Chapter 49 Is it really necessary?

Su Laoda looked down at his wife.

Although the eldest son's wife was very sad, she still nodded.

Su Laoda pleaded with Li Banxia, ​​"Mom, there's so much money involved. If the police come, Lao Er will be arrested and locked up. How about... we give him another chance? As long as he hands over the money, we can just let it go."

"If he wanted to pay, he would have done so already. Why would he be dragging his feet for so long?"

Li Banxia disagreed coldly, "The leader said that theft and waste are extremely serious crimes, and such things must not be tolerated. Third brother, go make a call, now, immediately!"

"ah……"

Su Laosan scratched his head and glared at Su Laoer with exasperation. "Su Min'an, do you really want to go to jail? Hurry up and return the money to your elder brother and sister-in-law."

Su Lao Er's lips trembled slightly, and his face turned red with anger.

He didn't think it was necessary to call the police.

He pounded on the door, his voice trembling with barely concealed anger, "Is it really necessary? All I want is some money to get married, why can't you tolerate me like this..."

"As for it! It's not wrong for you to want to get married, but it's wrong for you to steal money through improper means!"

Su Lao Er, with his neck stiff, yelled at Li Banxia, ​​"I didn't steal! It's all family money. I just took some and used it first, how can that be considered stealing?"

"Stubborn to the end, and refusing to repent."

Li Banxia closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, her gaze icy cold. "Third brother, this is the third time. Go ahead. He doesn't care about me, your elder brother, or your sister-in-law, and he didn't heed your earnest advice. Why should we care about someone who has no heart?"

Su Laosan also felt that Su Laoer was unusually stupid today.

When he was beaten, he apologized even faster than the other person; what a shrewd guy he is.

Why don't we just return the money to my brother and sister-in-law now?

They're stubbornly refusing to give it to me; I don't know what they're thinking!

What good qualities does Cui Yuxia have besides being pretty?

He can't lift a finger or even feed himself; if you actually marry him, you might have to serve him!

wrong!

Now that the second son has married, it's his turn to marry. If that second daughter comes into the family, won't he also have to do laundry, cook, and serve her?!

Bah! Those two are dreaming!

Su Laosan glared at Su Laoer with disdain, already imagining the scene in his mind. He rolled up his sleeves and went out to make a phone call.

Su Lao Er was stunned for a moment.

Seeing Su Laosan's departing figure, I felt a panic in my heart, as if a small beast was running amok and rampaging haphazardly.

He opened his mouth, but what came out was: "Go ahead and report it! Even if the police come, I won't give you the money!"

Old Su stood aside and agreed.

She even verbally threatened Li Banxia, ​​saying, "If the police really arrest your son, you'll never hear him call you 'Mom' again for the rest of your life."

Su Lao Er pursed his lips, met Li Banxia's gaze, and nodded defiantly.

Li Banxia nodded, "I have many sons, so it won't make a difference if he calls me 'Mom'."

Su Lao Er, Su Lao Tou, "..."

Why doesn't this woman/his mother play by the rules?!

"Fourth Brother, Mom won't really abandon Second Brother, will she?"

Inside the room, Su Hongmei pouted, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes as she looked at Su Lao Er, as if she were seeing her future self.

Before Su Xiaosi could answer her, Li Banxia's voice came from the courtyard.

"Su Xiaosi, Su Hongmei, come out and take the vegetables and pickle jars to the kitchen."

Su Xiaosi looked on in disbelief.

Su Hongmei sighed and started to walk out. When she got to the door, she saw Su Xiaosi staring blankly. She whispered to him, "Fourth Brother, Mom said that we won't support idlers in the family anymore. Even though we're still in school, we have to work, or we won't have anything to eat."

"So, Mom really made me do some work just now?" Su Xiaosi asked Su Hongmei, frowning.

Su Hongmei nodded very firmly.

Su Xiaosi didn't believe it. He waved his hand, and Su Hongmei hesitated before walking out.

Su Xiaosi opened the window wider, poked her head out, and smiled at Li Banxia. "Mom, I'm doing practice tests and can't leave. The teacher said this year's Mathematical Olympiad is very difficult and told me to prepare well at home. I've been staying up late doing practice tests lately. I'm so tired and sleepy, and I'm growing taller, so I can't eat well with the little money I have. But I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue. I just want to do more practice tests and try to get a good ranking so I can earn more prize money to buy you a Shanghai watch. No matter how hard I work, it's not as hard as Mom earning money to support the whole family."

After saying that, he looked at Li Banxia with a confident expression, waiting for Li Banxia to praise him and take back his words about making him do chores, so that he could concentrate on doing the test paper.

It's that familiar rhetoric again.

Li Banxia watched her youngest son's performance with a forced smile.

Her youngest son is the best at making grand promises to her. Every time she hears him say that, she gets very motivated and tries her best to give him the best.

Of course, the outcome was good for him; he always managed to get what he wanted.

But after receiving the prize money, he would resort to all sorts of sob stories.

She felt sorry for her youngest son's hard work studying and never asked him for money. Now, thinking about it carefully, she realized that those words were just Su Xiaosi saying them to her to deceive her.

Poor thing, because she loved him so much, she was completely manipulated by him.

"mom?"

Seeing Li Banxia staring at him intently without saying a word for a long time, Su Xiaosi had a strange premonition.

Li Banxia gave a light "hmm" and said, "Mom sees you're working too hard, staying up day and night doing test papers is too bad for your health. Let's not participate in this competition. Moving the jars to the kitchen is a good way to get some exercise..."

Su Xiaosi was dumbfounded and opened her mouth to call out, "Mom..."

Li Banxia reached out to stop him.

"...If you don't want to move the jars, Mom won't force you."

Su Xiaosi was overjoyed, her eyes and face instantly filled with a 'triumphant' smile.

To everyone's surprise, Li Banxia then said, "Then come with Mom to your great-uncle's house in a couple of days, do some farm work, get some sun, and rest your body. If you don't want to do that, then you don't need to go to school anymore. Go out and find a job with your third brother. No matter how much you love studying, you can't neglect your health..."

Su Xiaosi, "..."

He reasonably suspected that his mother did it on purpose.

He realized that he had no choice but to move the jar.

Otherwise, his second brother might be the next him.

Su Xiaosi frowned, staring at the dark jar. He didn't want to get up, but his mother kept staring at him. Su Xiaosi subconsciously cast a pleading look at Old Man Su.

He began to understand why his second brother had been staring at his father.

Although I know his father is unreliable, I still want to give it a try, just in case.

Old Man Su received SOS signals from both of his sons on the same day, and he was incredibly smug. He immediately berated Li Banxia, ​​"Don't you have hands? Xiao Si is at a crucial time for preparing for the math competition, and you insist on making him do chores?! If he doesn't do those chores, are you really going to prevent him from going to school...?"

"You can let him try."

Li Banxia didn't even glance at Old Man Su, just stared at Su Xiaosi indifferently.