Recently, Grandma Jiang found that her son Suishun has been visiting Song Weizhen's home more and more frequently.
That day, Jiang Sui Sui had just finished her breakfast and was about to run out. Grandma Jiang quickly stopped her and said, "Sui Sui, where are you going?"
Jiang Suisui said casually: "Go find Xiaoxue to play!"
Grandma Jiang questioned, "Doesn't she have to go to school? Why is she playing with you in broad daylight?"
"Uh..." Jiang Suisui thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I went to visit Aunt Lan."
Grandma Jiang: "You visit her every day. You visit her all day? Is she sick?"
"No..." Jiang Suensui hesitated, "I just went to accompany her."
Grandma Jiang snorted unhappily: "You haven't even married yet, but your heart has already drifted to someone else's house. In the past, you only went there every now and then, but recently you go there every day."
"Also," said Grandma Jiang with a straight face, "she always goes out to play with Song Wei Zheng. I can see that she doesn't spend much time at home."
Jiang Sui Sui suddenly understood after hearing this. She laughed and said, "Hey, grandma, are you jealous? Do you think I'm a traitor?"
She hugged Grandma Jiang and explained, "Actually... I didn't go there to play. I went there to study hard!"
Grandma Jiang looked puzzled: "What are you learning?"
Jiang Sui Sui: "Reading! Didn't I borrow a lot of books from the town last time? Recently, I have been working hard to learn and digest the knowledge in those books. I went to see Auntie Lan because she knows a lot and can guide me!"
Grandma Jiang was a little skeptical: "Really? She can also teach people to read?"
Jiang Sui Sui: "Isn't that right? Auntie Lan is actually a cultured person! Grandma, you don't know, right? Even though Song Wei Zheng didn't go to school much, he has been personally taught by Auntie Lan at home, so he knows a lot! He is no worse than those who have gone to school!"
Grandma Jiang laughed after hearing this: "Stop bragging! From what I see, you are not being disloyal, but your heart has flown to that kid Song Weizheng. You were talking nonsense to me just now, but I am not an outsider, just tell me what you want to do!"
Jiang Sui Sui: "...Okay, grandma, let me be frank. We are dating now, so we have to find time to spend more time together."
Grandma Jiang: "You are not the right person to date. What kind of girl would go to the man's house every day? It's okay to go once in a while, but it's not nice to go every day. Who would think you are eager to get married?"
Jiang Sunshun scratched her head: "Let them say what they want, it won't harm me anyway... Besides, isn't that how my reputation is..."
When it comes to this, Grandma Jiang has something to say: "You are really acting like that. You want to get married, but you don't want to rush into the marriage. I really don't know what you are thinking!"
Grandma Jiang kept talking about it, and Jiang Suishun quickly interrupted, "Don't worry, Grandma, the wedding is already on the agenda, and we'll think about it right away! Don't worry, don't worry!"
"I won't say anything. I have an appointment with Aunt Lan. I'm leaving first, grandma!"
After saying this, Jiang Suinsui ran away quickly.
On the way, she sighed, her parents are really urging her to get married all the time...
But no matter what, we have to wait until after the college entrance examination. What if one of her and Song Wei Zheng fails, then they will be separated, right?
Thinking of this, Jiang Suishun inexplicably began to worry. Is Song Weizhen’s level up to handle the exam?
She couldn't really tell him that there would be a college entrance examination at the end of this year and he should prepare for it. She could only urge him to study hard in the name of making progress together.
Seeing how Song Wei Zheng acted so calmly, I hoped he was not fooling me.
Jiang Suunsui quickly arrived at Song Weizheng's house. She pushed open the lightly closed courtyard door as if she knew the way there, and shouted as she walked inside, "Auntie Lan, I'm here!"
Inside the house, the sound of the sewing machine suddenly stopped, and then a gentle voice sounded: "Sui Sui, why are you here so early today?"
Jiang Suisui pushed open the door to the inner room and walked in, saying to Song Rulan, "It's not that early. I could have been earlier, but my grandma kept me company and talked to me for a while, so I was delayed for a while."
She approached the sewing machine and took a look: "Auntie Lan, you are almost done with this dress? You didn't get up early to start making it, did you? Are you tired? Let me do the rest."
Song Rulan shook her head and smiled, "Not tired, I'm idle at home every day, and it feels a lot more fulfilling to have something to do."
She pointed at a few pieces of clothing lying beside her and said, "I have only one piece left for this order, so I'm done. I'll have Zheng take you to the town to deliver the goods in two days."
Jiang Suisui: “Okay!”
Then she said sweetly, "Auntie Lan, thanks to you, otherwise I would have almost been unable to finish this batch of orders by myself."
Song Rulan chuckled: "You, remember not to take on so many tasks at once. It's not worth it if you can't finish the work, but it's not worth it if you tire yourself out. Making money is a man's job, let Zheng do it, don't work so hard, otherwise what do you want him to do?"
Jiang Sui Sui: "That's not true. What he earns is what he earns, and what I earn is what I earn. I feel more fulfilled when I earn the money myself. Aunt Lan, you also contributed this time, so let's split the wages in half! When the time comes and you get paid, you will be able to feel the joy of earning money yourself!"
Song Rulan pursed her lips and smiled softly: "Okay, then I'll also feel the happiness you're talking about."
Jiang Suisui has been coming here frequently recently, not to study as he told Grandma Jiang before, but to... secretly make money!
Since Song Weizheng bought the sewing machine, Jiang Suunsui began to make money. After seeking the consent of the Song family, she tentatively asked Chen Cuizhu to take the first order, and then she worked on the sewing machine for most of the day at the Song family. After three days of hard work, she handed in the order, earned the money, and paid Chen Cuizhu the agency fee.
After the first deal, there came the second and the third... Fortunately, Chen Cuizhu was a strict person and the people she introduced were reliable. Jiang Suinshun took several orders in a row, all of which went smoothly and no one noticed.
In this way, the small treasury in her hands became more and more full, and Jiang Suinshun gradually became a little inflated. She wanted to make a big fortune at one time, so she took orders from several people at once and promised to complete all of them within a week. As a result, she was almost exhausted to death.
Seeing that she was busy and exhausted, Song Rulan took the initiative to try to make one according to the pattern drawn by Jiang Suinsui. She was surprised to find that she was unexpectedly proficient in operating the sewing machine.
Seeing this, Jiang Sui Sui said, "Auntie Lan, you must have been a lady from a wealthy family, well-educated, and proficient in hand-embroidery."
Song Rulan was amused by her: "It's just that I know how to use a sewing machine, how can it be as exaggerated as you say?"
Jiang Sui Sui: "Why not? Think about it, if a family can afford a sewing machine, they must be from a well-off family. Plus, Aunt Lan, you should have been educated, which means that girls in your family are treated well. Taken together, your original family should be a wealthy and open-minded family."
Song Rulan was stunned when she heard this: "My original home..."
After a moment, she shook her head sadly: "Forget it, I can't remember... What my old home was like has nothing to do with me anymore. Now, I only have this one home."
Jiang Suinsui felt a little regretful that she had accidentally touched upon her sorrow. She said cautiously, "I'm sorry, Aunt Lan... I was just saying it casually..."
Song Rulan smiled and said, "I know you're trying to make me happy. It's okay. I've lived half my life, how can I be so sentimental? I don't care about these things anymore."
Jiang Suisui: "Auntie Lan, if Song Weizheng and I have the opportunity to go out to the city in the future, let's try to look for him. We can put ads in newspapers or on the radio. There are many ways to find people. As long as we are determined, nothing is impossible."
Song Rulan thought she was just trying to comfort herself, so she nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll wait until you guys become successful in the future and go to the city to help me find someone."
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Two days later, Jiang Suisui and Song Weizhen went to the town in a ox cart.
Why not use a bicycle?
Jiang Sui Sui said that if she used it too much, she would always be discovered, so she would occasionally ride a bullock cart and go to the town openly.
She was carrying a basket filled with eggs that Grandma Jiang had collected, which she brought to the town to exchange.
Song Wei Zheng was carrying a backpack covered with a lid, so you couldn't see what was inside. Given his reputation as someone who was not easy to mess with, no one would approach him and open the basket to look at his things, so this basket was the safest place to store the clothes that Jiang Sui Sui had made.
I also happened to meet a not-so-familiar acquaintance on the ox cart, Li Wanyue.
Jiang Sui Sui had ridden the ox cart many times, but had never seen her. In her memory, Li Wan Yue always rode on the bicycles of the male educated youth from the same village to the town, and she didn't like to ride the ox cart.
Unexpectedly, this time Li Wanyue was sitting alone among the uncles and aunts, holding a bag tightly in her arms, with an inexplicable look of excitement and expectation on her face, and her eyes were staring in the direction of the ox cart, which made Jiang Suisui couldn't help but look at her several times.
After the ox cart arrived at the town, Li Wanyue quickly got off and walked quickly in one direction. Jiang Suinsui unconsciously looked in the direction she left, and moved her feet slowly to prepare to get off.
Song Wei Zheng supported her arm and waved his hand in front of her eyes: "Don't look at it. If you don't look at your feet when you get off the car, you won't fall."
Jiang Suisui stuck out her tongue, quickly jumped out of the car, and said, "Look, it landed safely!"
Song Weizheng chuckled: "Yeah, that's great."
Jiang Suisui picked up the basket and exchanged it with his backpack, saying, "I'm going to deliver the goods and collect the money now. Comrade Xiao Song, please help me exchange the eggs. After that, I'll treat you to a meal!"
Song Weizheng: "What to eat?"
Jiang Suisui held his chin and thought for a while before saying, "I have a large sum of income deposited into my account today. I will treat you to a meal at a state-owned restaurant! How do you think? Is that nice enough?"
Song Weizheng nodded: "That's nice, but... there's nothing good to eat in a state-owned restaurant."
Jiang Sui Sui: "Wow, are you so picky? You don't even like state-owned hotels?"
Song Weizheng chuckled: "You go first, and when we come back I'll take you to a really good place to eat."
Jiang Suinsui was gently pushed forward by him, blinking and looking back every three steps.
A really good place to eat? Jiang Suisui, who had never been to a restaurant before, couldn't help but look forward to it.