Chapter 40: A Little Quarrel
The next second, Shen Xiaoyue said that she planned to stop contacting her parents. Lu Pingan was torn. He was happy that Shen Xiaoyue would not marry Xie Ning, but he didn't want her to be sad because of leaving her parents.
"They are just using me. I will do what a child should do, but I won't show filial piety to them. Do you think I am too heartless?"
In her previous life, she spent a lot of time thinking about why her parents, who loved her so much, would allow Xie Ning to torture her like this in order to get a promotion.
He even helped Xie Ning conceal his affair.
Later she realized that although they might have loved her before, compared with what they did for their brother, this love was more like a little alms slipping through their fingers. It did not require any effort, and they could also use her to gain a good reputation. People like them valued reputation very much.
Once their interests were affected, she would be the first to be pushed out.
In a family that favors boys over girls, the parents and younger brother are the only family members.
It is difficult to admit that you are not loved by your parents, but to sacrifice yourself for this illusory love is the real injustice to yourself.
She didn't want to treat herself badly, so she decided to stay away from home for the rest of her life.
Lu Ping'an didn't say anything, but just gently kissed her on the side of her face.
He knew that when the educated youth went to the county town for the first time, they would go to the post office to pick up things sent by their families. Sometimes it is not necessary to have material things to prove love, but in this age of material scarcity, this is the best proof of love.
She was the only one who had nothing in her hands and didn't mention going to the post office at all. There was no disappointment on her face, as if she was used to being ignored.
So Lu Ping'an couldn't help but use all the money he had to buy things for her.
He didn't want Shen Xiaoyue to not have what others had.
Love is mutual. If parents fail to treat their children equally and fairly, but instead require their children to give unconditionally to them, this is also a form of kidnapping.
Lu Pingan held her hand and said in a toned tone: “Of course not, as long as you don’t abandon me.”
“So Comrade Shen Xiaoyue, how long are you going to act like a hooligan before you give me a name.”
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For some reason, Shen Xiaoyue decided to write a letter to inform her parents that she was going to be with Lu Pingan, so that they would not have any evil intentions.
The advantage of going to the countryside is that their hands cannot reach so far and they cannot take care of her, but at the same time they cannot order her around.
The head flowers and hats sold well last time, so Shen Xiaoyue took the remaining white cloth to Lu Guoliang's house.
"Oh, are you reconciled?"
Lu Guoliang raised his eyebrows and watched the two people walk in hand in hand, their actions were much more intimate than before.
After taking away all the hats in his house last time, I haven’t come for a long time. This time when I came, the atmosphere between the two of them was completely different.
Is this what a little quarrel means to please others?
Lu Guoliang thought about it and realized that it was the same when he and his wife were together. They would occasionally quarrel, but after making up, they would want to stick together all the time, and the children would have to stand aside.
He used to find quarrels annoying, but now that no one quarrels with him, he misses her all the time.
He covered the drawing in his hand.
Lu Guoliang has a book of clothing drawings specifically for his wife, and the styles keep up with the times.
Shen Xiaoyue knew about this. After making money in his previous life, Lu Guoliang made all the skirts in the manuscript and named them the "Eternal" series.
Sometimes he would deliberately make the size larger, because he said his wife didn't like to exercise and would probably gain weight when she got older. He always smiled and said it was a good thing his wife was no longer around, otherwise she would have scolded him when she heard what he said.
After this series was completed, Lu Guoliang would always spend a high price to buy one for himself, as if he could buy it and give it to the person in his heart to wear.
Shen Xiaoyue pretended not to see him cover the draft and snorted deliberately: "Who reconciled with him."
Lu Pingan was originally attracted by his uncle's mysterious actions and was about to ask him what he was secretly drawing. When he heard this, he also snorted and raised their folded hands high, showing off loudly: "Yes! We are reconciled!"
Shen Xiaoyue felt embarrassed and tried hard to pull her hand out.
...As a result, Lu Ping'an raised his hand higher, and she even had to stand on tiptoe to cooperate.
Lu Guoliang laughed out loud: "Alright, alright, if you don't let go, some people will get angry."
Lu Ping'an lowered his head and saw that Shen Xiaoyue's face was flushed red, as if she was angry. He immediately put his hand down and squeezed her palm flatteringly.
"Why didn't the other little girl come today?"
Hearing this, Shen Xiaoyue glanced at Lu Pingan and said, “Some people insist on following to make trouble, and not everyone is as shameless as him.”
Lu Ping'an was not to blame for this. It was clearly he who enthusiastically asked Hu Zhiqing if he wanted to come along, but Hu Zhiqing was too embarrassed to ruin their relationship and politely refused him.
Shen Xiaoyue: …
I'm not afraid of people being shameless, I'm afraid of people having no shame.
Shen Xiaoyue ignored him, took out the slate she had bought before, told Lu Guoliang about the style of hat she wanted to make, and drew a rough outline.
“This style is quite fresh.”
Lu Guoliang's eyes lit up, he had never seen this style before. Nowadays, most hats are straw hats. This cloth is used to make a large brim, which can provide sun protection and is lightweight. It can also be washed and folded, making it easy to carry.
He has been a tailor since he started working. Although he has never seen this style before, he figured out what to do after a little thought.
Lu Guoliang first tore off a few pieces of cloth to experiment, and found that the brim of the hat would droop down and could not achieve the sun-shading effect. After modifying it several times, he finally made a satisfactory shape.
"Yes, yes, that's it."
White cloth is rough, so families with more difficult conditions would dye the white cloth and then ask tailors like Lu Guoliang to make clothes out of it. Families with better conditions would buy other more comfortable fabrics from the supply and marketing cooperatives to make clothes.
Few people would think of using white cloth to make hat accessories.
I didn’t expect that the sun hat made of white cloth would look so good.
Lu Guoliang took the hat apart and showed it to Shen Xiaoyue again step by step several times until she could make a sun hat independently.
Lu Ping'an was bored and looked around.
"Xiaoyue, you forgot to take a hat with you."
Shen Xiaoyue looked up and saw Lu Pingan holding up a purple hat.
Oh, it’s the one she gave to Lu Guoliang.
"No, leave it there and don't move."
Lu Guoliang also looked over and laughed: "Silly boy, this is a gift from Xiaoyue. Why, don't you have it?"
Lu Pingan:! ! ! ! ! ! !
He jumped to the side of Shen Xiaoyue and asked, "Why don't I have it?"
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