bookrandom Chapter 1181: Even Times Are Not Enough
Chapter 1181: Even Times Are Not Enough
Liu Xiaoling was just about to brag when He Jiayi gave her a look.
"Mom, it's not as profitable as you think. Xiaoling and I quit our stable jobs to open a store. Now we have opened several stores, but they all rely on low prices to attract customers. In fact, there is no profit."
Liu Meixin was displeased when she heard this: "Third sister, you are the most cunning among the six sisters. If you don't make money, can you quit such a good job?"
"I did make some money, but it's all tied up in the goods. If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see the back, where there's a warehouse full of goods."
Facing He Jiayi's explanation, Liu Meixin said impatiently: "Humph, who are you guarding against? I'm your biological mother. I haven't even opened my mouth yet, and you're trying to stop me with words, right?"
"Mom, Third Sister really didn't mean that. The store is indeed not making any money right now. I'm only getting paid a salary now." Liu Xiaoling is not a simple-minded person, but honest people are often easier to deceive.
Liu Meixin's expression softened a bit: "Okay, stop crying poor to me. Lend me a thousand yuan and I'll pay you back at the end of the year."
He Jiayi heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. A thousand yuan was nothing to her, but she still asked curiously, "Mom, what do you suddenly need so much money for?"
"What? You still want to interrogate me?" Liu Meixin said with a fierce look on her face.
He Jiayi said angrily, "Mom, look at what you said. I was just asking casually. If you need money to buy something, Lao Wu and I will buy it for you directly. There is no need to talk about whether to lend it or not."
Liu Meixin finally let go of her grudge: "You two still have some conscience."
"This Bu Lao Liu wants to go to Shanghai, and I thought I'd have to raise some money for her travel expenses."
Liu Xiaoling was not reluctant to part with the 1,000 yuan, but she felt a little unbalanced. If it were her, would her mother borrow the 1,000 yuan for her? Obviously, it was impossible.
"Okay, I'll get it for you. Please sit down for a while."
After He Jiayi left, Liu Meixin took Liu Xiaoling to the clothing supermarket again: "You two have a lot of ideas. There are so many styles of clothes, and they are cheap. No wonder your business is so good."
"It was mainly my third sister and second brother-in-law who took care of it. I was just responsible for choosing the styles and helping out." Liu Xiaoling said a little embarrassedly.
Not long after, He Jiayi came back with one thousand yuan. Liu Meixin took the money and left without even writing an IOU or anything.
"Third sister, mom is too partial to the sixth child. She asked for a thousand yuan right away. If it were us, she would definitely not ask for that."
After Liu Meixin left, Liu Xiaoling muttered.
He Jiayi is no longer surprised: "It's OK as long as you know it in your heart. Anyway, our mother will definitely let the sixth son take care of her in her old age. Out of sight, out of mind."
"Third sister, can the Sixth Brother really provide for our mother in her old age?"
"As long as mom thinks it's okay, then it's fine."
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On the other hand, the He family happily took the one thousand yuan borrowed from Liu Meixin and went to Shanghai.
Ever since He Jiaxi went to Shanghai, Liu Meixin has been worried all day long, unable to eat or sleep well. Fortunately, a week later, He Jiaxi finally called back.
"Lao Liu, how are you doing in Shanghai? Are you okay?"
He Jiaxi's sobbing voice came from the phone: "What's good about it, Mom? I'm so unlucky. My wallet was stolen not long after I got on the train..."
"Ah? How have you been living these days? Why didn't you call home earlier?" Liu Meixin was heartbroken.
"A kind fellow villager helped me and paid for my phone call. Mom, please give me another 2,000 yuan. I want to open a store in Shanghai."
He Jiaxi almost laughed out loud. What about her wallet being stolen? If she didn't say it in a more tragic way, how would she get her mother to send her money?
The glamorous world of Shanghai was so great that it satisfied all her fantasies. The only drawback was that she spent money too quickly. She spent all the thousand yuan in just one week.
"Sixth Brother, why don't you come back? Our family is really out of money. Besides, I can't eat well these days without you around..."
Facing Liu Meixin's earnest persuasion, He Jiaxi, who had seen the metropolis of Shanghai, said impatiently: "Mom, I won't go back. Look, the third and fifth brothers have opened several branches. I can't embarrass you. I want to make a lot of money in Shanghai and bring you to Shanghai to enjoy life in the future."
"Mom, long-distance calls are too expensive. I won't tell you anymore. Remember to send me money. If you don't have money, borrow from the third and fifth sisters. They have plenty of money."
"Hey hey~~~"
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Liu Meixin was in a dilemma. The last time she borrowed one thousand yuan from the third and fifth sisters, they were both wary of her. But when she thought of the "difficult situation" of the sixth sister, she gritted her teeth and closed the stall.
"Hey, third sister, look, is that our mother?" Liu Xiaoling spotted Liu Meixin who was rushing to the store.
He Jiayi noticed something was wrong: "Is our mother going to borrow money from us again?"
"It shouldn't be, it's only been that long?" Liu Xiaoling widened her eyes. She was considered to be relatively spendthrift, but a monthly salary of three hundred yuan was enough for her to spend.
"Something's wrong. Let's hide first." He Jiayi didn't feel bad about the money. He just didn't want to be treated like a fool. If Liu Meixin really came to borrow money, it must have been Lao Liu's idea.
After discussing it, the two went directly to the warehouse through the back door. Before leaving, they asked the waiter to ask Liu Meixin what she wanted to say.
"Where's your boss?"
The waitress smiled and said, "Auntie, our boss has gone out of town to buy goods. What do you want to do with them?"
"Two of them went together?" Liu Meixin stared at her suspiciously.
The waiter could only bite the bullet and answer: "Yes, we got more goods this time."
Liu Meixin frowned when she heard this. What should she do? Lao Liu is still waiting for the money.
"Then give me two thousand dollars, and I'll report this to your boss later."
The waitress' eyes widened: "Auntie, this won't do. If the boss finds out, he will definitely fire me."
"Don't worry, I'll call them."
"Then you should call our boss first, any one of them will do."
Liu Meixin was angry and anxious: "Why are you so stubborn? They are going out of town to buy goods, where can I call them?"
The waiter refused to let her touch the cashier counter. Liu Mei was so angry that she said, "Okay, you wait for me. I'll let Lao San fire you later!"
After Liu Meixin left, He Jiayi and Liu Xiaoling returned to the store. When the waiter told them the situation, the two looked at each other in bewilderment.
"She just borrowed one thousand a week ago, and now she wants to borrow another two thousand? Is our mother treating us as a bank?" Liu Xiaoling was unhappy.
He Jiayi frowned, "What on earth is Lao Liu doing? He squandered a thousand dollars in a week?"
"Third sister, do you think mom won't borrow from the eldest sister and the others?"
He Jiayi slapped her thigh and quickly called He Jiali. As for He Jiawen, she was not worried because He Jiawen had lent them all his money to open the store. As for Qin Hao, she didn't believe that Liu Meixin could borrow money from Qin Hao. As for the fourth brother, he had just started working and didn't have that much money at all.
"Big sister, you must hold on and don't give in. Our mother has already borrowed a thousand dollars from us, and she wants to borrow another two thousand in just one week. Who knows how the sixth son is squandering it outside."
He Jiawen heard this and said angrily, "This little girl is really becoming more and more lawless. How can mom spoil her like this?"
As a result, not long after He Jiayi hung up the phone, Liu Meixin came to the door.
"Boss, do you have two thousand dollars? Lend it to me for emergency use."
Liu Meixin went straight to the point without beating around the bush.
"Mom, is it the sixth child asking you for money again? Don't pay attention to her. Oh, she is eating and drinking lavishly outside and asked you to lend her money for expenses. Is there any child who treats her like this?" He Jiali did not indulge He Jiaxi at all and pointed it out directly.
"Did the third sister call you? Don't listen to their nonsense. The sixth sister is doing serious work, and you as sisters have to support her." Liu Meixin looked unhappy.
He Jiali unconsciously raised her voice: "Mom, can you please stop believing everything Lao Liu says? At least make some judgments. With Lao Liu's personality, what can she accomplish? She's opening a store in Shanghai. Do you know where her store is and what she plans to sell?"
This really stumped Liu Meixin, but she still stiffened her neck and said, "How can you say that to your own sister? Lao Liu is such a good child, why do you all always pick on her!"
"We are going to make things difficult for her?" He Jiali couldn't believe what she heard.
"Mom, can you be honest when you say this? You have protected the sixth child since she was young, who dares to say anything against her? What about me? You left me with grandma in your hometown since I was young, and I was brought to you when I was ten years old."
"I am the eldest in the family. No matter what good things are, I have to give them to my younger sisters. I was the one who went to the countryside as an educated youth, and I was the first one to get a job. Why don't you feel sorry for me?"
He Jiali vented all her dissatisfaction at once.
Liu Meixin was speechless for a moment. After two minutes, she stood up angrily.
"If you don't want to lend it, then don't lend it. It's useless to say all this. The eldest child in a family with many children will suffer some losses. You are the only one who feels wronged. And don't blame me for this. If you want to blame someone, blame your father. I went to the hospital and asked. It's the man who decides whether to have a boy or a girl. You blame me for not being able to give birth to a boy. If the family didn't have so many children, life wouldn't be so hard."
Liu Meixin walked all the way to the door, but she didn't wait for He Jiali to call her. She could only stomp her feet, open the door and ran out.
After leaving He Jiali's house, Liu Meixin walked back in a daze.
The eldest brother refused to lend, the third and fifth brothers went out, the fourth brother just started working and has no money at all, and now the second brother is left.
Liu Meixin could only force herself to go to Qin Hao's house.
At this time, Qin Hao had just received a call from He Jiayi.
He Jiawen enthusiastically invited Liu Meixin to sit on the sofa. Liu Meixin didn't even drink a sip of water before she started talking about borrowing money.
"Mom, we just lent it to Lao Wu to open a shop a few days ago..."
Liu Meixin was unhappy when she heard this: "Second brother, stop talking nonsense to me. Two thousand yuan may not be affordable for other families, but your family can definitely afford it."
Qin Hao frowned and walked out from the inner room.
"Mom, two thousand dollars is not a small amount of money for anyone. If you want to borrow money, you should at least tell us what you want to use it for, right?"
When Liu Meixin saw Qin Hao, her arrogance obviously waned: "Second uncle is at home."
"That's right, Lao Liu..."
After listening to Liu Meixin's account of the situation, He Jiawen frowned, "Mom, if Lao Liu's wallet was really stolen on the train, why did she contact you only now? It's doubtful whether the fellow villager she mentioned really exists. You have already borrowed 1,000 from Lao San and Lao Wu, and now you have to take another 2,000. What if Lao Liu asks you for money again after a while?"
"What's wrong with you? Lao Liu is your biological sister. Why are you all looking at her like a thief? Is it because she followed me?"
Liu Meixin's crying and wailing might be useful against others, but it was useless against He Jiawen: "Mom, I'm just analyzing the problem with you. I really can't communicate with you like this."
"How about this? I happen to be going to Shanghai in two days. Mom, give me Lao Liu's contact number so I can go check on her situation. If she really uses it for the right purpose, I'll consider the two thousand yuan as my support for her entrepreneurship. How do you think?"
Qin Hao's words made Liu Meixin's eyes light up: "Really?"
"If you don't trust me, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Liu Meixin immediately gave Qin Hao He Jiaxi's phone number, and also asked Qin Hao to visit her before leaving and bring some eight-treasure pickles for Lao Liu, as she was afraid that she would not be able to get used to the food in Shanghai.
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Shanghai, Wanxin Hotel, He Jiaxi went to the bank to check her passbook several times a day, but the balance in the passbook was only a few cents for several days in a row. Just when she wanted to call her mother back to urge her, there was a knock on the door.
"Who?"
"it's me."
When He Jiaxi heard the voice, he immediately jumped out of bed.
"Second brother-in-law? Why are you here?"
I gritted my teeth and opened the door.
Qin Hao looked around and a playful smile appeared on his lips: "My wallet was stolen, but my ID card was not lost. The place I live in is not bad. Where is that kind fellow villager? I will treat him to a meal later to thank him."
"No, no... uh, what I mean is, my fellow villager has already left." He Jiaxi said with a wry smile.
"Really? That's unfortunate. Lao Liu, aren't you planning to open a store? What are you going to sell? Have you chosen a store?"
He Jiaxi was overwhelmed. She had no idea how to do business, so she just made up a lie to fool Liu Meixin.
"Well, I plan to open a clothing supermarket like my third and fifth sisters!"
As soon as he said this, He Jiaxi couldn't help but feel proud of his own wit.
"Really? Then your two thousand yuan start-up capital is far from enough. This is Shanghai. Even if you multiply it tenfold, it won't be enough."
He Jiaxi became depressed when he heard this.
"But if you really want to do it, I can think of a way to get the money for you. However, I don't have that much money on hand, so I can only help you make some connections, and the interest will be calculated according to the bank's interest rate."
Qin Hao came all the way here not to bring Lao Liu back to trouble the He family, but to let Lao Liu completely lose himself in the glamorous world of Shanghai, so that there would be no more trouble. (End of this chapter)