The department store sells unbleached cloth for 33 cents a foot, and you don't even need cloth coupons.

The price is absolutely irresistible.

Xu Qingning directly asked for thirty feet, ten meters, and ten yuan, but Yang Yuelan thought it was too much: "We don't need that much fabric."

"Mom, I'm going back to dye the fabric. It's not worth it if we don't use it all up." Xu Qingning touched the fabric and was very satisfied. "We can use it slowly. It's not like we'll use it all up at once."

It's good to have some fabric at home; you can make whatever you want.

It's only ten yuan, I can afford it.

Yang Yuelan remained silent.

The price of this unbleached cloth has remained unchanged for the past two years at 33 cents per foot. Since her daughter-in-law wanted to buy it, she couldn't really say anything.

After buying the raw white cloth, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to look at the printed fabric. The printed fabric was a bit more expensive, costing four to five cents a foot. Yang Yuelan calculated and recalculated, and bought three feet, saying she would make cotton-padded jackets for the children.

Xu Qingning felt it wasn't enough, so she added six more feet: "Mom, the fabrics I dyed are all solid colors. It's okay to buy more floral fabrics; we have enough fabric coupons."

I must say, the floral fabrics from that era were quite pretty, and the material was also thick. They were great for making little hats and clothes, and kids would look so cute in them!

Moreover, Zhao Jingyu's three rooms were furnished with very little food and drink, and there was nothing stocked up on them.

Xu Qingning thinks everything is cheap and wants to buy it all.

Zhao Jingyu gets his salary at the end of the month, and in a couple of days, he'll have another forty or fifty yuan in his pocket. What's a little money to buy some fabric?

Yang Yuelan is the complete opposite; she thinks everything is expensive.

But she still carried the fabrics and let Xu Qingning take her time choosing. Her son wasn't home, so her daughter-in-law could buy whatever she wanted. As a mother-in-law, she couldn't spoil the fun.

"My dear in-laws, what a coincidence! You're here to buy fabric too!" Jiang Yumei greeted them with a smile as she walked over.

Tang Wenya followed Jiang Yumei expressionlessly. She had originally wanted to invite Xiao Tingshen to come and buy these things together, but Xiao Tingshen refused, saying he needed to review his studies.

"Yes, we came to take a look around." Yang Yuelan looked at the mother and daughter with complicated feelings. She couldn't believe that the mother and daughter would do such a thing to Xu Qingning.

Although Tang Wenya was the one who did it, Jiang Yumei, as her mother, couldn't have been unaware of it.

"Father-in-law, Wenya is getting married on the 2nd of next month. You must come." Jiang Yumei seemed to be in a good mood, smiling as she looked at Xu Qingning. "Qingning has gained some weight and looks better. We are relieved that you are taking good care of her."

Xu Qingning didn't say anything, and went to another counter to continue looking at fabrics.

What a small world! We bumped into each other while shopping.

“Qingning is my daughter-in-law, it’s my duty to take care of her.” Yang Yuelan forced a smile. Jiang Yumei looked at the fabric in her hand and said, “The floral fabric you bought is really beautiful. I’d like to buy some too, to make a small quilt or something.”

She was concerned about her image and really hoped that Yang Yuelan would attend Tang Wenya's wedding. After all, they lived in the same courtyard and would see each other all the time, so it wouldn't be good to be too distant.

Yang Yuelan just smiled.

Xu Qingning took a fancy to a piece of Dacron fabric, pink with small squares. It would look nice as a short-sleeved shirt or a dress in the summer. She picked out six feet for herself and also chose a light blue fabric for Yang Yuelan.

She hasn't bought Yang Yuelan a new dress since she arrived!

"Aren't you smug about me going to the countryside?" Tang Wenya walked over silently, pretending to look at the fabric. "Don't forget, I'm the female lead. It's normal for me to feel down for a while. You, a supporting female character, will never steal my thunder."

"You were supposed to go to the countryside anyway. I have nothing to be proud of or not. It's just that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and karma will turn around." Xu Qingning looked at her coldly. "Since you know you are the female lead, then just be the female lead. You don't need to tell me. To me, your limelight is not worth stealing."

Xiao Tingshen is the male lead, and he comes from a wealthy family, but so what?

She didn't like Xiao Tingshen, nor did she envy his family; she just wanted to live her own life peacefully.

"It wasn't worth fighting for, but you still fought for it." Tang Wenya hated Xu Qingning's innocent look the most. "Xu Qingning, don't think that just because you seized the opportunity, you have the luck of being the female lead. Let me tell you, you will always be a supporting female character, and a cannon fodder supporting female character at that. Even if you change the plot, you can't change your ending."

"This is my business, it has nothing to do with you." Xu Qingning didn't believe Tang Wenya's words at all. "You should think more about your own plot. You should have a good talk with your system and see how to establish your female lead character."

It has a female protagonist system and she even went to the countryside.

That's hilarious.

"You don't need to worry about my persona, it's better than yours anyway." Tang Wenya turned to look at Yang Yuelan and said sarcastically, "Do you think that having a good mother-in-law can change the plot and the ending? Let me tell you, Zhao Jingyu is not someone you can control. He married you on impulse. He has someone he loves, but it's not you."

She asked the system, and the system said that Yang Yuelan treated Xu Qingning very well; even though they weren't biological mother and daughter, they were practically like.

What angered her even more was that Xu Qingning lived a very comfortable life at her in-laws' house. She could sleep until she naturally woke up, and Yang Yuelan cooked all three meals a day. Even Xu Qingning's clothes were washed by Yang Yuelan.

"Tang Wenya, you keep saying you're the female lead, but is the female lead in this book supposed to be a hypocrite? When are you going to change your habit of sowing discord?" Xu Qingning sneered. "I never wanted to control Zhao Jingyu. Whether he has someone he likes or not has nothing to do with me. All I want is for him to marry me."

Her initial reason for marrying him was to have him help her raise her child.

As for whether he had someone he liked, she had never thought about it or asked.

"Little sister, you really won't admit it until you see the coffin. Do you think he can support you for long once his sweetheart comes along, given your relationship with Zhao Jingyu?" Tang Wenya asked the system, which said that they didn't have an intimate relationship after marriage and weren't harmonious in private. They only appeared to be loving and harmonious, and their relationship was glamorous.

"Sister, you're worrying about things that don't concern you. You should think about your relationship with Xiao Tingshen. As long as Xiao Tingshen is willing to support you, that's fine."

说到这里，许清柠突然觉得老太太们的八卦并非空穴来风，唐文雅和萧廷深在乡下绝对有事，她笑了笑，拿起布料让售货员给她量尺寸，表情轻松地诈她，“不过我相信，萧廷深对你绝对是真爱，他为了你，都被人揍了，这感情，真是让人羡慕。”

"You're talking nonsense..." Tang Wenya's expression changed, and she lowered her voice, "Xu Qingning, stop spreading rumors here, or I'll sue you."

“Go ahead and sue! Go ahead and sue!” Xu Qingning found it amusing. “You’d better sue all the old ladies in the tenement and then prove that Xiao Tingshen’s injury was caused by an accident, not by being beaten up.”

Tang Wenya was surprised that news of Xiao Tingshen's injury had spread so quickly throughout the courtyard. She was flustered and furious: "Xu Qingning, who told you about Xiao Tingshen's injury?"