Chapter 57 Possessiveness

Jiang Duo couldn't tell Mingzhu about him yet. After all... he was on a mission and could only remain silent.

Mingzhu was just being unreasonable. She didn't care whether Jiang Duo had a past or not. After all, they had only known each other for a short time and were brought together by accident. After the policy was liberalized, it was unclear whether they could continue to be together. She simply wanted to divert Jiang Duo's attention and didn't expect him to answer.

But Jiang Duo suddenly stopped talking, and she felt a little uncomfortable. Was this the so-called... possessiveness?

She let go of Jiang Duo's hand, pouted and asked: "It's normal for you to have a past at your age. I don't know about your past. If you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. It's just... you've never been married before, right?"

She remembered that when she was watching TV, there were often those who were married in their hometowns, but lied to others that they were unmarried outside.

She didn't want to be a mistress for no reason, even though Jiang Duo didn't look like such a person, but it was better to ask some questions clearly.

Jiang Duo's eyebrows jumped fiercely, "No, don't think about those messy things."

Mingzhu's mood improved instantly, and she deliberately patted his back and teased: "So, when our Captain Jiang was with me, he was also a virgin. Don't worry, I will be responsible for you and take good care of you."

Jiang Duo pursed his lips, and she started to act unruly again.

Avoiding her teasing, he said seriously: "Forget it this time, don't do those dangerous things again in the future, and don't make it an exception."

"Okay, okay, I promise!"

Jiang Duo: She promised so many times, which time did she do it?

But his words of not making it an exception... are simply redundant, and he will have to pay more attention to her in the future.

In the evening, when Jiang Duo came back from work, Ming Dacheng also came with him.

He had a somewhat embarrassed smile on his face, "Mingzhu, your aunt and I have thought about it. If you... don't mind taking a loss, then we want to make tofu with you."

"What's there to lose? You gave me money, right? Uncle, our two families are happily cooperating. Wait, I'll fetch you a bucket of water."

Jiang Duo: "I'll go."

She didn't want to get tired of fetching water with her two-cent strength.

Mingzhu nodded. After Jiang Duo entered the house, Mingzhu thought of something and told the uncle a few words.

After the uncle left, they had dinner.

Mingzhu ate a few bites of cornmeal cakes with cold potato shreds and stopped eating.

Jiang Duo saw that she ate less today, frowned and asked, "Why don't you eat?"

Mingzhu pursed her lips, "I'm tired of eating this every day. I have no appetite. You guys eat."

Jiang Duo looked at her face and was silent for a moment, "I'm going to the city tomorrow afternoon. Do I need to buy anything?"

He was going to the city again?

Mingzhu didn't ask much. Thinking of her needs, she said, "Buy some silkworms, buy more."

Although the silkworm babies bought before were only a dozen days old, they had already started to spin silk because they ate mulberry leaves nourished by spiritual spring water.

She had to raise more silkworms before winter came, so as to make enough winter clothes for the family of three.

Jiang Duo nodded.

The next morning, after Mingzhu finished making tofu, she went to Ming Dacheng's house and taught Jiang Cuilan how to make the tofu tender and beautiful.

Now Jiang Cuilan liked Mingzhu more and more, and couldn't help talking more. She chatted with her about the trivial things in the village today. She said that in the morning, the village chief took Ming Xiaojie and Xu Kai to the city to get the marriage certificate. He had a long face and ignored everyone. It showed that he really didn't like his son-in-law.

Mingzhu thought it was funny. Ming Dayou had liked Jiang Duo before. With such a comparison, Xu Kai was a waste. It would be strange if Ming Dayou liked him.

The two chatted while the tofu was ready.

Mingzhu went home and waited for a while before Liu Chengcai arrived. After taking her tofu, he drove the carriage to Jiang Cuilan's door.

Liu Chengcai settled the bill in front of the two of them and handed the money to Mingzhu at first.

Mingzhu waved her hands and said, "This is the tofu made by my aunt. You pay her first and I'll pay my aunt later."

Liu Chengcai happily handed Jiang Cuilan twelve yuan.

It was the first time for Jiang Cuilan to earn so much money with her own hands. When she took the money, her hands were shaking and her eyes were red unconsciously.

After Liu Chengcai left, she immediately counted out four yuan and handed the rest to Mingzhu, "Zhuzhu, I took three yuan of this money as cost, and I will keep one yuan. The rest is yours."

Her husband only earned about one yuan for a day's work, so she was very satisfied with keeping one yuan.

Mingzhu smiled and took the four yuan from her other hand, "Auntie, we must be honest in doing business. Let's do what we agreed on. I only want the commission I agreed on. I don't want anything else. Okay, I have to go home and clean up and prepare lunch. You should also get busy. The children should be out of school soon."

She took a few steps and seemed to think of something. She added, "By the way, Auntie, don't just give the children the remaining tofu soup in the pot. You are not in good health. Drinking more of that soup will be good for your health. You can take better care of the children if you are in good health."

"Okay, Zhuzhu, go slowly."

After Mingzhu walked away again, Jiang Cuilan looked down at the eight yuan in her hand, tears dripping down her face. She had been poor for half her life, but she never thought that she would earn five yuan one day.

This was all thanks to Mingzhu, and she would never forget Mingzhu's kindness to her family.

She wiped her tears and turned around to go back to the house, when she saw her sister-in-law next door coming out of the house and walking towards her with a smile.

She stuffed the money into her pocket. The sister-in-law next door whispered, "Cui Lan, why did you ask the two children to grind so many beans for you so early this morning? Are you selling tofu with Mingzhu?"

Jiang Cui Lan smiled and said, "Yes, sister-in-law."

"Isn't her tofu made with Tai Sui water? You don't have Tai Sui water, how do you make it?"

"I bought it from Mingzhu. After the tofu is made, I give Mingzhu five cents per pound."

The sister-in-law was dumbfounded!

"So expensive?"

Jiang Cui Lan shook her head, "It's not expensive. We sell tofu made with Tai Sui water for 1.5 cents per pound."

This was what her husband had instructed her to do when he came back yesterday. Mingzhu said that she should tell the truth if anyone asked. Although she did not understand Mingzhu's intention, she knew that it was right to listen to Mingzhu.

And Mingzhu did this for her own reasons.

The supply and marketing cooperative's car came every three days. Instead of hiding the fact that she and Jiang Cuilan were making tofu together, it would be better to let people know openly.

What's more, she was really lazy. Some jobs were okay for her to do for a few days for the sake of novelty, but it was really tiring to do them for a long time. She was even tired of grinding beans. If

you think about it carefully, there might be an easier way to make money?