Chapter 505

Lily was at a loss for words. Loid, stingy? Zeke grumbled, "Don't doubt it, he's really, really stingy. Whenever I ask to borrow ten bucks, he won't lend it. He's not like other cousins who give us gifts. Whenever we ask for something, he just says he's broke." Once Zeke started, he couldn't stop. "It's not that he doesn't have money, he's just tight-fisted. And it's not just him. All our cousins are the same. Whenever they give Grandpa gifts, Loid's ends up being the best, but only because everyone else gives something ridiculously cheap. "A few years ago, Loid gave Grandpa a set of paint brushes that cost just a hundred dollars. "The year before last, it was a coat for 50 dollars. "And last year, he gave Grandpa a painting. It didn't cost him a dime because he painted it himself." Zeke looked thoroughly exasperated. "I just don't get it. Even though his gifts were cheap, Grandpa still loved them. And now, all our cousins copy him. If he gives something cheap, they give somethi