Jiang Xia stayed up all night reading a retro-themed novel. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself as the male protagonist’s doomed ex-wife in that very story.
Her storyline began ...
Chapter 744 This is a good idea
When she was discovered, Li Xiuxian said nothing and hurried away holding her daughter.
The people in the village all like to watch the fun, no matter how big the event. Li Xiuxian is very concerned about her reputation, and she is afraid of being questioned, and she also doesn't want anyone from the Zhou family to see her.
If Tian Caihua found out, she would definitely make fun of her. When Li Xiuxian's sister-in-law saw her coming back, her expression changed: "Isn't Ah Xian in confinement? Why are you back?"
Li's mother was also surprised: "It's windy today, why are you back? You can't be exposed to the wind during confinement."
Li Xiuxian: "My mother-in-law is too busy, so I came back. Sister-in-law, I didn't have breakfast, can you make me a bowl of egg and ginger soup?"
Sister-in-law Li Xiuxian’s face turned dark.
Her mother-in-law didn't have time to come back? Who would go back to her parents' home to recuperate after childbirth? And she, as the eldest sister-in-law, was asked to take care of her during the confinement period?
What a nice thought!
It's not her grandson! Li Xiuxian's sister-in-law said, "No matter how busy you are, you have to take good care of your daughter-in-law during her confinement. Why are you running back like this? Who knows how they will control you in the future! Come on! I'll take you back!"
"The whole family went to the farm and no one is at home. There's no point going back. Many people are buying pigs at the end of the year and I'm too lazy to move. Please make breakfast for me! I'll go back to my room and take a nap." Li Xiuxian went straight back to her room.
Li's mother had no choice but to say, "Make her some egg soup!"
Li Xiuxian's sister-in-law was not happy, but she had a plan. She whispered, "Mom, you have to take good care of yourself after the confinement period so that you can have a big fat boy for your brother-in-law! What good food do we have at home? Chickens lay fewer eggs in winter, and there are only a few eggs and chickens at home. I'm going to ask my mother-in-law for something to nourish Xiaoxian. It doesn't make sense for her not to take care of her during the confinement period. We'll pay for the money and the nourishing things!"
Li's mother thought it made sense: "You are right, go ahead!"
Li Xiuxian's sister-in-law happily ran to the farm to get pork! If she had pork to eat every day, what would it matter if she took care of her sister-in-law during her confinement?
*The furniture on the first floor of Zhou Chengsen’s house has been arranged, and Jiang Xia and Tian Caihua are helping to hang the curtains.
The master is installing the bed on the second floor.
The master bedroom and children's room are both on the second floor. The rooms on the second floor have a beautiful sea view.
Tian Caihua said to Ruan Tang and Jiang Xia: "Why is your house so beautiful after being decorated? It feels different from my house."
Tian Caihua also bought a sofa, which was delivered a long time ago, but the decoration of the house just wasn’t as cozy as that of Jiangxia’s home.
The house that Ruan Tang has decorated now is also more cozy than her home.
"Sister-in-law, why didn't you buy a complete set of sofas?" Ruan Tang had been to the Zhou family so many times, and naturally had also been to Tian Caihua's house for dinner, so she had seen their house.
The layout of the house is not good, and the furniture is a mixture of new and old.
The sofa is new, leather, and in European and American style, while the coffee table is old, the most ordinary wooden table, and the styles don't match at all.
Ruan Tang liked the styles of the curtains and bed sheets in Jiang Xia's house, which were simple, elegant and classy, so Ruan Tang bought the cloth and sewed the curtains and bed sheets herself.
She also used the leftover cloth from making curtains to make a few pillows and placed them on the sofa. She also bought many vases, oil paintings and other ornaments to decorate the room, and also bought a very exquisite set of tableware.
She spent a lot of money, and Zhou Chengsen gave her the passbook and let her buy whatever she wanted, but she didn't spend the money in his passbook.
Jiang Xia: "My sister-in-law got rid of the old furniture, such as the TV cabinet, chest of drawers, and coffee table, and replaced them all with new ones to unify the style."
When Tian Caihua heard that they were going to throw away the old furniture, she immediately said, "Forget it. The cabinet isn't broken yet. It would be a shame to throw it away! I'll replace it when it breaks down."
Jiang Xia knew that her frugality was not going to make sense, so he said, "That's fine. When the wooden table is broken, and the sofa is probably broken too, we can buy a whole new set. We can measure the size of the living room and buy a whole new set, and it will be much better. But maybe my brother will have a new house after the New Year, so we can buy new ones then."
Tian Caihua liked to hear this: "I also want to build a new house and build it here, but there is no land."
Jiang Xia knew that she was still thinking about Zhou Zhou's land, so that was absolutely impossible. She said, "There is already a house in the village. Why don't you consider saving some money to buy a house in the city or town?"
"Why buy it? There is a high school in the village! In the future, children will not have to go to the city to attend high school."
“Houses in the city are increasing in price every year and will be more valuable in the future.”
Tian Caihua disagreed: "How much can it increase? It's useless to buy it in the city."
Jiang Xia: "It's increasing year by year, I think it's worth buying."
Jiang Xia suggested to Ruan Tang and Zhou Chengsen: "Second brother, Xiaotang, you should also buy a house in the city."
Jiang Xia felt that Zhou Chengsen would probably be able to be transferred to work in the city within three years.
Ruan Tang glanced at Zhou Chengsen, who happened to be looking at her, and said, "Xiao Tang and I have this plan."
Ruan Tang then said, "We have staff housing under construction in our company. It will be completed soon. We will apply for a staff housing unit then."
Zhou Chengsen planned to buy a house in the city, and her unit happened to have staff housing and a cadre sanatorium under construction.
The savings book Zhou Chengsen gave her had 7,000 yuan in it, and she herself had 6,000 to 7,000 yuan in savings, which came from her salary and red envelopes given by her elders during the Chinese New Year and birthdays.
The total amount of money in the two passbooks is more than ten thousand.
Ruan Tang's salary is not low, now more than 120 yuan a month. In the past few years, she hardly spent any money except for food and rent.
She eats most of her meals in the cafeteria, except when she gets off work at night or only works half a day, when she cooks for herself. Her aunt often invites her to her home for dinner.
She didn't dress up much during those years and seldom bought clothes. Many of the beautiful clothes were bought for her by her mother and aunt because they couldn't bear to see her like that.
The benefits of the company were also good. In addition to bonuses, there were also gifts given out every holiday and every quarter. She didn't have to buy rice, flour, grain, and oil, and she couldn't finish them all, so she took them all to her aunt's family.
So Ruan Tang had several thousand in savings after working for a few years.
Jiang Xia nodded: "Yes, buying a staff house is the most cost-effective, and the neighbors are all colleagues in the unit, and their quality is relatively high."
Tian Caihua asked again: "Xiao Xia, what about the shop in the seafood market? No one has rented it yet!"
Jiang Xia: “Soon.”
The city wharf is also going to be expanded and renovated. Once the construction starts, people won't be able to set up stalls to sell fish nearby.
Market supervision will also allow everyone to go to the market to sell, which is what happens after the Chinese New Year in the book.
Tian Caihua: "Will the stall fall on my hands?"
It's been up for several months and no one has rented it.
Jiang Xia: "No. Didn't you say before that your eldest brother and sister-in-law wanted to find a job? You can ask them to rent your stall to sell seafood, dried seafood and the like. They can open it after the Chinese New Year. If they think your stall is not good enough, you can ask them to rent some better stalls now."
When Tian Caihua asked her before, Jiang Xia refused on the pretext that she didn't need anyone.
Jiang Xia would not recruit relatives who had no sense of boundaries.
You're asking for trouble.
When recruiting workers, Jiang Xia specifically told He Xinghuan which relatives should not be hired.
We can’t recruit people to our own factory, but with some suggestions, Jiangxia can do it.
Sometimes if your relatives are doing well, it will also reduce your troubles.
Therefore, Jiang Xia never hesitates to provide others with ways to make money.
Tian Caihua trusted Jiang Xia very much: "Why rent from someone else? Wouldn't that give them a bargain? Of course you should rent from me! I'll tell them when I get back!"
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Jiang Xia didn't care about these: "That's fine."
Tian Caihua just felt embarrassed not to help her elder brother, but she was afraid that she would suffer a loss if she was asked to pay for it.
After all, I have suffered losses.
Tian Caihua said again: "Your idea is good!"
Jiang Xia's ideas are always to her liking!
By renting out the stall, I could make money and also help my elder brother.
As for whether they made money by renting the stall, that was none of her business. She was just collecting rent anyway, so if they could get a cheaper price, she would be considered helping.
Now Zhou Chengsen owns a house in town and rents it out, earning him ten yuan a month. She is so envious.
Ten dollars is enough for their family of six to live on for a month, and they can save all the money they earn.
Because we grow our own food and vegetables, we don’t have to buy meat, we can just eat seafood.
Usually you just need to buy some salt, soy sauce, fertilizer and other daily necessities.
Basically self-sufficient.
Tian Caihua is very frugal, she can save five out of ten yuan a month for living expenses! Jiang Xia really admires her for this.
When Tian Caihua's sandals and slippers broke, she would cut a piece of glue from the sandals that no longer fit the children's feet and patch them up so they could continue to wear them! She was very skilled at patching shoes. She would heat up the pliers, put them on the broken part, press the cut piece of glue on it, and pull out the pliers. That was it!
None of the slippers, sandals, and waders worn by the Dafang family were good.
Those shoes will never be thrown away unless they are repaired to the point where they cannot be repaired any more! No, they will not be thrown away even if they are repaired to the point where they cannot be repaired any more. They will be kept as materials for the next shoe repair.
Fortunately, when going out shopping or visiting relatives, Tian Caihua would take out "new shoes" for the whole family to wear.
*The next day, the opening ceremony of Qizhi Road was held, which was also the groundbreaking ceremony of Maishan Middle School.
Jiang's father, other city leaders, town leaders, Zhou Chengsen, Mr. Mai, the village chief and others cut the ribbon together.
The city daily also sent reporters to interview.
Zhou's father stood next to the reporter from the city daily with a camera and took pictures. After he was done, he said to the reporter, "Comrade, can you print out two copies of those photos and send them to me? I'll give you money."
The reporter glanced at the camera in his hand and asked, "Didn't you take pictures too?"
The camera in his hand is also pretty good!
Although not his major.
Father Zhou: "My photos are not as good as yours! Your camera is obviously better than mine!"
Then Zhou's father took out five yuan and said, "The person who paid for the construction of the school and the road is my daughter-in-law's grandfather, so I want a better photo. Comrade, can you help me?"
Zhou's father kept a low profile and did not tell reporters that the person standing in the middle was his daughter-in-law's father and the other one was his son.
But he still couldn't help showing off.
It’s not easy to show off the identities of Jiang’s father and Zhou Chengsen, so we can only show off Mr. Mai!
reporter:"……"
There is actually such a relationship?
"Okay, I'll send you a few when the time comes, and you don't need to pay. Should I send them to your village brigade?"
Father Zhou said happily: "Yes, just send it to the village brigade. Thank you, little comrade!"
The reporter smiled and said, "You're welcome."
Zhou Bingqiang felt mixed emotions as he watched Zhou's father taking photos and getting close to the reporters.
You can tell with your toes that Zhou Yongfu is showing off to the reporters again! Although he had the opportunity to take photos together because of his status as the village chief, this opportunity was given by Zhou's father's in-laws.
And three of the people who took the photo with him were related to Zhou's father! Very close relationship!
At this moment he gave up and decided not to compete with Zhou's father anymore!
You really can’t catch up even if you take a spaceship!
This chapter has a lot of words, so I'm going to make up for the words I owed last night! (End of this chapter)