Chapter 40
The old lady was obviously angry with her.
Wang Mengmei shouted outside the door for a long time, but Zhao Chunlan didn't open it.
Sun Cuifang leaned over to whisper in Wang Mengmei's ear: "The key is on the door frame."
Wang Mengmei reached up and touched it.
She was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
When I opened the door, I saw Zhao Chunlan lying on the bed with her face facing inwards.
"Why did you come back?"
"Anyway, you don't care about me as your mother. I understand that you all came out of cracks in rocks. If you don't drink milk, you will be like a motherless person. You won't come back for half a year..."
As she spoke, Zhao Chunlan began to sob.
Wang Mengmei was helpless: "No, I'm really busy...Okay, okay, I promise to come back more often this year, okay? Mom, hurry up and see what I bought for you."
After much persuasion, Zhao Chunlan was pulled up from the bed.
The old lady was still angry and turned her back without looking at the young lady.
In the past, Wang Mengmei would have been angry. After all, her life was difficult. She had to buy things every time she came back. She had to treat her two younger brothers equally and visit her older sister. She would have to spend at least 30 or 50 yuan every time she came back.
It is said that the road back to one’s parents’ home is paved with money. Wang Mengmei couldn’t help feeling sad when she had no money before.
But this year is different. Wang Mengmei has made money and is no longer unacceptable to her mother's temper.
She put her emotions under control and happily pulled her mother to look at clothes.
Zhao Chunlan controlled her daughter verbally, always trying to touch people's hearts by saying that she was unfilial, but her actions were honest and she was busy putting on clothes.
Wang Mengmei found a mirror and showed it to her: "Does it look good? I bought this at a department store. I think this color looks good on you."
A thick cotton jacket with a layer of crimson corduroy and embroidery on the outside.
Sun Cuifang chimed in, "Sister, you have good taste. This dress looks classy and more elegant than the other old ladies in our village."
Zhao Chunlan was already very happy, so she stopped pretending. She was reluctant to take off her new clothes, but pretended not to care: "It's sunny today, so I'll wear this. I'll feel too hot if I wear anything else."
Wang Mengmei and her sister-in-law looked at each other with a smile, and followed Zhao Chunlan's instructions to move a few chairs outside the door.
When the old lady puts on new clothes, doesn't she have to sit outside so that everyone can see?
Outside the gate, Wang Yuedong lit a fire in a pottery basin that was no longer in use. It was filled with chopped tree branches. When the fire started, the faces of the people being burned turned red.
Qian Jin arrived, and the two men, Wang Yuedong and Jian Feng, squatted beside the brazier. Jian Feng saw his mother-in-law come out, and quickly went over to lend a hand and moved a few more stools so that everyone could sit down.
"Where's Xiaoli?"
Wang Mengmei pouted: "In the inner room."
I don’t know what these kids are doing. They don’t even light a fire and just stay in the house.
"Where's the eldest sister?"
"He said he was going to the town to buy some meat."
The butcher shop opens on the second day of the Chinese New Year to provide a convenient service for the daughters-in-law who are visiting their parents' homes.
Wang Mengmei greeted Qian Jinlai symbolically. Qian Jinlai did not look kindly at Jian Feng and his wife and only spoke to Wang Yuedong.
Zhao Chunlan had sharp eyes and soon discovered that Jian Feng and Wang Mengmei were both dressed well this year.
She thought her second daughter might have made good money this year, so she spoke to her in a very affectionate manner and kept asking about Wang Mengmei's business.
Wang Mengmei finally relaxed her guard a little in front of her mother. She didn't say how much she earned, but only said that business was good and she was usually busy.
"I'm really busy. I hired two people but I'm still busy. That's why I can't come back."
Wang Mengmei is actually thinking about whether to find someone else after the New Year. Currently, Ni Hao is responsible for washing and cutting vegetables, and Xue Ling is responsible for collecting money and wiping tables, but all the washing and scrubbing work in the store is done by several people together.
Sometimes when I'm busy, I can't wash the plates and bowls, and I have to free myself to wash the plates.
After much thought, I decided to find a half-day job and come here to wash dishes.
Wang Mengmei said it unintentionally, but her mother Zhao Chunlan took her words to heart.
She thought her idea was right, her second daughter would make money!
Otherwise, I'll come back this year and set up a bigger one.
Sun Cuifang brought a handful of peanuts and sweet potatoes from the house and roasted them in the brazier. After a while, the aroma came out and Sun Cuifang shared them with everyone.
Zhao Chunlan divided the sweet potato in her hand into two halves, giving half to Qian Jinlai and the other half to Jian Feng.
With a loving face, he called his two sons-in-law: "Eat, eat."
This was the first time that Jian Feng felt "care" from his mother-in-law since she proposed marriage, and he accepted it with great flattery.
Zhao Chunlan shouted towards the inner room: "Xiao Li! Handsome! Come out quickly to eat sweet potatoes!"
Jian Li came out with her sisters and brothers, took the sweet potatoes and ate them with relish.
Wang Shuai didn’t like it and complained quietly: “Why is it sweet potato again? My farts smell like sweet potato now!”
Jian Li almost choked with laughter.
Wang Shuai dropped the sweet potato and quietly ran away when the adults weren't paying attention. He didn't come back until it was almost time for lunch and his second uncle's family had arrived.
My second uncle Wang Yuexi is still the same as always. When the children get together during the New Year, it is time for him to give orders about the country.
Qian Ping said, "It's right to study, but you have to consider whether you are suitable for it. I told you that you are not good at science. Girls are the same. They don't have enough stamina after entering the third year of high school. It's a waste of effort to study further. You can't learn as fast as boys."
Wang Yunyun said, "There are books all over the room, but she only reads those useless books. She should study math, physics and chemistry, which are useful things."
Jian Li was speechless after hearing this. She had just said that Qian Ping was not good at studying science, and then she told Wang Yunyun to study more math, physics and chemistry.
According to her second uncle's standards, it doesn't matter whether girls study science or not.
When the fire of "torture" reached Jian Li, Jian Li was no longer used to it.
"Uncle, I got first place in the exam this year!"
Before my second uncle could say anything, his mother, Li Xia, immediately questioned him, "Did he really get first place?"
Wang Mengmei took over the conversation: "It's the first."
Wang Yuexi was very surprised, but still congratulated Jian Li on her progress.
But the second aunt Li Xia became gloomy and said, "That's great. Our family has another first place winner. Xiaoli, you must study hard and don't be like... Pingping, the second aunt speaks frankly, so don't take it to heart."
Qian Ping silently glanced at his second aunt Li Xia. She had just been distracted and was reciting the text in her head. He really had no idea what she said.
Jian Li stuck out her tongue and pulled her sister and Wang Yunyun into the house.
Anyway, the annual training task has been completed, so there is no need to listen to the sour words of my second aunt.
When Wang Shuai walked in, all the guests before him had just finished being reviewed and it was his turn.
I saw that all the adults in the yard were focusing their attention on me.
Wang Shuai: ...
Inside the room, Jian Li looked through Wang Yunyun's submission and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"Sister, you are awesome."
She just said it casually, but Wang Yunyun sent out forty articles within three months!
Jian Li said from the bottom of her heart: "This is only 5,000 words per article, but you wrote more than 200,000 words in one breath!"
Wang Yunyun: “Actually, it’s not just these. I’ve also written the beginnings of two longer articles, but I haven’t submitted them yet.”
Jian Li gave a thumbs up.
Wang Yunyun has found time to write so many articles despite her heavy workload. Her gains in the past few months are obviously considerable.
At least Jian Li was really shocked when she saw Wang Yunyun take out the stack of employment letters.
Wang Yunyun understood immediately. After Jian Li finished talking about researching magazine styles, she was the only one who listened.
Wang Yunyun's purposeful submission resulted in three of her first ten articles being accepted. Later on, except for a few exceptions, seven or eight of her ten articles were accepted.
In these three months alone, Wang Yunyun submitted more than 40 articles, and 32 of them were accepted.
Jian Li's eyes turned red when she looked at the numbers on Wang Yunyun's remittance slip.
She lay back and stretched herself out on the bed.
"Ahhhhh, I really want to fight you guys."
It’s too crazy. Wang Yunyun is so crazy that I really don’t know who is reborn.
Comparing the goal she set before the winter vacation to draw a 60-page comic book, Jian Li felt extremely ashamed.
She was just having fun and has only drawn less than ten pages.
It was so exciting that Jian Li was almost made to cry by her cousin.
Wang Yunyun put away the things on the table and put her manuscript back into the depths of the cabinet.
Like Jian Li, she also kept her submission a secret from her family. Only Wang Shuai knew about it, but Wang Shuai's little brain obviously couldn't understand the submission.
Because Wang Shuai himself is a person who has a hard time writing essays.
So Wang Shuai knew about his sister's behavior, but he didn't care and never told anyone about it.
Likewise, Wang Yunyun also kept it a secret that Wang Shuai had been traveling around during the winter break, taking a group of idiots from the village to the city to wholesale snacks and toys and sell them in the surrounding towns.
Now both the brother and sister have huge sums of money.
Needless to say, Wang Yunyun's savings have skyrocketed to two thousand yuan from the royalties from these thirty-plus articles.
Wang Shuai’s net worth is no less than four figures.
Wang Yunyun was not sure what to do with the money. This was the first time she had earned so much money, and she would earn more in the future.
It doesn’t seem right not to tell my family.
But if I said it...
Wang Yunyun instinctively wanted to ask Jian Li's opinion.
Jian Li turned over and said, "You are stupid. Of course you can't tell the truth."
Jian Li took the opportunity to give Wang Yunyun some advice: "You can say that you earned a few hundred yuan. Anyway, they don't know how much it is. You can save the bulk of it and give some of the small amount to your family if you want to."
Wang Yunyun loves her parents so much that if she doesn't say anything, she won't be able to get over the pain in her heart.
But Jian Li reminded her: "You can tell your parents, don't tell your grandma."
Zhao Chunlan is so good at exaggerating that if she knew about it, everyone in the village would know about it.
Wang Yunyun propped her head on her elbows and said, "But I don't know how to spend this money."
It was the first time she received so much money, and she had no idea where to spend it.
Let’s buy some books. She doesn’t need them for now. She hasn’t finished reading all the books in the library.
As for dressing up, she didn't have much interest in it.
For her, can she just keep this money in the bank and earn interest?
Jian Li was a little jealous of her sister's sudden wealth at first, and then began to offer advice.
“You buy a house!”
"You are not old enough now. You can save it first. In a few years, we can buy it together!"
Jian Li was so excited just thinking about it. She planned to buy a property in the core area of a first-tier city when she went to college.
Didn’t a very famous female host say this in her last life?
When she was in college, she bought a house every month, and Jian Li planned to make this her goal.
“Buy a house!”
Then just lie down and collect rent.
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