Lu Sheng had just entered the house when he heard a commotion in the courtyard.
He quickly walked into the courtyard and heard his sister-in-law, Su Jiao’s shrill voice, “Sister-in-law, your family has changed so much!”
Zhang Yue’s voice came with some reluctance, “No, no.”
Su Jiao’s voice came again, “Look at second brother! Look at our own…”
Lu Sheng pushed open the door and saw Su Jiao sitting on a chair, chewing on a peach in her hand.
Zhang Yue was sitting on the other side with Lu San in her arms.
Lu San stared at the peach in Su Jiao’s hand, as if she wanted to take a bite.
It was not surprising that Lu San had such a reaction. Just as Zhang Yue washed the peach for Lu San, Su Jiao and Lu Hai entered the room.
Su Jiao opened her mouth and said, “I didn’t even have a sip of water on the way here. I’m dying of Thirst.”
Zhang Yue held the peaches in her hand. She had no choice but to give them.
In the end, she could only say, “Eat a peach to quench your thirst!”
Su Jiao did not stand on ceremony. She took the peaches and began to chew on them.
Seeing this, Lu Hai wanted to stop her, but it was too late.
Since there were guests, Zhang Yue could only let Lu San suffer first. She would wash more peaches for her later.
After inviting Su Jiao and Lu Hai to sit down in the house, Su Jiao began to size up their new home.
Lu Sheng walked in and happened to run into such a situation.
Seeing Lu San’s pitiful look, Lu Sheng immediately said, “You guys take a seat first.”
Lu Sheng took a few peaches and went to the yard to wash them before coming back.
The first thing he did when he entered the house was to pass the largest peach to Lu San.
Lu San grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth. She was very happy.
Lu Sheng then turned to look at Lu Hai. “How have you been?”
“Pretty good!” Lu Hai said cheerfully. Compared to his dull big brother, Lu Hai was much more cheerful.
“Sister-in-law asked someone to send a message the other day. I wasn’t at home,” Lu Hai said. He took out a paper bag from his pocket and handed it to Lu Sheng. “I just returned home yesterday. So I came today!”
Lu Sheng took the paper bag and opened it. He was shocked. “This…”
The paper bag was actually wrapped with a thick stack of money.
Although they were all 10 cents and 20 cents, they added up to dozens of dollars.
Lu Sheng knew that Lu Hai’s family wasn’t rich.
Lu Hai ran a small business, delivering food to people.
He could travel around for days, and when he came back, he could only earn 80 cents.
Su Jiao chewed on a peach and continued, “I told you that second brother’s family doesn’t lack money! But you didn’t believe me!”
Lu Hai glared at Su Jiao and said, “This is a gesture of goodwill, what do you know!”
Su Jiao glared back unhappily. “How could I not know! I know that money is a good thing!”
At this point, Su Jiao suddenly thought of something. “Right! Second Brother, did you find the money you lost last time?”
Hearing Su Jiao’s words, Lu Sheng and Zhang Yue’s expressions changed.
At the moment, they were only guessing about the whereabouts of the money.
Now that Su Jiao asked, it reminded Lu Sheng that he had to investigate this matter properly.
“I’m not the one who said it! This money is the money that everyone collected for treating the elder. If you ask me…” before Su Jiao could speak, she was stopped by Lu Hai.
“Stop talking!” Lu Hai immediately suppressed Su Jiao’s words.
Su Jiao pouted and snorted, “If you don’t want to say it, then I won’t say it.”
Sure enough, she shut her mouth and obediently ate her peach.
“Second brother, you know how she is. She doesn’t mean what she says,” Lu Hai quickly explained to Lu Sheng on behalf of his wife.
Lu Sheng naturally knew what kind of person his sister-in-law was.
To say she loved money, she really loved money.
If there was a way to earn more money, she would be the first to charge forward.
To say she was stingy, she was also stingy.
Usually, she was always careful when spending money.
But when it came to big things, Su Jiao had never been timid.
This time, Lu Sheng had an accident. From time to time, Lu Hai would ask someone to bring some money. Although it would not be of great use, it would also prevent their family from starving to death.
It would be impossible for Su Jiao to not know about this.
But she never cared about these things.
Su Jiao often said, “I only believe in my Grandma’s famous saying, ‘spend the money that should be spent, money that shouldn’t be spent, don’t even think about taking a penny out from my hands!'”
Su Jiao carried out her grandma’s famous saying to the end.
Since Lu Sheng was back, Zhang Yue went out to prepare lunch.
Su Jiao, on the other hand, had no intention of going to help. She still sat on the chair and teased Lu San.
Lu San still held a grudge over that one peach and ignored Su Jiao’s love.