The saying "bitter before sweet" is best interpreted by Zhang Jiuyue.

She lost her father early and her mother was always in poor health, so the little girl had to support the family at an early age. She applied to the street office for a job pasting paper boxes.

Although there was work and income, it was just enough to keep the family from starving to death. It was impossible to have enough food and clothing.

So when Zhang Jiuyue grew up a little, she did something very risky behind other people's backs, trading in supplies.

She would do it two or three times a month, and just those two or three times could make the rice porridge at home 30% thicker, and she would even have enough money left to buy medicine for her mother.

As for this situation, she has always been very secretive. Even the people doing business with her don't know what she looks like because they all cover their faces.

She did this and made a living until a new policy came out and no one cared about it anymore. Only then did she dare to truly become a self-employed person.

It is easy to make money as a self-employed person. Just by selling melon seeds and peanuts in the cinema, she can earn 20 to 30 yuan a month, which is no less than other people's salary.

The food at home has improved a lot because they have enough food to eat, their brother has grown taller, and their mother can take her medicine on time without having to worry about food.

At this time, she was not young anymore and was considered an old lady by her neighbors.

Her mother was also very worried about her marriage, and she often asked her to ask a matchmaker to come over to see if she could introduce a partner to her. Don't let it ruin her life.

Zhang Jiuyue had no intention of getting married, but her mother kept nagging about this, so when she met Wang Xi by chance, she became interested in him.

Since Wang Xi is not married yet, why not ask him if he wants to make do with it?

As a result, Wang Xi hid as soon as he saw her.

Originally, Zhang Jiuyue didn’t have any big ideas, and seeing him like this, of course she didn’t follow up.

The days passed like this until a few years later, when she was decocting medicine and Aunt Xi came to propose marriage, which made her mother very happy.

Zhang Jiuyue frowned, but when she learned that this was Wang Xi's intention, she was also surprised.

So she went to Wang Xi in person to find out the truth.

After all, Wang Xi was a real hot commodity at that time. He learned how to drive from Zhou Changdong, mastered the technical skills, and became a very popular truck driver.

Many families were optimistic about him and wanted to introduce their daughters or relatives' daughters to him.

So Wang Xi could have chosen his own wife, and he didn't have to marry someone like her.

Sure enough, she found out that it was his brother Dong who told his sister-in-law that she was good and asked him to marry her, so he came to marry her.

Zhang Jiuyue didn't know whether to roll her eyes or do something at that time. She could also feel that although he followed his brother Dong and his wife's advice to marry her, he was not perfunctory.

Because of this, Zhang Jiuyue also agreed. Only a fool would disagree. She is not a pretentious person, so why not get married?

Then she married Wang Xi.

Wang Xi bought her three roubles and one bell, and it can be said that he married her in a grand manner. Because of this, many people said sour words about her.

Zhang Jiuyue didn't care about all that. She only knew that Wang Xi really took this marriage seriously.

On the wedding night, Wang Xi handed all the belongings in the passbook to her and told her that if she needed any expenses, she could just spend them and not save them.

There was a lot of money in the passbook, and it was too hot to hold in her hands, so she didn't dare to take it. However, Wang Xi forced the money into her hands and told her that the women in the family were in charge of the money.

Zhang Jiuyue asked him, was it your brother Dong who said that?