Chapter 46: Why are you crying again?

Wu An casually said, "Upstairs is for washing feet."

A Qing couldn't accept it any more.

Not washing the feet is fine too.

Wu An didn't say much more, still letting A Qing remain pure and foolish, which is fine.

The two didn't stay long.

They simply took a shower, changed into new clothes, and came out.

If they kept soaking, given their mental state, they might accidentally sleep for half a day.

After coming out.

"Let's go, buy some stuff first then head home."

The two arrived at the town's biggest supermarket.

They sold lots of food and drinks, plus some fruits not available locally; A Qing also bought some, taking them back for his mother to taste.

After a shopping spree, their mood improved a lot.

No wonder women shop when unhappy; spending money really feels great.

"Let's go home."

On the way back, the two carried big and small bags, their pockets holding money and phones; although hot and tired, they wore smiles.

They were really happy.

Besides buying all that stuff, Wu An still has over five thousand in his pocket.

……

Elsewhere.

Mei Yueqin tidied up the house; as usual she also went to the vegetable patch, picked the old vegetables, chopped them up, mixed them with feed, and fed the chickens.

With the chickens gone, the household can relax a bit.

But she can't stay idle.

It's also because the family is short of money; there are still several days before Wu Ping and Wu Yingwei get paid, and even when they do, there won't be much left to give her.

She carried a thermal container holding a spread egg pancake.

When she arrived at the old house, no one was inside; she thought Wu An had gone out to gather seafood and hadn't returned yet, so she left the thermal container there, didn't go home, and went straight to the dock to look for work.

She then heard everyone discussing how yesterday they went to the tidal flats to gather seafood, but ended up exhausted half to death without catching anything good.

"Wu An seems to have gotten nothing either."

"I bought this today from Old Xie's place; Old Xie said Wu An didn't come to sell goods today."

"That's normal; who could have such good luck every day?"

"Being able to earn money to repay high-interest loans through fishing is all thanks to Goddess Mazu's blessing; what more could we ask for?"

"Wu An didn't go gathering seafood yesterday; he went fishing."

"That's even less reliable."

"At least gathering seafood can earn some money; fishing isn't raising fish, it's just wasting bait."

"Wu An is getting full of himself, thinking money is so easy to make."

Hearing everyone talk, Mei Yueqin worked until noon then returned home, really worried; just as she reached the old house, she saw Wu An coming from the other direction with big and small bags.

Wu An also saw her and hurriedly greeted her.

Mei Yueqin walked over, saw Wu An's eyes full of red blood vessels, and said, "Another sleepless night?"

"Did you go to town?"

"You can't keep pushing yourself like this; you'll wear out your body."

Wu An smiled: "It's fine; I also slept five or six hours last night, I'll catch up on sleep later."

"Good timing you came."

"I bought quite a few things, all for you, your brother, and your dad; you can take them later, I won't deliver them."

Mei Yueqin helped him carry the stuff, saying, "Don't buy random things; we have everything at home."

"I just came from the dock; I heard everyone went to the tidal flats to gather seafood, but they didn't catch anything."

Wu An casually said, "Right."

"I didn't join the crowd; I took A Qing fishing."

Mei Yueqin quickly said, "Making money isn't instant; money is earned gradually."

"As long as you study well, earning more or less doesn't matter."

"Don't overwork yourself."

Wu An nodded, went inside and drank a big cup of water, finally feeling better; he took out his phone and money from his pocket and said, "Sister-in-law, I bought this for you; take a look."

"I looked at your phone; the screen is all cracked, not decent, and it's only a semi-smartphone."

"And this money…"

"Since coming back from school, I've done plenty of foolish things; the family helped clean up, definitely spending a lot."

"I only have this much now; you take it first."

"I know the Chen family came causing trouble; the family took out money, the chickens were seized by the Chen family; you take the money, catch some chicks back to raise, and buy meat to eat."

"The chickens were all taken away, showing the family really has no money; they probably can't even afford to buy meat."

Mei Yueqin stared at the phone and stack of money in her hand, dazed for a while before reacting: "No, I don't need such a good phone."

"Take the money back."

"The family helping you is only natural."

Wu An deliberately asked, "Sister-in-law, you refuse the money—do you think it's ill-gotten?"

Mei Yueqin quickly shook her head: "Of course not."

Wu An said, "Yesterday I went fishing with A Qing, our luck was good, we caught quite a few fish, and this money is all from selling the fish."

"You said helping me at home is what I should do."

"Now I'm twenty, not a kid anymore, shouldn't I also help support the family?"

"Or are you unwilling to forgive me?"

"You little rascal..." Mei Yueqin couldn't resist, saying, "Fine, I'll take the money and keep it for you; come get it whenever you need it."

Wu An also didn't say much more.

Having given the money to his sister-in-law, he couldn't possibly ask for it again.

If his sister-in-law wants to keep it, let her keep it; anyway the money will only grow, and once it reaches a certain amount, she definitely won't be reluctant to spend it.

He saw the thermal container on the table, opened it to find an egg pancake, quickly lifted a piece and stuffed it in his mouth, eating while saying, "Delicious."

Mei Yueqin beamed and said, "Come to my house for dinner tonight."

Wu An hesitated a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

"I want to eat braised pork."

"And I want to eat the beef ball and radish soup you make."

He had to say it; otherwise, Mei Yueqin would probably just keep all the money and not be willing to spend any on meat.

After finishing the egg pancake, Wu An let out a burp and then yawned.

Mei Yueqin tidied up the thermal container and said, "Hurry up and go to sleep."

Wu An also didn't say much more.

Watching Mei Yueqin walk away, fiddling with her phone as she went, Wu An couldn't help but smile; the debt he owed was being repaid little by little.

This is really nice.

All the hard work and bodily aches, at this moment seemed utterly insignificant.

He glanced at the system; there were still eight points of Luck Value left.

No rush.

Let's talk after he wakes up; he also fears that staying up like this will wreck his body.

……

Elsewhere.

Li Juan was cooking when A Qing burst into the kitchen excitedly, pulling out a stack of money: "Mom, this is the money we earned from fishing last night."

Li Juan wiped her hands on her apron, picked up the money and counted it: "One thousand, how can it be so much?"

A Qing scratched his head: "We caught a lot of fish."

"For over two hours, my brother and I didn't stop."

"But it wore us both out."

Li Juan didn't know what to say; making that much money in just over two hours—when did money become so easy to earn?

She asked, "Then why did you only come back at this time?"

A Qing pulled her to the main hall, lifted the cloth covering the sofa, and said, "Clang clang clang, look at these."

"My brother and I went to town to sell fish, and picked up some things on the way back."

"Mom, this is for you, this one too, and this one..."

A Qing showed off his treasures, waited a moment with no sound, then turned around and saw Li Juan covering her mouth, already crying with tears all over her face.

He shouted, "Mom, why are you crying again?"

Li Juan wiped her tears: "Mom is happy."