Chapter 373: I’m Here to Repay a Gratitude
Before he could finish the last three words, Lin Qingmu hurriedly declined.
"No, no, no!" He waved his hands to make a double shadow, "Mom, please don't."
As he said this, he praised Li Xiuli.
"My mother is the most open-minded. She wouldn't be like the aunties in the village. She wouldn't ignore her child's wishes, right?"
He looked at Li Xiuli with bright eyes, waiting for her reply.
I'm really afraid that one day I'll suddenly have a fiancée.
Li Xiuli was delighted but her face remained stern.
"Don't flatter me. I won't fall for it."
It was a sarcastic remark, but it was also a definite statement.
"Don't worry, your family won't arrange a marriage for you if you don't want to. It's your life to live, and you have to be satisfied with your own wife..."
Tangtang has told her so many stories about unhappy couples, why would she mess around again?
Children all have their own destiny, so take it slow.
Fortunately, the third child is not even 20 years old yet, so there is no rush to find a partner.
Besides, he has a formal job and is good-looking, so he won't have to worry about finding a wife.
Lin Qingmu clenched his fists happily and jumped a few times on the spot.
"Thank you, mom. You are really the best mom in the whole brigade." He said sweetly.
Li Xiuli felt a little embarrassed when being praised by the brat at home.
Immediately changed the subject.
"What are you talking about? Tell me the price of these things so I can tell the villagers..."
Lin Qingmu responded briskly.
"Okay!"
When I had finished taking inventory halfway, Gao Ping came with the fish.
“They’re all here!”
"Aunt!" Lin Qingshan and Lin Qingmu called out.
Gao Ping put the fish down and looked at Lin Qingmu.
"Is Qingmu's trip going well? He seems to be getting more and more different."
Li Xiuli smiled and asked her sister-in-law to sit down.
"Why praise this brat? He has no idea what he is doing. He will be blown away by a compliment."
She complained, but her eyes were full of pride.
Everyone can see that she is satisfied with Lin Qingmu.
Gao Ping smiled and said, "Alright, alright, we've been sisters-in-law for decades, I know what you're thinking.
The child is good, and he should be praised."
Lin Qingmu raised his eyebrows proudly.
Finally someone said something fair!
Li Xiuli was afraid that her third child would become too proud, so she stopped talking about this topic.
Looking at the fat fish Gao Ping brought, she scolded, "You're here, why are you bringing anything with you?"
Gao Ping just smiled and said, "I am here to trouble you, but I can't come empty-handed. What will I become then?"
Li Xiuli just said it.
If the eldest sister-in-law was someone who only took advantage of others, they wouldn't get along so well.
"Sister-in-law, you're here to pick out things, right? Everything is here. Do you want anything?"
As she spoke, she pointed at the big bag that Lin Qingmu brought back.
"good!"
Gao Ping responded and looked through the items in the bundle.
"These cotton boots look good to me. They're warm and look sturdy. Do you have a size 44? I want to get a pair and send it to Weiguo."
Li Xiuli didn't know either and looked at Lin Qingmu.
Lin Qingmu nodded, "Yes, both 43 and 44."
"That's good. Leave a pair for me." Gao Ping said.
After saying that, he saw some nice fabrics in the bundle.
For a moment I thought of my daughter.
"...This cloth looks good." Gao Ping said while touching the cloth.
"This is fabric from a big city, it must be good."
As Li Xiuli spoke, she asked about Lin Caixia, the only girl in the eldest wife's house.
"How's Caixia? I haven't heard from her in a long time."
Lin Caixia is 24 years old this year and has been married with children for a long time.
Because of some things, I don’t contact my family much.
Gao Ping's face showed worry.
Thinking of her troublesome daughter, she felt upset.
He sighed deeply.
"It's the same as always, you know that family.
She didn't listen to me and her father and insisted on marrying him. She has to bear all the hardships by herself, and I can't bear it for her..."
What’s the point of looking for a partner based on appearance? First, it’s unreliable, and second, you can’t live a good life with it.
If you meet that awful old hag again, you'll have a long time to suffer.
Li Xiuli recalled how Caixia had fallen out with her family because she wanted to marry that handsome young man from the next county, and shook her head helplessly.
Having too many children is a debt!
Fortunately, her Tangtang is well-behaved and sensible, and came to repay her gratitude.
Otherwise, with her violent temper, she would probably vomit blood out of anger.
"How you live your life is your own choice. We as parents can't control our children for their entire lives, right?"
Gao Ping thought, isn’t that right?
You choose your own days.
If someone insists on taking the muddy road instead of the broad road, she can't tie him up and hold his head down to force him to walk on the smooth road.
"Let's not talk about her anymore. I'll continue picking."
Gao Ping didn't want to mention that annoying daughter anymore, as her heart ached whenever she did.
Li Xiuli: "Okay, there are canned goods here..."
Twenty minutes later, Gao Ping had picked out everything.
“Okay, that’s all.
Aoki, please calculate the price. As I said before, don't be ridiculous. It's the price.
Lin Qingmu smiled and said, "...No need to be pretentious."
As he said that, he calculated the price.
After all, they were family members, so he didn't charge more and just paid them at cost price.
"Eighteen in total."
Gao Ping's expression instantly became serious, and her eyes were full of suspicion.
"You must have miscalculated, these should be at least twenty-eight.
Those cotton boots cost several dollars, and all those other things, it can’t be eighteen.”
In rural areas, if you can come up with 18 yuan at once, you are considered a wealthy person.
The eldest wife's life is not bad. Although it is not easy, at least she can afford it.
Lin Qingmu reluctantly took out the receipt and looked at his aunt, "It's eighteen. Here's the receipt. Take a look if you don't believe me."
Things over there are indeed much cheaper than here.
Gao Ping took a look and found that the prices were indeed similar.
However, Aoki didn't even collect any personal wages.
She glared at me and said, "Why didn't you charge me a dime more? You have to run back and forth and move it back. How can I not charge you any running fee? I'll give you two more dollars as running fee..."
Lin Qingmu opened his mouth, "Isn't this..."
Before he could finish his words, Gao Ping interrupted him seriously.
"That's for sure. If you don't accept it, I don't want it."
It’s not easy to bring it back from such a long distance.
The goods are good and no invoice is required, so it is necessary to pay some transportation fee.
Lin Qingmu looked helpless.
In the end, it was Li Xiuli who made the final decision: "Third brother, listen to your aunt."
This will also make it easier for people from the village who come to exchange.
After all, he and his aunt had both received money for running away, so it would be bad for a neighbor who had no relatives to take advantage of him for nothing.
"Okay, I'll listen to my aunt." Lin Qingmu said with a look of compromise.
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Soon it was the day of Zhou Peiyu's wedding.
Lin Tang was fortunate enough to witness a wedding in this era.
In order to prepare for their son's marriage, the Ding family decorated the new house early.
If you want to have all three turns and one ring, it will cost at least one thousand yuan. If you are not a cadre family, it is rare to have all of them.
The Ding family was quite sincere and prepared a bicycle and a watch as the main part of the betrothal gifts, followed by cabinets, washbasins and other things.
(End of this chapter)
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