Chapter 66: This Was Not the Result He Wanted

Wuhu still comforted Lu Chuan on the side: “You do not need to feel embarrassed. When she is at our home, she is like this, what is hers is hers.”

Lu Chuan did not know how to praise Fang Yuan: “Pretty good, steady. Fifth Brother is generous.”

Wuhu did not say anything, I was forced into it.

Moreover, this temperament was not only aimed at him. In the future even her brother-in-law’s things would also be hers, and he only hoped Lu Chuan would continue to think it was good.

Fang Yuan over there was dreaming happily: “If you guys do this work for two more months, my initial capital will be back.”

Wuhu’s face darkened: “If our work really drags on for two more months, no matter how much you earn it will be useless, it will not be enough for our compensation. Stop only calculating your own little money.”

Fang Yuan at least knew what mattered: “Then you should all work properly. I will not earn your money, I can still earn Eldest Brother’s money.”

Then she added, “What are you all still doing here, why are you not going around and taking a look? Is this the attitude for making money?”

Lu Chuan and Wuhu really had nothing left to say.

When it came to Fang Yuan making money, they were completely convinced.

The two of them knew Fang Yuan’s temperament well. Without doing anything else, they first cleaned out a shed for her so she could watch her new machine.

Lu Chuan complained to Fifth Brother: “In the future, she cannot be tied to the machine all day. When she rents it out to others later, is she going to follow it around too?”

Fang Yuan’s attitude toward the mixer was even more worrying to Lu Chuan than the construction work itself.

Wuhu said: “At least for this period it definitely cannot be explained to her. In her eyes it is money. They cannot be separated.”

Lu Chuan gave a resentful look. The person he had married, Fang Yuan had never shown this level of enthusiasm toward him.

“This really is…”

Wuhu did not want to hear anything negative about Fang Yuan from Lu Chuan. Their sibling bond was real: “I think there is nothing wrong with it. Very down to earth. Right, brother-in-law?”

Lu Chuan could not say anything in front of her real brother. Besides, he did not think there was anything wrong either.

His wife had come out with him to suffer and struggle. Whether it was for the family or for money, it was all to lighten his burden. It was only because he was not strong enough, not reliable enough for his wife to depend on.

What Lu Chuan could do was make sure that while Fang Yuan was here, she ate and rested as comfortably as possible.

Then, during this period, he also had to make Fang Yuan understand that renting it out was guaranteed income, and she did not need to watch it so closely all the time.

Getting Fang Yuan to stop clinging to the mixer was necessary, but right now it seemed a bit difficult.

Lu Chuan said, “Fifth Brother, I feel sorry for Fang Yuan. She is not resting well here after all. She is a young woman.”

Wuhu nodded. That was true: “It is fine. After a few days when the novelty wears off, we will talk to her again.”

Just like that, the three of them were running this business together.

For Fang Yuan, who was so focused on making money, seeing the mixer running every day, she even quietly asked Lu Chuan: “Do you think I should let it rest for a day? Running it nonstop like this, is it being used a bit too hard? Even landlords would not treat hired labor like this.”

Lu Chuan twitched the corner of his mouth and personally oiled every lubrication point on the mixer: “This is called maintenance.”

He explained patiently: “You need to check it regularly. Do not worry, it will not get tired.”

Only then did Fang Yuan smile: “Being educated really is useful. You even understand how to take care of its food and daily needs.”

Then she added, “I heard from the seller that some of these oils are expensive and some are cheap. I bought only the best for it.”

She was not willing to let the mixer suffer at all. After all, it was earning money for her.

Lu Chuan said sourly, “Of course. It earns more than your husband anyway. It deserves careful service.”

It was clearly a joke, but Fang Yuan did not give him any nice words in return. She nodded seriously: “That is true.”

She did not even look at Lu Chuan again.

Lu Chuan felt a bit stifled. She was clearly older than him by a year, so how was she so clueless?

Could she really say something like that at a time like this? He had always claimed she was the one who “snatched him away,” but what was the point of snatching him if she just looked at a machine like that?

Did she look down on him? The resentment in Lu Chuan grew heavier.

During this time, Lu Chuan had been thinking about it. They had been married for almost a month, they had interacted plenty and understood each other somewhat, but Fang Yuan showed no intention of getting closer to him at all.

She circled the mixer all day. Today Lu Chuan’s mind was not working well and he made himself uncomfortable for no reason.

Fang Yuan was not completely unaware either. She said, “Even if you earn less money, you still have to give it to me.”

That was her way of declaring household authority.

Lu Chuan thought, at least she still sees me as someone worth acknowledging.

If I did not earn money at all, would she not even bother looking at me?

He did not dare say it out loud. Everyone was making money, so why was there no sign of her “serving” him?

A perfectly good person was competing with a machine for attention. Lu Chuan felt embarrassed.

To Fang Yuan, he really was not as important as the machine.

Fang Yuan circled the mixer, while circling around him, Lu Chuan did not even dare imagine what that scene would look like. His face went a little red.

Forget it. Why was he competing with a piece of iron?

He turned around and went to help Wuhu move sand with a large shovel.

Wuhu was puzzled: “Why are you doing this with me? We do not get paid for this.”

They were bosses. Any extra work brought no wages. They had already agreed they would not take labor pay.

Lu Chuan said darkly while shoveling hard: “Then why are you here?”

Wuhu said: “To learn skills. If I do not know how, how do I see through the details? How do I know if I am being fooled? I am not only learning this, I am learning all construction site work.” He was doing it for the business.

As expected of siblings, their drive for work was the same.

Lu Chuan was not moved by that ambition. He said angrily: “Can I not just be exercising?”

Wuhu said: “That is true. Your body is a bit too weak.”

There had never been such hurtful words. It was like a stab to the heart. Were these siblings coordinated? Were they trying to exhaust him or anger him to death now that the project was making money?

Lu Chuan was genuinely angry now. What exactly was wrong with his body that made them all look down on him?

He said nothing and just kept digging furiously.

This also pushed the other workers to speed up. Even the boss was working so hard, were they rushing the job?

When they finished work at night, everyone calculated that they had earned quite a bit that day.

The one who rarely used a shovel, Lu Chuan, had sore shoulders he could barely lift and blisters on his hands.

Fang Yuan at least did not ignore it. Seeing Lu Chuan like this, she frowned and thought, is this person stupid?

Lu Chuan thought, at least she cares about me.

Then Fang Yuan said, “If you only did this little bit of work and you are already like this, how are we going to live in the future? If we had no money and relied on you to support me through hard labor, we would just end up drinking cold water every day.”

Lu Chuan stood there with his hand still raised, completely stunned.

This was not the result he wanted.