Chapter 56 Zhou Min's Thoughts

Shen Jiale was learning to make shoes, and Lu Bailing came to play with her.

As soon as she entered the house, the little girl had a stern face.

Shen Jiale smiled and asked, "Who made our lovely sister-in-law angry?"

"Second sister-in-law, Sister-in-law Mingxuan is really annoying."

"What did she do to you?"

"She told everyone that you didn't lend her a bicycle, saying that you were stingy and thought you were great just because you had a bicycle. She looked down on her because she was a country girl and treated her as an outsider."

Shen Jiale chuckled and said, "She was originally an outsider."

"She said that to you, second sister-in-law, aren't you angry? People in the village say that you and the Lu family are not united."

"What's there to be angry about? I can't control what others say. The important thing is to stop her from wanting to borrow the bike in the future."

Lu Bailing nodded: "Yes, my uncle's family is the most likely to push for more. If you lend it to her once, there will be a second time, a third time, and maybe the bike will become hers in the future."

Lu Bailing saw that the size of the shoes made by Shen Jiale didn't look like his second brother's, so she asked who it was made for.

Shen Jiale said he made it for his mother's family, and Lu Bailing offered to help.

She also asked in a low voice: "Second sister-in-law, you make shoes for your family, can you make a pair for my second brother?"

Shen Jiale smiled and said: "Of course, I will make a pair for you too."

Lu Bailing said embarrassedly: "I don't need it, I can do it myself."

"Then you help me make more, and I will pay you."

"No problem, but I don't want wages."

The two made shoes for a while, and Lu Bailing said she would take them back to make.

When she left, Shen Jiale saw that her pants were wet in a small area, it was her period.

Shen Jiale took toilet paper to Lu Bailing.

Lu Bailing was so embarrassed that she ran to the toilet.

When she came back, Lu Bailing blushed.

Shen Jiale smiled and said: "What's there to be shy about, we are all women." Shen Jiale took out a thick stack of toilet paper and gave it to Lu Bailing.

The toilet paper Shen Jiale took out was the roughest old-fashioned flat toilet paper in the space supermarket, but in Lu Bailing's opinion, it was still the best toilet paper she had ever seen, and she refused to take it no matter what.

At this time, Lu Mingfeng woke up and said, "Your second sister-in-law gave it to you, so take it and chat with your second sister-in-law more often."

After refusing several times, Lu Bailing accepted the toilet paper and said, "You don't need to tell me about this, I will chat with your second sister-in-law more often."

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Lu Bailing took the toilet paper home and showed it to Liang Qiaoli in the house.

"Mom, my second sister-in-law gave me a lot of toilet paper, which is much softer than the toilet paper we bought at home, and it's white."

Lu Bailing wanted to share some with his mother, but Liang Qiaoli didn't want it and asked her to keep it for herself.

Zhou Min came in and saw it, and asked, "Bai Ling, what are you holding in your arms?"

"Toilet paper," Lu Bai Ling said.

Zhou Min walked over, looked at the white toilet paper, touched it, and felt that it was many times better than the toilet paper she usually used.

The best toilet paper she had seen in the supply and marketing cooperative was the pink toilet paper, which was very expensive, costing 40 or 50 cents a roll.

In the evening, Zhou Min said to Lu Mingqi: "Your family only knows how to cry about poverty, saying that the betrothal money given to me was borrowed. If there was no money, mother and Bailing could still buy new clothes. Even the toilet paper used by Bailing is the kind I have never seen before. It looks very expensive."

Lu Mingqi said: "There is really no money at home. The clothes should be bought by Mingfeng, and the toilet paper is probably the same. Mother must be reluctant to buy expensive things." Zhou Min

didn't believe it: "How much money can my second brother make as a temporary worker? He buys things and brings them back every day. It can't be him who bought them."

"Or, it must be my sister-in-law who bought them."

"Tell it to me, do you believe it? You wanted to find a job and asked her to lend you money, but she refused. Would she buy clothes for mom and Bailing? Mom definitely has some private money." Zhou Min was very sure.

"Even if mom has some private money, it's hers. We can't control how she spends it."

"I'm not thinking about the money in my parents' hands, but you are not allowed to mention the matter of paying back the betrothal money in the future."

Lu Mingqi was a little shaken by what his wife said. Could it be that my parents really have some money?

Seeing that her husband believed her guess, Zhou Min had other thoughts.

"Mingqi, we both can earn work points, enough for our living. The money we have won't be used for a while, and if we keep it, I'm afraid I'll spend it like my younger brother and sister-in-law. Why don't we build a tiled house?"

"It's a bit early to build a house. We don't know how many children we will have in the future and how many rooms we will need to build. Besides,

we only have 850 yuan, which is not enough to build two rooms." "You can borrow some from your parents. We'll build three rooms first, and then build more when we have children."

"Building a house is a big deal. I need to discuss it with my parents."

"Don't ask for a loan directly. Just say we want to build a house, but we don't have enough money. Please help us think of a solution."

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The next morning, Lu Mingqi told his parents about building a house.

"Dad, Mom, the last time it rained heavily, many people's houses were leaking and flooded. If we built a tiled house, we wouldn't have to worry about this."

Liang Qiaoli said, "There's no rush to build a house. Did Xiaomin say when she can take out the money to pay her back?"

"Mom, Xiaomin means that she will use all the betrothal money to build a house, and she wants Mom and Dad to live in the new house with us."

Liang Qiaoli looked at her husband.

Lu Yongfu said, "Since the money is used to build a house, there is no need to rush to pay it back. It is not too late to pay it back at the end of the year. How many rooms do you plan to build?"

Lu Mingqi said, "We want to build three rooms. We will live in one room, our parents will live in one room, and Bailing will live in one room." Liang

Qiaoli said, "But the money you have is not enough to build two rooms."

Lu Mingqi said with some embarrassment, "If it is just us living there, building one room is enough. It is not because Xiaomin is thinking about her parents and Bailing that I want to build three rooms."

Liang Qiaoli and Lu Yongfu returned to the room and asked Lu Yongfu for his opinion.

Lu Yongfu thought that he would live in the house himself, so it would be fine to borrow some money to build the house.

Liang Qiaoli said: "You haven't paid back the money you borrowed before, where else can you borrow money?"

Lu Yongfu said: "Go back to your parents' home and borrow some more. We have to live in the house, so you should pay the most."

Liang Qiaoli was worried: "My parents don't have that much money to lend me."

"Or, go borrow some from Mingfeng." Lu Yongfu suggested.