He Yao was watching TV in his room. He looked at the bucket of fish that He Zhou brought back and asked, "Old Pan is a miser, right?"
Pan Guangcai's nickname was Old Miser. He was a famous miser in Li Village in the early years. Although he became more generous after he became rich, his nickname was still remembered by many people.
He Zhou said, "It's from his fish pond."
"A gift?" He Yao asked.
"Yeah." He Zhou really did not want to answer but he still said, "I caught it with a fishing rod."
He Yao said impatiently, "He didn't agree when I offered to fish for money. Why? Why did he give you so much after you went?"
Zhao Di said, "You're so nosy. Go away. Don't keep asking questions all day."
She was really helpless towards her biological brother. If it wasn't for the fact that she was worried that her parents were getting old and wanted to stay at home to take care of them, she would not have wanted to stay at home.
He Yao said, "I was just asking."
He could order He Zhou around but he did not dare to throw a tantrum at his sister. His sister was his money bag.
Zhao Di ignored him and said to her son, "Hurry up and go to bed. Your Uncle Fatty will call you for dinner tonight."
"Got it." He Zhou went upstairs. Even without looking back, he could feel his uncle's murderous gaze.
In the past, he did not understand why his uncle hated him so much. Now that he had grown up, he slowly understood that money could move people's hearts. His mother had a big family business. If it wasn't for him, wouldn't his uncle own all the business?
His uncle thought that he was the one who blocked his path to wealth. If it wasn't for him, he might be able to own everything in the He family!
But why didn't he think about it? Did he have the ability to manage his mother's business?
All these years, she had helped him get married, helped him buy a house and a car, opened a hotel, a restaurant, and even a supermarket in the provincial capital. But none of it worked!
She had spent at least five or six million!
She had even taken care of all his mothers. If it wasn't for his grandmother's repeated pleas, she would not have cared about him.
When he woke up, it was already three o 'clock in the afternoon. He washed his face before going downstairs.
A little girl about three years old was supporting herself on the sofa with one hand and eating a snow pancake with the other. Her grandmother was eating melon seeds at the side, occasionally glancing at the little girl.
He Zhou walked over and picked her up. "Come, did you miss me?"
He didn't like his uncle, but he liked his uncle's child very much. Every year when he came back from vacation, even if he didn't have any money in his pocket, he would buy her a lot of delicious food and fun things.
"Brother …" the little girl said in a childish voice. She was very close to him.
"Let's go, big brother will take you out to play, okay?" His heart ached for the little girl. Due to the tradition of Old He's family that valued boys over girls, the little girl was rarely valued by the family. Other than his aunt who looked after the child, very few people asked about her. His grandmother even thought that the little girl was annoying.
Zhao Chunfang said, "Don't take her with you. Just let her stand there without crying or making a fuss. That way, your aunt won't say anything about it and it won't end well. She's just a little girl, but she's always so nervous like a treasure. "
Between her granddaughter and her grandson, she obviously sided with her grandson.
She was someone who had given birth to five daughters in a row!
How could she care about this little girl!
"Okay." He Zhou could only tease the little girl at the side. He didn't understand his grandmother's thoughts. Why would a woman make things difficult for another woman?
Zhao Chunfang said, "It's not easy for your uncle to come back. Don't make him unhappy. It's not easy to bring a debt collector along."
"Where are grandpa and the others?" He Zhou asked.
Zhao Chunfang said, "They went to your second grandpa's house."
He Zhou said, "Oh, then I'll go and have a look."
The second grandpa that his grandmother mentioned was the house of his grandfather's younger brother, He Weibao.
He Weibao's house was a tile-roofed house that was newly built two years ago. It was built with the help of Zhao Di. Originally, it was supposed to be a building, but He Weibao said that he wanted to save face, so he only built three tile-roofed houses.
He Weibao had been living in a difficult situation these years. He had a son and a daughter. His daughter married in the neighboring village, which was very close to him. After his son divorced Chu Xiuhong, he went out to work. He did find a woman from another place, but they didn't last long before they broke up. He had been single until now. He probably felt that he wasn't doing well and didn't have the face to return to his hometown.
He Weibao relied on his wife and daughter to take care of him.
"Second Uncle, let's go to the hospital. We can't just stay at home." He Zhou could hear his mother's voice from outside the window.
He heard his second grandpa say, "Forget it. It's not like he hasn't been in the hospital before. Didn't the doctors say that there's no cure? Just live one day at a time. Don't waste your money. Blame your younger brother for being useless. He can't pay you back. "
His mother said, "Is that a matter of money? As long as there's a glimmer of hope, we can't give up. The hospital is good, and it's much better than suffering at home.
Moreover, now that there's cooperative medical care, most of the expenses can be reimbursed. You don't have to worry about money. "
He Zhou walked in and greeted them. He stood beside his grandfather and his mother, followed by his uncle and aunt.
Second Grandma said, "He Zhou, sit by yourself. There's a stool over there."
He Zhou said, "I'll just stand. Second Grandpa, are you feeling better?"
He Weibao said, "I was just telling your mother that my body hurts. There's nothing else. It's useless to go to the hospital, and it's a waste of money. The reimbursement rate in the provincial capital is very low, and many imported medicines can't be reimbursed. I didn't pay attention and spent three hundred thousand. With this money, I might as well eat and drink well before I die."
This money was spent on his niece. His niece was not his biological daughter. Even if she was his biological daughter, he would be too embarrassed to spend so much money!
He Zhou said, "Second Grandpa, take good care of yourself. Don't move."
Seeing that the old man insisted, Zhao Di did not say anything more. She gestured to her cousin, He Manrong, and the two quietly left the house. "Did you get in touch with Manjun?"
He Manrong said, "A few days ago, his phone was either in arrears or off service. When he finally got in touch with him, he said he wanted to come back, but he said he didn't have money on him. I transferred three thousand yuan to him and said that if he didn't come back, he wouldn't be able to see our father one last time. He said this morning that he bought a ticket and would be home tomorrow."
Zhao Di nodded and said, "He's quite open-minded. He's already in his forties, but he's still so young."
However, she couldn't control He Manjun. Just like He Yao, she had made arrangements a few years ago, but she couldn't help him. He disdained physical labor and didn't know how to use his brain. He suffered losses no matter what he did.
After He Yao and his wife left, He Weibao looked at He Zhou and said to He Laoxi, "Now it seems that out of so many children, only He Zhou is promising. The rest are all useless."
"Sigh, I know. I really don't know what our He family has done."
He Laoxi let out a long sigh.
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