Bai Shanbao said angrily, "I don't want to be with her anymore."
Liu and Zheng: ...
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't want to laugh, but Shanbao looked so cute that they couldn't help themselves.
Bai Shanbao got angry, and ran up to Liu and asked, "Mother, please give me all the money."
Zheng obviously didn't expect her son to suddenly ask for money. After a moment of hesitation, she smiled and asked the maid to grab a handful of money for him, and asked, "What do you want the money for?"
Liu also looked at him seriously.
Bai Shanbao said, "I don't want to do anything, I just want the money."
Seeing the maid grabbing a handful of copper coins, Bai Shanbao was unhappy, "Mother, I want all the money."
Zheng was shocked, "What do you want so much money for?"
Now Zheng couldn't laugh anymore. Could it be that her son was cheated?
Who knew Bai Shanbao insisted, "I don't want anything, I just want it, Mom, give it to me quickly. "
Liu frowned slightly, and Zheng was also very worried. She hugged him and asked, "Shanbao, have you been deceived?"
Bai Shanbao was confused. Who lied to him?
He thought about it and realized that he was so busy arguing with Manbao today that he had no time to talk to other classmates. That meant no one had lied to him, so Bai Shanbao shook his head and continued to ask for money, insisting on all the money.
Zheng almost burst into tears. She wiped her eyes and said, "My son, what do you want the money for? You want all the money in the family without telling me. Isn't this a scam?"
Bai Shanbao said: "I really don't do anything, I just want money."
How does he know what he's going to do with the money?
He just wants to ask his mother to see if she will give him all the money. If she does, huh, he will go and laugh at Manbao tomorrow. She is obviously stupid, but she comes to laugh at me for being stupid. Who is stupid after all?
This time Zheng really cried.
Liu glanced at her daughter-in-law, pulled her grandson to her side and asked, "Why did Shanbao suddenly want money?"
Bai Shanbao angrily recounted the quarrel between him and Manbao today, starting with the time when they talked about reading a book on preparing medicinal herbs. After he finished, Bai Shanbao felt his mouth dry and he drank a sip of water before continuing, "Grandma, please ask mother to give me all the money in the house. I will take it to her tomorrow and let her see whether she was wrong or I was wrong."
Zheng couldn't cry now, but was in a state of confusion.
Liu couldn't help laughing, and touched her grandson's head and said, "Silly child, your classmates are right, you are a fool, because how could the family give all the money to you?"
Bai Shanbao was stunned and turned to look at his mother.
Zheng also laughed and said, "Yes, Shanbao, there are many uses for the money at home. How can you take it all out just because your son is angry?"
Tears quickly gathered in Bai Shanbao's eyes. He felt so wronged that his heart ached. He burst into tears and shouted angrily to his mother: "You lied to me, you lied to me. You clearly said that all the money in the house is mine, all mine!"
Liu didn't expect that her daughter-in-law taught her grandson in this way in private. Her face tensed for a moment, but she soon relaxed again. She stunned her daughter-in-law with her eyes and let Bai Shanbao cry out. After he vented for a while, she took his hand and said, "Child, your mother is not wrong."
Although her daughter-in-law taught her wrongly, she obviously cannot tell her child this, otherwise her grandson will probably be skeptical of whatever her daughter-in-law says in the future.
So Liu suppressed her dissatisfaction, smiled and explained softly to Bai Shanbao, "Shanbao, the snacks, tea, meals, school, and new clothes you wear all cost money, right?"
Bai Shanbao nodded.
“Where does this money come from?”
Shanbao: "Home!"
"Yes, family, you will go to study farther away, and you will have to marry and have children. All these will cost money, and the money will come from home. Even if your mother and I are gone, you will inherit the family business. So, do you think all the money in the family is yours?"
Bai Shanbao nodded.
"But you see, your grandmother and your mother also need food and clothing, and they also need expenses. Where does the money come from?"
Bai Shanbao didn't hesitate, "Home."
"Yes, it was from home. You said you took all the money now, what will your mother and I do?" Liu hugged him and said, "From now on, if you need money for legitimate purposes, such as buying books or gifts, you can ask for money from home. But you can't do something ridiculous like taking all the money from home and showing it to your classmates in school."
When Liu saw that Bai Shanbao was listening attentively, she knew that he understood.
Mrs. Liu was very pleased and felt that her grandson was as smart as her son.
She put her arm around his shoulders and said, "Son, actually what Manbao said is not wrong. If you want to be completely free with your money, it's best if you earn it yourself."
Bai Shanbao was distressed, "Then should I go and pick Centella asiatica to exchange for money?"
When Zheng wanted to speak, Liu glanced at her and said with a smile to her grandson, "It would be great if you have this perseverance, but the money earned by selling Centella asiatica is small. Only by studying and reading good books can you make big money. Have you ever heard of this saying?"
Liu said, "Books contain beautiful women and golden houses. There is gold in books, but you have to find it yourself."
Bai Shanbao's eyes lit up and he asked, "If I find it, does that mean I earned it myself?"
Liu nodded: "Yes!"
Bai Shanbao turned and ran, "Grandma, mother, I'm going to find the Golden House."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law watched him running towards the study, and then they smiled with relief.
Liu turned her head and looked at Zheng, smiling faintly, "Don't say such things again in the future. Many young men have been spoiled by such words. Does our family have thousands of gold grains or tens of thousands of taels of silver? This meager family property is only enough to support Shanbao for a lifetime. If he wants to make a name for himself, he still has to rely on himself. Do you understand?"
Zheng stood up and nodded guiltily.
Only then did Liu wave her hand and let her go.
Manbao also ran back home angrily, but when she saw the big rooster running around in their yard, she forgot about Bai Shanbao and immediately reached out to grab the rooster's tail.
Datou was so scared that he stopped her and said, "Little girl, be careful of the hen pecking you."
That’s right, a hen!
The hens in their house are particularly protective of this rooster. They have been fighting for it these past two days and are not even afraid of people. If they dare to chase the rooster, they will chase and peck at them. They are so domineering and hateful.
Manbao drooled at the sight of the fat rooster, then ran into the house and said to her mother, "Mom, let's eat chicken tomorrow."
Qian was sitting by the window sewing the soles of their shoes. Hearing this, she asked with a smile, "Where are the chickens?"
Manbao: “I’ll buy it again!”
Qian asked, "Do you have enough money?"
Manbao nodded fiercely, "Enough!"
"Then go ahead." Why leave so much money on your child? It's better to spend it all.
Qian thought for a moment and said, "Don't buy a rooster. Buy a chicken that can lay eggs or is about to lay eggs."
Buy it and continue to keep it.
Manbao smiled happily. Of course she would not listen to her mother. She was not stupid. She knew that if she bought laying hens, her mother would definitely not be willing to eat them.