Chapter 65 Zhao Guoqing Asks for Money (110)

In the novel “All Is Well”, the Su family lives a miserable life, and there is almost no human touch.

If we copy the plot of the novel exactly, it will never pass the review of the radio and television authorities.

In the TV series "All Is Well", in order to have a happy ending, the changes in character settings were quite restrained.

Among them, Su Daqiang, Su's father, was directly whitewashed.

In the end, Su Mingyu's mother Zhao Meilan and her daughter reconciled in Su Mingyu's fantasy.

In addition to the plot setting, the timeline has also changed.

All the stories are pushed back by about ten years.

For example, in the novel, Zhao Meilan and Su Daqiang got married in the early 1970s.

In the TV series, Zhao Meilan was born in 1956 and was still in junior high school in the early s.

Sort out the current situation of the Su family in your mind.

When Zhao Meilan and Su Daqiang got married, it was a deal forced upon them by Zhao Meilan's mother using emotional coercion.

Zhao Meilan married Su Daqiang, and the Su family helped Zhao Meilan's younger brother Zhao Guoqing to move his household registration to the city, and then helped him find a job, get married and have children.

However, after Zhao Meilan and Su Daqiang got married, she did not immediately become a brother-supporting woman.

After all, Zhao Guoqing was only ten years old at that time and was still in elementary school, so it was not Zhao Meilan's turn to be a brother-supporting demon.

Four years ago, Zhao Guoqing graduated from high school and came to the Su family to fulfill his promise to arrange a city hukou and a job for Zhao Guoqing.

Logically speaking, this was an agreement between the Su and Zhao families when Zhao Meilan married Su Daqiang, and the Su family should fulfill its promise.

The problem is that when Zhao Meilan married Su Daqiang, Zhao Guoqing was still young.

When Zhao Guoqing was old enough, Zhao Meilan wanted to divorce Su Daqiang and go to Shanghai with her old classmates.

For the Zhao family, if Zhao Meilan really divorced Su Daqiang, not only would Zhao Guoqing's household registration problem be ruined, but Zhao Meilan would also have given birth to two sons for the Su family in the past few years, which would have been a waste of time.

In order to avoid wasting her time over the past few years, Zhao Meilan's mother tried her best to stop Zhao Meilan, hoping that Zhao Meilan would not divorce Su Daqiang for the sake of her brother and continue to stay in the Su family.

Zhao Meilan was initially determined to leave and didn't want to care about her brother's life or death.

The result was unexpected.

Zhao Meilan was unexpectedly discovered to be four months pregnant.

Because of her weak physical condition, it would be very risky for Zhao Meilan to have an abortion.

When Zhao Meilan's old classmate learned the news, he disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Meilan had no way to go to Shanghai, so she became discouraged and continued to live with Su Daqiang.

Because of this incident, the veil between Su Daqiang and Zhao Meilan was torn off.

The relationship between the two husband and wife is nothing more than a relationship based on naked interests.

The brother-supporting demon also appeared at this time.

At that time, Su Daqiang and Zhao Meilan's work levels were directly revoked.

Among them, Su Daqiang's teaching position was revoked and he was directly demoted to a librarian.

Zhao Meilan also changed from being the head nurse back to being a nurse.

Because the salaries of Su Daqiang and Zhao Meilan have both dropped to the minimum standard, their combined salary is just over 200 yuan, and with various welfare benefits, it does not exceed 300 yuan.

Four years ago, the Su family gave the Zhao family two thousand yuan in one go, which was considered to be all their savings.

Two years ago, in order to get Zhao Guoqing's job converted into a formal one with a regular position, the Su family took out another 2,000 yuan for entertaining guests and giving gifts.

At this point, only about half of the Su family's savings were left.

This year, Zhao Guoqing was going to get engaged and married to a woman, and came to the Su family to "borrow money" again.

Zhao Meilan went to work early and Zhao Guoqing didn't meet her.

When Su Daqiang saw his brother-in-law coming over, he asked for two thousand yuan. Thinking about the amount of his family's savings, he was very upset and said directly that he had no money.

I was thinking to myself: If your sister wasn't my wife, I would give you a slap in the face.

In recent years, family expenses have continued to rise, and Su Daqiang and his wife's wages are barely enough to make ends meet.

Zhao Guoqing came to borrow money, not only was Su Daqiang reluctant, but even Zhao Meilan was unwilling to do so.

This is different from the setting in the TV series.

In the TV series, Zhao Meilan is a typical brother-supporting girl.

But in reality, Zhao Meilan wanted to live her own life.

But I have to borrow this money.

After all, this was something the two families had agreed upon long ago.

"What a sin!"

Su Mingzhe sorted out the current situation of the Su family and scratched his head.

In my current physical state, I am only twelve years old and will be entering junior high school soon.

My younger brother Su Mingcheng is three years younger than me, nine years old in age, and in the fourth grade of primary school.

My little sister Su Mingyu is only five years old and is still hanging out in the kindergarten. She will soon enter the senior class of the kindergarten.

Because they have young children, Zhao Meilan and Su Daqiang would go home to cook and eat at noon every day.

It is summer vacation now. Su Daqiang works as a school librarian. He doesn't have much to do, so he gets off work early, around 11:30. He then goes home and cooks for his family.

Zhao Meilan is a nurse and gets off work later, so she usually gets home around 12:30.

Every time Zhao Meilan got off work, Su Daqiang had already prepared dinner and the family was waiting to eat together.

Today, when Zhao Meilan got off work, she was frightened by her brother who was crying and snotting.

After being beaten by Su Mingzhe, Zhao Guoqing hid deep in the alley of Su's residence. He did not show up when Su Daqiang came home. He waited until his eldest sister showed up, then he ran out, wiping his snot and tears, and cried:

"Sister, you have to take charge of this for me. The people from the Su family bullied me and beat me..."

Zhao Meilan felt sorry for her brother when she saw his miserable appearance, but when she heard what he said, she didn't believe it: "Su Daqiang dared to hit you? Is he really that bold?"

Zhao Guoqing quickly explained: "It's not Su Daqiang, it's his son, Su Mingzhe!" As soon as Zhao Guoqing said this, Zhao Meilan's face was even more unconvinced:

"Guoqing, Mingzhe is so young, how could he possibly hit you? Even if he wanted to, he couldn't."

At this moment, Zhao Meilan just thought that her brother was up to something weird again, and she didn't believe a single word he said.

"Okay, go home and eat first, don't stand outside."

Zhao Meilan said this as she pushed her bicycle into the house.

Zhao Guoqing was naturally unwilling to accept this, so he followed behind, chattering non-stop and nagging, accusing Su Mingzhe of beating him with a wooden ruler. As he spoke, he even showed Zhao Meilan the bloody bruises on his body.

Zhao Meilan was distressed when she saw the bloodstains on her brother's body. She couldn't help but ask, "Guoqing, who beat you?"

Zhao Guoqing was so upset by the question that he almost vomited blood. It felt like everything he said just now was in vain.

"It was that bastard Su Mingzhe who beat him up."

"Impossible, Mingzhe is so young, how could he beat you like this?"

A wise child is better than his mother.

Zhao Meilan knew her children very well. She knew that her eldest son was well-behaved and obedient and would never commit rebellion and beat his uncle.

Besides, Su Mingzhe was only twelve years old and looked skinny and weak. How could he possibly beat Zhao Guoqing, who was twenty-two years old, fat and strong?

Zhao Meilan's thinking was out of habit and she never thought about how much of a loser her brother was.

"He was the one who hit me."

Zhao Guoqing followed Zhao Meilan into the house and saw that the food was already on the table. It was time to eat.

At this time, Zhao Guoqing was very bold. When he saw Su Mingzhe, he couldn't help but be arrogant and shouted, "Su Mingzhe, I've already told my sister about you hitting me!"

"cut!"

Su Mingzhe rolled his eyes at first, then stood up from his chair with an angry look, walked to the side of Zhao Meilan who was still a little suspicious, pointed at the shoe prints on his body, and said aggrievedly: "Mom, my uncle stole my things and kicked me in the stomach. There is a bump on my head. Feel it..."

As if no one would complain.

Su Mingzhe was also afraid that Zhao Guoqing would sue his parents, so he kept the evidence.

As soon as he saw Zhao Meilan looking at him, he lowered his head and showed the bump on his head to his mother as evidence of the beating.

When Zhao Meilan saw the shoe prints on her son's body, she believed what he said. Then she reached out and felt a bump on her son's head. She was immediately heartbroken.

"You kid, your uncle hits you, can't you hide?"

Zhao Guoqing didn't expect that his own sister would not help him, but would help the boy from the Su family. He immediately became dissatisfied:

"Sister, don't listen to him. I just kicked him once, and he hit me dozens of times."

Su Daqiang, who was serving food to the table at the moment, was heartbroken when he heard his eldest son was beaten. He couldn't help but stare at him with his eyes wide open and jumped out:
"Zhao Guoqing, how old are you? How old is my son? You are such an adult, but you kicked a child and beat him so hard that there was a bump on his head. Do you think you are right?"

"Shut up, everyone!"

Zhao Meilan was feeling sorry for her son, and when she saw that Su Daqiang was ready to fight Zhao Guoqing to the death, she quickly scolded the two of them.

"Guoqing, do you have anything else to do? If not, go back to your own home."

Zhao Meilan felt sorry for her son being beaten and didn't want to see her troublesome brother for the time being.

Zhao Guoqing then remembered the purpose of his visit to the Su family, and said, holding back his grievance:

"Sister, I'm getting married, aren't I? When you married into the Su family, you agreed with them that they would take care of everything related to my marriage. Now the girl's family wants a dowry of 600 yuan, and also said that there must be four major items at home. I calculated that it would cost more than 2,000 yuan. I came here this morning, and my brother-in-law said he didn't have the money. You can't let the Su family default on their debts."

Su Mingzhe, who was having the bump on his head rubbed by Zhao Meilan, frowned and squinted his eyes when he heard this, with disbelief in his eyes.

The tone of Zhao Guoqing's voice and the matter-of-fact expression on his face made it seem as if he was saying directly that the money I want is owed to me by your Su family.

Isn’t this too arrogant?
I don't know whether Zhao Meilan, the "brother-supporting demon", will agree.

At this moment, Su Daqiang stopped talking. He hummed and sat on the stool with his body huddled up, looking like "Don't come to me if you have any problems."

It's really cowardly.

Su Mingcheng and Su Mingyu, who were still just children, could only stare blankly at their biological mother, Zhao Meilan, to see how she would respond.

After Su Mingzhe's grandmother passed away, Zhao Meilan has been the head of the family.

At this time, whatever Zhao Meilan said was the truth.

After being silent for a while, Zhao Meilan said something that surprised Su Mingzhe.

"Guoqing, the Su family is really out of money. Go ask your second sister's family and your third sister's family!"

Zhao Meilan is no longer a "brother-supporting demon"?

Su Mingzhe didn't know that Zhao Meilan was feeling very resentful at the moment.

My younger brother is important.

But my son is more important.

When her younger brother and her son had a conflict, no matter how much Zhao Meilan loved her younger brother, she would definitely side with her own flesh and blood.

There is nothing wrong with this logic.

Zhao Guoqing was stunned at this time and couldn't help shouting: "Sister, how could the Su family have no money? Su Daqiang, did you hide the money?"

"What money are you hiding?"

When Su Daqiang heard his wife refuse to lend him money, he was delighted. Although he didn't know why his wife refused Zhao Guoqing's request for money today, he still had a blank expression on his face, and his eyes were even dull. He said blankly:
"Four years ago, your sister and I's wages were reduced to the minimum standard. My monthly salary plus seniority bonus is 80 yuan, and your sister's monthly salary plus seniority bonus is 110 yuan. Add in overtime pay and night shift allowance, and our family income is less than 250 yuan."

"For a family of five, the daily expenses for food are several dollars, which is more than a hundred dollars. There are also electricity bills, tuition fees, and so on. When friends, relatives, and colleagues have something to do, there are also favors and gifts. Adding up all these miscellaneous expenses, the Su family is now in a state of robbing Peter to pay Paul. How can we have money? Look at your sister and the clothes on the children. They were all given by relatives. Throughout the year, they have not even bought two new clothes..."

Although Zhao Guoqing had already started to rely on his parents and sister at this time, he lacked social experience. After Su Daqiang's analysis, he actually believed it.

However, Zhao Guoqing was not a pushover either, and said with a gloomy face:

"Since your family has no money, then move these four big items of yours to my house. You have to find a way to give me the 600 yuan betrothal gift, even if you have to borrow it. After all, this is what your Su family promised in the beginning."

As soon as these words came out, Su Daqiang's face darkened.

This is not my brother-in-law borrowing money.

It's clearly a living ancestor coming to collect debts.

(End of this chapter)