Su Xiaole and Lin Qiyue were chatting in the living room when several men left, their purpose unknown.

"Xiao Le, how are you and Jianguo doing lately?" These past few days, Su Xiao Le has been newly married, and Lin Qi Yue hasn't had time to chat with her.

When Su Xiaole mentioned Xing Jianguo's name, her cheeks flushed with the same shyness as Lin Qiyue had back then.

"It's great." Thinking of Xing Jianguo's gentle manner towards her, she still felt very happy.

Lin Qiyue felt incredibly shy looking at her expression. She knew without her saying anything that Su Xiaole and Xing Jianguo were doing quite well.

"After you marry Jianguo, do you plan to go back to his hometown with him?" Lan Yuchu had told her that Xing Jianguo was originally the mother of her adoptive parents, who was also her adoptive grandmother. After her adoptive grandmother passed away, her adoptive parents raised Xing Jianguo under the pressure of their elders' instructions.

It seems that Xing Jianguo's adoptive parents were not very kind to him.

After serving in the military for many years, he sent all his salary back home.

Su Xiaole is married to him now. If she goes back, there will definitely be conflicts between her and her mother-in-law.

“We don’t plan to go back. Jianguo discussed it with me and said that sending 20 yuan back every month would be enough. Over the years, Jianguo has sent a lot of money back home, which is more than enough.”

Thinking about how their whole family lives off Xing Jianguo's salary, it's truly shameless.

“Sister-in-law, let me tell you, the day before yesterday his adoptive mother called and said that my combined monthly salary with Jianguo is about two hundred yuan, and that they should send one hundred and thirty yuan back every month, saying it's for their retirement.” Speaking of adoptive parents, Su Xiaole instantly became angry. “Jianguo started working for their family when he was a teenager, farming, washing clothes and cooking. Over the years, they built a house with Jianguo's money, and their son got married and is living a good life. In the end, they've become even more demanding.”

Lin Qiyue was quite troubled by these extreme examples of family dynamics.

Su Xiaole became increasingly angry as she spoke, and her anger spiraled out of control.

Lin Qiyue asked, "What did Jian Guo say?"

“Jianguo said it would be twenty yuan a month. But if we have children, we might need more money, so he might not be able to send money every month.”

Xing Jianguo's actions were not wrong.

Even adoptive parents wouldn't be so cruel, giving their adopted son nothing for his wedding and expecting him to bring all his money home.

Su Xiaole, holding Lin Qiyue's hand, said, "Jianguo entrusted all his money to me to manage. A few days ago, he collected the wages he hadn't received for the past few months of missions, which amounted to about four hundred yuan."

The thought of secretly counting money behind closed doors made Su Xiaole incredibly happy.

Seeing how happy she was, Lin Qiyue said, "It's good that you're happy. Jian Guo is thinking of you, that's good."

“Jianguo really thought about me. He said that he wouldn’t go back unless there was a major event. Now that we’re married, we have a family to live on, so we have to take care of the family first.”

Su Xiaole was not one to suffer losses. Since she had lent the money to Xing Jianguo, this custom should be changed.

“However, I will still observe the proper etiquette as your daughter-in-law during holidays, but going back home is absolutely out of the question. I don’t want to put Jianguo in a difficult position, and I won’t let them bully him anymore.” By repeatedly referring to Jianguo, Lin Qiyue could tell that Su Xiaole really liked him.

Xing Jianguo is quite fortunate.

Su Xiaole comes from a good family, is very capable, and most importantly, she really likes Xing Jianguo.

Lin Qiyue chatted with Su Xiaole about everyday things, and then they went out for a walk together.

They planned to go into town to take a look.

Su Xiaole is usually only free on Sundays, and that's when she gets ready to go out.

When I saw Han Yingyu return from outside, she was carrying fruit she had picked from the mountain.

"July, Xiao Le, are you going out?" Han Yingyu and some of the women went into the mountain stream to catch fish. They saw some wild mushrooms and chestnuts, so they picked up a big basket of them and brought them back. They also carried a bucket with some eels and small fish in it.

Lin Qiyue was surprised to see that the usually gentle Han Yingyu was so capable, carrying so many things all by herself.

"Yes, we're going to the city for a stroll. Does Sister Han want to come along?" Lin Qiyue seemed to have never been to the city with Han Yingyu before.

Han Yingyu, carrying these things, came up and said breathlessly, "Okay, wait for me a moment."

Then he bent down, carried the things to his door, put them down, and said, "Please come in and sit down for a bit. I'll change my clothes and come with you."

They came in and sat down in the living room.

Han Yingyu's home layout is basically the same as most others, but her home is more cozy, with drawing boards and many books, and traces of their presence on the walls, tables and sofas.

It's a trace of a warm home.

Lin Qiyue had never really looked at it properly before.

Han Yingyu poured them water, then quickly smiled and said, "I've been busy with school lately, and I've been too tired to tidy up the house. It's a bit messy, please don't mind!"

The men's clothes and her clothes were scattered haphazardly in the house.

She's been under too much stress lately and has no energy to tidy up.

Her husband, Zhu Hushan, had a fight with her and hadn't come home for two days.

Lin Qiyue looked at her awkward smile; her eyes were a little swollen, as if she hadn't slept well.

"It's okay, my house is a mess too. Sister Han, go change your clothes." Lin Qiyue said.

After pouring the water, Han Yingyu said, "Okay, you guys sit down first, I'll go in and change my clothes."

After saying that, she turned and went into the room to change her clothes. Looking at the cozy room, Su Xiaole couldn't help but praise, "My home is still cold and quiet. Looking at Sister Han's place, it's so warm!"

Su Xiaole had just gotten married, and she hadn't fully adjusted to being married and a wife yet.

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