Chapter 23
When they got home, it was already completely dark.
On the way, Li Nianqiu recovered her mood, and when she arrived at Zhou's house, she didn't even show any signs of crying. She comforted the frightened Li Xiangdong, explaining that she accidentally fell down the slope on the way back, so she arrived so late, and it also made the men's clothes on her body not so abrupt.
"Wen Yue, thank you." Li Nianqiu touched his sister's head and looked at her with obvious gratitude. "It's getting late. I'll take Xiangdong home first and come back tomorrow."
Wen Yue said, "You haven't eaten yet, why don't you have a meal at my house? I have some dumplings here. After you eat, you can take a shower and go to sleep."
After being frightened, it is better to go to bed early.
Li Nianqiu refused, smiled at Wen Yue, and left Zhou's house with Li Xiangdong. Wen Yue had already been troubled enough today, and it would be too much of an insult to ask her to stay for dinner. She was not so shameless.
If Wen Yue hadn't brought people over in time, Li Nianqiu didn't dare to think about what would have happened in the end. She was not a person who would show her emotions, she would remember this incident and would find an opportunity to slowly repay the favor in the future.
Wen Yue couldn't persuade Li Nianqiu, so she could only agree: "Then you two should go back with Grandma Fang and the others, it's on the way anyway."
"Yes." Now Li Nianqiu agreed.
Wen Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief after watching them walk out of the yard and disappear into the darkness. However, she raised her head abruptly before she could completely relax. “Where’s that man? You didn’t beat him to death, did you?”
At that time, her attention was all on Li Nianqiu, and she completely ignored the man. She only knew that Zhou Yao beat him up severely.
"Not dead." Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows and looked at the expression on Wen Yue's face, "Why do you look a little disappointed?"
Wen Yue said no, beating someone to death means going to jail, because this kind of scum is not worth it. She pouted, unhappy: "I just think this kind of person is too disgusting, will he cause trouble for Nian Qiu? If this matter is told to others, Nian Qiu's reputation in the village will be ruined..."
She couldn't figure out a solution and was very depressed.
"He doesn't dare." Zhou Yao replied. Seeing that Wen Yue was still unhappy, he tutted his lips and tapped her brows with his slender fingers: "If you are really worried, then we should take the initiative."
Wen Yue uttered a puzzled "ah" and looked over with her little face raised.
How to start first
Zhou Yao said she was stupid: "Let's just say that we saw your friend being robbed by Fang Qiang when we were out for a walk last night, and then we came to his aid."
Wen Yue blinked: "Is this possible?"
"It's OK." Zhou Yao nodded affirmatively and smiled: "Leave it to me, don't worry. Hmm, the eyebrows are almost connected into one piece, so ugly." He smoothed Wen Yue's frown, showing some disgust on his face, but his tone was very gentle.
Wen Yue slapped his hand away: "I'm going to take a shower."
She snorted, leaving Zhou Yao with a proud look on his face.
Zhou Yao gently stroked the back of his hand that was slapped, smiled at his young wife's back, and then froze again when he thought of what happened tonight. He frowned and hissed, thinking that he would never let Wen Yue go out alone in the future.
Especially at night, it's too dangerous.
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The next afternoon, Li Nianqiu finished her housework and came to see Wen Yue with her sister. Her expression was extremely normal, and it was completely impossible to tell that she had experienced such a nightmare last night. She thanked Wen Yue seriously and solemnly.
Li Nianqiu originally wanted to bring some things with him.
But she had no money, and her family didn't have anything good, so she could only keep this kindness in her heart, planning to repay it when she was able to.
"Your husband is not at home," Li Nianqiu said calmly, with a gentle look in her eyes. "He is not at home, but I have already told you about his thank you. Anyway, you are a couple, so there is no need to distinguish so clearly."
Wen Yue would get shy every time she heard this, her face slightly flushed, and she led the two sisters into the house: "He went to Grandma Fang's house, come and sit down."
"Making clothes." Li Nianqiu saw the sewing machine under the window at a glance and smiled. "There is a sewing machine. Zhou Yao bought it for you. He is very good to you and is willing to spend money on it. I feel relieved now. I was always worried that he would bully you."
After all, Zhou Yao had a very bad reputation in the village, and they didn't have much contact with each other, so the only way to get to know each other was through the gossip in the village.
What about Zhou Yao being idle and doing nothing, having a bad temper, loving to fight, and being unsociable and ruthless... But just a few contacts now have overturned Li Nianqiu's perception.
At least he was willing to spend money on Wen Yue, and it seemed that he had never fought with Wen Yue. The most important thing was that he saved himself last night. Compared with people like Fang Qiang, Zhou Yao was not a gangster at all, he was just more eccentric.
"Don't worry, I won't be bullied. I have a bad temper." Wen Yue said seriously, "I'm learning how to make clothes. I'm using his experience to practice so that I can prepare for myself later."
Li Nianqiu laughed twice: "That's good. By the way, when you asked me to borrow the book before, did you understand it? If there is anything you don't understand, please ask me and I will explain it to you."
Worried that Wen Yue would not believe in her own abilities, Li Nianqiu added: "My grades have always been good, and I have given lectures to my classmates before. I have fully mastered these knowledge points."
"No need, I know all of them." Wen Yue knew that Li Nianqiu had good grades.
It's all written in the novel. She made money by giving lectures while she was in school, and her business was pretty good. Her business acumen is amazing!
Li Nianqiu was also surprised: "You know all of them"
Wen Yue nodded: "Yeah, about the same." After all, he was a college graduate in his previous life. Maybe his grades were not as good as the heroine's, but getting into a university should not be a problem.
"Then let me test you." Li Nianqiu raised his eyebrows and spoke tentatively.
Wen Yue agreed immediately, with a confident expression: "Okay, you take the test."
Li Nianqiu asked a few relatively simple questions first. After hearing Wen Yue answer all of them correctly, he became interested and gradually increased the difficulty. The expression on his face became more and more surprised, as if he had discovered something special and rare.
"Wen Yue, you are a genius." Li Nianqiu was certain, "You must be a genius."
If you can learn this much by reading books without any systematic study, what else can you be but a genius?
Wen Yue blushed at the compliment and quickly explained: "No, no, no, it's not that exaggerated. It was just an accident. I'm not that amazing, nor am I a genius. I can't handle anything more difficult."
"Even so, it's very impressive. Fortunately, you came back to study, otherwise our country would have lost a pillar of talent." Li Nianqiu said very seriously.
Wen Yue was sweating profusely, and she explained and emphasized again that she was really not a so-called genius. She was not worthy of being called a genius, she was just relying on living an extra life.
Li Nianqiu saw that Wen Yue didn't want to accept this title from the bottom of her heart, so she didn't mention it. She just said: "If you maintain this level, you will definitely be admitted to university."
Wen Yue smiled and said, "As long as I can get into university."
"I wanted to give you some extra lessons, but I didn't expect you to be so amazing." Li Nianqiu looked a little helpless. She finally found a place to use her skills, but in the end she couldn't use them. She changed the subject again: "Are you planning to go straight to senior year next semester?"
Wen Yue hummed.
Li Nianqiu: "That's great. We can take the college entrance examination together. Which university do you want to go to?"
Wen Yue blinked: "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll talk about it later."
The two chatted about study for a while, and Wen Yue asked Li Nianqiu to continue the gossip that he hadn't finished talking about last week, with excitement in his eyes.
Seeing how much she liked to listen to gossip, Li Nianqiu thought about going back to school and asking his classmates to collect some more explosive and exciting gossip to tell Wen Yue.
Perhaps it was because Li Nianqiu often gave tutoring lessons, and the gossip he told was vivid and vivid, and the picture came over him. Wen Yue felt as if she was there, eating melons on the spot, and it was very interesting.
No wonder so many people seek out Li Nianqiu for tutoring even though she charges for it.
After chatting about gossip, Li Nianqiu thought it was almost time and prepared to go home. However, her eyes were attracted by something on the sewing machine. She said, "What is that?" and pointed at the bow made of rose-red floral fabric on the sewing machine.
"Ah." Wen Yue looked in the direction of Li Nianqiu's finger, picked up the bow and replied with a smile: "This is a bow hair tie I made. The clothes I brought with me before are no longer worn. It would be a waste to leave them alone or throw them away, so I just tore up the fabric and made some small things."
She was free at home anyway, so making some handicrafts could both dress up and kill time, killing two birds with one stone.
Wen Yue made this bow based on the large bow hairpins that became popular in later generations. She fixed it on the hair tie. The large rose-red floral bow looks pretty and goes well with either clothes or skirts.
Li Nianqiu's eyes were bright: "It looks great. You have a pair of skillful hands."
Wen Yueyan smiled and said, "Really? Then I'll give this to you. It's very simple to make anyway and it won't take much time... Wait for me, I'll make another one for Xiangdong."
She was very happy. Without waiting for Li Nianqiu to say anything, she picked up a piece of blue cloth, sat in front of the sewing machine with great interest, and started sewing by stepping on the pedal.
In less than ten minutes, another fresh big bow came out.
"Just use thread to fix it on the hairband, it's very simple." Wen Yue handed it to Li Xiangdong, unable to help showing off, "It's a pity that there is no gauze at home, otherwise it would be more beautiful if I sewed a layer of gauze on the outside, or added some beautiful beads to embellish it..."
Wen Yue read a lot of professional books on clothing in order to be able to alter clothes in her previous life.
Li Nianqiu: "It's so beautiful, it will definitely sell for a good price. Wen Yue, do you want to make money? I think this thing is worth doing."
Wen Yue was surprised: "...ha"
How did the topic suddenly jump to this point?
Wen Yue was confused, and couldn't quite keep up with Li Nianqiu's thoughts.
"There are stalls selling jewelry outside our school. I've been there before. The jewelry on those stalls is not like yours, and they're not as pretty." When talking about making money, Li Nianqiu's eyes were shining, and the aura he exuded was much softer: "If we can make a batch and sell it, we can definitely make a lot of money. Do you want to give it a try?"
"If you want to try it, I'll go to the wholesale market in the city tomorrow to buy the materials. We'll split the profits 30-70, you get 70 and I get 30-30. How about that?"
Wen Yue didn't react yet: "... this can make money"
Li Nianqiu nodded vigorously and said affirmatively: "Yes, but this kind of jewelry can be easily copied, so we'd better get more at one time to sell. I can guarantee that we can make money. Believe me, if you don't believe me, I will be responsible for the loss."
She is extremely sensitive and insightful in this regard.
"I believe you." Wen Yue answered subconsciously.
The novel mentions more than once how good Li Nianqiu is at making money and how rarely he makes mistakes and loses money.
Wen Yue finally came back to her senses and blinked: "It's OK, but 30% to 70% is not a good idea, 40% to 60% is better, you get 40% and I get 60%."
Li Nianqiu shook his head and insisted, "It's 30/70. After all, I don't have much free time. You will definitely be the busiest one by then. It's enough to get 30/70."
Wen Yue followed Li Nianqiu on the road to making money in a daze.
After Li Nianqiu took her sister away, Wen Yue finally became excited.
Making these handmade things can actually make money. As expected of the heroine, she has a good brain. She only wants to kill time, while others are thinking about whether these things can make money and how much money they can make.
When Zhou Yao returned home, he saw his young wife sitting in front of the sewing machine with a look of emotion on her face. Her eyes were unfocused and it was unknown what she was thinking about.
"What's wrong?" He raised his eyebrows and pulled back Wen Yue's thoughts, "What happened? You look so weird. Who was here just now?"
"Nianqiu brought her sister here." Wen Yue repeated what happened word for word with obvious excitement in her eyes, and finally asked Zhou Yao excitedly: "Do you think this little thing I made can really make money?"
Zhou Yao was also a little surprised after hearing this.
He didn't answer immediately, but just said: "Let me see."
"Those two have been given away. I'll sew a new one for you." Wen Yue stepped on the pedal skillfully. After a series of tut-tut sounds, a similar big bow appeared in her hand again. "Here, it's like this."
Her eyes curved into crescents, and there was a hint of unconscious treasure-giving in her words. Her eyes were as bright as stars, her red lips were slightly curved, and small pear-shaped ridges appeared on both sides of her mouth.
In a trance, Zhou Yao seemed to see a furry tail behind her, swinging quickly back and forth.
He was touched by Wen Yue's cute look. His heart skipped a beat and the temperature at his ears instantly soared. He didn't even look at the bow carefully and nodded stiffly: "It looks good."
Wen Yue smiled even brighter: "You also think you can make money."
"Yes." Zhou Yao was extremely sure and nodded solemnly.
If no one buys, he will pay for it all! No big deal!
Even if he spends all his savings, it's fine. Money can be earned anytime and anywhere, but such a lovely wife can't be found every day!!
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Zhou Yao: In ancient times, King You of Zhou set fire to the beacon towers to trick the dukes just to win a smile from Bao Si. Today, I, Zhou Yao, spend all my money just to protect the smile of my young wife!
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