be willing to lend money to your mother. I'm from another place, and I speak with an accent. Without expensive things as collateral, I couldn't borrow money."
"Later?" Gu Qi's face turned pale and he was secretly very angry.
Xing'er guessed right. Unless there was something valuable as collateral, no one would rashly lend money to an old woman from another place.
Li Ying stammered, "I lost the money I borrowed... I couldn't pay it back, and the things I used as collateral were gone. Later, they saw that I was a familiar face, so they let me borrow more."
Gu Qi was furious: "Counting the money you have and these valuables, the money you have will cost you five hundred yuan - at least one thousand five hundred yuan!"
Li Ying lowered his head, embarrassed and didn't dare to refute.
Gu Xuan, who was standing by, said in a gentle voice, "Mom, a house in the suburbs of Beijing costs 200 yuan. You lost seven houses playing mahjong."
"It's not like we don't have a house!" Li Ying muttered in dissatisfaction: "Do we need a house? We have houses in the suburbs and in the city, and there will be no shortage of houses in Yucheng in the future... What are you afraid of!"
Gu Qi was even more annoyed when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "If you are addicted to gambling, even if the family has mountains of gold and silver, it will not be able to withstand your gambling like this! From now on, all the property deeds and documents in the family will be handed over to me for safekeeping! When A Yi and his wife settle down here, I will preside over the division of the family."
"What? You mean... what do you mean by division of the family?" Li Ying became nervous. "Your sisters haven't even married yet! What do you mean by division of the family? 'As long as the parents are alive, the family will not be divided' - don't you understand that?"
Gu Qijun's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Father is no longer here. If you can't take care of the family property, then the eldest son or eldest grandson should take care of it. This is the old custom in Shangjing City, not a precedent set by me, Gu Qi. I am the eldest son, and Yinmo is the eldest grandson. Huzi is still young, so I am the only one who can take care of the family. In the middle of next year, I will preside over the division of the family."
Li Ying's face was grim, and he finally realized what was happening and became frightened.
The Gu family used to be one of the richest families in the capital city. Their ancestors produced many famous scholars and were well-known scholars. They were a well-known scholarly family in the capital city.
Although they fell into decline later, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and the Gu family still has real estate and land in the suburbs.
When the situation got tough, I sold some of my property. I still have farmland and old real estate in the suburbs, which bring in a certain amount of rental income every year. In addition, the detached house with a courtyard in the upper capital is spacious and worth a lot of money.
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