Liu Pianran was startled, but quickly recovered and scoffed disdainfully.
She had no romantic relationship with Chen Zhang. She was trying to curry favor with him because she had accidentally discovered that he had set up a small stall selling clothes in the commune and that his business was doing very well.
Liu Pianran was desperately short of money and spent all her time thinking about ways to make money.
She discovered that the goods were obtained by Chen Jing, and dared not easily ask Chen Jing and Ji Xia for help. However, Chen Zhang was a kind-hearted man, and she privately sought out Chen Zhang several times to complain, crying that her husband was not by her side, her mother-in-law was nagging her all day long, and she was always sick and spending money like water.
Many people in the village knew about Liu Pianran being tormented by her mother-in-law, and Chen Zhang had also witnessed it.
After she complained a lot, Chen Zhang softened and gave her twenty pieces of children's clothing.
Once she got the first time, she did it again. Liu Pianran made forty items in total, earning about a hundred yuan.
She couldn't even earn a hundred yuan a year working in the brigade. She wanted to save money to secretly go to the big city to find Lin Haodong. How could she let this opportunity pass?
However, for the past two weeks, even Chen Zhang hasn't been able to get any new clothes, so she couldn't earn any money and had no choice but to come to him.
Chen Zhang had already left, and Lin's mother hadn't caught any evidence of an affair between the two. Liu Pianran sneered disdainfully, "Mother, I've never seen a woman like you. You think about having an affair the moment you see a man. Are you crazy about men?"
"You, you bitch, it's clearly you—"
"Alright, Mom, Dad's been dead for over ten years anyway. If you want a man, go ahead and want one. I won't stop you. If you think my staying at home is bothering you, I can move back to the educated youth compound! You're such an old rascal."
As Liu Pianran spoke, she casually slapped her hand away and strode out, saying as she went, "What? Aren't you leaving yet? Do you still want me to find you a matchmaker? But let's make it clear, finding a matchmaker is fine, but you have to pay for it yourself. I don't have any money."
Lin's mother was so angry at her stubborn attitude and words that she trembled all over, feeling a dull pain in her heart that made her feel weak all over.
After an unknown amount of time, someone came into the backyard to get bowls and chopsticks, and that's when they saw Lin's mother, her face ashen, leaning weakly against the wall.
The woman was startled and quickly went out to call Liu Pianran, who then walked in leisurely.
Upon seeing Lin's mother, before she could even speak, Liu Pianran immediately advised with a worried expression, "Mother, what are you doing here? Comrade Ji Xia and Hao Dong are destined to be apart. She married Chen Jing today. Don't overthink it."
"You, you're talking nonsense—"
Lin's mother's fingers trembled, and she was out of breath. Several older women nearby asked suspiciously, "What's going on? Haodong's wife, what is your mother doing?"
"It's nothing, it's all my fault for being useless. If I were as capable as Ji Xia, and my family could have provided such a large dowry and money for my mother's dowry, she wouldn't be so upset."
Liu Pianran spoke weakly, her head bowed with a sad expression, and the other women looked at her with pity.
So you regretted it. Unfortunately, there's no going back.
When the banquet began, the bridesmaids all went out to take their seats.
Chen Jing brought Ji Xia a bowl of pheasant and mushroom soup, along with two bowls of vegetables (half meat and half vegetables) and a bowl of rice.
Ji Xia took the bowl and chopsticks, and said in a low voice, "Don't drink on an empty stomach, it'll hurt your stomach. Eat something before you drink."
Chen Jing sat down next to her, grinning and opening his mouth wide: "Feed me some."
Ji Xia gave him a reproachful look, picked up the chicken soup, drank half a bowl, and handed the rest to him.
After drinking half a bowl of chicken soup from the bowl in her hand, Chen Jingshu sighed, "Delicious, this pheasant soup is indeed delicious."
"Pheasant? Aren't those chickens raised by the villagers in the brigade?"
"The chicken used for the soup was a wild pheasant that my second brother hunted with others, while the chicken used for the salt-baked chicken was a free-range chicken. Our two families bought about thirty chickens. The chickens raised by other families in the brigade were almost sold out. The ones left were all laying hens, which they refused to sell."
Ji Xia shook her head and sighed with a worried look: "Making it too lavish, aren't you afraid of making others envious?"
"What's there to be afraid of? I told Dad that the wild boar and the other game were hunted by my second brother. He didn't have to pay anything, so it's fine."
In fact, Chen Jing didn't have time to hunt any game. It was Ji Xiangjun and a few comrades who hunted the game, and then Chen Jing bought it.
However, it's much cheaper than buying from the slaughterhouse, and the wild boar is also fat, with firm and fragrant meat.
The two finished their meal together in the room before going out side by side to offer tea to Captain Chen and his wife. They then went from table to table to offer wine, busy until it was completely dark. Only then did Ji Xia help the drunken Chen Jing back to the room.
Back in her room, Ji Xia felt completely exhausted. Weddings are truly exhausting, and this wedding in her life was even more tiring than the one in her last.
She helped Chen Jing to lie down on the bed, then got up to remove her hair clips in front of the dressing mirror, and went out to the kitchen to get some water to take a bath.
Sister-in-law Chen and several other women from the village were cleaning up the leftover food in the front yard, while Chen's mother was boiling water in the kitchen in the back yard.
Ji Xia smiled shyly: "Mom, is there any hot water that hasn't been boiled yet? I'll get some water for A-Jing to wash her face."
"Yes, yes, I'll pour it for you right away."
Seeing Ji Xia's joyful face, Chen's mother poured the boiled water for her first.
Ji Xia carried a large bucket of water back into the house. Chen Jing was still lying diagonally on the bed, his coat buttons undone and his shirt half-open, revealing a small portion of his muscular chest.
He reeked of alcohol, his phoenix eyes were slightly narrowed, his nose was high and straight, his lips were slightly upturned, and he had long, slender legs.
She seemed to have heard someone say that men with straight noses are particularly strong in that area. When Ji Xia thought of that, and then saw his half-exposed chest muscles and long legs, she suddenly felt her legs go weak.
Ji Xia blushed and turned her back, hiding behind the bed to take off her embroidered kimono and long skirt, then removed her undershirt and thermal underwear. She wet a brand new towel and wiped her entire body with it.
Suddenly hearing something fall behind her, Ji Xia turned around in a panic and met Chen Jing's hazy, drunken eyes.
Chen Jingben was a bit drunk, but when he heard the sound of water behind the bed, he groggily crawled over and peeked out. His mind immediately cleared up.
Ji Xia's clothes were half off, and she turned her head slightly with a shy look on her face. Her eyes were like spring water, her cheeks were pink, her lips were like summer flowers, and her long hair, which was slightly messy, was draped over her shoulders and snow-white back. Her figure was slender and plump.
In the dim candlelight, it resembles a beautiful statue of Venus.
Chen Jing couldn't help but swallow hard, his burning gaze lingering on her slender, swan-like neck, then moving down to her delicate collarbone and snow-white skin...
After a while, Ji Xiaqiang suppressed his embarrassment and whispered, "I'll wash it off for you after I'm done applying it."
"Honey, we're husband and wife, we can just shower together, why make it so complicated?"
Chen Jing stared in fascination, quickly taking off his coat, shirt, and trousers. When he looked at Ji Xia, she was already blushing, her eyes filled with seductive charm. She bit her lower lip and turned back with a soft smile.
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