Chapter 8: The Stepmother's Worries

  10,000 yuan, for ordinary people like them in 1997, was a huge sum of money. Even in 2013, such an amount would be a considerable expense for a family like theirs. Indeed, the lion's mouth is wide open.

  "Alright, I'll give it to you right away." In her memory, her foster mother had always been setting aside money for her university tuition. She had excellent grades since she was a child, so her foster parents had prepared the funds early on, and that sum of money was meant to be taken out when she went to university.

  Everyone was stunned by her words, but Su Mo Ruo didn't care about others and said two sentences directly to her foster mother.

  Those eyes, filled with the weight of years, grew even more agitated after hearing Su Mo's words. He shook his head vigorously and exclaimed, "No way! Your dad said it himself, the money must be used for your university education."

  Her nose was a bit sour, looking at her foster mother's white hair, and then looking at other women of the same age as her foster mother. They were all women, living in the same place, but they had different lives. She lost her husband early on, had no technical skills, and could only rely on doing some hard labor to barely support this family. At home, there was a foster daughter who did nothing, just knew how to cause trouble every day. Not being her biological child, she had to be careful with everything she did, afraid of hurting the foster daughter's feelings. Every time something went wrong, there was no excessive blame, but more tolerance. For her sake, her foster mother had already worried herself to death. Compared to women of the same age, she looked ten years older at a glance.

  "Mom, it's getting late, we can think of another way to pay for college." In her heart, she also had a bit of resentment towards Su Mo, the owner of this body. People say that children from poor families have to grow up early and take care of their families. She was like that when she was young, understanding things at an early age. Later, when she entered that place and received those trainings, she became even more determined, gritting her teeth and not showing any weakness in front of others, being overly obedient.

  But Sumo, on the other hand, only knows how to stir up trouble every day. Although she is very good to her adoptive mother, her troublesome behavior has worried her adoptive mother to death. If she hadn't been reborn into Sumo's body, perhaps within a year or two, her adoptive mother would have died from overwork due to her affairs.

  Liu Qin looked at her daughter's serious expression, she had never thought of using the money to buy a pen, she still remembered what her husband said, "A girl cannot be without knowledge, he hoped that his daughter would make a name for herself, not rely on others to live, and not live off others' charity." So, just because of this sentence, she has been working hard to earn money and save it, hoping that in the future when her daughter goes to school, this money will come in handy.

  But now her daughter is asking her to move this money.

  The woman who came to the door for money also made a scene, "Liu Qin, don't say I'm not grateful, after all you know, our family isn't well off either, this medical bill, our family can't afford it at all..."

  The old lady also started to add fuel to the fire, "Yes, Liu Qin, do you think Auntie would be willing for my grandson to suffer like that? If it were someone else, I'd definitely sue him and have him locked up in a cage for life."

  The old lady sings and writes well, with tears in her voice, making people see her and can't help but feel a soft heart.

  Su Mo furrowed her brow, tugged at her foster mother's sleeve, "Mom, you have to believe me, I've grown up now and can take care of myself from now on. For now, just give them the money."

  He took a deep breath, gazed at his daughter for a while, then shifted his gaze and walked into the house.

  Everyone else raised their heads, each one wishing they could follow Liu Qin into the house with their eyes.

  After a while, Liu Qin finally came out with a handkerchief wrapped around something.

  Her face looked a bit unsightly, and she glanced at the mother and son in front of her who were full of expectation. She used to think that since they were all rural folks, it was no big deal to help each other out. Every time someone came to ask for her help with something, she would never refuse, and afterwards, she would never go to their house asking for anything in return. Usually when others helped someone, they would take some things away, like rice, vegetables or other stuff, but she never did. She thought that since everyone lived in the same place, helping each other out was no big deal.

  But now, she looked around at the people nearby, each with a cold expression, not one of them spoke up to help her, no one offered a helping hand. In their eyes, a hint of mockery flashed by. She opened the handkerchief in her hand, revealing the shallow blue 100-yuan bills inside, a total of 1,000 yuan. "Please count the money clearly, once we pass this door, we won't be settling any more accounts."

  The two mothers and daughters-in-law took the money, nodded repeatedly without saying a word. The middle-aged woman held the money, stretched out her thumb, spat on it, and then happily started counting the money.

  Watching the two with a cold eye, the old woman had a smile all over her face. The middle-aged woman seemed to have fallen into the money and was counting it, completely forgetting about me. She thought of the boy who was lying in the hospital after being hit by her car, and couldn't help but wonder whether these two people valued money more or if the boy held a higher position in their hearts.

  "Mom, let's go in." No longer looking at others, he stretched out his hand to hold his foster mother's hand and went towards the place where his foster mother was on vacation.

  At the same time, she was also thinking that in a reborn family like this, how could she make a fortune and become rich. After all, money was very much needed for her now, let alone her adoptive mother who needed it even more.

  She didn't want to let her foster mother work hard anymore, although she had never done business in her previous life, but what she learned was very comprehensive. If they wanted to perform a task, they must adapt to a certain role at the first time, such as businessman, official and so on. They all need to play different roles.

  So, although her profession is not a businessman, but for some knowledge and experience in doing business, as well as the important signal of her rebirth back to more than ten years ago, many large industries and information in later generations, she all knows, this is her advantage.

  She sat beside her foster mother on the bed, looking at her foster mother who seemed depressed and downhearted. Her determination to make money and become rich grew stronger in her heart. In this world, she didn't yearn for wealth, but she knew that without money, it was hard to take a single step forward. So, she had to establish a certain economic foundation to support the family and provide a good living environment for her foster mother.

  "Ruo Ruo, I've already prepared your tuition for the first year of college, but as for living expenses, it's not enough." Yu Qin said this with a lack of energy. One thousand yuan, according to her current labor force, would take several years of hard work without eating or drinking.

  "Mom, it's okay, I've grown up and can make a living on my own." Such a pure-hearted mother, she had never expected or thought about this in her past life, but now that she has it, she can't bear to let go.