Just then, a woman suddenly came calling. Their front door stood wide open, and she called out from the doorway the moment she arrived, startling Ye Yaodong.
"Oh my, you're only eating dinner now?"
The food between Ye Yaodong's chopsticks fell. He looked toward the door and saw a fair-skinned woman with shoulder-length hair, fashionably carrying a leather handbag.
"A-Dong, you're so fair! Hehe, your face is all tanned, but I never expected your body to be so white."
He was a grown man. What was wrong with letting someone see him shirtless, especially in his own home? Ye Yaodong didn't care, but this woman was no good, and very loose. He had no intention of answering her. His wife was here, anyway.
Lin Xiuqing smiled at the visitor. "What brings you here, Sister Chuyun?"
Wang Chuyun's gaze discreetly swept over Ye Yaodong's shoulders and waist before she looked away and smiled. "I came to ask whether you'd like to join a rotating savings pool. Twenty yuan a month, thirty shares. If you bid for the pot, you'd get six hundred yuan."
"No. That's too big. We can't afford it." Ye Yaodong refused outright without even lifting his head.
"Hehe, twenty yuan a month might be a bit much for other people, but your family should be fine, right? You have a boat. What's twenty yuan a month to you? Joining a pool now gives you something to fall back on, too. If you really need money later, you can bid for the pot. If you don't, you can leave it there earning interest."
Lin Xiuqing also turned her down. "We've already taken several shares in other pools. Twenty yuan a month is too much. We can't afford it. Why don't you ask someone else?"
Ever since her aunt had