Chapter 116: Sense of Proportion

Jiajie helped Jiaxin earn 3,000 yuan in three months. Most people would be grateful. But Ma Lili even teamed up with her family to plot against her.

Lu Jiaguang reminded: "Your fifth brother needs money to buy a house, you should let them ask, not take the initiative to say it. This time is a lesson, pay attention in the future."

After that, he added: "Jiaxin, it's difficult for everyone, but you can't help everyone, how can you help them all."

If you say it's difficult, it's difficult for him too! A family of six lives in a house of more than 50 square meters. The eldest son and the second son sleep on bunk beds, and the youngest son and daughter also sleep on bunk beds. There is no way, the rooms are few and small, and they can't be lived in. Now we can only wait for the eldest son to graduate and work and live in the unit, so that the daughter can have a separate room.

Lu Jiaxin grinned: "Brother, I'm not a spendthrift. I won't lend money to anyone except you and Brother Wu. I earned my money through hard work."

"What about Zaohua?"

Lu Jiaxin was stuck. After a long while, she said: "I just pity her. She could have changed her fate by studying, but because she was a girl, she was pushed into the abyss by her mother who favored boys over girls. But I also said that I would provide 200 yuan per semester, and there would be no more."

Lu Jiaguang did not blame Lu Jiaxin. On the contrary, he appreciated it: "It's good that you are kind, but you should discuss this kind of thing with us in the future and come up with a proper solution. Otherwise, everyone will treat you as a sucker and deliberately cry poor to you and ask you for money."

Lu Jiaxin nodded in agreement.

When they got home, Lu Jiaxin said to Xiaoqiu: "How is Zaohua now? Do you know?"

Xiaoqiu would call her back every week. Although they didn't talk for a long time, she would ask about things she cared about. Lu Jiaxin couldn't do this. She didn't have rich emotions and wouldn't take the initiative to call people when there was nothing to do.

Xiaoqiu frowned and said, "Not good. That family still wanted Zaohua to marry over there, and promised more benefits. Zaohua didn't agree, so Aunt Gen didn't allow her to bring food from home. It was only after grandpa and grandma knew about it that they asked my eldest brother to send her a bag of food."

Lu Jiaxin's eyes flashed with disgust: "Why didn't you tell me about this?"

Xiaoqiu explained: "Grandpa knew that you were weak and it was not suitable for you to work hard, so he didn't allow me to tell you. But don't worry, grandpa told grandma that our family will take care of Zaohua's food for three years of high school."

In terms of food alone, the Lu family has a large population and a lot of land under the household contract responsibility system, so it is not a problem to raise Zaohua. But why should the food grown with hard work be given to outsiders?

Lu Jiaxin shook her head and said, "This is not good. The second and third sisters-in-law will definitely have opinions about the eldest uncle and aunt. We still have to find another way."

We can't cause discord between the father and son and brothers of the eldest house because of her, that would be a good intention but a bad result.

Xiaoqiu was a sincere person. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, my mother and Third Aunt have no objection. They also said that doing more good deeds will bring you blessings!"

Lu Jiaxin was confused.

Xiaoqiu explained her doubts: "My father can get a salary of 100 yuan a month in Yangcheng, and I also got 80 yuan last month. My mother was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. How could she have any objection? As for Third Uncle and Third Aunt, they are counting on you to help them, and they will not object."

If his father can work until the New Year, he will get a salary of 300 yuan, and with her earnings, it will be at least 500 yuan. In the past, their whole family worked from the beginning of the year to the end of the year and only saved about 1,000 yuan, and this was only possible because of the careful calculation of grandma. In the past, everyone counted on Third Uncle to help them, but now their ideas have changed.

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "Your father and Fifth Brother have been in Yangcheng for such a long time, they should know a lot of people, and it should be no problem to introduce a few people to work there."

Xiaoqiu shook her head and said, "Forget about my father, he is dumb and can only do hard labor; although Fifth Uncle is eloquent, he is not practical, his mouth is faster than his brain, and he is not very reliable."

Lu Jiaxin was very happy: "If you say that about Second Brother, let him know that he will beat you up."

Xiaoqiu said that these words were not said by him, but by his grandparents: "My father is dumb and can only work hard. Most men in the village are like this, and you can't blame him. Fifth Brother is really bad. He actually told Second Uncle that you have a big house. If he didn't say it, there would be no later things."

She let slip that she had a big house. Lu Jiaxin thought that she was being tricked after drinking, and she could avoid it if she didn't drink in the future, but she really felt that Lu Jiajie was useless this time.

Xiaoqiu suddenly remembered something and said, "Aunt, last time I called back, my mother said that the weather is getting colder now, but Zaohua is still wearing autumn clothes."

"Where are her clothes from last year?"

Xiaoqiu also asked Lu Ersao about this: "She has grown taller this year, and her clothes are too small, so her mother changed them for her eldest brother. Her mother did this to force her to get married."

The man gave too much, and Zaohua's mother was persuaded and didn't want to wait that long, so she tried every means to force Zaohua to drop out of school.

Lu Jiaxin felt that such a mother would still run away so far after escaping from the farm that she would never find her.

On Sunday, Ma Lili moved, and she asked Lu Jiajie's friends to help.

Although Lu Jiaxin guessed that she was moving on Sunday, she didn't tell her until the movers came, which made her very unhappy. Did they really think she had no temper?

Lu Jiaxin didn't give her face. After saying hello to Lu Jiajie's friends, she took Xiaoxiao and Xiaoqiu shopping. Xue Mao was not brought along, and someone was left to look after the house.

One of Lu Jiajie's friends felt that something was wrong. This brother was not here and did not help his sister-in-law move. If the relationship was not good, it would be understandable, but she had lived here for such a long time and took the initiative to lend them money to buy a house. Such a sister is hard to find even with a lantern!

This guy was also thoughtful. Seeing how ugly Ma Lili's face was, he guessed that there was a conflict between the aunt and nephew, and the conflict was huge. He felt that he needed to tell Jie Zi about this.

Lu Jiaxin bought them winter clothes, Xiaoxiao and Xue Mao only bought one, and Xiaoqiu bought two. They were made of monkey cotton and were very warm.

After buying clothes, Lu Jiaxin and Xiaoqiu said, "Next time, call your mother and ask her to give Zaohua your old cotton-padded jacket to wear."

It's not appropriate to buy new ones directly for Zaohua. It would easily cause conflicts if there are so many nephews and grandnephews who don't buy them for an outsider. Zaohua still relies on her uncle and aunt for help, so now it's just right.

That afternoon, Xiaoqiu called home and told Sister-in-law Lu about the incident: "Mom, my sister-in-law bought me two pairs of winter clothes. They are beautiful and warm."

Sister-in-law Lu couldn't stop the smile on her face, but she still had to say: "You have made your own money now. You can no longer spend your sister-in-law's money in the future. If you need anything, you can buy it yourself."

After Xiaoqiu agreed, she took the opportunity to say, "Mom, I also have new clothes now. Please give Zaohua my old cotton-padded jacket to wear! School is colder than home. If you don't have thick clothes, you will get cold."

"Okay, I will change your cotton-padded jacket to be longer for Zaohua to wear when I get back."