Chapter 199: Passerby A in a 1990s Housewife's Rebirth Novel (8)
After buying New Year's goods, she also bought some winter clothes. When she got home, she cooked a few dishes for her. Before eating, she even brought a lunchbox and asked Jiang Yue to cook extra to save for dinner. Jiang Yue was speechless. What could she do? She could only do as she was told.
After dinner, the two went to the study for a while to drink tea. Zhao Ting told them a lot of gossip, such as who was dating whom, and who got into a fight over a woman. Young people like that, nothing too dramatic. After they finished eating and drinking, they left. Puppet automatically went to clean up after they left.
Jiang Yue was reading for a while when she heard the people next door arguing. After arguing for a while, they started fighting. The reason was money. They didn't have any money to buy New Year's goods because the man had taken all the money to invest in stocks. The woman cried and cursed, saying that they didn't even have money to buy new clothes for the children and that she had to borrow money from her parents' home. How could they live like this?
Jiang Yue didn't hear what was said after that, only the woman's sobbing. Jiang Yue sighed. Stocks are not for everyone. Putting aside everything else, most people can't even get past the mental hurdle. If Jiang Yue didn't have the Bai Ze cheat or inside information, she would never play stocks. If she wanted to make money, she might as well find an abandoned gold mine to pan for gold.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Yue put up the Spring Festival couplets on several houses and hung up the lanterns. Then she went to the market to buy some meat and vegetables. There were fewer people these past two days. She should have bought them a few days ago, but there were too many people, so Jiang Yue didn't go. After buying the vegetables, she processed some of the ingredients, such as pig's trotters, pork hocks, and fish.
As for the vegetables, we picked what could be picked and washed what could be washed. If we made more in the first few days, we would save some trouble on New Year's Eve. After finishing up at the new house, we went to the old courtyard and tidied up the old house left by my parents. Then we chatted with the neighbors for a while and listened to what kind of benefits the factory had given out for the New Year. We also listened to the grandparents bragging about how smart their grandchildren were.
On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, a few girlfriends came over to visit Jiang Yue, ostensibly to see if she needed any help, but actually to freeload a meal. Before leaving, each of them packed a lunchbox of fried food made by Jiang Yue, and of course, each of them left some gifts, nothing else but various kinds of food.
After everyone left, the lively atmosphere disappeared, leaving Jiang Yue all alone. She didn't usually feel it, but being alone during holidays really felt lonely. Jiang Yue lay on the recliner thinking that she should get a few cats and dogs after the New Year. If there aren't enough people, animals can make up for it. After the New Year, the koi pond in the yard should also be stocked with fish.
The homeowner took all the koi fish with him when he left, so there's nothing left in the fishpond now. Jiang Yue has to look around and find some more koi fish. If she can't find any, she'll have to let the puppet catch them. After resting for a while, she went for a walk outside. There were many people on the street with big and small bags, their children had all come back for the New Year.
The children huddled together to share the food in their pockets. Considering it was only a few days into the Lunar New Year, they wouldn't get a beating even if they caused trouble. After all, it was the Lunar New Year, and nobody would beat their kids for fun. Jiang Yue strolled around the street for a while, chatted with a few acquaintances, and went home when she got too cold.
On New Year's Eve, Jiang Yue didn't get up until after 10 a.m. She had stayed up too late watching dramas the night before. After getting up, she washed up and tidied up the house. She had a simple lunch and a big dinner. Although she was alone, Jiang Yue didn't skimp on herself and cooked a lot of dishes. Anyway, it's cold now and there's a refrigerator, so she can eat them slowly.
I originally planned to watch the Spring Festival Gala at home in the evening, but my friends dragged me out to play. We wandered around for a while and then went to karaoke and sang for half the night. When I got home, it was already 3 or 4 in the morning. After taking a shower, Jiang Yue went to bed as soon as she got home. She figured that some children would come over to wish her a Happy New Year around 8 or 9 in the morning.
After waking up and eating dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, I opened the door and soon some children ran in. They first wished me a Happy New Year and asked, "Happy New Year!" Then they stared at me expectantly, wondering if I would receive a red envelope. Jiang Yue did not disappoint them. She gave each of them a red envelope with a small amount of money, just a token of her appreciation, along with some candy.
After receiving the red envelopes, a bunch of people ran out. There was another family to visit. Jia Yue counted the children she knew who had been there, stuffed a few red envelopes in her pocket, and went out to the old house. She wished the Third Uncle and the others a Happy New Year. The red envelopes in her pocket hadn't been taken for nothing. See, they came in handy. Some children were visiting for the first time, and they would give you a red envelope if they greeted you.
After greeting her elders and playing with her friends for a while, Jiang Yue made plans to go ice skating at Shichahai in a few days before heading home. Along the way, she would greet familiar faces with a cupped-hand salute and a "Happy New Year." Whether she knew them well or not, she had to act like she did during the New Year holidays, otherwise, if she didn't greet them, people would say she was impolite.
After returning home, Jiang Yue took out a computer and listened to music for a while. The sound quality wasn't very good, and besides, this thing wasn't from this era, so it wouldn't be good if others saw it. She added buying a sound system to her plans. There was already quite a lot on the list, such as the address of the house and shop she wanted to buy, a car, and raising cats, dogs, and koi fish. Now she added buying a sound system to her plans.
After listening for a while, Jiang Yue felt sleepy, so she packed up her things and went back to her bedroom to sleep. She slept straight until six o'clock in the afternoon, a full five hours. After waking up, she heated up some leftovers from yesterday and ate a quick bite. Then she turned on all the lights in the yard, watched for a while, and then her friends came over to play with her.
While playing cards and chatting, Jiang Yue mentioned that she wanted to raise some cats and dogs. It just so happened that one of her friends had a cat about to give birth and said that she would give two to Jiang Yue after weaning. As for dogs, she also found some, since Jiang Yue didn't need any cats or dogs with good bloodlines. Calico cats and Chinese rural dogs would be fine, which would make it much easier to find them.
We played until 11 or 12 o'clock today and then everyone went home. Tomorrow we have to visit relatives for the New Year, so everyone needs to go to bed early. Before leaving, we cleaned Jiang Yue's house. After everyone left, Jiang Yue locked the door, went back to her room, took a shower, and went to bed.
The seven-day Spring Festival holiday passed quickly. Of course, many people probably didn't even get seven days off; most only got three. Some positions didn't even give them a single day off. Jiang Yuehai spent the last few days traveling more than she had in the months since she transmigrated. On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, a lawyer from Guangzhou called her, saying that someone wanted to contact Jiang Yuehai and the female lead through him to discuss the land transfer.
Jiang Yue agreed over the phone. That was her goal anyway, and she didn't plan to develop it herself. However, the person on the other end of the phone didn't say who wanted to buy it. Jiang Yue didn't know if it was the same buyer as in the storyline. After all, the storyline only mentioned one buyer who had increased the price several dozen times over in a few months.
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