Chapter 2187: Chapter 2188: The Cousin Is a Capitalist Young Lady 7
Xue Lei rolled her eyes at Xu Ling, "Is this a money issue? Cotton tickets are really hard to get."
"In order to gather those things for Xiao Hui, who knows how much effort it took." She thought she could take a breather, but who would’ve thought, there were still similar tasks waiting for them? How could they finish these?
"We can just not prepare, and see what happens when the time comes..." Xu Ling spread her hands out.
Xue Lei sighed helplessly, she knew getting angry at Xu Ling was useless, "How about we tell her that taking things to the Northeast isn’t easy, maybe we should give her money? Let her buy things directly once she arrives in the Northeast."
Yeah, giving money is the most convenient. Zhang Fu and the others’ eyes lit up, feeling this was the best idea.
Xu Ling cautiously looked at Zhang Yu, waiting for her answer.
Zhang Yu sneered, really treating her like a fool, "Oh really, sure, if it’s money, you guys can give it to the capitalist brat, whatever amount is on you."
"After all, she can’t carry them, I can take them." Zhang Yu suddenly scowled, "Knowing things aren’t easy to prepare, why not be quick? Go borrow, get things from the black market, use the jewelry left by that brat’s parents to exchange."
"At worst, there’s still a leader; just ask him directly. Always trying to fool me, be careful with my bad temper, and we might just break up; after all, I’m not living well, and reporting deserves a reward, who knows, I might just get a job."
Xu Ling returned defeated again, plus at this time many were going to the Northeast as intellectual youths, not to mention cotton tickets that made those four so furious. They had no choice; they couldn’t mistreat Zhang Hui, and Zhang Yu was so dominant. Just then, Zhang Juan came in.
Zhang Juan proudly stood aside, waiting for their parents to scold Zhang Yu, but to her surprise, things didn’t turn out the way she thought. Instead of scolding Zhang Yu, her parents scolded her harshly.
What made Zhang Juan even angrier was her parents scolded her in front of everyone, including Zhang Yu. This made her so mad she really wanted to argue with Zhang Yu, but she didn’t dare, fearing the punishment would worsen.
Zhang Hui also found it strange; normally, they would definitely reprimand Zhang Yu, but now Zhang Yu was fine, which really puzzled her. But it had nothing to do with her, so she didn’t think much of it.
Xue Lei treated Zhang Hui the best in the family; after all, her mom was Zhang Hui’s biological nurse, and she also grew up with the young lady.
"Xiao Hui, once you’re in the Northeast, don’t rely on your sister too much, and don’t tell her about the things we give you." Some things couldn’t be said too clearly, so Xue Lei could only hint at these things subtly.
Zhang Hui also noticed Zhang Yu’s recent odd behavior, "Why is big sis acting this way?"
"Don’t worry, it’s nothing, she’s just unhappy. Once you’re there, don’t play tough; the family doesn’t need you to support them, just do whatever makes you comfortable."
"And don’t ask your sister to do everything." Xue Lei was worried Zhang Hui would habitually make Zhang Yu do the chores, provoking that girl, she didn’t know how that girl would go crazy then.
Zhang Hui responded with an ’oh’ and then suddenly realized, "Mom, if you don’t let sis do the chores, I won’t be able to do them either."
Heavens, Zhang Hui had been secretly happy these days, thinking she was the only one in the Zhang Family who didn’t need to do chores, but she didn’t expect to hear such bad news today; what to do, she couldn’t do any housework.
Xue Lei suddenly realized too; indeed, Zhang Hui couldn’t do housework at all. They inherently thought of her as a Ge Family miss, how could she do chores?
Now they were dumbfounded. Even if they started teaching Zhang Hui chores now, it wouldn’t be enough; what to do? They couldn’t tell their daughter to let others do the chores for her in the Northeast.
After thinking for a bit, "Oh well, I’ll go ask again."
Xue Lei cautiously watched Zhang Yu, who was reading a book, pouting a bit; her grades weren’t good. If it weren’t for letting her take care of Xiao Hui, she wouldn’t have let her go to high school at all.
"Little Yu, you know you’re going to the Northeast soon, and Xiao Hui can’t do housework..." Xue Lei had no way to directly say, ’You should help Zhang Hui with the housework’ as fear might get her directly refuted by Zhang Yu.
"I know, don’t worry, I’ll do the normal housework. Otherwise, I wouldn’t ask you to send me money every month; doing housework costs money too, just like when you were at the Ge Family." Zhang Yu was sure they must have discussed this, otherwise, why would Xue Lei be so nice to her?
Xue Lei felt a bit relieved hearing this; it was good enough she could help with the housework, and her anger over Zhang Yu asking for fifteen each month subsided quite a bit.
"Of course, what you mentioned about me helping with farm work is impossible. Though I can do it, I haven’t bought groceries, cooked, or done laundry, let alone farm work as I’ve never lived in a rural area before."
The original owner went to the countryside and quickly became adept at farm work, but she didn’t want to work so hard. The more you did, the more proficient you became, only leading the people of the Zhang Family to become more demanding.
"Also, tell the young lady she should wash her own undergarments. It’s not hard to learn, right?"
"And except for summer clothes, don’t keep changing clothes all the time. Since she’s no longer a young lady, she shouldn’t live like one. If she wants to keep changing and washing, that can happen, but it’ll cost extra."
"From May to September, twenty per month, other times thirty." Zhang Yu stated her price directly, "After all, it gets cold in the Northeast, the water is freezing, I need to at least heat water to wash clothes."
With the young lady’s temperament, even in the freezing Northeast winter, she would change clothes frequently. The original owner’s hands had been worn like those of an elderly woman’s thanks to Huo Huo. "After all, I’m only two years older than the young lady, yet looking at our hands, it feels like we’re of mother-daughter ages."
Zhang Yu showed her hand, "Auntie, look at my hands, they’re more worn than yours, I need to buy clam oil to take care of them."
"Of course, if you think it’s too expensive and want Xiao Hui to have others wash her clothes instead, that’s fine too, but the base fee is fifteen."
"I don’t particularly want to be washing clothes anyway, cooking and getting fifteen a month is just fine." Initially, she hadn’t considered this, but given the young lady’s nature, even at the Northeast, she’d keep changing clothes frequently, and the monthly labor fee wasn’t enough.
Xue Lei listened to Zhang Yu calling the young lady this and that, it really gave her a headache, but she wasn’t foolish; she knew why Zhang Yu said these things.
"I’ll go discuss it."
Zhang Fu and the others continued their meeting, hearing that Zhang Yu raised her price again, they were all angry, very angry, indeed.
"It’s just washing a couple of clothes, why does the price have to go up?" Zhang Fu truly didn’t understand, it was just laundry, why should it cost more?
"Exactly, she really wants to fall into money’s clutches." Zhang Gui stood with his brother’s team, thinking Zhang Yu was excessive, with money being her only concern.
Although Xu Ling didn’t do laundry, she knew Zhang Hui’s ways; Xue Lei treated this child better than a son, nurturing her like a young lady. "Even in winter, Xiao Hui washes sweaters or something every couple of days, which is why she has so many clothes."
"In the Northeast, you ask someone to wash for you; once or twice may be okay, but more than that, who would still help?"
"If you’re going to pay for someone to wash clothes, why not find Little Yu? At least she’s motivated by money." Xu Ling wasn’t happy about needing extra spending, but it was better than exposing Zhang Hui’s identity.
