Chapter 1352: Chapter 1346: Insatiable Greed
Lin Yuying went out and heard the phone ring.
She glanced at the number and answered it.
"Yuying, I brought some food for Siqing. Can you come and get it? I’m right at the door."
It was Lin Siqing’s biological mother, Bi Qiuyan.
Since last time, their family frequently came to secretly check on Lin Siqing.
Thinking about it, these were Lin Siqing’s biological parents, so Lin Yuying treated them well too.
Upon going out, she saw Bi Qiuyan standing there and quickly jogged over.
"Yuying, how is he doing these days?" Bi Qiuyan asked with a warm smile, showing genuine concern.
Lin Yuying, thinking of his recent state, smiled, "He’s doing fine."
She noticed Bi Qiuyan’s worn-out clothes and hesitated, feeling sympathy.
As a child, dressed in luxury while your parents appear like beggars, how can anyone feel comfortable with that?
She thought, Lin Siqing probably felt uncomfortable too.
She said, "Auntie, let me take you to buy some clothes."
Upon hearing this, Bi Qiuyan laughed and patted her clothes, "Oh dear, do they look awful? Haha, we can’t help it, there’s not much money at home for this. You have no idea how hard it is to raise a child nowadays. Siqing’s younger brother is about to get married, and they’re asking for over two hundred thousand yuan. We’ve never seen so much money in our lives. Right now, we’re selling everything we have to pay the bride price; otherwise, she won’t marry him. Now you’re talking about buying clothes. Having something to wear is good enough. Let it be."
Lin Yuying asked, "Bride price?"
"Yes, yes, isn’t a bride price needed for a marriage?"
They never talked about this, but they’ve seen it online.
In their family, if it was a business marriage, the bride price would just be the cooperation contract between the two families.
The dowry would also be a cooperation contract.
Mutual profit-making, as if it were a business transaction.
However, bride price and such were indeed never experienced.
She said, "But you still need clothes. Let me take you to buy a piece first, come on."
She had a salary anyway. One piece of clothing she could afford.
She took her salary, and first went to bring Bi Qiuyan along.
Following her, Bi Qiuyan wondered about what kind of clothes to buy. What she needed was money. She couldn’t bear to spend even a penny, let alone buy clothes.
However, she couldn’t directly say this, so she just followed her to the mall.
Two pieces of clothing, each costing two to three thousand yuan.
Normally, even buying something for fifty yuan required careful planning, but now, looking at her, she thought, "Such wealth. It seems that twenty thousand isn’t out of reach."
Lin Yuying felt that bringing her to buy clothes meant she couldn’t buy anything too cheap.
Actually, the clothes she usually buys were much cheaper than this. Usually around a few hundred yuan.
However, when buying for others, people are more willing to spend than for themselves.
After buying, a month’s salary now left her not much.
Fortunately, Ye Ning running her studio meant that as studio staff, besides the basic salary, there were bonuses.
So living was still manageable.
Bi Qiuyan clasped the clothes, "Oh my, they’re so expensive... You folks are really different. Unlike us, who stress so much over a bride price. It’s good; in the future, when Siqing gets married, it’ll be much easier for him to marry a wife, and we can rest assured..."
Lin Yuying looked at her, "Really, is over two hundred thousand that impressive?"
"Yes, indeed it is..."
Lin Yuying didn’t have that much money.
Lin Siqing...
He currently wanted to start his own company, and every penny was crucial.
(That’s it for today. Yes, it’s a bit short. Tomorrow, I have to wake up early to attend the Yuewen conference to see the great authors, and write what I can on the road. But I’ll aim to write at least four Chapters, hoping not to stop. If there’s any break, it must be because other authors are too captivating, constantly holding me back from writing, mm-hmm.)
