Chapter 157: Snatching Clothes
Indeed, it wasn’t long before they couldn’t keep the business open; they packed up overnight and left. It’s said they didn’t even pay the rent they owed. Originally, they had agreed to rent the place for 10 yuan a month, but they ran away overnight without paying a dime, leaving the house all smoked up and filthy. Rotting vegetables were piled up inside, stinking and sour, the smell was incredibly foul.
This had the family next door cursing for days on end, leaving one to wonder if Hu Li’s mother felt any shame.
Granny Lu sighed with relief, now truly at ease, as their family alone remained selling there.
And, sure enough, Granny Lu had Granny Hua come to live with them. After all, there was plenty of room in the house, and Granny Lu could have some company, so she wouldn’t be lonely when the children went off to school; Granny Hua’s old house was simply not fit for living anymore.
Originally, Granny Hua refused, feeling their family already took enough advantage of Granny Lu. If they were to move into her house, eat her food, and occupy her place, how could they do such a thing? Eventually, Granny Hua gave in, persuaded by Granny Lu’s words. She might not pity Granny Hua, but what about Hua Jun? They couldn’t let the child suffer too; their dilapidated house was leaking, after all. What if it collapsed one day?
Granny Hua cried again, thinking of her twenty-something-year-old child, foolish and simple-minded, all they could do was swallow their tears.
Qin Xiangnuan and Qin Xiangyang were quite welcoming of Granny Hua’s family moving in; the household chores were all taken over by Granny Hua’s family. The brother and sister couldn’t find any work to do, so they focused all their attention on their studies.
By the time it reached ninth grade, Qin Xiangnuan received about ten thousand yuan in rent. She sent this ten thousand yuan to Jian Zhiqing, thereby clearing her debts, feeling as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders, the heaviness in her heart dissipated.
However, at the same time, and for some unknown reason, her mood became more repressed.