Minghua gave her bankbook to her parents in private, but they confiscated it and asked her to keep it by herself.
Minghua had no choice but to take out her identity certificate and call Xiao Chen to go to the county town with her. She took out seven thousand from her bankbook and left five hundred and gave the rest to her parents.
"Father, Mom, you know I have 17,000, and you can take these 6,500. The house at home should be renovated, and we should renovate it, and then marry my second brother a good wife. If you don't tell me, I won't You know, my second brother’s marriage has been delayed because of me. He is twenty-two this year, not seventeen or eighteen, and he will become an older leftover man if we don’t hurry up.”
The old couple is interested, but they are also anxious. The family has no money and cannot find a wife for the second child. There has been no news since the marriage of the old couple, so their idea of having a grandson can only fall on the second child.
"You, my elder brother, have loved me since I was little, my eldest brother and my second brother. I couldn't honor you when I was incapable. Now, I can make money. This money is to honor you as my daughter." The black cloth bag filled with money was pushed away When he came to them, he stood up and left.
Xiao's mother still didn't want to open the door. Such a large amount of money would be enough for them to support them until their death; however, their family was not divided.
Father Xiao shook his head and sighed, "Take it, the girl respects us, and we have loved her in vain all these years."
"My daughter, don't I know? She feels sorry for us. Our family is poor and we are digging in the fields for food. We can't save much money all year round." With a cold snort, Xiao's mother said harshly: "It's not like we have two sons. Come on, my daughter is worried about us."
"Then what can we do? The eldest and second child are useless, so we can only rely on their sister to help." Speaking of his son, why is he not worried?
When they opened the black cloth bag that made money, piles of big black stuff inside told them that their daughter was really making a difference.
"Too much!" Mother Xiao couldn't help but exclaimed as she took out a few wads of money. "I have never seen so much money in my life."
"What a fuss." Xiao's father said goodbye.
Mother Xiao turned her head and gave him a look, "Pretend, I'll keep the money and won't show it to you again. Let's see how you pretend."
After saying that, he stood up and tied the black cloth bag, opened the money cabinet, stuffed it in and locked it.
Father Xiao hummed, "I've seen it."
Xiao's mother ignored him. With so much money, she had to plan what to buy for her daughter.
"Before my daughter went to college, we promised to buy her a watch and leather shoes. Now that we have money, we will buy them all for her. We will buy more clothes, one pair of leather shoes in one color, and a watch..." After saying that, I couldn't go on. The watch requires a ticket, but you can't buy it without a ticket.
Now only food stamps, cloth stamps, meat stamps and other daily necessities supply stamps have been withdrawn, other things still require stamps.
"I'll take care of the watch." Father Xiao said casually, smoking a cigarette.
"Are you going to find him again?"
Father Xiao nodded, "The market is open, and their business is doing well. We have kept in touch over the years. It's okay to give them money to look for a Shanghai brand plum blossom watch, but you have to give them enough money."
"Okay." Mother Xiao reopened the cabinet and took out three hundred yuan from it and gave it to him, "Take it, and by the way, ask if there are any good-looking things that the girl can use, and buy them back together; Nannan has suffered with us, There must be no less things prepared for her.”
If you don't have money, forget it. If you have money, you can't let your daughter continue to be wronged.
As for the two sons, they may have been given to them to give birth to a daughter.
"I'll go out tomorrow and come back at noon." Xiao's father said as he put the money in his pocket, and Xiao's mother nodded in understanding, letting him go out without worries.
The next day, the sky was warm and the family members had not gotten up. Xiao's father got up early and left home. After arriving at the county town, he turned left and right and walked through most of the county town before stopping outside an alley. There are few people living in this alley, only about four or five families.
Father Xiao walked to the door of the first house, raised his hand and knocked on the door, "Knock, knock, knock..."
"Who! Here." A rough voice came, accompanied by rapid footsteps; with a creak, the door opened, and a tall, dark-skinned man stood at the door impatiently, but looking at The people who came outside the door immediately showed joy on their faces, "Brother Xiao!"
"Brother Cen, long time no see."
"It's been a long time since I last saw you. Please come to Brother Xiao's house."
The two entered the courtyard. Brother Cen closed the courtyard door and shouted into the house, "Mother, bring warm water to Brother Xiao. Is Brother Xiao tired from the journey?"
"I'm not tired. Brother Cen, I'm here to ask you for a favor." Father Xiao got straight to the point.
"Brother, just tell me if you have anything to do, and I will try my best to help you." As he said this, he invited people into the house. After sitting down, Brother Cen's wife brought hot water over, filled it up for Xiao's father, and then quietly went out.
Father Xiao took out three hundred yuan from his pocket and slapped it on the table.
"I want a Shanghai brand Plum Blossom watch, but I don't have a ticket, so I came to you to help me contact you."
"Brother Xiao's family is having a happy event?" Brother Cen asked curiously.
Father Xiao shook his head, "It's not a happy occasion, it's for my daughter. She's studying in college outside and it's hard to tell the time without a watch."
"Congratulations to Brother Xiao." Brother Cen beamed with joy and congratulated him repeatedly, "How's good for college students! You will have an iron job when you come out. Give me the watch. It doesn't cost brother. It's just a gift from my uncle to my niece."
The money was pushed over, indicating that he would not accept the money.
Father Xiao pushed the money back again, "It's time to take it. My daughter has been going to school for more than a year."
Brother Cen: ...I can’t send out the congratulatory gifts.
"Brother, you are too foreign to me."
"Brothers will settle the scores." Xiao's father insisted.
Brother Cen was helpless, but he only took 150 yuan and returned the rest. "Shanghai plum blossom watches don't cost that much."
"With the remaining money, let's buy some things for my daughter's home, such as jewelry and beautiful supplies." When he said this, Brother Cen understood, "No problem, I will arrange good things for my eldest brother and niece." .”
After the matter was settled, brother Cen invited him to have a meal with him; Xiao's father refused and hurried back to see his daughter. Who wants to stay here and watch an old gangster eat?
People left in a hurry, Brother Cen sent people out of the house, and his mother-in-law came out of the house soon after.
"What is he here for?"
"Ask me to help you buy something. Don't worry, I gave you the money. You won't ask for it in vain." Brother Cen finished angrily and went back to his room. When he came out again, his mother-in-law stopped him and said, "Xiao gave it to me." How much do you pay?"
Brother Cen shook off her hand and said, "Don't make trouble."
"You are not allowed to go out until you tell me. The man named Xiao saved you back then and we gave you things. He came to your door several times to do things for you. He has paid back what he should have long ago. He didn't give you enough money. , you are not allowed to do it for him, and you are not allowed to think about cheating on me." Mother-in-law of the Cen family stood at the door and blocked the way arrogantly.
Brother Cen glared at her impatiently, "Can I pay back the life-saving grace with things? You are such a confused woman. When did Brother Xiao come here and not pay for things? When did he take advantage of us?"
