Naturally, he was very happy to have made money, and Ye Qingshui returned to the military compound with a smile on his face.
Although I earned a lot today, I also spent a lot. In the end, it’s no different from money going in from the left side of my pocket and out of the right side.
But after all, the watch and the bicycle ticket were bought, and Ye Qingshui finally put his mind at ease. Normally, Ye Qingshui would not dare to think about buying these big items so easily.
If I didn't come to the capital, I would probably only earn about fifty yuan by selling these tickets in the county before the New Year.
Ye Qingshui looked at the whitewashed walls of the military compound and thought: I won't have to come here again next year.
There is no place like home. No wonder Xie Tingyu told her about the situation at home again and again before taking her back to the capital.
It is really difficult for Xie Tingyu to have encountered so many bad things in his childhood but still grew up smoothly in this family, with a bright and upright character and without self-pity.
In comparison, the Ye family is more humane, and Ye Qingshui couldn't help but think of things at home.
The family has just built a new house, so let’s put it aside to get rid of the smell. When she returns to the countryside after the New Year, she can move in there.
The bacon she cured at home at the end of the year should be ready now. The aroma of a pot of bacon filling the house is far better than the semi-finished bacon she eats at Xie's house now. My mother and grandmother must be very happy eating it. After the New Year, she will bring the milk powder back to the countryside. My aunt will definitely be very happy to see it. In her previous life, my uncle was a bachelor for more than 30 years. He had a child when he was old. In this life, he can hold a baby at a young age. Ye Qingshui is happy from the bottom of her heart.
As Ye Qingshui thought about this, a smile unconsciously rose on his lips.
When she returned to Xie's house and saw Xie Dongmei and her daughter, the smile on her face did not diminish at all.
Xu Maofang asked: "What did your sister-in-law do when she went out just now? She looked very happy."
Xie Dongmei said: "My brother bought her a watch. How could she not be happy? A Longines women's watch costs at least 200 yuan."
Xu Maofang was puzzled, "Your brother was just taking a nap in his room, why did he accompany your sister-in-law to buy a watch?"
At this point, Xie Dongmei was not very happy. "My brother not only accompanied my sister-in-law to buy a watch, but he also lectured me and ignored me when he saw me in the store!"
"Oh, I just ran into Aunt Hua."
Xie Dongmei didn't think anything was wrong, but Xu Maofang became even more suspicious.
Xie Tingyu was indeed sleeping at home in the afternoon, and she even sent fruit to her stepson. How could he have the wings to run out and go shopping with Ye Qingshui?
There was a knock on the door, interrupting Xu Maofang's suspicion.
Xie Dongmei went to open the door, and the person who came was Sun Lingyu. She turned her head again and saw that Sun Lingyu brought someone with her. The woman smiled at her.
"Dongmei, this is He Fang." Sun Lingyu introduced.
…
When Ye Qingshui returned to Xie's house, Xie Tingyu had already woken up and was washing clothes.
In the cold winter, water turns into ice and the water flowing from the tap is bone-chillingly cold. Hands become stiff unconsciously when soaked in the water.
Seeing him washing his clothes without complaint, Ye Qingshui said quickly:
"Leave it to me."
Today Ye Qingshui was busy selling tickets and shopping at the black market. He was so busy that he didn't come back until almost evening. He didn't take this trivial matter to heart and forgot about it for a while.
The thin sunlight of the northern afternoon reflected on his handsome face. A man was hunched over in a small toilet, but the serious expression on his face seemed to be treating the most important thing. Ye Qingshui's mind became complicated when he saw this.
But she did not stop him. Seeing the young man, who had never done housework before, washing her clothes, Ye Qingshui felt like a serf rising up and singing.
The uncle's tireless "teaching" of Xie Tingyu was truly successful.
However...Ye Qingshui still insisted, "You really don't need to wash it."
Xie Tingyu said as he washed, "It's just a matter of convenience. I've already washed it."
He deftly hung the wrung-out clothes on the radiator, water droplets dripping onto his hands, and he looked down toward the window.
Xie Tingyu saw the familiar black skirt hanging in the yard.
Ever since he saw Ye Qingshui wearing it once during a commendation meeting in the county town, Xie Tingyu has never seen it again.
When Ye Qingshui put on the black skirt and white shirt, she looked as soft and beautiful as the clouds hanging in the sky in autumn, which was amazing. Xie Tingyu bought the cloth and asked her to cut it into clothes just to see her wearing them more, but she didn't expect that she would put it away.
This is really depressing.
Xie Tingyu withdrew his gaze, with a smile on his face.
…
Time flies, and New Year's Eve is just around the corner.
According to past practice, Grandma Xie would give the money for purchasing New Year's goods to Xu Maofang, but the old lady couldn't resist the desire to be with her granddaughter-in-law and get closer to her, so she gave the money and receipts directly to Ye Qingshui.
Ye Qingshui then went with Grandma Xie to buy New Year's goods. They went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy grain.
After waiting in line for a long time, Ye Qingshui frowned and said, "Grandma, you are old and it is easy to catch a cold if you stand for a long time."
"You sit inside, I'll go take care of these things."
Ye Qingshui settled the old lady in a state-owned restaurant and ordered a bowl of wontons for her.
Intellectuals like Grandma Xie Tingyu came from a poor family and probably had never done any heavy work. They would fall down at the slightest gust of wind. They were not as strong as Grandma Ye Qingshui.
In fact, Grandma Xie did not have to buy New Year's goods herself. In previous years, she had left it to her daughter-in-law. Xu Maofang, the pampered wife, then gave this task to the nanny at home.
Grandma Xie gave this job to Ye Qingshui, on the one hand out of consideration for her granddaughter-in-law, and on the other hand she also wanted to take care of Ye Qingshui and spend more time with her.
She didn't expect her granddaughter-in-law from the countryside to be so good. Grandma Xie had just sat for a while when Ye Qingshui came with rice and flour in her left hand, a basket of fish and New Year's goods in her right hand, and a sugarcane couplet on her back. The old lady bought a lot of New Year's goods. For example, the melon seeds, candies, and biscuits for New Year's snacks, as well as the snacks, meat, and eggs for visiting relatives, all bought.
Although the Xie family has a small population, every year the Xie family celebrates the New Year together with some good friends and a few soldiers who do not go home for the New Year. It is inevitable that there will be dozens of people. It is not uncommon to eat five fish in one meal, and they can eat more than ten kilograms of noodles alone.
Ye Qingshui bought a lot of New Year's goods, and it was quite hard to buy them. However, Ye Qingshui had already drawn up a list of what he would need and what he had to buy for the New Year, without any ambiguity.
Grandma Xie was stunned.
"Shuiya, are you tired?"
Ye Qingshui took a breath, wiped the sweat off his face and said with a smile, "I'm not tired. This is as light as a feather. How can I be tired? When I was in the countryside, the green manure I carried every day was much heavier than this."
Grandma Xie thought that her grandson was too honest to find such a girl. She opened her mouth and said, "Go fetch flour for me, you take a rest."
Ye Qingshui followed instructions and put a small bag of flour for Grandma Xie.
After walking for a while, the old man was out of breath, "I can't do it anymore, Shuiya, please walk slowly. Are you tired? You are so capable carrying so many things."
If she had known earlier, she should have brought her grandson out and not been greedy for this little time alone with her grandson's wife.
Ye Qingshui stopped and put all the things the old man was carrying into the backpack.
She was a little amused and didn't think that this little job was a big deal. Besides, how could spending money to buy things be tiring? Wouldn't she be happy to buy things?
The little guy Zhou Ke would take advantage of the weekends to smash stones to make money. A six or seven-year-old child would carry a basket of stones, which weighed fifty or sixty kilograms.
Ye Qingshui said with a smile: "What's the big deal? Brother Yu is even better than me. He was also able to endure hardships in the countryside. When we were building the reservoir, he could carry 200 kilograms of stones up the mountain without even breathing hard."
Grandma Xie said: "How can they be the same? He is a man, and girls should be pampered and raised."
She wiped the sweat off Ye Qingshui with her warm hands, "You are too honest, and you are easily bullied by Tingyu. Don't look at him as a decent person now, when he was a child, he would make trouble for something he liked the most."
He lacks a sense of security, thought Grandma Xie.
Ye Qingshui nodded after hearing this. He was not only tormented by things he liked, but also by people he disliked. For example, she had been tormented quite a lot in her previous life.
Grandma Xie didn't expect that her grandson would get married so soon after his trip to the countryside. It's been less than a year. Seeing her grandson's look of disdain for girls, she thought that this brat would pick a perfect wife, but she didn't expect that he would end up with such an ordinary wife.
Compared to the girls he had dated before, she was not even a little bit better.
But love is sometimes so unreasonable.
Grandma Xie looked at her and felt relieved when she saw her sweating without saying a word. This is a simple-minded child.
"Tingyu has been good-looking since he was young, and he is also smart and likable. All the adults like him. But you have heard him talk about the time when he lost Juejue, right? After that, he became a poor little boy who was not loved by his parents. His parents quarreled all the time and lost him several times. In the end, he found his way home by himself."
Grandma Xie looked at Ye Qingshui with pride, "He... grew up with grandma. Tingyu is sensible. He married and brought you home first. If you can't get along with them, come live at grandma's house in the future."
"Come live at grandma's house next year."
Ye Qingshui was a little confused by the long speech. She knew that Xie Tingyu was a little pitiful, but after hearing his elders say this, Ye Qingshui couldn't connect these things with him.
He looked like a child who was loved and raised, with no worries about food and clothing, and a bright future. But when Ye Qingshui was a child, he had no idea where to get his next meal after the last one, and his father died early. But compared to them, Ye Qingshui couldn't tell who had a more miserable life.
After Grandma Xie finished speaking, she looked at Ye Qingshui with eager anticipation, and Ye Qingshui did feel a little pressured.
Ye Qingshui: “…”
She changed the subject and said vaguely: "I listen to him."
…
Ye Qingshui and Grandma Xie chatted as they walked and hurried back to the Xie family.
Ye Qingshui was carrying a bunch of things and saw Xie Dongmei and her daughter sitting on the sofa in the hall, having a "small tea party". In addition, there were several young men and women.
When they saw Ye Qingshui carrying, hugging, and carrying a bunch of New Year's goods in large and small bags, they couldn't help but twitch their lips. Ye Qingshui's rough and bold behavior didn't seem to be related to the word "girl" in their impression.
Xu Maofang smiled and said, "Speak of the devil. This is my daughter-in-law, Ye Qingshui, from the commune in Hongqi County, Y City."
"Stop chatting and go help her."
The flour, rice, fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, roasted nuts, dried goods, sweets and candies that Ye Qingshui bought were all divided up and put away properly.
Ye Qingshui took a sip of water, smoothed the messy hair on his forehead, wiped the sweat off his face with a handkerchief, and only then did he have time to look at these people.
She saw two old acquaintances, He Fang and Sun Lingyu.
Sun Lingyu had a stern face, and the awkwardness and unhappiness in her eyes were evident. He Fang, who was sitting next to her, was looking at her eagerly, pulling her sleeve, with a flattering look in her eyes.
There were also a few strange men and women who looked at Ye Qingshui, some with contempt, some with disdain, and a beautiful girl gave her a cold look.
It turned out that before she returned to the Xie family, there was already a good show to watch here. Ye Qingshui thought silently and couldn't help but touch his nose.
One boy couldn't help asking, "Comrade Ye, I heard that Tingyu married you because he saved you from the river?"
Ye Qingshui's eyes glanced at He Fang and Sun Lingyu with understanding, and finally she said with certainty: "Yes, that's right."
As soon as these words fell, the young men and women were shocked.
Is there such a ridiculous reason?
After Ye Qingshui finished speaking, Grandma Xie walked into the house slowly.
Xie Dongmei said to Grandma Xie: "Grandma, did you hear just now? My sister-in-law said that my brother had to marry her because he saved her."
Grandma Xie put away a bag of melon seeds, adjusted her glasses, and asked in confusion, "Is there such a thing?"
Hearing this, some people felt a little uncomfortable.
No wonder such an educated man would marry an illiterate woman from the countryside.
What is going on?
She took out a piece of silk and wiped her fogged glasses, then said slowly, "So? Dongmei, what do you want to say?"
Xie Dongmei was shocked by her cold tone and said...what?
It is self-evident why my brother suddenly got married.
She said: "My brother must be so wronged..."
The old woman's eyes gradually grew cold, and she looked at her granddaughter-in-law who remained silent for a while.
When everyone thought she was going to attack her granddaughter-in-law, Grandma Xie said, "You are not Tingyu, how do you know that he is wronged? You only heard one or two words and speculated about these malicious things, it's really..."
Apart from anything else, Grandma Xie knows that her grandson cares about his daughter-in-law.
The old man sighed, "Maofang, you said you wanted Dongmei to change her surname to Xie. Although I disagreed, I didn't object. You said that the family would be neat and lively. Letting her change her surname to Xie can urge her to be positive and inherit the good style of the Xie family."
She said seriously, "It may not be a good thing now. After the New Year, you can transfer her household registration and let her father take her away. You should also calm down and live a good life with Dajun."
Xie Dongmei never expected that her grandmother would protect Ye Qingshui like this, especially when her grandson's marriage was ruined by such a woman!
She said angrily: "Grandma, if it weren't for this accident, how could Ye Qingshui marry into the Xie family? She has no education and no knowledge, how can she enter the Xie family?"
Ye Qingshui was listening quietly beside them, looking at the complex looks they gave him: surprise, understanding, contempt, envy, and jealousy.
Ye Qingshui felt that there was nothing wrong with what Xie Dongmei said, but she sighed in her heart, it was a pity that the clothes she had spent several nights making were wasted...
Now Xie Dongmei is wearing it.
Grandma Xie shook her head. "If you don't have education and knowledge, you can't enter the Xie family? I have never said such things. Dongmei, you only use these to evaluate your sister-in-law, which shows that you are very ignorant."
Xie Dongmei's eyes turned red and she was about to cry. Only then did the young men and women standing nearby hurriedly comfort her.
Some people think that Xie Dongmei is too pitiful. It is obviously not her fault. Shouldn’t the one who is wrong be Ye Qingshui?
They all looked at Ye Qingshui with anger.
At this time, Sun Lingyu, who had been forced to watch the excitement for a long time, couldn't help laughing out loud.
She said coldly: "I say - you don't know Ye Qingshui, why do you keep saying that she is uneducated and ignorant?"
"If you come from the countryside and haven't finished primary school, does that mean you are illiterate? Stop looking down on others and wake up. They are much better than you."
As she spoke, she took out a thin newspaper from her bag.
The photo of Ye Qingshui, dressed simply, shaking hands with the leader was clearly visible. In the newspaper, it was written in big bold letters: "Knowledge is power: Ye Qingshui, an educated youth from Province G, successfully developed an electric pulse natural electric field method to find water..."
Although the pixels of the photo are blurry, doesn't it look like the girl in front of you who is always silent?
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