books44 Chapter 272 Adoption and the House
Chapter 272 Adoption and the House
"Dad, please don't smoke here. Mom doesn't like the smell." Ning's father looked up at Ning Xueyan but didn't move.
"Dad, please call everyone to the main room. I want to talk to you about the house and the adoption." Upon hearing this, Ning's father got up and walked outside.
After watching Ning's father leave, Ning's mother held Ning Xueyan's hand tightly and whispered, "Yan'er, don't be foolish. The house and the money are yours. You have to keep them in your own hands to be safe."
"Mom, I know!" Ning Xueyan forced herself to put her mother's hand under the blanket; her mother's hand was so cold.
Of the whole family, only her mother truly cared for her. But she fell ill, and her illness was serious. To this day, money has been spent, but no illness has been diagnosed.
Neither of the two daughters-in-law were willing to pay the medical expenses, and the husband and son remained silent, leaving only Ning Xueyan, the daughter, to pay.
Ning's mother grasped Ning Xueyan's hand again and pleaded, "Yan'er, this illness of mine is incurable. Please don't spend any more money. I'm not going to get treatment. It's not easy for you to earn your own wages. Save them all. You're only in your thirties, not even forty yet. You have a long life ahead of you. Don't think about relying on them."
Ning Xueyan choked up, "Mom, you have to get treatment. With you here, I have a home."
"Auntie, Grandma, please have some water!" It was her eldest niece, Ning Lingling, who came in. She spoke loudly, then whispered, "Grandpa is coming in." This child was close to her grandmother and had never been favored by her parents since childhood; she was raised by her grandmother.
Ning Xueyan nodded, helped her mother finish drinking water, served her to the toilet, and after she lay down, she asked Lingling to stay with her before following her father out the door, ready for a do-or-die battle.
"Sister, are you serious? If we can buy the house, how much money have you saved up?" After hearing Ning Xueyan's words, the two younger brothers remained silent. The one who spoke up was Hou Guoguo, the wife of the eldest brother Ning Tianbao. Her chubby face revealed undisguised greed.
Ning Xueyan said, "I don't have any money right now, and I still owe two months' rent."
"Really? You never kept any money for yourself before. That person's salary at university wasn't low." Ma Xiaolan, the wife of Ning Tianqi's younger brother, was the most shrewd in the family. She didn't believe it; what woman wouldn't keep some money for herself?
“I haven’t worked since I got married, and he never gives me his salary. Dad has always known that. Even if he had money, it was all confiscated after he was arrested, and it wasn’t returned to me.” Ning Xueyan didn’t mind pulling her father along.
He said that men should be responsible for external affairs and women for internal affairs. You have enough to eat and drink, so why should you care about his money?
"Don't you have a job and a salary now?" Ma Xiaolan still wouldn't let it go.
"Lanlan, how long has it been since I started working?" Ning Tianqi interrupted his wife. He naturally knew where Ning Xueyan's money went. Not long ago, Ning's mother went to the hospital for various checkups, which cost a lot of money, all of which was paid by Ning Xueyan.
“I really don’t have any money on hand, but if we save together with you, we should be able to raise the money for the house quickly. The landlord said he can give me an extra 500 yuan discount if I buy it.” Ning Xueyan didn’t mind using a little trickery.
Hou Guoguo immediately said, "Really? Then we can consider it. There are four boys in our family, and Lanlan is pregnant again. We won't have enough room for them all to get married in the future."
"Dad, you should have some money on hand, right? Help me scrape together some!" It's true that neither of her two sisters-in-law is easy to deal with. Hou Guoguo and her sister-in-law have three sons, and they've decided that Ning Xueyan should adopt one of them, choosing one from among her sons.
Hou Guoguo thought that after Ning Tianqi and Ma Xiaolan had their daughter Ning Lingling, they couldn't conceive again. They were very anxious and even hated their daughter Lingling, beating and scolding her every day, calling her a "debt collector" and a "jinx." It wasn't until two years ago that they finally had their precious son Ning Youlong. Although she was pregnant again now, they didn't know if it was a boy or a girl. He definitely wouldn't want Ning Youlong to be adopted.
Ning's father remained silent as always.