Not every family has as many cannons as the Xiao family. Faced with a child's crying, some families have no choice but to buy new ones, while others reward the disobedient child with a good beating.

After hitting him, they would threaten him, "You're not allowed to cry during the New Year, or you'd better be prepared to cry for the whole year."

"Cry! If you cry again, I'll beat you up again."

Well! It seems that human joys and sorrows are not shared.

Starting from the first year of junior high school, the two kids began receiving red envelopes like crazy, and they were so happy that they would start counting the red envelopes as soon as they got home every night.

"Mom, how many friends do you have?"

Other families only receive red envelopes from relatives, but his family is different. They have many visitors every day, and each family gives them a red envelope.

"That's a lot of money, Mom. Didn't you say you wanted to buy a house in Beijing? Here's the money, consider it my donation."

Xiao Erbao looked at the red envelope in his hand with some reluctance, but in the end, he followed Dabao's lead and handed it to Gu An'an.

"Mom, you can have mine too."

"Buy a house, a big house."

Gu An'an accepted the money her child handed over without any psychological pressure, and even joked, "This amount of money isn't enough to buy a big house."

Xiao Erbao didn't know how much it would cost to buy a house, and his brows furrowed.

How much more is needed?

Gu An'an held up her hand to indicate a number.

"one hundred?"

He had a little savings, which should be enough if they pooled together, but his mother shook her head.

"one thousand?"

Xiao Erbao's voice gradually grew louder, but he still received only a shake of the head.

"Could it be ten thousand?"

He was able to learn about the unit "ten thousand" thanks to Gu An'an's teaching, but as a kid who didn't earn any money, he really couldn't imagine how much ten thousand actually was.

"Hmm~ If the house were a bit nicer, it would probably cost more than ten thousand."

Xiao Erbao thought about how far his savings were from ten thousand, and after hesitating for a long time, he said to Xiao Yuheng, "Dad, you're a man, so I'll leave the house purchase to you."

Xiao Yuheng's lips twitched; she only remembered him at a time like this.

"Didn't you always proclaim yourself a man? Why can't you be one now?"

"Dad! Although I am a man, I am still a little man. I haven't grown up yet and I can't earn that much money. But don't worry! You support us now, and when I grow up, you can hand over the burden of the family to me. I will definitely do it without hesitation."

"Fine, I'll tell you!" He patted his chest loudly, as if afraid Xiao Yuheng wouldn't believe him and that he was about to make him hand over the ten thousand yuan.

"Since you're so conscientious, just give me whatever you have now, and I'll take care of the rest."

With the offer going from 10,000 to whatever amount was available, Xiao Erbao finally felt relieved.

"Okay, I'll go get it now."

Satisfied as he watched his son pull out the last coin, Xiao Yuheng finally got his revenge for his secret stash of money.

Xiao Dabao looked at his younger brother, who was still happily gloating after being tricked, and felt a sense of unbearable pain in watching him.

However, she just watched without saying anything. Only by suffering losses a few times can this kid grow up. It's better to be taken advantage of by family members than by outsiders.

What was said without malice may have been taken to heart by the listener.

Xiao's parents started having a late-night talk.

"Did you get any results with the house you asked your older brother to inquire about?"

"My sister-in-law has looked at a few places, but houses are hard to buy these days, so An'an might not be satisfied."

Xiao's mother frowned. If they couldn't buy this house, they couldn't really move in with the old lady and the old man, could they?

Although she has spent much more time with her in-laws in the past two years and there haven't been any conflicts, she still feels a little uncomfortable living with them every day without her husband around.

She felt that it would be great if she could buy a house closer to the old house, so that An'an could go to school more easily, and she could also comfortably take care of her husband.

"Finding a good house depends on luck, but we need to prepare the money first. Otherwise, it would be a pity if we found a house but didn't have enough money."

"All the money in our family is with me. Can I keep a small portion and take the rest with me?"

Although Xiao's mother has always held the reins of the family finances, such important matters definitely require mutual consultation.

"Okay, you can take them all."

It was Gu An'an who wanted to buy the house. If it were someone else's in-laws, they might have had objections, but they didn't at all. They were even happy that they could reduce the burden on their child.

"I'll leave you some. You better watch out while you're at home. Even though I'm not home, I have plenty of eyes and ears. Don't do anything shady outside, or don't blame me for being rude to you."

Although Xiao's father is getting on in years, he looks like a refined gentleman. If he were to send out some signals, someone might actually pounce on him.

"What nonsense are you thinking? I'm always at the factory, and besides, you've 'planted' quite a few spies there. Aren't you at ease?"

Xiao's mother looked extremely smug. "Good to know."

Zhou Yue and the others went home before the New Year, but the village was still very lively when Gu An'an returned.

"Sister An'an, this is a pheasant I got for Da Bao and Er Bao."

Ever since they came home, Wang Nian and Xu Wan have been sending them all sorts of good things, and it's impossible to refuse them all.

"No need, you can keep it for yourself."

Wang Nian grinned, revealing her bright white teeth. "We have some at home. I managed to get two today. Don't you believe me, Sister An'an? Don't you believe Xiao Wan?"

Xu Wan, who was called upon, immediately nodded, "Sister An'an, my brother is amazing. He can get meat every few days. Look at me, I've even gained weight."

Xu Wan is completely different from when we first met. The skinny little girl back then is now fair and tender, and you can tell at a glance that she has been well taken care of.

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