Chapter 20 Discharge Benefits
"Did you hear that? She is not on the same page with you! You take the money, but sooner or later it will go into Shen Weiwei's pocket!" Ran Lijuan argued until her face turned red, her chest heaving violently, and she hated Shen Weiwei in her heart!
"The money is mine, and no one can take it away!" Song Housheng's face was grim. "Mom, I don't care what you say, you have to give me the money! Otherwise, I won't hand over my monthly salary to my family!"

After saying that, Song Housheng gave Ran Lijuan some time to think and turned back to the house.

Ignoring Ran Lijuan's loud noise, Shen Weiwei had a blank expression on her face, but she was a little happy in her heart. She thought the man was a coward, but she didn't expect that he would finally stand up today! Sure enough, he has the potential to be the richest man.

In the next few days, the Song family was filled with the atmosphere of "gun smoke". Ran Lijuan scolded anyone she didn't like, and the one she scolded the most was Shen Weiwei.

Shen Weiwei learned how to "get along" with her mother-in-law. Ran Lijuan could scold her as she pleased, but it went in one ear and out the other. She was going to be the wife of the richest man and enjoy life in the future, so how could she enjoy it if she ruined her health at such an early age?

Shen Qingli could occasionally hear her mother-in-law gossiping about the Song family from others, but she just took it as a joke and was now busy with all the preparations before the nightclub opened.

Xu Muchuan easily got the business license for the dance hall. Shen Qingli knew that it was not easy to get a license for a "dance hall", but she didn't expect the man to be so quick that he got the license in half a day.

Renting a store and decorating it took up most of Shen Qingli's savings. Now she only has fifty yuan left, which is far from enough to buy audio equipment.

The sound quality of a radio played in a dance hall is definitely not as good as that of a speaker, and a good radio costs hundreds of yuan.

The lowest price of speakers is around 500 yuan, while imported ones can cost over a thousand yuan.

In the evening, Xu Muchuan returned to the room and saw Shen Qingli sitting cross-legged on the bed, her chin supported by her wrist, her pretty little face full of sorrow.

"What's wrong?" Xu Muchuan's magnetic voice sounded faintly, and Shen Qingli sighed, "The budget is not enough."

Xu Muchuan opened his thin lips slightly, his dark pupils flashing with doting, "I have money."

Shen Qingli straightened up and looked at him seriously, "You don't have enough money, even if you add your parents' savings, it's still not enough!"

"How much?" Xu Muchuan raised his hand and squeezed Shen Qingli's white and tender palm.

Shen Qingli hesitated, stretched out five fingers and gestured, "At least this number!"

"Five thousand?" Xu Muchuan guessed.

"Five hundred." Shen Qingli shook her head and corrected, "At least five hundred. Audio equipment imported from abroad costs thousands. There's no need to buy the best ones. Consider replacing equipment when you make some money later!"

"Five hundred is not difficult." Xu Muchuan said briskly, "Five thousand may be a little difficult."

Shen Qingli heard Xu Muchuan say it was not difficult, her eyes widened, and she asked again in disbelief: "Really? You have 500 yuan?"

Xu Muchuan's fixed monthly salary is several dozen yuan. Even if he doesn't eat or drink, he will have to save it for two years. His parents-in-law only farm and have no other source of income. This means that all the money in the family is earned by Xu Muchuan. He needs money for the bride price, the wedding banquet, and new furniture in their house. How can he still come up with 500 yuan?
Besides, he has only been working in the woolen mill for a few years, right?
"I have severance pay."

"..." Shen Qingli stared at him blankly, feeling so complicated that she didn't know what to say. It was true that they were husband and wife, but Xu Muchuan was willing to give her all his savings to open a store right after they got married? In her previous life, when she married Song Housheng, she "got" the couple's property only after her death. Song Housheng was wary of her like a thief.

"The retirement pay is four hundred and fifty, plus the money I earn from work, it's enough!" Xu Muchuan said softly.

"What if I lose money?"

"I'll pay it back!" Xu Muchuan interrupted Shen Qingli and continued, "This money was originally intended to be given to you, you can use it however you want!"

Shen Qing pursed her pink lips, put her arms around the man's neck, and breathed heavily, "You are so nice~" Xu Muchuan patted her back and said softly, "Go to sleep."

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You can’t buy speakers in the county, you have to go to the big shopping malls in the city.

Moreover, this is a scarce commodity and you may not be able to buy it even if you have money.

Shen Qingli was thinking about going to the city in a couple of days. She didn't dare to go out with a "huge sum of money" of several hundred yuan, so she had to have Xu Muchuan accompany her.

The decoration of the store has been completed. Shen Qingli stayed at home and did not go to the county during the two days when Xu Muchuan was on vacation.

My mother-in-law finds different ways to cook delicious food. Shen Qingli likes spicy food, so I cook according to her taste.

"I heard that your father and his wife are both in bed." Zhao Lanxia sat on the kang, sewing shoe soles. She scraped her scalp with the tip of a needle and glanced at her daughter-in-law. "The chickens and ducks in the yard are unattended. The yard is full of shit and stinks."

"Yeah." Shen Qingli responded without any emotion.

"Shen Weiwei is so cruel, why doesn't she go back to take a look?" Zhao Lanxia pouted in disdain. Such a cruel daughter-in-law almost became his! It's scary to think about it.

"Mom, Shen Fu is still my dad. Didn't I go back either?" Shen Qingli chuckled. She knew that her mother-in-law was protective of her and that she truly loved her as her own daughter when she married into the family.

"You two are different!" Zhao Lanxia said seriously, "Has Shen Fu fulfilled his fatherly duties over the years? If he really treated you as his daughter, would he watch them bully you? You are just too kind! If I had a father like this, I would have completely cut off all ties with him and never had any contact with him again."

"Sometimes I do suspect that I'm not his daughter." Shen Qingli couldn't find any factual basis.

"You don't look like him!" Zhao Lanxia said, "Your good looks are completely inherited from your mother. When your mother was young, she was a famous beauty in several villages around us. Those boys stared at your mother! I don't know why she married your father! It's really a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung."

From childhood to adulthood, Shen Qingli's understanding of her mother was just what she heard from other people.

Her mother was a female educated youth who went to the countryside back then, and no one seemed to know where she came from.

Her mother married Shen Fu the second month after she went to the countryside, and soon she was born.

Due to poor medical conditions at the time, her mother died of heavy bleeding when giving birth to her. Not long after that, her father married a stepmother, and her hard days began...

Shen Qingli's thoughts were in turmoil. In fact, the concept of the word "mother" had long since failed to stir up any emotions in her heart. She had never felt maternal love since she was a child.

"Muchuan said, are you planning to go to the city to buy things in a couple of days?"

Zhao Lanxia changed the subject and asked, "Is the money enough?"

Shen Qingli twitched the corners of her lips, "Mom, we have money."

"I mean, your dad and I have some savings. If there's anything you want to buy and you don't have enough money, just tell us. We're saving it anyway. You can't bring it with you when you're born, and you can't take it with you when you die!"

　The second chapter will be later, ahhh I must update early tomorrow, please vote
　　
　
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