Chapter 45: The Eve of the Lantern Festival
"I'm too much, your family has made so much money, what's wrong with paying me some losses? Besides, this matter was originally your baby's problem, it was he who caused me to lose three teeth, if you don't lose money, will it be over with an apology? Old Uncle Liu's unceremonious appearance and face made Ji Wan see a little clearly.
Ji Wan pulled Erbao back, "Then my family makes so much money, do I want to pay you five hundred?" ”
"If you really don't want to go and want to lose me so much money, then I will definitely accept it."
Yes?
Why can't this man hear what is being said?
Ji Wan rubbed his temples and looked tired, "Old Uncle Liu, do you think our money was blown by the wind, or was it snatched from someone else's house?" If you offer a reasonable price, I will definitely compensate you, after all, this is the fault of my baby, but you are a little lion open your mouth now. ”
"Where am I a lion's mouth, you are willing to give it to me, why can't I accept it?" Old Uncle Liu looked like he took it for granted, and he didn't feel that there was a problem with what he said, "Okay, let's lose money!" I'm going to have my teeth filled! ”
"Okay, then let's get the captain to deal with this! I think there is a problem with compensation, and the captain said that I will pay as much as I want. Ji Wan didn't say much to him, no matter how much he said, this person didn't understand the meaning of her words.
Old Uncle Liu sat up suddenly, and smiled weakly, "What is the name of the captain, we can solve this kind of small matter by ourselves, and there is no need to trouble the captain." ”
"Then Uncle Liu, how much do you need me to compensate? When you say it, go through your mind first, so that everyone can't get over it by then. ”
Old Uncle Liu sighed and waved his hand, "Forget it, just follow what you said fifty, okay!" ”
"Okay." Ji Wan counted fifty yuan from his pocket, "Then this matter is over today." ”
After dealing with this matter, she left with Erbao, and on the way back, Erbao stopped, and Ji Wan turned around, "What's wrong?" ”
"Mother, I'm sorry, if I didn't fry cow dung today, what happened later wouldn't have happened, and I wouldn't have lost so much money. You work so hard to make money, and I'm still such a loser. Erbao's tone was very self-reproachful, and he didn't look up at Ji Wan.
Ji Wan squatted down and held hands with Erbao, "It's good that you know what you did wrong, don't make a second mistake in the future, spend money to let you know the truth, my mother thinks it's worth it." ”
"But mother, fifty dollars is a lot."
"Then the mother asks you, do you know the mistake now? Will this be the case in the future? ”
Erbao raised his head, his eyes were very firm, "Definitely not." ”
Ji Wan nodded and got up slowly, "Then the money is worth it." ”
After the enlightenment, Erbao's mood was much better, and when he returned home, he admitted today's mistake to Chen He.
Ji Wan told Chen He what had just happened, and Chen He was so angry that he almost scolded, "This old Liu Tou is really powerful for blackmailing money, if we have money, will we give it to him for nothing?" ”
"Okay, mother, don't be angry, I'll help my sister-in-law prepare dinner."
Ji Wan went to the kitchen and put on a bib, "Sister-in-law and sister-in-law, what are you two cooking?" ”
"Braised chicken nuggets, cold potato chips, sweet and sour pork ribs, and two vegetarian dishes." The eldest sister-in-law has already started making cold potato chips, and the second sister-in-law is watching the chicken nuggets from the sidelines.
"Why did you cook so many dishes today?" Ji Wan washed his hands and began to help.
The second sister-in-law put down the lid of the pot, "Isn't tomorrow the Lantern Festival?" Eat better at night, and eat Lantern Festival tomorrow. ”
"Done."
The Lantern Festival here, Ji Wan has not seen it yet, but now he can see it.
After the dishes were served, just as they were about to eat, someone shouted outside the door, "Dad, mother, open the door." ”
"This voice is ......," the eldest brother thought for a while, and said with certainty, "It's the third brother!" Why did he come back? ”
Dad put down his chopsticks and was silent for a while, "Ji Guo, you go open the door." ”
"Okay, Dad."
The second brother got up and went out to open the door.
The room was terrifyingly quiet, and no one spoke, until the second brother brought people in, and Ji Wan saw that this was bringing the whole family together.
"Yikes! Daddy, what about eating? We rushed all the way back, and we just hadn't eaten yet! Sister-in-law bothers you to add a few pairs of dishes and chopsticks. Bai Lian also sat directly at the table very unceremoniously, and the two children next to her looked at the table with a greedy expression.
Chen He glanced at Bai Lian, "Why did you come back at this time?" ”
Look at this family, I brought something broken last time I came back, and I didn't even prepare a fart when I came back this time.
It's not that he wants to do anything, but he goes back to his father's house, and he doesn't bring anything, like something.
"Mother, look at what you said, isn't this about to be the Lantern Festival? We'll be back with you for the holidays. Bai Lian smiled fakely, and she didn't know why she didn't act if she was so good at acting.
The sister-in-law whispered on the side, "I don't know what to bring when I come back for the holidays." ”
Although it was a low voice, but the house was so quiet, Bai Lian naturally heard it.
Bai Lian pursed her lips and skipped the topic directly, "Okay, let's eat!" This dish is really good! ”
Ji Wan and sister-in-law glanced at each other, this is the master who regards himself as a family, and his father and mother haven't spoken yet!
After a meal, such a delicious meal was also tasteless, Ji Wan saw that the three cubs wanted to eat braised chicken nuggets several times, but they were all taken away by Bai Lian and put in her own child's bowl.
The fire in my heart was swallowed raw, but there were a few words of yin and yang on my mouth, "Third sister-in-law, this pot of chicken nuggets, our three cubs have not eaten chicken nuggets, and coming to the house is like not eating for three days." ”
Bai Lian smiled very embarrassedly, and her movements were naturally a little more restrained.
After eating, there was only one small room in the house, where Ji Ren and Bai Lian lived, and the other two children lived with Dabao.
In the evening, as usual, Ji Wan tutored the child for a while and left.
When I passed by the door of Chen He, I was called in.
"Girl, we've been ...... lately"
Before he finished speaking, a person came in outside the door, his eyes swirling, "Mother." ”
"What are you doing here? I don't sleep at night, what do you come to me to do? As soon as Chen He saw the white lotus, he was in a bad mood.
Bai Lian smiled and walked straight to the two, "I'm just here to tell my mother something, sister-in-law should go back first!" ”
"You can just say it directly, our family is all Xiaowan's idea." Chen He is a shrewd person, and he can see at a glance that this third daughter-in-law must not hold back any good fart, and maybe he will come to pit their old Ji family again.
Bai Lian rubbed her hands, "Then I'll be blunt, we want to ask my mother to borrow some money, we are facing layoffs in the city recently, Ji Ren is preparing to start a business, and we are still short of money." ”
"What are you embarrassed about, when you make money, you don't have you, but you are the first to borrow money. Before the Spring Festival, did I say that if you don't come back, I will treat me as if I didn't have Ji Ren's son. I have many sons, not one of them, when I was doing well in the city, I didn't think that there was a father and mother in the countryside, and if I didn't have a good time, I would come back to fight the autumn breeze. "What Chen He said is called a ruthless, splitting his head and covering his face is a few downs.
It seems that the main purpose of Bai Lian's return this time is to borrow money, no wonder! I usually can't come back, but now I'm coming back when I pick the Lantern Festival.
Now it is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it.
"Mother, where did you say, Ji Ren was born in October when you were pregnant, how can you say that you are so ruthless? We just borrow money, and when the time comes, the funds will be returned to you immediately, and we are not the ones who owe money and do not pay it back. ”
Hearing this, Ji Wan thought in his heart that maybe he was the one who owed money and didn't pay it back, anyway, as long as he was thick-skinned, there was no money that he couldn't rely on.
"I can't have a son like that." Chen He rolled his eyes, he really thought that what she said was fooling.
Ji Wan ruthlessly debunked the white lotus, "Third sister-in-law, people must learn to be grateful, our mother raised us with hard work, and now that my mother is old, only we have the share of filial piety to our mother, how can we let my mother lend you money at an old age?" Have you sent your pension home once since you came back last time? In the eyes of outsiders, our mother gave birth to four children, and those who don't know that the third son of our Lao Ji family hasn't come home for several years. Third sister-in-law, don't you have a painful conscience now? No, do you have a conscience? ”