"Grandpa? Are you home?" The eldest son's wife looked incredulous, wondering why there was someone in the room.

"Shh!" Lu Dazhuang put his index finger to his lips and said softly, "Keep your voice down. Don't let people outside hear you. I'm old and can't take a beating."

The two daughters-in-law came into the room and were also satisfied and shocked when they saw Lu Dazhuang.

"Grandpa, why don't you go out and stop them at home?"

"The third son of my uncle's family brought a group of hooligans to our doorstep, why don't you do anything about it?"

"What do I care? I can't do anything about it." Lu Dazhuang covered his clothes and turned back to the house.

It was obvious that Chen Lichu's Lu Yangming came to ask for money.

How dare he ruin her good thing?

Besides, what good would it do him to go out and stop Lu Yangming to ask for money?

Whoever wants Lu Shunzhi’s money can take it. I’ll keep it for myself and won’t give him a penny.

As long as you don't ask him for money, anything is fine.

Lu Dazhuang locked the door as soon as he entered the room, and took out the small bag of heavy gold from his arms.

I opened it and counted it. There were four gold rings, a pair of gold earrings, and a gold necklace.

Lu Dazhuang weighed the gold necklace and estimated that it was less than ten grams.

It's a little thin, but no matter how small a fly's leg is, it's still meat.

Selling these should be enough to pay back the one thousand yuan that Chen Lichu asked for, and if we are rich enough, we can pay back some of what Qian Wang the matchmaker owed.

This way he doesn't have to live in fear.

If Lu Shunzhi and his wife find out, they can just blame it on these hooligans.

The three daughters-in-law reluctantly took out their passbooks and went to the credit union to withdraw money.

After withdrawing the money, he came back dejectedly and handed the money to Lu Jianxing.

When Lu Yangming saw the stack of money in his hand, his eyes lit up.

Although I didn't get the original 2,200 yuan, I was about to get the 1,200 yuan.

As for the rest, just follow the method his mother taught him, and you will get the remaining money within two days.

Lu Yangming couldn't wait to walk up to Lu Jianxing and stretched out his hand.

Lu Jianxing handed him the money helplessly: "Can you leave now?"

Lu Yangming waved at the gang of thugs and said, "Let's go, guys!"

As soon as Lu Yangming and his men left, Lu Jianxing quickly locked the door.

"Brother Yangming is really good! He is so civilized and can even ask for money. This is the first time I've seen that." The little yellow-haired boy following behind Lu Yangming was full of admiration for him.

He was very pleased with what he heard. He raised his head even higher. "I'm going home to report to my mother first. You guys go to the state-owned restaurant at the entrance of the village and wait for me. I'll treat you guys to a good dinner tonight."

"You guys order the dishes first. Whatever you want, I'll be there in a minute."

After Lu Yangming finished speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

He did such a great job, his mother will definitely praise him.

In the yard, everyone was sitting together eating dinner.

Chen Lichu was a little surprised to see Lu Yangming coming back. She bit her food and mumbled, "So soon?"

Lu Yangming's face flushed red as he took out a stack of money from his pocket and handed it to Chen Lichu: "Uncle and aunt are really mean. They ran away and asked me to ask his three sons for money."

"The younger ones are no match for the older ones. Once I scare them, they'll just hand over the money."

Chen Lichu counted the total of 1,200 yuan and asked, "Where's the remaining 1,000 yuan?"

"My uncle said he went to his mother's house to borrow money. Tomorrow I will bring people to his house and wait for him to give me the thousand yuan." Lu Yangming said proudly.

Chen Lichu poked his head out and looked outside: "Where are your colorful buddies?"

"I asked them to go to the state-owned restaurant. They've worked hard all afternoon. Now that they're at the restaurant, I have to treat them to a meal, right?" Lu Yangming stared at the money in Chen Lichu's hand.

Chen Lichu pulled out a note and said, "We agreed that 5% is 60 yuan. You can use the remaining 40 to treat them to a nice meal. Is that enough?"

Lu Yangming took the money in surprise: "That's enough, thank you, Mom!"

He thought his mother would only give him 60 yuan and he would have to pay for the meal out of his own pocket, but he didn't expect his mother to be so generous.

I gave him forty dollars to treat him to a meal.

"Use the rest to buy a few packs of cigarettes for those little brothers. Don't let them help you in vain." Chen Lichu said and waved his hand, "Go quickly."

Lu Yangming ran out with a hundred yuan in his hand. When he ran out of the yard, he caught a glimpse of his newly bought bicycle.

He went back, got on his bike and left.

Such a nice looking bike should be shown to the brothers, right?

"Mom, why did you give the third child so much money?"

"Aren't you afraid that he will spend the money recklessly?" Lu Guangzong looked at Lu Yangming's proud back and felt a pang of jealousy in his heart.

His mother had never been so generous to him.

Looking at Lu Yaozu again, he also had a face full of envy.

Even the most favored Lu Yaozu had never been rewarded with so much money by his mother.

"He deserves it." Chen Lichu glared at him, "Do you have the connections that the third brother has?"

"Can you attract so many street urchins?"

"I have a proper job. How could I be like the third brother, idling around all day and hanging out with a bunch of street urchins?" Lu Guangzong looked surprised and didn't understand why his mother asked such an outrageous question.

"Then don't envy others for being able to earn this money." Chen Lichu rolled his eyes, not knowing where his sense of superiority came from.

She used to think that Lu Guangzong was a decent person, but now, only the last two of the four characters are left.

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The homeless Lu Shunzhi went to the convenience store, bought a bottle of wine and a bag of peanuts, and went to Widow Li's house.

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