She also wanted to contribute to the family and didn't want others to think that she and her two children were just freeloading when they came back.
Meng Shuyun was very surprised and hurriedly asked, "Where did this six yuan come from?"
"I found it on my way here..."
These days, is money so easy to find?!
Meng Shuyun began to have doubts. She knew that Su Xiumei had already picked up money several times.
How could someone be so lucky?
Even Su Xiumei herself found it quite unbelievable.
They believed that all the luck belonged to Meng Shuyun; if she hadn't come looking for her mother, she wouldn't have found those 5 yuan.
After the house was settled, Su Xiumei, Xiaoli, and Xiaojuan, being diligent people, quickly started cleaning the house.
Meng Shuyun called Xiaoli and Xiaojuan over and said, "Help Grandma clean the sewing machine. Grandma is going to buy some things now and will bring you each a treat when she comes back."
Upon hearing that there was something delicious to eat, the two sisters' eyes lit up like light bulbs, and they excitedly exclaimed, "Grandma, don't worry, we'll definitely clean the sewing machine spotless!"
Meng Shuyun borrowed a bicycle from Li Quan's family and headed towards the city.
I need to buy some gauze before it gets dark, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the order for these hair flowers.
Right now, making money is the top priority. Building a house requires money everywhere, and she can't help but feel a strong sense of urgency to make money.
Moreover, Xiaoli is of school age, and we can't let her suffer from a lack of education. Girls can only have a future if they go to school.
Thinking about going to school, Meng Shuyun thought of Su Xiuju again.
Su Xiuju did not continue her studies after graduating from junior high school. At that time, Su Dahai said that girls did not need to study so much and could stay at home to help.
Meng Shuyun felt that once she had the means, she should let Su Xiuju repeat a year of high school.
And then there's Meng Kangshun; in this era of great change, having culture gives one confidence.
Meng Shuyun was pondering these things when she saw Meng Kangshun on her way back.
There are some things we still need to discuss with him.
As luck would have it, they ran into Meng Kangshun and Su Xiuju, who were riding their bicycles back home, on the way.
"Mom, you're finally back! Our house burned down!" As soon as Su Xiuju saw Meng Shuyun, she jumped off the back seat of the car, her eyes filled with tears, and said in a sobbing voice.
These past two days, with no one to hold her head high in the family, Su Xiuju felt empty inside. Even though she was filled with panic, she held back her tears in front of Su Xiulan, afraid that her emotions would affect her second sister.
Upon seeing Meng Shuyun return, the unease that had been suppressed for so long was released all at once, like a flood bursting its banks.
"What's wrong?" Meng Shuyun's heart jumped when she saw Su Xiuju crying her eyes out, and she quickly comforted her softly, "Don't cry, don't cry."
It's burned down, so be it. We can just rebuild a big house, a two-story building.
"When the time comes, you can stay in whichever room you want, don't cry."
"Mother, hit me!" Su Xiuju cried uncontrollably, filled with self-reproach. "It's all my fault for being useless. If I had taken the day off to take care of my second sister, the house wouldn't have caught fire, and the house wouldn't have burned down. It's all my fault, sob sob sob..."
Su Xiuju took all the blame upon herself, crying heartbrokenly and filled with guilt.
She knew in her heart that her mother had gone out to see her eldest sister, and her second sister had no one to take care of her. She should have taken leave to stay home and look after her.
"Silly child, how can this be your fault? Don't cry. Your older sister is back too. I just rented the yard next door. Instead of crying, why don't you go back and help tidy up? At least we'll have a place to stay tonight."
"Big sister is back! How is she?" Su Xiuju was both surprised and delighted, her eyes full of anticipation.
She hadn't seen her eldest sister for many years, and she missed her terribly.
"Okay, you go back first. I need to talk to Kang Shun about something."
As Meng Shuyun watched Su Xiuju gradually calm down, she hurried home.
“Mom, I know what you want to ask,” Meng Kangshun said. “I had some free time these past two days, so I visited several supply and marketing cooperatives and got orders for more than two thousand pairs of gauze. But now the supply and marketing cooperatives are out of gauze. When I came back, I went to the department store and it was already closed. I can only buy it tomorrow.”
Hearing this, Meng Shuyun nodded with satisfaction. Meng Kangshun was becoming more and more sensible and understanding of her thoughts.
"Thank you so much for taking care of things at home these past few days. You've worked so hard."
"It's not hard work, it's all what I should do." Meng Kangshun said with a furrowed brow and a worried expression, "It's just that we have so many orders, and now we don't have any fabric. Even if we get the gauze first thing tomorrow morning, we only have one day to complete the work. I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it."
“I’ll figure out the labor issue. Tomorrow morning, we’ll go buy gauze as soon as the department store opens.”
After discussing it, Meng Shuyun gave up the idea of going to the city and changed direction, intending to ask people to help make hair ornaments.
As long as there are enough people, we can definitely complete the task on time with two thousand pairs of flowers.
Meng Shuyun recalled the past, when she and Ding Fangjie were best friends who could talk about anything.
Later, when Ding Fangjie's family faced financial difficulties and she asked Su Dahai for money, Su Dahai was extremely dissatisfied and secretly urged her to break off all contact with Ding Fangjie.
Su Dahai looked down on Ding Fangjie, thinking that she had two older daughters and was a poor relative, and he was afraid that he would get involved with her and be unable to get rid of her.
Although the two were from neighboring villages and occasionally bumped into each other, they acted like enemies every time they met, ignoring each other and not even exchanging greetings.
Ding Fangjie had hinted at Su Dahai's infidelity to her several times in private, and later even said it openly.
However, Meng Shuyun was furious and thought that Ding Fangjie had deliberately framed Su Dahai. The two completely broke off their relationship and never spoke to each other again.
Now, Meng Shuyun arrived at Ding Fangjie's doorstep and saw her sitting in the yard washing vegetables, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
Ding Fangjie gave a cold snort as soon as she saw Meng Shuyun.
"Oh, what a rare guest! What are you doing at my house? You're not welcome here." She said irritably, her face full of displeasure, without even looking up, as she washed the vegetables.
Meng Shuyun clung to the fence, her face beaming with smiles, and said, "Fangjie, I was wrong last time. I've finally seen through that beast Su Dahai. It was all his instigation that made me break up with you. Look, I'm divorced from him now. I just had some free time, so I came to see you right away."
Upon hearing the word "divorce," Ding Fangjie abruptly stopped in her tracks.
In her memory, Meng Shuyun cherished Su Dahai like the apple of her eye, and they also had three sons. How could she possibly bear to divorce him...?
Anyway, Ding Fangjie didn't believe it at all.
"You're divorced, so what? What does it have to do with me? Only you would care about a shameless old man like him and keep him around until now. If it were me, I would have chased him far away long ago."
"Yes, yes, you're right. I was blinded by greed and completely fooled by him. Now I've changed my ways, so I gritted my teeth and got a divorce."
Ding Fangjie wiped her hands on her apron, frowned, and asked again, full of suspicion, "Are you really divorced?"
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