Chapter 46 The Second Brother Steals Money
"ah!"
Su Lao Er collapsed to the ground a step away from the threshold, clutching his leg and screaming in agony, "Mom, you broke my leg! You're so cruel! Ah, it hurts so much..."
"Mother……"
The eldest daughter-in-law stared wide-eyed at Li Banxia in shock.
I can't believe that her mother-in-law actually smashed a rattan chair with her second most beloved son because of her two cries!
She was somewhat dazed.
The mother-in-law scolded Su Lao Er. It would be fine if she hit him with fire tongs, as it wouldn't hurt him. But this was a rattan chair, and she swung it over in one go. She had heard the cracking sound just now.
Is Su Lao Er's leg really broken?
The hollow iron rod under the rattan chair looked deformed from being smashed.
The eldest son's wife swallowed hard.
Her mother-in-law really, really likes her.
She wouldn't receive this treatment even when she cried like that to her own mother.
"Boss, what happened? What did you do, Second Brother, to make your wife cry like this?"
Seeing Su Lao Er clutching his leg and howling in pain, unable to get up and run away for the time being, Li Banxia quickly walked over to the eldest son and his wife, pulling the eldest son's wife aside and anxiously asking her questions.
"Yao Yao, are you alright? Is anything bothering you? Don't be afraid, you must tell Mom, okay?"
The eldest daughter-in-law was still a little dizzy, staring blankly at Li Banxia, and gently shook her head.
With her daughter-in-law alright, Li Banxia felt a slight sense of relief. She frowned and looked at her eldest son, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Su Laoda exclaimed "Hey!" and opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Su Laosan burst out of the house like a cannonball.
"Mom, I know, I know..."
Su Laosan's eyes lit up, his expression full of schadenfreude as he complained to Li Banxia.
"My second brother overheard that my eldest brother and sister-in-law had money, so he sneaked into their room in the dark and stole the money—a full 1,200 yuan!"
Li Banxia suddenly turned around and looked at Su Lao Er.
Su Lao Er was humming enthusiastically when Su Lao San exposed him, so he stopped humming and shuffled towards the threshold.
"Continue," Li Banxia said coldly, addressing Su Laosan, but her gaze never left Su Laoer.
Su Laosan excitedly exclaimed, gesturing wildly as he recreated the scene.
It turned out that after Su Lao Da found out that Su Lao Er had stolen the money, he stopped him and demanded the money and an explanation.
Su Lao Er naturally denied it, saying he had never seen it.
Old Master Su was extremely anxious and pleaded, "That money was lent to us by your sister-in-law's family. We need it urgently, so please return the money to us quickly and don't delay things!"
"Can you be more anxious than me getting married? I'm about to put down the betrothal gifts, and once they've paid the dowry, I can marry the girl I love..."
Seeing how anxious the eldest son and his wife were, Su Lao Er was secretly pleased, thinking that they should be anxious too, otherwise they wouldn't know how anxious he was.
No matter what Boss Su said, he insisted that he hadn't seen the money being repaid.
"...Brother, I know you're anxious, but no matter how anxious you are, you can't make baseless accusations..."
The eldest daughter-in-law, unable to bear it any longer, shouted, "We all saw it! You put the money in your pocket, and you still say you didn't see it? Su Min'an, you're lying!"
Su Lao Er frowned and glanced at his eldest son's wife.
"When did I put it in? How come I didn't know?"
This is outrageous!
Old Master Su's face turned red with anger. "Second son, stop making trouble. Hurry up and give us back the money. Mom will be back soon."
"...What are you doing? Trying to intimidate me with Mom? I'm not afraid even if Mom comes back!"
Su Lao Er, the bachelor, said, "Yu Xia said that for her to marry into the family, she must have a job like my sister-in-law. You two should set an example, you can't just stand by and watch me not be able to find a wife, right? I'll consider it as you owing me a job. I'll tell Yu Xia I don't want the job anymore. As for the money... consider it payment for the job. After we get married, we'll save some more money and find Yu Xia a job that's more suitable for her..."
"You...you're shameless..."
The eldest son's wife was so angry by these unreasonable words that her belly tightened.
How could Boss Su possibly agree to that? “No way! Money is money, and a job is a job. The job was earned by your sister-in-law, so I can’t give it to you. The money was lent to us by your sister-in-law’s family, so I can’t give it to you either.”
"Su Guotai, what you're doing is really pointless, don't you know that?"
Su Lao Er spat, "You get all the good things, and we're supposed to just pick up your leftovers? What kind of logic is that?! Anyway, once the money's in my pocket, it's mine, and you can forget about taking it back."
In the end, they simply tore off all pretenses and became shameless.
When Su Laosan was learning, he did it vividly and even imitated Su Laoer's tone, which was both shameless and extremely repulsive.
"...My sister-in-law was so angry she cried. She was just holding her belly, Mom, look, her face is still pale..."
Li Banxia narrowed her eyes, her gaze turning cold. She glanced around halfway, then walked to the square table, grabbed the teacup, and smashed it at Su Laosan. "So, you just stood there and watched!"
"ah!"
Su Laosan groaned, clutching his forehead in a daze, and cried, "Mom, why did you hit me? I didn't do anything..."
Before she could finish speaking, she cried out in surprise, realizing what had happened.
He was so engrossed in watching the spectacle that he forgot about the beating his mother had given him a few days ago; his mother couldn't stand seeing brothers fighting each other.
Su Laosan gave a guilty smile and said, "Well, Mom, I just went in to call Dad to come out and break up the fight. My second brother... he was acting like a madman, he was about to hit my eldest brother. I... I'm scared."
Li Banxia glanced at him expressionlessly.
Su Hongmei peeked out from the next room and whispered to Li Banxia, "Mom, I'm scared too."
"Hey, you little rascal..."
Su Laosan frowned and glared at Su Hongmei, then pointed at her, "You mimic my speech!"
Su Hongmei pouted and glanced back at Su Xiaosi, who was sitting by the window, not even looking up, continuing to read her book.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed the words back down.
Li Banxia patted the eldest daughter-in-law's hand, let go of her, and walked straight to Su Lao Er, saying, "Su Min'an, I'll give you a chance. You can hand over the money yourself."
"mom!"
Su Lao Er frowned, looked up at Li Banxia, and said angrily, "Big brother and sister-in-law clearly have money, why won't they give it to me? My girlfriend is making a fuss over a few measly coins, and it looks like our relationship is about to break up!"
"...Mom! I've spent so much time and money, I'm determined to marry Cui Yuxia! I was just one step away from that goal..."
"Smack!"
Li Banxia slapped him across the face and said coldly, "You know that's your sister-in-law's money, it was a loan from her family, what does it have to do with you?! What does your brother and sister-in-law have to do with your girlfriend's troubles? Taking without asking is stealing! Do I need to explain what stealing means to you?!"
"Li Banxia, stop scaring the child!"
Old Su shuffled out of the house, saying, "We're all brothers, shouldn't we help each other? It's a crucial time for the second son to get married, and the eldest son and his wife are living at home. What urgent need could they possibly have for money?"
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