Reborn in the 80s, Get Rich by Eating Melons

Chapter 225: Chapter 225 Subsidies

After dinner, Tong Yaohui invited Si Chen to chat in the study room, while Wen Yun and Tong Yao returned to their room.

Wen Yun scrutinized Tong Yao from head to toe, her heart aching the more she looked. Especially seeing Tong Yao wearing such ordinary attire, it made her feel even worse. "You used to choose expensive clothes, and made sure they were unlike any others. Now, your clothing seems to be so casual."

If it wasn’t for the fact that Si Chen seemed to have a good relationship with Tong Yao, she wanted to keep her daughter living with her. She couldn’t bear seeing her daughter, whom she had pampered since childhood, endure hardships.

As someone who had experienced it all, Wen Yun knew how difficult marriage was. If one found the right person, life would be ideally perfect, but with the wrong person, one could be driven to misery, even to the point of suicide. She wouldn’t stand by and watch her daughter suffer.

She didn’t care about face, if Tong Yao wasn’t well-off, no one could stop her from bringing her daughter back to live with her. She would be able to support Tong Yao her entire life with her and Tong Yaohui’s retirement pensions. It wouldn’t be a problem at all.

Knowing that Wen Yun was distressed for her, Tong Yao lightly laughed, "Mom, don’t worry. I opened a shop in Li City and have been busy all day, without time to shop for clothes. Besides, I feel like it’s a waste to spend money on clothes now that I have some saved up. I’d rather use it for business."

What was meant to comfort Wen Yun added another layer of sadness. Her daughter had begun to think about making money, evidencing how bitter life in Li City was. Just thinking about the poor conditions of the old house in the Si Family’s rural village made Wen Yun’s heart ache. How could her precious daughter have ever lived in such a rundown place? She had indeed suffered so much lately.

She held Tong Yao’s hand tenderly and earnestly said, "Yaoyao, tell your mom honestly, Has Xiaochen been good to you? How about his family? His mother and younger brother seem quite honest, but his sister seems to have a bad temper and is sometimes rude. Has she bullied you during this time? My views differ from your father’s. No matter how good Xiaochen may be, if he treats you badly, I won’t let you suffer. Don’t believe what your father says, thinking that we owe the Si Family and have to repay them. We have long stopped owing the Si Family."

Wen Yun obviously favored her daughter, even though she was not an unreasonable woman.

Although being obedient to one’s parents-in-law was important, it didn’t mean she should tolerate being bullied for no reason. Kindness from a mother led to filial obedience from the child. The sequence must not be reversed.

Listening to Wen Yun putting her first in all considerations, Tong Yao was moved beyond words, feeling that there were people who cared deeply for her besides Si Chen.

Not wanting to make Wen Yun worry, Tong Yao intentionally lightened up the mood, "Mom, Xiaochen has been quite good to me, don’t worry. If he dares mistreat me, I won’t live with him. His mother is also nice. As for his younger siblings, they are not bothersome. They are now working in my boba tea shop. If they bully me, I will fire them. Now, I am not only their sister-in-law, but also their boss."

"You!" Seeing Tong Yao talk in such a manner, Wen Yun finally let go of her worries and said helplessly, "Since they are not bullying you, don’t pretend to be ignorant and bully them."

"I got it, mom." Tong Yao said, leaning on Wen Yun’s shoulder and acting like a spoiled child.

After they chatted about the daily household matters for a while, Wen Yun suddenly asked with an ulterior motive, "Yaoyao, when did you have your last period, have you been feeling uncomfortable recently?" Her daughter had been married for several months, but there was no news indicating she might be pregnant. Wen Yun could not help but worry a bit more.

When Wen Yun married Tong Yaohui, she was pregnant with Tong Yao within a month. Logically, both Tong Yao and Si Chen were healthy, and there should be some news about a baby by now.

Tong Yao was not stupid. She instantly understood the subtext of Wen Yun’s words, her cheeks turned a shade redder. She said in a low voice, "Mom, to be honest, Si Chen and I only became intimate after I came to Kyoto this time. Before this, we were mostly cultivating our feelings, and hadn’t been intimate."

Wen Yun opened her mouth in surprise, apparently not expecting that the young couple, even after several months of marriage, was just starting their intimacy. However, this also confirmed that Si Chen was indeed a good man who was able to resist forcing Tong Yao. Because of this, she had a higher opinion of him and was even more satisfied with her son-in-law.

She sighed while stroking Tong Yao’s hair, "It seems your father was right this time. He indeed found a good husband for you."

Her daughter was so beautiful, and their family was affluent. If it were any other man, they would have longed to marry into their family.

Tong Yao blushed and nodded, wondering how to ask Wen Yun for a loan. However, Wen Yun suddenly pulled out a bankbook from her pocket and put it in her hands, laughing softly, "Yaoyao, when you first got married, worried about your reckless spending habits, your father and I didn’t dare to give you too much money. Now, now you’ve become sensible, you can use this ten thousand yuan. Once you and Xiaochen have a baby, expenses will increase. Life requires money at every turn. Don’t make yourself suffer."

"Mom..." Speechless as Wen Yun had given her ten thousand yuan out of the blue, Tong Yao felt that the bankbook in her hand was very hot, "Mom, this is your retirement money, right? Ahchen and I can’t take your money for nothing. Later, we’ll write you an IOU. Think of it as us borrowing money from you. We’ll pay you back when we earn money."

"Silly child, why should a family write IOUs?" Wen Yun laughed, "This ten thousand yuan hardly counts as your father and my retirement money, don’t worry. We have money to spend. Besides, we have our monthly pension. Also, there’s your grandfather’s house. If we really need money, we could sell the house and have more money in our hands, right?"

"The old house your grandfather left also belongs to our family. Right now, your aunt doesn’t have a house, so she’s living there. Once she buys her own house and moves out, the money from selling your grandfather’s house also belongs to our family. Although you are a girl, what’s rightfully yours is yours. No one can take that away from you."

When Wen Yun mentioned the last sentence, there was a trace of anger in her tone.

She was the only daughter in her family, her parents left the house to her after they died. Thus, there was no messy situation in her family. On the other hand, Tong Yaohui has two other siblings besides a brother. They all have a son and a daughter, only her family didn’t have a son. So, her grandfather somewhat looked down upon Wen Yun when he was alive.

Luckily, it didn’t go too far. Their part of the inheritance was marked clearly when the old man died. However, Tong Yaohui’s elder brother and younger sister believed that Tong Yao would get married eventually and insisted that the Tong Family’s inheritance should not flow out. Therefore, they suggested multiple times that their family shouldn’t get a share of the grandfather’s inheritance.