In order to lighten the atmosphere, Grandpa Bai mentioned that he would hold a banquet for Lin Mai to celebrate her admission to Tsinghua University.
Lin Mai smiled and told the old man that she had already held a banquet in Jiangcheng.
Grandma Bai waved her hand: "Your husband's family arranged it for you over there in Jiangcheng, and we arranged it for you here."
If such a beautiful and promising granddaughter doesn't show off in front of others, wouldn't it mean that she is traveling at night in beautiful clothes and returning to her hometown in beautiful clothes?
So Grandma Bai must have this banquet.
After dinner, I chatted with the two elderly people for a while. It was getting late and Lin Mai had to go back to the hotel.
Grandma Bai said: "Which hotel should I stay in? There are rooms available at your dad's place and at our place.
You can either move in with me, or you can move in with your father, brother or sister."
Lin Mai smiled and refused: "It's fine for me to stay in a hotel."
When Father Bai heard this, he felt very uncomfortable.
Lin Mai refused to move in with them because of Bai's mother and Bai Shuang.
The reason why I don’t want to live with Grandpa Bai and Grandma Bai is also because of the two of them.
It was because of Bai's mother, Bai Shuang, and Lin Mai that they were not very willing to get close to the Bai family.
Seeing this, Grandma Bai gave up and took out a red envelope and handed it to Lin Mai.
Lin Mai doesn't want it, not to brag, what she lacks most is money.
Grandma Bai was a little sad because her granddaughter didn't want anything.
She advised: "When you visit your grandparents for the first time, your grandparents should give you a red envelope, and you should accept it too."
Seeing that the old man's eyes were a little red with anxiety, Lin Mai took the red envelope and opened it.
I drew two big unity cards from it and gave them back to Grandma Bai.
He smiled and said, "I accept my grandparents' wishes."
Grandma Fang laughed and said: "You little clever guy!"
When the two elderly people reluctantly saw Lin Mai off, Grandma Fang held Lin Mai's hand tightly and repeatedly told her to come and play when she had time.
Lin Mai smiled and agreed.
Just like yesterday, it was still Father Bai and brother and sister Bai Xia who sent Lin Mai back to the hotel before they went back.
The next day was the weekend, and Father Bai took Lin Mai and Bai Xia to visit all his immediate relatives.
Those relatives felt sorry for Lin Mai because she had suffered so much since she was a child. Bai's mother didn't feel sorry for her and protected Bai Shuang like an idiot. They all complained.
On this day, Lin Mai went out to inquire about the properties in the courtyard as usual.
An old lady introduced a middle-aged man named Tu to her, saying that he wanted to sell his courtyard house because he wanted to go abroad.
Lin Mai went to see the courtyard house owned by a man named Tu. It was a one-story courtyard house. It was small but had just been renovated. It looked very nice.
Lin Mai wanted to buy it and asked the price.
The man surnamed Tu only wanted 10,000 yuan, but he refused to accept the counter-offer and had to settle the payment within five days.
Because he was anxious to get money to go abroad.
There was no problem in paying off the money within five days, but the sale of this courtyard house for only 10,000 yuan made Lin Mai suspicious.
She has been in the capital for several days and has already found out the current selling prices of courtyard houses.
The price has doubled compared to previous years.
A small courtyard house like the one surnamed Tu could be bought for as little as 10,000 yuan a few years ago.
But now you can't buy it without 20,000 yuan.
The man surnamed Tu only offered ten thousand yuan. Although he did not counter-offer, the price was too low.
Mr. Tu wants to study in the United States, but ten thousand yuan can only be exchanged for one thousand dollars, which can only cover his expenses for two months at most.
Why doesn't he sell the house more expensively, at least 15,000, so that he can get more money to go to the United States, and the house can be easily sold?
When things are not normal, there must be monsters.
Although ten thousand yuan was nothing to Lin Mai, she couldn't throw it to a liar, so she gave up at the last moment.
The old lady who introduced the house to her repeatedly felt sorry for her.
Lin Mai didn't care whether the old lady was with the man surnamed Tu, so he gave her ten yuan as a favor and sent her away.
I have been busy all morning, but it turned out that my work was in vain.
Lin Mai felt a little uncomfortable while walking and found a small restaurant, planning to have lunch and go back to the hotel to lie down for a while.
It's troublesome not having your own place to live, and you can't cook delicious food.
If you have your own place to live, you will not only have freedom, but you can also eat whatever you want.
Although Bai's father asked Lin Mai to go to Bai's house for dinner every noon, she was unwilling to go.
Seeing the faces of Mama Bai and Bai Shuang, she had no appetite at all.
Lin Mai looked around as he walked, looking for a small restaurant he could see.
Suddenly, three familiar figures caught her eye in an inconspicuous place at the corner of the street.
Aren't those couple Bai Shuang and Lin Jianguo?
Did Lin Jianguo and his wife just find Bai Shuang, or have they already found her a long time ago?
Is this the first time we meet, or the nth time we meet?
Lin Mai cautiously approached and hid behind a thick ginkgo tree to eavesdrop on the conversation between her family of three.
Although he couldn't hear clearly, Lin Mai could roughly guess the content of their conversation by putting the sentences together.
It was Lin Jianguo and his wife who asked Bai Shuang for money.
However, the couple did not ask for money openly, but they asked Bai Shuang for money because they were worried about Bai Shuang's situation in the Bai family.
Sun Guixiang held Bai Shuang's hand with tears in her eyes: "Shuang'er, you have suffered in the Bai family.
Since the Bai family treats you badly, we won't talk about benevolence and righteousness to them.
Put all their money into your own pocket, and you will leave the Bai family and no longer need to suffer from their cowardice."
Bai Shuang doesn't want to leave the Bai family at all.
After leaving the Bai family, there is no better place for her to go.
Returning to the Lin family? She had never thought about it.
But she knew that she could no longer survive in the Bai family and had to find a way out for herself.
Although Sun Guixiang's suggestion was good, the problem was that she couldn't get the Bai family's money.
Bai Shuang said in frustration: "How could the Bai family's money fall into my pocket~"
Sun Guixiang nodded her head: "Are you stupid?
As long as you steal your adoptive parents' bankbook and give it to me and your dad while your adoptive parents are not paying attention, we can withdraw the money in the bankbook.
When the money comes into the hands of your father and I, isn't it equivalent to putting it in your pocket?
Are we still going to spend this money? This money will all be yours from now on."
Since there were no computers in the 1980s, there was no password for depositing or withdrawing money from banks.
Withdrawing money is very simple, as long as you have a passbook and a personal seal to withdraw money.
Although Bai Shuang is very thoughtful, compared with Sun Guixiang and his wife, they pale into insignificance.
Seeing the sincere eyes of his biological parents, Bai Shuang was fooled.
It's not like she has never stolen anything at home.
She still has the courage to let her steal the bankbook from home.
But she was worried that if she stole the family's money, Father Bai and the others would easily suspect her. After all, she had a criminal record.
If Bai's father called the police, he would be completely ruined, so Bai Shuang hesitated.
The family discussed for a long time, and Lin Jianguo came up with a clever plan.
That is, the inside should be combined with the outside.
Bai Shuang told them the specific locations of the bankbooks, cash and valuables at home, and then secretly prepared the keys for them.
Lin Jianguo and Sun Guixiang were responsible for stealing, and Bai Shuang would not implicate her by creating an alibi for herself.
When Bai Shuang heard this, he immediately agreed.
The family of three agreed on a secret code for their joint.
As long as Bai Shuang hangs a red scarf on the windowsill, it means that Lin Jianguo and his wife can break into the house the next day.
The family of three left quickly after discussing the matter.
Lin Mai was not in the mood to look for delicious food, so he found a small restaurant, ordered two dishes, and then hurried to Bai's father's work.
Father Bai was very happy to see her. Although she was almost nineteen years old, he treated her as a child and went to the street to buy a pound of chestnuts for Lin Mai to eat.
Lin Mai was not in the mood to eat, so she secretly told Bai's father all the conversations she overheard among Bai Shuang's family.
Father Bai's face turned pale with anger.
After discussing with Lin Mai, they decided to let Bai Xia and his sister secretly monitor Bai Shuang. As long as she hung a red scarf on the window, he would kill all three of them.
I don’t know how Bai’s mother will protect her when the time comes.
The next day was September 1st, and Grandpa Bai and the others wanted to accompany Lin Mai to report to Tsinghua University, which would be a very honorable thing.
Lin Mai had already made arrangements, and she would not report for duty until at least a week later.
She asked Grandpa Bai and the others to report with her in a few days on the grounds that she had accidentally lost her admission notice and was waiting for Fang Zhuoran to provide her with various certificates.
But within two days, Father Bai and the others heard the rumors in Xiaoyang Hutong.
It was said that Lin Mai never got into Tsinghua University and she deceived Father Bai and the others.
Although Father Bai and Brother Bai Xia were very angry when they heard these rumors, they had no intention of clarifying them.
A few days later, Lin Mai went to Tsinghua University to report, and the rumors were self-defeating.
And they could also guess that the rumor came from Bai Shuang.
Except for her, no one would go out of their way to discredit Lin Mai, including Mama Bai.
Since September 1st, while Lin Mai was inquiring about the houses in the courtyard, he also secretly kept an eye on whether Wan Hui was in Qingda University.
She discovered Wan Hui's presence on September 2nd.
She came to Qingdao University in a minivan that took the freshmen at the train station.