Chapter 43 - Qiao Zijin Wants To Borrow Money (2/2)

She should think of the past – that year when her mother was pregnant with Qiao Nan, she had to take so much suffering and humiliation.

Qiao Nan owed her and it was only right for her to quit school and support her!

“As long as you are sensible, Mom is happy. Don’t worry, Mom will find a job as soon as possible. When Mom has a job, you will definitely be given 10 yuan. But Zijin, you still have to save a little, some of your school supplies can still be used, don’t dump it all on Qiao Nan like you did before. The family’s savings are gone, and Mom has to find a way to save some money. Otherwise, we won’t have money to seek medical treatment if any of us fall sick in future.”

Now that there was famine in the family, there was a limit to how much Ding Jiayi could dote on Qiao Zijin now.

“I know, Mom.” Qiao Zijin bit her lips and replied with a forced smile.

After Ding Jiayi left, Qiao Zijin threw a tantrum and started hitting her own bed.

National Day would be in half a month’s time. Her cla.s.s had thought of having a performance. She had to dance but she was short of a costume now.

Qiao Zijin was the lead dancer and she could not be dressed like everyone else. She had her eye on a dance dress which was selling for 10 yuan.

Qiao Zijin had really been saving money recently. However, it was not for the revision materials, it was for the dress for the National Day performance.

Unless, when Qiao Zijin went to school this time, she missed her meals for two weeks to save up the 10 yuan. If not, she would either have to give up the performance or the lead dancer role.

After some consideration, Qiao Zijin stood up and went to knock on the door of Qiao Nan’s bedroom. “Nan Nan, are you in, can I come in?”

Upon hearing Qiao Zijin’s voice, Qiao Nan put away her books properly. “Come in.”

After Qiao Zijin pushed opened the door and went in. She did not look good.

In the entire Qiao family, Qiao Dongliang and Ding Jiayi’s bedroom was of course the biggest. Qiao Nan’s room was originally Qiao Dongliang’s study room. It was slightly bigger than Qiao Zijin’s room, and the lighting in this room was particularly good.

Initially, Qiao Zijin wanted to stay in this room but Ding Jiayi would not allow it.

Ding Jiayi’s initial arrangement was, of course, to let the couple have the biggest room. This room with good lighting was for the son, and Qiao Zijin’s current bedroom was supposed to be the study room.

Of course, the room where Qiao Nan lived before was not arranged by Ding Jiayi for Qiao Zijin.

Just because Ding Jiayi had given birth to Qiao Nan and not a son, Qiao Zijin now had the third-cla.s.s room, and Qiao Nan the fourth-cla.s.s room.

But who would expect that, at the year that Qiao Nan was 15 years old, although she was obviously not the son, she now lived in the room that Ding Jiayi had once prepared for the son.

Qiao Zijin revealed this matter. “Nan Nan, do you know, Mom originally prepared this room for her son. She would not allow me to do so when I wanted to stay here.”

“So?” Qiao Nan was not affected.

Qiao Zijin was stunned. Unexpectedly, Qiao Nan’s reaction was too cold. Shouldn’t Qiao Nan feel as indignant as her and be dissatisfied with her Mom’s biased behavior?

“Any matter?”

“There is something.” Qiao Zijin recalled her motive. “Nan Nan, I would like to ask you for a favor. I remembered that you have some money. Can you lend it to me? I will return it to you in future?”

Qiao Nan twisted her eyebrows. “Borrow money? I don’t have any!”