Chapter 71
"I'll give you five minutes. Hurry up and wash up and make breakfast." Lei's mother ordered, "Or do you want to quit on the first day and give us a hard time?"
Yao Yi was extremely depressed and a little angry.
She glanced at Lei Xiao secretly, and seeing that Lei Xiao had no intention of helping her, she could only reluctantly say, "I'll get up now, wash up, and make breakfast."
Lei's mother showed a satisfied smile on her face: "This is the good daughter-in-law of our Lei family."
It wasn't that Yao Yi couldn't cook. Before Zhong Lan married into the Yao family, Yao Yi would cook from time to time. But ever since Yao Hong married Zhong Lan, Yao Yi hadn't cooked at all, taking it for granted that Zhong Lan was the one doing all the cooking.
The Lei family's living standard is better than the Yao family's. Although they also eat porridge and pickles in the morning, everyone has an egg - this is something the Lei family cannot compare with.
Yao Yi served porridge for the five people on the table and placed the chopsticks in place before calling Lei's mother, Lei's father and Lei Xiao to eat.
Mother Lei looked at the porridge and pickles on the table and nodded with satisfaction: "Isn't this quite well done? Don't be so lazy next time. Get up earlier and stir-fry some vegetables."
Yao Yi was extremely reluctant, but she could only agree: "Okay."
"Where's Yingying? She hasn't gotten up yet?" Lei Xiao asked as he picked up the chopsticks.
"This child loves to sleep in." Lei's mother said helplessly: "I'll go wake her up, don't be late again."
Just as Lei's mother was about to get up, Lei Ying ran out of the room in a panic.
Lei Ying is Lei Xiao's younger sister and is in her first year of high school.
"Why are you in such a hurry? If you get up earlier every day, you will have more time and no need to rush." Father Lei said.
"It's because yesterday was my brother's wedding day. I was so happy that I slept late and got up late too." Lei Ying said, "I won't talk to you anymore. I have to hurry to school, otherwise I'll be late again."
Lei Ying picked up the pickles with chopsticks and ate a few mouthfuls, then picked up the bowl and gulped down the porridge.
Just as Lei's mother was about to remind her to "be careful of the heat", Lei Ying jumped up in anger and put the bowl down.
"Why is it so hot! It almost burned my lips!" Lei Ying complained.
"Your sister-in-law got up late and cooked the porridge late, so it was naturally hot." Lei's mother said.
Lei Ying glanced at Yao Yi in reproach: "I was wondering why there were no vegetables today. Mom always has vegetables when she makes breakfast."
"Forget it, I won't eat it. I'll go buy some buns on the way." Lei Ying said, put the egg in her pocket, and ran away.
The family of four continued to eat, but Yao Yi felt very uncomfortable. Lei's mother and Lei Ying's implicit accusations, and Lei Xiao and Lei's father's bystander attitude, all made her feel like an outsider in this family, a servant.
Is this what married life is like?
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At the end of October, Ye Fuyue received her furniture dividend for the first time - twenty-one yuan.
This amount of money was more than Ye Fuyue had expected. She had thought it would only be a dozen yuan at most. This showed that the furniture she designed was still selling well.
The furniture factory probably also realized the sales potential of her set of furniture, so they signed a sales contract with Ye Fuyue for the other two sets of furniture designed by Ye Fuyue.
Ye Fuyue was very happy as she took the sales contracts for the three sets of furniture, the twenty-one yuan, and some food coupons and meat coupons.
In this era, she has a stable income!
Ye Fuyue first invited Wu Qiaoer to a state-owned restaurant for a big meal.
After Wu Qiaoer learned about Ye Fuyue's cooperation model with the furniture factory, she praised her, "You're really good, Fuyue. You make more money this way than I do in a month at the cannery. And most importantly, you don't have to go to the factory every day. You're much more relaxed than me."
Ye Fuyue said cheerfully, "I also think this is better than working in a factory. Anyway, I'm married now, so I don't have to go to the countryside anymore. I don't have to find a job. I just need to figure out how to make money. Working in a furniture factory is pretty good."
Ye Fuyue added, "I've eaten so many of your meals for free before, and you even gave me so many gifts when I got married. I'm going to treat you to a meal as soon as I get my salary this time."
Wu Qiaoer smiled and said, "Alright, I know you're being nice. Isn't that what you want to emphasize?"
Ye Fuyue chuckled: "But don't order too many dishes. I still want to save some money to buy gifts for my husband and mother-in-law."
"You're quite thoughtful!" Wu Qiao'er said, "Are you planning to keep none of this twenty-one yuan?"
"If there's any money left after buying the gifts, I'll keep it. If not, forget it. I still have my dividend next month."
After saying this, Ye Fuyue even said in a serious tone, "This is the confidence that comes from having a stable source of income!"
Wu Qiaoer was also a sensible person. She only ordered two dishes. It was only at Ye Fuyue's request that she ordered an extra meat dish.
After they finished their delicious meal, Wu Qiaoer went back to the cannery to continue working, while Ye Fuyue went to the supply and marketing cooperative and picked out a gift for Chen Yao and Chen Guifeng respectively.
In the evening, after dinner, Ye Fuyue took out the gifts she bought for Chen Yao and Chen Guifeng.
"I got my salary dividend from the furniture factory today. In addition to some bills, I also got twenty-one dollars. Mom, I bought this for you. Chen Yao, this is for you."
Ye Fuyue bought a silk scarf for Chen Guifeng.
"Yu Tong said this silk scarf was just brought back from the provincial capital by their supply and marketing cooperative, and it's selling like hotcakes. The last batch was sold out as soon as it arrived. I was able to snag this one thanks to Yu Tong's help. I'm wearing it now, and it keeps me warm and looks stylish."
Ye Fuyue bought a Hero brand pen for Chen Yao.
"You have to write sometime, and this pen is just right for you."
Chen Guifeng and Shen Yao were both flattered, while Shen Shun was envious and expectant.
"You bought such expensive things for us, so won't the money you just received today be wasted?" Chen Guifeng said.
These things, plus the money spent on treating Wu Qiaoer to a meal, really spent all the twenty-one yuan that Ye Fuyue had just received and it wasn't even warm in her hands.
But Ye Fuyue felt it was worth it. She said, "I can earn more money if I run out of it. It's not like I buy things for you all that often. Today I received my first salary, and I wanted to share my joy with you. After all, you will support me when the salary is gone."
Chen Guifeng was touched and distressed: "Child, don't spend money like this in the future."
Chen Guifeng said this, but she couldn't let go of the scarf in her hand.
Ye Fuyue agreed readily.
Shen Yao also liked the Hero brand pen in his hand very much. Although he had a high monthly salary, he rarely spent money on himself. He either spent it on food, clothing and daily necessities for his family or saved it.
The pens he used were all relatively cheap plastic pens, and this was his first Hero brand pen in his life.
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