Ye Qingqing blushed, thinking back to the day she returned and visited Lu Mo, when she shamelessly said those words. She was really thick-skinned back then!
The middle-aged woman smiled warmly and praised her repeatedly, "You look so beautiful. Cousin, you are so lucky. Amo is a big boss now, and his future daughter-in-law is so pretty. You are the luckiest person in our family."
Lin Shufang was so flattered by the compliments that she couldn't stop smiling, but she still humbly said, "Amo just runs a small business, he's not a big boss at all."
"Oh... Cousin, you're being too modest. A lot of people in our area use that ointment that Amo makes. Baosheng often uses it. He puts one on when he's tired from work, and the pain is gone the next day. It's much more effective than the ointments we used to buy, but it's a bit pricey... Hehe... But good things are expensive..."
The woman kept talking nonstop, her eyes flashing with a sharp light. The man looked somewhat unwilling and opened his mouth to speak, but the woman glared at him fiercely, so he lowered his head and dared not utter a sound.
Lin Shufang took out several boxes of plasters from the drawer, all of which were still unopened. She handed the plasters to the woman, saying, "Take these and use them."
"No, that's too much..."
The woman said no, but her hands honestly pulled the plasters into her arms, her eyes crinkling with laughter. So many plasters must be worth a lot of money; she'd give them to her brothers back home.
Actually, the woman's husband, Baosheng, did easy work that wasn't tiring at all, and he only needed a few plasters a year. Her brother worked as a scraper in a machine factory, a job that was very hard on the back. He had to bend over and scrape from morning till night, and his back was not very good. It also used up a lot of plasters.
"No need for formalities among family, let Amo do it again later..."
Ye Qingqing interrupted Lin Shufang, "Aunt Fang, I have something to tell you. Could you buy some more torreya nuts? A friend of mine likes to eat them."
If she hadn't interrupted, Lin Shufang could have easily bought all the ointments for that woman's entire family, including all her relatives. Although they wouldn't have been worth much, she just couldn't stand these people's scheming and opportunistic ways of taking advantage of others.
Most importantly, when Lin Shufang was going through a tough time, these so-called relatives didn't offer any help. They even avoided her, afraid that saying a word would bring bad luck.
During the years the old man went to the farm, Lin Shufang, a lonely widow, was the only one who could support him. Lu Mo was too young to help much, and Lu Jiangang and his wife were not reliable at all. Lu Jianfeng and his wife were in another place and could barely take care of themselves.
Lin Shufang's parents died early, and she has no brothers or sisters. She does have a few cousins, but they never offered any help back then, and they didn't even keep in touch for several years. Now that Lu Mo is successful, she's clinging to him and even has the nerve to ask for things. So she's going to sabotage him.
She disliked anyone who treated Lu Mo badly.
Lin Shufang's attention was indeed diverted. "Then I'll call and have someone bring it over. How much does your friend want? Or should I buy more? Xiaotong and Wuchen both love to eat it."
Ye Qingqing glanced at the disappointed woman and smiled smugly, "Buy a hundred catties, it has to be this year's, I can give them away as gifts."
The woman was secretly surprised. She bought 100 jin (50 kg) at once. It seemed that her cousin's future daughter-in-law was from a wealthy family.
She carefully examined Ye Qingqing's clothes. Although she couldn't tell what brand they were, she thought they looked really good and must be expensive. People from big cities are just different; their style is undeniable!
Just as they were about to eat, Lu Mo returned. He greeted the couple with a perfunctory and unenthusiastic greeting. Ye Qingqing was quite curious about what these two had come all this way for; surely it wasn't just for a meal!
Halfway through the meal, the woman couldn't contain herself any longer and brought up the important matter.
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