70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 140: Envy

The task of finding mushrooms was directly handed over to a few kids by Xu Mumu. Anyway, the kids all knew the places where the mushrooms grew. As long as they didn’t go deep into the mountains, there wouldn’t be any danger.

But Xu Minghui wasn’t so lucky. He finally got a holiday and was planning to come back for a good rest, but he was caught by Xu Mumu to start tutoring.

Really, he wanted to give up, but being stared at by his sister like that, he felt guilty if he didn’t listen to her and study well.

"Sis, it’s enough, I’m sleepy, let me go have a good sleep." Xu Minghui whined, he had never found his little sister so terrifying before.

"No way, you have to study." A cold and ruthless voice echoed. Forcing Xu Minghui to learn more now would bring great benefits later on.

Besides, looking at his lazy look annoyed her. It was better to toughen him up properly.

"Daughter, your brother is already working. Is there any use in learning this stuff?" Li Caixia felt a bit heartbroken looking at her son’s miserable face.

"Why wouldn’t it be useful? Without some knowledge in your head, how can you climb up?" Xu Mumu said calmly.

"Climb up? Minghui, when can you get a permanent position?" Li Caixia’s eyes rolled. Forget it, let the daughter do her thing—she had realized recently that if you listen to the daughter well, things won’t go wrong.

"Mom, getting a permanent position is not that easy. I would love to." Xu Minghui was having a headache. Of course, he wanted to become permanent, but he had only been working for a few months. Others had been temporary workers for several years. Even if there was a chance to become permanent, many were pre-determined. He lacked the connections.

"Fool, if there’s no opportunity, create your own. You need to show them your value." Xu Mumu smirked. She had to make sure her brother secured a permanent position soon; as a temporary worker, he had too much work to have time to study.

"How do I create one?" Xu Minghui’s eyes lit up, looking eagerly at his sister.

"Figure it out yourself, it’s your job." Xu Mumu said calmly. Her brother wasn’t dumb. If she arranged everything for them, what’s the point? It’s better to let them figure it out themselves.

"Exactly, you’re the brother, don’t drag Mumu down. You have to be ambitious too. I’m still hoping for you to get a raise soon, so by the end of the year, we can build a couple more rooms." Li Caixia agreed wholeheartedly.

With many kids at home, and Xu Mumu and Xu Minghui both nearing the age of forming their own families, everything needed to be prepared for.

In the past, both she and Xu Hai would have been worried for quite some time. But now, she’s not worried at all—the main reason being that both son and daughter are very promising.

She knew Xu Mumu had saved some money, and even then, their family had saved quite a bit with Xu Minghui handing over most of his recent salary. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

When it came to household expenses, like buying meat, most of it was covered by Xu Mumu, so the money in Xu Hai’s hands was slowly increasing, making them more confident.

That’s why now, Li Caixia wasn’t in a hurry about her son’s marriage. With money, what kind of girl couldn’t they find? So she had to select carefully.

In the past, others chose her son; now it’s her turn to choose the girls. Li Caixia was starting to feel proud—even ordinary girls couldn’t catch her eye.

Mumu knew a bit about this; her old mother was finding a big sister-in-law for her. Mumu let Li Caixia do her thing. After all, the result had to be unanimously agreed upon by the whole family. However, Mumu still wanted to find a more capable sister-in-law; otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to handle the family’s quirks.

When the kids brought back the mushrooms, Xu Mumu went to the county town, naturally with Xu Minghui in tow.

Making him study at home was torture for him.

"Sis, do you think that Xu Xue girl can really get the money back?" Xu Minghui asked with interest as they walked towards the county town.

"She definitely can." Xu Mumu said with a smile. She was curious about this matter, but she could already guess the result. It was the process that intrigued her.

"So sure?" Xu Minghui raised an eyebrow slightly. Xu Xue had indeed changed quite a bit recently, but to be honest, he wasn’t optimistic about the people in the second house.

"Yeah, just wait and see. The current Xu Xue is no longer that little pity. The Tian Family over there will probably be dealt with harshly by her." Xu Mumu smirked.

After getting the money back, whatever might happen to her aunt’s family didn’t concern Mumu.

After spending half a year in the post-apocalyptic world, it was enough to make her cold-blooded.

Even knowing her aunt’s family might suffer, these were all consequences of their own actions, weren’t they?

"You really have high hopes for Xu Xue?" Xu Minghui looked at Xu Mumu, a bit confused. Given the second house’s nature, he couldn’t believe they’d have much promise, mainly because the second uncle and aunt were too spineless.

"Yes, considering the past several months, the second house must have saved a lot of money. Otherwise, the second aunt wouldn’t have easily taken out that much money. Probably after this incident, all major and minor decisions in the second house will fall into Xu Xue’s hands." Xu Mumu said with a smile.

"Well, that’s fine. With the second uncle and aunt being like that, it’s better handed over to that Xu Xue girl." Xu Minghui nodded. Although the second uncle and aunt were elders, he looked down on them.

"By the way, why are you tutoring that Xu Wan girl?" Xu Minghui asked, puzzled.

"Xu Xue paid for it—twenty a month. Since I’m already teaching Minglei and the others, adding one more is no big deal." Xu Mumu replied with a smile.

"Tsk tsk, Xu Xue is quite generous." Xu Minghui marveled for a moment. His monthly salary was only a little over twenty. He didn’t expect that his sister’s tutoring of Xu Wan would match his monthly salary, along with Mumu’s other income.

Mumu would occasionally submit articles—sometimes they got accepted. And with the mushrooms, the kids shared a portion of the earnings with her. She must be earning more than him each month anyway.

Thinking about it, Xu Minghui envied Xu Mumu. Unfortunately, he didn’t have such skills. He had no knowledge in his head, and writing was out of the question.

Studying well can indeed earn money. This was something Xu Minghui realized from observing Mumu. It was also why, despite her demanding study regimen, he persisted.

Moreover, after going out with the county convoy a few times, he now understood the importance of learning. Even now, learning from Mumu, he was applying some of it at work and had been praised a few times.

"Sis, how do you know so much?" Xu Minghui looked at his sister with admiration.

"You think the pile of books in my room is just for show?" Xu Mumu rolled her eyes.