Ye Huimei burst out laughing when she saw her parents wavering. Her third brother really did have a way with words.
Ye Yaodong shot her a sidelong glance. "I'm telling the truth, all right? Mom and Dad have pretty much taken care of all the big things they needed to. What else do they need to spend a fortune on? Everyday food and drink don't cost much. Why keep pinching pennies?"
"Hahaha, so we should still keep one green lobster each!"
"Exactly!"
Mother Ye had nothing left to say. She merely glared at the siblings. "You two and your clever mouths. Good at talking and eating, always picking the best things to gobble up. Once you're married, we'll see if you can still squander things like this."
"You really don't know how expensive running a household is until you do it yourself. Once you're married, you'll have to be more frugal. You'll still have two sisters-in-law to marry off, so you can't let money slip through your fingers in everyday life. And you need to keep your husband in line..."
Ye Huimei had been perfectly happy, but her mother's words left her embarrassed. She wasn't even married yet, and her mother was already telling her to manage her husband...
"Stop it. I'm not even married yet..."
Father Ye thought it over and began to see the point. All the money they scrimped and saved would eventually be left for their three sons to divide anyway. They had struggled for half their lives. It was about time they enjoyed some good food...
Besides, with so many abalones to gather today, keeping one green lobster per person didn't seem excessive, did it?
He glanced at his third son. After spending so much time with this spendthrift, he felt he was becoming just