"All right! Mother, we'll do just as you say. You really are so smart." Li Laosan's third son chimed in with a beaming smile, a glint of excitement flashing in his eyes.
"That goes without saying. I've walked a lot more roads than you have."
Old Madame Li couldn't help looking extremely pleased.
"Yes, yes, yes! Mother is definitely right."
As a son, Li Laosan knew his mother inside and out, and she adored receiving flattery.
Besides, he fully agreed with his mother's proposal anyway, and praising her a few times cost him nothing. In fact, this task was much easier for him, requiring practically no effort to pull off.
Effortless tasks like this were just what he loved.
That way, his contribution would be the greatest, and when the eldest and second brothers came back, they could only watch helplessly as he took the lion's share of the money.
Not long after, Li Laosan was seen carefully carrying a steaming bowl of tea out of the house.
He had already secretly laced that bowl of tea with a sufficient dose of knockout powder.
At that moment, with a cheerful expression on his face, he walked briskly toward the door."Little girl! My mother really owes you a huge debt of gratitude. Our family is so poor that we truly have nothing good to offer you as hospitality. We only have this ordinary bowl of tea, and I hope you won't mind."
Li Laosan said this as he handed the bowl of tea in his hand toward Guoguo, his eyes brimming with anticipation.
"Not at all, uncle. When traveling away …
Chapter 188