There are two and three things in the world, especially in Liu Hongmei's opinion, it is natural for her daughter to send money home after earning money.

I raised her so hard, she always has to be rewarded, right?

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Zhang Fan was at home.

When halfway through the New Year's dinner, Liu Hongmei put down her chopsticks again and asked Zhang Zhenzhen, "How much money have you earned this year?"

With Liu Hongmei's words, the air on the entire dining table suddenly froze as before.

It's just that this time it wasn't Zhang Youde's cough that broke the deadlock first, Zhang Zhenzhen chewed the rice in her mouth and swallowed it carefully.

Her eyes slowly swept over the faces of her younger brother Zhang Wenbin and mother Liu Hongmei, and finally stopped on her father's face and asked, "Dad, is the family short of money again?" What about the 10,000 I gave you before?"

Not long ago, Zhang Fan remitted 10,000 yuan to his family in her name.

This kind of thing, she has a hurdle in her heart, so she never takes the initiative to give money.

And if Zhang Fan does this, she will not object, but will breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhang Youde looked away for the first time, his family has now paid off all the debts when he started the house, and the price of pork has risen a lot this year, and his income is higher than in previous years.

There is one more thing to do this time, which is to discuss with Zhang Fan's father and repair the graves of Zhang Fan and Zhang Wenbin's grandparents, at least not worse than other families in the village.

Zhang Youde's throat moved, and he didn't know how to answer his daughter's question.

His younger brother Zhang Youwei is now thinking about helping Zhang Fan buy a house in the capital, and as Zhang Wenbin's father, he has to save some money to help him buy a house in a big city in the future.

Zhang Youde and Liu Hongmei have planted the land all their lives, and naturally they don't want their son to live hard with his face facing the loess and his back to the sky.

The daughter is going to get married, and she definitely doesn't have to buy a house by herself, Zhang Youde naturally hopes that she can take out some of the money to help her younger brother.

Although the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, the incense of his old Zhang family still depends on his son to pass it on, and he can only count on him to bring his son or daughter to burn incense and worship after a hundred years.

It's just that this kind of thing can be thought like in my heart, but it's hard to say it, after all, it's all my own flesh and blood.

Originally, she has been treated partially since she was a child, and saying this will definitely chill her heart.

Thinking of this, Zhang Youde subconsciously wanted to shake his head. "Girl, there is no shortage of money at home. ”

However, when his gaze moved from Zhang Zhenzhen's face to his son, who was lowering his head to cut rice, he took a deep breath and nodded slowly.

"Your brother is going to take the college entrance examination next year, and then he will go to college, and my mother and I are thinking about what to do, and when he graduates, I will help him buy a house where he works. ”

Zhang Youde's words were finished, but Zhang Zhenzhen was silent, and no one knew what she was thinking.

At this time, Liu Hongmei suddenly said: "Girl, when you get married in the future, your father and I don't need more bride price money, just don't lose money." ”

Her words were clear, and Zhang Zhenzhen could also understand them, and she raised her head and tilted her head to the other side, trying not to let the tears in her eyes flow out.

She couldn't understand why her expectations were disappointed every time.

Tears piled up in his eyes, and finally overflowed the edges, like a flood rushing through a dam and pouring for thousands of miles.

This time Zhang Fan finally couldn't stand it anymore, and while taking out a tissue from his pocket and handing it to Zhang Zhenzhen, he said dissatisfiedly to his aunt Liu Hongmei: "Auntie, I didn't say you, Sister Zhenzhen is your biological daughter, and it's not a thing, how can you say that you don't lose money?"

Liu Hongmei is still a cliché example, the water spilled by the married daughter.

She was reluctant to speak ill of Zhang Fan, after all, she still remembered the last time he quietly stuffed herself with money during the Chinese New Year.

And in the future, he will go back to his hometown to see his parents, saying that he will also light a pillar of incense in front of his grave and burn a little paper money.

And this girl is not necessarily, with her white-eyed wolf temperament, I am afraid that I wish I would die early.

So Liu Hongmei looked at Zhang Zhenzhen again and said, "What are you crying about, crying! Other daughters take the initiative to send money to the family, and now you dress yourself up beautifully, and your outfit doesn't look cheap, why didn't you expect me and your father to be tired and tired in the fields every day? I can't even eat a bowl of noodles for two yuan, so every time I ask you for money, you won't give a good face." ”

The more Liu Hongmei talked, the more excited she became, and she counted out some of the little things that were old and rotten.

Zhang Zhenzhen didn't refute, just sat opposite her and sniffed, wiped her tears with a tissue, and listened quietly.

Zhang Fan glanced at his uncle Zhang Youde, and he started smoking leaf cigarettes again.

The smoke from Ye Ziyan was very thick, covering Zhang Youde's face, and Zhang Fan couldn't really see it under the smoke, so he couldn't guess his attitude at this time.

He carefully recalled the reunion dinner in the previous two years, and found that what the eldest aunt said was not what the uncle thought.

Anyway, the scales in his heart are still biased towards his cousin, but not as serious as his aunt.

Zhang Fan looked at his cousin Zhang Wenbin again, at this time he was still lowering his head to shave rice, and at the same time there was an extra piece of pig's tongue in the bowl.

In this situation, Zhang Fan felt that he needed to say something, after all, he didn't want to see Zhang Zhenzhen become a poor person without a father and a mother.

The way they are now, in the final analysis, is a matter of money.

It's hard to discuss anything without money, but it's easy to solve anything with money.

It's just that before he could speak, Zhang Zhenzhen held his hand hard and shook his head gently.

Zhang Zhenzhen's eyes were begging, as if to say, "Don't interfere, let me solve it myself." ”

The other half Zhang Youwei and Lu Jing didn't know what they were thinking, and they also warned Zhang Fan with their eyes.

"It's not something you can talk about. ”

Liu Hongmei has a good memory, and when she finishes speaking, she is afraid that it will be dark.

Although Zhang Fan was not in the mood to continue listening, he had to listen, he wanted to see what kind of decision Zhang Zhenzhen made.

When she heard her mother talk about her high school tuition, Zhang Zhenzhen finally spoke up and asked softly, "Mom, did you take a notebook and write it all down?"

"By the way, I'll show you later, I remember every stroke clearly, no more writing, no less. Liu Hongmei replied.

She has kept this book very well.,From time to time I have to take it out and take a look.,Count.。

Zhang Zhenzhen didn't know if she should cry at this time, or should she laugh?

She used to think that she was just talking casually, but she didn't expect it to be true.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Zhenzhen looked at Liu Hongmei and said, "Since you remember it clearly, we will settle the accounts today, and I will definitely give you how much money you have." ”

"Girl, that's not what we meant. Zhang Youde interjected, he still didn't want his daughter to deny him in the end.

"What does that mean?" asked Zhang rhetorically.

"I don't like your mother, you are an older sister, no matter how much you have to help your brother. Zhang Youde sighed, and at the same time extinguished the cigarette.

The pungent smell of smoke in the air began to fade slowly, and Zhang Zhenzhen looked at her father's old face, and the bits and pieces of the past came to her mind again.

So he whispered: "I will only help him appropriately, and I will live myself." ”

"Is it appropriate to give 5,000 a year? or 10,000 a year, just wait until your brother graduates, and you can't give a few dollars. Liu Hongmei asked with a mocking expression.

Seeing Zhang Zhenzhen enjoying happiness outside, but being so stingy at home, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became.

After that, he glared at Zhang Youde again.

"I don't know what you're soft-hearted about? This girl has no heart, and if she has the heart, she has already saved money to send money to her family, instead of spending it on herself. ”

"Auntie, I bought the clothes on Sister Zhen Zhen for her, and she didn't spend money indiscriminately, and she ......," Zhang Fan said suddenly.

It's just that he was interrupted by Zhang Zhenzhen in the middle of his words, Zhang Zhenzhen stood up, looked at Zhang Youde and Liu Hongmei and said, "Dad, Mom, let's go settle the accounts now! I will definitely give it to you as soon as possible." ”

Liu Hongmei was waiting for this sentence, so she naturally agreed with joy.

So, there was such a scene in Zhang Fan's bedroom.

Liu Hongmei held a yellowed homework book in her hand, dipped her fingers on her tongue, turned the first page, and said to Zhang Zhenzhen: "At the beginning, your delivery fee in the county hospital was 251 yuan and 3 cents, you can ask your aunt about this, it was the money she gave me." ”

"Hmm. Zhang Zhenzhen nodded.

After confirming that there was no objection from both parties, Zhang Fan entered the number "251.3" on the calculator.

Zhang Wenbin was playing "Crossfire" on Zhang Fan's computer on the desk next to him, and when he heard an electronically synthesized female voice behind him, he put on the headphones in order to hear the enemy's footsteps clearly.

"In order to give birth to you, I fell ill again, and the total amount of money I spent on medicine for this over the years was 5,817 yuan, 5 cents and 8 cents. Liu Hongmei continued.

After speaking, I was afraid that Zhang Zhenzhen would not believe it, so I took the initiative to hand her the book in my hand, and said at the same time: "You can ask your father about this, basically he bought it." ”

Zhang Zhenzhen looked at the yellowed paper from blurry to clear words, the latest date is "January 17, 2011", and the date is recorded behind: "Buy three boxes of rheumatic patches, cost 27 yuan." ”

After that, a number "5817.5.8" was written, and after subtracting the number on it, it was exactly 27.

She only glanced at it, but admired her mother's carefulness, she must have planned to do so a long time ago.

"Is there a problem?" asked Liu Hongmei.

"No problem. Zhang Zhenzhen said that she would return her life account book.

Zhang Fan added the Arabic numeral "5817.5.8" to the calculator on the side.

"March 6, 1993, cold medicine, 2 fast 2 mao. ”

"September 1, 1998, tuition, $255. ”

......

"June 3, 2008, fare, 50 yuan, living expenses 30 yuan"

Liu Hongmei turned to the last page, looked at the time frozen on June 3, 2008, and said with some relief: "Since then, you have not used your family money, and you can be regarded as competitive." ”

"Hmm. Zhang Zhenzhen nodded subconsciously, looked up at the window, and the sky outside was already dark at some point.

"Xiaofan, how much do I owe my parents in total. After stretching her waist, Zhang Zhenzhen turned her head to Zhang Fan and asked.

Before Zhang Fan could answer, Liu Hongmei had already preemptively said: "A total of 175,422 yuan and five jiao and seven cents, I have calculated it many times, and there will be no mistake." ”

Fortunately, she answered, otherwise Zhang Fan could only say a random number, and he didn't bother to add those dimes and five corners.

In one sentence: "Bill Gates will never bow his head and pick up a hundred dollars, and the effort to bend over is not as much as he earns." ”

Although Zhang Fan is not arrogant, his system is also three yuan a second.

"I'll give you a million! After all, it's not easy for you to give birth to me and raise me. Zhang Zhenzhen thought for a while, stared into her mother's eyes and said.

"Girl, your father and I didn't raise you in vain. Liu Hongmei patted Zhang Zhenzhen's shoulder, and her face bloomed with happiness.

Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment when he heard this number, and took a deep look at Zhang Zhenzhen.

"Sister, you've become stingy! In your last life, you took two million, so it's a discount. ”