Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

At this time, her grandmother Xu Shenwei came out of the house. She was also shocked when she saw Yu Ru for the first time. She couldn't believe it was her. "Why does she look so familiar? Is it Yu Ru?"

Yu Ru nodded again.

Their house suddenly became busy because of her arrival. Xu Shenwei had just returned from the vegetable garden, and now that she saw Yu Ru, she went to the garden again to pick vegetables.

Yu Ru couldn't speak and couldn't communicate with her family, so she sat on the mahogany sofa in the living room and watched them busy themselves.

She looked at everything at home expressionlessly, but she felt a little sad in her heart, because when she returned to this home, she felt more and more like a guest, and their parents became more and more polite to her, especially after she was able to earn money and started to give them living expenses every month.

Her parents cannot be said to be very good parents, but they can be said to be qualified. After all, they are not extremists who favor sons over daughters, and they do not shortchange her of food, clothing and other necessities. They also supported her to finish college.

Yu Yousheng gave her 1,700 yuan in living expenses every month until she graduated from university.

She also has an older brother who is two years older than her. He graduated from a key university and his living expenses are also 1,700 yuan. According to their family's situation, both of them have 1,700 yuan each, including tuition fees, which is a huge expense.

Yu Yousheng and Gu Yulan also tried their best to give them more money.

Yu Ru could see that the couple had good intentions, but the relationship and connection between their family was not close and they could not be close. She and her brother were both silent at home and rarely chatted with their parents, nor were they willing to chat with them.

Yu Yousheng and Gu Yulan are very typical Chinese parents. When it comes to their children's education, the father is absent and the mother is overly involved. She does not get involved where she should, and over-disciplines where she shouldn't.

From childhood to adulthood, the most common sentences the brother and sister heard were "I'm doing this for your own good", "Can you be more obedient", and "Why are you so ignorant".

In their family, quarrels are the norm. The old quarrel with the older, the older quarrel with the younger, the old quarrel with the younger, and the quarrels go on and on, endlessly. The atmosphere on weekdays does not seem to be very harmonious. Even if others have not seen them quarreling, they can tell that they are not in harmony.

Yu Ru has always felt that the reason why she has become so manic and loves to throw things to vent her emotions is closely related to her parents. It can even be said that they have created her basic negative emotions.

As the old saying goes, "A poor couple has many sorrows", and the same is true for this poor family. Yu Ru has had constant friction with her parents since she was a child. The elders in the family also quarreled constantly, and this has been going on since she could remember. There are so many conflicts that she can't count them, and most of them are about money.

The situation only got a little better five years ago. That year, the wages of Yu Yousheng and Gu Yulan's jobs increased, and their family's financial situation improved. It was also the time for her to take the college entrance examination, so Yu Yousheng and Gu Yulan were afraid of affecting her, so they didn't pick on her as often.

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Yu Ru had a very silent meal at home. No one said much. After asking about her work and life situation, nothing else happened.

After dinner, Xu Shenwei dozed off on a chair in the living room, while Yu Ru's grandfather went back to his room to read books about Mark Six and the lottery.

Gu Yulan and Yu Yousheng stayed in the living room. They wanted to chat with Yu Ru, but they had already asked all the questions they could at the dinner table, so there was nothing more to ask now.

The three of them sat facing each other in silence.

After a while, Yu Ru took out four brocade boxes from her bag and placed them on the table in front of her. There were labels on the four boxes, which read: Dad, Mom, Grandpa, and Grandma.

"What is this?" Gu Yulan said, then reached out to take the box with the word "Mom" on it and opened it.

The box contained a heavy gold bracelet. This large bracelet startled Gu Yulan. She looked at the bracelet for a few more times and then looked at Yu Ru. "Yu Ru, didn't you buy a bracelet last time? Why did you buy another one?"

Yu Yousheng also reached out to take the box on the table. The box he took had the word "Dad" written on the label. When he opened it, he saw a gold Pixiu necklace lying quietly inside.

Yu Ru typed some text on her mobile phone: The price of gold has dropped a bit recently, so I bought it. It’s a good value preservation product and it won’t be wasted if I buy it. It’s just a different way of living with money.

Gu Yulan carefully picked up the gold bracelet and examined it carefully, and exclaimed, "It's so big, how much did it cost?"

Yu Ru did not answer her question, but typed on her phone: Next March, you two will not have to work anymore, and I will give you more money every month. I have seen a university for the elderly in the next town, and I will send you there to study. This way, you will not be bored even if you don't have a job.

After hearing this, Yu Yousheng and Gu Yulan looked at each other.

Yu Yousheng said, "Why should we go to school? Only children need to go to school. Don't waste that money. Now that you have bought so much gold, don't spend so much money again. You will have no money to spend later."

Yu Ru typed on her phone: "You will know what kind of school you are going to when you go there. I have money and can give you living expenses and enough money to pay for your tuition. If you find it bad after going there, then I have nothing to say. You can just not go there. If you think it is good, I will continue to pay for your tuition so that you can go there."

"If we go to school at such an old age, people will find out and laugh at us to death. Besides, your father and I can still work now, so we have to make more money as soon as possible." Gu Yulan said.

Yu Ru was silent for a moment, and then wrote on her phone: The work you do is too hard. If you work too hard, you will get sick and lose more money. Now I have money to let you retire early, so don't do it, otherwise you will be sick when you are old.

In fact, the couple are both sick now. As early as two years ago, when Yu Ru returned home, she would see them hitting their waists, shoulders and necks and crying out in pain. Their work is like exchanging their lives for money. As decorators, they often move, carry and carry things weighing dozens to hundreds of kilograms. They are dwarfed by the weight. This is the case in both cold winter and hot summer. It is very hard and dangerous.

She remembered that her mother fell from the second floor twice when she was working. Fortunately, the floor was not high and the first floor was below average, so she was not seriously injured. Her father also had close brushes with death many times and almost fell from the building several times.

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Yu Ru persuaded her parents for a long time before they were convinced. However, they did not want to start school in the early spring of next year, but wanted to wait until the next spring, because they had a lot of work on hand and could not finish it so quickly, and they could not break the contract, so they had to do it, and by the next spring, it should be almost done.

By that time, they will be 47 years old, almost 50, and may not be able to do it anymore, so they can enjoy their retirement in advance.

Huacheng, see the mountain and cloud court,

Yun Jixing stayed in the study, still dealing with unfinished work.

He had been actively trying to contact Yu Ru during the days she was away, but she didn't respond and didn't answer his calls, which made him very worried. Yesterday, he went to Yu Ru's house and knocked on the door. It was Ming Shisui who opened the door. It was Ming Shisui who told him where Yu Ru was, otherwise he would have wanted to find someone to track her down.

After finishing work, he picked up his phone to check the messages, but Yu Ru still didn't respond to him. When he was hesitating whether to call her, Yu Ru's message came: Sorry, I have been busy recently and forgot to reply to you. I went back to my parents' house and nothing happened.