Biancheng's father is the director of the largest state-owned steel rolling mill in Beijing. The two families are in stark contrast and they don't usually play together.
Li Baichuan just listened to it casually. The idea of using one's father-in-law's influence to climb the social ladder was nothing new to him.
Since coming to Beijing, his mind has become more and more open, and now he feels that those things are just trivial matters.
"I think a leopard can't change its spots. Maybe the Du family still has dealings with the glass factory."
Suti now treats that family as just a spectacle, and as long as they don't come looking for trouble, she won't bother with them.
Knowing their background and having prepared myself mentally, I had to use my imagination.
"Maybe..." Li Baichuan was already able to keep up with his wife's thoughts. If she could do something like stealing her brother-in-law, he didn't think it was impossible for her to do anything else.
"By the way, honey, when I came back just now, I saw that the Du family was replacing their furniture. It looked familiar, and when I got home I realized that it was exactly the same as the furniture in our bedroom."
"I prepared everything in the house myself. Apart from the frame of the house, the furniture inside was designed by me according to the habits we had when we lived in Yangliu Brigade."
Li Baichuan felt displeased when he thought about the furniture he had just seen; everyone has different living habits.
He personally sought out a master and slowly figured out all those things based on his wife's preferences.
There's nothing like this in Beijing. It's really strange that someone stole these things, especially things from his bedroom.
“Imitating our family?” Su Ti thought of what her grandmother had said: before the fire at the Du family’s house, that person would always come over with the child to play while they were at work.
My grandmother didn't take it seriously at the time and had a good impression of her, thinking that she kept the children very well-behaved.
But we wouldn't let her wander around the house. When did she go into the bedroom to look around? It seems she's been eyeing their house for a while now.
That creepy feeling came back to her.
"I don't know, maybe they just think our things are nice? Never mind them, honey, this is the bill from the black market this time, keep it safe."
"I've already spoken to Kang Laowu, and I estimate they won't be going to the black market for a while."
Li Baichuan told everything except about the exam.
Finally, Suti couldn't hold back any longer and asked the question.
"Exam? It was alright. I wrote down everything I knew and everything I didn't know." Li Baichuan had completely forgotten about the exam.
It was only when his wife brought it up that I realized she had actually been thinking about it all along, but probably didn't mention it because she didn't want to put pressure on him.
"That's good. Anyway, it's over now, so don't think about it anymore." Su Ti's words were unclear whether she was trying to comfort herself or Li Baichuan.
Grandma called them from outside to have dinner. Suti didn't even check how much money there was, and just put it into her spatial storage. She'd deal with it later.
"How did Baichuan do on the exam?" Grandma thought that now that it was over, she could finally ask, right? She hadn't dared to say a word that morning, for fear of putting pressure on Baichuan.
After all, he didn't look like a good student; it's just that his daughter was very protective of him and wouldn't let him say anything.
The old marshal openly said that he couldn't pass the exam, and she actually thought so too.
"It's alright, Grandma." Li Baichuan's confident demeanor made her hesitant to say anything more.
Well, the exam is over, whether you pass or not. Nannan said that Baichuan isn't suited for that kind of path, so if you can't learn it well, you can't learn it well.
The family was having dinner when Zhang Manli, whom Su Ti thought had nothing to do with them, walked in carrying her child.
"Are you eating? I just came out for a walk and came in to sit for a bit." Zhang Manli knocked on the door and came in. Normally, she wouldn't be so oblivious.
The main reason she was happy was that she knew it was impossible for this family to take the initiative to interact with them.
They looked down on them, but she didn't want to fawn over them; she was no worse than them.
"Is there something you need?" Suti stood up, his expression unchanged, neither warm nor impolite.
"It's nothing, it's just that my son used to come to your house to play often, but he hasn't been able to come these days because he's been busy with things at home."
"He's been making a fuss, and I thought he'd be alright now, so I brought him over to sit down and let him play with your two little ones."
"Dabao, look at your little brother, he's gotten quite chubby again. But that's the downside of twins."
“My eldest child was even fatter than them when he was this age.” Zhang Manli always felt like her family didn’t welcome her.
Especially that man, he always looked at her with a wary gaze, what's going on?
“Our child is shy around strangers, and it’s so late, so it’s better for the child not to stay at a stranger’s house.”
Suti vaguely understood what she was showing off, but she didn't know what was so great about it.
What's the point of talking about whether a child is fat or not? And looking at her eyes, I always feel like she has something left unsaid.
She didn't bother trying to guess what she meant; the word "stranger" clearly indicated the relationship between their two families.
Most people would probably feel embarrassed to stay, but Zhang Manli is clearly not an ordinary person.
"Comrade, you're at work during the day and don't know, but I used to bring my child over to play often. We're neighbors, how can you be a stranger?"
Zhang Manli felt that she hadn't been given any face at all; she hadn't even said what she wanted to say yet.
"I know, but this is for your own good. The old folks in my area say that children shouldn't wander around outside at night."
"You love your own child the most. I'm just being nosy now that I'm a mother."
Suti knew about her affair and thought that anyone with a guilty conscience would always feel guilty, but she overestimated her. She had no idea what was going on.
"Yes, mothers are always worried and afraid, and so am I. It's just that my son likes your family."
“My house caught fire unexpectedly last time, and I was thinking of cleaning it up again. I really liked the things in your house.”
“We only have one child, so we don’t need to spend that much. We just spent a little money to make the house look nicer, and now we feel more comfortable living here.”
Zhang Manli's purpose in coming here was to show off. She wanted to tell them that her family was no worse off than theirs, and that all the furniture in her house was the same as theirs.
The ground is now covered with wooden planks; they would be quite surprised if they went to her house for a look.
Suti: "..."
She could clearly see the pride in the woman's eyes; she was trying to compete with their family.
Did she really not understand what she meant? Using the child as an excuse, constantly claiming to be a mother, doesn't she feel a little guilty?
"Really? That's great." Su Ti said what she wanted to hear, and sure enough, Zhang Manli walked away with her child looking proud.
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