"Mmm." Su Yu smiled. The original owner had tried to coax her to eat, but she wouldn't. Now she was behaving herself. Kids just need to be disciplined.
Back home, Su Lin started cooking without Su Yu having to lift a finger; she simply opened a cabinet.
All these years, the original owner had been the one cooking, and Su Lin had never lifted a finger to cook, so she was completely rusty in everyday life. She tried to light the fire several times but failed, and was on the verge of tears. It was Su Zhi who couldn't bear to see her like this and helped her light the fire.
"Useless!" Su Zhi rolled his eyes. He usually caught sparrows outside and roasted them himself.
While wiping her face, Su Yu lectured, "Lin, I think you should cook the meals at home from now on. Practice cooking too. If your sister isn't feeling well again, don't starve yourself like you did this time. It's never a bad thing to learn more skills."
Having experienced hunger, Su Lin didn't want anything else but to eat. She nodded eagerly.
She just cooked some corn porridge, and it was done in no time. The three of them each ate a bowl. Su Lin even scraped the bottom of the pot clean.
Su Yu locked the food cabinet again. Su Lin, now full, remembered the dress and bit her lip. She dared not torment herself any longer, did not want to go hungry, and could only say through tears, "Sister, Song Xiaomei gets to wear her new dress, I want one too. Why do others have it, but I don't? I know, I don't have parents, while others have parents who love them. It's my fate to be so miserable."
The loss of her parents was a perpetual pain in the original owner's heart. It was also the reason why she had showered her younger siblings with endless love over the years.
If the original owner had heard this, he would have definitely tried to get it for his sister.
Su Yu's lips twitched. "You know that's good. We're all children without parents, and our lives have been tough. How can we compare ourselves to people who have both parents?"
Su Lin: "..."
Su Yu continued, "You're all grown up now, you should be more sensible. I've already worked so hard to support your education, and now you want a new dress? If you take it all, what will Zhi do in the future? He still needs to get married."
Su Zhi immediately said, "That's right, what's a skirt? If you're so capable, why don't you quit school, work and earn money to buy it yourself? Why ask your older sister for something? She's been working so hard, she's even in the hospital."
Su Yu sighed softly.
Su Lin held back her tears, refusing to come out. Her eldest brother was now controlled by his sister-in-law and didn't care about her anymore, and her second brother was also on his own. Her eldest sister wouldn't buy her anything either… Waaah, her life was so hard, why was her life so miserable?
"I'm not going to school anymore! I'm not going to study anymore! I'll earn my own money to buy things, okay?!"
"School," Su Yu nodded, stood up, picked up her bag, and prepared to leave. "Perfect timing. I'll go to the factory today and see if they're hiring. That way, you and Zhi will have something to do, and I won't worry anymore."
Su Lin was stunned: "..." What does this mean? What does your older sister mean by this?
Su Zhi said excitedly, "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely work hard."
Everything is fine as long as I don't have to study.
With tears in her eyes, Su Lin said, "Sister, are you not letting me study anymore?"
Su Yu rolled her eyes. "Didn't you just say you weren't studying? Zhi heard it all."
Su Zhi quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, I heard everything you said."
Su Yu smiled and said, "Buy a new dress or read a book, you can choose one."
"..." Su Lin stared blankly at Su Yu, wondering if she was joking, but Su Yu looked completely serious, not at all like she was kidding. She immediately understood—her older sister was serious!
Have you thought it through?
Su Zhi chimed in, adding fuel to the fire, "If it were me, what would I think about? I'd just go get a job. What's the point of studying?"
“…I want to study…” Su Lin said, her head bowed and her voice trembling with tears.
She doesn't want to work; she wants to study. All the girls in her class can go to school, so she wants to go too. She doesn't want to work in a factory.
Su Yu said, "Alright, if you want to study, then continue. But now Zhi also needs to start supporting the family. Everyone in the family is working and earning money, and you're the only one spending money on school. You'll need to help out the family in the future. After school, come home quickly, clean the house, cook, do laundry—these are all your responsibilities. I'm not in good health, so you can't expect Zhi to do all that, can you?"
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