Rebirth 90: I changed my fate by winning the lottery

Ding Zhiping was a little embarrassed to speak: "This..."

Grandma Zhou asked him, "What kind of injustice did the child suffer?"

Ding Zhiping lowered his head: "The child talked back to his mother and lost control of himself..."

"I'm asking you if it's about money," said Grandma Zhou.

Ding Zhiping couldn't answer or not answer, but since he had already run away from home and was living in someone else's house, he couldn't hide it anymore: "I just want the child to take out the money and share some with the family."

Grandma Zhou's anger was flaring up again: "I shouldn't have said anything about your family's affairs, but look at the kind of people in your family. How many times have you been to the police station for this little money? And now you're still saying you want to share the money with them? Are you confused or not?"

"And now you're putting your child through so much trouble just to get a share of the money! I want to ask you, is your family worthy of your wholehearted devotion to them? During the holidays, when they take turns to visit your house, everyone goes home with their hands full. How dare you give money to such relatives?"

"I guarantee that if you give them 1 today, they will ask you for 2 tomorrow, and 3 the day after tomorrow..."

Ding Zhiping said weakly: "This time we are talking about one family giving 10."

Grandma Zhou's eyes widened: "If you were my son, I would beat you to death right now!"

But after all, she is an outsider and it is not her place to interfere in other people's family affairs. Although as a member of the neighborhood committee, she can mediate family conflicts, this is a decision made by the couple and she has no right to interfere. She can only lecture them like this.

Ding Zhiping was afraid that she would continue talking, so he laughed and said, "Miss Zhou, I have something else to do. I'll go finish my work and come back to your house. I'll discuss this with Xiaomo after she gets out of school."

Grandma Zhou waved her hands and said, "Go away, you're so annoying."

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What did Ding Zhiping do on his leave today? He first went to the bank to withdraw the only 3 yuan left in his card, divided it into two parts, wrapped it in a brown paper bag, and then went to his uncle's house and his second uncle's house.

One family stuffed a brown paper bag with 15,000 yuan each.

Everything was fine when I went to my uncle's house. My uncle didn't say anything and just accepted the money.

It was different with my second uncle's family. There were already a lot of people in their family who just ate and did nothing, and they were all at home when he sent the money.

"When will the remaining 10 be delivered?" the second uncle asked him sternly.

"Momo refuses to give out the money, and I also..." Ding Zhiping said.

"If she refuses to give up the money, won't you beat her to death? Are you the father or is he the father?" asked the second uncle.

"I've never seen a father being so strictly controlled by his daughter?" one of the second uncle's daughters-in-law interrupted.

"That's right, give me a definite answer, when will you send the rest of the money?" The second son of my second uncle also started to attack.

Ding Zhiping now feels that he should not have taken this trip. He regrets it, because money cannot buy family affection.

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When Ding Mo got home from school, Ding Zhiping had been sitting in Zhou's house for a long time.

He looked dejected, completely different from the resolute look he had shown yesterday when dealing with Ding Mo.

"It's impossible for me to take out the money. Logically, since you and my mother came to me for money, I should share it with you. But I know very well that once the money is in your hands, it will be gone soon." This is what Ding Mo said.

"Dad... Dad is not here to ask you for money today." Ding Zhiping said.

"If you're not here to ask for money, then what are you here for?" Ding Mo asked.

Ding Zhiping looked at her: "Of course I'm here to take you home."

"What if I still don't want to go back?" Ding Mo said.

"Then you can't keep disturbing your grandma Zhou at her house like this, right?" Ding Zhiping said.

Grandma Zhou was sitting not far from the father and daughter, peeling beans. "What do you mean by disturbing or not? Xiaomo can stay as long as you want."

In fact, Ding Mo knew that this was not a solution, so she politely declined Grandma Zhou's invitation and followed Ding Zhiping home.

When Ding Zhiping returned home, Liu Yun and Ding Rong were already at home. They were very happy to see the two men coming in carrying two big bags.

"Did you go to the bank to withdraw the money?"

Liu Yun came forward with a grin and rummaged through the bag. No wonder she misunderstood, as Zhou Lang also misunderstood last night. It was because Ding Mo had a big bag full of textbooks, which looked stiff, so they both misunderstood it as cash.

Liu Yun rummaged through Ding Mo's bag and ended up with books and clothes scattered all over the floor. When he saw that he had no money, he kept cursing and finally kicked Ding Mo's books and clothes all over the floor.

Alas, no one can deal with Liu Yun, not even God.

Ding Mo sighed, picked up the things silently, and went back to the room without saying a word.

Ding Zhiping looked at her, as if he had returned to the cowardly daughter of the past who always accepted everything as she pleased and never fought back when scolded or beaten.

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Ding Mo no longer gave any household allowance, Liu Yun lost his job again, and Ding Zhiping gave his meager savings to his uncle and his family. The Ding family's life suddenly became difficult.

Liu Yun now blamed everything on Ding Mo. Not only did he make sarcastic remarks to her from time to time, but he also simply refused to give Ding Mo meat during meals and often only gave her a bowl of white rice.

Ding Mo was wondering if this was all Liu Yun’s punishment was?

She is basically resisting passively now. No matter what Liu Yun says or does, she tries not to take it to heart, because Ding Mo knows that the most important thing now is to study.

Winning the lottery did not change her fate, but she is now extremely confident that she can pass the college entrance examination, so she is putting all her energy into studying.

Seeing Ding Mo's passive resistance, Liu Yun began to use his dirty tricks. For example, he would go through her room every day as a routine, or sometimes, when Ding Mo occasionally went out at night to buy herself some food, he would continue to lock her out of the door, and would not open the door no matter what Ding Zhiping asked.

Ding Mo was locked out of the door again late at night. She was helpless. Fortunately, she happened to have a teaching aid with her when she went out.

Ding Mo squatted in the stairwell and read a book for a while, waiting for Ding Zhiping to open the door, but the light in the stairwell was too dim. Helplessly, Ding Mo could only go downstairs and sit on the steps of the small garden in the staff quarters, using the street lights for lighting.

It is already late autumn and the temperature is so low that it can freeze people to death.

"Kid, what are you doing?" Someone's voice sounded above Ding Mo's head.

Ding Mo looked up and saw that it was Zhou Lang. He was dragging a large box in his hands. Was he going to...

"What are you going to do again?" Ding Mo asked.

Zhou Lang said calmly: "As you can see, I ran away from home."