Qiao Wangzu rarely went home for a meal. Seeing that his daughter is in college, she will definitely not worry about work in the future, and other children basically don’t have to worry about themselves. That is, her younger daughter Simei is still in high school, but she will graduate soon and will be able to work and earn money by then.
"It's not easy for us to have a family today!"
Hearing Qiao Wangzu say this, Qiao Simei couldn't help but whisper: "What does it mean to be together? You won't eat at home."
"What does it mean to not eat at home? Our family is now in the mood. Now our family has two people receiving their salary, and Sanli doesn't have to spend money. They will also receive salary when they go to internships. Sanli, you will have to pay me every month."
Qiao Sanli was stunned when she heard this. She wanted to say that she had earned money and was going to return it to Zhao Shucheng first.
But Qiao Wangzu had no chance to speak to Sanli, and said, "The life is getting better and better. It's not like before, when I was holding you four by myself. Your second aunt, like a death-seeking ghost for money, has come to me every now and then. Now it's finally pursuing."
Qiao Simei muttered, "It's not because of that little money. I haven't understood it after paying it back for so many years."
In fact, Qiao Yicheng and the others also felt that Qiao Wangzu was wrong. In fact, the money was not much. It was just that when his mother passed away, the second aunt's family helped to organize the funeral and lent Qiao Wangzu money to sell urns. However, for so many years, Qiao Wangzu occasionally paid a little money, but more of it was always on the vermill. Even occasionally, he owed Qiao Qiqi's living expenses for a month.
After Qiao Yicheng got to know him, he gave the money he squeezed out of the monthly living expenses given to his second aunt and the others. This did not make Qiao Qiqi feel that the Qiao family did not like him.
They don’t think that Qiao Wangzu has raised them. Apart from giving some living expenses every month, they rarely see Qiao Wangzu, and now they have not seen anyone for several months. They are not so much the ones that Qiao Wangzu has raised them, but rather the ones that Qiao Yicheng has raised them.
Qiao Wangzu ignored Qiao Simei's muttering, but said, "When Sanli and Simei go out to work, their family life will be better. Unlike some people, if they think about their homes, they would have gone out to work long ago and share the burden with their family. Unlike now, they study this and that all day long, and they don't know what they have developed."
Qiao Sanli saw that Qiao Yicheng was a little unhappy and said, "Dad, today is a happy day, don't talk about these unhappy things."
"You eat slowly, my words are still growing."
Qiao Sanli said: "Dad, my brother is different from us. He is a material for reading, and reading is a good thing."
"I plan to buy a TV for our family, which is colorful. It is not like the one in your second aunt's house, which is a fake color TV that is covered with films, but it is a real color TV. My father has a way, and I can do it. I won't have to go to your second aunt's house to watch the Spring Festival Gala in the future."
Qiao Yicheng couldn't listen to Qiao Wangzu's bragging and said, "Now, as long as you have money, you can buy it in the store. What's the way?"
Qiao Wangzu was a little unhappy when he saw Qiao Yicheng blocking his words again and said, "You are right. If you want to have money, I'm a little more generous. I'll give you a big deal, I'll take three hundred, and you can share the rest."
Qiao Simei asked, "Dad, do you want to buy domestic or imported ones?"
Qiao Wangzu said: "Of course it is domestic. Just ordinary panda brands are fine. For example, imported ones cost several thousand at any time. Where can we afford them?"
After hearing this, Qiao Simei said, "Dad, don't count on me. I am still in high school now. The tuition fees are all given by my elder brother. I don't have a salary, so I can't pay you the money."
Qiao Erqiang said, "I'll give you two hundred."
Qiao Sanli was also a little embarrassed. She is still a college student and has no salary at all. Although she occasionally works part-time jobs, she is unwilling to contact men and can do very little work, so she naturally can't save much money.
"Dad, I don't have a salary here, I only have a hundred on hand now."
Qiao Wangzu wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't say Sanli, but instead glanced at Qiao Yicheng.
He knew that although his son had not yet gone out to work, he was writing articles and writing articles for others and earned some money.
"Well, there is still a gap of more than 400 yuan."
But seeing that Qiao Yicheng didn't respond at all, she frowned and said, "Yicheng, you have nothing to say? Our neighbors have color TVs, many of our families have color TVs. I have so many children, but in the end I can't even see a color TV, so it won't make people laugh at it?"
"That person pretended to be poor with me. I know you have it. You help people in the shop outside, give tutoring to the little kids, and your articles are still published in the newspaper. This cannot be published in vain? It used to be called Runbi, but now it is called Manuscript fee. I am not the kind of illiterate illiterate who can't read big words, I understand."
Qiao Yicheng was too lazy to pay attention to Qiao Wangzu because he was worried that he would really get the money back. Maybe Qiao Wangzu would just use the money to gamble, but the shadow of the color TV would not be visible.
Seeing Qiao Yicheng leaving with the bowl, Qiao Wangzu couldn't help but slap the table and said, "Someone pretended not to hear it from me, selfish! I've never seen such selfish people."
Seeing that Qiao Yicheng still didn't say anything, Qiao Wangzu looked at the remaining children angrily. When he saw Qiao Sanli and Qiao Simei, he suddenly came up with an idea.
When Zhao Shucheng was writing at home, he heard a knock on the door and was knocked hard. He couldn't help but wonder who was so ugly.
You should know that since Zhao Shucheng's novel was published abroad, he has commissioned a publisher to publish the new novel in recent times, earning a lot of foreign exchange. Although it is not widely publicized, most of the people who can come to Zhao Shucheng will not be so irritable.
After Zhao Shucheng opened the door, he saw a middle-aged man standing at the door and preparing to knock on the door.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Shucheng recognized it at a glance. This is Qiao Yicheng's father, Qiao Wangzu, the father of Qiao Yicheng and his brother and sister.
Zhao Shucheng was a little strange about Qiao Wangzu coming to find him. Although he had a good relationship with Qiao Yicheng, he had no contact with Qiao Wangzu. How could he come back to find him?
When Qiao Wangzu saw Zhao Shucheng open the door, he smiled awkwardly and said, "Xiao Zhao, you are at home!"
Qiao Wangzu saw his eldest son unwilling to pay for his color TV yesterday. When he saw his daughter, he remembered that Zhao Shucheng had a good relationship with his daughter, otherwise he would not have supported his daughter in high school and college.
Maybe he will become Zhao Shucheng's old father-in-law in the future, so if he buys color TVs at home, since his son is unwilling to pay, it is not impossible to ask his son-in-law to give the money.
Besides, although he was a little unemployed, he was still very informative because of this. He knew that Zhao Shucheng had earned a lot of money by writing novels before, otherwise he would not have moved to such a small foreign house.
So the good idea he thought of yesterday was to come to Zhao Shucheng for money. Of course, it would not be such a lack of skill to ask for money. It could be regarded as a bride price for his daughter to follow Zhao Shucheng.
However, Qiao Wangzu also thought very clearly that if his daughter married Zhao Shucheng, she would definitely not only have a bride price of more than 400 yuan. Because it is unclear how much Zhao Shucheng's money is, but this house costs tens of thousands, and at least he has to give him a bride price of several thousand yuan.
Zhao Shucheng recognized it as Qiao Wangzu and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Qiao, why are you here?"
Qiao Wangzu looked at Zhao Shucheng standing at the door and said, "Xiao Zhao, are you just standing here and talking to your Uncle Qiao?"
Zhao Shucheng actually didn't want Qiao Wangzu to come in, but standing at the door was really unreasonable. He could only take a step back and let Qiao Wangzu talk to the living room.
After Qiao Wangzu walked in, he saw the decorations and space in the house, and suddenly felt that the old house that he regarded as life was a bit unsavory.
But he also knew very well that if he asked Zhao Shucheng to take this house as a betrothal gift, he would probably not be able to agree at all, and instead drew a clear line with his daughter.
Although he is selfish, he also knows what it means to stop when you are right and stop when you are good.
"Xiao Zhao, your writing really makes money. This house costs a lot of money, right?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "It's okay, Uncle Qiao, you sit down first, I'll pour you a cup of tea."
"No, no!"
Although Qiao Wangzu said this, he had no intention of stopping Zhao Shucheng at all. Instead, he sat on the sofa, as if he had returned to his own home.
Zhao Shucheng shook his head and came to the kitchen. After pouring two cups of tea, he walked out with him.
"Uncle Qiao, please have tea! Just tell me what you have."
Qiao Wangzu picked up the teacup and took a sip, pretending to say, "Good tea, good tea! This is really good tea, it should be considered a treasure, right?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "I don't know very well. They were all given to me by others. If you like it, you can bring a pack back when you leave."
Qiao Wangzu smiled and said, "How can you be so embarrassed!" But he said he was embarrassed, but there was no look of embarrassment on his face.
"Xiao Zhao, I'm here to find you today, but I'm actually looking for you."
"Uncle Qiao, you said."
Qiao Wangzu said: "Actually, you sponsored our Sanli in high school and university, which makes me a little ashamed as a father."
Zhao Shucheng said: "Is that so, Uncle Qiao is here to help Sanli pay back the money today?"
Qiao Wangzu was drinking tea. When he heard Zhao Shucheng say this, he was choked and coughed twice before he recovered.
"Ahem, Sanli said that she would do this money-paying thing by herself, so I won't get involved. I came to you because of other things. Xiao Zhao, what do you think of our Sanli?"
Zhao Shucheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, not understanding what Qiao Wangzu mentioned Sanli for? Soon Zhao Shucheng understood that Qiao Wangzu was not trying to be a matchmaker for Sanli, right?
"Sanli is a good girl, kind, sensible, and beautiful."
Chapter completed!