Chapter 118 Doing Math Problems

After lunch on Dragon Boat Festival, I handed Xiaotian over to the person who came to pick him up.

Xiao Tiantian was wearing a new sailor shirt, with a five-colored velvet pendant on her left wrist and an egg hanging from an egg holder around her neck.

"Big sister, I'm leaving now. I'll be back tomorrow. Don't miss me too much." Xiao Tian waved goodbye to Yao Shula reluctantly.

Yao Shula quickly waved to Yao Shuxin and Yao Shuli.

They had to keep waving until Xiao Tiantian followed someone out of the alley and was no longer visible.

Otherwise, when Xiaotian comes back, he'll ask why I didn't watch him leave, and whether I don't like him anymore...

...

After watching Xiaotian leave, Yao Shula tidied up and then took Yao Shuxin and Yao Shuli to the Yao family's old house.

When we arrived at the old house, we saw the women of the Yao family gathered around a group of people, chatting and laughing.

A pile of floral fabrics!

Grandma Yao, who was looking through the floral fabrics, spotted Yao Shula and her two siblings at a glance.

"Shura, Shuxin, you've come at the perfect time!"

Your sister-in-law got the fabric from the department store; it didn't require ration coupons.

I'll make you two sets of clothes to sleep in during the summer.

Shuli, these are all floral fabrics, not suitable for making clothes for boys. You won't get any this time.

"Grandma will make you an extra pair of shoes!" Grandma Yao said, gesturing with the floral fabric towards Yao Shula and Yao Shuxin.

Aunt Yao also came over with a soft measuring tape to measure the two sisters' dimensions.

Zhong Xiaochun's daughters-in-law were also watching from the side, and Zhong Xiaochun was even holding a piece of paper in his hand, noting down Yao Shula and Yao Shuxin's measurements.

"Just measure roughly the same size!"

"Make sure your clothes are a little loose so you're comfortable when you sleep at night," Grandma Yao reminded her from the side.

Aunt Yao nodded in agreement.

Yao Shula and Yao Shuxin were passed around by Yao's eldest aunt.

After taking the measurements, Aunt Yao muttered a couple of things.

"They're so skinny... I'd need the fabric of two of them to make this."

Yao Shula and Yao Shuxin quickly smiled.

After taking the measurements, Aunt Yao carried the cloth to Grandma Yao's room.

If you cut it yourself, and Old Yao's family even has a sewing machine, it will be finished in two days at most.

Grandma Yao then took out a newspaper and had the three siblings stand on it to trace the shoe pattern.

“When Tiantian comes back, bring him over in the next couple of days, and I’ll make him two pairs of cloth shoes.”

"Children's feet won't grow if they always wear small leather shoes." Grandma Yao muttered to herself as she measured the feet.

Yao Shula had no choice but to agree to bring Xiao Tiantian over as soon as he returned so that Grandma Yao could draw the shoe pattern.

Grandma Yao then smiled.

After drawing the shoe pattern, Grandma Yao took Yao Shuxin to her own room, saying she wanted to make two more little vests for Yao Shuxin to wear as a girl.

...

"Shura, would you like some orange juice? I have some orange powder in my room, can I make you some?" Zhong Xiaochun asked softly.

Yao Shula quickly waved her hand, saying that it would be best to drink some cool boiled water on a day like this.

Seeing that Yao Shuli had taken the youngest member of the Yao family out to play, Yao Shula then moved closer to her sisters-in-law.

Why didn't you make clothes for my eldest sister?

"Didn't your aunt tell your older sister?" Yao Shula asked with a smile.

When Yao Chunian was mentioned, the eyes of all four daughters-in-law in the eldest aunt's family lit up.

“We’d like her to come over too! But she’s been busy lately and has to stay home with her sister-in-law. She said she’ll come over and talk to us when she has time,” the sister-in-law said with a smile.

Yao Shula could tell from the expressions of her four sisters-in-law that something was definitely going on.

"What? Is Big Sister dealing with Zhang Tiesheng and her mother-in-law at home again?" Yao Shula perked up immediately.

Ever since Yao Chunian was collectively reprimanded once, his fighting spirit has increased dramatically, and now Yao Chunian is in charge of the Zhang family.

"No, it means that during the Spring Festival, we should stay home and enjoy ourselves."

"Come back and tell us when you've finished watching the show!" Second Sister-in-law said, covering her mouth with a laugh.

"What fun is it?" Yao Shula perked up even more.

"This is not a matter concerning Chun Nian's family."

It was about my sister-in-law's family during the Spring Festival.

"Oh, no, that's not quite right. To be precise, it's about Chun Nian's sister-in-law's sister-in-law's family." Zhong Xiaochun said softly.

Yao Shula quickly organized her interpersonal relationships in her mind.

Oh, it's about the family that Zhang Tiesheng's sister, Zhang Xiaoqin, married into!

"Zhang Xiaoqin's in-laws! What could possibly happen in their family?" Yao Shula became increasingly curious.

Now it's Wang Zhihua's turn.

"I do know a little about this matter."

Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law married well; she's the son of Director Ma from our workplace.

Although Zhang Xiaoqin wasn't particularly attractive, her sister-in-law was quite pretty, with big eyes and cherry lips.

At the beginning, Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law and our Director Ma's son had an extremely good relationship.

Later, for some reason, Director Ma's son got wicked ideas and hooked up with someone who was inferior to Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law in every way.

I heard that Zhang Xiaoqin, her sister-in-law, pinned her down on the bed!

But that girl was shameless; she yelled and started arguing with Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law.

They even said that Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law was incompetent and that's why she couldn't keep her man.

Originally, it was all Director Ma's son's fault, and Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law was in the right.

Who knew that Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law, unable to bear the anger, started having an affair with one of her ex-boyfriends, and was caught red-handed by Director Ma's son.

"Now Chun Nian is waiting at home every day for Zhang Xiaoqin to come back to her parents' home to report on the battle situation!" Wang Zhihua explained to Yao Shula in detail.

Yao Shula listened attentively and quickly figured out what was going on.

Isn't this just a case of both of them being cheated on?

Sure enough, life is full of gossip and material.

Just two things are enough to make an eighty-episode TV series...

"What do you think Director Ma's son is after? Zhang Xiaoqin's sister-in-law is really good-looking."

How could he... have chosen someone inferior to his sister-in-law, Zhang Xiaoqin? Zhong Xiaochun couldn't understand it.

Yao Shula peeled a peanut, popped it into her mouth, and then spoke.

"What else could it be?"

"Homegrown flowers aren't as fragrant as wildflowers! It's like saying, 'A wife isn't as good as a concubine, a concubine isn't as good as a stolen lover, and a stolen lover isn't as good as...'"

"Sisters, sisters-in-law, what are you talking about!"

Yao Shuxin, who had been dragged over by Grandma Yao to have her measurements taken for a vest, came over happily.

The four sisters-in-law quickly tried to change the subject.

After all, Yao Shuxin is still a student; it's best not to listen to certain things...

As for Yao Shula, who is not yet married...

Haha, they all agreed that Yao Shula was too fierce, and there was nothing she wouldn't dare to listen to.

"I didn't say... I was talking about whose laying hen was stolen..." Zhong Xiaochun tried to make up a reason to get away with it.

But Yao Shula spoke up leisurely.

We were talking about doing math problems!

Four sisters-in-law...

Yao Shuxin's eyes lit up immediately.

Solving math problems? That's her forte!

"Sis, it's related to a math problem, tell me about it!"

The four sisters-in-law all looked at Yao Shula, wanting to hear how she would smooth things over...