With the system in place, who would spoil your whole family?

Lu Manshu sent a WeChat message to Lu Manchuan, "Brother, your brother-in-law will go over to catch chickens in a while. I told him that we don't have any chickens at home, and he doesn't know our chicken coop. You can ask a friend to pretend to be a chicken farmer and take him to catch chickens. I told him at the beginning that the price is 200 yuan per chicken, and then you can find an excuse to say that the price has increased and charge him 250 yuan per chicken. Remember to ask your friend to help collect the money!"

Lu Manchuan didn't understand Lu Mansu's motives, so she told him not to ask so many questions and just do what she said.

Su Jingchu borrowed a three-wheeled motorcycle from someone else and rushed to his mother-in-law's house.

In the past, Su Jingchu always went to his mother-in-law's house empty-handed, but this time he brought a bag of meatballs for the first time.

Su Jiandang asked him to bring the meatballs over. They were the meatballs he bought last year and had been frozen in the refrigerator for a year. They didn't want to eat them, so they brought them over.

"Dad, this meatball has been frozen for a year. Can it still be eaten?"

“Of course you can eat it.”

"Will they get diarrhea after eating it?" Su Jingchu still had some conscience and was afraid that the food would go bad.

"Those rural people can only eat meat a few times a year. Giving them this bag of meat will last them several days. They will definitely be very happy. Besides, rural people have endless work to do every day. They have good resistance and digestion. How can they get a stomachache?"

The fields in the Su family's hometown were gradually expropriated in the past few years, so they have not been farming in the past few years.

Su Jiandang had been a farmer all his life, and as soon as he climbed ashore, he looked down on rural people.

Although the Lu family lives in the countryside and farms 360 days a year, their main source of income is not farming but a side business.

They kept all the food they grew for themselves, and they also ate the chickens, ducks, and geese they raised. They ate organic vegetables and meat every day, not just a few meals a year as Su Jiandang said.

Su Jingchu walked into his mother-in-law's house carrying a bag of expired meatballs.

Although the Lu family knew that the Su family had eyes on the top of their heads, their daughter was in someone else's home after all, so they still entertained Su Jingchu warmly.

He Xiaolian brought out the best fruits in her home to entertain Su Jingchu.

Those were not local fruits. Su Jingchu had never seen them in his life, let alone eaten them.

He muttered to himself, the fruits taste so good, have they become rich?

Lu Manchuan took Su Jingchu to his own chicken coop, where a friend of his was already waiting.

Su Jingchu really thought that the chicken coop belonged to Lu Manchuan's friend.

After catching 15 chickens, Lu Manchuan's friend took out a computer and started typing away. 15 chickens, at 250 yuan each, the total was 3750 yuan.

Lu Manchuan's friend handed the result he calculated to Su Jingchu and said, "Brother-in-law, the total is 3750 yuan."

Su Jingchu was shocked. "Isn't it 3000 yuan? Why is it 3750 yuan? How much is a chicken?"

"Brother-in-law, the price of native chickens has increased recently. This morning, the price of one chicken was 280 yuan. I will now give you a family price of 250 yuan."

Su Jingchu widened his eyes and thought it was too expensive, but the chicken had already been caught and Lu Manshu specifically wanted to eat authentic local chicken.

If I go outside to buy it, I’m afraid I won’t be able to buy authentic local chicken, as people have already calculated a family price for it. So, forget it, 250 is 250.

The money to buy the chickens was given by Su Jiandang, but Su Jiandang only gave him 3000 yuan. He only had 500 yuan on him, which was not enough.

He was afraid of being scolded by Su Jiandang, so he took a deep breath before making the call.

"Dad, those chickens cost 250 yuan each. I don't have that much money. I still need 750 yuan. Please send it to me through WeChat."

Su Jiandang jumped up and said, "How can a chicken be so expensive? Wasn't it agreed to be 200 yuan? Why did the price go up?"

"These chickens belong to my mother-in-law's neighbor. He said he had given me a family price, 30 yuan less for each chicken, which is already a good deal."

"You're getting a discount on your head. Just believe what he says. He's just asking for a higher price."

"Dad, what do you think? Are you going to catch them? My wife insists on eating these authentic native chickens."

"Your wife...your wife, it must be your wife who did this on purpose. She just wanted to piss me off. She hired a nurse without my consent, and now she wants to eat such expensive chicken. She thinks she's great just because she gave birth to a son. I'll settle the score with her when she gets home."

Su Jiandang didn't know how to use WeChat, so he gave the cash to Chen Suyi, and Chen Suyi transferred 750 yuan to Su Jingchu via WeChat.

Chen Suyi's parents' home is in the county town, and they don't raise local chickens at home. The local chicken she ate when she gave birth to An An was bought by Su Jiandang in the market.

20 yuan per pound, a hen weighs about four pounds, less than 100 yuan.

But now the local chicken that Lu Manshu eats costs 250 yuan each, which is more than 150 yuan more expensive than what she eats, and Lu Manshu also hired a caregiver. Chen Suyi feels it is very unfair and holds a grudge.

"Dad, are local chickens that expensive now? They only cost 100 yuan each outside."

"She must have colluded with those people. Your brother has already caught 15 of them, and it would be embarrassing not to buy them, so forget it this time. I bought such a good native chicken for her to eat. If she starves my grandson to the point of being pale and skinny, I will definitely settle the score with her."

Two hours later, Su Jingchu came back.

Lu Manshu told He Xiaolian that she didn't like eating fat chickens, so the chickens He Xiaolian raised were only fed twice a day. The chickens were not fat at all, and each one weighed more than three pounds but less than four pounds.

Su Jingchu carried the chickens home. Su Jiandang picked up one and weighed it. It was only three pounds and two ounces.

He took a quick look at the chickens in the cage; they were all so skinny.

A chicken weighing more than three pounds costs 250 yuan, which means one pound costs about 80 yuan. Others in the market only sell it for 20 yuan per pound, but she sells it for 80 yuan, which is too expensive!

Su Jiandang cried out that he had been cheated. "Those people are so heartless. They dared to charge 250 yuan for a chicken. They treated us like fish and cheated me of so much money. Oh! Forget it. I won't bother with those poor bastards. I will give the money I was cheated of to him to buy medicine."

Chen Suyi added fuel to the fire and said, "Dad, I said my sister-in-law is in cahoots with them. She cheated so much money, enough for a big meal!"

Su Jiandang vented his anger on Su Jingchu, "I didn't agree with you marrying her in the first place, but you just wouldn't listen to me. Now, she's finally showing her true colors. I don't understand why you like her?"

"With your conditions, you should find someone better. At least someone with a bachelor's degree and a good family. She only has a college degree, and her family lives in the countryside, and they are extremely poor."

"Her family used to live in a dilapidated house, but they only built a villa last year. I suspect your wife secretly helped her family, otherwise how could they have the money to build a villa? Look at what you married, you brought a thief home!"

Su Jingchu didn't dare to speak. He lowered his head and listened quietly to Su Jiandang's teachings.

Su Jingchu is married for the second time, has no house or car, and only has a technical secondary school education.

Lu Manshu, who has a college degree, is still a virgin. She has a good appearance and is more than a perfect match for Su Jingchu.

The Su family’s land was expropriated, but they were given a house and hundreds of thousands of yuan. Su Jiandang thought he was very rich, and from then on he looked down on rural people.

Chen Suyi looked thoughtful and glanced at Su Jiandang who was angry. "Dad, my sister-in-law's family suddenly built a villa. How much money did she contribute? She hasn't worked for a few years. How could she have the money to support her family? Did she take your family heirloom to exchange for money?"