"Cailian, are you doing laundry?" Zhou Jinqiao walked over with a smile.
Zhou Cailian glanced at her briefly, then ignored her and continued washing her clothes.
A lame woman who was fetching water greeted Zhou Jinqiao very warmly.
Zhou Jinqiao gave a perfunctory reply and continued talking to Zhou Cailian: "Cailian, what factory did you work for in Dongguan Province?"
Zhou Cailian acted as if she couldn't hear her and still ignored her.
Zhou Jinqiao then asked, "Where in Dongguan Province are you? I'm in Longxi City. I don't know if we're far apart. If we're not far, I'll come visit you during my holidays."
Zhou Cailian: "..."
She still ignored Zhou Jinqiao.
Unexpectedly, the lame woman beside them spoke up, "Zhou Daya, what's wrong with you? Jin Qiao is talking to you, why aren't you responding?"
Zhou Cailian paused in her washing, looked up at her, and said, "What's it to you?"
"Hey, how dare you talk like that? What, you went out to work for a year and now you're acting all high and mighty, huh?" The lame woman put down the bucket she was holding, put her hands on her hips, and glared at Zhou Cailian.
Zhou Cailian rolled her eyes at her. "That's how I talk. Who told you to be so nosy?"
"Did I say something wrong? Jin Qiao was talking to you nicely, but you kept ignoring her. I couldn't stand it, so what's wrong with me saying a few words to you?"
"What's it to you? I'm not going to talk to her. It's none of your business!"
The lame woman choked for a moment, glared angrily at Zhou Cailian, then turned to Zhou Jinqiao with a smile and said, "Jinqiao, don't mind her. Come on, let's go to my house and play with Lu Mei."
"I won't go today. I have something to do and need to go out for a while. I'll go find Lu Mei another day." Zhou Jinqiao knew what the lame woman was thinking, but her daughter Lu Mei was really too ugly. Even if she was willing to take her out, the boss wouldn't accept her.
"Oh, you're going out in a bit? Okay, then come to my house another day." The lame woman was a little annoyed. How could she not see that Zhou Jinqiao looked down on her daughter? But she was really envious of Zhou Jinqiao's salary—1,800 a month!
The lame woman carried the water back home in a huff, and happened to run into Ma Yanhong on the way.
The lame woman asked, "Mingde's mother, did Jinqiao come to your house the other day wanting to take your Xiaofen to work?"
Ma Yanhong spat, "My Xiaofen won't go with her. Who knows what kind of work she does outside?"
"Why are you saying such things about Jin Qiao? She just works in a hotel. There are plenty of hotels in big cities. How come in your mouths, her job is considered improper?" the lame woman frowned.
Ma Yanhong snorted, "Anyway, my Xiaofen won't go out with her. I've already talked to Qiuying, and Xiaofen will go to Dongguan with Qiuying and the others after the New Year."
Upon hearing this, the lame woman curled her lip and said, "What future is there in going out with Widow Yu and the others? They'll just end up working in factories, earning a measly five or six hundred a month at most, while Jin Qiao earns a thousand eighteen a month!"
Ma Yanhong rolled her eyes. "Then why don't you let your Lu Mei go with her?"
After saying that, he ignored her and went about his own business.
Zhou Jinqiao pestered Zhou Cailian for a while, but Zhou Cailian ignored her.
It wasn't until she finished washing the clothes and was ready to go home that Zhou Jinqiao finally lost her patience. "You're such a blockhead! Forget it, no one would want you even if I took you out, hmph!"
After saying that, he snorted and swayed away.
Zhou Cailian breathed a slight sigh of relief and hurriedly took her things home.
When she got home, she found someone had come to visit. It was Wang Fuxiang, the village chief's wife, who had come to arrange a marriage for her.
Zhou Cailian was annoyed by this one thing about her family: there were always people watching whether or not she would get married.
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