"No, Lin Feng hasn't forgotten. He just received the household money he sent me today." Fu Wenwen understood why Lin's father was here; it turned out he was after the money Lin Feng had earned.
However, they had already separated. If Lin's father wanted money, Fu Wenwen couldn't just give it to him.
"This... did Lin Feng make a mistake? Shouldn't that support money be for us?" Fu Wenwen's words made Lin's father anxious. He hadn't expected that boy Lin Feng would actually stop sending him money.
How could that be? He had gambled all the money away!
"This, I don't know! He didn't tell me anything about it! But his letter did say that this money is for me and Lin An!" Fu Wenwen said with a smile, blinking her eyes innocently.
"Besides, you're still young and strong! Support for the elderly only starts at sixty!" Fu Wenwen said to Lin's father.
People in the village generally considered sixty the age of an elder, and support money should only be due at sixty. Lin's father was only in his thirties, two years shy of forty; it was still a long way off!
If he had hands and feet, why would he need support money?
"This won't do. Daughter-in-law, give me twenty yuan first. We don't even have money to cook at home." Lin's father was anxious, and his attitude towards Fu Wenwen was no longer amiable.
"There's no such thing, is there? I haven't heard Lin Feng say he wants me to give you money?" Fu Wenwen frowned and shook her head.
"Supporting us is our due! Since Lin Feng isn't here, you should support us on his behalf! Stop babbling and give me twenty yuan quickly!" Lin's father accused, but Fu Wenwen shook her head in refusal.
"Uncle Lin, I don't understand what you're saying! You have hands and feet and are in your prime, why do you need support money? Besides, support money is for when you're fifty or sixty, when you can no longer walk or work, and only then do children need to provide support. I've never heard of needing support money at thirty." Fu Wenwen refused.
"Can't you understand? Lin Feng has to support us for a lifetime! Since he's not here, of course, you should give it!" Lin's father said angrily.
"I don't understand this matter! You can wait for Lin Feng to come back and talk about it! Or you can wait a bit longer. If Lin Feng intends to send you money, he definitely won't send it to the wrong person!" Fu Wenwen wasn't a fool; how could she be swayed by Lin's father's few words? She simply refused.
"Why are you so stubborn!" Lin's father gritted his teeth, wanting to curse loudly. Just then, Aunt Tian from next door happened to walk out, and Lin's father immediately shut his mouth.
When Aunt Tian heard the noise and came out, she saw Lin's father and immediately walked to Fu Wenwen's side, looking at Lin's father guardedly. "Lin Youwei, what are you doing here?"
"Aunt Tian, he's insisting I give him twenty yuan, saying it's Lin Feng's support money..." Fu Wenwen said innocently. "I haven't heard Lin Feng mention any support money! And isn't support money supposed to be given at sixty?"
"Don't listen to his nonsense! What support money?" Aunt Tian's eyes widened as soon as she heard Lin's father was here to demand money from Fu Wenwen, and even called it support money. It was sheer nonsense! "Lin Youwei, have you no shame? Lin Feng told me that when you separated from your family, you outrageously demanded a thousand yuan, and that was a complete severance agreement, with no further obligations from either side. What right do you have to demand support money? Shall I call everyone over to judge whether you deserve this support money?"
"A thousand yuan?" Aunt Ma from nearby, who had just walked out, couldn't help but shriek when she heard Aunt Tian's words.
A thousand yuan! In the countryside, who could have a thousand yuan? An entire year's earnings were only a little over a hundred yuan; a thousand yuan would take at least ten years!
This Lin Youwei had actually demanded a thousand yuan from Lin Feng.