Chapter 62 Brothers Clash

"...I was saving that money to buy Mom a Shanghai Plum Blossom watch." Su Xiaosi's expression changed slightly as she quickly came up with an excuse.

He often said this, and even his mother believed it. It shouldn't be a problem to fool his third brother.

Su Laosan scoffed, "Su Xiaosi, your third brother here is lazy, not stupid! Do you even believe that yourself? You secretly save money on the side and then talk about it so grandly. If Mom hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known at all..."

"I……"

Su Xiaosi opened her mouth to explain, but Su Laosan sighed and raised his hand to stop her.

"Stop! Explanation is just a cover-up, and a cover-up is the truth!"

After saying that, he chuckled and looked at Boss Su, who had a pleading look on his face, "Big brother, does it rhyme?"

Boss Su, "...Hmm."

Su Xiaosi's face was extremely ugly.

He inwardly resented Li Banxia for revealing his hidden money. If the school hadn't insisted that parents attend the award ceremony, he would have told anyone about the money.

Now that's great, anyone can use this money to make a sarcastic remark about him.

Su Xiaosi glanced at Su Laosan, who was shaking his head, and then his gaze fell on Su Laoer, whose face was just as unpleasant as Su Laosan's. His eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Third brother, you can't take your anger out on me for running around with second brother. If you have any problems, you should argue with second brother, don't drag me into it..."

"What's your relationship with Second Brother?" Su Laosan frowned.

Su Lao Er scoffed, raising his eyes to look directly at Su Xiao Si. "Lao Si, do you think your third brother is brainless? Did Lao San drag you down, or are you trying to drag me down? Are you using me as a pawn?"

"...What do you mean?"

Su Laosan looked back and forth between the two men, then looked at Su Laoda.

The eldest brother understood, but he couldn't very well tell the third brother that the fourth brother was trying to shift the blame and have the second brother scold the third brother so that he could absolve himself of the blame, could he?

He sighed helplessly and called out, "Xiao Si."

Su Xiaosi was embarrassed after being exposed by her two older brothers.

He said angrily, "Why are you all targeting me? I'm just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old kid. What's wrong with wanting to save some money to support my mom? Are you all like me, only knowing how to spend Mom's money and making her give without any return? Then Mom raised a bunch of ungrateful wretches!"

"Hey."

Su Laosan grinned as if he had heard a joke, crossed his arms, and spat at him in a nonchalant manner, "If you're so capable, you'll know how to repay me. All you do is talk big. You're really my good son, you've inherited my talent for talking big!"

“You…” Su Xiaosi’s face flushed red.

Su Laosan curled his lip, "What do you mean, 'you'? If you're really filial, why don't you take out the money to help Mom? Every week when you come back, you're always pestering Mom, implying that you want to eat meat and wear new clothes. Do you really think everyone is stupid and can't see through your intentions?"

"What do you mean?!"

Su Xiaosi's voice suddenly became sharp, as if someone had stepped on her tail. "That was what Mom wanted to buy for me. Third Brother, you didn't do anything, you just got things handed to you every day, didn't you?"

"I didn't do anything, and I didn't ask Mom for anything. I eat whatever Mom cooks, and I wear whatever clothes she gives me. I'm just taking what's given to me, and I don't have as many demands as you do!"

After Su Laosan finished speaking, he proudly raised his chin slightly, feeling that he was a good son who understood and was considerate of his mother.

Su Xiaosi was so flustered by what she was being said that her breathing became rapid. She looked around and suddenly said, "Then why don't you ask for a thousand yuan a month when you and my second brother get married, or for things like 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a set of three-piece sets of watches, a set of four-piece sets of watches, and a set of four-piece sets of watches)..."

Before he could even utter the word "speak," Su Lao Er had already slammed his chopsticks down on the table with a sullen face.

"Shut up!"

Su Lao Er felt that Su Xiao Si was indirectly insulting him.

Thinking of Li Banxia's obstruction of his marriage to Cui Yuxia, and how Cui Yuxia, despite saying she was engaged to him, went on blind dates everywhere, and how he had no money and even stole money from his older brother and sister-in-law for her sake, almost getting arrested by the police, a surge of anger rose within him.

"If you're so capable, then don't spend a single penny of Mom's money!"

He looked at Su Xiaosi with a cold gaze, "Everything you eat, drink, wear, and use is bought for you by your mother, what right do you have to talk to me like that?!"

Su Xiaosi opened her mouth.

He realized that Su Lao Er was really angry, and felt a little scared, but he was more embarrassed and angry.

"Who said you? I was talking about all of us brothers and sisters!"

He froze after saying that.

Realizing what he had said, he clenched his fist in annoyance.

Boss Su, "..."

Su Lao Er, "..."

Su Laosan, “…Hehe.”

Su Hongmei, "..."

Su Laosan rolled up his sleeves and said, "Su Xiaosi, are you itching for a beating, huh?"

"Beat him up! This little kid dares to point fingers at us like that, who taught him that?!" Su Lao Er looked over expressionlessly.

"Big brother!"

Su Xiaosi jumped up and hid behind Su Laoda, saying to the two of them, "I'm following your example, you older brothers are setting a good example for me!"

Su Lao Er and Su Lao San exchanged a glance, and Su Lao San spat at him.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Why don't you learn from such a good role model as your older brother?"

Su Xiaosi also spat, retorting, "You didn't learn either. Mom said the dowry should be based on my older brother's wedding, which of you was willing to do that?"

Su Laosan, "..."

He turned to look at Su Lao Er.

Su Lao Er's face darkened. "Why are you looking at me? If Mom refuses to give it to me, am I supposed to just snatch it from her..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Su Laosan winking and grinning, and his face darkened even more.

The third brother even added, "You just robbed your eldest brother and sister-in-law of their money."

Su Lao Er, "...Su Fengtiao, can you please stop bringing up things that are hard to swallow?! Believe me or not, I'll beat you up!"

"Fine, don't say it then. You did it anyway, so don't say it."

Su Laosan pursed his lips and shook his head.

Su Lao Er closed his eyes.

The eldest son of the Su family sighed and tried to smooth things over, "Alright, stop arguing. Now that you know how hard Mom works to raise us all by herself, you should all be more obedient and filial in the future, and not do anything that will break Mom's heart."

The siblings remained silent.

The eldest Su looked at the third Su and asked him, "How's your job search going?"

"ah……"

Su Laosan's guilty gaze darted back and forth. "I haven't found anything I want to do yet. There's still plenty of time, isn't there? I'll look slowly, I'll look slowly..."

Boss Su shook his head.

Then he went to see Su Lao Er and said, "Since you don't like working at the tractor factory, find something you like to do."

Su Lao Er remained noncommittal.

The eldest son of the family frowned slightly. “You’re all over twenty now, and it looks like you’re all about to start your own families and careers. We can’t rely on Mom for everything. She’s already worked hard enough.”

Su Laoda truly showed his love and care for his mother.

After completing their studies and passing the teacher recruitment exam, they started handing over their first paycheck to the authorities, and none of the siblings objected to this.

but……

"Brother, you've achieved success in both your career and love life, so of course you can talk without feeling the pain."