Chapter 38
When mentioning Shen Yao, Yao Yi felt a little sour.
In fact, she knew very well that Lei Xiao could not compare to Shen Yao in terms of appearance and work. Unfortunately, Shen Yao was blind and looked down on her.
But it was also good. Chen Guifeng was the only one in Shen Yao's family. Unlike Lei Xiao's family, his parents both had jobs and salaries. Not only did they not need her and Lei Xiao to take care of them, they might even be able to help them. Based on this alone, Yao Yi felt that Lei Xiao was not bad either.
Zhong Lan was sweeping the floor silently without saying a word.
At night, after everyone washed up and went to bed, Zhong Lan and Yao's eldest brother also locked the door and went to bed.
Zhong Lan then told the eldest brother of the Yao family her thoughts: "You were busy at noon today and didn't come back, so Yiyi brought her boyfriend back. Although Comrade Lei is good-looking and his family is well-off, I always feel that he doesn't seem to be very satisfied with us. He didn't drink a single sip of the brown sugar water I offered him. He didn't eat much of the food that my mother and I prepared. He even only took a bite of the meat that Yiyi picked for him."
"I thought about it later. When I served the brown sugar water to Comrade Lei, some stove ash got on my hands. Comrade Lei stared at my hands for a while. Maybe he didn't drink the bowl of brown sugar water because my hands were dirty?"
"You knew that others would dislike your dirty hands, so why didn't you wash your hands before serving the brown sugar water to Comrade Lei?" said the eldest brother of the Yao family.
Zhong Lan curled her lips and said, "I didn't notice it at the time. I only noticed it after I served it to him."
"Comrade Lei didn't eat much. Maybe the food you cooked was not to his taste. It's clearly your fault, but you turn around and blame Comrade Lei." The eldest brother of the Yao family said again.
Zhong Lan stopped talking.
"Don't let Yiyi or my parents know what you said. Yiyi and my parents are very satisfied with Comrade Lei. If you tell them this, they will scold you again." said the eldest brother of the Yao family.
Zhong Lan nodded: "I know, I won't tell."
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The next day, Ye Fuyue went to the furniture factory to find Wan Qi.
Wan Qi had already greeted the security guard at the door in advance, and the security guard took Ye Fuyue to find Wan Qi.
Wan Qi was making furniture in the factory. When he saw Ye Fuyue coming, he said, "Wait here for a while. I'll go call our director over."
"Okay." Ye Fuyue responded.
After a while, Wan Qi came back, followed by a man who was older than him.
Wan Qi introduced, "This is Director Li, my boss. I've already shown Director Li the furniture drawings you drew."
"Hello, Director Li." Ye Fuyue greeted politely.
Director Li nodded and asked, "Did you draw all those furniture drawings?"
"right."
“It’s very different from the furniture on the market today.”
Ye Fuyue smiled and said, "I just drew some furniture according to my own needs. I originally wanted to buy some ready-made furniture, but I couldn't find what I wanted, so I drew the blueprints myself."
Director Li nodded again. "I understand. I've seen the furniture drawings you drew. Our factory can make them, but it will take some time. After all, we've never made anything like this before. Also, the price isn't cheap. Let me tell you in detail."
Director Li took Ye Fuyue's design drawings and said to her one by one, "This set will cost eighty yuan. This one is more expensive, it will cost one hundred yuan. This one is cheaper, it will cost sixty yuan."
The price of these furniture is more expensive than Ye Fuyue expected.
However, the furniture of this era is made of very solid materials and can be used for a very long time, so it is no wonder that it is not cheap.
Ye Fuyue said without hesitation: "Help me make this set for sixty yuan."
Ye Fuyue had no intention of asking Chen Guifeng for money. With the exception of the sewing machine, the Shen family had bought her everything else. Compared to other married women, the Shen family had been quite good to her. Ye Fuyue planned to pay for the furniture herself and Shen Yao.
They were newly married and had only a little over 200 yuan in savings, so Ye Fuyue planned to save as much as possible.
The furniture in the room was not unusable, so she made the storage cabinet she had drawn first. She could make the other furniture later if she wanted to.
"Okay." Director Li said, "We'll sign a contract with you, and you'll pay a 20-yuan deposit and leave your home address. We'll deliver it to your home after it's finished."
"good."
After Ye Fuyue came out of the furniture factory, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some vegetables.
Ye Fuyue often came to the supply and marketing cooperative to look for Yu Tong. Many of the salespeople there recognized her. When she came to buy things, they no longer looked down on her as they did before.
Ye Fuyue looked around the supply and marketing cooperative but didn't see Yu Tong.
She asked a familiar salesperson, "Is Yu Tong closed today?"
"Yes, she is not feeling well and has asked for leave."
After that, the salesperson added, "She's already taken two days off."
"She hasn't come for two days? Is she very sick?" Ye Fuyue asked.
"I don't know the specific situation. I just heard it from our team leader. Anyway, she asked for leave yesterday and today, saying that she was not feeling well." said the salesperson.
Ye Fuyue thanked the salesperson and didn't ask any more questions.
She bought some vegetables at the supply and marketing cooperative and went back.
At noon, she made tomatoes with sugar, fried tofu, and stir-fried meat with chili peppers.
The Shen family's food was considered relatively good in the entire compound, and they could eat meat two or three times a week. Furthermore, whenever Ye Fuyue cooked, she was quite generous with the oil.
Every time Chen Guifeng saw her adding oil, she felt distressed, but she kept silent. When Chen Guifeng cooked, she would only add a little bit of oil each time.
Therefore, when Chen Guifeng was cooking, Shen Shun was completely depressed. If Ye Fuyue was cooking, Shen Shun would be extremely happy and would eat an extra bowl of rice than usual.
Look, when Shen Shun saw the greasy fried tofu and the greasy stir-fried pork with chili peppers on the table, his eyes lit up and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Stop drooling! It's almost dripping into the bowl!" Chen Guifeng knocked on Shen Shun's bowl with chopsticks in disgust.
Shen Shun sucked back the saliva that was about to flow out, smiled, and started to eat his meal.
Seeing him like this, Chen Guifeng looked at the dishes on the table that had been fried with who knows how much oil, and sighed deeply in her heart.
When it is her turn to cook in the evening, she will use less oil to save the oil used today.
Ye Fuyue glanced at Chen Guifeng's expression and knew what her mother-in-law was worried about again.
There was no other way. She could save on things she used and things she wore, but eating those same, oilless dishes every day would really make her depressed. She would rather spend less on other things and use the money she saved to buy more meat.
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