Hu Xiaosi said, "Fine, they're the bosses, so we have to listen to them, right?"
“From now on, let them go out to work. We’re not doing anything. We’re just going to lie down and relax. Not only will we not go out to earn money, but we won’t help with farm work either. If they, as the older brothers, won’t do it, why should we?”
Xiuxiu's mother choked.
You'd have to make your two eldest sons work if the sky fell down.
Unfortunately, she couldn't control these little ones...
Then Hu Xiaosi said, "Also, I'll be working at a furniture workshop in Fucheng starting in August, earning one tael of silver a month. If you insist on having my eldest and second brothers take charge, then I won't go. I'll stay home and rest."
Xiuxiu's mother was furious, and said in a trembling voice:
"Alright... You can keep the money from selling the stools. But you have to bring your monthly wage of one tael home. Even if you don't care about me, you have to think about Xiao Wu and the others. We can't let them go hungry, can we?"
"And your third brother, he was doing just fine in the workshop, but you ruined his job. You can't let him go hungry too!"
Hu Xiaosi said, "Don't worry, I'll give you my wages every month, one tael a month! That's for the family's food."
As he spoke, Hu Xiaosi pulled out an ounce from his sleeve: "This is the food for August."
After Xiuxiu's mother accepted the money, her mood improved somewhat: "Are you going home for dinner when you get to the prefectural city?"
“No. We’ll eat and sleep there, and come back three times a month. If you ever come back and find Xiao Wu and the others starving, I won’t let you off the hook.”
Xiuxiu's mother pouted and said angrily, "What are you saying? Aren't they my sons?"
Even if she were biased, she wouldn't let the younger ones go hungry. At most, when dividing the meat, the two older ones would eat half, and the remaining half would be divided among the five younger ones.
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