When Wang Meilan heard that the money came from the right way, a smile appeared on her face. She wiped her hands on her clothes and took the money from Zhao Jun.
"Son! How much is this?"
"Two thousand six!"
"Two thousand six..." Wang Meilan wasn't very good at math, so she didn't react for a moment and just said: "You haven't given Baoyu yet, have you?"
"Give it."
"Here...here, how much is left?" Wang Meilan was stupefied. This is such a big sum of money.
Zhao Youcai on the side quietly put the broom at the base of the wall.
Zhao Jun stretched out his hand and made a sign of two, and said: "We made two tiger cub skins. One was whole, and we sold it for 3,500; the other one was a little torn, and we sold it for 2,600. p>
The two thousand six hundred and sixty-six piece has one share for Lao Xu Pao. Baoyu and I share two thousand six hundred and seventeen for our family. Mom, you can keep these two thousand sixty-six; I will keep the seventeen."<
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"Ah, ah." Wang Meilan's surprise at suddenly receiving such a large amount of money was even greater than the surprise that Zhao Hong and Zhao Na were able to drink soda.
At this time, she slowly digested the information Zhao Jun told her, looked at the money in her hand, thought of those numbers, and murmured: "Three thousand and five thousand per piece of skin, so expensive..."
Speaking of this, she subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Zhao Youcai.
The moment he looked at Wang Meilan, Zhao Youcai was frightened.
Wang Meilan seemed unable to react for a moment. She looked away, looked at the money in her hand, and said what she didn't finish: "Is it so expensive?"
When she finished speaking this sentence, she suddenly turned her head and looked fiercely at Zhao Youcai.
At this time, Zhao Youcai had already walked towards the east room.
"Stand there!" Wang Meilan shouted violently.
Zhao Youcai, who just felt like a man on his back, froze his feet and turned his head to look at Wang Meilan with a wry smile.
Wang Meilan rushed to Zhao Youcai in two steps, handed all the money in her left hand, stretched out her right hand and reached into his pocket. There were some odd and neat items in his pockets and trouser pockets, including banknotes and steel coins. She took them all out and threw them on the stove.
The total is less than five yuan.
Wang Meilan raised her head and glared at Zhao Youcai. Zhao Youcai had lowered his head, with a look of helplessness and pitifulness on his face.
"Go!" Wang Meilan pointed to the west room, which is Zhao Jun's room, and shouted: "Go to that room and stay."
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, she was going to the east room. When she passed Zhao Youcai, she pushed him to the west.
Zhao Youcai stumbled, and Wang Meilan shouted: "Hurry up!"
Zhao Youcai moved into the west room, turned around and looked back, but Wang Meilan scolded him: "Close the door."
Zhao Youcai reluctantly closed the door.
Wang Meilan quickly walked into the east room, put the huge sum of money on the kang cabinet, and then rummaged around in the room.
When Zhao Hong and Zhao Na saw this, they didn't know what Wang Meilan was going to do, so they shouted to help their mother find something.
Unexpectedly, their good intentions were not rewarded. They were scolded (hēn) (dao) by the furious Wang Meilan before they both ran to the kang to feel aggrieved.
Wang Meilan searched for more than an hour and even found Zhao Jun's childhood clothes, but she couldn't find where Zhao Youcai hid the money.
"Mom." Zhao Jun came closer and whispered to Wang Meilan, "One person hides something, and a hundred people can't find it. Just ask my dad how much it is."
Wang Meilan was also confused. After listening to Zhao Jun's words, she immediately strode to the west room.
Zhao Jun quickly stepped aside.
Wang Meilan went to Zhao Jun's bedroom door and pulled the door hard. The door opened and hit the wall with a muffled sound.
Inside the room, Zhao Youcai, who was sitting on the edge of the kang and meditating, suddenly jumped out of the kang.
"Lan, I've saved all that money for you." Zhao Youcai is really smart. Hearing the noise in the house, he knew that his wife was searching for the stolen money that he had embezzled.
As Zhao Youcai said this, he walked out, wanting to go to the east room to make meritorious deeds.
But when he passed by Wang Meilan, he received a heavy kick on the butt.
This kick made Zhao Youcai jump up and let out an "ouch" when he landed.
Wang Meilan stared at Zhao Youcai and followed him into the east room.
After Zhao Youcai entered the house, he took off the cotton-padded jacket hanging behind the door.
Zhao Youcai has two cotton-padded jackets, one thick one to wear when going out and one thin one to wear at home.
The one hanging on the wall is thick.
Seeing Zhao Youcai taking the cotton-padded jacket, Wang Meilan frowned slightly. The cotton-padded jacket was hanging behind the door, so conspicuous, how could she not turn it over?
She looked in her left and right outside pockets, inside and outside her pockets, and found more than two yuan, a few meal tickets, and nothing else.
Zhao Youcai glanced at Wang Meilan carefully, and then picked up a pair of iron scissors from the sewing basket on the windowsill.
Zhao Youcai didn't dare to sit down, so he just stood in front of Wang Meilan, holding the back of his cotton-padded jacket with one hand, opening the scissors with the other, and using the tip of one scissor to pick out the sewing thread.
After opening it for about ten centimeters, Zhao Youcai carefully observed Wang Meilan's expression while putting the scissors back into the sewing basket.
Then, he put the hand that had just held the scissors into the open mouth of the cotton-padded jacket, and took out a roll of money from the cotton.
Ten large unity sheets were rolled into a roll and stuffed in cotton.
"Awesome!" Zhao Jun looked on with admiration. The money hidden was really technical.
If the money is placed flat, it will take up space and move around inside the jacket, making it easy to be discovered.
But if it were rolled up and inserted among the cotton, no one would be able to find it unless Zhao Youcai took the initiative to expose himself.
One volume, two volumes...
A roll of ten sheets is one hundred yuan.
Zhao Youcai took out a total of eleven volumes from his cotton-padded jacket, which cost a total of one thousand one hundred yuan!
Looking at Zhao Youcai's oil-stained twist cotton-padded jacket, who would have thought that such a large sum of money could be hidden in this dirty cotton-padded jacket!
Zhao Youcai took out the money while observing Wang Meilan's expression, but Wang Meilan kept looking at him quietly, with no sadness or joy on her face.
After Zhao Youcai stopped taking out the money rolls from the cotton-padded jacket, Wang Meilan snatched the cotton-padded jacket off, reached out and touched the cotton, then threw the cotton-padded jacket away and covered Zhao Youcai's head.
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When Zhao Youcai pulled off his cotton-padded jacket, Wang Meilan's scolding came to his ears: "Go back to that room and wait!"
As soon as Zhao Youcai turned around with his cotton-padded jacket in his arms, he heard Wang Meilan say angrily: "Wait a minute!"
As soon as Zhao Youcai turned around, Wang Meilan put the sewing basket in his arms and said, "Sew the cotton-padded jacket on yourself."
Zhao Youcai carried the cotton-padded jacket and sewing basket back to the west room, closed the door and went to sew the cotton-padded jacket.
"Mom." Zhao Jun pulled Wang Meilan and whispered in her ear: "You have to ask my dad, is he hiding this money? Is there any more? He only has so much money for a tiger cub skin.
, he used to sell so much bear bile.
Besides, this is inside the cotton-padded jacket, is it inside the cotton trousers? This is hidden in the back placket, is it inside the sleeves?"
"I know." Wang Meilan said, "Let's do this first. I'll cook for you three first. After I finish cooking, I will interrogate him."
The "three of you" mentioned by Wang Meilan are obviously Zhao Jun, Zhao Hong, and Zhao Na, not Zhao Youcai.
After saying that, Wang Meilan went to the outhouse and continued to chop sauerkraut.
Having been mother and son for many years, Zhao Jun is very familiar with Wang Meilan's living habits and knows that I usually don't use so much effort when chopping pickled vegetables.
But today, just listen to "Dang, Dang...", the sound of each knife cutting the sauerkraut and falling on the cutting board is so loud.
Zhao Jun smiled knowingly, and just as he was about to go out and say a few more slanderous words, he heard someone outside the door say: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!"
Jin Xiaomei is here!
It seems that Li Baoyu didn’t spare him lightly.
Wang Meilan put down her kitchen knife and opened the door: "Brother and sister, you are here, why don't you come in?"
"Sister-in-law, come out." Jin Xiaomei said simply: "I want to tell you something."
"Okay!" Wang Meilan was just about to leave the house, but Zhao Jun put a cotton-padded jacket on her shoulders. For a moment, a thought flashed in Wang Meilan's mind: "My son is better!"
As soon as Wang Meilan came out of the house, she heard a "squeak" and the door of the west room opened. Zhao Jun saw Zhao Youcai waving to him.
Zhao Jun said loudly: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
