Chapter 95: Household Use
The day before New Year's Eve, Su Qingmei returned to the Lu family.
After lunch, Wu called Su Qingmei in front of the whole family and asked her about the income of the shop this year.
"It's OK. After deducting the labor and the rent of the shop, there is still a little left." Su Qingmei said lightly while touching her belly which had grown a lot.
"That's good, that's good. You just started a business, and it's very good to be able to make a profit. How many people have been doing business for many years and still lose money." Lu Shengcai was very happy, took a sip of tea, and was in a good mood.
Wu glanced at Su Qingmei's belly and said leisurely: "You are about to give birth after the New Year. If you are too heavy to go to the shop, I am afraid that something will go wrong. Then I will take the trouble to take your sister to help you, so that you can rest and recuperate. There are also a few employees in your shop, so you don't have to worry about being busy. When I don't know how to do it, I can also ask you, and you can give me some pointers, and you don't have to worry."
Wu looked like she was planning for Su Qingmei.
"Ah? You're going to help Bocheng's store?" Lu Shengcai was a little surprised.
Wu looked at Lu Shengcai with a reproachful look: "You are a father-in-law, and you are going to be a grandfather soon, but you are still thinking about your small grocery store. Look at how big Bocheng's belly is. She can't walk a few steps and can't even go home. Can you still let her run the store? There is more than one store in this town. Do you want to see her lose money?"
Lu Shengcai glanced at Su Qing'an's belly, touched his beard, and felt that Wu was right.
This is Bocheng's first child, his first grandson. If something happens to Bocheng, this child will be the only blood of Bocheng left in the world, and he can't afford to lose it.
Just as he was about to nod, Su Qing'an glanced at his face and said, "Thank you for your concern, parents. I won't give birth until March. I'm from the countryside, so I'm not that precious. My mother was working in the fields the day before she gave birth to us. It's good for me to move more so that it won't be difficult when I give birth."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Lu Yuzhu laughing, "You don't know what's good for you!"
Lü Bozu also looked at her coldly.
Su Qing'an just glanced at the two of them and looked away. Lv Shengcai scolded Lv Yuzhu: "How do you talk to your sister-in-law?"
Turning to Su Qing'an, he said: "It's good that you have an idea. When the time comes, ask your sister to help you more. If you have any difficulties, tell Dad at any time and Dad will help you. Our family has been in the town for more than ten years, and Dad still has some connections in the town."
Su Qing'an thanked him: "Thank you, Dad. If I can't handle it, I will ask Dad for help."
"Well, okay, you can ask Dad.
Wu gave Lv Shengcai a sidelong look, angry that he stood on Su's side. Over there.
If Lu Shengcai spoke for her and pressured her as an elder, for the sake of the Lu family bloodline, as long as Su still wanted to be a member of the Lu family, for the sake of Lu Bocheng's bloodline, she would give up the shop.
When she took over the shop, she would have the money for Bo Zu's exams and marriage next year.
At that time, her family would not be able to say anything. After all, bloodline and offspring are the most important.
Su gritted her teeth and said, "Now that the family has not been divided, it is reasonable not to have private property. The money you earn should still be returned to the family for household use. Next year, your brothers will take exams and get married, Bo Zong will study, and the whole family will need money everywhere. You are the eldest son and daughter-in-law in the family. In the future, this family will still be handed over to you, and it is naturally your responsibility to support the family. "
Su Qing'an listened quietly. She had anticipated this a long time ago.
If the shop is not run well, Wu will laugh at her and force her to close it, so that she can stay at home and serve her. If the shop is run well and makes a lot of money, Wu will be jealous.
Her three children need to study and get married, and they regard a penny as a gong, and they will always find ways to get money from her.
Su Qing'an was still thinking about how to reply to Wu, and Lu Shengcai spoke: "Why do you need her to support the family? Is the money earned from the grocery store not enough for you? Bo Zu made a decision, and she, as the eldest sister-in-law, has already given twenty taels. How much profit can her shop make in a month? "
Mrs. Wu was disdainful. If she took out twenty taels at once, how could she not have a hundred or eighty taels in her hand?
She gave Aunt Zhou one tael of reward today, but Aunt Zhou was not as happy as in previous years. It was obvious that Mrs. Su gave her mother-in-law and daughter more than she did. The grandmother-in-law and granddaughter must have earned more wages from the store than she did, so she didn't care about one tael of silver.
Mrs. Wu was unwilling to be compared with Su, and she calculated how much money Su had in her hand every night.
She was a young wife who married from the countryside, whose husband was not sure whether he was alive or dead and was about to be helpless, holding a lot of money in her hand, she would be so happy that she would be overwhelmed! She didn't even have her mother-in-law in her eyes.
"Look at the young generation outside who don't divide the family, which one has private property? Holding money in his hand? Besides, Bocheng has started a family, doesn't he have a responsibility to support the family? "
Lü Shengcai frowned: "We don't know where Bocheng is now, whether he is sick or injured. He is fighting outside in the name of the family. He doesn't eat well or sleep well. He may not even be able to save his life. You still want him to support the family? If you say it out loud, others will probably point at my nose and scold me! And I have said that the shop opened by Bocheng's family is her dowry, not for household expenses. Don't talk about asking her to take household expenses in the future!"
Lü Shengcai made the final decision.
Mrs. Wu was speechless.
Lü Shengcai usually didn't manage things, and Mrs. Wu had the final say at home, but he could still suppress Mrs. Wu at critical moments.
After listening to this, Su Qingmei calmed down and said with lowered eyebrows: "I don't know if Bocheng will come back. I have to make plans for the child..."
Lü Shengcai said repeatedly: "It should be. With a grandfather like me, the child will have food and drink. You don't have to worry, just give birth to the child."
Su Qing'an nodded gratefully to him, and then said: "As the eldest sister-in-law, it is my duty to help the family when Bocheng is not here. This year, Dad has to take care of the shop, so that there will be some money left. I have prepared New Year gifts for my parents and my younger brothers and sisters, and I will give them to you the day after tomorrow morning."
Lü Bozong grinned and said happily to Su Qing'an: "Thank you, sister-in-law!" He was happiest to receive gifts.
Lü Yuzhu rolled her eyes at him.
Su Qing'an said goodbye and went back to her room.
Walking in the small courtyard of the Lu family, it was winter, and the wind made her face hurt. There was no green in the courtyard, which looked a bit desolate. There was no warmth at all, just like Su Qing'an's mood at the moment.
Back in the room, she picked up some of Lu Bocheng's clothes and flipped through them. It had been half a year since he left, and his image had gradually blurred. It was the New Year, and this year he left her alone at Lu's house. Without him, she didn't feel the festive mood of the New Year at all.
But she still had good food and drink, a soft bed and pillow, but she didn't know where he was at this time, and whether he had a hot meal? It was the New Year, so there shouldn't be a war, right? He was still alive, right?
Su Qingmei touched the clothes back and forth, and fell asleep on the couch.