After eating, I went to the mall again.

The main thing is that Su Mingyu also felt the strange smell on his father's body.

Mingyu treated Su Daqiang quite boldly, and bought several sets of clothes from head to toe, inside and out, underwear, woolen pants, warmth, down jackets...

Su Daqiang was carrying famous brands of all sizes, and his old face looked like a flower had bloomed.

"Don't wear it now."

"Wait until you get back in the evening and take a shower before putting on new clothes."

Hearing his daughter's words, Su Daqiang nodded obediently, and said with a smile: "Okay, good." ”

Good to eat, easy to wear.

This kind of life seems to be very generous and chic.

Coming to the parking spot, the wild old boy put his clothes in the trunk, and the idea of having a relationship with Mingyu faintly came to his heart, but this thought swirled in his mind and wilted back in an instant.

Su Daqiang still didn't dare to get along with his daughter alone.

Mingyu drove Su Daqiang back to Su Mingcheng's house, and Lu Ze sat in the co-pilot.

"Mingzhe..."

"Why don't you want to stay with me tonight?"

"Let's just talk about what is in our hearts."

Su Daqiang, who was sitting in the back row, was thinking about how he should live in the future.

In the end, it seems that this matter still has to be discussed with the eldest son, and Mingcheng and Mingyu are a little untrustworthy.

For his eldest son, Lao Su still understands it.

Well... Trust!

It's just that Lu Ze hasn't spoken yet, Mingyu, who was driving the car, directly grabbed the conversation, and said without looking back: "Come on, my eldest brother is tired for a day today, and he has to prepare for his mother's funeral later, Dad, can you just let him rest for two days?" ”

"Big brother, I've already booked a hotel for you."

"I'll drive you there when I send my dad back."

Lu Ze bowed slightly.

Turning his head to Su Daqiang, he smiled at him: "Good." ”

......

Nothing was said all night.

On the morning of the next day, everyone gathered at Su Mingcheng's house to discuss matters related to tomorrow's funeral.

The afternoon air was filled with the sweet smell of coffee, Zhu Li was grinding coffee in the kitchen at this time, and after Su Daqiang changed into a brand-new brand-name clothes, the old man silently followed behind this daughter-in-law.

Lao Su has artistic cells flowing in his bones, and Daqiang, who works in the library, has always regarded himself as a cultural person.

This coffee is naturally an indispensable companion for modern literati and artists.

"Lili."

"Don't put sugar on me, just add some milk."

Daqiang rubbed his hands together and waited for the coffee to come out of the oven.

Compared to yesterday's half-dead appearance on the sofa, it is like two people.

After the coffee was ready, everyone sat down to discuss the funeral.

Lu Ze, the son of the Su family, is naturally the host of the family, and Su Daqiang picked up the steaming coffee on the side, and the old man always said yes after everyone spoke.

used to be pressed by his daughter-in-law when he was at home, and he never had the slightest right to speak.

Now that his wife is dead, Su Daqiang thought that he was going to be the master of the house, but it seemed that he couldn't pull out any decent words.

Su Daqiang: Hmm... Good... Yes... OK... That's it.

Lu Ze and Mingcheng had a discussion, and Zhu Li also participated in the discussion together, only Mingyu didn't interject, and sat far away and turned his eyes to watch them lively.

Over the years, what Su Mingyu has thought about is not getting along with the Su family.

Every reunion with these relatives is regarded by her as a punishment.

It's just that the words that the eldest brother told her last night inevitably hit her heart.

This veteran of Zhongcheng Group and a strong woman in the eyes of countless employees still don't know how to deal with these complicated family relationships on her body.

One size fits all... Is it really broken?

After hearing the news of her mother's death, she immediately put down her work and rushed to the hospital.

For this family, Mingyu has a bitter hatred in his heart.

But the hatred is not so thorough.

Mingyu tasted the bitter but fragrant hand-ground coffee in the cup.

Just like her mood now, it's complicated and hard to understand.

After Lu Ze chatted with Ming Cheng about the funeral, he took out a few detailed notes and receipts from his arms, which was all the cost of this funeral, just to buy the cemetery cost more than 200,000 yuan, and the odds and bits and pieces added up to almost 400,000 yuan.

This money was naturally paid by Su Mingyu.

"Mingcheng, our two brothers each pay half of this money."

Lu Ze's words made Su Mingcheng slightly stunned.

He glanced at Su Mingyu, who was sitting comfortably drinking coffee on the rattan rocking chair, she didn't say thank you when her daughter-in-law brought her coffee just now, and now she is so indifferent to her mother's funeral.

Ming Cheng snorted disdainfully in the direction where Mingyu was, turned his head to Lu Ze and said, "Big brother, isn't Su Mingyu the Su family?" Now that she's paid for it, the two of us are still having a good time. ”

"As a mother's child, shouldn't you spend some money on your mother to raise her so big?"

"Otherwise, she wouldn't be qualified to come to Mom's funeral."

Mingyu put the coffee cup on the table in the living room, she slowly got up and came to Mingcheng's side, looking at her titular second brother with a smile on her face: "Why am I not qualified?" I bought the cemetery, and I paid for the funeral. ”

"I'm not qualified, are you qualified?"

For her dead mother, Su Mingyu has a lot of grievances in her heart.

And for the arrogant Su Mingcheng in front of her, she only had hatred in her heart.

"Haven't you always claimed to be a good son of your mother? How? Big brother said to pay some money, you won't be happy? ”

Mingyu's words were bloody, and there was no politeness at all.

Originally, she didn't care much about this money, but this was not a reason why Su Mingcheng on the other side could roll around.

Su Daqiang's eyes turned and saw that the situation was not right, so he hurriedly covered his stomach, and sighed twice: "My stomach is still not used to drinking this kind of foreign things, I have to go to the toilet quickly, my stomach is really uncomfortable." ”

With a puff of smoke, the wild old boy disappeared from everyone's field of vision in an instant.

Zhu Li hurriedly grabbed her husband who wanted to get up from the sofa, the woman's eyes were full of anxiety, and she whispered to Mingcheng: "Husband, it stands to reason that we have to pay for this funeral, there is no reason for Mingyu to pay all of it." ”

Julie is also a reasonable and virtuous helper.

In normal times, Su's mother did not help her and Mingcheng a couple, and when it came to filial piety, she couldn't shrink back.

"Don't you just have two stinky bucks? What's so great about you? ”

"Have you shed a tear since your mother's death?"

Su Mingcheng's tone was filled with intense anger.

What he hates most about Su Mingyu is her bad attitude towards her mother, in Mingcheng's eyes that his mother is the best mother in the world, in front of this Su Mingyu used to make her mother angry.

Now that her mother has passed away, she still has such an attitude of not caring about herself.

Mingyu looked at Mingcheng's anxious appearance, remembering the thick account book she read yesterday, most of her parents' pension flowed into Su Mingcheng's pocket, and her tone was full of disdain: "What's wrong with I just have stinky money?" ”

"It's a pity that you can't even take out this stinky money, and you know to reach out to your family all day long."

"Forget about getting married, buying a house and reaching out to your family, after you get married, are you still thinking about your parents' pension money?"

Su Mingcheng's face flushed instantly, his two eyes were as excited as seeing a red bull's eye, and he directly brushed away Zhu Li's hand beside him, pointed at Mingyu's nose, and scolded angrily: "Who do you say gnaws at the old?" ”

"Can the family's accounts be counted so clearly?"

Mingyu's face didn't change, but he just looked at the eldest brother beside him: "Big brother, what about Dad's account books?" ”

Lu Ze had long expected that something like this would happen today.

The countless problems that have accumulated at home over the years should be turned out, washed, dried, and cleaned up.

As Lu Ze took out the three ledgers from his backpack, Su Mingcheng saw that the one with his name written on it was very thick, and the man's eyes widened, so he naturally knew who made these things a masterpiece.

He walked to the bathroom door and yelled inside, "Dad, you can really do it." ”

"Bookkeeping, you're super high!"

"It's really condescending, you shouldn't stay at home, you should go to the firm with Lili to be an accountant!"

At this time, Su Daqiang, who was sitting on the toilet, tightened his neck like a turtle and covered his ears with his hands.

I don't listen...

I don't know anything...

......

Looking at the ledger on the table, the originally noisy atmosphere suddenly quieted down.

The corners of Su Mingyu's mouth raised: "This one is mine, and that one belongs to the eldest brother, our father's bookkeeping level is very good, even the lollipop he bought when he was a child is recorded in the account, Su Mingcheng, do you want to take a look at your book?" ”

Zhu Li, who was full of shock, picked up Ming Cheng's book and looked at it carefully.

"Second sister-in-law, you happen to be a professional accountant, Dad, remember these accounts clearly, each book has a name and a number, and every account has an accurate time, place and reason."

"Take a good look, we'd better count the amount."

"Let's see who's gnawing at the old all these years."

Listening to Mingyu's yin and yang strange words, Su Mingcheng's emotions became excited again, and he scolded loudly: "Su Mingyu, what do you mean? Who's gnawing at the old? My parents gave me all the money voluntarily, and that's because my parents love me, what does it have to do with you? ”

Zhu Li picked up her phone and began to calculate the amount detailed in the ledger.

The more I calculated, the more panicked I became.

Feeling this thick stack of ledgers, she already had a hunch that what Mingyu said might be true.

The husband and wife seem to have really become an old man unconsciously.

"Su Mingcheng, shut up for me!"

"Now you go to the bedroom, and don't come out until I'm done!"

Zhu Limeng slapped the table and shouted at her husband.

Su Mingcheng shrunk his neck, he had always been obedient to his wife, looking at his daughter-in-law's white and tender little hands, he whispered: "Don't be excited, this hand hurts, can't I go to the bedroom?" ”

After finishing speaking, Mingcheng glanced at Mingyu, and then walked towards the bedroom by himself.

Su Mingyu looked at his second brother's attitude towards his second sister-in-law, but he sneered in his heart, I don't know how Su Mingcheng found such a good daughter-in-law, it seems that he is much more reasonable.

"I didn't record my book after I went to college."

"After my eldest brother went to the United States to work and study, he didn't ask his family for money anymore, and he relied on himself to get married and buy a house."

"As for Su Mingcheng..."

Mingyu sat back on the sofa and briefly summarized the situation of the three accounts.

She turned her head and looked at Lu Ze, with a bit of sincere intimacy in her eyes, she used to worship her eldest brother the most at home, and even if she wanted to take the Tsinghua exam, she was following the pace of her eldest brother.

After getting along for the past two days, Mingyu quickly knew that the eldest brother was not the nerdy big brother before.

Just as she has been working in Zhongcheng for so many years, she is no longer the naïve little Mingyu she was before.

The source of today's trouble is still the eldest brother's question about funeral expenses, just to settle the family's accounts.

Mingyu felt an indescribable emotion in her heart.

Because she has felt something called family affection and blood for a long time.

"Big brother, thank you."

Lu Ze smiled and did not speak.

On the other side, Zhu Li is quickly summarizing Mingcheng's expenses, she is an only daughter, and she has been pampered since she was a child, but this does not mean that she is arrogant and ignorant, on the contrary, Zhu Li is very reasonable.

As the numbers on the phone's calculator got higher and higher, Julie's face became redder and redder unconsciously.

She didn't realize that she and Ming Cheng had taken so much money from the family unconsciously, and most of her parents' pension had fallen into the pockets of the two of them.

Her head was slightly dizzy with what was recorded in the accounts.

Now Zhu Li knows why Mingyu's relationship with her family is so bad, and why she sees her husband Mingcheng is the same as seeing an enemy, so Zhu Li naturally compares her family situation with Mingyu.

Looking at Mingyu's ledger, which no longer records after going to college, she was silent for a long time.

Zhu Li walked to the bathroom with the ledger and said with difficulty: "Dad, are your ledgers accurate?" ”

Su Daqiang's voice sounded from inside.

"You can't be wrong."

"I remember that this account book also won the first prize in our school's work-study activities."

"I'm not mistaken."

Julie knew that what she was holding was real.

But she couldn't accept this fact for a while, turned around and looked at the low-key and classy living room at home, and looked down at the delicate dress and expensive clothes on her body, Zhu Li seemed to see Su's mother's smiling face on it.

Soon, Su Mingcheng came out of the bedroom.

And Su Daqiang, who was very reluctant, also walked out of the bathroom, and the old man sat in the most corner position, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Zhu Li was the first to speak: "Big brother, Mingyu, I think Mom's funeral expenses this time have to be paid by us." ”

As soon as these words came out, Su Mingcheng was the first to have an opinion: "Wife, why is this?" ”

Zhu Li glared at her husband: "Why? Just because it's your mother, just because the two of us have taken so much money from the family over the years, Su Mingcheng, why are you embarrassed to let Mingyu pay for this money? ”

Lu Ze got up quickly at this time.

"Mingcheng, Julie."

"I'll bear the money with you."

"That's all for this, right?"

Although Zhu Li didn't want to involve her eldest brother, she was not very good at saying anything more at this time, only Su Mingcheng seemed to be a little irritable, and he pounded the pillow next to him vigorously when he sat on the sofa.

He felt that he was now the target of criticism.

Even his daughter-in-law felt that he was gnawing at the old family, and Su Mingcheng's eyes became red again.

He thought of his mother, who had died.

......

Originally, it was a good discussion of the details of the funeral, but today it suddenly became a liquidation link, Mingyu quickly drove away, there were still a lot of things to deal with in her company, Su Daqiang hurriedly locked himself into the room.

In the living room, only Lu Ze and Ming Cheng were sitting together.

"Brother, I'm really not gnawing at the old."

"That money is what my mother is willing to spend for me, my mother loves me, and I love her too."

In front of the eldest brother, Ming Cheng seemed to be unable to suppress his inner emotions anymore, covered his eyes and began to cry: "Mom is worried about me, she doesn't let me smoke and drink, and she doesn't let me go out to socialize, why do I become a waste in your eyes as soon as my mother leaves?" ”

Su Mingcheng cried very sadly.

"Lili just accused me in the room, what can I do?"

"You have settled abroad all the year round, and you can't go home for so long, Su Mingyu's white-eyed wolf can't find anyone, it's me! It's me who has been by my parents' side all these years, and I'm supporting you for the elderly. ”

"How did I become a sinner?"

Lu Ze gently patted his younger brother's back.

Naturally, he knew that he was telling the truth.

Ming Cheng is not strictly speaking the kind of unfilial son who robs his parents' hard-earned money, on the contrary, he is really filial, he wants to take care of his parents from the bottom of his heart, but he still did not leave the comfort zone of the family after getting married.

In the original book, the biggest difference between Mingcheng and his brother and sister is that his brother Mingzhe cares more about his identity as the 'eldest son' and 'eldest brother', while the younger sister Mingyu cares about her identity as 'herself'.

Ming Cheng completely brought his body into the identity of 'son'.

Is he filial? Filial!

Does he gnaw at the old? Gnaw the old!

Lu Ze comforted: "I know that you have been with your parents all these years, and Mingyu and I don't care who our parents leave the money to, but you also read the account book just now, right?" Have you made it clear to you? ”

Su Mingcheng nodded silently, raised his hand and wiped his tears heavily: "Lili and I will return all the money to Dad in the future, you don't have to worry about Dad when Dad is old, Dad lives well with us." ”

Looking at Ming Cheng beside him, Lu Ze continued: "Later, I want to talk to you about Mingyu. ”

When it comes to Su Mingyu, Mingcheng's attitude has completely changed.

"Big brother, what are you mentioning her for?"

"She is not worthy of being a member of the Su family at all."

Lu Ze bowed slightly.

He smiled: "What I mean is to let Mingyu disassociate himself from the family. ”

Now, it was Mingcheng's turn to be a little confused.

"What?"