Chapter 135 Daily Life 3
Lin Yi'an and Zhou Mingshi took their parents upstairs to buy clothes. They bought clothes not only for Liu Zhengying, but also for their father and grandmother. They also picked out some clothes for themselves and put them in their house in the county town.
Liu Zhengying, carrying a bag, said, "Too much."
Lin Yi'an: "If we put these clothes in the house in the county town, we won't need to bring any luggage when we come to stay in the future."
"That's fine," Liu Zhengying said. "I wonder if your aunt and the others have finished buying them?"
Lin Yi-an: "You can call and ask."
Liu Zhengying took out her phone, made a call, and arranged to meet downstairs.
The four of them, carrying large and small bags, walked downstairs.
When they got downstairs, Liu Zhenghong and the other two saw the bags in their hands and exclaimed in surprise, "Why did you buy so many? Did you come to the county town specifically to buy clothes?"
Liu Zhengying smiled and said, "My two children are so filial. They bought several sets of clothes for me, their father, and their grandmother."
Looking at the smile on her younger sister's face, Liu Zhenghong thought to herself that her sister's life was really getting better. She checked her phone and invited them, "It's almost noon, why don't you come to our house for lunch?"
Liu Zhengying said, "My family Mingshi booked a hotel, and we're going to have dinner there together."
Liu Zhenghong said apologetically, "Since you've come to the county town, we should treat you..."
Liu Zhengying: "It doesn't matter who's treating, let's go."
Liu Zhenghong hesitated and asked, "Should I call him 'Big Brother'?"
Liu Zhengying: "Let's not disturb their work, let's talk about it next time."
She was the fourth child in her family, with two older sisters, an older brother, and a younger brother. She wasn't close to her siblings. If they met, they could sit down and have a meal together, but if they didn't meet, they would never contact each other in this lifetime, and she didn't feel any regret about it.
The group walked towards the garage. When they arrived, Zhu Hongyuan saw their car and his eyes widened. Just who was his aunt's son-in-law?
During the meal, Liu Zhenghong witnessed once again what true generosity was. After finishing their meal, they didn't linger and left.
Sitting in the car, Ji Qingping couldn't help but say, "My cousin and her husband seem very capable. Hongyuan's company hasn't paid salaries for three months and is on the verge of collapse. Could you ask them for help and introduce Hongyuan to a job?"
Zhu Hongyuan's eyes lit up: "We're so close, if we really ask them for help, they should be willing to help, right?"
Liu Zhenghong gave a bitter smile. At the dinner table, she tried several times to ask her sister about her life over the past few years, but her sister always changed the subject. She knew that her sister didn't want to talk about her situation, probably because she was afraid that her sister would come to her and ask for money.
She sighed. When her younger sister had been married for a little over a year, she wanted to build a house but was short of money. She personally came to give her a quilt made from cotton she had grown herself, hoping to borrow money from her. She refused and even mocked her, saying that she was too ambitious and that she could live in any house without money. Why did she have to live in a bungalow?
My sister's eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she said, "If you don't want to lend it, then don't. Why are you making sarcastic remarks? I don't believe you won't need to ask for help in the future."
At the time, she thought that even if she asked someone for help, she couldn't get help from her younger sister. Because of this incident, the two sisters gradually stopped seeing each other. Later, after their parents passed away, their relationship improved, but since the two families lived far apart, they still didn't keep in touch.
Now that other people's daughters and sons-in-law are capable and successful, she doesn't have the face to ask them for help.
She said, "As for work, you'll have to rely on yourselves. I haven't been in touch with your aunt for years, so I can't bring myself to ask."
Ji Qingping: "Auntie, why don't you give it a try? It's okay if you don't agree..."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Liu Zhenghong didn't want to lose her temper with her future daughter-in-law, but she was indeed a little annoyed. She had already said she couldn't bring herself to ask, so why was she being forced to ask?
Seeing her sister's good life now, does she regret it? A little. But regret is useless; what's done is done. If her sister really wanted to be close to her, she wouldn't keep everything at home a secret. Given her sister's attitude, even if she asked, the sister might not pay any attention.
Ji Qingping immediately shut up. Seeing her expression, she realized what was going on. She thought about how many years they hadn't been in contact. They were clearly sisters, and they didn't live too far apart. Why hadn't they been in contact for so many years? Could it be that they had some kind of conflict before?
Meanwhile, Zhou Mingshi and Lin Yi'an brought their parents home, and Liu Zhengying smiled and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, guess who I ran into?"
Grandma Lin: "Who is it?"
Liu Zhengying leaned back on the sofa and poured herself a glass of water: "My eldest sister."
Lin Yi'an smiled and glanced at them, then yawned: "You guys chat, I'm going upstairs to rest."
Grandma Lin said, "Go ahead, the room has been cleaned up."
Zhou Mingshi went back to the room with her.
Downstairs, only Grandma Lin and Liu Zhengying and his wife remained.
After finishing her water, Liu Zhengying whispered to her mother-in-law, "You don't know how envious my older sister looked when she saw Bao'er and Mingshi buying me jewelry and clothes. She probably never dreamed that I could live such a good life."
Grandma Lin glanced at her with a smile: "Are you happy now?"
Liu Zhengying said embarrassedly, "To be honest, I am indeed a little proud. If they knew that Bao'er bought me such a big villa, they would definitely be even more envious."
Grandma Lin: "You..."
Liu Zhengying: "Mom, you know my temper. I hold grudges. Back then, to borrow money from her, I even used the only eight jin of cotton we had to make her a quilt. In the end, she took the quilt, but not only did she not lend me the money, she also scolded me. I was so angry and scared at the time, afraid that you would scold me, so I gave the quilt to my family. I still didn't get anything from her. Luckily, you didn't say anything..."
Grandma Lin: "That's because I know your temper. Why would I scold you?"
Liu Zhengying hugged her arm: "My mother-in-law is the best."
Grandma Lin pushed her away: "Go away, don't try to sweet-talk me. I don't have any big gold bracelets for you."
Speaking of the gold bracelet, Liu Zhengying opened the groceries she had bought and found the bracelet her daughter and son-in-law had bought for their mother-in-law, saying, "Why isn't there a big gold bracelet? Look at this!"
Grandma Lin, wearing her reading glasses, looked over and asked, "What's this?"
Liu Zhengying: "This is a big gold bracelet that your granddaughter and grandson-in-law bought for you." As she spoke, she put the bracelet on her wrist.
Grandma Lin exclaimed, "This is too big! How many grams does it weigh? Why are you buying me a bracelet?"
Liu Zhengying: "You know Bao'er, she's always been filial. She even found you a filial grandson-in-law. She bought me some, so you can't be left out."
Grandma Lin: "They already bought bracelets, so there's no need to buy any more. Why would an old woman like me wear so much jewelry?"
Liu Zhengying: "Since I've already bought it, I might as well wear it."
The family spent the night in the county town and returned to their hometown early the next morning.
When the villagers saw them return from outside early in the morning, they learned that Lin Yi'an had bought a villa for her parents in the county town. The villagers were filled with emotion and envy, and some even regretted that if they had known Lin Yi'an was a wealthy heiress from the capital, they would have brought her back to raise, and maybe they could have lived in a villa too.
After arriving home, Zuo Mingyang came over and called them to visit the medicinal herb base.
It was a cloudy day, and not very hot outside. A group of people walked towards the field.
Upon reaching a deserted area, Liu Zhengying couldn't help but say, "Bao'er was abandoned here by that human trafficker."
Zhou Mingshi's heart tightened, and he grasped Lin Yi'an's hand. Lin Yi'an smiled and said, "It's alright. I've always known about this. From another perspective, this piece of land is destined for me."
Zhou Mingshi grunted in agreement, looked around, and asked Zuo Mingyang, "Have we contracted out this area as well?"
Zuo Mingyang: "This piece of land belongs to the village. It's too small and the land isn't good, so we didn't let you contract it."
Zhou Mingshi: "I plan to contract it out and build a garden."
Lin Yi'an looked at him in surprise and said, "This place is connected to you, we can't let it go to waste."
Lin Yi'an: "......"
Zuo Mingyang hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking, "Are all rich people this romantic?"
Zhou Mingshi calmly replied, "Perhaps I'm a bit superstitious."
Zuo Mingyang glanced at him and said, "I can't tell."
Zhou Mingshi smiled but didn't say anything.
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