Seeing her smiling with a face full of wrinkles, she surely had no good intentions.
Su Xiaoxiao grumbled in her heart.
Clearly, the two brothers weren’t fools either; they exchanged a glance and kept silent.
Wang Chunhua’s face imdiately fell: "What, now I can’t even order you around?"
"Who do you want to order?"
Liu Cuilan slamd a bamboo stick on the ground with a thud, startling Wang Chunhua.
Rebellion, the lot of them were rebellious.
No wonder she disliked this whole family, each one being an ingrate.
Wang Chunhua gritted her teeth and plainly stated her purpose: "Previously, for your family’s third son’s marriage, you received five hundred yuan from the village head’s family as a bride price, and now they’ve co for a refund. You need to pay half of it."
As expected, this old lady never brings good news when she visits.
Liu Cuilan rubbed her brow: "Mom, I wasn’t the one who accepted the money, why should we pay?"
"This..."
Wang Chunhua was left speechless by the retort and stopped pretending, "The money was used for your nephew’s wedding. As part of the Su Family, you are obliged to help out financially."
Su Xiaoxiao laughed in exasperation, thinking her grandmother really showed favoritism to the extre.
Before Liu Cuilan could respond, she spoke up: "So, Grandma, you’re saying whether it’s my family or Second Uncle’s, if anyone gets married, both families have to chip in?"
Wang Chunhua hesitated before replying: "Yes."
This is the answer she had been waiting for.
"Alright, we’ll pay the money."
Su Xiaoxiao said with a smile, "No big deal, of course, we have to help out when Big Cousin gets married."
Wang Chunhua, hearing her words, was a bit incredulous, not expecting this little girl to be so compliant, and her expression imdiately softened.
Liu Cuilan, hearing this, glared at Su Xiaoxiao, wondering if the foolish girl had lost her mind.
Just as this thought crossed her mind, Su Xiaoxiao spoke softly: "Since that’s the case, my big brother and second brother are also about to get married, how much are Second Uncle and Grandma planning to contribute?"
The smile hadn’t even left Wang Chunhua’s face before she heard this, nearly biting her tongue.
Why should she and the second family pay for the eldest son’s two sons to get married?
So that’s what this little girl was waiting for.
However, these two grandsons didn’t even have partners yet; their weddings were far off. She’d deal with the imdiate issue first, then deny it when the ti ca, as they couldn’t do anything to her.
Having made up her mind, Wang Chunhua spoke tenderly: "Of course, they must be treated equally. Wenbing and Fusheng are also my dear grandsons. Naturally, there should be no partiality."
After a pause, she added, "It’s just that your brothers don’t even have partners yet. We’ll focus on your Big Cousin for now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Xiaoxiao brightly said, "Who said my big brother and second brother don’t have partners?"
Su Xiaoxiao reached out and pulled Xu Zhaodi, who was hiding at the back of the crowd, forward: "Look, this is my second brother’s partner. Not only does he have a partner, but they’re also expecting soon. Shouldn’t Grandma and Second Uncle’s family prepare a eting gift for the child too?"
Wang Chunhua: "..."
She ca for money, not to lose money.
Hearing this, she twitched at the corners of her mouth and said with a stiff expression: "Your mom pulling you all through alone isn’t easy, after thinking it over, it’s better for each family to handle its own affairs, let’s just call off the shared expenses."
After speaking, she roughly grabbed Su Tieniu, who was happily eating candy by the side, and turned to leave, walking even faster than when she ca.
Su Xiaoxiao sneered: "Bah, always living off others without contributing anything, like carrying a mouth on two shoulders just to freeload."
Su Wenbing silently gave his sister a thumbs up, amazed at how eloquent his sister had beco. Unlike his own clumsy tongue, he could only endure scoldings from their grandmother.
With the troublemaker gone, the family happily enjoyed a sumptuous lunch.
After lunch, Su Xiaoxiao rembered the at she helped Aunt Liu and Granny Wang buy earlier, so she divided it into two portions and headed first to Aunt Liu’s, as it was the nearest.
"Aunt Liu, are you ho? It’s Xiaoxiao, I brought you so at."
The yard gate creaked open, and Aunt Liu, seeing the at in Su Xiaoxiao’s hand, looked a bit hesitant: "Xiaoxiao, do you really not need at coupons for this?"
"With our relationship, why would I deceive you? It’s the sa as the market price, eighty cents a pound."
This was the price given to her by the at processing plant.
Aunt Liu’s eyes widened in surprise, regretting not having gotten more from Su Xiaoxiao.
Her family had many mbers, and the yearly at allowance barely filled the gap. Slling the aroma from the neighbor’s at in recent days had nearly driven them mad with craving.
Imdiately, she handed over eighty-five cents to Su Xiaoxiao: "Here, Xiaoxiao, this is your agreed-upon commission."
Seeing the extra cent, Su Xiaoxiao felt even more favorable towards this aunt.
But she still feigned politeness: "Auntie, just give the at money, we’re neighbors, so let’s forget about the commission."
"That won’t do. I can’t let you work for nothing. Go ahead and take it."
Just five more cents to save a at coupon, Aunt Liu was overjoyed.
While speaking, she fished out a handful of fruit candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Su Xiaoxiao’s hands: "Xiaoxiao, have so candy, and rember to keep Aunt Liu in mind for such deals in the future."
After visiting Aunt Liu, Su Xiaoxiao went to Granny Wang’s house, where she also received a warm welco and got a handful of peanuts for free.
When she got ho, her left pocket was filled with peanuts, and her right pocket with candy, the notification of money arrival echoing in her mind, making her feel elated.
Having delivered the pork and finding it still early, she decided to deliver so stainless steel cups, too.
Flipping through her notebook, she found an address in a nearby village and decided to go.
The Su family’s circumstances ant having enough to eat was already good, so owning a rare item like a bicycle was out of the question.
She could only walk there.
Su Xiaoxiao slung on her backpack and headed to the neighboring village.
No sooner had she walked a few steps than she heard an urgent bicycle bell behind her.
"Su Xiaoxiao, are you deaf? Get out of the way already!"
Zhang Dongi whizzed past on her bike, the dust she kicked up covering Su Xiaoxiao’s head and face.
Su Xiaoxiao glared at Zhang Dongi’s back, really wanting to hit her.
Just as she thought of this, the person who needed a good thrashing suddenly stopped her bike in front of her and stared at her smugly.
Su Xiaoxiao looked enviously at her bicycle, thinking how great it would be if she had one to make her deliveries.
Just as she thought this, she heard Zhang Dongi raise her loud voice: "Su Xiaoxiao, don’t forget our bet; the day after tomorrow is the results day, don’t even think about welching."
With her reminder, Su Xiaoxiao rembered that the departnt store exam results were about to be released.
Which ant Zhang Dongi’s bike would soon be hers, putting her in a great mood.
Even Zhang Dongi’s annoying face seed much more pleasing to the eye.
Zhang Dongi originally wanted to see her get angry, but instead, she just got happier, which made her roll her eyes.
With a cold snort, she rode away: "Tsk, still in the mood to smile, just see if you’ll cry with nowhere to go later."
Su Xiaoxiao: Not sure who’ll be crying when the ti cos.
She walked all the way to the neighboring village and t Old Lady Wang just as she entered the village.
Old Lady Wang was followed by a thin, dark man with shifty eyes, who looked at her with instant amazent.
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