Upon hearing this, Mrs. Sun flew into a rage and pointed at him, yelling, "You old codger, you won't listen to advice, will you? Even his own uncle doesn't care about him, so why are you meddling in his business?"
Old Lu knew he would be scolded, but he still forced himself to say, "I know, but hasn't he been sending us messages all this time? If it weren't for his reminders, the Qian family would probably have already come knocking on our door. If the government found out, we wouldn't know what to do. He's actually helped us out!"
He had initially resolved to ignore that brat, but seeing how well he had behaved these past few days, he suddenly softened his heart.
He Jiuniang remained silent. Along the way, she had finally seen through Old Man Lu. To put it simply, he was a bit of a saint. He felt that since his own life was good, he wanted to help the people in his clan.
Otherwise, Lu Fugui and his group wouldn't have been able to come here with them.
However, considering that those people were all quite nice, He Jiuniang didn't say anything. But Lu Xiaoyang had indeed sent a lot of messages to the Lu family recently, but he was doing it for his own future, not for the Lu family.
Moreover, He Jiuniang believed that even if this matter went to the government, she would not be afraid. She had plenty of ways to make fake scars, which would not be a problem to fool these ancient people.
However, it cannot be ruled out that he did make the right choice by passing on a message to the Lu family, which indeed gave him a glimmer of hope from Old Man Lu.
"If you want to help, help yourself. I'm not agreeing!"
Sun glared at him, turned her head to the side, and refused to acknowledge him.
Old Lu then turned his gaze to He Jiu Niang. At home, Sun Shi was willing to listen to He Jiu Niang. If He Jiu Niang spoke up, Sun Shi would definitely agree.
The pressure has now shifted to He Jiuniang, and everyone is holding their breath to see how she plans to handle the situation.
He Jiuniang didn't know why everyone was staring at her all of a sudden. On one side was Old Man Lu's urgent gaze, and on the other side was Madam Sun's threatening look. She was caught in a dilemma.
"I'll say it again: let him back down."
He Jiuniang cleared her throat and gave only this one answer.
"How do you know when to back down?"
When Lu Guilan pressed for details, He Jiuniang continued, "It's very simple. He really wants to rely on us now because he sees that we're living a good life and wants to come and coast along. So we need to let him know that life isn't so easy."
“We can have him help with the housework. We can provide him with two meals a day or pay him the same wages as other workers. We can also have someone keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t slack off and see how long he can keep it up.”
"What if he can keep going?"
Lu Guilan still felt something was amiss.
“Even if we can hold on, we haven’t lost anything, since he did work for us. Of course, given his questionable character, the only way to get him involved in our medicinal herb and feather businesses is to make him do the manual labor.”
Lu Xiaoyang is cunning and wicked; we must be especially wary of him.
"I think this will work!" Old Lu looked at Madam Sun with a smile and asked cautiously, "How about we do it this way for now?"
Sun wasn't the type to refuse to give anyone a way out. She rolled her eyes, muttered a curse, and that was it—it was just bad luck for her. And that was how the matter was settled.
Lu Xiaoyang has been living the high life at the Qian family's place lately, completely fooling the Qian couple, but in the end, he hasn't done anything for them.
These past two days, Li Shi has been very displeased with her and has argued with Qian Tieshu several times. Lu Xiaoyang just pretends not to see it and continues to eat and sleep as usual.
When Qian Tieshu could no longer hold on and came to him, he put on a very embarrassed look and apologized to Qian Tieshu.
"Uncle, it's my fault. I've been trying to help all this time, but I haven't been able to find any evidence. I'm useless. I'm too embarrassed to stay any longer. I'll leave now!"
Brother Da Niu will be back in a few days, and I can't stay in his house forever.
"Uncle, thank you for taking care of me these past few days. I'll go and make a scene at the Lu family again and get them to let me stay. I promise I won't cause you any trouble!"
As he spoke, he deftly walked out, leaning on his cane.
Qian Tieshu was angry, and his family wasn't doing well either. However, he had spent a lot of money to entice Lu Xiaoyang to do things for him, but in the end, he couldn't help at all. It was as if all that grain had gone down the drain.
He originally wanted to vent his anger on Lu Xiaoyang, but seeing how easy-going and polite he was, he suddenly felt that he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he just chuckled twice and watched him leave.
Qian Tieshu never realized that he had been completely fooled by Lu Xiaoyang. He even thought that he was incompetent for not being able to find any fault with the Lu family, so that his son wouldn't have to suffer in prison.
Lu Xiaoyang actually went to the Lu family and caused a scene, which gave the surrounding people another opportunity to gossip. However, this time the Lu family relented and found him some work to do.
But they only provide him with work, not a place to live. They also can't give him special treatment just because his leg isn't fully healed. He has to do whatever others do, and if he can't do it, he can get out.
The neighbors all felt that the Lu family was unlucky to have such a relative.
Even so, his accommodation problem remained unsolved. So Lu Xiaoyang went to the Lu family members who had rented a house from the Lu clan who had no descendants and made a fuss. In the end, he had to squeeze in with a few teenagers who had come from the bandit's den, and they managed to free up a bed for him.
After he finished all that, the rain finally stopped, and the villagers went back to their own business. The Lu family was also about to start the business they had planned beforehand.
The Zhang brothers went to the restaurant to collect poultry feathers, the eldest brother Lu was in charge of supervising the construction of the house, and the second brother Lu went to reclaim wasteland.
Old Lu has recently taken a liking to building blocks, but not for building with them. Instead, he thinks it's a waste of money for He Jiu Niang to buy those little wooden toys, so he makes them for the children himself.
Building blocks are usually small and delicate, and not so easy to handle. Moreover, poorly processed wooden blocks can easily hurt children's hands, so a lot of time and effort is required to polish them.
The women, including Madam Sun, all went up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs. To outsiders, they said they were digging for wild vegetables, but only the Lu family knew that they were making a lot of money.
The Zhang brothers returned in the afternoon, but they had only collected a very small amount of feathers, just two sacks.
"What's going on? Is business bad at the restaurant?"
Lu Guilan was a little anxious. This was the first time her husband had helped with household chores on his own, and she didn't want anyone to have any complaints about him.
“No,” Zhang Song explained, “It’s mainly because no one wanted to spend money to buy chicken feathers before, so they just mixed them with the garbage. But we agreed to save them for us, so we should be able to get more tomorrow.”
"That's good, that's good."
Lu Guilan breathed a sigh of relief, and Madam Sun asked, "What was the price you negotiated?"
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