Yu Yan was hiding in her kitchen when she heard this and smiled secretly. Finally, someone could refute her mother's reasoning.
What Comrade Xia said made sense. Every word she said made sense. Such a reasonable person was actually assigned to the house here. There must be someone in their factory who is messing with her.
It's so pitiful. The lonely old lady was abandoned by her husband's family and then targeted by the villains in the factory. This world really doesn't allow good people to survive. She will definitely take better care of Comrade Xia in the future and will not let the people from the other two families bully her.
Although Yu Yan herself was not sure if she could convince the other two families, it did not prevent her from secretly making up her mind to stand firmly on Comrade Xia's side in the future.
Chen Xianghong and Yu Hongzhen came to the house several times in the following days, all to discuss their marriage. Due to everyone's collective opposition, Yu Hongzhen's plan to lock up his biological parents failed before it even began.
That day, Old Lady Xia took her sister and her soon-to-be-married daughter, Chen Xianghong, to the supply and marketing cooperative to do some shopping. Although she was divorced, Chen Xianghong had no one else to ask about such a big matter except her own mother. Since Chen Xianghong had come to her house, Old Lady Xia couldn't just throw her hands up and leave her to figure things out on her own.
Today's visit to the supply and marketing cooperative was Xia Yu'e's first in a while. She had been there before, but mostly just to buy necessities. Her husband and son wouldn't give her any tickets or money, so she could only rely on doing odd jobs or doing odd jobs on the street to keep from starving.
In addition to buying some wedding supplies for Chen Xianghong today, Old Lady Xia also wanted to buy some clothes for her sister.
During this period, Xia Yu'e wore all the clothes of Old Lady Xia. She didn't wear the good clothes. Even if they were handed to her, she would not wear them and would secretly put them back. She would pick up those worn-out work clothes to wear, and she thought they were very comfortable and would not easily wear out.
As an old lady who stayed at home every day, she didn't need to worry about clothes. She should dress herself up nicely so that people would envy her when she went out to chat. But Xia Yu'e was different. She had no such vanity at all. She was like a mouse, wanting to hide all the good things and money.
Old Mrs. Xia was very dissatisfied. She had been mocked several times by the money-grubber next door for being mean to her sister. He said that the money-grubber's mother dressed better than her sister, and asked her who was the money-grubber?
Damn it, this is simply a serious provocation to her. Old Mrs. Xia is not convinced and is determined to make her elder sister come back to life today.
Old Chen had provided money for Chen Xianghong's dowry, so naturally, Old Lady Xia had to contribute some as well. She used the industrial coupons she'd exchanged for grain coupons to buy Chen Xianghong a festive washbasin and a Shanghai watch. Yu Hongzhen also said he would buy her a sewing machine and bring it along when the time came.
A few days ago, Old Lady Xia had someone make a cotton quilt for her. She thought these three things were very good.
Chen Xianghong agreed. She didn't think her parents would hold her back on this, so everything was decided by them. It had been a long time since anyone had told her how girls should behave, or whether they should consider their brothers more. Since no one had spoken up, Chen Xianghong assumed all her brothers agreed.
What Chen Xianghong didn't know was that if she had married an ordinary rural man from the brigade that had gone to the countryside, there would definitely be a lot of people who would raise objections.
And now, they are just holding back their dissatisfaction.
One reason is that the family of the eldest son, who was the most noisy, was separated and their surname has not been changed back to the present day. He is considered a married son and they are too embarrassed to speak out.
Secondly, his parents are divorced, and Old Chen has been in a state of depression. Now he will scold anyone who dares to question him, and sometimes he will even beat them. As for whether it hurts or not, that's up to Chen Xiangbei.
Third, each of the three brothers now has his own things to do. The eldest is a formal worker, the second is a formal worker, and the third is in charge of inquiries. They are too lazy to argue with Chen Xianghong. Anyway, they are married daughters and will rarely come back in the future.
If they don't cause trouble for Chen Xianghong now, Chen Xianghong will be more on their side in the future. If anything happens, they can still ask Yu Hongzhen for help, which is more important than that money and things.
During this time, they have all grown up and can see things more clearly.
After Mrs. Xia finished buying Chen Xianghong's things, she began to choose fabrics for Xia Yu'e. "Sister, this color is good, it's comfortable and soft, feel it."
Xia Yu'e was unhappy. "If you want to buy something, buy it for yourself. Why buy it for me? You own a textile factory. When there's a discount on fabric, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to buy some there?"
Old Lady Xia: "Then you won't wear the clothes I made especially for you. If you don't wear them anymore, I won't even buy you the fabrics. I'll just buy you ready-made clothes."
Xia Yu'e cursed, "How dare you! You've had so much good time that you've forgotten how hard things were before. These days are like heaven to me, and I'm happy enough. Why did you insist on buying me such fine fabric to make clothes? I'm afraid to touch or move my hands around in these clothes, for fear of damaging them. You're not doing this for my own good; you're trying to shorten my life."
Old Lady Xia covered her mouth and said, "Sister, why are you cursing yourself for no reason? I finally found you and now I have someone who truly loves me. Aren't you making me cry now?"
She burst into tears, and her eyes suddenly turned red. It was like when she was a child, seeing her sister swallowing her anger and begging her parents to make her a bowl of brown sugar water when she had a fever. Her heart ached. She didn't know why she was so vulnerable with her sister, even though she was Xia Yue'e, who had iron-blooded methods.
Xia Yu'e was at a loss all of a sudden. "You're almost fifty, why are you crying? Hurry up and wipe it off, don't let people laugh at you. Put it on, can't I put it on?"
Xia Yu'e seemed to be caught by fate's neck. She couldn't bear to see her sister sad, so she had no choice but to agree. Old Mrs. Xia immediately bought her a piece of fine cloth and a pair of shoes. When she was about to buy a silk scarf, Xia Yu'e couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Go back and don't buy any more, okay?"
Old Mrs. Xia was dragged out by her, and she smiled and said, "Sister, I will start making clothes for you when we get home."
Xia Yu'e: "I can make them myself. And those shoes, why did you buy them? Aren't they better than the ones you buy here?"
Old Lady Xia: "These shoes are beautiful. You can wear them to Xiang Hong's wedding. People will definitely envy you."
Xia Yu'e: "I'm already old, why should I ask others to envy me?"
Old Lady Xia: "You are my sister, why shouldn't people envy you? Let's live a prosperous life, eat when we should, drink when we should, wear when we should. Why save money? Oh, by the way, I will go to their place later to buy some wine, and then we can boil some meat for dinner."
Xia Yu'e: ...Her sister spends any money she has recklessly and has no idea how to manage the household.
Although she thought so, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth when she saw Old Lady Xia mumbling.
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