Chapter 1919. Returning Home at Midnight
When Su Sanlan heard about moving bricks, she was immediately delighted: "Your four brothers can do this job. As for the 5 yuan and the ticket, it's what they deserve. We are not greedy. 20 yuan a month is good enough."
Brother Shi and his friends were all extremely happy. Their whole family only earned about 100 yuan a year, but now they can earn 40 yuan in a month by working hard. Where can you find such a good thing? The eldest sister is really awesome.
Seeing everyone looking at her with admiration, Shi Liu swallowed uncomfortably, "They were afraid of delaying their work, so they asked me to go tomorrow. I was worried that if I went too late, others would take advantage of me, so I rushed back overnight."
Su Sanlan was deeply moved when he heard this: "Listen up, you brothers! Your eldest sister braved the hardship and fatigue to rush back home overnight just to help you earn this money. Who else but your eldest sister would think so of you? And you all despise your eldest sister for not working in the fields to earn work points."
The four brothers, Brother Shi, said in unison: "Mom, we don't dislike our eldest sister."
Mrs. Shi and her two sisters-in-law remained silent: "..." They didn't expect that the eldest sister would care so much about the family. They were really wrong before. To put it bluntly, who wouldn't feel comfortable taking care of their daughter at home? Why do they dislike their sister-in-law?
Shi Liu hurriedly interrupted her mother's scolding. She had to interrupt. As long as she let her mother continue, she would feel that she was being selfless. "Hey, Mom, I was thinking of letting my eldest and second brothers go this time, and then they can stay at my place. My house is pretty spacious anyway, so we can just put up a plank and it will be fine. What do you think?"
Su Sanlan: "Okay. Big brother, second brother, you guys have to do your job well when you go there. No one is allowed to embarrass your sister!"
Big Brother Shi and Second Brother Shi nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Mom, we will do our best and will never embarrass our eldest sister." This was the connection that the eldest sister asked her classmates to make. If they didn't do their best, her eldest sister would not be able to hold her head up.
Brother Shi San and Brother Shi Si looked at their two older brothers with envy. They also wanted to go to the city to work.
Shi Liu looked at the other two brothers with amusement and said, "Third brother, fourth brother, next time there is such an opportunity, you two should go."
Third Brother Shi was so happy that he burst into laughter. "Really? Is the food at the state-owned restaurant in the city good?"
"Pa! What the hell are you eating? It's a state-owned restaurant, why don't they make steamed buns to kill you!" Su Sanlan was so angry that she slapped her third son. He didn't even make any money but already started thinking about spending it. How could he possibly live?
This time even Shi Liu didn't help him. It was really because the third brother was too tactless. Who else should he scold but him?
Su Sanlan grabbed Shi Sange's ear and scolded him for a while, then she remembered it was getting late and hurried to make her daughter's bed: "Shi Liu, go to bed quickly. Your third brother has made your mother confused because of his anger."
Brother Shi San: “…” He just didn’t believe that the bosses weren’t curious about the state-owned restaurant.
Shi Liu thought that since her brothers wanted to go to the state-owned restaurant, she would take them there for a meal. After all, they could afford it. When she lay down on the bed, Shi Liu remembered that she had forgotten to take out the defective cloth. Forget it, she would wait until tomorrow.
“Ohhhh—”
The sound of a rooster crowing rang out in the yard, and Shi Liu's eyes opened immediately, showing no sign of fatigue. Even she herself did not expect that studying in the teaching space would not affect her rest. Last night, she was in high spirits and studied all night long. This was also her first time trying to stay up all night. She thought she would not be able to wake up this morning, but she never expected that she would be so energetic, and all her physical fatigue was swept away.
Having benefited from it, Shi Liu decided to replace sleep with study as much as possible in the future. Of course, she had to sleep two or three nights a week, otherwise she would feel weird. It was just a pity for the time wasted before. Moreover, if she had known that the teaching space had such a magical effect, she would not have consumed the sign-in points to upgrade her embroidery skills.
Mrs. Shi got up early in the morning to cook, and suddenly saw her sister-in-law take out a pile of defective cloths. She shouted happily: "Defective cloth!"
Su Sanlan hadn't expected her daughter to be so capable. After carefully examining the cloth, she discovered it was simply unevenly dyed. The quality of the cloth was still impeccable. "I'll keep it for you. Ask your sister-in-law to make you a few sets of clothes. The weather will soon be cold, so it's time to get some new cotton-padded jackets and trousers."
Hearing this, Shi Liu realized that she hadn't prepared any cotton. The winter in Shan Province was still quite cold. Looking at her sister-in-law's patched clothes, she sighed silently. The cloth she wore was all saved by the family. "Mom, we have a lot of cloth this time. And my classmate's mother works in a textile factory. There's plenty of defective cloth. We won't be short of clothes in the future. No one in the family has worn new clothes in several years. Mom, please make a set for everyone this time."
Su Sanlan was still unhappy. She felt that the cloth was obtained by her daughter and should be given to her daughter.
Seeing this, Shi Liu could only lean over to Su Sanlan's ear and whisper, "Mother, I don't even like this kind of defective cloth. Besides, I'll give my brother and sister-in-law some advantage this time so that they will remember my kindness and stand by me when something happens in the future."
"How dare they not stand on your side!" Su Sanlan said so, but she didn't say she wouldn't let others use it. After all, she knew that if there were no benefits for a long time, the eldest brother and the others would have objections. While she was alive, she could still suppress them, but she was old and would always be ahead of her daughter. In the future, her daughter would still rely on her brother and sister-in-law. No, she had to find a good husband for her daughter.
Shi Liu, who was busy taking out pork buns, didn't notice that her mother had changed her mind. She didn't take more and only gave one to each child in the family. After all, the source of the pork was difficult to explain.
"Sister-in-law, give each of my niece and the others a meat bun later."
"Okay, big sister, thank you for thinking about us little ones." Mrs. Shi is now full of gratitude to her sister-in-law Shi Liu. If it weren't for her sister-in-law's ability, how could they eat meat buns? Didn't they see that Su Guizi's family at the village head was almost out of food?
"Just know it, don't be like that heartless person who can't tolerate his sister-in-law."
"Mom, we definitely won't." The three sisters-in-law shook their heads. How could they dare to do that when their mother-in-law was so powerful? Besides, their husbands all loved their younger sisters.
"Mom, I'm planning to cook for myself. Please get me some more vegetables. It's too inconvenient to buy vegetables in the city, and most of the time you can't get enough fresh ones."
"Okay. Mom will make more for you. You can share some with the landlord when the time comes. He can take care of you in the future."
"Mom, I understand."
Looking at the five large sacks on the ox cart, Shi Liu felt numb. Fortunately, his eldest and second brothers followed him this time, otherwise, how would he carry them?
(End of this chapter)
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