Chu Xuanxuan went downstairs and immediately saw Zhou Jinshan waiting downstairs, which fueled her resentment towards Feng Mingshu.
Feng Mingshu is already married, so why is she still trying to steal Zhang Yunxiao from her?
Since Feng Mingshu dared to do the first thing, she shouldn't blame her for doing the fifteenth!
A calculating glint flashed in Chu Xuanxuan's eyes. She straightened her clothes and swayed her hips as she walked toward Zhou Jinshan.
Zhou Jinshan noticed and turned his head to look. Chu Xuanxuan's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness as she fiddled with her hair and called out in a sweet and coquettish voice, "Brother-in-law~"
“Comrade, you’ve called the wrong person,” Zhou Jinshan said coldly.
Chu Xuanxuan's smile froze for a moment, but quickly returned to normal. Pointing to her face, she said, "Brother-in-law, do you think my face looks a lot like my cousin's? Besides, we met at the restaurant at noon. I wouldn't mistake you for someone else."
Zhou Jinshan glanced at Chu Xuanxuan's face again: "I did see a woman trying to claim kinship at noon, but she doesn't look like you."
Chu Xuanxuan's face turned green from the retort, and she blurted out, "You straight man, do you even know what makeup is?"
Zhou Jinshan's eyes grew even colder: "You did your makeup and wore the same clothes as my lover, what exactly is your purpose?"
Chu Xuanxuan was stumped by his question and then stared at by his cold, sharp gaze, as if all her scheming had been seen through. She was instantly enraged and embarrassed: "What business is it of yours how I put on makeup or what I wear? You should worry about your own wife first, lest she be taken advantage of..."
"Chu Xuanxuan!"
Feng Mingshu walked out of the stairwell, interrupting Chu Xuanxuan's angry words with a cold laugh: "The slap mark on your face hasn't faded yet, and you can't stop talking. Are you trying to make it symmetrical?"
After being reminded, Chu Xuanxuan suddenly felt a pain in her cheek. Touching it made it hurt even more. She was immediately furious that people in this era would slap someone's face so easily; they were all shrewish!
"You did it yourself and you don't want people to talk about it? Comrade Zhou, you should be more careful!"
Chu Xuanxuan glanced at Zhou Jinshan with a smile, uttered this divisive remark, and then walked away.
They walked faster and faster, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only the couple remained.
Feng Mingshu opened her mouth, wanting to explain what happened upstairs, but Zhou Jinshan spoke first: "I believe you, go home."
After he finished speaking, he went to push the bicycle and then turned his head to gesture for her to sit on the back seat.
Feng Mingshu looked at his expressionless face, jumped into the car, bit her lip, and began to recount her conversation with Zhang Yunxiao. But as soon as she started, Zhou Jinshan turned around and said, "Mingshu, you don't need to repeat it to me. I told you I believe you."
"But I feel like you don't seem very happy."
Feng Mingshu was somewhat frustrated. She didn't know how husband and wife should get along, so she thought of talking about it to clear up the misunderstanding.
Looking at the girl's drooping eyes, Zhou Jinshan said helplessly, "I am unhappy, unhappy that other men are eyeing my wife, but I believe in my wife and she will not do anything out of line."
Upon hearing this, Feng Mingshu breathed a sigh of relief and returned the favor by saying, "I also believe you. I won't question your normal interactions with other female comrades."
Zhou Jinshan: "..."
"Hold on tight, I'm going to ride my bike."
Feng Mingshu immediately responded and hugged his waist.
Zhou Jinshan stepped onto the pedal, glanced back at the second-floor window seemingly casually, then pushed off with all his might and rode away.
"Yunxiao, stop looking, let's go."
Wang Sujuan called out to her son in front of the window, but he didn't respond. She went over and saw that her son's eyes were filled with tears from the cold wind.
...
It was almost dark when the young couple got home.
Feng Mingshu met her mother's colleague, Aunt Huang, and Aunt Huang's daughter, Lu Wenli, who had been sent to the countryside, in the living room.
After introducing themselves, Feng Mingshu asked Aunt Huang with a smile, "Sister Lu, have you returned to the city?"
Aunt Huang was in a good mood and nodded with a smile, "It's all thanks to your mother transferring the job to your sister Lu that she was able to come back."
Lu Wenli nodded beside her, her face full of gratitude.
Lu Wenli's passion for making a name for herself in the countryside was blown away by the cold northern winds winter after winter. A few days ago, she received a telegram from her mother and immediately packed her bags, bought a train ticket, and returned home, afraid that if she missed this opportunity, she would have to stay in the countryside for the rest of her life.
Unlike Aunt Huang and her daughter's happiness, Feng Mingshu was somewhat worried.
Taking the opportunity to go to the kitchen to make tea, Feng Mingshu pulled her mother aside and asked, "Mom, if you transfer your job, you won't be able to apply for a job transfer. Are you going to have to do farm work in the countryside?"
She had experienced the hardships of farm work in her past life and did not want her mother to go through it again.
Seeing her daughter's worried expression, Yu Wenjing patted her hand reassuringly: "The village is different from the farm. We won't force women to do heavy work. I'll choose the easier tasks. At most, I'll get fewer work points, but it won't matter."
Feng Mingshu was still worried: "Even the easiest task is still physical labor, and your health..."
"I'm in good health, Zhuzhu, don't worry," Yu Jingqiu said with a gentle smile.
"Mingshu, I will take good care of your mother and won't let her get tired," Li Yanzhong said as he walked in.
Feng Mingshu looked up at Li Yanzhong, thinking of what he had done for his mother in both his past and present lives, and for a moment he couldn't say anything to refute him.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "I can sew clothes now. Give me your measurements, and I'll make you some clothes, as well as all the quilts from home and the grain we have stored..."
Yu Jingqiu chuckled and interrupted her: "Zhuzhu, if you send all the things from home, how will you and Xiao Zhou live?"
Before Feng Mingshu could answer, Zhou Jinshan walked to her side and said, "Mom, I married Mingshu. I will take care of her life and won't let her go hungry or cold."
Hearing this, Feng Mingshu turned to look at him. Zhou Jinshan grasped her hand and took out a bankbook from his pocket, handing it to Yu Jingqiu.
Yu Jingqiu took the passbook, glanced at it, and closed it, asking with a smile, "From now on, who will manage the money in this family?"
“Ming Shu Guan,” Zhou Jinshan replied without the slightest hesitation.
Feng Mingshu was stunned for a moment. When she saw her mother smiling and handing over the passbook, she subconsciously took it. Then she realized what was going on and, without even looking at it, stuffed it into Zhou Jinshan's hands: "I'm not good at managing money, so you should manage it yourself."
Although the Feng family's assets were donated, they still had some cash left. At the time, the mother divided it into three parts, and she took one part.
If she uses it sparingly, it's enough for her to live on for ten years.
Of course, it would be best if she could find a job after joining the army, so that she could live a more comfortable life.
She also remembered that when she was little, her biological father would always get angry and make a huge fuss whenever he asked her mother for money.
In the end, the biological father still managed to abscond with most of the family fortune and eloped to Hong Kong with his true love.
Zhou Jinshan's character was certainly different from his biological father's, but Feng Mingshu subconsciously still didn't want to take over his money, perhaps to avoid possible arguments in the future, or perhaps for other reasons.
But her refusal changed the atmosphere in the kitchen instantly.
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