Sitting in the dim room, Gu Mo looked around the room.
The walls had begun to peel due to the use of low-quality powder that could not withstand the moisture. Large pieces of powder fell onto the rough cement floor, leaving white ash all over the floor.
There are wooden cabinets that have rotted and peeled off on all sides of the room. Even so, the room is still kept spotless, and there is no dust when your hands touch the table.
It was a rainy spring night, and the sound of dripping water could be heard outside the rolling shutter door. The cold wind mixed with water vapor came in under the half-open rolling shutter door. It was so cold that Gu Mo couldn't help but shiver.
This is not a house for people to live in at all! It was clearly a shop, a dilapidated shop abandoned at the end of an alley with no commercial value!
The scene in front of him diluted the joy of meeting again after a long separation. Gu Mo looked at Meng Yue across the table and said with distress:
"Mom, tell me what's going on?"
Meng Yue poured some hot water from the thermos into the glass, sighed and slowly sat down in front of Gu Mo. The rim of the glass was still chipped.
Seeing that I couldn't hide it from my daughter, I had no choice but to tell what happened two years ago.
She had an operation two years ago and was hospitalized for more than half a year. When she returned home half a year later, she found that the house she had lived in for more than ten years had been occupied by her sister-in-law Gu Mei and her family!
At that time, Meng Yue had just been discharged from the hospital. Her husband died and her daughter was in prison. The neighbors looked at her like a god of plague and helped the Gu Mei family by saying that she was the mother of a murderer.
Gu Mei, who was supported by others, was naturally even more arrogant. She kicked Meng Yue out of the community in front of a bunch of neighbors, and the onlookers kept cheering.
Meng Yue had no choice but to rely on the little money she had left to find a place to live, and also needed to spend money to buy medicine. It was almost like breaking one dollar into two parts. In the end, I just rented this dilapidated shop in the corner for cheap. Although it was cold in winter and hot in summer, it was good that it could protect me from wind and rain.
Speaking of this, Meng Yue's tone was still very calm, and her rough and leathery hand covered the back of Gu Mo's hand, and she slowly said: "I have also gone out to find a job, but who dares to hire me when I am over fifty and still sick? In the end, I had no choice but to sell oden at a stall to make ends meet.”
The hand holding the cup tightened tightly, and the nails turned pale white from the exertion, but he seemed to have thought of something in a daze.
"By the way, Mom, where's your pension?!"
Even if he is bullied by Gu Mei and has no place to live, at least having a pension will not make his life as difficult as it is now.
"pension?"
Meng Yue looked confused, as if she had heard of this thing for the first time, "Should I handle that thing? I don't know how to do it."
wrong!
She had already arranged for her mother's pension before going in. She was pressed for time and had not yet received her bank card, so she asked her best friend Fan Jing to wait until the time came to get the card. She believed in Fan Jing's character, but why didn't she receive it?
Call Fan Jing immediately to ask about the pension.
"I gave it to auntie!"
Fan Jing said firmly on the phone, and then changed the topic in the next second, "No! I remembered that my aunt was resting in the hospital at that time. I didn't want to disturb her, so I gave it to a relative who was present and asked that person to help transfer it. .”
"Who did you give it to?"
"That person said she was my aunt's sister-in-law. What is her name, Mei?"
Gu Mei! ! !
It's her again!
This aunt used to take advantage of her family when her father was still alive. Later, she bullied her mother into occupying the house honestly. Unexpectedly, she even took advantage of her mother's pension, which was the money that her mother lived on! It is simply outrageous!
Fan Jing on the phone also noticed something was wrong and asked anxiously: "Didn't that person give his bank card to auntie?"
Gu Mo didn't answer. Fan Jing was helping her and there was no reason for her mood to be affected. "There's no such thing. I just came to ask you. You should go to bed. Good night. Let's get together when we have time."
Hurriedly hanging up the phone, Gu Mo's face gradually turned gloomy, "I won't offend anyone unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will retaliate a hundredfold."
Meng Yue stretched out her hand and gently covered the back of Gu Mo's hand with a little worry.
"Momo, I support you in whatever you do, but you must pay attention to safety. You are my mother's only hope."
The rough hands exuded warmth, warming the scarred heart.
At night, Gu Mo couldn't sleep for a long time.
There is a window above the room, and even if it is covered with window paper, the room is still as bright as day.
Suddenly, I felt that my mother's life outside the past two years was not necessarily better than her life in prison. At least she didn't have to worry about eating and sleeping.
In the darkness, her eyes felt sore again, and she quickly turned her head to avoid making any noise and waking up the person sleeping next to her.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the photo on the bedside table. The energetic eighteen-year-old girl was smiling brightly.
She remembers that she was participating in a modeling competition in college. At that time, she worked hard to practice her steps in order to get a scholarship. She didn't have high hopes at first, but she actually won first place in the end.
Look up at the small window above and look at the beam of light coming in.
Her life is in tatters, but she always has to mend it. Otherwise, how can she be the pillar of support for her mother?
Now it is becoming more and more urgent to find a job and start making money...
Sleep gradually creeps in until dawn breaks and the light from the small window above your head changes from street lamp to morning light.
Gu Mo woke up at 6:30 every morning and suddenly didn't have to do morning exercises. Gu Mo couldn't adapt to it. She folded the quilt on the bed back and forth three times. Only when the quilt turned into a standard tofu block without any wrinkles did she eat it with satisfaction. breakfast.
Breakfast is no longer porridge without rice and dry steamed buns, but Meng Yue's fried dough sticks and freshly cooked soy milk.
Gu Mo sat next to the open rolling shutter door, watching people coming and going outside and chewing fried dough sticks in their mouths. There were many unread messages on his phone, all of which were sent by Fang Zhixu last night:
[My mother wants you to go to the old house for a party tomorrow. 】
[Reply message. 】
Gu Mo snorted coldly and was about to turn off the screen when another message flashed on his phone.
[Don’t want three million? 】
The hand holding the dough sticks paused. She knew what it means to be a wise man who knows the current affairs, and she quickly clicked on the screen twice.
[I'm sorry, Mr. Fang, my phone just lost signal. What time is it today? I can just go to the old house by myself. 】
[Send me your address. 】
Just as he was about to reply to the message, he heard a sound coming from outside the rolling shutter door.
"Hey, isn't this Momo?! Did you come back early?"
"Why don't you tell me to my aunt? Do you think you don't regard me as one of your family members?"
Gu Mo looked up at the person coming with a sneer on his face and took the initiative to send him to the door before she could do anything.
Outside the rolling shutter door, Gu Mei was walking into the shop carrying a bag of vegetables. The gold bracelets on her hands were shining, and there were gold pendants as big as thumbs hanging on both ears, which were so pulled that the ear holes were slightly deformed.
"Momo, let Auntie take a look. You've been suffering in there these days, hey..."
Gu Mei sighed and stretched out her left hand to cover Gu Mo's arm. With lightning speed, her right hand grabbed the remaining candies on the table from last night and put them directly into her pocket.
Yikoulian, it’s quite expensive outside.
When his left hand touched the rough fabric, he immediately let go and rubbed it with his thumb and index finger in disgust, as if he had touched something dirty.
"Momo, why are you so thin? Auntie feels really sorry for you. Come to my house for dinner another day and I'll get you something delicious."
Gu Mo stared at her coldly, smiling softly, "It's better not to bother my aunt too much."
Meng Yue brought a glass of water and placed it in front of Gu Mei out of courtesy.
"Thank you sister-in-law, Momo, why are you so polite to me? We are all a family."
Picking up the cup, he glanced at the gap in the top with his peripheral vision, and immediately pushed the cup farther away in disgust.
Gu Mo watched every move he made, and the sneer on his lips deepened.
"I didn't expect my aunt to come today."
When this was mentioned, Gu Mei immediately became excited, "Hey, isn't this Yulin getting married? I came here specially to send wedding invitations today."
"Oh, that's it. Congratulations to my aunt for finding a good son-in-law."
Gu Mei liked hearing this, and she couldn't hide the pride in her eyes, "No, that means my family in the rain forest is very lucky and happened to find a rich husband!"
Once the chat box is opened, it cannot be closed at all.
"He is a small business owner. The company alone has more than a dozen employees! The projects he undertakes are tens of millions, and the dowry for the rain forest is hundreds of thousands!"
If you are so rich, why are you occupying her house?
Gu Mo lowered his head and looked back at the unfinished message, and soon the message came back.
[Fang Zhixu: I’ll pick you up later. 】
Seeing that Gu Mo didn't answer anything, Gu Mei thought that the other person was shocked by those numbers, and she felt even more proud, so she glanced into the shop pretending to be curious.
"Momo, didn't your husband accompany you? You just came out and it's the time when you need company!"
Seeing that there was really no one else in the shop, I felt so happy.
"I have never seen him show up before you got married."
"I haven't seen your husband come to pick up my sister-in-law in the past two years. He won't..."
He spoke words of concern, but his eyes looked completely gloating.
"Isn't it a divorce?"
She would like to, but the contract doesn't allow it.
Gu Mo drank the last bit of soy milk in the bowl and wiped his mouth, "Not yet."
But it's fast.
Gu Mei was obviously a little disappointed when she didn't hear the answer she wanted, but then she thought about it, Gu Mo had never brought her husband out to meet relatives since they got married. He must be ugly and poor, and he couldn't handle it at all. It’s good to stay together!
Her family, Yu Lin, and Gu Mo used to be in the same class. After the college entrance examination, one went to 985 and the other went to junior college. Her family was often compared by neighbors, and it was hard to lose face.
It’s different now. If a 985 person goes to jail, his life will be over. A professional person will have prosperity and wealth after marrying a rich man.
Doesn't this confirm the old saying, "It is better to marry well than to study well."
Now that she can trample Gu Mo's family under her feet, Gu Mei is extremely worried, "Momo, if it's hard for you to find a job, just tell me and I'll say something nice to your son-in-law and let you go to his garment factory." work."
"My son-in-law's factory is quite good, with dozens of workers!"
