Chapter 145 Strange Things
Seeing that Ning Xuan had gotten a bath ticket, Ning Lan also wanted to go to the bathhouse. "Mom, I want to go too!"
"Where are you going? We don't have that many tickets at home. Your sister rarely comes back, so let her use them first. We can skip one trip to the bathhouse this month, it's fine. Use the tickets we save for your sister." Although Wu Yumei couldn't stop her, she still couldn't help but give Ning Xuan a subtle but firm rebuke.
Ning Xuan knew these words were directed at her. Wu Yumei thought she was the old Ning Xuan who would refuse to go to the bathhouse after hearing such words. Dream on.
"Auntie is right. Ninglan is sorry. I've been living in the countryside for so long and haven't been able to go to a public bathhouse. I really envy you guys who can go to the public bathhouse every month."
I'm in the countryside not only because I don't have tickets, but also because it's inconvenient to go to the commune from the countryside. It's a rare opportunity for me to come back, so I won't stand on ceremony this time.
It's just a soft knife, she can do that too.
Ning Kang didn't see through the subtle sarcasm between the group. After hearing Ning Xuan's words, he realized that his eldest daughter was indeed having a hard time in the countryside, so he directly instructed Wu Yumei to get the tickets for Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan took the ticket and left without hesitation.
When she returned, Wu Yumei said loudly to Ning Xuan, "Xiao Xuan is back! I've already made your bed. Get some rest."
Ning Xuan realized that Wu Yumei was afraid Ning Kang wouldn't see her contribution, but she also noticed the scheming in Wu Yumei's eyes. She went to the room where she would be sharing with Ning Lan that night and looked at the bedding.
Without even touching them, she already knew what was going on. These were the old, worn-out quilts she used to use. Wu Yumei had specially collected them, just in case she came home one day and covered her with them again.
She had already noticed that her old, worn-out clothes were gone from the closet, and she didn't know where Wu Yumei had found this tattered quilt.
"This is your old quilt, Auntie kept it for you," Wu Yumei said to Ning Xuan with a fake smile.
Ning Lan watched the spectacle from the sidelines.
Wu Yumei thought Ning Xuan would be like before, not daring to speak up even if she had grievances, and could only silently bear them herself.
But this time she was wrong; Ning Xuan didn't indulge her at all.
She didn't even bother to touch the tattered blanket, and went straight to Ning Kang's room to knock on the door, "Dad, come out for a moment."
Hearing Ning Xuan's voice, Ning Kang got out of bed and opened the door. "Xiao Xuan, aren't you asleep yet? What's wrong?"
Ning Xuan looked troubled. "Dad, I want to ask if there are any blankets left at home. My old blanket is too old. Although it's not the coldest time yet, I'm sure I'll catch a cold at night if I only use that blanket. Then I'll have to spend money to see a doctor. If it delays my trip back to the countryside to work, that would be a real problem."
Ning Kang frowned. "Aren't there any other blankets at home?"
Wu Yumei began her performance: "Oh dear, there are so many expenses at home, both inside and out. Besides, it takes so long to save up enough tickets to make a quilt. After Xiaoxuan went to the countryside, we managed to scrape together another quilt for her and sent it over. We just finished paying back the tickets we borrowed."
Ning Xuan calmly watched Wu Yumei's performance. "Dad, it's all my fault for causing trouble for the family. I should have known better than to come back. I could have saved on travel expenses. I didn't know that with you and Auntie earning more than 100 yuan a month combined, the family was still in such dire straits."
I spent so long in the countryside, and I only asked my family for money once. A large part of that 300 yuan was actually my educated youth subsidy…”
"What are you saying? This will always be your home. Since there aren't any extra blankets, you and Xiaolan can squeeze in for now." Ning Kang was a little impatient with dealing with these trivial matters.
Ning Xuan realized that she shouldn't have any expectations of Ning Kang. He was essentially a self-centered, chauvinistic man, so she shouldn't blame her for handling things in her own way.
"I'm fine with it. Back in the countryside, we slept on a large communal bed in the educated youth dormitory, with five or six people sharing one kang (heated brick bed)." Ning Xuan thought to herself, "I'm not lying. That's really how the educated youth dormitory was."
But Ning Lan objected, "I'm not used to sleeping with other people. I'm used to sleeping alone."
“You’ll have to get used to it whether you like it or not. Your sister’s only back for a few days, so you can squeeze in with her for now, or you can go to the dorm. It’s too late today, so you can go to the dorm tomorrow. Just squeeze in for today.” After Ning Kang finished speaking, he didn’t care whether Ning Lan was happy or not, and turned around and went back to his room while yawning.
Ning Xuan smiled and said to Ning Lan, "Then let's squeeze in tonight."
Ning Lan rolled her eyes at Ning Xuan, "You wish! You sleep in your own bed. If you're cold, wear more clothes."
But Ning Xuan was faster than her, and sat on Ning Lan's bed first, then pulled all the blankets over her. "All the clothes in my closet are gone. You have a lot of clothes, so you can sleep on my bed. If you're cold, wear more clothes."
"Get up, this is my bed!" Ning Lan jumped up, trying to pull Ning Xuan up.
But Ning Xuan remained completely still and didn't move an inch. "Anyway, Dad said we can squeeze in. If you don't want to, you can sleep over there."
Ning Lan, unwilling to compromise, rushed out of the room to let Wu Yumei in, "Mom! I don't want to sleep with her, and I don't want to sleep under that tattered blanket!"
When Wu Yumei saw that Ning Xuan had firmly taken over Ning Lan's quilt, she realized that she had miscalculated. This wretched girl had indeed changed after going to the countryside.
"Oh dear, Xiaoxuan, Xiaolan is used to sleeping alone, and we really don't have any blankets at home. I'll go out and borrow one for you now."
Ning Xuan let her do as she pleased, but she had already applied the X-ray vision potion beforehand, intending to keep an eye on Wu Yumei. Sure enough, Wu Yumei said she was going out to borrow something, but she only went out for a short while and came back empty-handed. Then she turned a corner and went to the small cubicle where Ning Hui slept and found a blanket.
Seeing this, Ning Xuan didn't expose her; she didn't want to cover herself with Ning Lan's blanket anyway.
That's all for tonight, it's actually pretty boring.
She quietly cast a cleaning spell on her bed and blankets, and then lay down.
However, she did not sleep. Instead, she used her X-ray vision to observe her home. Although she now had divine sense, the range of divine sense at the Qi Refining stage was relatively small and it was very energy-consuming. The X-ray vision potion was more convenient and effortless.
Fortunately, Ning Kang and Wu Yumei weren't doing anything special tonight, so she didn't have to avoid them and could observe around with peace of mind.
Neither her room nor Ning Lan's room was anything special, except that she saw Ning Lan's allowance. This girl was really poor; she spent almost all of her monthly salary and only had a dozen or so yuan in pocket money. There wasn't a single penny in her wardrobe.
She looked into Ning Kang's room again. Hmm, there was some cash and tickets in the cabinet, but there was only a little over 200 yuan in the savings account.
After looking around, she planned to look away, since there were still people in the bed and she didn't want to see anything she shouldn't. However, she accidentally caught a glimpse of something strange in one of the bed legs where Ning Kang and the others were sleeping.
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