Chapter 110: The Future Rich Man’s Vision

After sending off Wuhu, the family began looking at the new house. The framework had already been completed.

The windows were installed, and after a bit of tidying up they could move in.

Not to mention Lu Chuan was surprised, even Father Lu was surprised, since he had not come back during the process either.

Mother Lu happily introduced it to her family. “Next year, next year when we have money, we will do things more properly. For now, making do is still a new house.”

Then she smiled with pursed lips. “You do not know this, but as soon as the frame of the house went up, people already came to propose marriage for our Xiao San. There is really no need to worry anymore, Xiao San will not have trouble finding a wife. This is all thanks to Fang Yuan.”

Fang Yuan said, “Do not agree too easily. From what I see, Xiao San is already managing such a big set of affairs at home. He is someone with plans in mind.”

Mother Lu said, “Of course we cannot agree. Our family does not have money to marry him off right now. We will wait a couple of years. He will be the right age by then.”

Building a house was never an easy matter. Lu Chuan felt sorry for Mother Lu. “Without Dad at home, it has not been easy for you two.”

Lu San and Mother Lu both shook their heads. “This is nothing hard. It is all thanks to Fang Yuan’s Fourth Brother. He is truly a good person. He calculates everything, big and small. We just follow instructions.”

Lu San said, “Fourth Brother has helped us so much. Everyone in the village has seen his ability. Some people in the village are even asking Fang Fourth Brother to help build houses. Fang Fourth Brother even asked me to work with him.”

There was too much information in this, so Lu Chuan asked, “What do you think?”

Lu San said, “I do not have the ability to work with Fang Fourth Brother, but I can help him out and run errands, treat it as gaining experience. Anyway, once the house is finished, I will just be idle at home.”

Lu Chuan said, “If you are willing, you can follow him for a year first.” Staying longer would probably not work.

Lu San clearly was not asking for Lu Chuan’s opinion. He looked eagerly at Fang Yuan. “Second sister-in-law, what do you think? Am I dragging Fourth Brother down and embarrassing you?”

Fang Yuan said, “Then you do not understand my Fourth Brother well enough. It would already be good if he does not peel a layer of skin off you. If you can take some of his money, that just shows real ability. Following him for a year or so is fine. Once you have suffered enough losses, you will naturally become sharper.”

Lu Chuan laughed. These words had the flavor of an experienced mother-in-law speaking.

Lu San was confused. What did that mean, learning to suffer losses from Fourth Brother?

Father Lu was afraid the youngest son would not know how to respond, after all this involved siblings. He coughed. “Ahem, things are really changing fast at home.”

Then he asked, “By the way, where are the eldest son and his wife?”

Mother Lu’s face immediately dropped. “Caring about the baby.”

She did not say anything else in front of her second son, and the topic was quickly passed over.

But after only the old couple were left, Mother Lu spoke up. “Second son buying a house helped third son. Look at third son, he knows gratitude. The brothers can discuss things together. As for the eldest, not only did he not help his brothers, he acts like he was wronged. It is as if he is about to come demand a new house from me.”

Father Lu asked after a long pause, “With such a big matter at home, did the eldest really not come to help at all?”

Mother Lu’s eyes were already red. “He came and asked me where we got the money to build the house.”

Father Lu sighed.

Others might not know, but how could the eldest not know? Where would the family get money from?

Father Lu said, “Do not think about it. As long as we get the children married off, we will have done enough. That is already good enough.”

Hearing this, Mother Lu immediately burst into tears. Father Lu panicked. “Wife, what is wrong?”

Mother Lu beat her chest, not daring to cry loudly in case others heard. “I feel so cold inside. I am willing to suffer a bit for building this house, I am even happy to. But old man, do you know, the eldest son and his wife outside are saying we never cared about the eldest, that the eldest daughter in law came on her own.”

Father Lu said, “But we worked so hard to arrange a wife for the eldest son. How could he not know that?”

Mother Lu cried, “He knows nothing. That daughter in law was for the second son.”

Father Lu was speechless again. This was truly a tangled mess.

What made Mother Lu feel most wronged was exactly this. They had wholeheartedly focused on marrying off the eldest son, even neglecting the second son’s education. Yet in the end, it was twisted into them favoring others and not helping the eldest at all.

Li Meng said such things outside, and Mother Lu only treated it as nonsense. But the eldest son’s reaction truly hurt her heart.

Now that Father Lu was back, Mother Lu finally had someone to rely on, so she cried.

Knowing Fang Yuan had a strong temper, she did not dare say it in front of her.

But that did not mean Fang Yuan did not know what the eldest son had done.

Lu San said, “Second brother, the eldest brother has been thinking about this house. He says outside that the family never helped him, so why should the house not have his share. He also says the parents treated him unfairly and that his wife was married in entirely by himself.”

Lu Chuan’s face turned dark. He already knew the eldest brother had no shame.

When the family split up, the eldest said that as the eldest son, the house should belong to him. Now that he saw the new house, he had completely lost all dignity.

Fang Yuan immediately grabbed a broom and walked out. “That shameless thing still thinks he is in the right.”

Lu Chuan panicked and said to Lu San, “You could have just told me privately. You do not know your sister in law’s temper.”

But Lu San had already told Fang Yuan directly. He pulled Lu Chuan along. “We need sister in law to suppress his arrogance. He relied on her pregnancy to torment our mother so much that she could not even rest at noon and had to make cold jelly. Do you know how hot it was?”

Lu Chuan said anxiously, “Let go, I have to follow. What if your sister in law suffers a loss?”

Lu San thought, how could she possibly suffer a loss?

But Lu Chuan was still worried. They had just come back together and before they even had a chance to talk properly, she was already going to fight someone. Was he being ignored this much?

To Lu Chuan, this was no different from Fang Yuan rushing to confront the eldest brother. He could not tolerate it at all.

Now that he was also a university student, he had his own pride. He immediately got angry and chased after Fang Yuan. “If we go, we go together.”

Then he grabbed Fang Yuan’s hand and insisted they go hand in hand.

That was the extent of Lu Chuan’s dominance.

Fang Yuan found it troublesome to walk like that, but she did not shake him off.

Fang Yuan did not even enter the gate. She stood outside the courtyard and shouted, “You shameless, immoral people, get out here.”

Lu Chuan muttered beside her, “Did we not say we were using civilized language now?”

Fang Yuan said, “Stop nagging. I am civilized, but not with everyone. What civility is there with people like this? Were you in the provincial city for a few days and your brain broke?”

Lu Chuan did not dare speak anymore.

His wife was right.

This also fully showed his status in the family. His authority had limits.

Li Meng came out holding her belly. “Second sister in law, I have to say this. You are a woman too. Do not think that just because you have worked on construction sites you are a man now. Acting like this every day only embarrasses Second Brother. Our Second Brother is a university student. Aren’t you afraid he will look down on you?”

Truly vicious words, aimed straight at the heart.