Chapter 338. Proposal
"How could we let brother handle it alone? Count me in too,"
"I’ll also chip in," Hua Yunxiang added.
"And me, and me, I’ll chip in too," Xiaosi quickly said.
Though Xiaosi was genuinely not interested in showing filial piety to his maternal grandfather’s family, he sincerely disliked them from top to bottom.
He might be a bit carefree and not think too much, but that didn’t mean he didn’t have a brain. His grandparents seemed to like him and his brother on the surface, but that affection was only skin-deep, just lip service. When there was something good to eat or during the annual New Year’s visit, he and his brothers were always lined up after his cousins, which was very annoying.
No matter how annoyed you are, you still have to keep up appearances. As a son, naturally, you follow in your older siblings’ footsteps. Anyway, he couldn’t spend the small stash of silver he had, so losing a bit was no big deal.
With a slight heartache, Xiaosi thought this through.
Old lady Qi was genuinely surprised to hear that the kids were willing to contribute two taels of lard. A sly joy rose in her heart. No matter what, they were still filial to her as their grandmother. But as soon as this thought arose, the face of her eldest daughter suddenly appeared in her mind, problematically with a big knife in hand. The cold, heartless expression like looking at an enemy made old lady Qi sober up quickly, and she hurriedly pushed the wild chicken she had picked up forward.
She shook her head vigorously, "No, no, how can this grandmother let you children spend money to buy lard? Besides, how much copper can you kids have? Save it for yourself. Grandma has a wild chicken here, let’s use it to exchange."
She felt a bit of heartache when handing it over, but when she thought of exchanging it for two taels of lard from her grandson, a wild chicken could only be eaten for one meal, while two taels of lard could be saved and used for a month, she felt it was not a loss.