The family still enjoyed a very pleasant meal of delicious dumplings.
After the meal, Tao Ying handed out the clothes to everyone. "Wear your new clothes tomorrow. Our store opens the day after tomorrow. Baoshan, Chunli, and Yangyang, study hard. Everyone else, come help out at the store," Tao Ying said with a smile.
Everyone readily agreed, except for Wang Chunli, who seemed a little embarrassed.
"Auntie, this dress must be very expensive. I can't help you with anything." Wang Chunli touched the dress with some reluctance.
"Chunli, my kindness to you now is half based on your parents' love and half based on the fact that you are a sensible and polite child. What I give you has not burdened me, and you don't need to feel too much burden. If you go far in the future and become excellent, your aunt will be happy for you." Tao Ying still likes Wang Chunli very much. This girl has been well-educated.
"I understand, Auntie." Wang Chunli nodded at Tao Ying.
"Alright, go have some fun. Just get through these three years, and there won't be any more difficulties." He smiled and patted Wang Chunli on the shoulder.
"Aren't you afraid she'll forget you in the future?" Zhou Daya came out in her new clothes to show Tao Ying, and happened to overhear their conversation.
"So what if you forget? All children are like that," Tao Ying said nonchalantly.
“That makes sense.” Zhou Daya paused for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Mom, what was Chen Feng's reaction? Are you still going to visit Chunni tomorrow?" Tao Ying asked.
"Go on, I haven't finished listening to the gossip about the machine factory yet. Bring me a lunchbox of the dumplings we ate today. I ate Xiao Wang's peach shortbread today." Zhou Daya said without thinking.
"Okay, I'll have Chunni and Chuntao make some sugar pancakes for you to take over tomorrow morning. We still have some melon seeds at home." Tao Ying nodded.
"Then you shouldn't go to night school. I'll have Baomin pick you up first. It's too dark and there aren't many people there at night, so it's not safe," Tao Ying said softly.
When Wang Baomin returned, he told Tao Ying about the night school, and Tao Ying couldn't bear to see the old lady suffer there.
Going to the machinery factory was a last resort; only by making a big scene could they deter the remaining people from targeting Chunni. Actually, if she were a decent person, Tao Ying wouldn't object to Wang Chunni remarrying.
But in this era, it's rare for divorced women like Wang Chunni, who have children, to meet really good people.
“What’s there to be unsafe about an old lady like me?” Zhou Daya said nonchalantly.
"Mom, you have to listen to me," Tao Ying insisted.
"Alright, alright, you're always meddling in everything," Zhou Daya said, heading straight back to her room.
The next day, everyone except Zhou Daya went out wearing new clothes.
"Grandma, why aren't you wearing new clothes?" Wang Baomin was a little surprised, since Grandma had acted so badly yesterday.
"What have I been doing? Did I go to be an old hag? How could I dress so nicely?" Zhou Daya rolled her eyes at Wang Baomin.
Who can understand the pain of not being able to wear new clothes? And this brat just had to provoke me.
Wang Baomin “…”
"Grandma, Chun Tao and I made you scallion pancakes and fried some peanuts," Wang Chunni said to Zhou Daya with a smile.
"Mom, let's get your hair permed sometime." Tao Ying helped Zhou Daya sit down.
"You want to perm your hair like this?" Zhou Daya glanced at Tao Ying's hair and, to be honest, didn't particularly like it.
"Dye her hair black first, then see what kind of perm it will look like." Tao Ying looked at Zhou Daya's hair.
The old lady had a lot of hair, but it wasn't well-maintained and was a bit dry.
“Okay, that will make me look younger.” Zhou Daya agreed happily.
My daughter-in-law is the best; she's willing to spend money on me.
“Mom, you’re already quite young and in good health,” Tao Ying said earnestly.
The old lady has a good attitude and cares a lot about herself. She is very particular about what she eats and drinks, even with limited resources.
"Women, as long as you don't take men too seriously, you can live to be a hundred," Zhou Daya whispered.
Tao Ying nodded in agreement, "Mom, you're so insightful."
"See? Those two must be crickets chirping for our Wang family." Old Master Wang whispered to Wang Baomin from behind, seeing the two laughing happily.
"Sir, speak louder." Wang Baoshan said mischievously from behind.
"You brat, you scared me half to death." Old Master Wang was startled by Wang Baoshan's voice, turned around and angrily slapped Wang Baoshan twice.
"Baoshan, what did you do to upset your grandpa?" Tao Ying turned her head to look at them.
"I overheard this kid talking badly about you two." Before Wang Baoshan could speak, Old Master Wang blurted out.
Wang Baoshan: "..." Is this how a father acts?
"Baoshan, you're becoming more and more disrespectful," Tao Ying said casually.
"Mom, Dad said bad things about us, why is he blaming Baoshan?" Tao Ying turned to Zhou Daya and whispered.
Baoshan is the most shrewd boy; he would never speak ill of himself and his mother in front of Baomin and the old man.
Baoshan must have overheard the old man saying bad things about him and the old lady.
This old man and woman are really interesting.
Tao Ying quite likes the old man and woman; they are shrewd, interesting, and not annoying, just like looking after a child.
"You're only now realizing what kind of person your dad is? Let me tell you, sometimes the quieter a person is, the more cunning they are. You have to be careful. Not everyone is as kind-hearted as your mom." Zhou Daya never missed an opportunity to put down her father-in-law.
"Mom, you're absolutely right." Tao Ying nodded in strong agreement.
Before they knew it, the day of the opening arrived. Tao Ying specially bought two strings of firecrackers and covered the sign with a red cloth.
"Daughter-in-law, may I light the firecrackers later?" Old Master Wang looked at the firecrackers with great excitement.
We've never set off this many firecrackers before.
Wang Baomin, who was all ready to set off the fireworks, suddenly widened his eyes, 'Why doesn't this old man have any manly demeanor at all?'
“Okay, Dad, you and Baomin can each hang one in a bit. Be careful not to break your hands, and don’t fall when you run back.” Tao Ying agreed very readily.
It's not a big deal, but it makes sense now. The old man and woman spent the first seventy years of their lives enduring hardship.
Tao Ying assigned the old man and woman the task of sitting at the door to prevent anyone from stealing things.
I and Wang Chuntao were mainly responsible for selling goods, while Wang Chunni and Wang Baoshan were responsible for carrying the goods.
Unfortunately, neither Wang Chunni nor Wang Baoshan are the type of people who are quick-witted.
Of the family, only the old lady and Wang Chuntao were still quite capable.
However, the old lady couldn't read and was afraid she wouldn't understand how to calculate the money, so Wang Chuntao had to handle it.
In fact, Tao Ying preferred Wang Baoshan and Wang Chunli. One of them was good at sweet-talking, and the other was good at talking nonsense.
But there's nothing I can do; my studies are still the most important thing.
They specifically chose to set off firecrackers and lift the red cloth at eight o'clock.
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