Chapter 85: Days before

Li Qiaoqiao didn't even think about it and said firmly: "Then I will definitely ask my mother for money! Where do I have money! But if I made a mistake in the calculation, what does it have to do with you? My mother will definitely be happy to give me money!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled sarcastically and said nothing more.

Next, it’s time to watch Liu Lan’s performance.

Liu Lan: …

She suddenly felt a headache.

What is this cheap lady?

She's willing to give money? She's not willing to give a shit!

Liu Lan has always been shrewd and calculating. Even if she is partial to her daughter-in-law, it is only because the sales clerk job belongs to her daughter-in-law Zhou Qiuhe. If she can take it away and give it to her daughter-in-law, it is definitely better than giving it to her daughter-in-law!

But if she was asked to give money to Li Qiaoqiao to make up for the loss in the future? She was absolutely unwilling to do that! Because the money was hers!

Sons and daughters, filial piety and support in the future, none of them are as real as having money in your hands!

Li Qiaoqiao has been a fool since she was a child. If she really becomes a salesperson, she will have to pay a lot of money in the future. Won't she be emptied out?!

Thinking about the risks she would have to take in the future, Liu Lan changed her mind and no longer wanted Li Qiaoqiao to be a salesperson!

Seeing that he had made his position clear, and Liu Lan and Li Qiaoqiao were still making trouble outside his house, Li Jie frowned impatiently and said, "If you have nothing else to do, go back! My wife's job as a salesperson is not going to be given to her anyway. If you force me again, I will have no choice but to go to the commune to find Secretary Zhao and ask him to help me write a divorce letter!"

Liu Lan's eyes widened in astonishment. Just for his daughter-in-law's job as a salesperson, Li Jie actually proposed to break up with her? !

She then glared at Xia Juanjuan fiercely.

That's right, isn't it all this vixen's fault? Ever since she entered the Li family, the Li family has been in turmoil! I'm so angry!

However, Liu Lan quickly calmed down her anger. Now was not the time to quarrel!

She took advantage of the situation and showed weakness, "Third brother, what are you talking about? Isn't mom just negotiating with you? If your wife won't give in, then let the salesperson do it. Can't your sister stop fighting? Why are you saying something as serious as severing the relationship? It will hurt the relationship between us mother and son."

When these words were spoken, everyone except Xia Juanjuan was stunned.

"Mom?! Why did you suddenly change your mind? Didn't we agree that I would be the salesperson? I don't care! Third sister-in-law is just an outsider, why did you suddenly change your mind?"

These words made Wang Guixiang, who was standing by, feel a little uncomfortable, because she, like Zhou Qiuhe, was also from a different family.

However, this did not prevent her from not wanting Zhou Qiuhe to be a salesperson.

"Yes, Mom! If you are worried that my sister-in-law will make a mistake in the calculation, you can let me take over as a salesperson for my third brother's wife! I...at worst, I can just calculate a little slower, I will definitely not make a mistake!"

Everyone looked at Wang Guixiang in silence.

I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone so shameless.

Liu Lan frowned and scolded Qiaoqiao and Wang Guixiang: "You two idiots, you know nothing! If you keep arguing, I will tear your mouths apart! Get back here right now!"

Having said that, he glared at Xia Juanjuan viciously, then led Li Qiaoqiao and Wang Guixiang back in disgrace.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Xia Juanjuan did not stay any longer and went back.

The next morning, before dawn, Li Jie was worried, so he also got up early, carried Dongbao and sent his wife to the town, and arrived before the supply and marketing cooperative opened.

Director Zheng is very satisfied with Zhou Qiuhe's professional attitude.

After working for a few days, although Zhou Qiuhe was not a talkative person, he was fair, never shortchanged in weighing, and was good at arithmetic. He also received many customers who came to buy New Year's goods before the New Year in an orderly manner and quickly gained their trust.

Dongbao seemed to know that his mother was working and did not make any noise. Some customers, seeing the adorable little baby, could not help but go up to him and pinch his face or hold his hands, etc. He was quite popular.

Xia Juanjuan went to the supply and marketing cooperative several times, mainly to see how Zhou Qiuhe was adapting. Seeing that she had won the trust of Director Zheng and the customers and was very busy, she had nothing to worry about.

She bought some more cloth and cotton, most of which she had taken out from the space, and gave them to Lin Yuru, asking her to make a new set of clothes for Xia Shuangshan and herself for the New Year. Lin Yuru's was the common floral cotton, while Xia Shuangshan's was gray-black Dacron.

The two of them had been exploited by the Xia family for years and hadn't had new clothes for several years. What they usually wore were patches of old clothes.

Although the family has been divided, firstly, it is impossible for me to become rich suddenly without much savings; secondly, I am used to living frugally, so how can I afford to make new clothes?

Lin Yuru wanted to refuse, but was suppressed by Xia Juanjuan.

"Let me be frank with you. If you still wear ragged, patched clothes during the Chinese New Year, don't even think about me coming back to my parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year!"

When Lin Yuru heard this, she was worried that her daughter would not go back to her parents' home for the New Year, so she had no choice but to accept it!

Xia Juanjuan's life was neither busy nor idle. She mainly made hats and gloves out of buckwheat skins and rabbit hair, and bought New Year's goods.

She was clever and deft, and after learning from Zhou Qiuhe or Lin Yuru once, she basically knew how to do it. She measured the head circumference and hand size of the three little ones and finished the job quickly.

There was still some leftover fur, and she had originally thought of making a hat for Lizhan, but then she thought, who knows how big his head is? If it was too big or too small, it would be a waste of good fur, so she decided to make it into a scarf instead, which was simpler and easier.

The three little boys happily put on their hats and gloves, and took them off and put them on again, and when they walked out of the house, they were the envy of all the kids in the village!

It snowed twice again in winter. The whole village was covered in snow and all the dead branches were soaked. Besides, how could the children in the village have the energy to collect firewood? So they all stopped working, and went out early in the morning without being too cold all day long. They found their best friends to roll in the snow, have snowball fights, and build snowmen.

The three little guys now get along well with Zhou Qiuhe's two daughters, Huanhuan and Yingying, and Secretary Zhao's two grandsons, Chaoyang and Qiming. They always go to play with them.

From time to time, Xia Juanjuan would take out some White Rabbit milk candies, fruit candies, peanut nougat and the like from the space and let the three little ones take them to share with their friends. Of course, they had to do it secretly so that other children could not see it, and they could not tell the adults at home.

Although Liwen is only five years old, he is very sensible. Whenever he plays too much, he comes back early at noon and helps to light the pot or wash vegetables and rice. After eating, he stands on a pony and reaches the stove to wash dishes and pots, and he does everything in an efficient manner.

Xiaowu and Beibei naturally followed their brother back obediently. No matter whether they helped or made things worse, their enthusiasm in helping with housework was still commendable.

Xia Juanjuan really likes cooking, but she hates washing pots and dishes, so she lets Li Wen do it without any guilt.

Anyway, she always uses hot water when washing dishes, so there is no risk of freezing her hands. Besides, she has already cooked, so there is nothing wrong with not washing the dishes.

In the afternoon, the kids would go out and have fun for a while, but they would soon come back, gather around the coal stove, spread out the borrowed textbooks, and start to learn words and do arithmetic problems seriously. Soon, they could recognize a lot of words and mastered a lot of simple addition and subtraction.

Xiao Wu can now count to fifty, and Bei Bei can also count to twenty. They are so proud that their tails are about to fly up to the sky.

The coal stove was burning with honeycomb coal, and on top of it was an iron kettle for heating water, and the kettle was also full, so that hot water could be drunk at any time. The house was also warm at all times, which was a treatment that other families in the village could not even dream of.

Xia Juanjuan also likes to put a wire grill on top to roast sweet potatoes. The skin is roasted until it is crispy and soft, and when you peel off the skin, it is soft and sweet, making it the most comforting snack in winter.

She was too lazy to move, so she sat by the coal stove, sewing hats and gloves, and knitting sweaters for Li Zhan.

A few days later, the sweater was finally finished. Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but wonder if Li Zhan could come back before the New Year as agreed.

There is still more than half a month until New Year's Eve...

However, she quickly put the idea aside and started busying herself with buying New Year's goods.