Lu Jiaguang reminded him, "Your fifth brother is short of money to buy a house, you should let them speak up instead of taking the initiative to speak up. This is a lesson, and you should pay attention to it next time."

After saying that, he added, "Jia Xin, it's difficult for everyone, but you can't help everyone. How can you help them all?"

It's difficult for him too! A family of six lives in a house of more than 50 square meters. The eldest son and the second son sleep on the upper and lower bunks, and the youngest son and the daughter also sleep on the upper and lower bunks. There is no other way, the rooms are too few and too small to live in. Now the only way is to wait for the eldest son to graduate and start working and live in the company, so that the daughter can have her own room.

Lu Jiaxin grinned: "Brother, I am not a spendthrift. I will not lend money to anyone except you and Brother Five. I also earned my money through hard work."

"What about Zaohua?"

Lu Jiaxin was stuck, and after a long while she said, "I just feel sorry for her. She could have changed her fate by studying, but because she was a girl, she was pushed into the abyss by her mother who favored boys over girls. But I also said that I would only provide her with 200 per semester, and no more."

Lu Jiaguang did not blame Lu Jiaxin. On the contrary, he admired her: "It's a good thing that you are kind-hearted, but you should discuss this kind of thing with us in the future and come up with a proper solution. Otherwise, everyone will treat you as a sucker and deliberately cry poor to you and ask you for money."

Lu Jiaxin nodded in agreement.

When they got home, Lu Jiaxin said to Xiaoqiu, "How is Zaohua now? Do you know?"

Xiao Qiu would call home every week. Although the conversation was not long, she would always ask about things that she was worried about. Lu Jiaxin was not good at this. She was not emotional and would not take the initiative to call people for no reason.

Xiao Qiu frowned and said, "Not good. That family was determined to get Zaohua to marry them, and they promised her more benefits. Zaohua didn't agree, so Aunt Gen wouldn't let her bring food from home. It was only after my grandparents found out that they asked my eldest brother to send her a bag of food."

A hint of disgust flashed across Lu Jiaxin's eyes: "Why didn't you tell me about this?"

Xiao Qiu explained, "Grandpa knew that you were too weak to work hard, so he didn't allow me to tell you. But don't worry, Grandpa told Grandma that our family will provide food for Zaohua's three years of high school."

Just from the perspective of food, the Lu family has a lot of land under the household contract responsibility system, so it is not a problem to raise a jujube flower. But why should we give the food we have worked so hard to grow to outsiders? Lu Jiaxin shook her head and said, "This is not good. The second and third sisters-in-law will definitely have a problem with my uncle and aunt. We have to find another way."

We can't let her cause discord between the father and sons and brothers of the first wife, that would be a case of well-intentioned doing something toxic.

Xiao Qiu was a sincere person. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, my mother and Third Aunt have no objection. They even said that doing more good deeds will bring you blessings!"

Lu Jiaxin was confused by what she heard.

Xiao Qiu explained: "My father can earn 100 yuan a month in Yangcheng, and I got 80 yuan last month. My mother was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. How could she have any objection? As for Third Uncle and Third Aunt, they are counting on you to help them and they won't object."

If his father could work until the New Year, he would get 300 yuan in wages, and with her earnings, it would be at least 500 yuan. In the past, the whole family could only save about 1,000 yuan from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and this was only possible with grandma's careful budgeting. In the past, everyone relied on the third uncle to support them, but now everyone has changed their minds.

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "Your father and fifth brother have been in Yangcheng for such a long time, they should know a lot of people, it should be no problem to introduce a few people to work there."

Xiao Qiu shook her head and said, "Forget about my father, he is dumb and can only do hard labor; although my fifth uncle is eloquent, he is not practical, his mouth is faster than his brain, and he is not very reliable."

Xiao Qiu said that it was not him who said these words, but his grandparents said them: "My father is not good at talking and only knows how to work hard. Most men in the village are like this, so you can't blame him. Fifth brother is really a bad guy. He actually told Second Uncle that you have a big house. If he hadn't said it, what happened later would not have happened."

When she let slip that she had a big house, Lu Jiaxin thought it was a trap she had been told while drunk and that she could avoid it by not drinking in the future. But she really felt that Lu Jiajie was useless in this matter.

Xiaoqiu suddenly remembered something and said, "Aunt, the last time I called home, my mother said that the weather is getting colder and Zaohua is still wearing autumn clothes."

"Where are her clothes from last year?"

Xiao Qiu also asked Lu Ersao about this matter: "She has grown taller this year, and her clothes are too small, so her mother altered them for her eldest brother. Her mother did this to force her to get married."

The man offered too much, and Zaohua's mother was persuaded and didn't want to wait that long, so she tried every means to force Zaohua to drop out of school.

Lu Jiaxin felt that with such a mother, she would either escape from the farm or run away so far that she would never be able to find her.

Ma Lili moved on Sunday and she asked Lu Jiajie and a few of his friends to help.

Although Lu Jiaxin guessed that she was moving on Sunday, she didn't tell her until the movers came, which made her very unhappy. Did they really think she had no temper? Lu Jiaxin didn't give her face. After saying hello to Lu Jiajie's friends, she took Xiaoxiao and Xiaoqiu shopping. She didn't bring Xue Mao with her because she wanted to leave someone to look after the house.

One of Lu Jiajie's friends felt that something was wrong. This brother was not here and did not help his sister-in-law move. If the relationship was not good, it would be understandable, but she had been staying here for such a long time and took the initiative to lend them money to buy a house. Such a sister is hard to find even with a lantern! This brother was also thoughtful. Seeing that Ma Lili looked so bad, he guessed that there was a conflict between the aunt and nephew, and the conflict was very big. He felt that he needed to tell Jie Zi about this.

Lu Jiaxin bought winter clothes for them. Xiaoxiao and Xue Mao only bought one set, while Xiaoqiu bought two sets. Both were made of monkey cotton and were very warm.

After buying clothes, Lu Jiaxin said to Xiaoqiu, "Next time, call your mother and ask her to give your old cotton-padded jacket to Zaohua."

It is not appropriate to buy a new one for Zaohua directly. If there are so many nephews and nieces, buying one for an outsider may easily cause conflicts. Zaohua still needs the help of her uncle and aunt, so this is just right.

That afternoon, Xiaoqiu called home and told Mrs. Lu about the incident: "Mom, my aunt bought me two sets of winter clothes. They are beautiful and warm."

Mrs. Lu couldn't stop smiling, but she still had to say, "You earn your own money now, so you can't spend your sister-in-law's money anymore. Buy whatever you need yourself."

After Xiaoqiu agreed, she took the opportunity to say, "Mom, I have new clothes now, so you can give my old cotton-padded jacket to Zaohua! School is colder than home, and you will get cold without thick clothes."

"Okay, I'll make your cotton-padded jacket longer for Zaohua when I get back."

(End of this chapter)