Reborn in 85: Starting with a family split and becoming the richest man, the ungrateful wretch regre

Lu Yang was somewhat troubled: "She can't handle it all by herself, so we need to find someone else. Or we could ask Tao Min to come and help manage it."

"Xiaoxue will be the manager, and Taomin will be the deputy manager."

Cheng Lin nodded: "Okay, let's hire three more people at the electronics store, and give priority to male employees, since they'll be moving things."

Ge San, who was listening nearby, blinked and said, "Let's go back. Can't we talk about this after the New Year?"

Lu Yang stood up and said, "Alright, let's go home then."

They packed up a few dishes from the kitchen and immediately returned to the county.

When they returned, Lu Xing and Lu Yue were setting off firecrackers in the yard, and several neighbor children were also there, playing enthusiastically.

"You're finally back! I thought you went straight back south!"

Lu Xing ran to Lu Yang's side, her eyes filled with accusation.

Lu Yang patted his head and said softly, "I've been busy, haven't I?"

Lu Xing said in a serious tone, "Brother, there's always something to do, but we have to celebrate the New Year."

Lu Yang couldn't help but smile and told him to continue playing, while they went inside to heat the kang (a traditional heated brick bed).

They earned a lot and spent a lot this year, but they still lived a lively and bustling life.

After all, there were four more people than last year's Spring Festival. After dinner, Ge San and the other three sat together and played cards.

Lu's mother didn't disturb them. She and Yao Lili quietly finished wrapping the dumplings and then put them in the pot to cook.

Lu Yue and Lu Xing ran outside to set off firecrackers, and soon the sound of firecrackers filled the air.

Lu's mother cooked dumplings with six different fillings and added three pieces of sugar to them.

When Lu Yang ate his third piece, he found a piece of fruit candy.

"Mom, the apple-flavored candy is pretty good," he said with a smile.

With a smile in her eyes, Lu's mother placed two more donkey meat dumplings on Lu Yang's plate.

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Grandma Lu rarely bought dumplings, and she had just eaten two when the door was suddenly kicked open, and Lu Jianjun staggered in, drunk.

"Where have you been gallivanting off to?"

When Grandma Lu saw her son like this, she immediately lost her appetite.

Lu Jianjun sat opposite Old Mrs. Lu, let out a burp, and his whole body reeked of a foul odor.

"Mom, I only need a thousand more to pay off the fine."

Lu Jianjun gave an irrelevant answer, but judging from his appearance, even if he was about to pay off his debts, he wasn't very happy.

With a stern face, Old Mrs. Lu slammed her chopsticks on the table: "What are your plans after you've paid it all off?"

Lu Jianjun pursed his lips and remained silent, but his heart was filled with bitterness.

His greatest love in this life was Guan Xiuqin, followed by Lu Yao. His feelings for Lu Qing were merely a result of his affection for Guan Xiuqin.

But now all three of them have left him, and he feels an unprecedented loneliness.

Thinking this, he slammed his fist on the table in anger: "It's all that little bastard Lu Yang's fault! He's the one who caused all of this!"

After hearing this, Old Mrs. Lu couldn't help but get angry and said, "You always try to pin everything on Lu Yang."

"Did he force Guan Xiuqin to remarry? Did he force Lu Qing to embezzle school money and get expelled? Or did he force Lu Yao to ignore you?"

"Wake up! You've raised three ungrateful wretches, and none of them are your fault!"

Lu Jianjun couldn't hear him at all and said angrily, "Xiao Yao said when he was hospitalized that he had a conflict with Cheng Yaozu because he was in a bad mood about the division of the family property."

"Lu Qing was framed by Lu Yang. I even think that he exposed my embezzlement!"

"If there hadn't been so many problems, Xiuqin wouldn't have left me!"

Grandma Lu scoffed and said coldly, "Your heart is completely biased. If I were Lu Yang, I would also leave!"

Lu Jianjun couldn't understand his mother's thoughts at all: "Mom, what are you saying? He's my son. If I want him to die, he has to die!"

"He separated from the family because of a single spot, which isn't a big deal. Didn't he pass the exam again last year? If he can pass it once, he can just take it again!"

Old Mrs. Lu sneered, "Lu Yao is also your son. Let one of them die, and see if he will go and die."

“That’s different!” Lu Jianjun said without hesitation.

Grandma Lu questioned, "They are indeed different. Lu Yang is better looking than him, has a better temperament, studies better than him, is smarter and can earn more money than him, and values ​​relationships more than him!"

Lu Jianjun's brows furrowed deeply. He couldn't hold back any longer and said, "What is Lu Yang? He's not even worth a finger of Xiao Yao!"

Grandma Lu spat on the ground; she had originally intended to leave a few dumplings for Lu Jianjun.

But now she didn't want to keep any of them, and carried a bowl of dumplings into her room.

Lu Jianjun immediately became anxious: "Mom, I haven't eaten yet, please save some for me."

Grandma Lu shouted angrily, her voice hoarse, "There's food in the kitchen, cook it yourself!"

Lu Jianjun looked helpless. Since the family split up, he hadn't had a proper meal.

The thought of these things made his anger surge up again uncontrollably.

He really wanted to drag Lu's mother back by force, but he chickened out when he remembered the warning the police had given him when he left the detention center.

He sat in the main room for a while, and felt increasingly cold.

Suddenly realizing that Grandma Lu must have only burned the kang (heated brick bed) in her own room and completely ignored him, leaving the room like a snow cave.

Even though he was reluctant to move around, he still had to get up and go to the kitchen to cook dumplings. After eating, he heated the kang (a traditional heated bed) and went to sleep.

The next day at noon, Cheng Lin ran home, and Lu Yang went into the yard to call Lu Xing and Lu Yue to discuss the matter of transferring schools.

When Lu Xing heard that he was going to transfer schools, he shook his head like a rattle drum: "Big brother, it's on TV, but we can't understand what the people over there are saying."

"I can barely adapt, but Yue'er is not an outgoing person to begin with, so it will definitely be difficult for her to adapt."

"Besides, we have many friends here. If we go to the south, we may never see them again in this lifetime. I can't bear to leave."

Lu Yue was also a little uneasy, and her eyes revealed a hint of resistance.

Lu Yang couldn't help but sigh, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Then you have to promise me that you will go to the provincial capital to study high school in two years."

"The teaching quality is better in the provincial capital, and I can go directly to the provincial capital when I come back in the future, without having to come back again."

Lu Xing and Lu Yue exchanged a glance and nodded obediently.

After Lu Yang left, Lu Yue wrinkled her nose and said somewhat aggrievedly, "Have we become a burden to our eldest brother?"

Lu Xing said helplessly, "We've always been a burden to our eldest brother."

"So we have to study hard and grow up quickly to help our older brother share the burden."

Lu Yue nodded earnestly. She loved her current life and would definitely work hard to live a happy life.

After returning to the house, Lu Yang pulled Yao Lili aside to discuss his idea of ​​going south with her.

He will definitely focus more on the South in the future. Although he trusts Yao Lili's character, there are always people who like to get close to her.

Lu's mother also reminded him that since he was never around, there were always people pursuing Yao Lili.

"Okay, actually I miss you a lot since you're never around."

Yao Lili's eyes were bright, and her face was full of anticipation.

Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He and Yao Lili took the gifts to Chu Xiangyu to resign.