Volume 1 Chapter 17 Calculate Her
"Mom, where do I need so much?"
"Here, buy yourself some pastries and snacks, and don't embarrass yourself at work."
After saying this, Sheng's mother took a look at the clothes she was wearing. Why did her daughter wear this simple gray dress that she usually wore for housework instead of a skirt?
Wasn’t this your favorite thing to do before?
He has become sensible all of a sudden, and I can't help but feel sad for him.
Sheng Wanyan felt warm in her heart when she saw the flash of heartache in Sheng's mother's eyes.
"Mom, are you feeling sorry for me?"
"Get lost!"
Mother Sheng got angry when she saw how she was getting ahead of herself just because she was given a little bit of attention.
"You're clearly heartbroken, but you're still being stubborn."
"What did you say, little girl?"
Sheng Wanyan smiled. Not to mention that her mother looked a little hasty in trying to hide her feelings, she was actually quite cute.
As the person in charge of both home and abroad, Sheng's mother rarely looks as feminine and energetic as she does now.
Women in this era have a hard time...
Mother Sheng got so embarrassed in front of her that she went back to her room feeling a little confused.
When she was young, she was a cheerful and energetic girl. She had seen the women in the village who were busy with housework, children and men every day and still didn't get any benefits.
There are also women who are controlled by their mother-in-law and bullied by their husband's family.
I swore in my heart that I would never become such a person, and would live for myself all my life and live happily.
But once a woman gets married, she has to deal with the daily necessities of life, and no matter how much energy she has, it will be mostly consumed.
After having a child, I hope that the child can have more meat to eat, so I save a little and spend less in daily life to pave the way for the child's future.
Sometimes she also lamented that she has now become the person she hated most when she was young.
She was luckier than other women. She married the right man and her husband loved her.
Even though I am not rich, I have lived a comfortable life over the years.
Her daughter's behavior today inevitably reminded her of herself when she was young.
"Wife, come and soak your feet."
Sheng's father came in with a foot basin for her, and Sheng's mother smiled when she saw it.
Now she is very content and has no regrets.
Sheng Wanyan lived a comfortable life, but neighbors from the tube-shaped building would often come to chat with Grandpa Sheng and Grandma Sheng.
"Aunt, your Yan'er is 20 years old too, right?"
Grandma Sheng glanced at Aunt Chen who lived upstairs, and she knew what she wanted to ask.
"I am indeed 20 years old."
"Why haven't you talked about dating yet? If you don't, you'll become an old maid and people will gossip about you."
Grandma Sheng didn't say anything when she heard this. Aunt Chen knew what was going on when she saw that she didn't want to pay attention to her.
But Sheng Wanyan's conditions are just like this: his whole family are workers, and he himself is also a worker. I heard that his monthly salary is only 20 yuan.
There are so many people in this building who are interested in Sheng Wanyan, and they all wish their sons could marry her.
"Free love is encouraged nowadays, and marriage is best decided when the children are happy with it."
Grandma Sheng blocked the conversation back, and it was obvious that her family was not in a hurry to marry off her granddaughter.
"Aunt, what you said is true. Isn't it true that marriage is always decided by parents since ancient times?"
"Parents' orders and matchmaker's words."
Seeing that Grandma Sheng was thinking about it, Aunt Chen immediately recommended her own son to her.
"Aunt, if your daughter Yan'er doesn't get married, everyone will definitely gossip about her.
You see, my youngest son is also a worker. This condition is very good for a single young person living in a tube building..."
"If your Yan'er married here, she would definitely not be able to endure the hardship."
The more Grandma Sheng listened, the more uncomfortable she felt. It’s not hardship for those who fart, but marrying into your family is hardship.
"Okay, Chen's daughter-in-law, my Yan'er's marriage is her own decision."
She really looked down on Aunt Chen's son. To put it nicely, he was a worker, but to put it bluntly, he was free labor for the Chen family, and they had a big family.
With two older brothers and sisters-in-law above him, none of them could be content. The whole family had not been divided, and the parents regarded the eldest and youngest sons as their lives.
But the Chen family favored the younger son more and gave the job opportunity to the younger son instead of the eldest son.
How can this big family not make trouble?
Even if the job is given to the younger son, his monthly salary still needs to be handed over.
The two sisters-in-law were also mean. They quarreled every three days and made a fuss every five days. They even quarreled over a sweet potato, and the whole building knew about it.
The two sisters-in-law gave birth to several children, and the family was left with only the salaries of Chen's father and Chen's youngest son.
There are old people above me and young people below me. My two elder brothers are still unemployed, so the whole family is waiting for food and drink at home every day.
How could the salary of two people be enough to support the whole family? We can only grit our teeth and get by every month.
This is not a blessing for her granddaughter to marry into the family. Instead, she is thinking that her granddaughter's marriage will reduce the burden on her family.
It is also possible that not long after she gets married, she will find ways to make her granddaughter give up her job.
Anyway, her granddaughter won't marry into such a family, and her family has the means, so there is no reason to let her suffer.
"Auntie...how can I make the decision on my own about such an important matter as marriage?"
"Daughter-in-law of the Chen family, your idea is wrong. A great man once said that women hold up half the sky. Why is this wrong?"
Aunt Chen was speechless. If she continued talking, wouldn't she be going against the great man?
"Aunt, I didn't say anything."
"Oh no! It's four o'clock. I have to go home and cook."
Aunt Chen immediately found an excuse to leave and had to think of other ways to deal with the matter.
Sheng Wanyan is the best choice. After she gets married and becomes pregnant, he can let her give the job to his eldest son.
In this way, the eldest son will not resent the younger son, and the family expenses will be much more generous.
Sheng Wanyan had no idea that someone was targeting her, and she was just working while taking advantage of the situation.
"Wanyan, do you want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative together after get off work?"
Wu Jiaxiu planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cloth and make two undershirts for her man before the weather gets too hot.
"Sure, I'm just going to buy some cakes to give to my grandparents."
The pastries at home had been almost eaten, so Grandpa and Grandma Sheng wanted to save some for them.
When Sheng Wanyan found out about this, she deliberately left the food there until it was about to go bad and only then did the two elderly people agree to eat some.
Otherwise, given the habits of the two old people, they would probably not eat it and leave it for her.
Now Grandpa Sheng and Grandma Sheng are also afraid of Sheng Wanyan in this regard. This girl just likes to waste food, and she will just kick her feet in refusal if she doesn't eat.
It's obvious that you don't want to eat it, so she just keeps it until it goes bad. She doesn't feel bad about it anyway.
"Okay, let's go together."
Sheng Wanyan nodded, as this was a good opportunity for her to find out the price of the bicycle.
She doesn't have a bicycle ticket yet, so it seems she has to go to the black market to find a way.
After work, Sheng Wanyan put the knitted sweater into her cloth bag and followed Wu Jiaxiu to the supply and marketing cooperative.
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