Title: How to Thrive in the Sixties
Translator: Fuyu
Extra 4 - Liu Mei vs Wu Guozhi
Wu Guozhi was shocked. "50 yuan? How can I have so much money? And those tickets, I don't have them."
"Your monthly wages are over 30 or 40 yuan. I'm asking for less than two month's salary for you. That's a good deal for you!"
Wu Guozhi gritted his teeth. "I don't have that much. I already spent my wages this month." Even if he had the money, he wouldn't give it to her.
"Yeah right, you definitely gave it to your mom. Anyways, I don't care what you have to do. I won't accept anything less than 50 yuan. If you don't agree, I'll go to your factory right away to seek justice for my sister-in-law."
Wu Guozhi almost fainted from anger. Su Yu's relative was too shameless. He didn't believe that someone like this woman would hand her money over to Su Yu. Right, those two brothers had lied to him to get him to pay for the dinner.
He felt deceived. He regretted it now. If he had dumped Su Yu earlier, this wouldn't have happened.
"Well? What are you going to do? My maiden family is very big, and they're all good at causing trouble. I'm not scared of making things bigger."
Liu Mei was confident. Although her parents had kicked her out, she was sure that they would still help her out as long as she didn't ask them to go against Su Yu.
Wu Guozhi took a deep breath. "Give me time. I need time to raise money. I'll give you the money once I raise it. How about waiting until the end of the next month, when I get my wages?"
"In your dreams. I'll come look for you at your factory's gate tomorrow. If you don't come, I'll shout out everything right there."
"That's not enough time." Wu Guozhi had a headache.
Liu Mei sneered. "Not my problem." She had never been a reasonable person!
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After dinner that night, Su Yu sent the others out, and Liu Mei gave Su Yu the report letter and reported what happened.
While soaking her feet, Su Yu said, "She wrote it quite clearly. She even wrote out the sweet words Wu Guozhi said to her."
"I had her write that. That way there's something to base it off of."
Su Yu nodded with satisfaction. "You do have some ability. Very good." And then, her expression changed. "As for the money, you told me how much you asked from him, and I'll believe you. As for the truth, I won't pursue it."
Liu Mei was taken aback. Then, she awkwardly coughed and said, "I didn't mean it. I don't think he'll actually pay that much, so I only said 30 yuan."
"It's fine. You held the bottom line I gave you. It's not less than the amount I told you. You got the extra amount with your ability. No matter how much more it is, you can keep it. I'm allowing you to take it.
Su Yu emphasized the last sentence. Even if Liu Mei got extra money, it wasn't because Liu Mei was clever enough to fool her. It was because she allowed Liu Mei to take it. No matter how many tricks Liu Mei had, she could control her.
Liu Mei regretted it now. She knew she should be more honest when facing someone like her sister-in-law. She didn't even know where she had gone wrong to be exposed. Really…
"If I really get the extra money, I won't ask for any of the 30 yuan. I'll give you my share."
Su Yu smiled. "My words always count. If you do a good job on the things I assign you, I can look the other way for other things. We're a family. There's no need to quibble over minor things."
"Really?" Liu Mei. She really was scared of her sister-in-law.
Su Yu smiled and nodded. "Of course."
Liu Mei sighed a small breath of relief. She decided to not play any more tricks in front of her sister-in-law.
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(T/N: From raw chapter 33.)
Under the big tree by the machinery factory, Liu Mei had her back to the tree and was counting money with Wu Guozhi. It was a large pile of bills in low denominators. From this, she could tell he had scrabbled to get this amount.
Of course, Liu Mei didn't mind the small bills. After counting it multiple times, there was only 47 yuan.
"That's all I have. I can't get more.” Wu Guozhi was at the end of the rope. He didn't care anymore. She could take it or leave it.
Liu Mei stuffed the money and tickets in her bag with an unhappy expression. "Fine, I won't argue over that little bit of money. Just like you said, we might be a family in the future, so I won't mind the loss of a few yuan."
Sister-in-law had said to not be too greedy or ruthless just in case. Leave a way out from him, so he doesn't do something in desperation.
Hearing Liu Mei's words, Wu Guozhi almost vomited blood. He held back his anger and asked, "You really won't tell Su Yu?"
"Definitely not. There's no benefit for me to tell her. Okay, just treat my sister-in-law well."
"... Alright," Wu Guozhi muttered. He decided! He was definitely going to get this money back from Su Yu!
T/N: Thank you everyone for giving this story a try. This is the last part I'm translating.
I haven't found any good new novels to translate, so I’ll be going on indefinite hiatus until I find one. I recently read a consistently funny novel, but then out-of-nowhere, author kills off ML in the last chapter ><, so I'm back to searching for a new novel to translate.