Chen Xingling rolled his eyes at her without any hesitation and said, "It's too much. There are so many places to spend money. Who can be so generous as to spend hundreds of dollars at once?"
Ying dodged her eyes and whispered, "Well, isn't Xiao Huzi's fourth uncle very rich? A few hundred yuan shouldn't be a lot for a rich family."
"A few hundred yuan is several months' salary, isn't that a lot?" Chen Xingling shook his head: "My fourth brother hasn't worked for several months, where would he get the money from?"
Ying started to cry, "It's not right here, it's not right there. What should I do with my baby? How can you be so cruel and ignore Ah Miao? Ah?"
"It's not cruel." Chen Xingling said in a cold voice: "Even if we want to, we can't do anything. It will take at least two or three months to get a passport, and we can save up slowly for the boat ticket. Didn't Gu Miao say that she would come back once she had a boat ticket? If she can go, she can come back."
When Ying heard that it would take another two or three months, she felt very worried.
"It'll take that long... What if she spends all the money she has and can't come back?"
Just then, little tiger ran out to open the door.
——It turns out that Gu Yi and Zhao Xiaoxing are here!
Even though there were only a few workers left at the construction site and there was no need to prepare lunch, just boil a few pots of hot water, Zhao Xiaoxing was still helping with the work there.
Seeing that their financial situation was still tight, Chen Xingling asked them to continue to come to Sanyuan for dinner, to help them share some of the burden and have something better to eat.
When Ying saw Gu Yi, she rushed over immediately.
"Ayi! A Miao finally wrote to me! She wrote to me!"
Gu Yi was pleasantly surprised and quickly asked what was going on.
Ying handed him the letter.
Gu Yi read it quickly, then turned the envelope over and over again.
"This girl is so stupid! Look! She didn't even write a specific address! Even if she wants to ask someone for directions, she needs an address!"
Zhao Xiaoxing, who was standing by, looked at Ying timidly and whispered, "See if there's anything written on the back."
Gu Yi shook his head: "None!"
Chen Xingling said quietly, "Mom asked me to find out, and then she will let us go find Gu Miao and come back. I said, we have to apply for passports. I'm from Taiwan, and my household registration is here, so it's easier to apply. Your household registration is still in Shangjing City, so you can't come here to apply. You can't go abroad without a passport, and you can't buy a boat ticket without a few hundred dollars - I really can't do anything."
After hearing this, Gu Yi glanced at his old mother with displeasure.
"Mom, aren't you forcing me?! Ah Miao has already said that she will find a way to come back soon, why are we still looking for her? Do you think we are not busy enough, or do you think our family is not poor enough?!"
Ying was extremely embarrassed and stammered: "I'm worried about Ah Miao..."
"She wants to go on her own, what's the point of you worrying about her?" Gu Yi showed no mercy: "When she was running around all day, you didn't necessarily worry about her!"
Ying was speechless for a moment, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.
"That's enough, you little brat! You're becoming more and more like your elder brother... You even dare to scold me! You unfilial son!"
Gu Yi seemed to be in a very irritable mood and turned around and walked into the house.
"I'm not very capable, I can't make a lot of money! I can't give you money, I can't listen to you in everything - so I'm unfilial! I'm unfilial!"
Seeing that her second son was angry, Ying could only wipe away her tears and look at Chen Xingling with grievance.
"Hu Zi's mother, what do you think we should do?"
Chen Xingling shook his head: "Let's do as I said just now. I'll ask someone for the place first, find a chance to get a passport, and then wait. Maybe Gu Miao has bought a boat ticket and will come back soon."
"Then - there's really no way to find it?" Ying still didn't give up.
Chen Xingling shook his head firmly: "There is really no way for the time being."
Ying thought for a moment and asked, "Can I send her some money?"
"Send money?" Chen Xingling asked, "Send it abroad?"
Ying nodded, "Yes! She can't eat or sleep well over there, probably because she has spent all her money. She can buy whatever she wants and never go hungry. Even if our money is not enough, we can at least squeeze out a little for her. As the old saying goes, a poor family is rich on the road. We must find a way to send her money."
"I'm afraid it won't work without a specific address." Chen Xingling said, "Let me find out and then make arrangements."
Ying knew that her eldest son was not in Yucheng and her second son had no money, so she could not count on anyone except Chen Xingling.
"Hu Zi's mom, you have to pay more attention to him. You know that Aqi always loves his two sisters."
Chen Xingling nodded perfunctorily: "I understand. Mom, it's getting dark, let's take the food back and eat."
Ying quickly picked up the large net bag and was about to go out - but then she stopped.
"Hu Zi's mom, the New Year's Day is coming in two weeks. You have to prepare some food and other things in advance. This big family needs to eat, drink and use things, so you have to get more."
Chen Xingling readily agreed: "I'll go buy it next week."
The meat is for the whole family to eat, so she would naturally pay more attention to it.
Anyway, she only needed to move it out of the supermarket space, and she didn't have to pay for it at all. She was always generous when it came to things that didn't cost money.
Ying quickly regained her smile and went back happily.
Zhao Xiaoxing had a bitter face and hesitated: "Sister-in-law, I washed the rice and put it in the pot. It's just...it's just that there is nothing in the cabinet and the basket outside."
Every time my mother-in-law came to ask for money, she would take away everything she liked without leaving any trace, without considering whether other people also needed it.
Chen Xingling had expected this and smiled, "It's okay. I hid some meat and vegetables upstairs, next to the most ventilated window in the corridor."
After dealing with her mother-in-law so much, she had already figured out the corresponding countermeasures.
Good things, especially food, should never be kept in the same place, otherwise nothing will be left and you will have nothing to eat.
Zhao Xiaoxing went upstairs to get it and quickly started cooking in the kitchen.
Gu Yi would go into the kitchen to help from time to time, but maybe he was in a bad mood today, as he just sat on the steps in a daze, not moving for a long time.
Little Hu was a clever boy. He didn't dare to disturb his uncle and played by himself under the tree.
Chen Xingling glanced at Gu Yi and slowly pulled the cabbage leaves.
"Xiao Xing, what happened to you two? Did you have a fight?"
Zhao Xiaoxing's eyes turned red and she lowered her voice: "...It's nothing, just a little thing."
Chen Xingling asked suspiciously, "What's the matter? You're quarreling over such a small matter? Are you guys too bored?"
Zhao Xiaoxing choked up: "The landlord came to me earlier and said that the rent would increase by two yuan, and the calculation would start after the next day. I agreed. He was very angry and said that I was too easy to talk to... and that I didn't know how to count. A one-day increase would be 24 yuan, which is not a small amount."
Poor couples are always sad. Their finances are always tight, their spirits are always tense, and they dare not spend a penny carelessly.
Although she was not able to receive a salary in the past few months, she still sent about 100 yuan to her mother for medical treatment and sent dozens of yuan to her parents' home for the winter.
Seeing that the budget had reached rock bottom and the construction site had stopped working, she really couldn't save any money.
The money that Ayi sent to her parents' home for the winter was paid by her, but later her family sent another letter saying that the autumn harvest was too bad, and they had to buy more food and make more quilts for the children, so she was asked to send more money back.
The two letters were sent within a few days of each other, but the request for money was particularly frequent.
She couldn't refuse, and was also worried that her family wouldn't survive the winter, so she sent a few dozen more dollars.
Gu Yi was very angry when he found out, and kept blaming her for not consulting him and for remitting the money without his permission.
"Without a house, where can we live?" Zhao Xiaoxing sobbed softly, "I don't dare to live with my mother-in-law... What can I do if I don't rent a house? I also persuaded the landlord, but he refused. He said that if you think it's too expensive, don't live there. I had no choice but to agree. After he came back, he got angry and scolded me for agreeing. He also said that now it's time to fall, there are more places to spend money, his salary hasn't been paid yet, and I don't have much left after spending it here."
Chen Xingling frowned and whispered, "He is under too much pressure."
Zhao Xiaoxing was a naive girl. She choked up and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you think I did something wrong? I—I didn't spend money recklessly."
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