Chapter Twenty-Six: A Family
"What's the matter, why didn't you reply for a long time?" Jiang Yuxin saw that he hadn't heard Zhang Mubai's reply for a long time, so he also walked over and asked.
"Look for yourself!" Zhang Mubai gave her all the stacks of documents in his hand.
"What is this?" Jiang Yuxin took it curiously and looked at it. It's just that the more she flips, the more ugly her face becomes.
"How can there be so many, is this all our family?" Jiang Yuxin asked in disbelief.
"Otherwise?" Zhang Mubai was noncommittal.
"Didn't Xian'er say that no one lived in this house before?"
"Where do I know, why don't you call her and ask?"
Jiang Yuxin heard him say this, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't resist the threat of a high bill, so she called over.
"Hey, is it Xian'er? I'm your sister Xin! Are you back? No, you're still in the unit? Why are you so busy, although we are cultivators, we have to be careful with your body when we work like this!Ah? It's nothing, I just have something I want to ask you!······"
Zhang Mubai sat next to Jiang Yuxin, and also stretched out his ears to listen to their conversation.
"Ah, you don't know, who uses so much water and electricity?" Jiang Yuxin said to the other end of the phone again.
"Could it be Director Lu? Does he only come on weekends?" Jiang Yuxin asked like this for a long time before he got a general idea from Yu Xiaoxian's mouth.
"What's going on?" Although Zhang Mubai was listening, he also listened to it in a vague way, and when he saw that she was almost done, he also asked.
Jiang Yuxin hung up the phone, and then explained to him: "Xian'er said that it might be Director Lu, and he would come to this house from time to time on weekends before!
"Who is Director Lu?" asked Zhang Mubai.
"It's Yufeng, the director of their scientific research institute, Lu Jianping!" Jiang Yuxin replied.
"Huh, should we look for him······ Zhang Mubai asked her cautiously.
"What do you think? How long has this passed, and there is no evidence, and now you suddenly ask him for water and electricity bills, will he pay it? Besides, he is Yufeng's boss, you ran to trouble him for this, how will Yufeng mix up in the scientific research institute in the future?" Jiang Yuxin said.
"What should we do then? Is it that we are paying for it ourselves?" asked Zhang Mubai with some reluctance.
"Then what's not?" Jiang Yuxin also replied.
"Where are we going to find so much money?" Zhang Mubai was helpless, and after hesitating for a long time, he said again, "Why don't we really rob the bank?"
Jiang Yuxin didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then a hammer hit him on the head and said, "What are you thinking about? What kind of thing can we do? Can you still cultivate your Dao?"
"Aren't I kidding?" Zhang Mubai said.
"It's not okay to joke!" Jiang Yuxin hated him, and then said, "I think it's still like this, don't I still have a few pieces of spirit jade there? Plus the few pieces we touched from the bottom of the well, you can take them out and exchange them, and see how much you can exchange! If it's enough, or even more, then it's naturally good." If that's not enough, we'll think of something else!"
"Wife, didn't I give you those pieces of spirit jade? Do you really want to sell them?" Zhang Mubai said in surprise.
"Then what's the solution? It's not easy for the family to settle down again, can't there be any problems because of this matter?" Jiang Yuxin also said with some reluctance.
"You can't sell those jade stones! I think it's better to sell my jade pendant! This jade pendant is worth a lot more!" Zhang Mubai reluctantly took out the jade pendant he was wearing!
"What are you kidding! This is not an ordinary jade spirit stone, this is a treasure jade that stores spiritual energy! Without it, your cultivation will be at least two percent slower! How can you sell things?" Jiang Yuxin resolutely denied.
"Where did you say that it was going to be sold, it was just a temporary mortgage, and I would redeem it again when it was intermittent?" Zhang Mubai persuaded her.
"This is absolutely not good! Cultivation is our foundation, as your wife, I have to be responsible for you!" Jiang Yuxin still disagreed.
"Then you can't sell the few pieces of jade I gave you!" Zhang Mubai also replied resolutely.
"Alas, you!" Jiang Yuxin said helplessly.
"Big brother, Sister Xin, what are you doing here?" At this time, Zhang Muqing and Zhang Muyun opened the door and walked in, followed by the silent Jiang Yufeng.
"Ahh
"Cut, with a sullen look, who believes it? Say it quickly, what's the matter?" Zhang Muqing said with a disbelieving expression.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuxin couldn't help but look at Zhang Mubai inquiringly, and saw that Zhang Mubai nodded after hesitating for a while, she sighed, turned back to Zhang Muqing and the others and said, "Okay then!"
Jiang Yuxin told Xiao Jia and Xue Yao about going to school and the arrears of the house, and several people couldn't help frowning after hearing it.
"Big brother, I didn't say you, everyone is a family, just say anything! You carry it down alone, how can we go so carelessly?" Zhang Muyun said with some blame.
"You're still in the cultivation stage, don't you want to bother you?" Zhang Mubai said.
"Big brother, if you say that, you will treat us as outsiders! We are all a family, and if we have difficulties, we can discuss them together! If nothing else, it is much easier for everyone to work together than for the two of you to work alone behind closed doors, right?" Zhang Muqing also said.
"Yes, sister, brother-in-law, you don't take us seriously like this!" Jiang Yufeng took out a stack of banknotes from his body at the same time and said, "This is the monthly subsidy I gave to the sect when I came to the secular world this time, the amount is not much, almost about 10,000, you can keep it for the time being, and we will think of other ways for the rest!"
"How can this be collected, this is a subsidy for you, how will you live in the rest of your life without you?" Zhang Mubai hurriedly excused himself.
It's just that at this time, Zhang Muyun also took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and put it in front of them: "This is mine, almost about 10,000!"
"This ······" Zhang Mubai and the others couldn't help but hesitate.
"Oh, you two just take it!" Zhang Muqing also urged on the side, and while speaking, he took off a piece of jewelry on his body and handed it to the two, "This is my Guangyun pendant, although it is just an ordinary product, but the magic is that the workmanship is exquisite and meticulous, it should be worth a lot of money, you can also keep it!"
"We have received all these wishes of yours! It's just that these are only a drop in the bucket for what we are in short supply now, and I think it's better for you all to take it back!" Zhang Mubai said.
"Big brother, you're very wrong in this idea! Although these are still a little insufficient, it's better than nothing, right? Let's make up enough of these first, and then think of a way to do the rest together?" Zhang Muqing immediately retorted.
"The children are also a kind of heart, take it!" Jiang Yuxin saw that several people were innocent, and he couldn't bear to refuse, so he also persuaded him.
"Okay then, it's just that the remaining difference is still a little too much, what are we going to do?" Zhang Mubai had a headache after receiving it.
"Let's not talk about this for now, my parents should be back soon! I can't let them know about these things! Let's talk about it later!" Jiang Yuxin looked at the sky outside the window and said suddenly.
Only then did everyone remember this, and they also nodded secretly and agreed.
"What's the matter, sneaky, don't want our old couple to know?" At this moment, Zhang Yulong and his wife had already walked into the room at some point!