Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 525: Taking Advantage

Chapter 525: Chapter 525: Taking Advantage

If Luo Shuxiu failed to finish even a bit of work, her mother-in-law would say she did nothing all day long and wanted to kill her with exhaustion, expecting her at such an old age to still serve her daughter-in-law?

This way of speaking disgusted her to the core.

Just like now.

But, at this moment, Luo Shuxiu was not as sad or annoyed as usual.

There was a secret sense of excitement in her heart.

Let’s not talk about it now, I’m afraid it’ll scare you to death.

After all, if they knew Little Nuan’s family ran a clothing factory, her vain and shameless youngest aunt with hardly any money would surely take advantage of them.

And if she took advantage, it would surely be while belittling them at the same time.

She wouldn’t want to provoke that trouble.

Luo Shuxiu looked at Lin Han who was eating with his head down but seemed to have a spring in his eyebrows, only then did Luo Shuxiu realize that what had happened at noon hadn’t passed, nor was it an illusion, it was real.

Luo Shuxiu’s heart seemed to be bleeding.

With a hoarse voice, she said, "Lin Han, do I not even have the right to invite my fellow townsfolk to a meal? Don’t I work? Don’t I earn a salary?"

Lin Han’s hand, holding the chopsticks, suddenly stopped, and he looked up in shock at his wife standing opposite him.

She looked no different from any other day.

The very familiar person he knew too well.

But it was the first time he heard Luo Shuxiu speak like this.

Something had happened, and it felt like something was off.

Maybe because of guilt, Lin Han generously said afterward, "Go then."

At this moment, Lin Haoze had just returned home from school.

The mother Lin who intended to make a scene had to shut her mouth and alternated between asking about the cold and the heat, caring for her grandson tenderly.

Luo Shuxiu went to her son’s room and smiled as she told him, "Mom’s fellow townsman got admitted to Beidu University, her name is Song Yunuan, she is the top scorer in the province for the college entrance exams, a very outstanding big sister. Oh, and she also has gifted you a sports outfit, newly produced by her family’s factory and soon to be launched on the market, quickly change into it. Your mom and they have agreed to go eat hot pot together."

Lin Haoze had no idea what just happened in the room.

Although he was a boy, he also longed for that newly trendy type of sports outfit.

There weren’t sports outfits before, who knew why, but they became popular starting this year.

Most of his classmates had one, but after knowing the price, he didn’t ask for it anymore.

Because it was too expensive.

More expensive than his mother’s monthly salary.

Mom worked very hard.

The family mainly relied on his father and mother to make money.

Although nobody told him these things, he could figure them out.

Grandpa wasn’t well, and his salary went to the youngest aunt for medical expenses and medicines.

Grandma didn’t earn much and had to subsidize the youngest aunt as well.

The youngest aunt was unemployed and hadn’t found a job to this day.

Grandma was the most frugal, even if she doted on him, she wouldn’t buy such expensive sports outfits for him.

The dark grey sports outfit changed his appearance completely after putting it on.

Lin Haoze’s room lacked a full-length mirror.

There was one in the living room.

When he walked out, the sports outfit indeed attracted the attention of the three people eating there.

The twelve-year-old boy wasn’t short, stood tall and straight, and had handsome features. With this sports outfit on, he radiated even more youthful vitality.

Though Mother Lin and Lin Han felt a bit heartache, seeing how spirited Lin Haoze looked in it, they felt it was worth it.

Mother Lin was very proud and also very satisfied.

She had one son and two daughters.

Nowadays, they were still practicing family planning. If she had given birth to a daughter, then her Lin family would have had no male descendants.

It was for this reason that she still tolerated this woman from a humble background.

You should know how she embarrassed me in front of her old girlfriends, unable to raise my head.

She has such an outstanding son.

In the past, when colleagues introduced their nieces to her son, she was never impressed.

It even caused quite a few disputes.

Eventually, her son brought back Luo Shuxiu from Nanshan County Town.

Although not from the countryside, in the eyes of the people from Beidu, what was the difference between Nanshan County Town and the countryside now?

Not to mention Luo Shuxiu didn’t even finish junior high school.

You should know, the colleague’s niece even had a college diploma.

That colleague, after knowing, went around talking about this matter everywhere.

Slapping her thigh and cackling loudly.

Like an old duck.

Saying things like ’I thought her son could marry a princess, but look what happened...? Pfft, he looked down on my niece, and what did he end up with? Someone who’s not even as good as the little toe of my niece...’

But what could she do when she was dissatisfied then?

By the time they returned, the child was already seven years old.

Thinking of this, Mother Lin glared fiercely at Luo Shuxiu, who was standing behind her eldest grandson.

Otherwise, what could she do?

She just had to make do with the situation.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Lin Haoze had gone out to eat with his mother alone, and it was for hot pot, no less.

He swallowed his saliva several times secretly along the way.

Their family was actually doing quite well, but not to the extent of dining out every day.

Especially not for hot pot.

He felt he could eat ten pounds of meat by himself, but he definitely couldn’t indulge. A light meal would suffice.

After all, it was his mother who was treating him, and if he ate too much, not only would it cost his mother more, but the waitresses might laugh at him too.

The waitress is so impressive, to have scored first in the whole province.

Although there was no need to book a table here, Luo Shuxiu arrived quite early.

The hot pot restaurant was just starting to prepare the ingredients.

She booked a tastefully decorated private room.

Having never been to a hot pot restaurant, Luo Shuxiu didn’t know how to order, but the server was very savvy and didn’t show any disdain.

Because nowadays, it’s pretty much the same.

Who can afford to dine out every day?

So the server took the initiative to explain the price of the broth, how many pounds of lamb was in each plate and how much it cost, mentioning their lamb was fresh and tender, and tasted extremely delicious when cooked.

No other hot pot restaurant nearby could compare with them.

Luo Shuxiu ordered ten plates of lamb, half a pound each.

And she ordered some side dishes.

Considering the elderly were present, she also ordered millet porridge and dumplings filled with lamb.

Plus four stir-fried dishes.

Since it was her treat, she definitely couldn’t skimp.

They each took a bottle of soda.

Before Luo Shuxiu could speak, Lin Haoze took the initiative and said, "Mom, don’t worry, I’ll just eat until I’m three-quarters full, then I’ll say I’m full, I’m full. Otherwise, people might think you brought such a voracious son just to eat enough to make up for the cost."

Luo Shuxiu felt a touch of sadness, but still smiled.

"Little Ze, once I’ve handed in the matchboxes I’ve pasted, Mom will buy lamb, then I’ll make the broth myself.

I smelled their broth just now, and it seems I can make it myself.

Then we’ll have enough to eat at home, okay?"

Lin Haoze disagreed, "Mom, grandma and youngest aunt are always scolding you, saying mean things, and dad doesn’t help you either, he just plays mediator. Don’t buy meat for them, Mom. Save your money. When I grow up and start working, I’ll take you to move out, and we won’t have to put up with them anymore."