Chapter 35 The House is Completed

Jinran finished her exams, and the house was also completed. It was a common style in the countryside, but Jinran asked Grandpa Chen to separate a living room and build a firewall so it wouldn't be cold in winter. From now on, entertaining guests wouldn't be so inconvenient as they would just be in the bedroom right inside the house.

Grandpa Shen also got the land next to his house approved by the village chief, so that Shen Cong and Shen Ming could expand their house after their wedding. Grandpa Shen was a shrewd man. He fenced off the land, saying it was for building the house, but now it could also be used as his private plot. It was a win-win situation, and no one had any objections.

In the courtyard, Jinran strongly requested that a well be dug so that it would be convenient to water the vegetable garden and use water for daily purposes.

The house cost a lot of money, and Wang Cuifen borrowed some from her mother to barely make ends meet.

When she borrowed the money, Grandma said to Wang Cuifen, "If you have the money, pay me back. If you don't, keep it for yourself. Your sisters-in-law won't dare to complain. They're counting on you to stay in the county and help their children."

Since that's the case, let's pay it back slowly, a little each month, it won't be much.

So, Mr. Shen and Wang Cuifen received their first month's wages. They weren't in a hurry to pay off their debts. Wang Cuifen wasn't stingy; she bought clothes for Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen, as well as some things for entertaining guests. There were also some defective items for household use. And then, their wages were gone before they even had a chance to settle down.

Wang Cuifen took Shen's father's salary and bought some things for her own parents, as well as some small items for her uncles' children.

It was a way of shutting her up, and also a way of expressing gratitude.

When my maternal grandparents and uncles have free time, they all come to help. Sometimes, my aunts also come. They all know that my sister-in-law doesn't have time, so in the end, the cleaning and tidying up are all done by my aunts.

Jinran has been spending the past month or so with her uncles, and their relationship has grown stronger. She even said that she definitely wants to stay at her maternal grandparents' house for a while during summer vacation.

Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen, wearing the clothes Wang Cuifen bought, showed off their clothes all over the village.

"Huh... what did you say? This outfit of mine was bought by my third son's wife. I always told her she was wasting money. With her first month's salary, she should have bought herself something nice."

"Yes, yes, yes... Where did you buy it? The supply and marketing cooperative. I heard it's from a big city, and they only have a few pieces."

On her way home from school, Jinran overheard Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen chatting with their friends.

No matter what they talk about, the conversation always ends up back to their new clothes. Then they'll pretend to be humble.

Jinran: ".............." Won't I lose my friends this way?

Jinran passed by her parents' WeChat Moments again, and the scene seemed familiar. In any case, the conversation would eventually return to their work in the county.

Jinran thought, "I really want to block this Moments."

Everyone was engrossed in showing off, and no one noticed Jinran's presence. Jinran quietly went home.

But the eldest aunt was particularly angry. She had originally thought that she had nothing to do in the evening, so she went to the base of the wall to listen to what was going on in other people's lives, gossiped for a while, and then had dinner.

But I felt really annoyed after hearing that.

After her aunt came home, she started throwing things around. Shen Yanhong was cooking, and now most of the housework fell on her shoulders. Her mother wasn't a hard worker either, and she made her do everything.

If she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have separated from the family. There were no benefits at all. She hadn't had a chance to go out and look for Meng Fan during this time, and the long hours of work had made her skin and hands rough.

The aunt grew angrier and angrier, and started cursing, "It's like a poor person getting a windfall! So what if you have a job? It's just good luck. Just wait and see, you'll fall flat on your face sometime soon. I'm waiting for you to suffer. You're so smug, you really don't know who you are..."

Shen Yanhong grew increasingly annoyed and couldn't help but snap, "Alright, Mother, stop talking! If you're really free, do some work. I don't even have time to study now. Do you still expect me to get into high school and get a job after graduation?"

The eldest aunt was about to get angry, but then she thought, "Yes, if my daughter had a job in the city, things would be different. I'd see who dared to look down on her anymore. I'd go around telling everyone how she was doing and make them all envious."

After thinking it through, she said gently, "Alright, during this time you should study hard and try to get a job in the county so you can become a city dweller. Let your mother enjoy a better life too."

Shen Yanhong raised her chin with a reserved air, her tone filled with undisguised pride as she said, "My current academic level is more than enough to get into university. My third uncle's family has more troubles ahead. Shen Jinran is still a disappointment. Just wait and see!"

Auntie loved to hear that, and she laughed heartily as she got to work.

Jinran sneezed, wondering what was wrong. Someone must have been talking about her.

"Woof woof~~" I bet even more people are cursing you.

"Doujin, you've really been behaving badly lately. Don't play with those village kids anymore."

"Woof woof~~" That won't do, I'm their leader, their soul.

Jinran is such a scoundrel.

Fugui was a lazy person who spent his days lying down to sleep, then chasing the sun and continuing to sleep.