8th Story 9
Li Yueran just received a call from someone who wanted to see the house, so she went downstairs to wait for someone. Seeing Li Jianhua coming on a battery scooter, “Brother, why are you here?”
“I’m worried about you, so I come and take a look. Is anyone coming to see the house?” Li Jianhua asked.
“Well, they said they would come in ten minutes.” Li Yueran said with a smile.
“Zhu Hui hasn’t come back these days, has she? When she comes back, you call me, you can’t see her alone, this child is not recognized by the six relatives now!” Li Jianhua frowned.
“Understood brother, I don’t dare to see her alone now. She didn’t come back, but she always called me to ask about the house. Today this person called four or five times. From what he said, he seemed to want to buy. If the price is alright, I plan to sell it and give her the money earlier to save trouble.” Li Yueran said with a sigh.
“I have something else to tell you. There is a house in our community that needs to be sold. It’s not big, about 50 square meters. It’s just right for you alone. It’s in the same community as my family then we can take care each other. If you are interested, I’ll just say hello and keep the house for you?” Li Jianhua said.
Li Yueran was a little hesitant. The community Li Jianhua lived in was a well-known high-end community in the local area. The housing prices there, even second-hand housing, were probably not cheap, and the money might not be enough. Besides, she is still hesitating whether to buy a house or rent a house in the future.
Seeing her hesitation, Li Jianhua said, “If you don’t have enough money, I’ll pay for it first.”
Li Yueran shook his head, “Brother, to tell you the truth, I don’t plan to buy a house anymore. I just want to be free to do whatever I want. I just want to rent a house to live in. The money from the sale of the house will be used to buy a wealth management product and keep it when I get old. Find myself a nursing home to live in! If I want to buy a house, if Huihui thinks about it again forcing me selling the house, I can’t stand it.”
Li Jianhua thought for a while, “That’s right, Xiaopeng’s wife works in a bank, so let her help you find out what good financial products are available later. If Zhu Hui makes trouble, just say that you lent it to me. Hey, why did you raise such a heartless girl! Forget it, I will let the second child help you find out where there is a house for rent. “
In less than half a month, the house was sold. After completing the account transfer and receiving the final payment, Li Yueran, accompanied by Li Jianhua, went to the bank and gave Zhu Hui half of the house sale price, totaling 390,000 yuan. They went over there, then called Zhu Hui, “I have already sent the money, remember to go to the bank to check, I will not use this number again in the future, if you have nothing to do, don’t call me again, the two of us…”
As soon as Zhu Hui heard that the money had arrived, she also saw the bank reminder text message on her mobile phone. She couldn’t open her eyes for joy. She couldn’t listen to anything else. She immediately hung up the phone, asked her boss for a leave, then called Zhang Wei, let him ask for a leave quickly to pay for the down payment. Today is the last day of the real estate that they are interested in. If they don’t pay the money, the house will probably be sold to someone else. Zhu Hui left happily, leaving behind colleagues who were discussing a lot.
“She is so happy, it might her mother send the money?”
“It must be, you didn’t hear that she called her husband just now, saying that she was going to buy a house? Huh, especially the word “buy a house”, she said it very loudly Who is she showing off to? Hmph, she thought she was amazing!”
“Isn’t she amazing, she just bought a house in Shanghai after graduation for more than two years.”
“Hey, do you think her natal family is rich? I guess she is very rich, if not how can she buy a house in Shanghai?”
“You are so stupid, you don’t know about that video, her hometown is just a small second or third-tier city, even if the house price has risen where can it go, at most three to four hundred thousand. Adding her previous deposits, it can be at most six to seven hundred thousand. But this is their first house, and the house must not be big, so the down payment only needs to be 20%.”
“Oh, that’s pretty good. Like me, my parents don’t ask me for money to spend for my brother, so I’m thankful. Not everyone has the face of Zhu Hui!”
“Hahaha! Yes!” Everyone laughed.
Zhu Huicai doesn’t care what others say about her. Now she is full of joy of buying a house. After meeting with Zhang Wei, the two of them took a taxi and filled in the documents, paid the money and went through the formalities. After half a year, the house will be handed over and the bag will be ready to check in. After leaving the gate of the sales department, Zhang Wei happily called Zhang’s father and Zhang’s mother to tell the good news. After hanging up the phone, he glanced at Zhu Hui and gave her a good face for the first time in a while. “You did a good job, let’s find a place to have a good meal!”
Zhu Hui felt sorry for the money, but in a few minutes, all her savings were gone, and now she only had 10,000 yuan left, but she and Zhang Wei were both paid monthly. It’s just that Zhang Wei was in such a good mood, she didn’t dare to disobey him, “Okay, where do you want to eat?”
Zhang Wei took Zhu Hui to a famous restaurant, ordered seven or eight dishes, Zhu Hui read the menu her heart was bleeding, truly a good guy, a meal would cost more than a thousand, which is really expensive, but seeing Zhang Wei’s happy face, she couldn’t say anything to stop him. While eating, Zhang Wei suddenly brought Zhu Hui a dish with chopsticks. Zhu Hui looked up at him flattered. Zhang Wei glanced at her, “Eat!”.
She doesn’t like cilantro, but because Ah Wei picked it up for her, she just be happy with it.
“By the way, how much did your mother sent you? 390,000? That house sold for 780,000! I really can’t tell. Is the house price so high in your small place?” Zhang Wei said disdainfully.
“The location of my house is good, the environment is good, there are mountains and rivers, besides, there are kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools around, many accompanying parents will rent houses there, so the housing prices have also been fired up.” Zhu Hui said with a smile.
“Your mother gave you half, so what will she do with the remaining of 390,000 yuan? Buy a house or save it? Speaking of which, we now have a house, and the only thing we need is a car.” Zhang Wei said with a smile.
Zhu Hui felt cold, but still said with a smile: “Actually, it is quite convenient to take the subway. There is a subway station as soon as you go out of this neighborhood, which is very convenient.”
Zhang Wei immediately lowered his face, and then patted his chopsticks on the table. “I’m full, I don’t want to eat!” After finished speaking, he was about to leave.
Seeing that the table had only eaten half of the food, Zhu Hui hurriedly asked someone to bring over a packed lunch box. Seeing this, Zhang Wei disliked her even more, turned around and left without even looking at her. Zhu Hui packed her bags in a hurry, and was about to leave when she was stopped by the waiter. The bill hadn’t been settled yet. Zhu Hui hurriedly put down the lunch box, looked for her wallet, paid the bill, and went out with big bags and small bags, but she couldn’t couldn’t see Zhang Wei’s shadow. Zhu Hui stood under the sun for a long time before she was convinced that Zhang Wei really left her alone. Zhu Hui sighed. It’s not that she didn’t know what Zhang Wei meant, but she just broke up with her mother to buy a house and split the money. How could she have the nerve to ask her mother to buy a car now! Zhu Hui sighed helplessly, carried the lunch box, and walked to the subway station to take the subway. It costs more than 100 yuan to take a taxi, and it is troublesome to encounter traffic jams, so it is more convenient to take the subway.
It’s a pity, Zhu Hui couldn’t handle Zhang Wei, or she was used to Zhang Wei’s. Zhang Wei and her had a cold war for a few days, she couldn’t take it anymore, and called her mother again but only got an empty number? How could it be an empty number? Did she change the number again? Or did she put her on the blacklist? Zhu Hui was a little angry, what happened to her mother? Is this necessary? This is a thief! She dialed Li Jianhua’s number, but she couldn’t get through! Zhu Hui didn’t believe in evil. She dialed the numbers of her second uncle, her two aunts, and her cousins one by one, but they couldn’t get through. She opened WeChat, one by one, all of them blocked her. Zhu Hui was trembling with anger, her head suddenly became hot, she asked for leave, and took the train back to her hometown. But when she got out of the train station and was blown by the cold wind, she calmed down. Where should she go to find her mom? The house was sold, and she only cared about getting the money, she didn’t ask where her mother was staying. Where should she find someone now? Zhu Hui stood at the door, and people around her came and went, but no one paid attention to her. Suddenly, the cell phone rang, and it was Ah Wei’s call.
“You didn’t come home to cook after work, where did you go?”
“I’m back to my hometown, I can’t reach my mother by phone, so I’ll come back and check.”
“Oh, you’re back to your hometown!” On the other end of the phone, Zhang Wei’s tone calmed down a lot, “Okay, come back early after finishing your work!”
After finished speaking, he hung up the phone without hesitation. Zhu Hui looked at the phone in a daze, she should have known about it long ago, shouldn’t she? He only cares about the result, not the process. You’ve already gotten used to it, haven’t you? But there was nothing she could do, she couldn’t leave him. Zhu Hui lowered her head and touched her stomach, then reached out to hail a taxi to her uncle’s house.
As a result, it was all for naught, and there was no one at home. After knocking on the door for a long time, no one came out to answer the door. Zhu Hui had no choice but to knock on the door next door. The door next door was opened, but when she saw her, she said, “Oh, aren’t you the niece who used a knife to force her mother to sell the house to subsidize her husband’s family?” Then the door slammed shut!
Zhu Hui was almost hit her nose by the door, after hearing what the man said, she became even more angry and knocked on the door louder, “Open the door for me, what do you mean!” The door opened suddenly, and Zhu Hui was about to rush up asking what happened when a basin of cold water was poured in front of me. A middle-aged woman had one hand on her hip and held a basin in the other. “What do you think this is? Is this where you ran wild? Can I tell you?” You, my son is from the criminal police brigade, if you cause trouble here, I will call the police and arrest you, believe it or not!”
Zhu Hui suddenly became timid, “Auntie, I didn’t mean that, I just wanted to ask, my uncle and the others Where did the family go?”
“How do I know! Go away, if you knock on the door again, I’ll call the police!” The woman slammed the door again.
Zhu Hui’s upper body was drenched with water, and she felt extremely uncomfortable. Just now she became angry her stomach also felt a little uncomfortable. Zhu Hui thought about finding a place to change, but she remembered when she got down the stairs, she remembers that she didn’t bring a change of clothes at all. After thinking for a long time, Zhu Hui went to the nearby supermarket and bought a white T-shirt with a red heart printed on the white chest. It was not expensive, only 19.90. After changing, Zhu Hui went to her uncle’s house again. This time she didn’t dare to make too much noise, so she could only knock on the door softly. After knocking for a long time, no one opened the door. Zhu Hui waited downstairs for half an hour, but she didn’t see her uncle’s family. It’s not an option to stay like this all the time. She took a taxi to the second uncle’s house, but the neighbor said that the second uncle’s family went to the second aunt’s natal family to visit relatives, and it would take a few days to come back. An hour later, Zhu Hui finally saw someone she knew at second Aunt’s house, “Second Aunt, you are finally home.”
“Oh, it’s you Zhu Hui, why are you back again? Hasn’t your house been sold? What are you doing here again? What! No money? Or do you want to squeeze your mother dry again!” The second aunt said disdainfully, “Zhu Hui, you can’t be so heartless. You have already sold your mother’s house, and your mother only has that money left. It is your mother’s pension money. Don’t think about it, okay? Your house has been bought, so what do you want?”
If she couldn’t find anyone else, Zhu Hui would be too lazy to listen to the nonsense of the second aunt here, so she asked patiently: “Second aunt, Where is my mother? Where is she? This is a matter between us, mother and daughter, can you just leave it alone.”
“It’s reyfunny, that’s your mother, you don’t even know where she is? How do I know!” The second aunt rolled her eyes, “Do you have anything else? If not, I’ll go back.”
Zhu Hui hurriedly grabbed Second Aunt’s arm, “Second Aunt, you can’t leave, tell me quickly, where is my mother?”
“What are you doing! Let go!” Second Aunt struggled.
“What are you doing, let go!” A pair of strong hands pulled Zhu Hui away, and a woman appeared in front of the two of them, and then pulled the second aunt behind her to protect her, “Who are you, what do you want to do to my mom? What are you doing in broad daylight, there is no law! Let me tell you, no matter what you are selling, we will not buy it. If you keep messing around, I will call 110 to call the police! Let go in!” Then she pushed the second aunt into the room and closed the door with a bang.
Zhu Hui stood there dumbstruck, she recognized her, this is the daughter-in-law of the second aunt, she is very aggressive, she actually said that she is a salesman in the supermarket after graduating from college, how dare she look down on her?
Angrily, Zhu Hui began to knock on the door again. When the door opened, the woman leaned against the door, “Hey, who are you supposed to be? Isn’t this a high-achieving student from my aunt’s family? I’m so blind, I thought it was a seller selling toothpaste and toothbrushes just now. I say, cousin, you are only twenty-seven, why do you look so old! Didn’t you say that your salary is seven or eight thousand a month? Why do you look older than my mother with this dress? I heard that you bought a house in Q City? So why don’t you take care of yourself when you have money? You’re not afraid that your husband will run away with someone else! I heard what my mother said just now. We really don’t know the whereabouts of my aunt. We are so busy taking care of my son, I don’t have the time to take care of other people’s affairs. You should go to uncle, he will know for sure.”
“There is no one at uncle’s house!” Zhu Hui said holding back her anger.
“Oh, there’s no one. Maybe they went on a trip or visiting relatives? I don’t know. Although we are relatives, we also have our own lives, right? We are too busy with our own family affairs. How do we know about other people’s family affairs? Is it okay now? I’ll close the door if it’s okay, and I still have to cook!” After finishing speaking, she closed the door.
Zhu Hui was so angry that her stomach hurt, she clutched her stomach and sat down on the stairs.
The second aunt looked at the cat’s eyes for a long time, she was a little worried, “Nothing will happen, right? She is pregnant with a child, what if something happens, will shy blackmail our house?” “It’s okay, I have a solution!”
After a while, two young men in a hurry came up the stairs. When they saw Zhu Hui, they whistled at her, “Elder sister? Are you lone? Did you eat already? Brothers will treats you!”
“Crazy!” Zhu Hui cursed then stood up and left.
After a day’s delay in her hometown, there was no news at all, Zhu Hui had no choice but to go back by car.
As soon as she got home, Zhang Wei greeted her with a smile on his face, “Why are you only here now? Have you eaten? There are instant noodles at home. I’ll cook them for you” Without waiting for Zhu Hui to speak, he turned and went out of the kitchen.
Zhu Hui found some comfort in her depressed heart.
After a while, Zhang Wei came back with instant noodles, “Hurry up! You must be starving!”
Zhu Hui was so moved that she sat down and ate.
Seeing that she had eaten half, Zhang Wei hesitated, and then asked: “How about after you go back this time? What does Mom say? If Mom doesn’t want to lend us money to buy a car, then forget it.”
Zhu Hui looked at him in surprise , when did Ah Wei become so reasonable?
“It’s just that, can you ask Mom to borrow some money? It’s not much, 100,000 yuan is enough!” Zhang Wei said.
“One hundred thousand? What do you need so much money for?” Zhu Hui asked in surprise, not even eating noodles. “What’s going on?”
“Hey, didn’t we buy a house? My dad was happy, drank too much wine, ended up betting with someone and lost money. My mother was in a hurry and called me , but I only have 3,000 yuan with me, it’s not enough to send them all back!” Zhang Wei laughed.
“I don’t have any money!” Zhu Hui was angry. She was angry all day long, and now she heard the news, “What’s the matter with your parents? We buying a house and they didn’t help you with a penny. Forget it, now they went to gamble and still lost so much? One hundred thousand? Where can I get so much money!”
“Didn’t your mother have it? Ask your mother for money!” Zhang Wei said. “I don’t want to buy a car anymore. What’s wrong with me taking 100,000 yuan!”
“You also know that it is my mother’s money? In order to buy a house, I forced my mother with a knife, and I became the object of everyone’s contempt and disgust. The chance of promotion is gone, and my colleagues look down on me. I finally bought a house, and you have to have to buy a car! I can only go back to my mother to ask for money, but I searched for a day, even my mother’s shadow I didn’t find it. All my relatives looked down on me. I don’t know how many people looked at me with white eyes. You can’t see them. You only know asking me for money! Zhang Wei, do you have a conscience? Have you cared about me and my child since we entered the door? Your parents have hands and feet, but they only know how to ask me for money, and they don’t pay a penny for buying a house. Forget it. Now that they lost the bet, how dare I ask my mother for money? What do you think of me? A cash machine? Or a bank?” Zhu Hui said angrily.
“Why are you talking so much nonsense! You can’t talk about my parents!” Zhang Wei slapped Zhu Hui to the ground angrily, then grabbed her bag and poured out all the contents. He found her wallet, took out all the money in it, and took out her bank account. He continued to search and found a credit card with a limit of exactly 100,000 yuan then he took it away.
Zhu Hui clutched her stomach and fell to the ground. Seeing Zhang Wei take the credit card, “No, you can’t take it. If you take it, what will you get to pay back next month?”
Zhang Weicai didn’t care about this, just took the credit card and left.
Zhu Hui struggled to stand up, but her stomach hurt so badly that she shrank into a ball. She felt that something was leaking from her lower body. She felt something was wrong, and opened her mouth to yell, “Help! Help!” It’s a pity, no one was in the house.
Zhu Hui called for a long time, but no one answered her. In the end, she got the mobile phone by herself and called 120 to call an ambulance.
Unsurprisingly, Zhu Hui had a miscarriage. During the operation, a family member needed a signature, but Zhang Wei could not be contacted. There was no way out. Finally, a colleague of Zhu Hui was contacted, and the operation was performed.
Zhu Hui stayed in the hospital for three days, and Zhang Wei never showed up. When she came home from the hospital, Zhang Wei was sleeping with his head covered. Zhu Hui couldn’t help crying at the door. But Zhang Wei acted as if he hadn’t heard and slept soundly on his own.
Zhu Hui didn’t know how things turned out like this, she didn’t know who to blame? Should she blame Zhang Wei? Didn’t she already know how he is? Should she blame herself? But all she want just to gain a foothold in this city, is she did something wrong? Zhu Hui cried in pain.
Li Yueran traveled to Southeast Asia for half a month, came back, learned about Zhu Hui’s current situation from his elder brother and frowned. Li Jianhua was afraid that her heart would soften again, so he hurriedly said: “Are you soft-hearted? I can tell you, this family is a bottomless pit. Once you soften your heart, you will never be able to get rid of them in the future.”
Li Yueran smiled, “How could I be soft-hearted? I am just feeling a little emotional. It has reached this point. Looking back, she is really obsessed with her obsession!”
“You don’t care about her! Anyway, just don’t be soft-hearted. By the way, the place where you live has been found for you. It is a relocation community. The house is not big. It is next to the police station. It’s not bad. I asked Xiaopeng to move all the luggage for you, here is the address and key.” Li Jianhua said.
“Thank you, brother. I’ll go back and clean up right away.” Li Yueran smiled.
She inserted the phone card into her mobile phone. Before going on a trip, she re-applied for a card, but the original number was useless. As soon as the phone was turned on, a lot of prompt messages popped up. She looked carefully. These days, Zhu Hui had made dozens of phone calls and text messages to her. She checked them one by one, and they were all cursing and complaining text messages. Li Yueran had some sympathy for her at first, but now that she thinks about it, she’s really a screwed up. What does your current experience have to do with me? You blame me instead. Should I selflessly dedicate everything to make you happy!?
Li Yueran went back to pack her luggage, and for the next period of time, she was shopping around and furnishing the room. Although the house was rented, the home was still her own, and she furnished the house in a warm and unique way. In my spare time, I just read books, dance and live a comfortable and happy life, and I feel much younger.
