My Thrifty Mom

been penny-wise

that others were making money by he

y and said, "I can earn money without giving anythin

s scammed out of a

o change her ways. Instead, she became obsessed with a new kind of on

my mom had one fatal flaw. Sh

arket to free tissues on the st

such a thing, she jus

d more than a few times, she

bargain. Whenever she succeeded, it became h

nd pulled her in

sh within the group, my mom start

sales, liking short videos, transfer

e organizer would quickly return h

nged from abou

to us about how much

he still hadn't lost anything. Ther

lready moved on to intermediate tasks, earning

n big money without giving anything. Opport

thought it was quite boring for our mom to idle at

in the end, it wouldn't

ir minds, I asked my dad to

both busy with work and couldn't

not long after, my mom ca

m deposits, but my mom should still h

expenses, so why was she

he could hardly hide, "Sarah, I just snagged an intermedia

something was wrong. "Mom, how

. The first two cost sixty thousand, while the last one needs forty thousand. I already bor

d when I heard that, coughing uncontrollably. "Mom, ar

t dumb? Don't worry. The money you lend me won't

my forehead. "Just hold off on the task

time off work a

d pretty hap

t off. "Since you wouldn't lend me the mon

g on. "Mom, didn't I te

had waited for you, I'd have missed it! It's said daughters are supposed to support their moth

nto this world. Even when the doctor told me to give

a tirade, I quickly tried to calm

ill looking a b

tter her up by massaging her should

ted with

your principal

e bonus, ten thousand dollars! Isn't t

her story. "What ab

few more tasks, it'll be unfrozen. I used the bonus to pay back my friend. She's great. Not only did she help me make

ou've been scammed? Your principal adds up to one hundred thousand, a

No way. My friend's account was frozen before, to

my mom had fallen into a trap. "Are you sure your f

n't want to lend me money, just say so. Why are you insulting my friend? Do you think everyone is an idiot but you? I'm not t

ed to explain, feeling helpless. "I j

for now, you start to suspect it. I know you think I'm not educated enough to know better, don't you? Yo

question or criticize her, she'd always change

. She gave us life, so in her e

in front of us would be

became exp

ring my mom's angry voice, rushed i

my rescue, I quickly exp

"One hundred t

e you have that much money? Did you

y thousand from Lexi and another

uted. "But I got a ten

he other ninety t

al is one hundred dollars. The

can you get the

hdrawing, so my account's frozen. I just

ry, pacing back and forth. "Can

roup that promised easy money for placing fake orders, which

efinitely not a scam." My mom

lpless. "I'm calling the police now.

what are you talking about? Why call the police? I wasn

n pain. "Let go

eir tasks, how is that not a scam? And we don't have any m

care. "Don't we still

r retirement fund and the wedding expens

e. I see now, you just don't trust me. You and your daughter are on the same side

more upset she became. Te

eavy sigh and star

st stand by and watch my mom lose m

rrived, my mom got

e ungrateful, saying I was col

she finally realized she might have really been scammed. Sh

d to comfort her for a long tim

e left, I sat d

sighed. "Mom, I took the day off just to com

wouldn't t

, I went back to my

nature. She didn't want to adm

make mistakes. No

t we would look out for each

y bring harm to herself and

suddenly reached out to me, asking

pletely c

ey with mine, and they'd put in a lot.

l sil

my mom. She took a

"Mom, you left that

our dad would probably have me thr

ll stay away from those online scams. My cousin just asked me what you and

ung up impatiently after lashing out at m

l gripping the phone lo

e uneasy as if she were

elling him to keep a

e were, we still couldn't p

y sister and me, asking us

the moment I h

t, and she could barely breathe. I hurried

pletely lost. "Dad,

with anger. "Let

eb, what do you mean by that? I just

married one day. If we can throw them a gra

thousand is a lesson for you. But you didn't learn it. You even dragged your sister into this. Now look, both our f

dad's words, I stared

Just two hund

talk your sister

ree hundre

, you lost another five hundred thousand? Aunt Lucy is still sick. Th

w could you do this? You're put

ten involved in scams? I'm not young anymore. Don't you think I want to just enjoy my retirement in peace? Whenever somethin

and I tu

gile, and the doctor said carrying twins would be da

ed, insisting on

ng up this to accuse us of being ungrateful and heartless and

hy are you blaming your mistakes on them? You chose to give bir

e been so caring to you over all these years, but none of you appreciate that. Now I make

the doorway. When she realized none of u

the handle, my da

her face. "Why are you stoppin

he card with all our savings? Tomorrow, we need

shed from my m

ey, how will she get treatment? And if the debt col

lutel

tood her

ter can help her. As for the online lo

working for three years. Most of their money is in that

emained

thought crept in. "Mom, did you put the mo