Grandma Su finished hitting him and glared at her own Old Man!
"Jiaojiao wants hot pot? Fine, we'll have hot pot tonight. What kind of broth do you want?" After speaking, Grandma Su got up and walked toward the Kitchen.
Old Master Su: ... A mere woman, I won't stoop to her level.
"Grandma, I want spicy, but you and Grandpa can't eat spicy, so let's make a yin-yang pot. There's venison and mutton in the Kitchen, we can prepare some of that." She looked around but didn't see Grandpa's Guard, so she planned to follow Grandma Su into the Kitchen to help.
"Cough, cough, cough."
Receiving the frantic signals from Old Master Su, Su Jiaojiao, who was about to enter the Kitchen, changed direction, sat down next to Old Master Su, and patted his back solicitously, saying, "Grandpa, did you catch a cold? Why are you coughing?"
Alas~ To think I, a dignified Glazed Immortal Venerable, have ultimately fallen.
Seeing Su Jiaojiao's feigned concern, Old Master Su snorted inwardly, thinking about the money he was about to hand over... that was all of his Private Money.
This debt collector!
He glanced toward the Kitchen, confirmed his wife had gone inside, and quietly turned around, positioning his back toward the Kitchen.
Only then did he pull out a bulging bag from his waist, the mouth of which was sewn shut with a slightly thicker Rope tied around his waist.
Old Master Su was just about to open it when he looked back toward the Kitchen one last time, still uneasy.
Seeing this made Su Jiaojiao want to laugh. She leaned her Head over and Said in a low voice, "Grandpa, after today, there won't be any left, so you don't actually need to be so careful hiding it from Grandma."
The hand Old Master Su was using to open the money bag froze upon hearing this. He was so angry he wanted to slap the money bag onto her face.
Although he intended to give her all his money, why did this debt collector have to be so infuriating?
He glared at her unhappily and Said in a low voice to Su Jiaojiao, "You don't know, when I was young, your Grandma managed the money really strictly. I had to submit an application just to treat those old buddies to a meal. Those few of them found out and teased your Grandpa for ages; I truly couldn't save any Private Money at all. Now that we're old, I can actually save a little, but the people I want to treat might not be seen again in this lifetime."
Thinking of this, Old Master Su became Melancholy.
The result of his Melancholy was that he only counted out half of the Private Money he took out and gave it to Su Jiaojiao.
Su Jiaojiao took the half of the money in her hand and grinned widely at the Old Man.
She straightened her back and called out to Grandma Su in the Kitchen, "Grandma~"
"I... you..." Old Master Su panicked and kept nudging her with his elbow, unable to speak clearly.
"What is it, Jiaojiao?" Grandma Su came out of the Kitchen and stood at the doorway to ask.
Seeing his wife come out, he immediately hid the money bag behind his back. He straightened his posture and said seriously, "What's wrong? What could be wrong with her? She just asked you to add more spice."
He couldn't stop cursing inwardly.
Grandma Su didn't know if she believed him. She circled Old Master Su with a look of ambiguous meaning, then turned to Su Jiaojiao with a loving smile, "Since Jiaojiao likes it, Grandma will definitely make the broth fragrant."
"Thank you, Grandma~"
Although he complained verbally, looking at this mischievous Yatou, Old Master Su was actually very satisfied deep down.
This is good! A girl won't easily suffer losses wherever she goes in the future. He couldn't protect her forever; the road ahead was still for her to walk herself.
Seeing his wife go back inside, Old Master Su looked up as if to hit her, and Said fiercely in a low voice, "You're asking for a beating every day, aren't you? If you were a boy, I'd hit you eight hundred times a day."
Su Jiaojiao wasn't afraid when she saw Old Master Su raise his hand to hit her. Instead, she leaned over, linked arms with Old Master Su, and flattered him sweetly, "But both of my older brothers are boys, and yet you never brought yourself to hit them either, Grandpa."
Mentioning his two grandsons, a look of satisfied pride flashed in Old Master Su's eyes. He snorted at Su Jiaojiao, "You still know they are boys? Those two boys aren't as naughty as you are."
Su Jiaojiao was displeased upon hearing this. She pouted and retorted, "You can't say that. What do you mean I'm the naughtiest? Never mind the others, just look at your Eldest Grandson. To outsiders, he's been obedient and promising since childhood, but the reality is that his obedience is only highlighted by others."
Before she was five or six, she hadn't fully adapted to everything here. To better understand this world, she kept her Divine Sense mostly projected outward during that time. It was then she saw Eldest Brother instigating a fight between one group of children and another. Just as they were getting heated up, he jumped out to righteously mediate the conflict between both sides.
Hmph~ Good fellow! After a few times... Heh~ He even became their king of the children. Tsk~
In his own words: "A smart person doesn't stand under a crumbling wall." At that time, Su Jiaojiao wanted to tell him that to those 'brothers' of his, he was the crumbling wall.
But Su Jiaojiao didn't plan to tell the Old Man these things. She didn't know about others, but even if Old Master Su knew, he would just say, "My grandson is smart; who can you blame if others aren't?"
A grandson is only good if he's your own. Tsk...
"It's all yours." With that, he stuffed all the money in his hand to Su Jiaojiao. He almost added a reminder to spend it sparingly, but then he remembered she was going to the Countryside alone and swallowed the words.
Finally, he added, "Spend it when you need to. If you run out of money, go borrow from Grandpa Zhong's place first, then call home, and we'll mail some over for you."
"Thank you, Grandpa." Saying this, she hugged Old Master Su's arm and acted spoiled.
Hmph~ My child who is over a thousand years old.
Mom Su and Su Fu came back at this moment. As soon as they entered, they saw Su Jiaojiao holding a wad of money while hugging Old Master Su's arm and acting spoiled.
What else was there to Understand? That old daughter of theirs must have gone to coax money out of the elders again; truly improper!
That's what they thought, but if the Old Man was going to give it to her, they would pretend not to see it. They would just compensate the two elders a bit more later.
Old Master Su saw he was discovered and felt a bit embarrassed. He pushed away the granddaughter hanging on his arm and sat up straight, calmly sipping tea.
"Mom, what are you making? It smells so good." Mom Su quickly put her bag on the table, put on an apron, and headed into the Kitchen.
Su Fu just glanced at Su Jiaojiao and Said to her, "Daughter, come with me for a moment." Then he led the way into their own room.
But Su Jiaojiao's eyes lit up when she heard that. Is Comrade Old Su getting his act together?
She knew Old Huang was an Accountant, so she was perfectly clear on how much liquid cash Su Fu had. Even so, Comrade Old Su managed to hide Private Money?
Upon hearing this, she immediately abandoned Old Master Su and eagerly followed them to her parents' room.
"Comrade Old Su, are you planning to..."
"How much money do you have? Lend me some."
???? Wait! Reality shifted too fast; she couldn't quite process it.