Grandpa Su suddenly brought up the question, and Grandma Su was clearly caught off guard.
In fact, Grandma Su, who had been incredibly busy lately, had only been thinking about how to make money and hadn't considered the possibility of problems arising from earning money.
She instinctively replied, "What's there to think about? We'll pay the third daughter-in-law fifty, no, one hundred yuan a month, and the rest, we'll save for Little Sweetheart."
After a pause, Grandma Su added, "Now that we're making money and have some flexibility, we, the elders, will cover all the expenses for the children."
As for anything else, don't even think about it.
Grandpa Su hadn't expected his wife to be so straightforward.
Wasn't this favoritism too blatant?
Only covering the grandchildren's expenses, and the rest going to Little Sweetheart?
"What? You have an opinion?" Grandma Su asked, her eyes narrowed.
Grandpa Su quickly replied, "No, no, how could I have an opinion?"
"Let me tell you, old man, you can't have any patriarchal ideas. My precious child is such a good kid, of course, our family's assets are for her."
Grandpa Su hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't have any objections to giving it all to Little Sweetheart. After all, if it weren't for Little Sweetheart, we wouldn't be living like this. But what about the little rascals when they grow up?"
"What about them? Let them fend for themselves! Those little rascals can earn their own money when they grow up. At most, I'll pay for their weddings."
Grandpa Su chuckled. She sounded so confident, but wasn't she still going to take care of their sons' weddings?
Liang Xiu, whose heart had been hanging in the air, finally felt at ease.
If her in-laws were truly going to ignore the other children and give all the family's money to Little Sweetheart, the family would never have peace.
She would rather receive less money if it meant the family could stay harmonious.
"I've never seen anyone as sincere as you. If it were someone else, hearing that money would go to their own children, they'd probably be overjoyed. Only you!" Grandma Su saw her daughter-in-law's thoughts and said with a hint of disappointment.
Liang Xiu chuckled and replied, "Mom, suffering is a blessing. Besides, Little Sweetheart has already gotten quite a bit. You're also paying me a salary, so how could I have more expectations?"
Grandpa Su smiled at his daughter-in-law's demeanor.
"Third daughter-in-law, I don't think Third's job is very interesting. Why don't we have Third come to the capital too?"
Grandpa Su felt that it wasn't proper for a couple to be apart for so long.
Young couples shouldn't grow distant!
Liang Xiu found it difficult to speak. She had considered this before, but there were some things she couldn't say!
"Old man, you're right. We'll write to Third and tell him to resign from his job there and come to the capital. We can manage now."
With money in hand, Grandma Su's voice was much more confident.
"I like it!"
Liang Xiu hadn't expected the matter to be settled so easily with just a few words from her in-laws.
She just didn't know if Third would be willing to come to the capital; he seemed to quite enjoy his driving job.
Time flew by, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
During this month, Su Xiaotian didn't receive any major jobs, but Su Shouwen took on two, earning one hundred yuan.
The other brothers in the Su family were very envious, and their determination to study became even stronger.
Su Xiaotian continued to be busy with her studies, studying, and more studying.
Until she suddenly heard the news that Zhou Ruishu and Song Lingling had been sentenced.
Although both were minors, even if they had attempted murder, they couldn't be truly sentenced to prison but only sent to a juvenile detention center, which still surprised Su Xiaotian.
These two were both born and raised in the capital, with much deeper roots than her, an outsider.
How could they have been sentenced so easily?
Moreover, recalling the events, Su Xiaotian felt that the matter had proceeded with an almost unbelievable smoothness.
For such a long time, no one had even come to question her again, and the matter was over just like that.
The students and teachers at Seventh Middle School were all shocked by this outcome when they heard the news.
Each person experienced things differently and viewed them accordingly.
Some said that Song Lingling and Zhou Ruishu deserved their punishment.
However, others felt that Su Xiaotian was unforgiving and had pushed them to a dead end.
Naturally, there were more rational people, and most people approved of this outcome.
According to the police report, the intentions of these two were too malicious and their methods too cruel, so their sentencing was reasonable.
Some even felt that the sentence was too light.
When Su Xiaotian first heard it, she also felt that the sentence was a bit too light, not enough to cause them serious harm.
But upon further reflection, she felt at ease.
To be confined in a place that cannot see the light of day during the prime of their lives, and to carry an indelible mark on them when they are released, their lives were essentially ruined.
Since they were destined not to walk the same path, Su Xiaotian couldn't be bothered to pay them much attention.
She was too busy and didn't want to waste her time.
In the eyes of her classmates, Su Xiaotian studied well and could achieve good results without such effort, but only Su Xiaotian knew how precious her time was!
She had to study, earn money, and help her family earn money; she truly had many things to do.
And every step she took now was for her family to have a new life in the future.
Not a moment could be wasted.
On the weekend, Su Xiaotian studied for the entire morning before remembering that she had been too busy lately and hadn't prepared new recipes for her grandmother in a long time.
The family's restaurant business had truly picked up as the weather grew cooler.
She needed to add more choices to the restaurant's menu to expand the family's business.
Su Xiaotian recalled recipes she had seen before and cross-referenced them with ingredients in the system mall, finally selecting two dishes.
With this, Yiming Pavilion's menu now had over twenty dishes.
Their twenty-odd dishes were different from those of other restaurants; they were available daily.
This meant that if a customer came and ordered a dish from the menu, Yiming Pavilion could make it, unlike other restaurants where customers could only choose from the dishes available in the shop.
This was quite rare for people at that time.
It was precisely because of this that Yiming Pavilion's business continued to improve.
But Su Xiaotian knew that in another year or two, this situation would completely change.
By then, food supplies would become increasingly abundant, and everyone would be able to freely choose the food they wanted to eat.
Whether it was Chinese or Western cuisine, Shandong or Cantonese dishes, it would all be possible.
When Grandma Su received the new recipes, she treated them like treasures and immediately devoted herself to studying them.
She soon produced finished dishes with excellent color, aroma, and taste for Su Xiaotian and the other children to sample.
The children all loved the sweet and sour Squirrel Mandarin Fish.
Not only Su Xiaotian and her siblings, but Su Xiaomei and Su Xiaogang also loved it immensely.
After seeking the opinions of all the children and receiving their affirmation that the dish was delicious, Grandma Su solemnly hung the name of the dish on the wall.
That's right, the main hall of Yiming Pavilion had a wall where various dish names were displayed.