Chapter 174
However, people often get lost in the dazzling world and become confused by appearances. Not everyone can realize that the simplest and most unpretentious things are, the more precious they are.
Because humans are never creatures that know how to be content or cherish what they have.
Often, it's only after we've lost something that we realize its value and regret it too late.
Luo Chunyan has been living a good life lately, and can be described as being in high spirits.
She earns about 200 yuan a month in salary and commission. In Pingquan County, a small third-tier county, her income level is comparable to that of a workshop foreman.
He was even taller than his parents, who had worked in the factory for over ten years.
The clothes and items he wears and uses are always the most fashionable and stylish in the entire county.
She has completely shed her former rustic, country girl image and now dresses up carefully every time she goes out.
She cut her hair short, curled it into trendy big waves with a curling iron, drew her eyebrows, applied lipstick, and even put on makeup like city women. Knowing she had a slim waist and big hips, she deliberately wore a thin belt over her high-waisted pants to accentuate her assets.
With her changed image and increased income, people who hadn't paid attention to Luo Chunyan before are now starting to notice her more and more.
Recently, a neighbor from the same compound approached Luo Chunyan's mother, saying she wanted to introduce Luo Chunyan to a potential partner.
Luo Chunyan is nineteen this year, and it's time for her to find a partner and start thinking about marriage.
Luo Chunyan's mother then asked about the other party's conditions.
I learned that the man works in a state-owned department store, with a good salary and benefits. He's also quite young, only 25. The reason he hasn't gotten married yet is because his first relationship ended, which delayed him for two years.
The matchmaker described it this way.
Luo Chunyan's mother was immediately interested.
State-owned department stores were considered the most desirable type of businesses in the 1980s.
When Luo Chunyan got off work at the store that evening and went home for dinner, her mother told her about the blind date.
If it were the old Luo Chunyan, she would be very happy if someone introduced her to a state-owned shopping mall, but now, Luo Chunyan feels that it is dispensable.
After all, she felt that her own conditions were not bad either.
"Let's take a look first. If the person isn't suitable, I won't agree no matter how good the conditions are," Luo Chunyan said.
Luo Chunyan's mother happily replied, "Okay, then I'll go and tell them tomorrow to arrange a time for you two to meet."
Now, Luo Chunyan's voice is gradually becoming more important at home.
In the past, Luo Chunyan's parents made all the decisions on their own, but now they usually ask Luo Chunyan's opinion first.
Before Luo Chunyan worked at Ji Wanmei's specialty store, she was responsible for preparing three meals a day for her family of five, washing clothes, cleaning, and doing most of the housework.
Now, she usually goes out to buy breakfast outside the compound gate when she gets up in the morning, eats lunch at the shop, and comes back in the evening to eat something ready-made.
After two months, she felt that her hands, which had been roughened by housework, had become a bit whiter.
After finishing her meal, Luo Chunyan didn't wash the dishes. Instead, she went back to her room and started applying nail polish.
The bright red nail polish makes the nails look even more beautiful.
Luo Chunyan admired it for a while with great satisfaction, when she heard her second sister next to her cover her nose and say, "Sister, what are you wearing? Why does it smell so strong?"
Luo Chunyan laughed and spat at her, "What do you know? This is called nail polish. Celebrities on TV all wear it like this. It looks good!"
"If you put this on your nails, how are you going to wash clothes and dishes?" Luo Ermei said.
"Hehe." Luo Chunyan held up her hands, turning them over and over to examine them, and said with a laugh, "Then let's not wash them!"
Looking at her sister's smug expression, Luo Ermei felt that her sister had changed from before.
But she couldn't quite put her finger on what had changed.
Actually, at home, the clothes that Luo Chunyan washed the most were those of her younger brother, Luo Chunjie.
My second sister is a girl herself, and by the time she was eleven or twelve, she was already able to wash her own clothes.
Their parents' clothes, Luo Chunyan's mother usually washes them herself when she has time, but only when she is busy will she leave them to Luo Chunyan to wash.
Luo Chunyan's son is the youngest. Because her parents are busy with work, and their son is mischievous, he often comes back covered in mud from playing with other children in the compound. Luo Chunyan has to change his clothes for him.
If Luo Chunyan doesn't take good care of her younger brother, she'll get a scolding when she gets home at night.
From the moment her younger brother was born, Luo Chunyan washed his diapers when he was little, and then washed his muddy clothes when he got a little older. Now that Luo Chunjie is seven or eight years old, Luo Chunyan feels that she, as his older sister, is his laundry maid.
If he knew how to be grateful and was more sensible and obedient, that would be fine. Luo Chunyan would feel that her hard work hadn't been wasted.
But in Luo Chunyan's eyes, Luo Chunjie was an ingrate, lawless and selfish at a young age, who would throw himself on the ground and cry and make a scene at the slightest dissatisfaction.
So Luo Chunyan decided to stop serving her!
Let whoever wants to serve me do it!
She wants to live her life well.
Blind dates? Fine, let's go on them.
It doesn't matter who she marries! Anyway, she has to find someone with good conditions. In the future, she definitely doesn't want to be like her mother, whose whole life revolves around trivial family matters. What good are three children? They're just here to collect debts.
Luo Chunyan blew on her fingernails, sighed inwardly, and turned to her second sister, saying, "Second sister, study hard, and I will earn money to support you through college."
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