Chapter 44 Thanks to the Old Immortal
"He got beaten up, but he learned his lesson." Su Jiaojiao didn't want to mention Su Houli at all, nor did she want to talk about his falling out with Su Xiumei. "Anyway, I definitely won't want a bike he's ridden. I'm definitely going to buy a new one. He was the one who took my bike."
She didn't mention Gao Meifeng because she didn't want to irritate Chen Guilan.
Chen Guilan is a thoughtful person who tends to have wild thoughts.
"Jiao Jiao, Mom knows this has nothing to do with you, but Liang Kun had a conflict with your dad because of you. You should avoid getting too close to Liang Kun in the future." Chen Guilan immediately understood how chaotic the situation was. "It's also my fault for not explaining it clearly to your dad."
"Mom, don't blame yourself. This is my dad's fault. It has nothing to do with you." Su Jiaojiao didn't want to continue this topic. She took out the clothes and asked Chen Guilan to try them on. Chen Guilan knew the material was good as soon as she touched it. She didn't want to try it on, so she asked Su Jiaojiao cautiously, "Can I return it? I have clothes to wear."
"No." Su Jiaojiao helped Chen Guilan try on clothes without giving any explanation, and said nonchalantly, "Mom, women in the city aren't necessarily that good-looking. They just dress more fashionably. If you dress carefully, you can be just as good as them."
When Chen Guilan heard that she couldn't return the clothes, she had to change her clothes. She stood in front of the coat mirror and looked at herself again and again. The clothes were indeed beautiful.
But her skin was tanned and dry from the sun and wind, and it didn't match the clothes.
"Mom, I'll come back to pick you up after I finish working in the fields." Su Jiaojiao stood behind Chen Guilan, leaning on her shoulder, looking at her and her daughter in the mirror of the wardrobe. "Next month I plan to rent a house in the snack street so we can see each other every day."
Chen Guilan is the type of person who is pleasing to the eye. She looks shabby and dusty on weekdays, but once she dresses up, she is still very beautiful, with a kind of charm and dignity that is unique to women of this age.
In fact, she doesn't look like Chen Guilan, but she doesn't look like Su Houli either. To be frank, she has the best features of both of them. She has the dignity of Chen Guilan and the fair and delicate appearance of Su Houli.
To be honest, although Su Houli has a bad character, his appearance is still decent.
Otherwise, Gao Meifeng wouldn't have fallen for him.
"We already have a house at home, why should we rent one outside?" Chen Guilan was worried about the money and didn't want to rent a house in the city. She looked at herself in the mirror again and again, "Now we have a bicycle. When I have free time, I can go to the city to sell goods during the day and come back to live here at night."
Ever since she tasted the sweetness of selling waist bags, she has become more and more fond of selling goods.
Anyway, it's easier than growing crops, and you can see the income immediately.
"Mom, we rent a house to do business, not just to live in." Su Jiaojiao understood one thing very well. If Chen Guilan continued to stay in the village and Su Houli filed for divorce in the future, she would feel like the sky was falling and even lose the courage to live.
But things were different when she went to the city. She broadened her horizons and saw the world, and she no longer thought that men were her heaven.
Divorce is not that scary for her.
Another reason why she was reluctant to confront Su Houli was that she wanted to give Chen Guilan more time to let her quickly expand her wings to face the ups and downs of life. In everything, she would prioritize her mother's feelings. As for other things, they were not important.
She had inquired and found out that for 80 yuan a month, she could rent a suite in a house near the snack street, the kind with doors facing outwards. It had a bedroom and a living room, which could also be used for cooking.
For her, it's totally fine.
"We'll talk about it later!" Chen Guilan neither agreed nor refused. After she finished cooking, she quietly picked out chicken legs and breasts from the pot and handed them to Xu Yuxiang. Xu Yuxiang got angry again when she saw the chicken nuggets, "Where did you get the money to buy chicken? Do you know how hard it is to make money with generous gifts? He..."
"I bought it." Su Jiaojiao knew Xu Yuxiang wouldn't appreciate it, so she followed her in and said bluntly, "If you want to eat it, eat it. If you don't want to eat it, we'll take it away."
"Su Jiaojiao, I am your grandmother. How dare you talk to me like that? You are so unfilial." Xu Yuxiang picked up the bowl and stepped back. Who wouldn't want to eat the delicious chicken nuggets? She just instinctively wanted to teach Chen Guilan a lesson. She dared to eat such delicious food when her husband was not at home.
"Go find someone who's filial to you!" Su Jiaojiao dragged Chen Guilan back home, saying helplessly, "Mom, why do you always do such thankless things?"
After so many years, she has been brainwashed so badly.
That is, if there is something delicious at home, you must send some to your mother-in-law, otherwise it would be considered stealing.
"Jingjiao, your grandma is old and hasn't eaten much good food..." Chen Guilan didn't think she was wrong. Instead, she advised Su Jingjiao, "Don't talk to your grandma like that in the future. You'll make people laugh at you."
"She's not afraid of being laughed at, so why should I be?" Su Jiaojiao is soft-hearted and not afraid of anyone. As the mother and daughter were talking, they heard the door knock. Aunt Liu and Ju Peijun walked in one after another: "Is Xiao Su home?"
"Auntie's here!" Su Jiaojiao was delighted and went out to greet them. She warmly welcomed the mother and son into the house. Ju Peijun put two bags of fruit on the kang and looked at Su Jiaojiao gratefully. "Xiao Su, thank you for what you did last time. If my mother lost her wallet, she would be more sad than if she lost me."
"Go away, how can you talk like that?" Aunt Liu rolled her eyes at her son and said to Chen Guilan with a smile, "Thanks to the old immortal, we're all well again. I'm here today to fulfill a vow and come to see you all."
"Auntie, you're so polite." Chen Guilan was a little flattered when she saw the two bags of fruit were so expensive. "We're already very happy that you can come and sit at our home. I can't accept these fruits."
"Sister, if you don't want it, then you think our gifts are too few." Ju Peijun was a very friendly person. He invited himself to sit on the kang and said with a smile, "Then I will bring more next time I come."
"That's not what I meant." Chen Guilan blushed, wanting to explain but not knowing how. Su Jiaojiao took the thermos and made tea for the mother and son, saying with a smile, "Thank you, Auntie and Uncle Ju."
The names are a bit confusing.
But no matter what, in her previous life she called Ju Peijun Uncle Ju.
"You're welcome, it's nothing." Ju Peijun crossed his legs and drank tea. Aunt Liu couldn't contain her joy and pulled Su Jiaojiao to start talking. "Xiao Su, let me tell you, this old immortal is really amazing. Not only did she call my soul back, but she also cured my sister's migraine. Didn't she say last time that the stone slabs under the windowsill of the east wing of my sister's newly built house were crooked? It's true!"
"Really?" Chen Guilan was also surprised. She was skeptical about this kind of thing. Over the years, she always felt that the fortune-telling performed by Old Lady Yin was no different from those fortune-telling stalls on the roadside.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Whether it works or not depends entirely on chance.
She didn't expect that Old Lady Yin had predicted everything correctly for Aunt Liu and Aunt Liu's sister.
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