CHAPTER 781: CHAPTER 777: HOW CAN YOU LOOK DOWN ON ME LIKE THAT

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"Is it easy to make money? Hmm... probably not very easy.

But I have a mom who can make money~ and we’re not short on cash. She has never asked me to learn anything, and no matter how I choose to live my life, she never minds, hmph!" Xie Yuyue said proudly to Second Senior Brother as if she was claiming her right.

"...Your mom’s money is not your money," Du Yanming responded with a helpless look while speaking to the naive young girl.

"How could that be? Ever since we siblings were young, my mom began depositing money regularly into our accounts, and once we turned eighteen, we could start using it."

"But that money isn’t earned by you. Why do you still act so high and mighty?"

Xie Yuyue was left speechless by the question.

"Look, now that you’re angry, you just impulsively left home. If you were a mother, would you want a daughter like that? Have you thought about how your mom feels right now?"

Xie Yuyue pouted, staring resentfully at Second Senior Brother. So after all this, he was lecturing her!

"Don’t just focus on being angry, just ask yourself honestly, if you had a daughter you raised till she was fifteen, and suddenly she argues with you and daringly runs away from home, would you want a daughter like that?"

"Hey, aren’t you being unfair to me?" asked by Du Yanming, Xie Yuyue widened her eyes in embarrassed anger.

"What’s unfair? Think about it, if it weren’t for Ms. Yan’s superb Alchemy Technique, could our country’s medical industry be so advanced? Without her skills, would your family have so much money?

Why, after enjoying all the superior conditions your mom could give you, do you despise your mom for not always agreeing with you? Feel resentful because she can’t spend time with you?"

Du Yanming casually asked while stirring the porridge.

At that moment, Xie Yuyue really came to a realization, her heart quieting down amidst the distress.

She didn’t know why, but as she grew older, her annoyance at her mom kept increasing...

Could it be because her mom’s money was easy to make? But, if her mom didn’t have high-level alchemy skills, how could she possibly create a few renowned medicines?

And each professional skill requires extensive practice, always striving for perfection!

The words of Second Senior Brother really reached deep inside her.

Her mom was great, a woman who with her own two hands, achieved what the entire female population found hard to surpass. Could her mom really be selfish?

Her mom’s elixirs saved countless lives—

And because of her mom’s achievements, her life could be so affluent!

For a moment, Xie Yuyue was truly at a loss for words.

"Look, you know it yourself, that you were wrong, right? This money, it can’t all just appear without wishing for it.

While you’re blissfully playing, your mom is alone in the pharmacy, tirelessly crafting elixirs," Du Yanming gently stroked the young girl’s hair, his voice clear as he consoled her.

"I, I know I was wrong already, okay~" Xie Yuyue couldn’t save face, but she was very receptive to advice, and the words of this young man were indeed true.

"Little lady isn’t bad, knowing she was wrong." Du Yanming glanced at the girl’s reddening eyes and immediately praised—just don’t really cry, he really can’t handle a woman’s tears.

"Hey, don’t call me a little lady!" Why should a name be given to a black bear, especially a preachy black bear?

"So what should I call you then? Xie Xiaoshi?" Du Yanming carried the porridge out to the living room, and asked in a low voice as he passed by her.

"Pfft, that name sounds terrible!" Xie Yuyue almost exploded upon hearing this nickname.

"Um... I’ve always been curious, does the Xie Family really have thirteen grandchildren?" The Xie Rong District Chief’s kids’ nicknames have always been remembered by everyone.

After all... to count up to thirteen... that’s really a lot of children.

"No no, you’re mistaken, currently our Xie Family has fourteen grandchildren! Thirteen isn’t the youngest, there’s also a fourteen, who is only five or four years old this year? He’s the youngest son of my little uncle."

"Wow... you southern folks really do have a lot of kids!"

"Hey, it’s not our fault, you know. Back in the old days, our hometown relied on planting crops for a living. Only with sufficient labor at home could we have more food to fill our stomachs!

And also, you can’t say that we favored boys over girls. It’s just that, without men to assume the responsibilities, relying solely on girls indeed wouldn’t suffice in strength~~ With reforms and family planning, the status of girls has significantly improved."

"Speaking of which, I actually went to the south for a field practice once, and there, working the fields is truly a challenge! Not to mention the bloodsucking locusts in the fields, just... plowing the land? That step alone is not easy!"

Most importantly, there strangely were no oxen!

No oxen means, one must replace the ox power with human power, attaching the plow to a person, with the plow tool loosening the soil behind, and after flipping over half a meter, one needs to catch several breaths.

For an ordinary person to cultivate a good plot of land, without half a day’s effort, it really can’t be done!

This traditional thought, isn’t entirely a bad custom, it also reflects the general environment of human survival during that period.

In the old society, oxen were a precious commodity, and their breeding capabilities weren’t like now with things like artificial cultivation... Back then, oxen totally depended on natural breeding, which made them a treasured commodity.

And when comparing men and women, men indeed have more strength and provide more labor power in agricultural work, so favoring sons over daughters—there was indeed a reason for it.

"Ha... Brother Du, you’re actually afraid of locusts? These things are common in the countryside, what’s there to be afraid of? My brothers still return home to help our grandparents harvest during the busy farming seasons!"

"Your family still farms?" Du Yanming served another two bowls of porridge, then served her a bowl of egg sugar water, while he himself focused on eating dumplings since he had fried a lot and there was enough.

As for saying he’s scared of those disgusting locusts? Eh, forget it, no need to bicker over such a minor issue with a young lady.

"We do~ It’s still required by my dad! Whether it’s my brothers or sisters, every year they have to find time to go back and work at least once! Nowadays only Little Shisi has never worked the fields!"

"Hmm... so you mean, you’ve also worked in the fields?" Du Yanming somewhat disbelievingly sized the little lady up—this delicate lady, capable of harvesting crops?

"Hey hey hey, how can you look down on me like that!" Xie Yuyue huffed discontentedly.

"Alright, you’re capable and competent, hurry up and eat. After you’re done, I’ll drive you back. If you get scolded or beaten, no crying!"

"Ah~ you’re really annoying!!!" Xie Yuyue glared angrily at Second Senior Brother, then seeing him continuously eating dumplings, she competitively snatched food with him, childishly fighting him for food from his chopsticks—