Chen Xingling glanced at her unceremoniously and said, "At the end of the year, there are a lot of places to spend money, who can be so generous and pay hundreds of yuan?" ”

Li Ying's eyes dodged, and she whispered: "Isn't that - Xiaohuzi's fourth uncle very rich?" A few hundred dollars should not be too much for a rich family. ”

"A few hundred dollars is a few months' salary, not much?" Chen Xingling shook his head: "My fourth brother hasn't been to work for several months, where did he get the money." ”

Li Ying whined and cried, "It won't work here, and it won't work there." What should I do with my treasure? How can you be ruthless and ignore Ah Miao? Yes? ”

"It's not ruthless." Chen Xingling said in a cool voice: "Even if we have the heart, we are powerless. It will take at least two or three months to get a passport, and you can save up your ferry tickets slowly. Didn't Gu Miao say that she would come back when she had a ticket? If she has a way to go, she will naturally have a way to come back. ”

Li Ying heard that it would take two or three months, and her heart was in a ball.

"It's going to take that long...... What if all the money around her is spent and she can't come back? ”

At this moment, Xiaohuzi ran out to open the door.

- It turned out that Gu Yi and Zhao Xiaoxing were here!

Although there were only a few workers left on the construction site, there was no need to prepare lunch, only a few pots of hot water were needed, and Zhao Xiaoxing was still helping over there.

Chen Xingling saw that the financial situation of the two of them was still not well-off, so he asked them to continue to come to Sanyuan for dinner, to help them share some of the burden, and to eat something good.

Li Ying saw Gu Yi and hurriedly pounced.

"Ahyi! Miao finally got a letter! She's lettering! ”

Gu Yi was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Li Ying stuffed the letter to him.

Gu Yi quickly read it, and flipped the envelope over a few more times.

"This girl's brain is really bad! Look at! Don't even write a specific address! Even if you ask someone for directions – you have to have an address! ”

Zhao Xiaoxing, who was on the side, looked at Li Ying timidly and whispered: "Let's see if there is anything written in the back." ”

Gu Yi shook his head: "None!" ”

Chen Xingling said quietly: "Mom asked me to inquire clearly, and then let us go to Gu Miao and come back." I said, we have to apply for a passport. I'm a local, so it's easier to get a hukou here. Your hukou is still in the capital, so you can't apply here. I can't go abroad without a passport, and I can't buy a ferry ticket without a few hundred dollars – there's really nothing I can do. ”

Gu Yi listened, and glanced at the old mother angrily.

"Mom, aren't you a strong man?! Ah Miao said that she would find a way to come back soon, what else are we looking for? Do you think we're not busy enough, or are you poor enough?! ”

Li Ying was extremely embarrassed, and Zhiwu: "I'm worried about Ah Miao......"

"She's going by herself, what's the use of worrying!" Gu Yi showed no mercy: "When she ran around all day, she didn't necessarily worry about you!" ”

Li Ying was speechless for a while, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.

"You're kid enough! You're looking more and more like your big brother...... You dare to scold me! No, Xiao Zi! ”

Gu Yi seemed to be in a rather irritable mood, and turned around and walked into the house.

"I'm not good at it, I can't make a lot of money! I can't give you money, I can't listen to you - so I'm not filial! Of course I'm not filial! ”

Li Ying saw that her second son was angry, so she could only wipe her tears and look at Chen Xingling aggrievedly.

"Huzi, then you say...... What should I do? ”

Chen Xingling shook his head: "It's better to do as I just said." I'll ask someone for a place first, find an opportunity to get a passport, and then wait. Maybe Gu Miao bought a ticket and soon ran back by herself. ”

"So—can't you really find it?" Li Ying is still unrelenting.

Chen Xingling shook his head firmly: "There is really no way for the time being." ”

Li Ying thought for a while and asked again, "Then can you send her some money?" ”

"Send money?" Chen Xingling asked: "Send it abroad?" ”

Li Ying nodded: "That's right!" She can't eat or sleep well over there, most of the money around her has been spent, otherwise she can buy whatever she wants, and she doesn't have to go hungry at all. We don't have enough money, so how can we squeeze a little bit out of it for her? As the old saying goes, the poor get rich. You'll have to think of sending her money. ”

"I don't have a specific address, I'm afraid not." Chen Xingling said: "Wait for me to inquire clearly, and then make arrangements." ”

Li Ying knew in her heart that her eldest son was not in Yucheng at the moment, and her second son had no money around her, so she couldn't count on anyone except Chen Xingling.

"you, you have to take care of it. Archie has always loved her two younger sisters, you know. ”

Chen Xingling nodded perfunctorily: "Okay, I know." Mom, it's getting dark, let's get something back and eat it. ”

Li Ying hurriedly picked up the big net bag and was about to go out - but he paused.

"Huzi, it's going to be the New Year in two weeks. New Year's goods or something, you have to prepare in advance. This big family wants to eat, drink, and use, so they have to get more. ”

Chen Xingling readily agreed: "Okay, I'll buy it next week." ”

New Year's goods are for a large family to eat, so she will naturally be more concerned.

Anyway, she just needs to move out of the supermarket space, and she doesn't have to pay for it at all. She has always been generous when it comes to things that don't cost money.

Li Ying quickly regained her smile and went back happy.

Zhao Xiaoxing had a bitter face, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm washing rice and getting it into the pot." It's just that...... It's just that there's nothing in the cupboard and the basket outside. ”

Every time my mother-in-law came to fight the autumn breeze, as long as she fancied something, she could not roll it away at all, without thinking about whether other people also needed to eat it.

Chen Xingling had expected it a long time ago, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I hid some meat and vegetables upstairs, right next to the most ventilated window in the corridor." ”

has dealt with her mother-in-law a lot, and she has already figured out the corresponding countermeasures.

Good things, especially the food you eat, must not be placed in the same place, otherwise there will be nothing left, and you can only drink the northwest wind.

Zhao Xiaoxing went upstairs to take it down and quickly started cooking in the kitchen.

Gu Yi usually goes into the kitchen to take a hand, but today he may be in a bad mood, so he has been sitting on the steps in a daze and has not moved for a long time.

Xiaohuzi is a clever ghost, he doesn't dare to disturb his uncle, and he plays under the tree by himself.

Chen Xingling glanced at Gu Yi and slowly pulled the cabbage leaves.

"Xiao Xing, what's wrong with you little two? Quarreled? ”

Zhao Xiaoxing's eyes were slightly red, and she lowered her voice: "...... It's nothing, it's just a little thing. ”

Chen Xinglinghu asked, "What's the matter?" Quarrel over a little thing? Are you too busy to panic? ”

Zhao Xiaoxing choked: "The landlord came over earlier and said that the rent would increase by two yuan, and it would start to be calculated after the New Year." I agreed. He was so angry that he said that I was too talkative...... said that I don't know how to count, and it costs twenty-four yuan a year, which is not a small amount. ”

Poor couples mourn everything. Their economy is always stretched, their spirit is always tense, and they dare not spend a penny indiscriminately.

Although she was able to receive her salary in the past few months, she sent more than 100 yuan to her old mother for treatment, and remitted dozens of yuan to her mother's family for the winter.

Seeing that at the end of the year, the construction site was also suspended, but she really couldn't save any money around her.

Originally, the money sent to her mother's family for the winter was paid by Ah Yi, but later the family sent a letter, saying that the harvest was too poor this autumn, and she had to buy more food, and she had to make a few more quilts for the children, so that she could send some more money back.

The two letters were only a few days before and after, and I had to be extra diligent in asking for money.

She couldn't refuse, and she was worried that her mother's family wouldn't survive this winter, so she sent dozens of dollars more.

Gu Yi was very angry when she found out, and kept complaining that she didn't consult with him and went to remit money without authorization.

"If we don't have a house, where are we going to live?" Zhao Xiaoxing sobbed lowly: "I don't dare to live there my mother-in-law...... How can I not rent a house? I also tried to persuade the landlord, but he refused. He said, if you don't like it, don't live it. I can only agree. When he came back, he lost his temper and scolded me for not agreeing. He also said that now that it is the end of the year, there are more places to spend money, his salary has not been paid, and I don't have much left to spend. ”

Chen Xingling frowned and whispered: "He, it's too much pressure." ”

Zhao Xiaoxing was a rectum girl, and she choked up and asked, "Sister-in-law, did you say I did something wrong?" I-I didn't spend it myself. ”