Lying to his sister-in-law who raised him would be a betrayal of his conscience, but he wanted to celebrate the fat man's birthday secretly, alone.
He wants the money, and he wants to keep the secret—it's so difficult!
She looked at Jiang Chao pitifully, her eyes unblinking, "Cousin~"
That aggrieved and delicate voice almost made Jiang Chao fall over.
"Xiao Si," he tightened his grip on his arm, "that's enough, don't scare people, we don't have any money."
After saying that, he patted his chest, and sure enough, there wasn't a sound.
Seeing this, Huang Xiaosi was completely desperate.
With a hunched back and a droopy face, he wobbled away, saying, "I'm going back to do my homework!"
After Huang Xiaosi left, the four of them looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
“Mistress,” Boss Huang asked suspiciously, “you really have no money?”
“Yes,” Huang Xiaosan shrugged. “That’s my secret stash of money that I’ve been saving for a long time. I’m not going to give it to Xiaosi.”
"Second brother, what about you?"
“I still have ten copper coins,” Huang Lao Er said somewhat awkwardly. “I can’t just give them all to him, can I? The allowance my mother gives me is the same for everyone.”
He's poorer, after all, he has a wife and kids to please, so buying them little surprises now and then doesn't cost him any money.
"Jiang Chao, you must have a lot too." Old Huang said this with great certainty.
Of the four of them, Jiang Chao was the richest.
Why?
Because I'm single!
He had the same amount of pocket money, but instead of spending it on his wife and kids, he kept it all to himself, making Boss Huang extremely envious.
“I have some,” Jiang Chao said with a slight smile, a hint of smugness in his eyes, “but I absolutely cannot give it to that brat Xiao Si so easily, otherwise he will covet my entire purse.”
When things are going well, you never see them; they only show up when they're short of money and pretend to be pitiful.
It has to be said, the feeling of being flattered by Xiao Si is... addictive!
Normally arrogant and domineering, this person looks as pitiful as a little wife, making you want to bully them.
"Don't think about it, hold back," Jiang Chao patted his face. "That brat Xiao Si isn't someone you can just bully. I have to hold back."
Jiang Chao's thoughts almost represented the sentiments of his brothers.
The three of them, including Huang, thought the same thing.
Huang Xiaosan glanced at Xiao Si's room and smiled meaningfully, "Even brats have their weaknesses."
He felt a little regretful that Xiao Si hadn't said a few more conciliatory words.
If I can make him happy, then this isn't out of the question... I'll consider it.
"Two coins are a stump for Xiao Si," Huang Lao Er sighed. "We must keep a close eye on our wallets and not follow in Xiao Si's footsteps."
“Yes, yes, yes,” Old Huang chimed in, “He’s a bachelor, he only has himself to eat and his whole family isn’t hungry, but we’re different.”
As he said this, Boss Huang exuded an air of arrogance, as if he were from a different world than bachelors.
"That's enough. Are we going back or not?" Jiang Chao said, a little embarrassed and annoyed. "Auntie is waiting for our reply."
One by one, they're all unreliable.
So what if you're single? You can save a lot of money!
Jiang Chao patted the bulging purse at his waist provocatively, and instantly, a series of crackling sounds rang out.
He glanced at the three of them disdainfully, then snorted and strode away.
That's so heartbreaking!
The richest of the three brothers, Huang Xiaosan, only had a little over two hundred coins, and that was because his wife was away and he hadn't had time to hand them over.
"Brother," he said through gritted teeth, "why did God not punish that bastard Jiang Chao!"
“I want to know too,” Huang Laoda said sadly, looking up at the sky. “I miss my grandma and aunt.”
With them around, Jiang Chao wouldn't be able to keep a single copper coin, let alone silver.
“It’s decided then,” Huang Lao Er clapped his hands. “After Qingming Festival, we’ll invite Grandma over.”
The three exchanged glances and revealed a knowing smile.
Inside the hall, Jiang Nuan had already heard the commotion in the courtyard. After waiting for a while without seeing anyone arrive, she found it strange.
"Auntie, we're back."
"Jiang Chao, have you seen Han Yi?"
“I didn’t see Yi Ge,” Jiang Chao shook his head. “When Uncle Han heard that we were coming, he called us directly to his own courtyard and had Han Yi Ge and the others guard the gate to prevent Yi Ge from entering.”
Thinking about this, Jiang Chao felt utterly exasperated.
My aunt had always said that Uncle Han was unreliable, but I didn't think so when we spent time together, until today...
Every time he thought of Han Yi being angered by his own father and storming off, he would silently wipe away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.
Instantly, all his dissatisfaction with his father vanished.
Compared to Uncle Han, Jiang Xu's biological father is passable.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuan rubbed her forehead and said, "Your Uncle Han is capable of doing something like this."
At that moment, Jiang Nuan felt a little sorry for Han Yi.
"By the way, what did your Uncle Han say?"
“We can find a teacher,” Jiang Chao hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and continued, “but Uncle Han also needs to come and teach us.”
"He's coming to join in the fun too?" Jiang Nuan was taken aback and asked in confusion, "What is he going to teach you?"
"Uncle Han said he could do everything: poetry, horseback riding, archery, tea brewing, fragrance blending, and even seducing women..."
At this point, Jiang Chao realized he had said the wrong thing and immediately covered his mouth.
"What?!" Jiang Nuan slammed her hand on the table, gritting her teeth as she cursed, "That shameless old man!"
Jiang Nuan didn't mind Han Qi's womanizing ways. Old habits die hard; Han Qi had been lecherous for most of his life, and there was no way he would change.
Besides, I don't have that position.
But now, Han Qi is going to ruin the seedlings she has carefully nurtured, and that won't do!
However, retaining some semblance of reason, Jiang Nuan suppressed her anger and continued to ask, "What kind of teachers will he look for? When will he be able to gather them all?"
“Let’s find them all,” Jiang Chao said, rubbing his nose. “According to Uncle Han, they can come over after Qingming Festival, but we should focus on him and have the other teachers as assistants.”
Jiang Chao subconsciously ignored the last sentence.
He could see very clearly that Uncle Han was indeed unreliable, but he rarely contradicted his aunt. As long as his aunt persisted, he couldn't cause any trouble.
Besides, there's Brother Yi blocking our way from behind...
"That's good," Jiang Nuan breathed a sigh of relief. "As long as we can find the teacher, he's not important."
Han Qi only has a three-minute attention span and can't stick to anything for long. With Han Yi here, he can't cause any trouble.
After thinking it through, Jiang Nuan completely let go of the matter.
However, he was still somewhat angry at Han Qi's nonsensical remarks.
"Oh, right," Huang Xiaosan added, arriving a little late, "Mother, Brother Yi wants to buy wine from our family, the kind that Uncle Han drinks, and he said it's 10,000 taels of silver per jar."
As he spoke, he leaned closer and asked, "Mother, could our family's wine really be that mysterious?"
Although the price was the same before, Han Qi was unreliable and wasteful, so he subconsciously thought that Han Qi didn't know the market and had overpaid.
Hearing Han Yi say this, he suddenly realized that he had underestimated the wine he usually drank.
However, he didn't really feel any benefit from it.
After drinking it, I did feel warm all over and much more comfortable, but surely it shouldn't cost ten thousand taels of silver for a jar?
What's even stranger is that all the wine in the house was made right under their noses, and apart from adding some flower petals, it was no different from ordinary wine.
Seriously, this is weird!
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