Su Ya Ni was just about to say that they could honor and support their parents together when Wu Haishan suddenly sat up as if some wire in his brain had short-circuited. Glaring at her with a pair of bloodshot eyes, he said, "Save money, save money. Do you know how much a house costs these days? One hundred and twenty thousand!"
"I only make 240 yuan a month. Even if I neither ate nor drank, it would still take more than forty years to save enough. Even with your income added in, it would still take more than twenty years."
"But can I really not eat or drink? Can my parents really not eat or drink?"
It was only then that Su Ya Ni realized Wu Haishan was not nearly as drunk as he seemed. He simply did not want to talk to her or pay her any attention.
She felt terribly wronged, and her eyes immediately reddened. Fighting back her tears, she said, "Aren't Xiao Lian and Xiao Jun still there? They're not young anymore either. They can find jobs and help support the family."
"Them?"
Wu Haishan threw off the blanket covering him and let out a cold laugh.
"Heh, our family stopped sending them to school early on so they could support me through college. They didn't even finish junior high. How could I make them share the burden with me now?"
"Besides, even if they work in a factory, they can only be ordinary laborers. It would be good if they made 130 or 140 yuan a month. How long would it take to scrape together 120,000 yuan?"
"And besides, they're already this old. Don't they need to spend money on themselves?"
Su Ya Ni felt unbearably miserable. He had considered every single person in