It was late in the evening that Zhou returned.

When facing Chi Yue, she was still weak-hearted, and she kept hiding in the kitchen, as if she didn't dare to come out to see her.

When the two had to meet at the dinner table, Zhou saw that Chi Yue had not moved for a long time, thinking that his lies had not been seen through during the day, so he breathed a deep sigh of relief, and his expression gradually relaxed.

After eating, the family had a lively time together, and when they were about to go back to the house to sleep, Chi Yue stopped Zhou and entered his room with her.

"Mother, you sit." Chi Yue patted the kang on the side and asked Zhou to sit down.

Zhou's originally depressed heart was lifted again, and the drum beat in her heart was pounding, and she couldn't stop until she sat down, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but be a little far-fetched, "Yue'er, do you have something to do with your mother?" ”

Chi Yueyun smiled lightly, "Mother, I want to discuss something with you." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhou lowered his head slightly, waiting for the storm to come.

Chi Yue took Zhou's hand and said unhurriedly: "Mother, we have been selling these out-of-season vegetables for more than a month, I don't know if you can remember this account clearly?" ”

Zhou nodded, "The account is naturally recorded, so I'll go and bring it to you." ”

Chi Yue didn't stop it, and let Zhou go to get the account book.

When Zhou handed the account book to Chi Yue, Chi Yue only felt that the account book trembled slightly. She didn't seem to pay attention, and took the account book and looked through them one by one.

When she turned to the last page, Chi Yue pretended to be surprised and said, "Mother, let's come down in January and earn a total of four hundred and fifty-eight taels of silver?" The profit is not small! I don't know where you saved all this money? ”

"Chengye Money Bank." Zhou said, not forgetting to add, "It's a lot of money, more than the workshop in our village." All because these vegetables and fruits are unique now, everyone rushed to buy, pushed to the market, before they were all placed, a large group of people gathered around, and they were coaxed out in a short time. Not to mention that the price we set is two or three times more expensive than usual, if it is ten times more expensive, I think some people are rushing to buy it in order to be fresh for a while. ”

As he spoke, Zhou's eyebrows and eyes were really crooked, and his smile melted.

Chi Yue smiled, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Mother, can you give me those money tickets?" I want to save more money and open a sugar factory in Minju Prefecture, which is one step closer to our dream of opening a workshop all over Kyushu. ”

Chi Yue said naturally, but when she saw Zhou wringing her hands, her anxious expression was overflowing, and it seemed that she was really anxious.

Since it was something that Chi Yue brought back, the money from the sale should be hers, so even if Zhou is a mother, she shouldn't have swallowed the money privately. This is what Zhou knows.

But if the money is taken out and the money is not counted, won't her tampering with the account book be exposed?

"I'll bring it to you." Zhou replied stiffly, went to his house again, put a locked heavy small box on the kang, and unlocked it.

Inside were two pieces of family heirloom jewelry that were not very precious, and a large stack of silver tickets.

Chi Yue counted them one by one, and in the end, there were only nearly two hundred taels.

"Mother, is this all your belongings?" Chi Yue looked at Zhou suspiciously.

Zhou's peddling of out-of-season vegetables has only been a matter of nearly a month, before she peddled black eggs, as well as the wages that Chi Yue gave her, and the pocket flowers she gave her, all of which add up, no matter how you say it, it will cost six or seven hundred taels.

Chi Yue couldn't have imagined that the Zhou family would be so shy.

Zhou lowered his head and wrung his hands, like a child who had done something wrong, aggrieved and sad.

"There have been a lot of things recently, so I naturally spent a lot of money...... "Zhou bit his lip, and said achievously, "But Yue'er, don't worry, although the money has been spent by me, I will pay you back one after another in the future." Take the two hundred taels first. ”

Chi Yue finally couldn't bear it anymore, pressed the money ticket to the bed, and said ruthlessly: "Mother, you and I are my biological mother and daughter, how can I ask you to pay me back?" But I just want to ask, how do you spend this money? You have always been thrifty, not a profligate, and often warn us to save money and not to be extravagant and wasteful. I'm sure you're not spending this money on yourself, but on a bunch of people who eat people and don't spit out bones, right? ”

Originally, Chi Yue still wanted to be calm, and lured the truth out of Zhou's mouth without hurrying, it can be seen that Zhou's family almost sent all the family resources to others, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and he couldn't pretend to be able to do it anyway, and he was quite angry.

Seeing that Chi Yue was angry, Zhou became more and more nervous.

Listening to Chi Yue's words, he was quite informed, and Zhou simply told the truth.

Wiping the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, Zhou said cautiously: "Yue'er, you listen to me." Your grandmother is in very bad health, with back pain, listlessness is very uncomfortable, and she often has to lie in bed for several days before she can go down for a walk. Lang Zhong said that she needed to eat good things to make up for her symptoms in order to recover. I, I took some silver money and bought her some fine ginseng, as well as rare jellyfish and sea cucumbers, and used them to replenish her body. Naturally, the vegetables and fruits you brought home were also sent one after another...... I don't want to spend so much money on this flower......"

Zhou was full of guilt, sorrow came from it, and tears flowed down his face.

Seeing that Zhou was so sad and sad, Chi Yue's anger disappeared in an instant, and she stepped forward and took out a soft handkerchief to rub it for Zhou, "Mother, don't cry, I didn't say anything about you." It's just that you don't want to think about it, where in the world is there such a strange disease? I can't name this problem, and I don't need Lang Zhong to prescribe any prescription, just eat good supplements to make up for it? But I don't believe it at all. ”

Zhou wiped his tears, "Yue'er, we can't be suspicious of others, let alone your biological grandmother." Could she have deceived her daughter and granddaughter, pretended to be sick, and demanded this little thing from our family? Although people's hearts are sinister, if your grandmother has such sinister intentions towards you and me, I don't believe it anyway! ”

If the year before last, when she was completely dead to the Zhou family, Chi Yue would still believe it when she said this. But now it is different, the current Zhou Liu seems to be a different person, and he can't be better for Zhou.

She not only wants Zhou to visit her often, every time she goes, Zhou Liu must be entertained with good food and vegetables, and the meal is endless, and she is willing to stop when she sees that Zhou is full and can't eat. has been pulling Zhou's to talk about himself, and he feels guilty about his past past abuse of Zhou by Zhou Jie.

Zhou had never received such courtesy in the Zhou family, and while he was flattered, he seemed to take Zhou Liu's words as a decree, and she did whatever she said.

The so-called filial piety is all in the word "shun". What's more, Zhou Liu claimed to be uncomfortable, and when Zhou didn't see her, she looked so pitiful and about to enter the wood?

Zhou was distressed, but even more determined to be filial to Zhou Liu. She took whatever Zhou Liu wanted to eat, and she bought what she needed. Even Zhou Liu wanted to buy a few new clothes for the whole family in the New Year, crying poor and saying that he had no money, Zhou didn't say a word and gave her a few dollars, and asked Zhou Liu not to pay her back, otherwise he wouldn't treat her as his own.

After going back and forth like this, Zhou didn't feel anything, and there was only such a little money left in his hand. Even when she saw it herself, she couldn't help but be surprised, how did she spend so much money?

"Although your grandma used to be mean to me, she still has a good heart, and she doesn't have so many fancy intestines, I definitely don't believe that she will play tricks to deceive me."

seemed to be saying to Chi Yue, and seemed to want to make himself convinced, Zhou said it a few times, but he didn't want to believe Chi Yue's words.

Chi Yuezhi couldn't make Zhou repent just by words. If you want her to believe that the person in front of her is a wolf, she must be able to really see it for what it is.

Thinking of this, Chi Yue just said simply, "Then tomorrow, I will go back to Zhoujia Village with you and meet them in person." ”

Hearing that Chi Yue was going back to Zhoujia Village, Zhou became anxious, "Yue'er, what are you doing in Zhoujia Village?" Isn't it possible to give your grandma and uncle some awesome looks? Mother will never allow you to do this! Your grandmother and uncle have already known their mistakes, and they don't know how well they treat me, and they still think that you will go with me in the next year, and they will treat you well and make formal reparations to you. How can there be a reason for an elder to make amends to his juniors? If I hadn't stopped them, they would have come to do this unethical deed, and they wouldn't have ruined your blessings! Since the elders bow their heads to you, where do you continue to contradict the elders as juniors? Yue'er, you can't go to their trouble no matter what! ”

Zhou said bitterly, with a look of incomprehensible beak, Chi Yue knew that if she really fell out with the Zhou family, Zhou might cut off relations with her.

She sighed helplessly, and said calmly: "Mother, where did I say that I want to find trouble with them?" Since my grandmother is not feeling well, I, as my granddaughter, are also obliged to visit. Do you only allow you to do your filial piety, but I can't? ”

Hearing Chi Yue say this, the anxious Zhou finally calmed down, looked at Chi Yue in a daze, and couldn't believe his ears, "Yue'er, is what you said true?" You're just there to visit your grandma? ”

Chi Yue nodded vigorously, "Yes, mother, I figured it out, you spent the money very right, no matter how much it was spent, it was always for the sake of grandma's body, and I wanted her to recover as soon as possible." Mother, if grandma is in need, I, as a granddaughter, still want to buy some better supplements to replenish her old man's body. ”

Seeing that it was just a moment's work, Chi Yue became so well-behaved and sensible, and Zhou only felt relieved and couldn't close his mouth with joy.

But he didn't notice that Chi Yue had a kind of sneer.