Chapter 758: No, can't go

At noon, Shen Chengcheng made himself look decent and rode an electric scooter to take the old lady out to eat steamed dumplings.

"Mom, this little broken electric donkey should be changed. What do you think about getting a sedan?" Shen Chengcheng asked suddenly while riding the scooter.

The old lady's ears were not very good, and she was facing the wind, only vaguely hearing a few words: "A donkey cart?"

"Not a donkey cart, it's a sedan!" Shen Chengcheng amplified his voice and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Buy me a sedan!"

"Doesn't your eldest brother have one?"

"I don't drive that broken Volkswagen, and that's for my brother to go to work, so it's not my turn to drive."

The old lady heard the implication of the youngest son and immediately snorted coldly, saying, "You just took a few dozen yuan from your sister, that's for you to do business. Don't take it to buy a car for me."

"You signed an IOU for that, and it's not certain when your sister will ask you for it."

Mentioning this, Shen Chengcheng was full of anger. A younger brother taking some money from her to spend actually had to sign an IOU. If he didn't sign it, she wouldn't give it.

Anyway, in order to get the money, he signed the IOU, but he definitely wouldn't pay it back.

"If you can really make a name for yourself this time and make money, you can buy whatever car you want, and I won't care about you. But don't mess around, do you hear me?"

Shen Chengcheng definitely didn't hear it, because he was still calculating another thing in his heart.

When they arrived at the steamed dumpling shop, it was just mealtime and the business was very good. The boss was Shen Chengcheng's friend, so he immediately arranged a seat for him and gave him a cold dish.

Shen Chengcheng ordered steamed dumplings and mutton soup directly. "Mom, the mutton soup here is very good. When the weather is cold, you have to eat mutton."

It was rare to go out to eat with the youngest son, and the old lady was in a good mood. She looked at the shop and said in a low voice, "The business is so good, I guess it makes a lot of money a day."

"If you ask me, it would be quite good for you and Zheng Hong to open a small shop like this. It's enough in our town."

Shen Chengcheng sneered when he heard this. "Who cares about this little broken shop."

"You have a heart higher than the sky, you are almost forty, and you haven't saved anything, all relying on Zheng Hong alone."

"Mom, look, you are saying this again, you only know how to count my faults. Isn't it because I have bad luck?"

The old lady shook her head helplessly. "If you had half the ability of your eldest brother, I wouldn't say anything to you."

"Hehe." Shen Chengcheng sneered. "What kind of ability is a cadre in the town's tax bureau? How much money does my eldest brother earn a month!"

"That is also a proper cadre!" The old lady did not allow the second son to say this about her eldest son. "Regardless of how much your eldest brother earns, who doesn't give him face when he goes out in the town?"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Shen Chengcheng nodded repeatedly, not wanting to make the old lady angry.

She was right. In this small broken place, the eldest brother's status was enough. It was true that he had face wherever he went.

The old lady also stopped when it was enough. Just as the steamed dumplings were served, she picked up her chopsticks and said, "Let's eat first. Since Xiao Min left, I have felt messy all day. It's rare to be able to be quiet for a while when I come out with you."

"That's right, I see the eldest sister-in-law is also having a headache, plus my eldest brother and you, this all falls on her alone."

Shen Chengcheng followed the old lady's words and took the opportunity to bring out another thing he was calculating in his heart. "Mom, where do you think Xiao Min could have run to?"

The old lady shook her head. "It is said that she went to Longcheng, but your sister didn't pick her up. I guess, this is some kind of smoke bomb, she didn't go to Longcheng at all."

"Then it is also possible that she went and missed my sister." Shen Chengcheng said. "Longcheng is so big, there are people everywhere, it is normal not to see her."

"Then there is no other way. She called your eldest sister-in-law yesterday, saying that she found a job."

Mentioning Xiao Min, the old lady's anger surged up. "She didn't want the good marriage I found for her. If she got married, half of Boss Zhou's property would be hers, and she could help her younger brothers in the future."

"Now not only is the marriage gone, but the person has left without a word. How can she be so selfish!"

"Unlike your two sisters, when your eldest sister and second sister went out to work, the money they earned subsidized your and your eldest brother's tuition and living expenses, which allowed you two to finish university."

Shen Chengcheng coaxed, "Can that be the same? My eldest sister and second sister were born by you, how can Xiao Min compare?"

The old lady loves to hear this. Although the two daughters, Jingjing and Yingying, rarely come back, for so many years, the two children have never stopped giving her living expenses, transferring them to her on time every month, and there are red envelopes for festivals and birthdays.

For the old lady, she doesn't need her daughters to stay by her side. Having two sons is enough. What is important is that there are four grandsons. For her, this is the happiest old age.

"Mom, how about... I go to Longcheng?"

Shen Chengcheng took advantage of the old lady's happiness and finally said what he was thinking in his heart.

The old lady was chewing steamed dumplings, and when she heard this, she stared at him. "Go to Longcheng? What are you going to Longcheng for?"

"I'm going to help you find Xiao Min back." Shen Chengcheng said seriously. "You also said that the family is in a mess after Xiao Min left. The eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law have formal jobs and definitely can't leave. You are old, even more so. If you want her to come back, I have to be the one to find her."

"Then, then don't you expect her to come back by herself?"

The old lady put down her chopsticks, looked at her youngest son, and snorted coldly. "Don't think I'm old and confused. Are you going to Longcheng to find Xiao Min? I think you are going to find your sister, right?"

"Tsk, look at what you are saying." Shen Chengcheng pretended to be angry. "I am definitely going to find Xiao Min, but you said I went to Longcheng, is it appropriate not to see my sister?"

"And she must be more familiar with Longcheng than I am. If I am looking for someone in Longcheng, I must let my sister help me together. How can I find her by myself?"

"No." The old lady immediately denied it. "You can't go to Longcheng."

"Why, Mom? Don't you want Xiao Min to come back?"

"Of course I want her to come back, but I don't want you to leave even more." The old lady picked up her chopsticks and continued to eat. "Anyway, you can't go."

After saying this, she didn't say a single word anymore, no matter what Shen Chengcheng said, she didn't respond.

The reason she resisted the youngest son going to Longcheng so much was because she was afraid in her heart. The two sons of the Wu family in the east of the town went to Jinghai once and found a job and settled down in Jinghai directly, only coming back once a year during the New Year.

What kind of place is Longcheng? A big city, everyone wants to go to a big city.

She was afraid that her youngest son would really go and not want to come back.

That won't do. Her son must stay by her side.

Shen Chengcheng didn't achieve his goal. After eating, he was so angry that he didn't pay the bill and rode his little electric donkey away. In the end, the old lady paid the money and took the bus home by herself. ===== CHAPTER 759 =====