70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 113: The Eldest Brother Returns Home

Xu Xue watched her mom being swayed by just a little meat, thinking that Grandpa, Grandma, and the big house were all nice people, and felt deeply frustrated.

These days, she’s thought a lot, and Xu Mumu’s words have curbed her previous pride considerably. She wonders who exactly Xu Mumu is, since she knows all her secrets, and now she’s hesitant to provoke Xu Mumu.

During this time, she relied on selling snacks to save up some money, and has already sent Xu Wan to school. She’s also found many textbooks to study.

She’s not young anymore, going back to school certainly isn’t feasible, and besides, she needs to earn money; she doesn’t have the time to stay in school constantly.

Ever since she made some money, life at home isn’t as dire as it used to be. She doesn’t understand how just a little thing makes her mom so happy.

"Mom, we haven’t gone without meat before, is there a need to be this excited over pig offal?" Xu Xue looked at Qian Ying.

"This isn’t exactly meat, even if there’s a bit of money at home, it needs to be saved. In the future, when you and Wanwan get married, won’t those things cost money?" Qian Ying said helplessly.

After Xu Xue made some money, she wasn’t stingy about spending it, each time buying a lot of meat, good materials, flour, and sugar, which aren’t cheap, and she didn’t hold back on spending on the study materials she found from somewhere either.

Every time she saw Xu Xue spending so lavishly, her heart ached.

When she scolded her a few times, Xu Xue always had a bunch of reasons.

About going to the black market to sell snacks, both of them were quite timid; they weren’t sure where the girl got such courage from, each time she went out, they felt anxious.

"It’s still early; we can still make money in the future." Xu Xue said gloomily, thinking about getting married reminded her of the pain from her past life, her child never got to see this world. She would retaliate fiercely against those two men.

Because of those two men’s matters, she was filled with reluctance towards marriage.

"It’s not that early, you’re already fifteen, it’s time to start looking." Qian Ying looked at her daughter, Xu Xue had been doing well recently, she looked a lot fairer, not as thin as before, although her looks weren’t as good as Xu Mumu, she wasn’t bad either.

Give it another couple of years, let her grow a bit more, by then surely there will be a lot of people wanting to marry her.

Her daughter can earn money, is hardworking, and doesn’t look bad. Even if she can’t find a match in the city, she could find a decent family in the village to marry into.

Xu Xue didn’t want to talk, her mom was thinking too far ahead; she wasn’t planning to get married anytime soon.

Even if she has to marry someone, a man’s image flashed in her mind; he’s the future richest man, handsome, and after watching him, she realized he has good character. If possible, she wouldn’t mind developing something with him.

Saying goodbye to the enthusiastic Mrs. Qin, Xu Mumu walked out of the Du Family, wiped the sweat off her forehead, and left with quite a lot of things, mostly snacks, given by Qin Jie.

By the time she got home, Xu Minghui was already back; he seemed much more energetic, his eyes appeared brighter.

"Brother, you’re back, how’s the work at the transport team?" Xu Mumu asked with a smile.

"Pretty good, everyone there has been kind to me," Xu Minghui said happily. His social skills were good and within a few days, he got along well with everyone there.

"Getting used to it over there?" Xu Mumu nodded, as long as Xu Minghui can work honestly, that’s all she wants.

"So used to it, these days I even followed the team to the provincial city, sister, you wouldn’t believe how big it is. The department store there has so many things, and they’re cheaper than the ones sold around here. If I had money and tickets, I’d want to buy something to bring back," Xu Minghui said excitedly.

"So, Brother, work hard to make money. Once you have money, you can buy anything you want in the department store," Xu Mumu chuckled, not forgetting to paint a bright future for Xu Minghui.

Hearing his sister say this, Xu Minghui felt full of motivation, thinking about earning a lot of money and being able to buy whatever he desired.

Unfortunately, right now he’s still a temporary worker; getting a permanent position would require some effort.

"By the way, did you read the books I asked you to read?" Xu Mumu asked calmly, knowing the books she chose for Xu Minghui were quite basic and she planned to help him with high school knowledge during the summer vacation.

"Read them, but I can’t understand a lot," Xu Minghui said, feeling a headache.

"It’s still early, let me explain to you. Minglei, take these snacks and share them," Xu Mumu said, taking out a box of peach cakes to give to Xu Minglei, asking him to share them. She also had some things in her bag for her mom to store away, to slowly give the kids to eat.

"Wow, peach cakes, Sister, where did you get them?" Seeing the peach cakes, Xu Minglei’s eyes lit up, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He still remembered the taste of the peach cakes Tiedan had brought before, and couldn’t believe he could eat them again.

"My classmate’s mom gave them. Go and share them with Jiaojiao and the others. I’m going to give my older brother a lesson, don’t disturb me." Xu Mumu said calmly.

"Got it, Sister, I definitely won’t disturb you guys. Let’s go, I’ll share the peach cakes with you," Xu Minglei said excitedly, then led a group of kids outside. With good food, of course, you’d want other kids to watch you eat, right? These were peach cakes, which weren’t commonly eaten in the countryside.

Watching the group of kids leave, the corners of Xu Minghui’s mouth twitched. He found it tough, being forced by his sister to study so much every day, while those little kids had better days. Growing up was hard, having to earn money and study, it was headache-inducing.

Even though he knew studying more was beneficial, it was indeed painful for him.

"Sister, these things won’t be useful at work, why do you insist on me studying?" Xu Minghui said, feeling a headache.

"Brother, have you considered the possibility of reinstating college entrance exams? Studying more, so that when exams return, you could even aim for high school, it would be better than being a worker," Xu Mumu said earnestly.

Once all the bans are lifted and educated youth return to the city, pressures in the city will increase, and many will face unemployment.

The transport team’s work where Xu Minghui was at, while good, transitioning to a permanent position would likely be difficult. It would be better to go to university, accumulating experience now for future entrepreneurship and becoming one’s own boss would be better.

Her brother’s lazy attitude could use a little refining.

"That’s not certain, who did you hear spreading rumors about that?" Xu Minghui said speechlessly.