Chapter 425 Xu Lan's Dream
The cloth bag was filled with wild ginseng, enough for six pieces of different sizes. Judging from their quality, Jiang Wanwan estimated that they could be sold for between fifteen hundred and two thousand yuan.
After dinner, Jiang Wanwan mailed something and took a walk while she went out with Cheng Lingxue to mail the ginseng.
Cheng Lingxue supported her and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't know how many people want your wild ginseng. My grandfather didn't even have to ask for it, and a group of people came to buy it."
Jiang Wanwan: "Partly because the stuff is good, but more because of your grandfather's face."
Cheng Lingxue chuckled.
When they left, they locked the door. Xu Lan happened to come over with the child, and the three of them couldn't get in, so they sat in the shade under a tree next to the gate and waited.
As soon as Xu Lan sat down, Guoguo and Suisui grabbed one of her arms each and kept shouting "Mom, Mom" over and over again.
The noise was so loud that Xu Lan was so angry that she picked up a branch and drew an airplane grid on the ground.
"You two go and do some jumping on the grid."
When you graze cattle, give them a piece of grassland; when you graze horses, give them a piece of field. When the geese are hungry, they will go to the fields to eat grass; when the ducks are thirsty, they will go swimming in the water. Children are too annoying, so you have to find a way to use up their energy.
Xu Lan secretly sighed at her own cleverness.
As soon as her butt touched the dirt on the stone, she heard Sui Sui crying. She had a big mouth and was crying towards the sky. Her mouth was so big that Xu Lan felt she could fit a big goose egg in it.
Sui Sui squeezed out tears and stamped her feet, crying, "Ah... Guo Guo is cheating. I clearly won, but you won't let me dance."
Guo Guo scratched her braids and said, "But, but you cheated yesterday too. We agreed to give me a chance."
Sui Sui blinked her eyes: "Is this true?"
Guoguo nodded.
The two reconciled.
Xu Lan sighed.
So annoying.
Why hasn’t Wanwan come back yet?
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
Jiang Wanwan and Cheng Lingxue came back. Xu Lan picked up the bag beside her and said, "You two are finally back. I'm almost dying of thirst. Open the door and let me in."
Cheng Lingxue walked up to Xu Lan and said, "Sister-in-law, please make way."
Xu Lan stepped aside, and Cheng Lingxue took out a key from under the stone where she was sitting and opened the door.
Xu Lan's face looked so ugly, it seemed like she had been holding the key for a long time.
Jiang Wanwan smiled secretly: "Sister-in-law, remember, my house keys are usually placed here."
There were no trains at that time, and the three of them must have been exhausted carrying all the things.
Jiang Wanwan and Cheng Lingxue said, "Didn't you just say you wanted to eat popsicles? Take the money and take Guoguo and Suisui to buy something delicious, and then bring one for sister-in-law."
Cheng Lingxue smiled and nodded, then asked the two children to go to the supply and marketing cooperative.
When she left, she left the key to Xu Lan, who went to open the door: "Don't mention it, Ling Xue is much better than Cheng Sile."
"Cheng Sile has high expectations but poor skills, and he has bad intentions. Look at Ling Xue, she usually hangs around you and helps you with work. She was so happy when I took her to pick mushrooms. She only cares about protecting you. How wonderful."
"And your sister-in-law Qin Xiaoye from the Cheng family, she also thinks about you in everything."
Xu Lan opened the gate and walked in carrying a package as big as a bucket.
Jiang Wanwan walked behind: "Sister-in-law, you forgot to mention someone."
Xu Lan thought: "Who else?"
Jiang Wanwan: "And you, you brought me something and brought your child with you, I am so touched."
In her past and present lives, her sister-in-law always stood by her side and protected her.
"You, you said you were my sister-in-law. Sometimes I think of you as my sister. You are much better than Jiang Lian. If you were my sister, I would definitely be very happy."
Xu Lan felt heartbroken when she heard this, but she still said, "Look at your other sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law. They are well-educated and capable. Look at me, I don't know anything. How can I compare with them?"
She opened the door and went into the inner room.
Xu Lan saw that she was sweating all the way, and turned back to look at Jiang Wanwan. As expected, the pregnant woman was feeling uncomfortable. The strands of hair on her forehead were wet by the sweat on her face and stuck to her face.
Her face turned red, as if she had put on blush.
Xu Lan walked into the room distressed, fetched a basin of water, and threw a towel to her, wrung it dry: "Wipe the sweat off."
Jiang Wanwan took the towel and smiled softly at her: "Sister-in-law, don't belittle yourself. Everyone has their own highlights. And sometimes you can't judge the relationship between me and them and between me and you based on what outsiders have."
"They are indeed very good to me, but it does not affect my feelings towards my sister-in-law. Sister-in-law, you see there are many educated people out there, but they may not be kind to me. There are many rich people, but they may not spend a penny on me. You are all good, but it is not because of your status or class, but because you are willing to be good to me."
"Sister-in-law, if you want to study, learn to read, and become a new woman, when you and Brother Dazhu save enough money, go buy a house in the county town. I'm telling you, I read in the newspaper that the price of our house will increase in the future. It's only worthwhile to buy it now. It's best to buy it in Beijing. You can't say for sure if it will increase dozens of times in the future."
Xu Lan thought it would be a good idea to build a house on the Shen family's land. If there was a boy in the family, he would get married in the future, and if there was a girl, she would also need a dowry.
It costs a lot of money all together.
She never planned to buy a house.
"Is what you said true? Is it reliable?"
But what Wanwan said made sense.
Xu Lan was somewhat skeptical, but also somewhat tempted. She put her things on the kang, touched her chest and said, "Just a few pieces of silver and a few rafters, can a house be worth that much?"
Jiang Wanwan nodded: "Of course, Shen Xingjiang and I will buy a house if we have money."
Xu Lan: "What about the baby in your belly? No, don't you want to save money to marry a wife?"
Jiang Wanwan: "Believe me, prepare a house for Guoguo and Suisui in the future. When they grow up, they won't have to worry about food and drink."
Although Xu Lan didn't quite understand, she still took what he said to heart.
Jiang Wanwan hadn't finished yet: "After buying a house, you can go to night school and learn knowledge."
"Only you think highly of me. I'm so old, why am I still reading books? It's a joke." Xu Lan's life plan can be clearly defined, that is, making money to support the family, making clothes and pants, pickling sauerkraut and making sauces, and taking care of the stove are the top priorities.
With reading and stuff like that, many women have awakened in this era.
But Xu Lan's thinking was frozen there. She had never been exposed to anything, and she didn't know how to change, nor did she know the value of change.
Jiang Wanwan: "It's okay. Life will get better and better in the future. You probably won't have any more children. You can learn some knowledge and do what you like. If you want to be a tailor, you can also find a night school to learn how to cut clothes. There are special teachers for how to design clothes."
"If you don't want to go to night school, find a master and learn some skills. It's not as tiring as working around the stove every day."
Xu Lan was actually very tempted, but still a little uncertain: "Who will cook when I'm out?"
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