Chapter 1087: The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest 65
When he got home, Zhao Lan got angry at Fu Yuanlin, but he didn't say anything about vacating Fu Yuanlin's other house and giving it to his father-in-law and brother-in-law.
The rent for that house was 380 yuan a month, which was almost as much as a person's salary. Zhao Lan was reluctant to let his father-in-law and brother-in-law live there for free.
But if he let his father-in-law and brother-in-law continue to quarrel, he and Fu Yuanlin would only become more and more embarrassed.
The next morning, Zhao Lan, who had been thinking all night, invited his father-in-law and brother-in-law to have breakfast and persuaded them to go back to the countryside. "It's not easy to make a living in the city. It's better to go home and farm. In the countryside, there are land and houses, food, and spacious accommodation. It's just a little tiring, but working in the city is not easy either. Dad, you and Yaozu should think about it carefully."
Fu Yaozu snorted, "I won't go back to the countryside, but you persuade us to go back. Do you want to occupy my sister's house and money by yourself? I tell you, even if my sister marries you, her house and money are not yours to covet. They are the property of our Fu family."
Fu Changgen said, "Zhao Lan, we came to the capital to make some money before going back. It's easy to make money in the capital. A day's work as a laborer can earn 30 yuan. In our countryside, laborers can earn 20 yuan a day. There's a big difference."
After Fu Changgen was released from the detention center, he found a job as a laborer at a construction site, earning 30 yuan a day on a daily basis.
Fu Yaozu couldn't bear the hardship, so he worked as a waiter in a hotel, carrying dishes from the kitchen to the door of the private room and handing them to the waiter.
Fu Yaozu was greedy and every time a delicious dish was served to him, he would steal a bite.
This also makes him like this job very much.
Moreover, there were many female waiters in the hotel, and he hooked up with several of them with his handsome looks. Unfortunately, they were all girls from other places and there were no local ones. So he just played around and didn't take it seriously.
His biggest goal is to marry a wealthy local girl, preferably one who has money, a house, and can arrange a decent job for him.
Then he will be able to walk with his back straight and look superior to others.
It’s a pity that hope is beautiful, but I never meet the right person.
Under the constant pressure from Fu Changgen and Fu Yaozu, Fu Yuanlin was finally willing to pay 150 yuan a month to let them rent a single room.
"I can only help you up to this point. If you don't agree, then it's up to you. Once you annoy the people in the community, someone will call the police." Fu Yuanlin threatened.
Fu Changgen and Fu Yaozu decided to quit while they were ahead.
After a few days, they moved into a single room, but after that, the grandfather and son would often come to visit and ask Fu Yuanlin to cook delicious food for them.
I eat and take things with me. Every time I come, I come empty-handed and leave with large and small bags.
After spending so much time with Zhao Lan, Fu Changgen also learned his lesson. Every time he left, Fu Changgen would deliberately tell the neighbors in the community, "My daughter made all the delicious food she bought to honor me as a father."
"My daughter and son-in-law are the most filial to me."
"My daughter has good taste and married a good man."
"My daughter thinks about me every day and is worried that I don't eat well, so she asks me to come over for meals and cooks braised pork for me."
After saying so many nice things and being praised by the neighbors, Fu Yuanlin had no choice but to do it.
This left Fu Yuanlin speechless and unable to express his pain.
Can she say that she doesn't want her father and brother to come to her house for dinner?
Could she say that she bought those foods for herself and didn't let her father and brother take them away?
If she really said it, and her father made a big deal out of it, it would become that she was unfilial, a bad person, and a miser.
Therefore, no matter how unwilling Fu Yuanlin was, he had to endure the pain of being exploited by his father and brother.