Chen Xue came here to take credit, but she didn't expect to be scolded by Zhou Xinyue as soon as she entered the room. She was confused: "Zhou Xinyue, what do you mean?"

Having already married Lu Zhixing, Zhou Xinyue was too lazy to pretend: "What do you mean you don't know what's going on? Did you come so late on purpose that noon? If you had gotten there before that woman, there wouldn't have been so many problems. Now my reputation is ruined, are you happy?"

Chen Xue felt that Zhou Xinyue was simply inexplicable, and her tone became bad: "What does your bad reputation have to do with me? You and Lu Zhixing were not clean to begin with! Besides, your sister-in-law Lu Xueting has so many problems, and I can't just drag people here, so how can I manage the time so well?"

Zhou Xinyue looked at her scrutinizingly for a while, then snorted coldly: "Alright, just keep this to yourself, and don't come to my house again!"

Chen Xue almost doubted whether she had heard it wrongly. She helped Zhou Xinyue so much, and in the end she told him to stop coming to her house?

"Zhou Xinyue, don't forget what you promised me! After Lu Zhixing becomes the vice president, he will promote Qingshan to be the director!" She glared at Zhou Xinyue angrily, her chest heaving back and forth. She didn't know how she had offended Lu Zhixing, and now she was counting on Zhou Xinyue to say good things for her!

Zhou Xinyue's mind moved slightly, and she quickly put on a smiling face: "Sister Chen, I'm just afraid that Brother Zhixing will know about it. Don't worry, I remember this matter!"

Chen Xue was relieved. She glanced at the empty room behind Zhou Xinyue and curled her lips: "Xinyue, you finally married into the Lu family, don't be as stupid as Xie Yunshu and don't want to spend any money! Doctor Lu has the highest salary and bonus in our hospital, and the Lu family is also rich. Your sister-in-law alone has dozens of pocket money a month. Don't wrong yourself!"

Zhou Xinyue frowned and said with a fake smile: "I am not a vain person. I married Brother Zhixing because I really like him."

Tsk, who would believe it? The Lu family has such good conditions. If Zhou Xinyue didn't play tricks, she would never be able to marry into the family in her life. Now that Xie Yunshu has been driven away, she can enjoy her life!

Enjoy life?

After Chen Xue left, Zhou Xinyue's face suddenly darkened. Not only did Lu Zhixing not give her a passbook, he even refused to give her a salary card. Was she supposed to support him with only ten yuan a month?

Thinking of this, she gathered her clothes and glanced at Xiaowei who was sitting in the corner: "Follow me to your grandmother's house tomorrow and kneel down and kowtow! I want to see how the Lu family will be able to mistreat their grandson who just came in!"

Regardless of whether the child is Lu Zhixing's or not, now that she has been registered as a member of the Lu family, what's the matter if the Lu family doesn't give her money to spend? Just like Chen Xue said, she didn't marry here to suffer. If she still lives in poverty, why would she go to the trouble of climbing into Lu Zhixing's bed?

Nightlife in the 1980s was not rich, and few families watched television. Even then, they had to worry about whether they had enough electricity to spend, so most people turned off the lights and went to bed at 12 p.m.

Xie Yunshu was lying on her little bed, reading a book line by line with a flashlight in her hand. She was learning to understand the drawings, from structural drawings to surface drawings, as well as budgets and costs... After reading for a while, she closed her eyes and curled her lips.

She seemed too far away from her dream. Who would let her build a house? It was such an unattainable dream!

But after closing her eyes for a while, she turned over again and began to study the architectural drawings carefully. It turned out that building a house was not like stacking wood blocks as she did when she was a child. There was a lot of knowledge involved.

Xie Mingcheng was also reading a book behind the curtain. He recited English silently over and over again. The radio his sister brought back was very helpful to him. He used to learn English in a dumb way. He could read and do exercises, but he didn't speak it himself, or he didn't have the opportunity to get in touch with the real English pronunciation. But now he can practice with it.

The brother and sister were both studying, and Li Fenlan was not sleeping either. She was knitting in the dim light, humming a song. The light yellow wool was weaving back and forth in her sweater. Her Yunshu was the prettiest girl in the tube building, but it was a pity that she always wore gray clothes.

In the early years, she wore old clothes. Later, when her daughter was taller than her, she wore Mingcheng's smaller clothes. The only new clothes she had were probably the work clothes issued by the packaging factory, and later, the Dacron shirt she forced her to wear when she went on a blind date.

The only bright-colored piece of clothing she had was a red down jacket she gritted her teeth and bought without telling Yun Shu when she got married. It was the cheapest kind, and she spent 15 yuan on it.

They all said that she married up with Lu Zhixing and lived a good life, but what good life did she have? She didn't gain weight or buy any new clothes. In the end, she lost her job and got divorced and went home.

Li Fenlan's eyes became wet again when she thought of this. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and her movements became faster. She bought the wool secretly, fearing that Yunshu would see it and feel bad for the money. She knew her daughter well. She said she wanted to buy a down jacket, and she planned Mingcheng's plan for her, but not her own.

But she wanted her daughter to wear the most beautiful clothes and spend the New Year beautifully.

Her Yunshu is still a little girl!

After a busy month, Xie Yunshu finally had a lazy sleep. She was still awakened by the aroma of rice porridge. When she opened her eyes and put on her clothes, she saw Xie Mingcheng sitting by the stove cooking porridge, with a radio playing English quietly beside him.

Seeing Xie Yunshu getting up, he laughed: "Sister, did I wake you up?"

"No, I woke up because I was hungry." Xie Yunshu stretched lazily, turned around and looked at the clock hanging on the wall, then stared: "It's already past 6 o'clock, how can I sleep so well?"

She used to get up at six in the morning to sell lunch boxes, otherwise she would never be able to finish her work. Today, she unexpectedly slept so late.

Xie Mingcheng paused the radio and started frying eggs: "Anyway, there's nothing to do, so it's good to sleep a little longer."

"Where's our mother?" Xie Yunshu brushed her teeth and washed her face on the balcony. Her fair face looked even more beautiful in the sunlight.

Xie Mingcheng skillfully scooped the fried eggs out of the pan and replied, "Mom has finished her meal and said she was going to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if there were any pastries. We need to prepare some for the New Year."

"Then I'll go out too. You have to queue up to buy down jackets. I don't know if I can get one if I get up too late today." Xie Yunshu was a little annoyed. He read too late yesterday and didn't expect to sleep until now.

The New Year is coming soon, and down jackets are in great demand. Many people have been lining up at the storefront since early morning. She has long wanted to buy one for Mingcheng and her mother. There is no need to queue for imported goods, but they are too expensive...

In the Haicheng family compound, Zhou Xinyue moved a few simple cabinets that she had originally owned. The room looked much more shabby than when Xie Yunshu lived there.

She stopped Lu Zhixing and bit her lip: "Brother Zhixing, I know you are unhappy, but we should live a good life after marriage, right? You don't even give me a home, so I have to ask my parents for it."

Lu Zhixing didn't expect Zhou Xinyue to say such a thing. He always thought she was kind and weak, but after getting the marriage certificate, she actually pestered him about money! Why didn't Yun Shu ever mention this issue at the beginning? Even the ten yuan was because after he gave it to Zhou Xinyue, he thought that he should also give money to his wife...