After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 351 Brothers Quarrel

After helping the young lady resolve her relationship issues, Lin Liuyi planned to check on how Aunt Lu was doing with picking elm seeds.

Feelings are too complicated. Looking at the unwilling expression on the young lady's face, Lin Liuyi felt that this matter still had a long way to go. The young lady was not as carefree as she said.

She wasn't going to get involved in this; she'd rather be an NPC who posted quests at Aunt Lu's place.

Lu Juhua first went and picked several baskets of elm seeds, and then she got tired.

This isn't as simple as it seems. Since it's for someone else, Lu Juhua takes it very seriously. After she finishes picking at it, she has to clean out the leaves and other parts.

After all, this was meant to be exchanged for meat. If Lin Liuyi were to deduct meat from her because of this minor flaw, wouldn't that be a loss?

Therefore, after Lu Juhua had painstakingly completed half of the task, she decided to go find Aunt Wang.

When Aunt Wang heard that she would get a pound of meat for every ten pounds of elm seeds she picked, she grabbed her basket and followed Lu Juhua without saying a word.

"Oh, Chrysanthemum, this is all thanks to you for thinking of me!" Aunt Wang said, linking arms with Lu Chrysanthemum, overjoyed.

She didn't care which sucker Lu Juhua had found, as long as she got the meat.

"Aunt Wang, of course I'll think of you when something good happens. Our relationship goes without saying!"

Lu Juhua was satisfied. She only gave one pound of meat, but she was able to get back Aunt Wang, a source of labor. She was still the one who made a profit.

Besides, even if she gives away one pound of meat, she still has nineteen pounds left.

The two immediately started talking about how to cook meat. Having someone with you made the work less boring.

Soon the two had picked enough elm seeds and began carefully picking out the leaves inside.

Aunt Wang then began to believe that Lu Juhua had indeed found someone to exchange meat for elm seeds.

Otherwise, why would they be so meticulous in picking through the leaves? They know it's for their own family to eat, so why bother picking out the leaves? Putting them in would save some food.

As for whether it tastes bad, well, as long as it's edible, it's fine!

When Lu Juhua returned home happily with a full load of elm seeds, she found the house deserted.

"You two lazybones! I just got back a little late, and you two didn't even bother to cook dinner first?"

"What are we eating, Mom? Elm seeds again?" The eldest son was a little unhappy as he looked at how many elm seeds his mother had brought back.

Didn't I say I was going to buy some meat? Why did I bring back elm seeds instead?

"Dream on, these belong to someone else!" Lu Juhua didn't want her eldest son to covet these elm seeds.

She immediately changed the subject, "What's wrong? Why are you two brothers so listless?"

As she spoke, she didn't forget to go to the kitchen to cook. There was no hope of getting her two sons, so she should hurry up and cook.

What she didn't see was that the two brothers exchanged a glance and then stood with her at the kitchen doorway.

"Mother, Xiaojuan said she wants a dowry of six hundred!" the eldest son tentatively asked.

"Six hundred? Why doesn't she just rob it!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Juhua nearly poked the fire poker into the pot.

"mother!"

Get out of my way!

"Mom, Xiaofang said she only wants five hundred!" the second son immediately chimed in.

"Not even five hundred!"

"mother!"

"If I call you again, you two get out! We agreed on 200 per family, what's this, trying to raise the price on the spot!"

Lu Juhua was so angry that she didn't even want to cook.

The two brothers started to feel guilty. This was because they had been bragging to their future wives about their third brother earning around 600 yuan a month, which had piqued the interest of the woman's family.

"Mom, don't we have money at home? Xiaojuan said she'd bring it back!" The eldest son wanted to persuade his mother again.

"You have money, you have money, did you earn that? And you brought it back? You think she could bring her two brothers back? Boss, you're talking nonsense!"

She could tell what her eldest son was going to do the moment he bent over. That's how she put it. She never even liked this future daughter-in-law.

She is capable, but her parents are not so great. They kept her alive until she was so old so that she would do more chores at home. The girl was willing to do so, but Lu Juhua was a little dissatisfied.

But she couldn't go against her son's wishes, so she took a liking to it.

"Fine then. Anyway, her family is poor. The bride price in their area is only 100 yuan, but the other party is still insisting on 200 yuan. Lu Juhua gritted her teeth and agreed."

Who knew that as soon as she agreed to the eldest son's marriage, the second son immediately said that he had his eye on a girl.

The second son found a good wife for himself, and her family was better off than theirs. Since they had both taken a liking to her, they decided to propose marriage together. She was fair and just, offering two hundred yuan to each family.

The woman's side initially agreed, but now they're causing trouble.

"Mom, Xiaojuan has had a hard time too!" The eldest son persisted, wanting to continue.

“Who has it easy! Do you think it’s easy for your mother? And for your third brother? You only see the money he sends, but who knows what kind of life he’s living out there?”

"Third brother, you can earn so much money, how can you not be doing well?" The eldest brother was clearly unhappy with his mother's words.

“If you’re doing well, then go out and get married! If you want to pay a high dowry to get a wife, then go out and earn money yourself!” Lu Juhua wasn’t going to tolerate him and gave him a good scolding.

When the topic of venturing out into the world came up, the eldest brother fell silent.

In the beginning, some people from their village did go out to seek their fortunes, but they were all robbed or cheated out of their money as soon as they left, and they returned home dejected.

Over time, fewer and fewer people in the village were willing to leave.

In particular, some people who went out disappeared without a trace, which is even more frightening.

Although they don't earn much money in the village, they have enough to eat and drink and don't have to live in fear, so it's pretty good.

The eldest brother stopped talking, and the second brother also gave up.

Actually, his future wife didn't ask for a higher dowry; it's just that he heard his future sister-in-law wanted a higher dowry, and he couldn't let himself be at a disadvantage.

After finding out how much the other party wanted to raise their money, he also said that his wife should also get a raise, but a little less than his sister-in-law's.

He had a good plan, but he didn't expect that none of his mothers would agree.

That's fine, as long as he doesn't suffer any losses.

His future wife's family was quite satisfied with the 200 yuan dowry, unlike his future sister-in-law's family. He really has good taste.

The second son was still smugly thinking that he had a good eye for talent, but Lu Juhua was so angry that she didn't even want to cook.

She quickly cooked some noodles and then lay down.

Her initial joy at the sight of the fat meat vanished, and she tossed and turned in bed.

Finally, he sat up abruptly. The eldest and second eldest sons shouldn't have used the third son's money to get married in the first place.

She couldn't be a biased old lady. After all, it was her and her husband's responsibility to find a wife for their son. Since her husband died young, she, the old lady, would take on this responsibility.

It's just money, right? Lu Juhua was determined to earn it too, after all, she had Lin Liuyi by her side!