Xia Long's tone was exactly the same as that time when he went to Ping'anzhuang to vent his anger on Xia Juhua, except that his hair was still black, his back was still straight, and his arms looked strong. He looked much more credible than when he had gray hair, a hunched back, and rheumatoid arthritis in his joints.

Xia Juhua could not help but turn sadness into joy. It was great that her brother and she were not old yet, and some mistakes could be made up. So Xia Juhua wiped her tears and asked, "Did you bring money?"

Xia Long was stunned and asked nervously: "Sister, is someone in the hospital?" Apart from this, he couldn't think of what else his sister needed the money for. As he asked, his hand reached into his arms and started to search.

Xia Juhua was very moved by such unhesitating support. She was afraid that Xia Long would get angry too, so she quickly shook her head and said, "No, I took some quilt-making work at the supply and marketing cooperative, and I paid one dollar per quilt. What if you If you bring money, I’ll give it to your wife. Although the three days are a bit tight, I’ll do as much as I can.”

As long as no one was hospitalized, Xia Long took out his hand to pay again, but his face was full of doubts: "Since you want to make money, why do you have to pay yourself? Sister, you are not being cheated, right?"

Look, most people at this time would have the same idea as Xia Long, so Xia Juhua had to explain it to him in detail. In their previous lives, the two brothers Xia Long and Xia Hu respected their sister very much and always wanted to share her worries. Even if their lives were ordinary, they never gave Xia Juhua less gifts during festivals.

What was rare was that the two brothers' wives were very kind to their eldest sister-in-law, who had been widowed at a young age, and never complained about her husband's subsidies to her. The more her family members felt sorry for her, the less Xia Juhua wanted to cause trouble for them, and she always thought about how to repay her family members.

Now is the chance.

When Xia Long was finally persuaded by Xia Juhua and the two of them returned to the supply and marketing cooperative, there were already many more people inside, and they all surrounded the director with excited looks, hoping to get the job as soon as possible.

Xia Juhua knew that she had little influence, so she went to find the salesperson Wang first. Unexpectedly, Xia Long actually knew the salesperson Wang - the salesperson Wang's husband's family and Xia Long's wife's family were from the same village, and they were somewhat related.

The next things were much easier to handle. Although salesperson Wang knew that Xia Juhua was not a relative of a leader, for the sake of Xia Long's wife, he still took the two of them to see the director. After much persuasion, he allowed Xia Long's wife to take on the task of producing six quilts.

"Well, if you had come a little earlier, maybe we could have gotten two more beds." Salesman Wang felt a little embarrassed that Xia Long's wife had only taken such a small job. He pointed at the people coming in at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative with his chin and said, "These are all relatives of the leaders. It would be inappropriate not to give them any."

Xia Juhua felt that having a relationship with Salesperson Wang made her happier than taking on a few quilt jobs. She quickly took her hand and said gratefully, "Salesperson Wang, please don't say that. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have gotten these jobs. I don't know how to thank you enough."

Xia Long's personality was a bit like Xia Juhua's before. He was not the type to express gratitude. After being glared at by his sister, he managed a smile and said, "When you and Ansheng come back to the manor one day, come to our house for dinner."

Xia Juhua was just about to say that Xia Long's thanks were really stingy, when she suddenly remembered that it was still 1974, and everyone's biggest goal was to fill their stomachs. Being able to invite people home for dinner was the greatest sincerity of people in that era.

Salesperson Wang was obviously moved by what Xia Long said. Although she didn't necessarily go to the meal, she still accepted Xia Long's gratitude: "Look at what my brother-in-law said. We are all real relatives. It's nothing to help with this little thing."

Then he smiled and said to Xia Juhua: "After all, we are relatives, so don't be polite to me, just call me by my name."

I have to know your name first. Xia Juhua couldn't ask the person's name directly, so she took the kindness seriously: "Okay, then I won't be polite with you. I'll talk to you when I come to hand in the quilt."

It was already past lunch time, and people were still coming in and out of the supply and marketing cooperative with cotton fabrics in their arms. Salesperson Wang also had to watch the counter to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation. Xia Juhua said goodbye to her directly.

While tying up the cotton, Xia Long smiled and said to Xia Juhua, "If I hadn't met Wang Caixia, I would have been a little nervous."

Xia Juhua also smiled and said, "As soon as I entered the supply and marketing cooperative, I saw that she was easy to talk to. Otherwise, how could I dare to ask her? The other salespeople would have chased me away long ago."

Xia Long nodded: "Although Wang Caixia works in the supply and marketing cooperative, she is a nice person. She doesn't look down on others just because she eats the rations. By the way, you should get to know her, sister. She and your eldest daughter-in-law Wang Caifeng seem to be cousins ​​within five generations."

What? Why is the relationship so messed up?

Xia Juhua felt that she had lived in vain in her previous life, as she did not even know that Wang Caifeng had a cousin who worked as a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative. Speaking of cousins ​​within the fifth degree of kinship, in the eyes of rural people, they are very real relatives. If she knew in her previous life that Wang Caifeng had a cousin who worked as a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative...

Given her personality, she wouldn't take the initiative to build relationships with others.

Some of the practices that I insisted on in my previous life now seem somewhat ridiculous, and are a minus point in interpersonal relationships. Xia Juhua will no longer insist on them in this life.

When they got home, Wang Caifeng wanted to help Xia Juhua unload the cotton with her slightly bulging belly, but Xia Juhua stopped her: "You are pregnant, you have to be careful, just let your uncle do it."

Xia Long, who was ordered to do the work, didn't think what his sister said was wrong at all. He quickly moved Xia Juhua's eight beds of cotton into the house. When he heard Xia Juhua asking about the relationship between Wang Caifeng and Wang Caixia, he couldn't help laughing.

In the past, my sister only cared about how to earn more work points, and didn't care much about social interactions. Of course, she was afraid of getting into trouble, but Xia Long didn't agree with it in his heart - how can people live in this world without interacting with others? Now it's so good, my sister has taken the initiative to care about her nephew's wife and relatives.

Wang Caifeng didn't expect that her mother-in-law would ask about her cousin as soon as she came back. She was sure that her mother-in-law couldn't even remember the names of her own uncles' sisters. Why did she suddenly care about her cousin who just had the same great-grandfather as her?

Looking at the remaining cotton on the oxcart, Wang Caifeng said carefully, "Mom, did you see my sister Caixia when you went to the supply and marketing cooperative today? She is 20 years older than me and has been away from home since I can remember. I only saw her a few times when she came back to her parents' home, so I don't know her very well."

It was conceivable that the cousins, who were 20 years apart and did not even have the same grandfather, were only slightly more familiar with each other than Xia Juhua, a stranger. Seeing Wang Caifeng's fear that she would ask her to find Wang Caixia to do something, Xia Juhua understood.

She had never asked about it in her previous life. Wang Caifeng preferred to keep her distance, so she naturally would not take the initiative to mention it to her, so as not to cause trouble for Wang Caixia and make her cousin look down on her. No matter what favors her in-laws asked Wang Caixia to help with, it was Wang Caifeng who had to do the favor and repay the favor.

Am I the kind of person who easily causes trouble for others? Xia Juhua reflected deeply and understood why Wang Caifeng had such concerns.

Xia Juhua is not the type to cause trouble for others, but Sun Hongmei is. If Sun Hongmei knew that Wang Caifeng had a cousin who worked in the supply and marketing cooperative, she would have asked Wang Caifeng to ask her cousin to help her buy things three times a day.

If Wang Caifeng doesn't agree, will Sun Hongmei ask her mother-in-law to come forward to make peace? He has always made it clear that he wants the two sisters-in-law to live in harmony. If Wang Caifeng refuses, he will not help his sister-in-law and will not be good in front of her mother-in-law.

It seems that her eldest daughter-in-law is not as foolish as she appears to be. Xia Juhua thought about it and it made sense. If she really was foolish, how could she persuade her soft-eared eldest son to build a house and split the family just because of Sun Hongmei's provocation?

Xia Juhua finally understood and smiled: "She is really your cousin. No wonder several salespeople looked at her with a friendly eye when I entered the supply and marketing cooperative. She is as kindhearted as you are. She didn't give me a cold shoulder just because I was a country girl. She even took me to meet the director of the supply and marketing cooperative and got me a job making quilts."

What? Wang Caifeng took another look at the cotton on the ox cart. These were jobs that her mother-in-law had taken on. Wasn't it to make a new mattress for her son?

Xia Juhua seemed to know what Wang Caifeng was thinking, and cheerfully told her why she took the job. She comforted her that when she finished her work in two days, she could ask the supply and marketing cooperative if they had any cotton to sell.

"Sister, our production team..." Xia Long heard that his sister seemed to need cotton, and wanted to tell her that his production team had planted cotton this year, and the family had received two kilograms of cotton. If his sister needed it, he would tell his wife not to buy more cotton clothes for the family members, and let his sister use it first.

Knowing that her elder brother was a down-to-earth person, Xia Juhua waved her hand at him before he could finish his words: "It's getting late, and you sent me off again. Your wife must be worried, so I won't keep you for dinner."

Wang Caifeng also heard that her uncle seemed to want to talk about cotton, and seeing that her mother-in-law didn't even let him finish his words, she wanted to ask for herself. Unexpectedly, Xia Long, who was always obedient, forgot what he wanted to say when Xia Juhua urged him to do so. He said that he didn't want to cause trouble for his sister, and left the house in the ox cart.

"Grandma." Liu Baoguo had just been put in the yard by his mother to play by himself. When he finally saw his grandmother, he excitedly clapped his hands for a hug. The smile on his face was one of pure dependence, which was nothing like the strong man who decided to lock Xia Juhua out of the door thirty years later.

Xia Juhua knew in her heart that they were the same person, but she couldn't help but hug the little guy: "Do you miss grandma? Grandma has to make money these two days and can't play with you. You should listen to your mother, okay?"

Wang Caifeng, who was watching the two of them, felt relieved. What Sun Hongmei said yesterday still entered Wang Caifeng's heart. Now seeing how Xia Juhua loved her grandson, Wang Caifeng was glad that she didn't fall for her trick. She decided that no matter what Sun Hongmei said in the future, she would think carefully before believing it.