Chen Mandun opened his mouth when he heard this, and said a little embarrassedly: "Mom, I would like to help my eldest brother build a house, but you know the situation at home, and there is really no money left."
Mrs. Chen originally only wanted to pay homage to food, but starting from the beginning of this year, she also needed money in addition to food, five yuan a month. She didn't dare to tell Chen Lishu about this, so the couple had to tighten their belts.
When Old Mrs. Chen heard his excuse, she immediately frowned: "Those girls all have money to go to school, but when it comes to your elder brother, who has no money for such a big thing as building a house, do you two know which one is more important? We old people
The Chen family has only one grandson, Baozhu, so why does the girl study so much in the movie? All the wasted money will be given to outsiders in the end!"
Wu Chunmei's eyes suddenly turned red with grievance, and she whispered: "Mom, Li Shu has always provided the money for the children's schooling."
Old Mrs. Chen thought to herself that it was the little beast who helped her. She opened her eyelids and looked at the couple: "Since the eldest girl has it, let's borrow some from her. She can't just ignore her uncle's house when he gets older, right?"
Brick house, she has a strong waist in her natal family."
Chen Manyun raised his head: "Mom, how much does it cost for Brother's house?"
Thinking of what Zhang Chunhua said when she came, Mrs. Chen said: "I can help as many as I can. After all, Baozhu is her brother. How about taking five hundred? Baozhu can also think of her in the future."
five hundred?
Chen Mandun and Wu Chunmei were stunned for a moment. Even if they didn't eat or drink, they couldn't save so much money in a year.
"Mom, if you borrow so much money all at once, I'm afraid Li Shu doesn't have it."
As soon as Chen Mandun opened his mouth, Mrs. Chen immediately pointed at his nose and cursed: "I pooped and pissed you until you grew up, and you just want to live in a spacious brick house. You are incapable of giving birth to a son, so let
You and that damn girl borrowed you and pushed back and forth, if I had known I should have thrown you into a urine bucket and drowned you!"
When Chen Manyun and his wife saw her getting angry, they didn't dare to speak again.
…
On this day, Lin Qi came over to deliver fabrics and pick up clothes, and brought a letter to Chen Lishu along the way.
Chen Lishu took it and glanced at the signature that was Wang Aixiang, guessing that it might be about the batch of clothes.
After sending Lin Qi away, Chen Lishu went back to her room and opened the letter. She took a quick look at it and found that it was indeed about the batch of clothes that Zhou Bin had brought over not long ago.
There were more than 200 pieces in total, and they were sold out in less than a day.
In addition to this good news, Wang Aixiang was actually a little anxious, hoping that Chen Lishu could have as much luck as possible.
With the current situation, Chen Lishu dare not make any big splash to recruit workers. Everything has to wait until the end of the year. As soon as the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is convened, she can flex her muscles.
After putting the letter away, Chen Lishu was not in a hurry to reply. Gu Xingdong's vacation would be over next week, so the two of them would go back to the provincial capital together.
Just as she was about to get up and go out, she heard Chen Mantun talking to Gu Shoufu outside. Chen Lishu hurriedly opened the door and walked out.
"dad?"
Chen Manyun said hello to Gu Shoufu and turned towards Chen Lishu.
Knowing that something might have happened, Chen Lishu turned around and took the person back to her room.
"...Your uncle's family wants to build a house and they don't have enough money, so I thought I'd see if you had any extra money and lend it to them."
Hiding the matter of Mrs. Chen's visit, Chen Manyun opened his mouth to discuss.
Chen Lishu frowned: "How much do they want to borrow?"
Chen Manyun glanced at her expression, looked away and said hesitantly: "Five, five hundred."
"five hundred?!"
Chen Lishu shook her head: "No."
A brick costs three cents, and there is no labor cost to build a house in rural areas. A brick house costs more than a thousand yuan at most, but Chen Mancang borrowed half of it as soon as he opened his mouth. What a joke.
Chen Mandun said in embarrassment: "Lishu, this is your uncle's family after all. If you have some, please help them."
"Dad, don't you understand yet? They asked you to come and borrow money from me and hide in the background. Who can I ask for the borrowed money from now on?"
"No, this is five hundred yuan, not a fraction. They have to pay it back."
"I won't even pay you back." Chen Lishu said and looked at Chen Mandun: "They all say how much they can do and how much work they can do. Since they don't have money, let's wait until they have money."
When Chen Mantun heard her say no, he was stunned for a moment: "How could you not have it? You have made a lot of money in such a long time. Besides, I still have a monthly allowance..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Lishu's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Have you told my uncle's family about my business?"
Chen Mandun waved his hands repeatedly: "No, how could such a big thing be told outside."
"Dad, let alone whether I have the five hundred yuan or not, I just can't trust the character of my uncle and his family."
Chen Lishu paused and continued: "And you just mentioned Xingdong's allowance, what kind of money is that? Your uncle risked his life in exchange for it, and every penny and every penny is stained with his sweat.
Well, I can't bear to touch it myself, and no one can even think of taking advantage of that money."
Chen Mandun was a little ashamed by what she said. He nodded his head, and after a while he said, "Then how should I tell your uncle and the others?"
"I'm a student in school. Now I can't even earn work points. I have to rely on Xingdong's allowance. How much does it cost in the provincial capital? How can I have spare money to lend?"
Chen Manyun nodded, stood up and left.
…
"What? She has no money?" When Mrs. Chen heard Chen Mandun's reply, her tone of voice rose several times in anger.
"That little bastard is just a white-eyed wolf. Her surname is not Chen? What will happen to her husband's family in the future? She doesn't expect her family to support her? This bastard..."
Mrs. Chen cursed a lot and saw that Chen Mantun kept his head hanging down without saying a word. She knew that this was a piece of wood that couldn't be knocked out with three sticks, so she expected him to die, so she could only go back to her eldest son and his wife to discuss the matter first.
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When Chen Mancang and his wife heard that Chen Lishu was unwilling to pay, they felt angry, and even Chen Mancang and his wife held a grudge.
But Chen Lishu didn't want to borrow it, so they couldn't snatch it from her pocket.
"The child's father, what should we do now?" Zhang Chunhua looked at Chen Mancang anxiously.
Ever since the couple mentioned the matter of building a big brick house, Chen Baozhu and his wife have become very active, and even went out to contact them for materials in the past two days.
"Are you all at home?" The couple was worrying about money when Widow Liu suddenly walked in from outside.
Zhang Chunhua was at a loss for ideas and couldn't help but tell her about the matter.
After hearing this, Widow Liu thought carefully for a while, then suddenly smacked her lips and said, "Don't tell me, this is just a coincidence, so I can't really help you."
"If you have any good ideas, please tell me!" Zhang Chunhua's eyes lit up when he heard her words, and he couldn't help but urge.