Chapter 261 Freedom
Yu Lixin: "Do we get paid too?"
"Of course, you have helped in the noodle shop, so you must be paid." Yu Hui handed the money to Yu Jianshe again.
"If you don't take this money, I'll be embarrassed to ask you to help in the store in the future."
Yu Jianshe: "...You've already given money to your mother."
It’s just over a hundred yuan, which is more than my dad’s salary. How could they ask Aunt Yu for more money?
"The money given to your mother is divided among your mother, and the money given to you is for you. It's not just for you two brothers, Gu Dong and Gu Nan also have some."
Yu Hui waved to Gu Dong, Gu Nan and Gu Xixi to come over and gave them two dollars each.
"Wow..." Gu Xixi's eyes lit up as she held the money.
"Mom, did you really give these two dollars to Xixi? Can Xixi buy whatever she wants?"
Yu Hui smiled and nodded. "This money is the result of your hard work. You can use it as you wish."
"Thank you, Mom." The three brothers thanked her in unison, holding the money in their hands, feeling very accomplished, and already thinking about how to use the two dollars.
Gu Dong wanted to save up the money for himself, Gu Nan wanted to buy comic books, and Gu Xixi wanted to buy lots of White Rabbit milk candies.
When Yu Jianshe saw that Gu Dong and the others had taken the money, he stopped being shy and took the money and thanked them generously.
Qian Lan returned home after finishing her work at eight o'clock and heard Yu Jianshe say that Yu Hui gave each of them two yuan, saying it was last month's salary, and Gu Dong and the others also received some.
She asked her two sons to give the money to her and said, "Give the money to mom. I will hold it for you so that you won't lose it. If you want it, I will give it to you."
Yu Jianshe didn't say anything and obediently handed over the two dollars.
Yu Lixin covered his pockets with his hands and was unwilling to take out the money.
"You said the same thing about the New Year's money I received during the Spring Festival. Later, when I asked for it back, you never gave it to me."
Qian Lan glared at him, "Isn't that money used to pay your tuition?"
Yu Lixin: "So if you take these two dollars, you will use them to pay our tuition. You won't give us any more."
"Aunt Yu wasn't like that. Gu Nan and Gu Xixi were so young, and the two dollars Aunt Yu gave them were always left to them to use as they pleased."
"Your Aunt Yu is Aunt Yu and I am me. You are my child and you cannot hold so much money in your hands. Give it to me quickly." Qian Lan was angry and rolled up her sleeves, ready to fight if she didn't give it to him.
Yu Lixin looked at his father who was sitting on the chair for help, while Yu Qiang turned sideways and pretended to be invisible.
"Here you go, here you go, all for you." Yu Lixin took out two dollars from his pocket, threw them on the ground, turned around and ran back to the room and closed the door.
"Hey, you little brat, Yu Lixin, I think you're itching for trouble again." Qian Lan yelled with her hands on her hips.
Yu Qiang frowned, "It's so late, hurry up and boil some water, take a shower, and go to bed. What will it look like if the neighbors hear you making so much noise?"
Qian Lan glared at him. "Didn't you see your son's attitude just now? He was annoyed by my noise. Why don't you take care of him?"
"I'm too lazy to talk to you." Yu Qiang got up and went into the bedroom.
Qian Lan gritted her teeth in anger. That was just how he was. He didn't care at all if the child was disobedient. When she yelled at the child, he would stand up and ask her what was wrong with her for being so noisy.
Qian Lan was extremely unhappy. She was so busy and tired every day, and still had to take care of the children when she got home. Yu Qiang was on vacation and had nothing to do at home, and he didn't care about anything.
"Mom, I've boiled the water. I'll get some water for you to take a bath," said Yu Jianshe.
Qian Lan bent down and picked up the money on the ground. "No need for you, I can fetch water myself."
After saying that, Qian Lan went straight to the kitchen. When she carried a basin of water to the bathroom, both her arms were sore.
Qian Lan was so tired that she didn't take a shower. She just wiped herself with a towel and went to bed.
As soon as I lay down, I heard Yu Qiang say, "You didn't take a shower? You still smell like cooking fumes."
"Why wash? I was too tired, so I just wiped it." Qian Lan pulled up the quilt to cover herself, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
"You smell too much of cooking fumes. You need to wash yourself thoroughly."
"call……"
The only answer Yu Qiang received was Qian Lan's breathing.
The next day, Qian Lan took the initiative to tell Yu Hui about Yu Lixin. "I asked him to give me the money, but he got angry at me and threw the money on the ground."
Qian Lan pointed at Yu Lixin who was sitting at the door picking vegetables, and spoke to Yu Hui who was cutting beef.
Yu Hui took a look and heard what his mother said to him. She turned her head and looked at Yu Lixin without saying a word.
"You also said that the money you gave to Gu Dong and the others was for them to keep. Xiao Yu, I'm not saying that this kid is too young and doesn't count his money. You still shouldn't let them have too much money. If you leave it in their hands, they'll spend it recklessly sooner or later."
Yu Hui didn't say anything when Qian Lan talked about Yu Lixin. That was because Yu Lixin was her child, and as an outsider, it was not appropriate for her to interfere with her way of education.
After all, everyone has a different way of educating their children.
But since she mentioned her attitude towards Gu Dong and the others, Yu Hui had to speak too.
"That money originally belonged to them. It's their freedom to use it however they want. I won't interfere, and I don't plan to change it."
"Children have no concept of money. Allowing them to control their own pocket money and lucky money from a young age can help them understand the value of money, cultivate a correct consumption concept, and develop their autonomy."
"I think children need some pocket money that they can spend on their own. After all, when we were kids, we also wanted some pocket money to buy things we liked and needed."
"Do you think that when you were a child you spent money on things you liked and needed, that was wasteful?" Yu Hui asked Qian Lan with a smile.
Qian Lan thought for a while before frowning and whispering, "Actually, now that I think about it, those are indeed unnecessary things."
"But you'll still feel regretful when you grow up, right?" Yu Hui asked with a smile. "Even if you're rich enough to buy it when you're older, it won't be the same feeling you wanted as a child."
What does the poem say?
I want to buy some osmanthus flowers and put them in the wine, but it doesn’t feel like the travels of my youth
Qian Lan stopped talking and lowered her head to knead the dough.
Gu Qiuyan left on the morning of the 3rd. Yu Hui made two large jars of green pepper beef sauce for her and also packed a bag of fried dough twists for her.
"How about I drive you back?" Gu Huai said to Gu Qiuyan.
The latter put the bag on his back and shook his head, "No need. If the people in the company saw that a military vehicle was taking me back, someone would say I was some kind of relative."
There was a female soldier in her class who always said in the dormitory that her brother-in-law was a senior officer in a certain division. The other people in the class said she was a relative of someone else, so they didn't dare to offend her in public but talked about her behind her back.
She didn't want anyone to talk behind her back.
Gu Huai laughed. He had only been in the army for a short time, but he already knew how to avoid suspicion.
"Is it okay for me to take you to the station?"
Gu Qiuyan nodded and said yes.
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