Chapter 1903 Welcoming Party 1
Ashamed that his salary was not enough to support his family, Lu Jiang decided to make life difficult for those brats. He went downstairs, found some glue, and pasted the bill covered with handwriting on their door.
They lived in the largest sunny room on the second floor because there were four of them sharing it.
As you enter the door, there is a bathroom on the left and two three-leaf wardrobes on the right. Further in, there is a solid wooden bunk bed leaning against the wall, with an aisle in the middle and a desk under the window at the end.
Apart from this, there was no other furniture in the room.
The door opened outwards, so once it was closed, they could see the paper on the door while sitting on the bed.
"Dad, what are you pasting?" Lu Erxiong was a restless sleeper who lived on the lower bunk. He had just inspected his territory and was satisfied with the fluffy, soft, clean and tidy bedding. He put his toiletries in the enamel basin under the bed. When he saw Lu Jiang coming in and pasting something, he looked at him with curious eyes.
Lu Jiang tapped the account on the door with his fingers. "As you grow older, you eat more and more, dress better and better, and spend more and more. My old bones can't bear the burden, so I specially made a household expenditure bill to teach you what thrift is. If you are a man, don't indulge in enjoyment. Remember the purpose of hard work. Three years of new and three years of old, three years of mending and patching. It's enough to have enough to eat, not good food. Abandon the things that can ruin your ambition, study hard and make progress every day."
Lu Erxiong stood on tiptoe to finish reading, puffing his cheeks and saying, "Dad, you are so unreasonable. You are the one who spends the most money. The rent and utilities cost one hundred, the orphanage costs one hundred, and the martyr's family costs eighty, a total of two hundred and eighty! Our family only spends one hundred on food, and the tuition and textbooks for the five of us cost just over one hundred a year, for one year! So, thrift and diligence should start with you."
Lu Jiang glared, "Is that flower on me? Look carefully and don't talk back to me!"
"Humph, I'm being reasonable, and you're being unreasonable, so you're telling me not to talk back!" Lu Erxiong pointed at the clothing allowance that was crossed out and changed to 30 yuan a year, jumping up and down on the spot, waving to his brothers to come up and help, "Brothers, come and have a look. The money that mom wrote for us to make clothes was cut by dad. It's worse than cutting it in half. Only a quarter is left."
Zhuangzhuang was lying on the lower bunk opposite him, with a fat pillow under him and a harmonica in his hand. He said nonchalantly, "Anyway, I often wear your and Third Brother's old clothes. It doesn't matter if you don't wear new clothes. I'm not greedy, and I don't mind that you always wear tattered clothes."
Dun Dun and Er Xiong were born from the same egg, look similar and have the same body shape, but Zhuang Zhuang is a little thinner, so he just happened to pick up the clothes they discarded.
Except for Fubao who is extremely vain, the living environment makes the other children not care much about the newness or oldness of their clothes. Many of their peers around them wear more worn and older clothes, but no one gets angry and refuses to wear them.
Of course, wearing new clothes still makes you happy, which is different from the feeling of wearing old clothes.
"Look at our little Zhuangzhuang, he is very reasonable and understands his parents' hard work." Lu Jiang praised him very much, and then looked at Lu Erxiong, "Lu Erxiong, you have to learn from your brother and learn the hard-working and simple lifestyle."
Lu Erxiong looked disdainful and said, "Dad, you are an adult, and adults cannot oppress us children."
Ye Yan ignored the dispute between the father and son, ran over to squeeze Er Xiong aside, looked at the bill carefully, turned his head worriedly and asked: "Uncle Lu, is our family really out of money? I'll ask my dad to send it, or I'll go to grandpa's house for dinner."
(End of this chapter)