Li Jianshe took a step forward and said, "Did you go back to the countryside? But you're back working in the city now, and you're so close to Jiang Zhen..." Then, remembering the rumors circulating in the factory, he suddenly realized and looked at Wei Dani with disdain. "I heard Jiang Zhen spent a lot of money and even borrowed a lot of industrial vouchers from Director Zhao. Did he use that money to get you this job? You married that kind of man just for this job? I misjudged you! I thought you had some backbone! Ah..." Before he could finish speaking, a basketball hit him on the cheekbone, and he curled up in pain.
"Hey! You pretty boy, who gave you the guts to yell like that!"
You coward, you're not even worthy to carry Jiang Zhen's shoes. You're just a coward. If you've got the guts, come and argue with me. Do you like that girl, or do you like her job?
So, marrying into your family means I have to bring a job as part of my dowry? Are you made of gold? Everyone avoids you like you're a pile of stinking dog poop. What? You think you're so great and unapproachable? Let me tell you, it's just that people are afraid of the smell.
What a coward! You dare to chase after girls? Are you even a man? Anyone who marries you will be incredibly unlucky! The biggest sacrifice you make to woo a girl is helping her reserve the cafeteria's mixed-flour steamed buns! How dare you even say that?! You could hear the abacus beads swirling around for miles.
"If any girl marries you, her great-grandmother will be so angry she'll jump out of her coffin and take her away as soon as possible! To avoid bringing trouble to the whole family."
Zhao Aiguo stood with one hand on his hip and the other pointing at Li Jianshe's nose, cursing him.
Li Jianshe looked at Wei Dani with red eyes. "Is it because we were caught taking things from the cafeteria that time? I didn't stand up for you, I backed down, so you're blaming me?"
"Hey! You better explain yourself clearly, you took it, she didn't. But you're right, that one incident showed you're a coward! A wimp! What are you looking at? Do you think I need your praise for my good taste? I'm telling you, if you come looking for trouble again, I'll report you to your workplace! I'll make sure you can't even be an apprentice!" Zhao Aiguo was about to yell at Wei Dani when she stopped him.
Looking coldly at Li Jianshe, she said, "I have never promised you anything. If you try to be unreasonable, don't blame me for being impolite. Also, Jiang Zhen and I are a couple that our parents and elders approve of. Stop spouting your useless nonsense!"
Li Jianshe smiled contemptuously, "You're even approved by your parents and elders? You're only after the job he arranged for you, aren't you? You're a snob..."
Zhao Aiguo stepped forward and shoved Li Jianshe hard. Li Jianshe stumbled back three steps, almost losing his balance. "You bastard, if you can't spout anything decent, I'll knock your teeth out! Don't you dare insult the working class! You're not just poor, you're just a lump of mud! You can't even climb a wall, yet you complain that people don't want to stay in the mud with you!" As he spoke, he took off his shirt, threw it on the ground, and went over in a tank top, saying, "Don't you dare go anywhere! I'll beat you until you poop green shit, you haven't eaten any leeks today!"
Li Jianshe roared angrily, "Wei Dani, I misjudged you! You bunch of barbarians..."
Just as Zhao Aiguo was about to kick, Li Jianshe, that coward, ran away. Wei Dani picked up the shirt and handed it to Zhao Aiguo, asking, "Why did you come here?"
Zhao Aiguo put on his white shirt and buttoned it as he walked into the house. "Isn't this your first day at work? I ate lunch at my grandpa's canteen and then strolled over. Luckily I came, otherwise how would you deal with this kind of scoundrel?"
Wei Dani also breathed a sigh of relief. If it weren't for Aiguo, she really wouldn't know what to do. When the two went back to the room, Wei Dani poured Zhao Aiguo a glass of water and said, "When did you learn to fight? Didn't Grandma Zhao always say that you were in poor health and couldn't fight?"
Zhao Aiguo shrugged indifferently. "That coward, I knew it all along. Even if you gave him two more lives, he wouldn't dare to lay a hand on me." He tucked his shirt into his pants and looked around the small room. "This job is pretty good. It's not tiring, and you're protected from the wind and rain."
Wei Dani pulled Zhao Aiguo to sit down and said, "Aiguo, I want to talk to you about something."
"Ah, tell me!"
"Exactly! I just don't feel at ease. You know, I'm just a country girl, I don't have anything, and yet I'm sticking so close to Team Leader Jiang..."
"Call him Brother Jiang Zhen!" Zhao Aiguo corrected.
Wei Dani moved her lips and said, "I feel really bad about sticking to Brother Jiang Zhen like this. I've been getting free meals and drinks from him and even a job from him. I can never repay him in this lifetime! I'm not worth that much."
Zhao Aiguo blinked. "Sister Dani, could you take a dollar and buy me an hour?"
Wei Dani was stunned, looking at Zhao Aiguo as if he were an idiot. "What's wrong with you? How can you buy time with money?"
Zhao Aiguo nodded. "He's not stupid! Why is he getting so hung up on this? Is my uncle good to my aunt?"
Wei Dani glared at him. "Do you even need to ask!" Wei Xigun was a rough man, but he was filial and cared for his family. He wasn't good with words, but he did things.
Zhao Aiguo gossiped, "Every time my uncle gives my aunt something, does she think, 'I'm taking advantage of this old man again?' and then she can't sleep because she's upset about not being able to pay him back?! Back in the countryside, when my uncle brought home his salary, my aunt would think, 'That's over twenty yuan a month! I have to plow half the village's fields, otherwise I'll feel bad about wasting that twenty yuan…'"
Wei Dani's gaze screams, "Are you sick in the head?!" Zhao Aiguo nodded seriously, "That look in her eyes is exactly the same as the feeling I get from you. It's pure, utter madness!"
Wei Dani exclaimed urgently, "It's not the same thing at all!"
"How is it different? Aren't you two getting married? If you really feel he's being wronged by marrying you, just treat him better from now on, right? All this pretense and acting like this is annoying and makes people guess! With that time, you could make him some clothes, shoes, knit him a sweater, or something. Why waste your time thinking about useless things? Alright! I'm going to school now." With that, he grabbed his basketball and left.
Wei Dani slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "That's right! What I'm struggling with is not being able to repay even one-thousandth of him, okay? Then I have to work hard! I can't let him put in effort and not feel any warmth!" She thought about buying some linen tomorrow and making a shoe sole. It was cheap, and she had enough money to make a pair of shoes for Jiang Zhen to wear in the kitchen.
I'll buy yarn and knit a sweater for Jiang Zhen when I get my salary. I don't want to make clothes anymore; they're too expensive, and she can't afford them yet.
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