After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 7 The Little Man Who Gains Enlightenment
"Although we borrowed money from your cousin to buy the house, it's still a done deal. We're just waiting for the handover. Once we buy Chenchen a car, we'll have accomplished most of our mission as parents."

Qin Xiu glanced at the egret.

"But you know our family's sources of income are just raising some chickens and pigs, plus your dad's work as a bricklayer. If it's just about paying off debts, we can pay them off in two years."

“But when you and Weiwei get married, although I can’t give you a car and a house, I still need to save some money for you. It will take at least 150,000 yuan per person, and it will take at least two years. Adding the expenses over the years, it will take at least five years to pay off this debt.”

"By then your dad will be sixty, who will want to hire him to work! My health has deteriorated after several surgeries, so I can't do much work anymore..."

Egret: "..."

Although her mother rambled on a lot, the main point revolved around the word "money," and she also mentioned that she was in poor health, complaining and trying to get her mother to feel sorry for her.

Qin Xiu continued, "If we give Chenchen more, we'll give you and Weiwei less. You'll have to save up your dowries over the next couple of years..."

What she didn't say was that Bai Chen also had to repay the 100,000 yuan Bai Lu gave him for the house. Only after repaying it would the house truly belong to Bai Chen.

Bai Wei was one thing, but after working for over two years, she hadn't seen a single penny from her. However, Qin Xiu felt quite sorry for Bai Lu, her eldest daughter. Bai Lu was well-behaved, sensible, and frugal, and had even sent money home every month for the past two years.

She has been in poor health for the past five years and has undergone three surgeries. She has been in charge of each one, taking long leave of absence to take care of her. In addition to taking care of her, she also has to stay up late at night to work on design drawings.

She's treating such a good child unfairly.

Qin Xiu's eyes welled up with tears, and she struggled to hold them back from choking up: "What Mom wanted to say was, don't blame Mom. You used to send 1,500 yuan home every month, but don't send it next month. Save it yourself, and save all the money you earn from now on."

Bailu looked at her mother, who was desperately trying not to cry, and she knew clearly that her mother was biased; she favored her younger brother.

Even if it's not completely off-topic, it's still off-topic.

She used to care.

But now, she can actually understand her favoritism.

The egret felt sorry for its mother.

She, Bai Wei, Bai Chen, was also very pitiful.

Because of poverty.

Qin Xiu is a very strong-willed person, but also very pessimistic. It's really contradictory for these two words to appear in one person.

Bailu's maternal grandmother had six children. The eldest and youngest were boys, and the middle four were girls. Bailu's mother was one year older than her uncle and was the youngest of the four sisters. She was also the poorest among her siblings.

She always felt that she was unlucky. After marrying Bai Lu's father, Bai Jiang, she never had a good life. In order to have a son, she had to hide everywhere. Later, when the child grew up and the policy was relaxed, she went to work in a big city with Bai Jiang. She worked hard as a laborer and didn't save any money at the end of the year.

Bai Jiang was a construction worker. In the early days, labor was extremely cheap. A skilled worker earned fifty yuan a day, while Qin Xiu worked as a laborer on the construction site, earning thirty yuan a day. Together, they earned less than one hundred yuan a day, yet they still had to support their three children's education.

When life was really tight and we were struggling to make ends meet, we relied on our uncles and aunts like Bailu to support us. It wasn't that they just borrowed and didn't pay back, but that they would pay back slowly. In fact, it was hard to say whether they would borrow again before they had paid back all the money.

Qin Xiu was determined to prove that she could live a good life, but at the same time she had no choice but to accept the help from her family.

Over time, Qin Xiu became very conflicted, frugal, and obsessed with money.

The egret grew up in such a family that was not wealthy, or even poor.

She started working part-time when she was a sophomore. With her immature and rudimentary design drawings, she managed to earn enough to cover her living expenses. After she started working, she even paid for Bai Wei's tuition. Although it was a public junior college, it only cost five thousand yuan a year, which would amount to fifteen thousand yuan over three years.

A year later, Bai Chen repeated his senior year of high school. The tuition was 10,000 yuan a year, but he only got into a second-tier university. The tuition was 35,000 yuan a year, which would have cost 140,000 yuan over four years.

If it weren't for the African swine fever outbreak a few years ago that didn't affect their village, allowing their family to make a small fortune, Bai Lu's family might have remained poor for another twenty years. How could they have bought a 700,000 yuan house outright with just a 200,000 yuan loan? 700,000 yuan! How many years would it take to save that much?

Qin Xiu was just an ordinary rural woman who valued money. What's wrong with that?
She was biased, but she didn't mistreat her or Bai Wei!

Bai Lu herself was a little biased; she liked Bai Wei a little more than Bai Chen.

It's just about money!

The egret thought to itself.

She will definitely make a lot of money in the future.

It will allow Qin Xiu to live the life she has always dreamed of.

And my maternal uncle's wife, my paternal uncle's wife, my maternal aunt's husband, my paternal aunt's husband, and all my cousins—

You wait, I, Bailu, will repay you by farming!

In the past, Bailu would never have dared to think like this. After all, she was just an ordinary office worker. Even if she wanted to do something, she was powerless to do so, since buying a house outright had already emptied her savings.

But now, things are different!

My sister's back from her cultivation journey!
The egret's current state of mind is quite delicate.

Well, to put it simply, he was used to being an ordinary person, and when he suddenly gained abilities that ordinary people don't have, he became arrogant.

She has already begun to imagine what kind of value she can create for her family.

It will definitely blow their minds.

There are so many rich people in the world, what difference does it make if one more of me is made?
"Lulu?"

Seeing Bai Lu's expression change several times, Qin Xiu's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could it be that she had spoken too bluntly and hurt the child's feelings?
"Ok?"

The egret, who was lost in thought, suddenly snapped back to reality upon hearing the sound and said, "Mom, I have an idea, would you like to hear it?"

"what?"

Qin Xiu was stunned for a moment.

Bailu started counting on her fingers: "My aunt gave you 60,000, Chenchen has 30,000, and after selling the pig, you give me another 30,000 to buy a new car, and put it in my name! I'll take on this 120,000 debt!"

"Huh?" Qin Xiu was stunned: "But this was bought for Chenchen..."

"It's for Chenchen! The car is in my name, but Chenchen will drive it!"

"But……"

Bailu: "It's just a matter of name ownership. What if Chenchen and I really have some conflict? As his older sister, can I force my own brother to return the car? The debt is still mine. I'm the one paying back my aunt's money. Not only does he not have to pay back the money, but I also owe him 30,000 yuan! He not only has a car, but he also gets 30,000 yuan for nothing!"

"no……"

Qin Xiu, whose elementary school level was only at a sixth grade, couldn't quite grasp the concept: "Didn't Chenchen lend you 30,000? How can it be considered free?"

(End of this chapter)