Chapter 251: Coming to Bicker With You

Mou Dafu glared back at Mou Lili, his expression full of contempt.

Ling Feng asked Mou Lili, "Then why do you still come back to this home?"

Mou Lili glanced at her grandmother beside her.

Mou Nainai sighed, "I am a burden to Lili now."

Mou Lili said, "Grandma, why are you talking nonsense again? What burden or no burden?"

Mou Nainai looked at Ling Feng, also sizing him up from head to toe.

There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes; Mou Nainai only felt that this young man, Ling Feng, had long earlobes and full lips, making him a blessed person, and he looked a bit soft, leaning toward a feminine appearance—this kind of man is the best at doting on others.

"Young man, where are you from?"

"Me? I..."

Ling Feng was about to speak, but was interrupted by Mou Lili: "Grandma, he is from out of town, working in Beishi."

"Then how much is the salary?"

Ling Feng was thinking at the time; he felt he shouldn't state a high amount, as when one is away from home, one shouldn't flaunt wealth, so he might as well say a monthly salary of 20,000.

But Mou Lili spoke for him again: "Grandma, he makes 5,000 a month, and he still has to pay rent, so there isn't much money left."

Ling Feng looked at Mou Lili, and Mou Lili glared at him.

Mou Dafu was listening.

Mou Dafu lost interest upon hearing this; so he was just a poor wretch.

He put down his bowl and then ordered, "Mou Lili, you help me wash the dishes."

"I won't."

"I don't care if you wash them or not," Mou Dafu said.

Anyway, if Mou Lili didn't wash them, Mou Mu would wash them.

Seeing that Mou Dafu was about to go out again, Mou Nainai asked, "Where are you going again? We have a guest at home."

"None of your business."

After Mou Dafu went out, Mou Nainai said, "He must be out running around with that gang again, hanging out until the middle of the night every day and not finding a proper job."

Ling Feng asked, "He is this old and still doesn't have a job?"

"Where would he have one? He doesn't want to go to the factory, and he finds ordinary work too tiring. He dreams of being a big boss all day long, and he doesn't even work properly at the steamed bun shop, even though that is a family trade."

"He goes out to hang around every day, where does he get the money?" Ling Feng asked again.

Mou Nainai said, "He asks his parents for it. Sigh, the money from selling steamed buns isn't even enough for him to eat and drink away. Recently he started seeing a girlfriend, and her family wants 300,000 in bride price, plus a car. How could the family possibly come up with that kind of money?"

Ling Feng understood why Mou Lili ended up on a blind date with someone like Zhang Chao.

Ling Feng took another look at the old house and asked Mou Lili, "Where is your room? I want to stay the night here; can you help me put my bag away?"

Mou Lili said, "There is no place for you to stay here. You can either go back or go stay in a hotel."

Mou Nainai quickly said, "There is, there is. I can go stay at my old friend's house for the night, and I'll give the room to you two."

"Grandma, there's no need. He won't be used to staying here."

"Even if he's not used to it, he can stay temporarily. His salary is so low, and he came from so far away; he must have spent a lot on travel expenses, right? Wouldn't it be a huge loss if he stayed in a hotel?"

Ling Feng said, "Then I will listen to Grandma."

Mou Nainai added, "Then Lili, take your friend out for a stroll. I'll go buy some groceries and prepare tonight's dinner."

Mou Lili took Ling Feng out for a stroll.

Mou Lili was still complaining: "I really don't know what a young master like you is doing coming here."

Ling Feng said, "Bored. I just wanted to come see you."

"Why bored?"

"I don't know, I just feel empty. I want to find something to do, but there aren't many people left who can go crazy with me, so I just decided to come find you to bicker." Ling Feng said with a cheeky grin.

Mou Lili said, "Then you really are bored enough. Look at this small county town of mine, what is there to stroll around for? All the GDP combined probably isn't enough for your monthly expenses, right?"

"That's an exaggeration. How could I have that much money? If my family were that rich, I would have been locked up long ago," Ling Feng protested.

Mou Lili said, "Then just stroll for a while and leave. Don't stay the night. How could my little temple here accommodate a Bodhisattva like you?"

"Then just treat it as me coming to experience life," Ling Feng said.

"You came specifically to see me make a fool of myself, didn't you?" Mou Lili said again.

"I came to see you make a fool of yourself, incidentally," Ling Feng said.

Mou Lili was so angry she punched him, but as soon as she moved, she pulled at the injuries on her body.

Seeing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but say, "I'd better accompany you to the hospital. It won't do if these wounds of yours aren't disinfected and treated."

"I'm not that delicate."

"This isn't being delicate; I've lived like this since I was a child."

Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but look at Mou Lili with sympathy and added, "You are truly pitiful."

"So, Young Master Ling knows now that people are born different, right? We are not people from the same world," Mou Lili said.

At this moment, Ling Feng saw a pharmacy by the side of the road and immediately said, "Wait for me a moment, I'm going in to buy you some medicine."

Ling Feng came out after a short while, holding a tube of ointment: "This is quite effective. I used to apply this when I got hurt playing basketball. I'll apply it for you tonight."

"No need."

She was covered in injuries now, some of which could only be seen after taking off her clothes.

He used her own words to retort: "Delicate. It's not like I haven't seen them before."

The two of them strolled outside all afternoon, and when they returned, Mou Nainai had already started cooking, so Mou Lili hurried to help.

Ling Feng could not help, so he went inside to take a nap.

When it was time to eat, Mou Fu and Mou Mu also came in.

Mou Fu and Mou Mu had likely already heard about Ling Feng's "monthly salary" from Mou Dafu, so they did not have a good impression of him.

Mou Fu even asked directly: "If you want to marry my daughter, how many tens of thousands can your family provide for the bride price?"

Ling Feng almost spat out his food.

This meal was eaten while trembling with unease.

Mou Lili said from the side: "Dad, you ask these questions right off the bat; what man would still dare to marry me?"

"You don't want the ones who would marry you, and instead you find these poor ones." Mou Fu put down his chopsticks.

Mou Mu smiled awkwardly, then said to Ling Feng: "Young man, pick up some food, eat."

Ling Feng said: "Alright, thank you, Auntie."

Mou Mu continued: "It's like this, our family, we still have a son, and you know, raising a son is for old age, so we must be the ones to pay for our son to take a wife, but our family really has no money left, and our relatives won't lend us any, so it can only be said that whoever marries my daughter must pay for my son to bring his wife home, that is what I mean, so if you want to marry our Lili, 500,000 in bride price is also non-negotiable."

Mou Lili kicked Ling Feng under the table, signaling him not to speak recklessly.

Ling Feng hurriedly said: "As for that... I haven't considered it yet."

Mou Mu said: "Then I'm sorry, if you don't pay the bride price, we will not give the household registration booklet to Lili, and then you won't be able to register the marriage."