After being reborn, I decisively broke off my engagement and married a cold-faced military young mas

Chapter 754 Talking about blind dates

"Once the money is in our hands, it's ours. Whether it's returned or not is none of our business."

Lin Yuyao came out of the bathroom. "I heard a knock on the door just now. Was it my sister-in-law's parents who hadn't left yet?"

"They've left now."

"Oh, what did they say to you?"

“They said they wanted to repair their house and asked your older brother for some money. I said I promised to pass on their message, but they needed the money urgently and said it would be too much trouble to go back and forth, so they asked me to lend them some.”

Lin Yuyao's brow twitched. "What do you say?"

"Of course I agreed."

"What? You agreed? You paid?"

Fu Huaiyi smiled and said, "Of course not. I told them to come and pick it up at noon. Thirty thousand is not a small amount. I don't have any cash on hand."

Lin Yuyao's eyes widened. "They're asking for 30,000? Pshaw, they really have the nerve to ask for that. In the countryside, 3,000 is about right for building a house."

"Well, they probably know your older brother is making money, so they dare to ask for an exorbitant amount."

Lin Yuyao expressed her agreement.

Fu Huaiyi added, "Let's leave early tomorrow. Although I told them to come at noon, there's no guarantee they won't come early in the morning just to get the money as soon as possible."

Lin Yuyao thought it made sense.

It was getting late, so the two of them quickly went to sleep, and then set off with their luggage at the crack of dawn the next day.

They were right; the two of them did indeed arrive quite early.

Seeing that no one was home, I didn't think much of it and assumed they had gone to the city to withdraw money.

Then I sat down at the entrance of their courtyard and waited.

I waited from morning until noon, watching smoke billowing from the chimneys of every house around me. Then I cooked and ate...

The two were starving, but still couldn't see a single person.

"Where is he? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

"Withdrawing such a large sum of money might be difficult; let's wait a bit longer."

The two continued to wait, until the chimney was smoking from dinner, but still no one returned.

Unable to wait any longer, Mr. Chen told Ms. Chen to ask the neighbors.

The neighbor said, "They've probably left."

"They've left? They promised us... how could they leave?"

"I heard their flight was at noon, and it's almost evening now. The flight is fast, they should all be home by now."

"What?" They then realized they had been tricked.

"Oh dear, that heartless bastard tricked us so much we almost cried."

……

Lin Yuyao and the others did indeed go back, and they were already home by then.

Lu Jiangting came over to take a look and realized they had left when he saw the closed door.

That makes sense. They came back for the old lady's funeral, but once she was buried, they naturally went back.

However, Lu Jiangting had only taken annual leave, so he wouldn't be going back for a while; he still needed to visit his mother.

This month, his mother is eating at his older sister's house, and he gives her fifty yuan a month. He gives the money to whoever his mother is staying with.

For the sake of the money, the brother-in-law had no objections.

After all, it's just a matter of adding an extra pair of chopsticks. Taking care of the old lady doesn't require them to lift a finger, and besides, the old lady can occasionally help with some chores. Why not do it?

At this moment, only his elderly mother is at home.

Wang Cuilan was extremely surprised to see him.

"Jiang Ting, why are you back?"

Lu Jiangting handed two bags of fruit candy to Wang Cuilan, saying, "Mom, I took my annual leave to come see you."

“Oh dear, my old woman is perfectly fine, what’s there to see? You send money back every month, and life isn’t easy for you either. Save your money and don’t come back unless necessary.”

"It won't cost much; the travel expenses will be reimbursed."

"But..." Wang Cuilan asked him with a worried look, "Have you gone home to check?"

"I've seen it, and I even offered incense and burned paper money for my father. It's just that our house is empty, and it feels like it's about to collapse."

Wang Cuilan nodded and said, "That's right! This old house will collapse if no one lives in it. I told you I'd like to go back and live there, but your two older sisters don't want to."

"At your age, you shouldn't live alone, otherwise we wouldn't know if something happened."

"What could possibly be wrong with me?" Wang Cuilan patted her chest and said, "I'm perfectly healthy."

Lu Jiangting suddenly remembered those illusions, where his mother passed away about a year after his father's death.

However, in that illusion, Yuyao took good care of her parents. Even though her father had cancer, he lived for many years before passing away, which was not like the reality, where he died so young.

In other words, Mother actually has another ten or eight years to live.

He was his parents' youngest child, and his parents were already quite old.

For the elderly, living to their seventies is enough. But the thought that his mother only has ten or eight years left to live makes him sad.

Lu Jiangting said, "Mother, why don't you come with me? I'll take care of you in your old age."

"How can that be?" Wang Cuilan refused without even thinking, then whispered in his ear, "You silly boy, if I stay with you, how will you find a wife?"

"Mother, I..."

Before Lu Jiangting could say anything, Wang Cuilan cut him off, saying, "I know you won't look down on me, and I know you're filial. Listen to your mother, these days there are no young girls who don't look down on old ladies. Why should someone serve an old woman like me as soon as they enter the house? Without me, you could find someone better."

See? Wang Cuilan actually knows everything.

She might not go now, but if Lu Jiangting really gets married, she'll definitely go.

"mother……"

"Alright, alright, stop talking. I'm doing fine with your two older sisters. I'm happy you've come back to see me. It's rare for you to come back, so it's good that you stay for a few days. Stay for a few days and then go back."

He swallowed back all his words and nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to Mother."

"By the way, you mentioned you went on a blind date with a girl last time, did it work out?"

Lu Jiangting was speechless for a moment.

He didn't go on any blind dates. He was just lying to her to put her mind at ease.

"No...it didn't work out."

Wang Cuilan became anxious, "Why didn't it work out? Didn't you say this girl was quite nice?"

"She...she is a good person, but she has two younger brothers, and neither of them are good enough. They are both waiting for me to help them find jobs."

Lu Jiangting laughed and cried, saying, "What ability do I have to help others solve their jobs?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Cuilan hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, that's definitely not acceptable. It's not just about helping them find a job; we might even have to pay for their marriage and raising their children later."

"Yes."

"Then look at other people. There are plenty of good girls in the world. My son is handsome and talented. How could he not find a good girl?"

Lu Jiangting said, "Yes, I'll take another look."

That's what they say, but it's been so long and there's still no suitable one, and Wang Cuilan is getting anxious.

"How about you ask your sisters to introduce you to someone?"

"No need." He was lying to her all along; how could he let his sisters introduce him to someone?

If I introduce someone to you later, it will be hard to refuse.

“The people my sisters know are all from our hometown, which isn’t suitable. I want to find a local girl from the south of the city, preferably from a well-off family, someone who can help my career.”