Chapter 62: Be Reserved When Acting Unrighteous

Lu Chuan felt that he had already made himself quite clear, but Fang Yuan wanted a definite answer.

But could he really say it outright? On the question of being righteous or not, one had to be reserved, restrained. At the very least, it had to be done in a way where if the elder brother was not righteous, then he would only then be unjust: “It has to look decent on the surface, our parents are still watching, and besides, that is your elder brother.”

Fang Yuan: “Are you stupid? He did not even come looking for you. I am still his younger sister.” In Fang Yuan’s view from the root, it should simply be taken back.

Lu Chuan: “That is exactly why we should make things look better. We cannot learn from your elder brother.”

Fang Yuan immediately got agitated. “If it is just about looking good, then the money is gone.”

Lu Chuan thought to himself, why can this not be said more tactfully. “Even if we call for Eldest Brother, he will not come anyway. Do not worry.”

Fang Yuan: “I am not worried. It is already split, why call him.”

Lu Chuan felt exhausted. This issue did not need further discussion, so he changed his approach. “Did you not say you were still waiting to use the mixer for him in the future?”

Fang Yuan: “That is true.” Fang Yuan also knew how to endure humiliation and shoulder heavy responsibility, then added, “But I still feel uncomfortable. I do not want to call him.”

Lu Chuan: “You do not need to. I will do it. Besides, we may not even have any work yet.”

Fang Yuan suddenly laughed. “Do not worry. Fifth Brother has already gone to make contacts. He said yesterday that your last job was done well and you have become famous in the township. There will not be few people looking for you to work. If this one does not work out, there will be another.”

Lu Chuan was modest. He would not speak about anything unless it was certain. “That is still not guaranteed. We cannot count on it yet.”

Fang Yuan: “How can it not count? I have never seen anything make more money than that big machine. It earns more than my father selling meat. With it, why would you worry about going to university? Not to mention four years, I can support you for ten years.”

That was even harder to listen to. He was being supported by his wife, treating himself like a pretty boy? Yet in his heart he was somewhat touched. Fang Yuan actually included him in her plans.

Fang Yuan worried that Lu Chuan would object. “Do not speak yet. Go to the township first. Think about this, and you should think about it too.”

She had even used a delaying tactic. That was progress.

Lu Chuan actually could not refute her. What she said made sense.

In his heart, Lu Chuan weighed the money they could earn and felt the burden on his shoulders was still heavy. It could not keep up with his wife’s spending speed.

At the township, Lu Chuan wanted to greet Fang Eldest Brother, but the man avoided him entirely, saying he was waiting to go out to work.

However, the brothers all looked somewhat constrained. After all, this matter made things a little awkward.

No matter how long Fang Eldest Brother had been in this line of work, now that he was working independently and taking the lead, it was originally a path brought out by his brother-in-law.

Now they had silently left their brother-in-law and gone off on their own. It did not look good.

They could not feel at ease in front of Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan thought that he could not let Eldest Brother just leave like this. He was not afraid. He had something to discuss with him. So he stopped his brother-in-law openly and directly.

Fang Eldest Brother felt somewhat uncomfortable and spoke first. “Brother-in-law, study well. This line of work is not something you can do long term.”

Fifth Tiger let out a cold laugh. Was that your excuse for keeping all the work to yourself?

Lu Chuan: “Eldest Brother, I understand, I understand. I came over today just to tell you, there is another job at the last construction site. Eldest Brother, what do you think about us going together to take a look?”

Look at that. Lu Chuan still invited his brother-in-law to work together. It was righteous of him, but it also made Fang Eldest Brother lose some face.

Fang Eldest Brother remained very loyal. “That place? If you need manpower, I can introduce people to you. Your second brother and the rest of us are just laborers. We cannot do anything else. We still have matters to attend to, so we will leave first.”

In any case, it meant he would not get involved. As for face, once they started working independently, they could not pick it back up in front of Lu Chuan anyway, so it did not matter anymore.

As for the fifth, let him do whatever he wanted. Whenever he wanted to join in, the brothers would accept it.

Fang Tiger felt a bit embarrassed in front of his brother-in-law and left without saying much.

Lu Chuan, at his father-in-law’s house, had both reason and face on his side. He rubbed his nose. That counted as a satisfactory outcome.

Fang Sanhu said, “Eldest Brother, you do not need to be like this. We brothers still have to earn a living.”

Old Four said, “That is how it is. We cannot block our brother-in-law’s path to making money.”

Old Two glared at Old Four. He was the most insincere of them all. “Hurry up and go. No matter how nice it sounds, the situation does not look good.”

The brothers quickly left.

Fifth Tiger said with ease, “Alright, let’s go too.” He also felt that Eldest Brother had lost some face in this matter.

Lu Chuan called out to Fang Yuan. “Let’s go, together.”

If there were not people watching, he would have wanted to show off to Fang Yuan. See, I told you calling Eldest Brother would not change anything.

Unfortunately, he did not get the chance.

Fang Yuan: “I am not going. You go ahead. I would not understand even if I went.”

That was not Fang Yuan’s usual style.

Lu Chuan: “Were you not very enthusiastic? This is about making money.”

Fang Yuan did not even look up. “I am waiting for the ready results.”

Fifth Tiger pulled Lu Chuan along and left, saying, “So slow. My little sister is not going to disappear. Without Fang Yuan, you would not dare to take on work.”

Lu Chuan felt embarrassed by the remark and did not even dare to talk more with Fang Yuan. He only greeted Wang Cuixiang before leaving.

Wang Cuixiang was definitely not in a good mood. Making a bit of money had already turned the whole family upside down, and things no longer looked good.

A single construction job had split into two factions.

Even the son-in-law was somewhat damaged in both substance and appearance.

Fortunately, Fifth Tiger was still following the son-in-law.

Especially when she saw her eldest son being publicly put in an awkward position by Lu Chuan, it was truly embarrassing.

Lu Chuan had “righteousness” written all over his face. It made her own son look like he was not decent at all.

A son-in-law like this made the mother-in-law worried. In the future, when it came to her daughter, it would truly be like handling something extremely delicate.

Wang Cuixiang looked at Fang Yuan. “You stayed at home because you want to complain to me about your brothers?”

Fang Yuan: “No. It is just about making money. Everyone is rushing to get it. If it were not like this, they would not be my elder brother.”

Her daughter actually had moments of reasonableness now. Although it carried a hint of sarcasm toward her eldest son, Wang Cuixiang said, “At least you still remember that.”

Fang Yuan: “When I was young, my brothers tricked my pocket money, candy, snacks. They were never good people from the start.”

Wang Cuixiang felt exhausted. So it was just old grudges. “That is your elder brother. Watch how you speak. Those childhood matters should be left behind.”

Fang Yuan: “I was young then, but he was not young either. People say you can judge a person from childhood to adulthood. Anyway, I am not on good terms with him. If it were Fifth Brother, I would definitely argue.”

Having bad sibling relations was somehow treated as an advantage, so there was no need to be upset about it.

Wang Cuixiang did not even know what to say anymore. “No matter how you argue, your brothers will not let you suffer.”