Li Ying pretended not to hear it, and whispered dissatisfiedly: "Shouldn't a daughter-in-law be filial to her mother-in-law?" What is the difference between you paying money and your daughter-in-law paying money? You're a family of two. ”

"One thing is one thing." Gu Qi explained: "My money and Xing'er's money are the common property of our husband and wife. But most of the money she paid was money from the construction site, and she had to return it to Xing'er. The public is public, and the private is private, and it cannot be confused. ”

Li Ying rolled her eyes and said, "That construction site seems to be quite big, and you may be able to make a lot of money." I can't pay it back. Later, when she and Ma Dali split the money, they would pay off the 500 yuan. ”

Gu Qi saw her with a "right-deed" attitude, and the anger in his heart rose slowly.

"Mom, I don't expect you to understand righteousness, but you must at least be self-aware, understand etiquette, righteousness and shame. Worried that you will suffer from sin and cold after being caught, we rushed to save you. Those people aren't that reasonable! Xing'er said all the good things to them and took the initiative to pay for you to save you. Why don't you think about her a little bit? ”

Li Ying turned her face away and said in a muffled voice: "When didn't I think about her......

"Do you have one?" Gu Qi asked disdainfully: "She will take the money to help you first, you can't pay it back, Ah Yi and I naturally have to find a way to save money to pay it back." She cooperated with Dali to make money by contracting projects, and what she earned was hard-earned money, not blown by the wind. She withdraws the money but doesn't pay it back, doesn't that make her embarrassed? The project is not her alone, isn't it embarrassing for her? ”

Li Ying stumbled, and it was difficult to continue.

After Gu Qi scrubbed the sofa and dining table, the water on the stove was also boiled.

He poured out three large bowls to dry, and poured the rest into the thermos. Then he put two more pots on it and boiled it.

At this time, Gu Xuan had already cleaned the balcony and picked up a broom to sweep the floor.

Gu Qi twisted the mop to help and advised: "After the hot water on the stove is boiled, you can wash your hands, face and feet, and go to rest early." ”

"Hmm." Gu Xuan replied in a low voice.

Gu Qi explained: "Starting from next month, we will only give my mother ten yuan to buy some daily necessities. Rice, grain, vegetable and oil will all go to the three gardens to get them, and all the ingredients will be asked for me. If you need to spend money on your studies, just ask me. ”

"Hmm." Gu Xuan nodded.

Li Ying, who was on the side, had red eyes and tears when she heard this.

"I can't help it...... I was so wrong that you didn't even allow me to spend the money......"

Gu Qi took care of himself and mopped the floor, and said: "Ten yuan is the cost of an ordinary peasant family for two months, it's not that there is no money for you to dispose of, it's just less." ”

Li Ying choked up and begged: "Archie, I'...... I said it all, and I knew it was wrong. ”

Gu Qi nodded: "Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great." From now on, you are not allowed to gamble again. We are all ordinary workers who earn dozens of dollars a month, and a few hundred dollars is a huge amount of money for us, not a small amount of money. ”

Forehead?

Li Ying was so choked that she couldn't speak, and she was a little annoyed and angry.

"Archie, forget about the others, why are you so mean now...... I'm your mother! ”

Gu Qi calmly mopped the floor and asked, "Mom, I want to ask you - where are some of the gold jewelry and silver dollars left by our family?" ”

Yes?!!

Li Ying was stunned for a moment, and her old face was red and white.

"That--my family was so poor back then, and I was the only one who worked, but I had several mouths to eat. I boiled and boiled, and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I had to sell them little by little and exchange them for some rice for you to eat. ”

Gu Qi couldn't help but ask: "When I went south back then, didn't I have a little jewelry left?" I've counted the silver dollars, and I still remember exactly how many they were. Before I went south to work, Lao Guo gave a special talent settlement fee, which was sixty-eight yuan at that time, right? ”

“…… It seems to be. Li Ying replied hesitantly.

Gu Qi said lightly: "It's not like, it's really sixty-eight yuan." Since then, I have been sending money home every month, and rice is no longer a problem at home. Mom, in that case, where did the last remaining jewelry and silver dollars go? ”

Li Ying rolled her eyes and swallowed her saliva apprehensively.

"Later...... Pay the tuition, the rice is expensive in winter, and your uncles come to borrow money from time to time. When I can't handle it, I can only do it. People, it's the right thing to live, and everything else is outside the body...... Objects outside the body. ”

Seeing that she still refused to tell the truth, Gu Qi sighed secretly.

"Okay, when I return to the capital at the end of the year, I'll find a way to redeem it."

Li Ying hurriedly shook her head: "How is it possible!" When the ticket is long gone...... I also forgot exactly where I got it. ”

Gu Xuan, who was on the side, raised his head and asked, "Mom, you hid three silver dollars in your pocket more than a month ago, didn't you?" I saw it with my own eyes. ”

Forehead?

Li Ying was extremely embarrassed, and Zhiwu: "...... You must be mistaken. ”

Gu Qi stood tall and straight, his eyes glaring at the old mother coldly.

"Mom, if you don't tell the truth again, then I won't talk to you in the future. You can't even keep the last bit of valuables left by my dad, are you worthy of my dad? ”

Li Ying's eyes were red when she heard this, and she cried in a low voice.

"I ...... I'm really a ghost...... At first, I thought it was okay to lose a little bit, just win it back. Who knows what happened later, the more you lose, the more you lose, the more you lose, the more you can't win back. ”

"And then?"

"The money you gave is gone, I feel distressed, I think I should go and win it back, but I have no capital, and I can't borrow it. I dare not tell you, lest you be angry with me. I...... What can I do, don't I? I can't help it! ”

Gu Qi asked: "All the bets are gone?" ”

Li Ying's eyes dodged, and she whispered: "At first...... If you don't have a mortgage, where will people lend money to your mother. I'm a foreigner, and I speak with a foreign accent. There is no mortgage for expensive things, and there is no need to borrow money. ”

"Later?" Gu Qi's face was pale, and he was secretly angry.

Xing'er guessed correctly, unless there is a valuable thing to mortgage, no one will take the liberty of lending money to a foreign wife.

Li Ying stumbled: "The borrowed money has been lost again...... The money can't be repaid, and the mortgaged things are gone. Later, when they saw that I was a familiar face, they would let me borrow it. ”

Gu Qi was furious: "Count the money around you, as well as these valuables, plus the five hundred yuan later—at least fifteen hundred!" ”

Li Ying buried her head and didn't dare to refute.

Gu Xuan's tone on the side was like water: "Mom, the house on the outskirts of the capital city is two hundred yuan each." You lost seven houses playing mahjong. ”

"It's not like there is no house at home!" Li Ying muttered dissatisfiedly: "Our family lacks a house?" There are houses in the suburbs of the city, and there will be no shortage of them in Chongqing in the future...... What are you afraid of! ”

Gu Qi was even more annoyed when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "If you are addicted to gambling, even if you have gold and silver at home, you can't afford to gamble like this!" From now on, all the real estate title deeds of the family will be handed over to me for safekeeping! When Ah Yi and his family settle down here, I will preside over the separation. ”

"What? You said...... What is the separation? Li Ying became nervous: "Your sisters haven't married yet!" What a separation! The truth of 'parents are here, there is no separation of families' - you don't understand? ”

Gu Qijun's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Father is long gone, you can't take care of the family's belongings, then the eldest son or eldest grandson of the family should take care of it." This is the old rule in Shangjing, not a precedent for me Gu Qishan to be independent. I am the eldest son, and Yin Mo is the eldest grandson. Huzi is still young, so I can only take care of the family. In the middle of next year, I will preside over the separation. ”

Li Ying's face turned pale, and she finally realized that she was afraid.

The Gu family used to be one of the richest families in Shangjing, and their ancestors also produced many famous literati and scholars, and they were famous scholars in Shangjing.

Although it later declined, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the Gu family's properties and fields on the outskirts of the city were still there.

When the disaster is sold, some of it is sold, and there are still fields and old properties on the outskirts of the city, and there is a certain rental income every year. In addition, the single-family house on the side of the capital is spacious and worth a lot of money.