"You are not a bad guy or a good guy, you don't have to worry about my money! Go back quickly!"
Lin Shuangbao immediately understood what was going on. Wu Mei had not forgotten about asking for money and was making trouble again.
"I don't! Lin Shuangbao, you are just a loser! I just want to get the money for repairing the house back. I haven't done anything unscrupulous, so why not?!"
Lin Shuangbao and Wu Mei were tearing at each other, and Lin Shuangbao's suit had been crumpled into a ball by her.
"I told you that I can't take the money, so I can't take it! If you dare to mention this again, we will divorce!"
"Lin Shuangbao!"
"Wait, Mom Gu, I think it's best to make this matter clear." Ji Shuying heard their voices from afar. Since it was about house repairs, she couldn't ignore it.
When Gu's mother saw Ji Shuying approaching, she quickly gestured for Lin Shuangbao to take Wu Mei away. She blocked the front and smiled sheepishly.
"Miss, she has lost her mind and gone crazy. Don't take it to heart..."
"Mom Gu, if something happens, you have to deal with it. You can't always force it. It's not good for anyone."
"Since it is a matter of house repair, as the daughter of the Ji family, I think I have the right to know and the obligation to solve it."
"Shuangbao, bring people to the front hall. Let's sit down and talk clearly."
The family sat in the living room, but Gu Ma and Lin Shuangbao's family stood still and did not dare to move.
"Everyone, please sit down and talk about what you have to say."
Wu Mei looked at Ji Shuying, nodded and sat down first.
"Wu Mei..." Gu's mother frowned and wanted to wake Wu Mei up.
"Wu Ma, please sit down too." Ji Shuying interrupted Gu Ma and pointed to the sofa opposite her.
"Shuangbao, Lin Jiao, you also sit down."
Although the whole family sat down, they were extremely reserved.
"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Seeing that the whole family was silent, Ji Shuying spoke first.
"That's right...Lin Shuangbao! You don't need to hold me back, the master has already told me to make things clear."
"The thing is like this, hasn't this house been looked after by the Lin family for decades? I don't know about the previous decades, but in the almost 20 years since I married, we have paid for the repairs every year by ourselves.
Fanny bag.”
"Sometimes, even if the whole family is eating bran, my mother-in-law and my husband have to repair the main house in the front yard. If they can't afford anyone to do it, they do it themselves."
"In the past twenty years, we have spent a lot of money. I just want to see if the owner can give us this part of the money."
Ji Shuying understood. If this was really the case, she should pay for it.
Gu Ma hurriedly explained, her hands folded together, very nervous.
"Miss, this money was allocated by the master before he left, and you are borrowing it, so there is no need to care about it. Just think she is talking nonsense!"
Lin Shuangbao pursed his lips, with a solemn expression, and folded his hands together, rubbing them back and forth.
"Mom Gu, what did my father tell me before he left? How much money did he leave behind?"
The whole family has been away for thirty or forty years, and the money left at that time may not be able to be used, let alone repairing the house and paying for labor.
No one from her family has been here for decades. After she came back, she turned the phone back on, and no one from her family contacted her.
I don’t know if my father and mother are still alive. My brothers and sisters are all fine. Why has there been no news for so many years?
Gu Ma opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Lin Shuangbao spoke first.
"When Mr. Ji left, he gave my father two gold bars and a small amount of cash. But then a group of gangsters came to the manor and robbed the gold bars and took my father away..."
Ji Shuying's face hardened. She knew that Lin Shuangbao would not lie. Since he said it, it must be true.
"What happened to Uncle Lin?"
"Dead!" Gu Ma said two words with a cold face and some resentment.
Ji Shuying was stunned for a moment, subconsciously not believing it.
"Miss, so the master has given me this money, so please don't worry about this matter and just live in peace of mind. This old slave can still wait for the master to come back from overseas."
Ji Shuying sighed, how could two gold bars be enough to pay for these forty years of wages, let alone the cost of repairs.
Regardless of whether the gold bar was really lost or whether Uncle Lin was really dead, now that she is back, Gu Ma's family cannot share the money.
"Yanhong, I will pay 10,000 yuan from home first, and I will make up for it later when Ji's family comes back."
"Okay, I'll prepare it tomorrow." Feng Yanhong didn't have that much cash on her, so she had to go to the bank to withdraw it tomorrow.
"This ten thousand yuan is definitely not enough, but I will find a way to contact the Ji family as soon as possible. You can take this ten thousand yuan first."
"Miss! This is impossible..."
"Mom Gu, don't argue with me. Even if you think this money is my filial piety to you, you must accept it."
"In the past thirty or forty years, if it weren't for you, I don't know what kind of mess this house would be in. When I contact my family, I will definitely give you a big red envelope."
When she heard that she could get the money, Wu Mei's face immediately showed a smile, and she didn't forget to thank her again and again when she went out.
Gu Ma, who stayed behind, had a sad face, and she didn't have a good look towards her daughter-in-law.
Waiting for Feng Yanhong to take the child upstairs, Gu's mother slowly lowered her head and pinched the handkerchief in her hand.
"You shouldn't have given me this money..." Gu's mother lowered her head, her voice a little more choked up.
"The gold bar was the act that the conscientious man from my family teamed up with his two cousins from the countryside... I really didn't expect that he would do such a thing just for two gold bars."
"He is betraying the Lord and abandoning his wife and children!"
"How can I have the face to ask for money from my master? I have no face! My wife is also short-sighted. She only thinks about herself!"
Ji Shuying frowned. You must know that Uncle Lin is one of the most capable housekeepers in her family. How could this happen?
"Mom Gu, don't say that. What woman doesn't want her family to live a better life? I believe that even if my father comes back, he will never treat you badly."
When Gu Ma returned to the corner tower, she was still in a daze.
"Shuangbao, come here."
Gu Ma's voice was very weak, and Wu Mei, who was originally excited, suddenly lost her smile.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"After we get the money tomorrow, we will go out to find a house, rent it or buy it. We have to move out." Gu Ma said with dull eyes while sitting on her single bed.
If something like this happened, she wouldn't have the dignity to stay in the Ji family any longer.
"Mom, then I'll tidy up our old house and make sure it's still livable."
Before his father left, his family had a small house not far away, and he would occasionally visit it.
Although a family living there is much more crowded than this, it is still my home.
"That's fine. You can tell your wife about it yourself."