Chapter 170

"It can't be helped. We have to make a living, after all!" Hu Lin felt a wave of melancholy. "We didn't live here at first; we were driven out. When we split from the family, my grandparents didn't give us much grain. They only calculated our share based on my father's work points, and they wouldn't let us take so much as an extra grain of rice. But how could the work points he earned alone support three mouths? We hadn't divided the household property, we had no money in our hands, and my grandparents wouldn't provide for our living expenses. To survive, we had to resort to some unconventional methods. The house we lived in before wasn't like this one, either; that place hadn't been lived in for over twenty years. Fortunately, we did get some money when we split off, otherwise, our family could never have built a brick-and-tile house, nor could we have taken your family in." Hu Lin kept her explanation brief, playing the victim a little. Zhou Huaijing didn't know what to say and fell silent. The sharp edge of his features softened somewhat. When people share similar circumstances, they can empathize with one another. Especially since the Zhou Family had just suffered such a misfortune, he could deeply understand the hardships of the Hu family.