Chapter 88 The Yang Family Comes Knocking, Stealing the Watch
It wasn’t until after the new year celebrations that Shen Mingzhu finally put Shen Chaobei’s family of three on the bus back to Shenjiagou.
In the end, she specifically took a moment to warn Du Juan, "Whether your family of three will be eating chaff and vegetables or enjoying meat and spices depends on whether you can keep a tight hold on this craft. If you hold on tight, Daya will be able to wear new clothes, go to school, and eventually come to work and live in the city. But if you let it slip through your fingers, Daya will be destined to struggle in the countryside like you, growing up only to marry a rural man and remain rooted in an impoverished ravine like Shenjiagou for generations."
Qin Jinlian had been waiting eagerly and finally saw the return of the eldest son’s family.
"How did it go? Did your sister agree to lend money? How much did she lend?"
The moment Shen Chaobei walked in the door, before he even had a drink of water, Qin Jinlian was on him with questions.
It was Du Juan, however, who spoke up, telling Qin Jinlian to gather her father-in-law Shen Jianguo and the couple Shen Xiangnan together, as she had something to say.
Qin Jinlian, desperate to know how much money the eldest son had borrowed from his daughter to buy a gold chain for the second son’s wife, hastily gathered everyone.
"Chaobei, how much did Mingzhu agree to lend? This much?"
Qin Jinlian gestured the number five with her hand while calculating, "I was thinking, if we build two mud huts with thatched roofs, we should be able to save quite a bit. Then you can let me use what you’ve saved first, and I’ll pay you back in a couple of years, just like I’m keeping it safe for you."
Du Juan unceremoniously shattered Qin Jinlian’s hopes, "Mom, Mingzhu didn’t agree to lend any money."