Transmigrating To The Ancient Times With Lu's Convenience

Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Education

Lu An pulled a long face and gritted his teeth.

"What's going on? Are you all right?" Lin Xiu'er asked with concern.

Lu An said unhappily, "It's my mother. She advised me to do corvee labor. I know I've just lost my job, but I cannot believe mother has the nerve to ask me to risk my life! we are not as well-off as before, but we are not that poor, I'm sure we can afford the exemption fee, it's just one tale of silver!"

"Mother is too biased towards Cheng Yu."

Lu An said exasperatedly, "Yeah! She spent dozens of taels for Cheng Yu's wedding. She didn't even blink her eyes when Cheng Yu offered Li Fang Yue 30 taels as betrothal present, but now she's asking me to risk my life for one tael of silver."

Lin Xiu'er was a bit depressed. After Lu An lost his job, Tang and Grandma Lu often ganged up and hurled insults at her, saying that she should be more observant and stop Lu An from taking bribes, and Lin Xiu'er was always reduced to silence.

"Grandma Lu and Grandpa Lu love Lu Cheng Yu the most!" Lin Xiu'er couldn't help but complain.

Lin Xiu'er didn't feel that way until recently.

"Who is Lu Lin working for? Many people in the village now rely on him to make a living, so the villagers are all speaking highly of him," Lin Xiu'er said bitterly.

Currently, many people in the village relied on selling embroidery products to make money for Sino Commercial House. Lin Xiu'er made some embroidery in private and secretly sold it to Sino Commercial House.

Lin Xiu'er used to look down on Lu Lin, but now she had to rely on Lu Lin to make money.

If it were not for the fact that she had no choice, Lin Xiu'er would never have done this.

Lu An said sullenly, "Who knows?"

Lu An knew that Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi were working in town for a long time. When he didn't lose his job, people in the village liked to visit him when they went to town, so he had heard that Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi were doing great in town. In the past, Lu An thought that they were juniors in the family, so he was too proud to show any interest when the villagers brought that up.

"I heard that many people in Big Gulf Village are making dried sweet potato chips and sell them in Sino Commercial Shop. Lu Lin will take some cut for every bag of chips sold, the chips are not expensive, but economy in trifles ensures abundance! That Lu Lin really has the knack of making money!"

Lu An's face darkened and he said, "Alright, alright, stop talking."

Lu An lost his job and hated hearing people praising Lu Lin of being capable.

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Lu Lin hid in the house, thinking about making some new styles of dolls.

Lu Lin originally thought that the matter of corvee could be settled with one tael silver. But now people in the village thought that he was a rich man, a lot of them were coming to him to borrow money.

Now Lu Lin started to understand the old saying 'Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.'

A group of people would rattle on and on, asking whether they could borrow several hundred cents from Lu Lin.

For Lu Lin, this amount of money was really nothing, but this did not mean that he was willing to be a sucker!

What was more, once he set a precedent and lent money to one person, it would be even more difficult to refuse the people who visited him afterwards. It would cause more trouble if he helped villagers selectively.