Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Chapter 1462: Honest Woman 45
"Mom, Yuanchun did a great job and helped me a lot."

"Humph, you are her second brother, it is only natural for her to help you." Shi's mother asked again, "Did the account book match the clothes you sold yesterday? Did you get any money missing?"

"No, Mom, Yuanchun is one of our family members. You don't know her personality. She would rather starve to death than eat someone else's bread for free."

"Huh, who knows?"

Shi's mother snorted coldly, then said happily after a while, "Xiangnan, your father's boss has a daughter who just graduated from high school this year. She didn't get into college, so she wants to find a partner to marry first. Do you have time to go meet her someday?"

"Who?"

"The one from the old Ma family."

"Ma Yumei?"

"That seems to be the name."

"I don't agree." Shi Xiangnan said disdainfully, "She is already 21 years old and just graduated from high school. She was held back in the first, fifth, and second year of junior high school. She didn't get into high school, and her dad paid for her to get in. She ranked last in grades, and she still wants to go to college."

"Her intelligence is not as good as mine. Although I didn't get into college, at least I never failed a single test. But she failed every test."

"People at school laughed at her, saying that she had studied for more than ten years but couldn't even write her own name."

Of course Ma Yumei can write her own name, but she often fails in exams and her classmates laugh at her.

Shi's mother said, "Why worry about not being able to read? The Ma family only has this one daughter. Her parents and brother all dote on her. When she gets married, the Ma family will definitely give her a large dowry."

"Mom, if I marry her, my children will inherit her stupidity, and now I can make money, so who cares about the Ma family's money?"

"Son, you are already 25, so stop being so picky. If you don't get married, you will be a bachelor, and your dad and I will be laughed at." "Mom, I have money, a house, and a store now. There are many women who want to marry me. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Why shouldn't I be anxious? Your sister-in-law is pregnant, and your wife is still somewhere unknown. Son, go meet the Ma family girl once and have a meal together. If you really don't like her, mom won't force you."

"No, no, Mom, don't try to persuade me. I don't want to marry a mentally retarded person and be laughed at by others."

"What nonsense! Ma Yumei is just a little bit stupid, she is not mentally retarded."

"If you are not mentally retarded, how can you always get zero points in exams?"

"You... you damn child, do you really want to be a bachelor for the rest of your life?" Shi's mother yelled in anger, "Ma Yumei's father is your father's boss, and your father has already made an agreement with the Ma family. Now you go back on your word, how can your father continue to work in the coal mine in the future?"

"Mom, if you can't do it, just quit. Let Dad go to the countryside to collect eggs and sell them in the city. He can earn more in a day than he can dig coal in a month in the mines."

"Can you really make so much money by doing business?" Shi's mother was a little tempted.

Shi Xiangnan said, "Of course I make money. How could I deceive my dad into selling my job to do a job that doesn't make money?"

Shi's mother was thinking about helping her son run the store these days. The store had a lot of money coming in every day, and there was a drawer full of money, eight hundred or even thousands of yuan.

But my husband will retire in two years. It would be a big loss to sell his job at this time. It would be like clearing out everything at once. If he retires, he will receive a pension every month in the future.

Shi's mother was reluctant to give up her pension.

This is their retirement money.

Without this money, she and the old man will have to ask their two sons for money in the future, and life will be difficult when they have to ask for money from others.