Lu Wanqing was not happy with Lu Xiuwu's words. What did he mean by not having a good mass base? He wasn't running for election.
Don't think that just because he's her second brother and a guest, she won't dare say anything.
Just as she was about to retort, Wang Guangming walked in carrying a basket of golden oranges.
"Lin Ye, it's almost Chinese New Year. My family sent some oranges. They taste really good. Let me give you some to try."
As he spoke, Wang Guangming walked straight into the kitchen and put the basket down.
Upon seeing that there were guests at home, they asked Lin Ye if it was convenient to discuss something.
"Captain Wang, is there anything inconvenient? Come in and sit down. I'll get you some soda so you can chat while you drink," Lu Wanqing said loudly, seizing the opportunity.
After taking a few bottles of soda and some oranges from inside the house, he pushed Lu Xiuwu out of the kitchen and said, "Second Brother, the captain wants to discuss something with Lin Ye. Let's go set off fireworks."
Is it the battalion commander who's here? Do he need to discuss something with Lin Ye?
Lu Xiuwu saw Lin Ye talking to Wang Guangming in the kitchen, looking quite composed and authoritative. Even Wang Guangming nodded in agreement. It seemed that Lin Ye was not a fool after all.
But when she saw that Lu Wanqing actually took the fireworks to set off, her face immediately fell, and she said unhappily:
"Qingqing, it's not easy for the family to earn money. Why buy these useless things? Fireworks are fine once they're set off, but they're not edible or wearable. It's such a waste."
As he spoke, he pulled Lu Wanqing into the studio, opened his backpack, and took out a number of things from it.
As she took them, she said, "You rarely eat these things, right? Keep them safe and don't let your mother-in-law and Xiao Cui see them. Take them out and eat them whenever you want."
Lu Wanqing glanced at the items and saw several packets of White Rabbit milk candy, several packets of fried dough twists, and several jars of beef sauce. Although they were expensive, they weren't things she couldn't afford.
She smiled awkwardly and put the things back in his backpack. "Second brother, you should take these things back. You can't go home empty-handed for the New Year."
"What's the big deal? I'll just buy some more. Second Brother gets a stipend, doesn't he?"
Lu Wanqing knew that Lu Xiuwu was afraid he would suffer and genuinely wanted to leave the things for her, but his condescending attitude still made her a little uncomfortable.
Since my parents changed, why has my second brother also changed? What went wrong?
Unexpectedly, Lu Xiuwu had no intention of going home for the New Year. Instead, he wanted to spend the New Year with Lu Wanqing and then go directly to the army after the New Year.
Wouldn't that mean staying for many days?
Lu Wanqing felt a bit overwhelmed. It had only been half a day, and he and Lin Ye were already acting like they were at each other's throats. If they spent more than ten days together, wouldn't they end up fighting?
With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, she couldn't very well send him away; at this time of year, she probably couldn't even buy a train ticket.
"I have to make him completely convinced of A-Ye's abilities," Lu Wanqing thought to herself.
After dinner, Lu Wanqing deliberately took out paper and pen and called Lin Ye to the kitchen table to settle accounts with him.
Lu Xiuwu sat to the side, listening attentively. "That's true. We need to be careful with our money and calculate how much we've earned this year, so we don't squander it all."
Lu Wanqing ignored him and deliberately asked, counting on her fingers, "Aye, last time you found the century-old Ganoderma lucidum, we got five thousand yuan, right?"
Lin Ye thought for a second, "Yes, after you get the money, you can deposit it into your savings account."
"Cough cough~" Lu Xiuwu choked on his own saliva and coughed violently.
Did he hear something wrong with his ears? Did he hear fifty yuan as five thousand yuan?
But it seems unnecessary to specifically deposit fifty dollars into a savings account, right?
Lin Xiaocui, who was standing to the side, seemed to have figured out Lu Wanqing's deeper meaning. She propped her chin on her hand on the table and said in feigned surprise, "Brother, you're amazing! You sold a single Ganoderma lucidum for five thousand yuan!"
"That's nothing. Lingzhi isn't something you can dig up every day. I was just lucky that time!" Lu Wanqing feigned modesty.
Then, feigning confusion, she asked, "Our family's sweet potatoes totaled 15,000 jin, and we sold them for 1,500 yuan, right?"
As she spoke, she took out fifteen stacks of money from a bag and placed them on the table.
“That’s right. The sweet potatoes sold for 1,500 yuan, and the rice sold for 1,000 yuan,” Lin Ye confirmed.
Lu Wanqing then placed ten stacks of money on the table.
Lu Xiuwu was at a loss for words to describe his shock.
Why does he feel like he's living in a different era from Lin Ye?
He lived in the army, where his monthly allowance was only eighteen yuan. With occasional bonuses, he managed to save two hundred yuan a year by carefully budgeting.
Lin Ye earns money by calculating it in thousands of units.
Next, he was astonished to learn that he had sold over 2,700 crabs and earned over 1,000 yuan from making clothes.
Are their incomes so diversified?
Is Lin Ye about to become a spirit?
Seeing his exaggerated expression, Lu Wanqing felt very pleased and deliberately said to him, "Second brother, Lin Ye is not very successful. He only earned this much money in a year. I don't know what you think, but I am already very satisfied."
"Not bad, not bad, I'm a little tired, I'm going to sleep now." Lu Xiuwu awkwardly slipped into his room.
Lin Ye stared blankly at his retreating figure, asking, "What's wrong, brother-in-law? You look terrible."
"It's nothing, he just gets dizzy seeing so many large denominations," Lu Wanqing said, suppressing a laugh.
Lin Xiaocui couldn't help but give Lu Wanqing a thumbs up.
Seeing that her second brother was completely astonished, Lu Wanqing was very satisfied. She put the money into her bag and then stored it in her spatial storage after returning to the house.
If she doesn't show Lu Xiuwu the money, he'll keep nagging, thinking that she's a fallen phoenix after marrying into the countryside!
Little did she know that what she was pursuing now was no longer absolute wealth, but the process of struggling with Lin Ye.
In the following days, Lu Xiuwu became somewhat listless. When he saw Lin Ye, he no longer acted as arrogantly as he had at the beginning, but instead treated him with considerable respect.
Even when Lin Ye was cooking, he would say a few words to Lu Wanqing, asking why a grown man was being made to cook, and that cooking was a woman's job.
“Second brother-in-law, you can’t say that. There’s no rule that these jobs should be done by women. Whoever can do them should do them. Qingqing is helping out too, isn’t she? Men are stronger, so it’s only right that they do more work,” Lin Ye retorted bluntly.
Two days later, Lu Xiuwu woke up and seemed to have figured something out. He took some New Year's goods from home and insisted that Lin Xiaocui take him to the Lin family.
“Lin Cong is my comrade-in-arms, so it’s only right that I go see him. Since you’ve made so much money, you should learn to help others and let them have a good New Year too,” Lu Xiuwu said in a lecturing tone.
Lin Xiaocui pouted, "I'll just see you to the door, you can go in by yourself."
Lu Xiuwu shook his head. People's hearts have changed. People like Lin Xiaocui will follow whoever feeds them.
Lu Wanqing smiled without saying anything. "Go ahead, just don't cry when you come back!"
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