Tian Caifeng smiled bitterly. "I can't borrow money from anyone else." The few military wives she was close to had similar family situations, and they simply couldn't come up with that much money. The better-off wives looked down on her, so how could they possibly lend her money? Otherwise, why would she ask Su Jinyue, whom she had only met once, for a loan? She was completely at her wit's end.
Su Jinyue pursed her lips and said, "I can lend you money, but can you promise to pay it back next month?" One hundred yuan was nothing to her, but she was not a charity that would grant every request. You could ask her to borrow money, but you had to pay it back when you agreed to do so. This was a matter of principle.
"Sure!" Tian Caifeng nodded vigorously. When Wen Bing came back, she told him not to send money home next month. If they saved a little more, it should be enough to pay it back.
Su Jinyue took out a hundred yuan and handed it to Tian Caifeng, "Here you go."
"Thank you! Thank you, Sister-in-law Zhan!" Tian Caifeng accepted the money and thanked Su Jinyue profusely. Without this hundred yuan, her son wouldn't be able to go to school tomorrow. The girl's parents were very powerful. They threatened to have the school punish him if he didn't pay the money. She had no other choice but to borrow the money.
After watching Tian Caifeng leave, Su Jinyue withdrew her gaze, closed the gate, and walked towards the parking lot. She wanted to wait for Yihan to come back and live here with him.
Ma Lingling went out to take out the trash. Seeing the receding figure, she muttered in confusion, "Why does that person look so much like Su Jinyue?" But she knew she must have seen it wrong. It was impossible for Su Jinyue to come to the military area.
Back home, Ma Lingling was still thinking about the figure from earlier. The more she thought about it, the more she felt it resembled Su Jinyue.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Zhu Shulan asked angrily when she saw Ma Lingling standing there motionless. To be honest, she really didn't like her sister-in-law living at home. Her presence made many things inconvenient for her and her husband, but she couldn't kick her out. Her husband only had this one sister, and he usually treated Ma Lingling better than herself, which made her dislike Ma Lingling even more.
"I just saw someone I know, but it couldn't be her." Ma Lingling didn't care about Zhu Shulan's attitude. She was used to it.
"Forget about who we are and come in and wash the vegetables for me. Are you going to have dinner?" Zhu Shulan was washing rice with a look of displeasure on her face. She felt uncomfortable whenever she thought of the new furniture and appliances next door.
Ma Lingling shook her head helplessly and walked into the kitchen.
The sun sets, and its afterglow falls on the earth, making it red, as if it had been dyed with a layer of rouge, beautiful and charming.
Ma Junfei walked into the house, took off his military uniform covered in dust and sweat, and looked at the two people sitting on the sofa watching TV. "Why haven't you had dinner yet?"
"Waiting for you." Zhu Shulan stood up, went to the bathroom, got a towel and handed it to Ma Junfei, "Wipe it off quickly. Look at how sweaty you are. It's really stinking."
"Don't you like the smell of me?" Ma Junfei laughed.
"Get out of the way." Zhu Shulan rolled her eyes at Ma Junfei. She wasn't in the mood to flirt with him, and besides, there was only one big light bulb in the room, so what was the point?
"What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood? Who made you angry?" Ma Junfei wiped his face with a towel and looked at Zhu Shulan with a smile.
"Don't talk to me, I'm annoyed." Zhu Shulan grabbed the towel from Ma Junfei's hand and walked towards the bathroom.
Ma Junfei shrugged, walked over to Ma Lingling and sat down, then asked quietly, "What happened to your sister-in-law today?"
"I don't know. I got angry for no reason." Ma Lingling was also helpless. If her eldest brother hadn't disagreed with her living in the dormitory, she would have moved out long ago. She didn't want to be a third wheel between them. What she couldn't stand the most was that she had to constantly endure the wrath of her moody eldest sister-in-law.
"It's just a meal. I'm not a guest. Do I have to treat you every day?" Zhu Shulan walked out of the bathroom with a sullen face.
Ma Junfei and Ma Lingling looked at each other, sighed helplessly, stood up and walked towards the dining table.
Zhu Shulan slammed the bowl of rice onto the table and said, "The refrigerator at home doesn't cool anymore. When are you going to fix it?" She was now dissatisfied with everything in the house and wanted to buy new ones.
"It's getting cold, so we don't need a refrigerator. Besides, the money is all with you, right?" Ma Junfei picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised pork. He had been training all day, and his stomach was already growling with hunger.
"How can a woman like me fix it? What if the food goes bad if we don't use the refrigerator? Are you going to eat it?" Zhu Shulan became even angrier when she heard what Ma Junfei said.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! It's all my fault. I'll fix it when I get my day off. Don't be angry, eat quickly. I'll be sorry if you get hungry," Ma Junfei coaxed. He knew his wife's temper. The harder you pushed her, the harder she would push back.
Ma Lingling couldn't help but shudder. "Big Brother is so disgusting! He can even say such disgusting things."
Zhu Shulan glared at Ma Lingling and sat down at the side. "How come Zhan Yihan has so much money? Isn't his position the same as yours?" People in the same position should have similar salaries, and even with the bonus for completing the task, it wouldn't be much.
"How would I know that?" Ma Junfei picked up the bowl and took a bite of rice. It was other people's business whether they were rich or not, so why should he care so much?
"You only know how to eat. Others buy new furniture and new appliances, but you can't even afford a broken refrigerator. I was so blind at the time that I would never come to you." The more Zhu Shulan thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. As a woman, others don't have to do anything, but she not only works to support the family, but also has to take care of housework.
Ma Lingling sighed inwardly, put down the bowl, stood up and walked towards the room. She finally understood the reason. It turned out that her sister-in-law was jealous because she saw the things the neighbors bought today.
"Okay, don't be angry! If you want a refrigerator, I will take a day off tomorrow to go buy it with you." Ma Junfei also understood the reason, but he didn't have the financial strength like Zhan Yihan.
"Who wants to buy a refrigerator? I want you to study hard with Zhan Yihan and earn more money. Look at Zhan Yihan's daughter-in-law. She doesn't have to worry about anything, just go to school. Do you know how much that dress she's wearing costs?" Zhu Shulan thought of the dress Su Jinyue was wearing, and her heart was filled with jealousy. She had seen that dress at the Friendship Department Store and had originally wanted to try it on, but the price gave her pause. Eight hundred and ninety dollars for the whole dress, and that wasn't even on sale.
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