When I saw the stack of paper taken out by my uncle, I finally understood the meaning of his eyes just now. The pile of paper was not something else, but something similar to a contract.
I took a quick look at the contents of the article and a thought flashed through my mind. "I'm willing to give a million yuan to my uncle and his family..." As for the rest, I didn't even need to look to know what it was.
"Chelsea, you know that our family's salary is not very good. Although your uncle's salary is supporting the family, I am also taking care of Jiayi. In order to make her have a better future, I have put in a lot of effort!"
Looking at her aunt's aggrieved and excited face and listening to her say everything she had done for the family, I just wanted to ask her, "What did you do?"
Since I was a child, I had only seen my uncle work hard for the family. He went out early and went home late to earn money in order to let his aunt and Jiayi live a good life. When he came back from work, he had to remember to cook for them, because they couldn't cook at all.
"Not only can she not cook, but she can't even do any housework. I don't know whether she can't cook or she can't be bothered to do it. How can such a aunt be so shameless to tell me that she has done everything for the family?"
"When my mother was hospitalized, what did my uncle's family do? They avoided my phone and didn't answer it. They insisted on taking care of me when I was a child so that I could remember it for the rest of my life."
Aunt saw that I didn't speak for a long time, so she slightly leaned to the side and gave her uncle a look. Then her uncle stood up and said, "Your mother is dead now, and you will get married in the future. The money of that house just happened to stay behind to make your dowry."
"But you have written that I should give you a million yuan. How can you stay here as my dowry?" I said with a chuckle.
His uncle opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but his aunt had already blocked him behind. She directly grabbed my hand and explained with a happy expression, "Chelsea, think about it. The area of that house is so big, and the compensation will definitely not only be this one million yuan, but the rest of the money will still be yours."
"What's more, uncle and aunt are your relatives. How could they cheat you? When the time comes, we will also give you a red packet, and we will definitely give you a big one!" aunt added, with a smile on her face. It could be seen that she was very happy now.
Of course she was happy. After all, her niece's money would soon be in her pocket. How could she not be happy?
"If it were me in the past, I would definitely refuse without hesitation. But now, I just don't want to refuse directly. I just want to spoil my uncle’s family's appetite."
I lowered my head awkwardly and thought for a moment. Then I looked at the contract on the table and said in a low voice, "Can you let me go back and think about it? I can't make up my mind in a short time."
"How can this work?" Aunt cried out in surprise.
Pretending to be frightened, I took a few steps back and said uneasily, "I have no choice but to make a decision suddenly."
"Have you forgotten how uncle treated you when you were a child? You and your mother used to look after us. Now that we are in trouble, you don't want to help us at all?" Aunt listed out the past one by one.
"According to my aunt's words, I understand that she must have been preparing for this for a long time. Otherwise, she wouldn't have said it in such an orderly way."
I looked at my uncle, aunt, and Ning Jiayi's faces one by one, and finally stopped at my uncle's face. "I remember that my mother paid for living expenses every month."
"Your living expenses?" Aunt repeated and immediately explained, "At that time, how much money did your mother have? How much money could we pay for your living expenses? No matter what, it was all our hard work."
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