Chapter 019 If you don't want to stay at home, then get out.

You're everywhere!

If his girlfriend didn't ask for a dowry, he would have married her long ago.

Why bother being humbled and humiliated here!

Panting heavily, Su Lao Er called to Li Banxia, ​​"Mom, I've decided on Cui Yuxia for the rest of my life. If I can't marry her, I'll... I'll stay a bachelor for the rest of my life!"

This advice was especially effective on Li Banxia.

In the past, whenever he didn't want to do something, as long as he said something like this, his mother would always agree.

Su Lao Er stubbornly waited for Li Banxia to compromise.

Li Banxia glanced at him and said, "Weren't you going to become a live-in son-in-law yesterday? Go and become a live-in son-in-law."

"……mom!"

Su Lao Er didn't understand what was wrong with his mother. "I only get married once in my life. Can't you let me get married happily, start a family, and build a career?"

"You're happy..."

Li Banxia waved the bicycle ticket in her hand. "Su Min'an, have you ever considered the price of your happiness? Your mother earns 120 a month, plus various bonuses and benefits, and only 1800 a year at most. Your younger brother and sister are in school, and everyone in the family's food, clothing, and other necessities come from this. We'll be facing a famine at the end of the month and the end of the year. Are those two eye sockets on your head just for decoration? Can't you see them?!"

Su Lao Er was stunned for a moment, then frowned and complained, "Is this something I should be concerned about?"

"...But what about my older brother and sister-in-law's money?"

Li Banxia gave him a deep look. “You really know how to covet other people’s things. Your older brother has been working for less than two years, earning seventy-five a month. Your sister-in-law married into our family at the beginning of the year, earning eighty-eight a month. In six months, the total they gave to the family was two thousand. Then there was your sister-in-law’s dowry of one thousand, which is only three thousand. Your temporary job at the tractor factory, after deducting favors, cost three thousand eight hundred just for the wages! The few hundred less was borrowed from your second uncle and aunt.”

Su Lao Er felt his face burning with embarrassment after Li Banxia's words and the look in her eyes. He felt extremely uncomfortable, resentful, and even more so, angry and ashamed.

"Consider the bride price a loan from me, and I'll pay you back the money for the three-ring ring and one-phone later, okay?"

Although she knew her second brother's temperament, Li Banxia was still very disappointed when she saw his expression and reaction at this moment.

She didn't say anything.

"Mom, how about we..."

Su Laoda and his wife exchanged a glance, and Su Laoda nodded before he spoke.

Li Banxia frowned and looked over, stopping the couple's selfless dedication with her eyes.

The second son was greedy and insatiable; she couldn't use the eldest son and his wife to fill his hole.

She will eat only what she can handle and will no longer try to appear richer than she is.

"Second brother, are you stupid or is Mom stupid?"

Su Laosan scoffed from the side, "You think you can pay back the money you borrowed from Mom? The problem is, we don't have any money at home, Mom doesn't have any money!"

"Shut up!"

Su Lao Er's face darkened, a flash of anger crossing his eyes. "Mom, you're just making excuses. You just don't want me to marry Cui Yuxia. Eight hundred isn't much. You and your older brother and sister-in-law can save up in a few months. It's not like I only said I wanted to get married this month. You gave birth to a son, shouldn't you have saved money for my wedding long ago? Everyone has parents..."

"Su Min'an!" The eldest Su suddenly looked at the second Su.

"Smack!"

Li Banxia slapped him and asked, "Are you awake now? Don't you know what's going on at home? You think making a scene will help? You think crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide will get you money? Am I the production team's ox? I worked myself to the bone to raise you all, and you still want to leech off me and drain my blood?"

"No, that's not what I meant."

Su Lao Er was a little dazed from the beating. Seeing his mother's gloomy face and the chilling look in her eyes, he subconsciously explained, "Mom, you give me money to get a wife now, and Yu Xia and I will take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die. Isn't that how it is?"

"You will take care of me in my old age and see me off when I die..."

Hearing these words coming from her second son's mouth, Li Banxia felt it was extremely ironic.

She curled her lips into a silent, mocking smile. "Do you think someone who would take care of their parents in their old age and see them to their death would say those things?!"

Su Lao Er pursed his lips, his head hanging down, but he was still somewhat unconvinced.

What did he say?

He wanted to marry Cui Yuxia, and the Cui family made demands. As his parents, shouldn't they prepare the bride price for him?

How did this turn into him not taking care of her in her old age and seeing her off in her final days?

How could she know he wouldn't support her in her old age, given how far in the future?

Seeing that Su Lao Er didn't agree with her, Li Banxia smiled speechlessly, "And your older brother and sister-in-law, do they owe you anything? When you're eyeing their money, have you ever thought about what you've done for them? Just because you're related by blood doesn't mean they deserve to be your bloodsuckers."

"I said I didn't, that's not what I meant."

Su Lao Er gritted his teeth, "I said I would pay it back, consider it a loan..."

"You know perfectly well whether you have it or not. After deducting the 660 and the bicycle ticket, what's left..."

Li Banxia looked at him expressionlessly, "If you want to give your wife dignity, you should earn your own money to satisfy her. Whatever amount you give your eldest brother and sister-in-law, that's the amount for each of you brothers. I won't give you a penny less or a penny more! Nobody should say I'm biased. If you have any complaints, keep them to yourself. If you don't want to stay in this house, then get out!"

"Mom, are you deliberately targeting Yuxia and me over this marriage?!"

Su Lao Er clenched his fists, his temper rising rapidly. Waiting for no response from Li Banxia, ​​he sneered, "Fine, I'll get out, okay?!"

He lifted his foot and walked out of the courtyard.

Su Laosan leaned against the wisteria trellis and secretly swallowed.

Goodness, his second brother is a real tiger.

"mom……"

Su Laoda moved as if to give chase, but then stopped and looked at Li Banxia.

Li Banxia glanced at him and said, "Stop!"

Su Lao Er paused, thinking that Li Banxia had finally given in. He was secretly pleased, but deliberately lingered for a moment before turning around and asking venomously, "What are you doing?"

"Pay back the money you used to buy the job before you get out. Two thousand seven out of the three thousand eight hundred is your older brother and sister-in-law's money," Li Banxia said coldly.

The courtyard suddenly fell silent, with only the rustling of the straw mat on the rocking chair in the wind.

Su Lao Er's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he had heard, and he stared blankly at Li Banxia.

"Mom, what did you say?"

“Listen carefully, before I tell you to get out, pay back the money your family used to buy you a job. You’re spending your older brother and sister-in-law’s money.”

Su Lao Er gritted his teeth, his eyes red with anger, his fingers clenched so tightly they cracked, and he angrily questioned Li Banxia, ​​"Mom! Am I not your son? How can you treat your own son like this? What have I done?!"

"You can be me if you want, or you can pretend you were never born!" Li Banxia said calmly, looking at Su Lao Er with indifferent eyes.

Su Lao Er shouted, "Is it that I don't want to do it? It's you who's biased..."

"Smack!"