Chapter 336
Zhou Jinmei was excluded. Seeing this situation, she stamped her feet in anger, turned around and went home with her eldest grandson in her arms.
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After the New Year, the supply and marketing cooperative opened, and Chen Guifeng and Ye Fuyue went there.
Soon, Ye Fuyue and Shen Kang would both be enrolled at university. Chen Guifeng wanted to see if there was anything she needed to buy for them, so she bought everything at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Ye Fuyue came along to join in the fun and see if there was anything she needed to buy.
"Aunt, Fu Yue." Yu Tong took the initiative to greet Chen Guifeng and Ye Fu Yue when he saw them.
"It's rare to see you two come to the supply and marketing cooperative together." Yu Tong said with a smile.
"Yes, usually someone has to be left at home to look after the children. Look, Shen Shun hasn't started school yet, so we asked him to look after Qiqi at home." Chen Guifeng said.
"What are you here to buy today?" Yu Tong asked.
"Fu Yue and your eldest cousin will be going to school soon. I want to see if there is anything I need to buy for them." Chen Guifeng said.
Yu Tong nodded and went about his own business.
Chen Guifeng and Ye Fuyue were strolling around the supply and marketing cooperative.
Ye Fuyue immediately spotted a bright red cotton-padded jacket on the counter and pointed at it and said to Chen Guifeng, "Mom, try this one."
Chen Guifeng took one look and waved her hands: "The color is too bright. Mom, at her age, how can she wear such bright clothes?"
"How can it be bright? This red is a dark color and not flashy. The New Year hasn't even ended yet, so wearing this color is festive." Ye Fuyue said.
Chen Guifeng glanced at the price and whispered to Ye Fuyue, "It's too expensive. This one piece costs over thirty yuan. If I make two or three pieces myself, I can make them."
"How can the colors and styles of the ones I made myself from torn cloth be good-looking? Just try it on. It's free." Ye Fuyue whispered to Chen Guifeng, then said to the salesperson, "Comrade, please show my mother that red cotton-padded jacket."
The salesperson said without even looking up, "You can't see it unless you buy it."
"As long as it fits, we'll buy it." Ye Fuyue said.
"You said you would buy it if it fits. Don't use the excuse that it doesn't fit as an excuse to not buy it later." The salesperson said impatiently.
Ye Fuyue nodded: "That's what I said."
Chen Guifeng pulled Ye Fuyue aside and whispered, "Don't try it, it's too expensive."
Ye Fuyue patted Chen Guifeng's hand gently. "It's not expensive. I can earn it back by drawing a furniture design draft. Before the Chinese New Year, I wanted to buy you new clothes, but I couldn't go out because I was in confinement after giving birth. That's why I didn't buy you any. During the Chinese New Year, you made new clothes for me, Chen Yao, Haohao, and Ranran. You even made Qiqi's clothes and diapers by yourself, but you didn't make clothes for yourself. Chen Yao told me a long time ago to take you out to buy new clothes when I have time."
Chen Yao actually didn't say such a thing, but Ye Fuyue felt that Chen Guifeng had done so much for them, so she should have a new set of clothes.
Ye Fuyue took the clothes that the salesperson handed to her with a stern face and asked Chen Guifeng to try them on.
Chen Guifeng took off her old cotton-padded jacket that she had worn for several years and put on the new one. She looked different.
"Yes, Mom, it looks really good on you. Let's take this one." Ye Fuyue nodded with satisfaction.
Chen Guifeng was still worried about the price. As she took off her cotton jacket, she said, "Forget it. I don't think it fits well. Let's..."
"Huh? Chen Guifeng?" A woman's voice suddenly sounded.
Chen Guifeng stared at the woman in front of her, who was about her age, and was stunned for a long while before she suddenly realized, "Li Tao?"
"Yes, it's me." Li Tao smiled and said, "We haven't seen each other for several years. Is she your daughter?"
Li Tao looked at Ye Fuyue and asked Chen Guifeng.
"My daughter-in-law." Chen Guifeng said proudly.
"I said you seemed to have given birth to three sons but no daughter. Are you the wife of your eldest son or your second son?" Li Tao asked again.
"It belongs to my second son." Chen Guifeng said.
Li Tao looked at Ye Fuyue a few more times, then looked away and asked Chen Guifeng, "Where's your eldest son? Is he married?"
"Not yet. I went to the countryside a few days ago and just came back the year before last."
"He's not young anymore, and he's still unmarried. I'm afraid it'll be hard for him to find a wife in the future." Li Tao seemed concerned, but in fact, she seemed to be enjoying the show. "Why didn't he find an educated youth when he went to the countryside?"
"I didn't find it." The smile on Chen Guifeng's face faded a little, and her words became a little perfunctory.
Li Tao sighed in a fake manner: "Raising three children by yourself is not easy. It's all because Old Shen died young! Although we both had feelings for Old Shen when we were young, Old Shen chose you. I was a little dissatisfied at the time, but now I am really grateful that Old Shen chose you instead of me. Otherwise, I would have become a widow and raised the children alone."
"You have no idea how comfortable my life is right now. Old Yang, my husband, is the factory director. I don't even need to work outside; he can support me and my three children. And my three children are all very capable. This is my youngest daughter, Yang Lu. She took the college entrance exam last December and was accepted into Zhuhai University, the largest university here. She's a prospective college student."
Li Tao's face was filled with pride and satisfaction. Hearing her mother's praise, Yang Lu also puffed out her chest, her face full of pride.
When Chen Guifeng heard Li Tao say that Shen's father died young, her face turned pale. Now, hearing Li Tao bragging about herself and her daughter, Chen Guifeng asked meaningfully, "Oh, what a coincidence! Your daughter is a college-bound student, and so are my eldest son and daughter-in-law. And my daughter-in-law and your daughter are students at the same university."
Li Tao's expression froze, and he blurted out, "Impossible? Your daughter-in-law is also from Zhuda University?"
"Yes!" Chen Guifeng nodded and said leisurely, "My daughter-in-law is not only a graduate of Zhuhai University, but also the provincial top scholar."
Li Tao and Yang Lu's faces froze, and they looked at Ye Fuyue in disbelief.
Ye Fuyue smiled sweetly and said, "I never thought I'd get the provincial top scorer after just taking a simple test. I scored 347 points. I wonder how many points this aunt's daughter scored?"
Li Tao and Yang Lu's faces turned grim. Yang Lu had only scored 271 points, and she had once thought she wouldn't get into Hsinchu University. After receiving the acceptance letter, her family was overjoyed, and her mother, Li Tao, boasted about her admission to everyone she met. Unexpectedly, she even had to show off to the provincial top scorer.
Li Tao suppressed her emotions and said disdainfully, "So what if I'm the provincial champion? My daughter and I still have to go to the same university."
Chen Guifeng's face was filled with realization. "It seems your daughter's test scores weren't very high. While it's true that everyone went to the same university, their qualifications were different. Can someone who scores over 300 be just as smart as someone who scores over 200? The top student who got into Jhu University and the last few who got in are like the top and bottom students in the same class. Can their future development be the same?"
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