Lazy to Bother with Her Again

When the whole family gathered for dinner that evening, Jiang Xia said to Zhou Chenglei, "After Second Brother moves into his New House, we can run the telephone line straight from the second floor balcony to the Living Room on his side. That way, it'll be more convenient for him to use the phone. I specifically asked the workers to leave the wire extra long."

She had bought all the remaining length of that coil of wire specifically so she could run it from the second floor over to Zhou Chengsen's house.

Tian Caihua panicked when she heard that. Her money-making opportunity was being handed straight to the second branch by Jiang Xia, so she hurriedly said, "Your Second Brother's house is so close to yours. Why does he need a phone there? He can just walk a few steps over to use yours! Xiao Xia, run the phone line from your second floor to my house instead!"

Zhou Chengxin said irritably, "Can you stop being so ridiculous?"

She could turn absolutely anything into a way to take advantage!

Tian Caihua glared at him. "How am I being ridiculous? Isn't what I said the truth? The two houses are so close together. Is there any need to run an extension over there? It would be different if you ran it to our house. If Xiao Xia needed me for something, I could help her right away! Besides, Xiao Xia, I've thought of a way to make money..."

Jiang Xia interrupted her. "Eldest Sister-in-Law, our two houses are a little too far apart. We can't do that..."

Mother Zhou said, "Exactly. The wire isn't that long, either."

Tian Caihua said, "We can buy telephone wire and splice it together! Just make it longer, won't that do? I'll pay for the wire