Chapter 668: 668 Make money as soon as it’s good.
He tossed a large bundle of bamboo into the yard. Wang Cuihua asked, “Chuan, why did you cut so much bamboo?”
“A relative of Aunt Zhang has opened a grocery store in town and plans to buy 300 large bamboo baskets for selling, each for ten cents. Aunt Zhang has taken on the task of making these 300 baskets and divided the work among a few families. When she saw me, she also let me make fifty baskets. So, I went up the mountain to cut bamboo,” said Xiao Yuchuan. “Cuihua, your Grandma also wanted fifty baskets to work from Aunt Zhang. I ran into Fuquan on the road earlier, and he was also going up the mountain to cut bamboo.”
Wang Cuihua was very happy to hear this, “That’s nice, fifty baskets will earn some money. Now we have work at home, so Fuquan won’t have to go to town to do part-time work all the time.”
Xiao Ailiu sneered, “Each basket is for ten cents. Isn’t it just five hundred cents for fifty baskets? You have to cut bamboo and also weave baskets. Big baskets are not easy to weave. Third brother, why did you take this job? This is what poor families do. We have more than two hundred taels of silver in our house.”
Xiao Yuchuan’s face darkened, “Big sister, is your brain not working properly? Others can’t even get this job if they want it. The only reason Aunt Zhang let me take it on is because of my wife. Many families in the village wanted it but couldn’t get a share. Don’t talk about our household, you have nothing to do with the Xiao Family! The money my wife earns is hers. Is the whole family going to rely on my wife to make a living?”
“How can it have nothing to do with me? I’m your blood sister.” Xiao Ailiu also replied coldly. “Su Qingyue is a member of the Xiao Family. The money she earns naturally belongs to the Xiao Family.”As the eldest sister of the Xiao Family, she naturally has a share, but she didn’t want to say it out loud.
“Chuan did the right thing,” Xiao Yishan spoke up. “It feels bad to be idle at home all day. If it weren’t for my leg not feeling quite right, I’d be hunting in the mountains. We can’t let the wife support the family. I’ll also help make the fifty baskets.”
Qinghe also said, “I’ll help weave the baskets too. If the three of us work together, it can definitely be finished in about ten days.”
Xiao Ailiu sneered dismissively.
Su Qingyue, however, began to look at her third brother with new admirations. He had just recovered and was already eager to earn money and support the family, which was quite nice.
At this moment, a large group of people stormed towards the Xiao Family’s courtyard, and the man leading the charge shouted, “Xiao Yuchuan, I am going to fight you!”
Everyone glanced outside the courtyard and saw that the man leading the crowd was Wang Da’an, the son of Aunt Qi. Aunt Qi was covering her mouth, supported by her young daughter Wang Xuemei, and there was a large group of villagers who had come to watch the excitement.
Su Qingyue has been in the village for so long that she basically knew everyone. Among the dozens of people who came, there wasn’t a single one she didn’t recognize.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ailiu was overjoyed in her heart. This must be about Su Qingyue having an affair. Sure enough, without her having to expose it, Su Qingyue couldn’t escape this matter.
All the people entered the Xiao Family’s courtyard. Xiao Yishan asked with a cold face, “What’s going on!”
Wang Da’an said angrily, “Dashan, Chuan hit my mom, look what your son has done!”
When Aunt Qi, who was covering her mouth, removed her hand, her entire mouth was bruised, and two of her teeth had fallen out. She pointed at Xiao Yuchuan, “He…he hit me…”
The guys burst into laughter at the sight of Aunt Qi’s comical appearance as she spoke windily.
Su Qingyue guessed that her third brother must have taken action for her sake. At lunchtime, he said he would knock out Aunt Qi’s teeth, and unexpectedly, he really had knocked out Aunt Qi’s teeth.
Xiao Yishan glanced at Yuchuan, “Third brother, didn’t you go up the mountain to cut bamboo?”