Ma Laoer had a flash of delight in his eyes, "Mom, then I'll take half a day off tomorrow. I'll borrow the brigade leader's bicycle and take you to Lao San's place to get the money."
Yuan Chun agreed, "That works. With a bicycle, we can make a round trip in the morning."
Qinghe Village is an hour's bike ride from the county town. The original owner couldn't ride a bike, so walking would take three hours.
A round trip would take the whole day.
Ma Xiangling stopped crying, looked at Yuan Chun in disbelief, "Mom, are you really planning to go to the county to ask Third Brother for money?"
"What do you mean ask for money? We haven't split the family; he can't have private money. Your old mother is going to take what's rightfully ours," Yuan Chun said confidently.
In the countryside, if the family isn't split, sons and daughters-in-law can't have their own private money.
Money earned must be handed over to the parents, who would manage it.
