Chen Zhaodi thought to herself, "This unlucky kid doesn't even want money!"
She seems to be the same type of person as Chang Shuying—naive and quick to give away any benefits. These two would definitely have endless things to talk about if they got together.
That makes sense. Chang Shuying has been busy learning to paint with the school's art teacher lately, apparently preparing for some kind of painting competition, so she hasn't come here even once.
Chang Meiying comes every day, because Grandma Chang has been busy lately and hasn't had time to take care of her most precious granddaughter.
Zhou Hongyu: "Xiao Yao, your situation is different from Zhou Bing's!"
Zhou Bing: "Yeah, sis, don't follow my example!"
This move was to guard against Zhou An's rumored exceptionally shrewd future wife. Once Zhou An's wife married into the family, if Zhou Bing tried to get money from his parents to do business, even a slight mistake would cause a major upheaval in the whole family.
Zhou Yao agreed and silently put the money back in her pocket.
Although she didn't understand why there were suddenly so many complicated things between her relatives, she ultimately didn't express any opinions and chose to quietly remain silent.
She originally planned to spend all her salary on her family, but now, for the sake of her closest younger brother, she has to hide the money after handing over the red envelope to her parents.
Looking at Zhou Bing, who was sincerely offering his wages, Chen Zhaodi suddenly felt that something was wrong.
She always felt that Zhou Bing's demeanor was too obsequious!
Steal the limelight from Zhou Hongyu, the number one sycophant!
no!
She couldn't just sit and wait to die. Without Zhou Hongyu, who would be able to lead her to make so much money every time in the future?
Perhaps we could have her give Zhou Hongyu money voluntarily. She can't learn such sycophantic tricks; it would be worse than killing her. Chen Zhaodi thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an idea.
Zhou Hongyu watched as she stood there, her eyes darting around, clearly plotting something.
Ignoring her, he and the Zhou siblings walked straight past her and out of the storage room.
As soon as Zhou Bing stepped out the door, he ran up to his cousin and his wife with a red envelope, trying to curry favor. In front of Zhou Hongyu, Zhou's cousin's wife opened the red envelope with some embarrassment.
Aunt Zhou exclaimed in surprise, "Little sister-in-law, you gave twelve yuan!"
Zhou's cousin quickly snatched the red envelope, intending to return it: "Hongyu, this is too much. You also gave our family a lot of clothes..."
Zhou Hongyu interrupted, "Let's keep things separate. I'm just using the open space in front of your house to set up a stall, and giving away a few clothes is already a great deal for me. My two children work for me every day, and you parents can only acknowledge their hard work by accepting money!"
Zhou's cousin and his wife nodded solemnly.
Zhou's cousin left Zhou Bing two yuan: "Keep the rest for your wedding!"
Then, she returned Zhou Yao's red envelope, saying, "Keep this money for yourself. You won't have anyone to take care of you when you marry and move to the Northeast. It's always good to keep more money!"
Zhou Yao smiled shyly: "Mom, I want to use this money to buy some things for the family!"
She can keep the wages her aunt gave her; she doesn't mind spending those twelve yuan.
Aunt Zhou paused for a moment, then, feeling embarrassed to nag Zhou Yao about being thrifty in front of everyone, said, "Okay, of course you can, but don't let the kids spend money recklessly..."
Before she finished speaking, the Zhou family children jumped up and down excitedly, rushing to Zhou Yao's side and hugging her legs, acting cute.
"Big sister, I want a tin frog!"
"Big sister, I want plum powder!"
"Big sister, I want White Rabbit milk candy!"
...
Zhou Hongyu narrowed her eyes, stretched out her hand, and pulled out Chang Meiying, who had blended in and was calling Zhou Yao "sister".
"Your sister isn't here!"
Little rascal, you're always pampered and get whatever you want!
Chang Meiying was silenced and didn't dare to speak loudly. She silently moved her lips towards Zhou Xiaoliu, who had been her best friend these past few days.
Give me a packet of plum powder.
At this moment, Chen Zhaodi, having figured out how to please the God of Wealth, chased after him from the storeroom.
She called out, "Treat us to a meal..."
Chen Zhaodi made up her mind to take Zhou Hongyu out to a restaurant.
Everyone present turned around upon hearing the sound and stared at Chen Zhaodi. Chen Zhaodi immediately swallowed back the words she was about to say.
With so many people, she couldn't bear to spend money to treat them!
Chen Zhaodi was unwilling to invite them, but Zhou's cousin and his wife were very willing. They found a way to repay Zhou Hongyu for her generosity.
Aunt Zhou suggested, "It's almost noon, and it's the two kids' first paycheck. Let's all stay and have a meal before we go back! I'll make you noodles!"
Everyone's mouths watered upon hearing this; Zhou's sister-in-law's noodles were exceptional.
Back then, when Zhou's cousin took his first pot of gold from buying goods in Northeast China, it was Zhou's cousin's wife who, despite being ill, saved it up by selling noodles bowl after bowl.
Chang Meiying, who knew nothing of politeness, was the first to call out, "Auntie, I want to eat vegetable noodles!"
Her shout immediately drew a commotion from the Zhou family's children.
"Mom, I want to eat braised pork noodles!"
"Mom, I want to eat braised beef noodles!"
"Mom, I want to eat oil-splashed noodles!"
...
The children innocently and loudly expressed their thoughts, and all the adults present couldn't help but grin.
So cute!
Zhou Hongyu's heart was comforted at a certain moment, but someone inappropriately came over.
Chen Zhaodi smiled ingratiatingly, "Can I have a bowl of braised beef noodles with you?"
She didn't want to invite so many people to a restaurant, but that didn't stop her from wanting to take advantage of the situation!
Zhou Hongyu immediately knew what Chen Zhaodi was thinking; it was too easy to guess what she was thinking.
Either you're taking advantage of someone, or you're on your way to taking advantage of someone!
Zhou Hongyu glared at her and said coldly, "No way!"
"If the braised beef noodles aren't enough, I'll switch to beef noodles. Just give me a bowl with some meat on it... Ah!" Chen Zhaodi said to herself, then froze in place.
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