Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Finding Trouble
Shu Niannian smiled. As a top student, it was always others who asked her questions. When had she ever asked others for help with study problems?
"Dad, you probably don't know how good my academic performance is. Look!"
Shu Niannian smiled and showed Shu Guodong the reward she got from the final exam. "I ranked third in the grade, and the school awarded me 15 yuan. I was only 3 points behind the first and second place, and I lost these 3 points on the composition paper. I couldn't help it. It was too cold. During the exam, my hands were frozen, and the words I wrote were crooked. The examiner deducted 10 points from me. Otherwise, I would have ranked first in the grade!"
Shu Niannian showed off to Shu Guodong very confidently. She thought Shu Guodong would praise her. After all, not every family has a daughter as ambitious as her.
Shu Guodong didn't praise her, but felt a little worried. However, under Shu Niannian's hopeful expression of "Praise me quickly, praise me quickly", Shu Guodong could only smile and say "Niannian is really amazing."
So dry, without any emotion at all!
Shu Niannian was a little dissatisfied, but Shu Wenqiang pulled her aside to talk about the spicy hot pot, and Shu Niannian quickly diverted her attention.
The group chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at Shujia Village. As soon as they entered the alley, they saw Li Guifen standing at the door of her house waiting for them. Shu Niannian waved quickly, then skipped to Li Guifen and stuffed 15 yuan into her hand, "See, I told you I could get a rank!"
Li Guifen was about to give the money to Shu Niannian, but Shu Niannian quickly blocked it with her hand, "We agreed that if I win the first place, the money will be yours! It was because of your encouragement that I had the motivation and finally got the result of winning the first place. You have made an indispensable contribution!"
Li Guifen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She thought about it and finally accepted the money. Her daughter could earn money now and wanted to be filial to her, so she wouldn't push it away. It seemed awkward!
Shu Wenqiang brought the pork offal to the kitchen and clamored for spicy pork offal hotpot. "Nian Nian said it was delicious. I've been craving it all the way. Mom, stew it all. I can eat a whole pot by myself!"
Li Guifen chuckled, "Silly boy, do you know how much is in a pot? Do you want to eat a whole pot?"
Although she looked disgusted, she still cleaned it up happily. Cleaning pig offal was a tedious job, but Shu Niannian had been clamoring for food every now and then during this period. Li Guifen was able to clean the offal with ease. After a short while, she had cleaned it and put it in the pot to stew.
The moment the aroma of meat wafted out, Shu Wenqiang followed the smell and went into the kitchen. He was unwilling to leave the stove. Li Guifen smiled and drove him out, "How can you be like this! You have no manners at all!"
Shu Niannian was lighting a fire in the kitchen. When she and Li Guifen were the only ones left in the kitchen, Shu Niannian whispered to Li Guifen about what happened when she met Shu Meilan today.
"She didn't go to her grandmother's house, but went to find Lu Jianjun. I don't know what means she used, but she actually got together with Lu Jianjun."
When Li Guifen heard that Shu Meilan had gone to the school to block Shu Niannian, she was so angry that she wanted to tear Shu Meilan apart. "How dare she block you? She is so immoral! Which of the things she did can be brought to the table to talk about?"
Shu Niannian asked Li Guifen to calm down. "It's nothing. If she and Lu Jianjun are destined to be entangled in this life, this is also a good ending. At least now, Shu Meilan didn't harm me, and she got the punishment she deserved. I can still be with my parents and do the things I like. It's already good enough."
Thinking of her past life, Shu Niannian felt uncomfortable.
As they were talking, Yang Guihua and Shu Meilan came over. "Hey, what's that smell?! It smells so good?! Sister-in-law, my Meilan suddenly came back from Haicheng today, and I didn't prepare anything delicious. Otherwise, we can have lunch at your place today. What do you think? Anyway, you can't finish the pot of meat you cooked! Meilan and I will help you share some of the food!"
Ever since Shu Meilan was crossed out of the family tree by her grandfather, Yang Guihua felt ashamed and has not left the house in recent days.
Did you come here uninvited today just to eat tons of meat?
But Shu Niannian saw clearly that the gold ring that Shu Meilan wore on her hand in the morning was now firmly on Yang Guihua's finger.
Li Guifen threw the rag onto the chopping board. She didn't care whether Yang Guihua wore a gold ring or not. She had no right to control whether she wore gold or silver. But she would definitely not give the meat to Yang Guihua and her daughter.
"That's not right. This pot of meat is only enough for our family. There's no share for you. We have a large family. Haven't you heard people say that a teenager can eat his father out of money? We have two teenagers. The second oldest said that he can eat a whole pot of meat by himself. So you say, he can eat a whole pot of meat by himself, and the rest of us can only drink the soup. As for you, you won't even get a share of the water for washing the pot. Forget it!"
Li Guifen was not polite at all. Yang Guihua was so angry that her face turned green. "I am here to give you a chance. If you can't seize it, don't regret it in the future! To tell you the truth, my Meilan is going to marry into a wealthy family. Our family is going to be prosperous. If you don't take advantage of the moment to curry favor with us, don't blame us for not recognizing our poor relatives when we become successful!!"
Li Guifen wanted to roll her eyes after hearing this. She picked up the rag on the table and threw it at Yang Guihua and her daughter, as if she was chasing away an annoying fly. "Go away, go away. We can't afford to be your rich relatives who eat other people's broth. We can't afford to be yours!"
Yang Guihua glanced into the pot of stewing meat. The meat smelled so delicious that she was reluctant to leave. However, Li Guifen kicked them out without saying a word.
Since Shu Meilan entered the kitchen, she had been staring at Shu Niannian, but Shu Niannian ignored her. It was not until Shu Meilan was kicked out of the door by Li Guifen that Shu Meilan shouted, "Cousin, I have something to tell you!"
Shu Meilan had not been home for the past two months. She suddenly came back this time, dressed fashionably and elegantly, like a different person. She caused quite a stir as soon as she entered the village. Now she shouted loudly, and the aunts and ladies who liked to watch the fun were all listening with their ears pricked up.
Shu Meilan stood at the door of Shu Niannian's house and refused to leave. It would be inappropriate for Shu Niannian not to come out. There was no way, Shu Niannian could only come out and listen to Shu Meilan's nonsense.
"Come on, what do you want to tell me?"
Shu Meilan stood at the gate for a long time. When she saw Shu Niannian finally come out, she quickly tidied her brushed hair and dusted off her tweed coat, trying to show her victory in front of Shu Niannian. "Cousin, although we had some unpleasantness before, Brother Jianjun and I are together in the end. We will be married soon. Will you bless us?"
Shu Niannian found it funny, "If I don't bless you, you won't get married?"
Shu Meilan said proudly, "That's not the case. No one can stop me and Brother Jianjun from being together. The reason I want your blessing is that I want you to be more sensible and stop having any connection with Brother Jianjun. After all, you two were once engaged, and I don't want you to have any further contact!"
Shu Meilan spoke with great force, and Yanran was already behaving like a real wife, but she seemed to have forgotten that the person in front of her was Shu Niannian.
As someone who had been engaged to Lu Jianjun for eighteen years, Shu Niannian knew the Lu family's ways too well.
The daughter-in-law that the Lu family has chosen does not need her to make a fuss to gain face for herself. They will give their daughter-in-law good face.
Shu Niannian looked at the gold ring that Yang Guihua had snatched away and smiled, "Of course. Since I have already cancelled the engagement with Lu Jianjun, I will never go back. However, if Lu Jianjun wants to marry you, you can't let him be so shabby. You don't know, when Lu Jianjun and I were discussing marriage, we had to write three letters and six engagements. Lu Jianjun would come to give gifts every season. Not only that, Grandma Lu also gave me a heavy gold bracelet to play with. Not long ago, she also promised to transfer a courtyard house in the central area of Haicheng to my name as a betrothal gift."
Shu Niannian looked at Shu Meilan's increasingly ugly expression and continued, "After all, you are cousins. I have to remind you that although you and Lu Jianjun were having an affair without a matchmaker at first, now that you two have made it through, you have to show your proper respect. You can't just marry yourself off so casually. Do you understand?"
With every extra word Shu Niannian said, Shu Meilan's face became uglier. She just wanted to provoke Shu Niannian, but she didn't expect to be provoke by Shu Niannian instead. She didn't have any of what Shu Niannian said!
"Isn't it that marrying Lu Jianjun is just your wishful thinking?"
Shu Meilan's eyes flickered when Shu Niannian exposed her lie. She panicked and shouted loudly, "No, I have everything you said! I only have one request of you, I just hope you don't come back to find Brother Jianjun, can you do it?"
Shu Niannian found it funny, "I don't care! But you have to keep a close eye on him. Since you can get the position, other beautiful girls can also. I'm afraid you won't get anything by then."
There was constant ridicule all around, and Shu Meilan became increasingly impatient. She said harshly, "It's none of your business!" and hurriedly left with Yang Guihua.
Yang Guihua was so angry that she didn't get to eat the pork offal hotpot, but she was actually ridiculed in public by that damn girl Shu Niannian!
So angry!
Yang Guihua returned to the yard and was still thinking that she would definitely teach that damn girl Shu Niannian a lesson next time she found an opportunity!
Shu Niannian could see that Shu Meilan was pretending, but Shu Guodong and Li Guifen couldn't see that. They were very worried. Shu Meilan was about to marry Lu Jianjun. How uncomfortable would Shu Niannian be at that time?
Her good fiancé was taken away and she was left all alone. She looked so pitiful!
At night, Li Guifen was so worried that she kept crying. Shu Guodong rubbed his hands and said, "His mother, don't worry. Our factory director is optimistic about Nian Nian and wants to marry her as his daughter-in-law!"
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