Shao Lihua has been extremely busy lately.
After harvesting all three acres of chili peppers, they couldn't sell them!
Either the vendor's price of 25 cents was too low, or even if they offered 30 cents, they would still be picky and insist on picking out the smaller, less attractive chilies.
Shao Lihua went from being calm and composed at first to completely panicking.
Chili peppers don't keep well; if they're not sold soon, they'll all go to waste.
She's shameless; she took the initiative to go to Luo Xiaoxue's door to try and get close to her.
After all, Luo Xiaoxue is much easier to deal with than Lu Siqiao.
Right now, Luo Xiaoxue seems to have gone mad; she won't even open the door and is insisting she doesn't want to see her.
After careful consideration, Shao Lihua decided that money was more practical; what did face matter?
"Qiaowa, please forgive your third aunt. You name the price, that's it. Hurry up and harvest the chilies from your third aunt's house!"
"Third Aunt is blinded by greed and has been bewitched!"
"We're relatives, so please consider it charity to a beggar and take my three acres of chili peppers."
Shao Lihua hugged Lu Siqiao and screamed, tears and snot almost smearing onto her clothes.
Lu Siqiao shouted angrily, "Third Aunt, get out of here!"
Seeing that more and more villagers were gathering outside, Lu Mingfeng had no choice but to call Luo Xiaoxue and drag Shao Lihua into the house.
"Shao Lihua, you keep saying you've repented and started anew, but I think you just want to ruin our family!" Luo Xiaoxue was so angry that her teeth itched, and she shouted, "Does our family owe you money? I beg you, please let us go, okay?"
Faced with the eldest son's heartfelt question, Shao Lihua pouted and said, "I have no choice. Chili peppers are worthless. Those people are only willing to give me 25 cents. We've already paid our grain tax, and the children's school fees are due soon. Even if the adults don't eat or drink, we still don't have the money to pay the children's school fees!"
Mentioning Lu Zhenguang and his sister, Lu Mingfeng's expression softened slightly, and he said calmly, "You regret it now? What were you doing back then?"
He dared to make the decision, but instead looked at Lu Siqiao.
Lu Siqiao understood the struggle in his eyes.
As the eldest brother, Lu Mingfeng had to take on the responsibility of supporting his family from a young age. He worked hard to support his younger siblings, even though they didn't treat him like their own. He had worked tirelessly for his family and had an inseparable bond with them.
Lu Siqiao sighed and said calmly, "Alright, for my dad's sake, I'll take your chili peppers. We'll buy them from you after you dry them into dried chili peppers, at the price we pay the village."
Shao Lihua dared not speak her anger, and stammered, "Qiaowa, could you give me another five cents?"
Lu Siqiao's eyes turned cold.
She was immediately too frightened to make a sound.
After she walked out, Lu Mingfeng followed her.
Seeing Lu Siqiao's gloomy and dejected expression, Luo Xiaoxue patted her head and smiled gently: "Qiaowa, your father is the eldest son and bears the responsibility of your grandfather. He says he doesn't care about his two younger brothers, but can he really not care?"
Lu Siqiao said angrily, "If you help Third Aunt once, she'll go against you next time. She's even more troublesome than a little devil."
Luo Xiaoxue told her to wash her hands and eat, handed Lu Jin'an to her, and said softly, "In this world, there are always some people who are impossible to kill or scold, as annoying as flies. But what can we do? In this life, we can't control others, we can only make ourselves stronger. As long as you are strong enough inside, no one can affect you."
Lu Siqiao felt relieved. Yes, besides Shao Lihua, wasn't Mo Ziyan annoying? Wasn't Wang Wei disgusting?
In this life, as long as you live, you will inevitably have to deal with all sorts of people.
"Mom, I've noticed that your understanding has improved since you had your little brother." Lu Siqiao hugged the baby and snuggled into Luo Xiaoxue's arms like a spoiled child.
Luo Xiaoxue looked at her with loving eyes and hugged her, saying, "Our Qiaowa is making progress every day. As her mother, I have to be aware of that too. I can't hold you back."
Seeing Lu Mingfeng walk back from outside, she deliberately put on a stern face and asked, "How much money did you give to the third wife this time?"
Lu Mingfeng looked embarrassed and stammered, "I just gave her a subsidy of two hundred yuan."
Seeing the mother and daughter glaring at him, he immediately blushed and stammered, "Three hundred yuan—"
Luo Xiaoxue walked over, tugged his ear, rolled her eyes at him, and said, "Well, so you've started hiding money too."
"Ouch, be gentle, our daughter is watching~" Lu Mingfeng pleaded, looking at Lu Siqiao with pleading eyes.
Lu Siqiao was both amused and exasperated. She said to Luo Xiaoxue, "Mom, please forgive Dad." Just as Lu Mingfeng gave her a thumbs up, she added, "Take away his allowance later."
Lu Mingfeng: ...
Ten more days passed.
The results of the International Mathematical Olympiad in City A have been released.
Lu Siqiao actually came in second place in the whole city.
After discussing it together, the leaders of Shanshui Town and Shitou Primary School decided to hold an awards ceremony in the school square and have Lu Siqiao give a speech on stage.
Prior to this, Principal Lu of Shitou Elementary School specially borrowed a motorcycle to take Lu Siqiao to Yangguang Elementary School to receive the award.
When Lu Siqiao arrived at the school, she immediately attracted the attention of the leaders of Sunshine Elementary School.
Everyone was surprised to learn that she was only seven years old and had skipped from first grade to fourth grade.
Standing in the crowd, Mo Ziyan was so angry that her face was contorted, and she couldn't control her expression at all.
She only made it into the top five in this competition, not even the top three.
And this country bumpkin she looked down on actually came in second place.
There must be something wrong with the question bank she was using!
She cheated!
Seeing Lu Siqiao standing next to Xu Shen, the academic star she admires, Mo Ziyan exclaimed that she couldn't accept it.
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