Chapter 62 New Female Lead? Let's smell your awful supporting female husband...
Chen Ruifeng's wife is not the female lead Lin Xiuqin, but a woman Qin Xiangxiang doesn't know.
It is said that the woman's surname is Zhao. She worked as an educated youth in the countryside for several years. Later, she managed to return to the city but was not given a job. Her brothers got married and had children, and there was no room for them to live together. They asked her to get married and move out. The woman had nowhere to move, so she was introduced to Chen Ruifeng. The two hit it off immediately and got married quickly.
The apartment allocated to Chen Ruifeng and his new wife was a middle unit on the third floor. The woman surnamed Zhao felt that the middle unit on the third floor had an open view, was quiet, and, being a middle unit, avoided the awkwardness of doors facing each other.
Qin Xiangxiang: "They're moving in these next couple of days?"
"It should be. They've already arrived. I just heard it from Sister Gao. She specifically asked me to tell you that since you're both from Shanghai, you can talk to each other later." Li Jianzhi gently stroked Qin Xiangxiang's cheek with a smile. It was unbelievable that someone was already chatting with him about everyday matters.
In the end, it was his wife who knew how to "live a good life" and immediately made contact with the head of the intelligence department.
His wife is perfect.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "I don't want to deal with her."
Qin Xiang thought to herself: If there's any nonsense to say, don't touch me.
Once bitten, twice shy. Qin Xiangxiang was afraid that this was another Lin Xiuqin, and the so-called control group mentioned in the original book. They were both from Shanghai and moved into the family compound one after the other. Even if they weren't neighbors, they were still living on different floors this time... Could she be the new female lead?
The female leads may come and go, but the ever-present drama queen Qin Xiangxiang remains.
Li Jianzhi: "What?"
Qin Xiangxiang said in a particularly sarcastic tone, "I hate interacting with outsiders and I don't like people coming to our house as guests. I find it annoying."
"Besides, we're all from the same place, so comparisons are inevitable, which makes me unhappy."
After Qin Xiangxiang finished speaking, she was somewhat surprised to find that she had actually spoken her true feelings in front of Li Jianzhi.
The man's reaction after hearing this...
“I don’t like other people coming to our house either. My dear wife, from now on, let’s live our lives behind closed doors. Forget about comparisons. The most important thing is for us to live a good life together.”
Li Jianzhi: "We'll have to endure some hardship this year and use the old floor fan. We'll buy new ones next year."
Qin Xiangxiang's eyes widened in surprise: "You're buying a new one?"
For ordinary families, having such a thing is already quite good. Qin Xiangxiang felt a little disgusted by how unsightly it was, but having something is better than having nothing. It was already much better than other people's homes, where many families didn't even have electric fans and relied on hand-cranked palm-leaf fans.
"Of course we'll buy a new one. You'll have to make do for now. We'll get a better one next year. As for this standing fan, we can add a little money and quietly resell it to someone else." Li Jianzhi had no intention of using an assembled fan for his entire life. The materials used in this era were very sturdy. Even though it was an assembled fan, it could definitely last for ten or twenty years. He believed that even if he sold it secondhand for sixty or seventy yuan, someone would still buy it.
Once you find a buyer to resell it, and add a little more money yourself, they can get a new fan.
"Li Jianzhi, you... I really made the right choice in choosing a man like you." Qin Xiangxiang's heart was pounding. She felt that every word Li Jianzhi said hit her sweet spot, making her very happy.
She wanted a new fan, not the old, dilapidated one she had assembled herself. But this fan was the result of her father's and husband's hard work; her father had gone to the Central Department Store to buy the parts, and her husband had assembled it piece by piece, making it particularly meaningful.
Li Jianzhi chuckled: "What's wrong?"
"Don't you think this assembled fan has special significance? If Little Fatty were in elementary school, he could write an essay about it. You and Dad worked so hard to get this fan, if I were to complain about it, I would feel heartless."
The little drama queen honestly said, "But I do seem a bit heartless; I want a new fan."
Li Jianzhi was amused by her and said that his heartless wife was really cute. "You are the normal person who speaks the truth, my good wife."
“Who doesn’t want a good life? It’s wrong to suppress your feelings; it’s just making the best of a bad situation out of necessity. If we don’t have the means, then we should just bear with it. But if we do have the means in the future, of course we should make ourselves more comfortable and not suffer.” Li Jianzhi ruffled her now longer, soft hair, which was already long enough to be braided.
But the way it hangs so softly on her shoulders makes her look especially like a well-behaved female college student.
"Your father and I both wanted you to have a good life. If we can afford it, we'll use something better. We'll sell this old one and buy a new one so that both families can have fans."
Qin Xiangxiang nodded, then added with a hint of annoyance, "Now I have to save money again!"
"We've already saved up enough money for the camera."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..." She had a feeling of being on a pirate ship.
Li Jianzhi: "After we save up the money for the camera, let's not rush to save up the money for the fan. Let's make two nice outfits for our Qin Xiangxiang first, and also buy two pairs of shoes."
"Where's Little Fatty?"
"You and Xiaopang should both make some, and we should also prepare for our future child. Let's buy some fabric in advance, or maybe the child's biological mother can make her a couple of sets of little clothes first?"
Qin Xiangxiang nodded, satisfied. She said to Li Jianzhi with a proud air, "Women need to buy new shoes and new clothes every quarter."
Li Jianzhi: "You've suffered."
Qin Xiangxiang: "??????!!!"
"My wife thinks she could wear a different outfit every day for a month." Li Jianzhi sighed. Nowadays, you need cloth coupons to buy cloth. His mother-in-law works in a textile factory and has some connections, but there isn't much cloth available.
Cotton fabric is scarce now, but in the future, cotton T-shirts will be available for just a few dollars or a dozen dollars with free shipping.
In the future, there will be something like "wearing different clothes every day of the week" as a basic etiquette for elite professionals.
"You—" Qin Xiangxiang was truly speechless. She blushed a little. Even someone as dramatic as her couldn't bring herself to say she wanted to wear a different outfit every day for a month. Yet this man in front of her had such a shameless expression on his face.
She raised her hand and curiously poked Li Jianzhi's handsome, cold face: "Where did you learn to coax women like that? It's so cheesy."
But she's a bit of a drama queen and falls for that.
Yes, yes, she wants to wear different clothes every time!
Li Jianzhi: "?"
He said sincerely, "Thinking about it, over the years, you're the only one who's ever said I know how to charm women."
If he knew how to charm women, he wouldn't still be single at thirty-six or thirty-seven.
But now he feels that all those failures were just waiting for his precious wife, the goddess God had bestowed upon him.
"Hmph, at least you know how to talk."
Qin Xiangxiang lay down on the bed. She was no longer curious about what kind of wife Chen Ruifeng had married; it had nothing to do with her anymore.
Now that even the female lead has been replaced, the future developments will definitely be very different.
Li Jianzhi: "Actually, I heard that we are a model couple who recently moved into the compound."
Qin Xiangxiang: "?! Are you crazy?"
"Ever since Chen Ruifeng met you that day and had a home-cooked meal at our house, he's been asking people to introduce him to a wife from Shanghai. I think he's secretly jealous of me, jealous that I married such a wonderful wife as you."
Li Jianzhi was also a little annoyed, "Chen Ruifeng is just envious of how well we, as a couple, are doing."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
She blinked. She felt that the husband in front of her spoke in the tone of a quintessential supporting female character's husband. Was he trying to become the contrasting character for the male lead?
The male protagonist will then kill him "completely mutilated".
Qin Xiangxiang leaned closer to Li Jianzhi and sniffed everywhere, but Li Jianzhi laughed and dodged away, asking, "Wife, what are you doing?"
Qin Xiang thought to herself: I want to smell the scent of your husband, the perfect female supporting character.
She glanced at her handsome and tall husband with a touch of pity. Thinking about how he would feel inferior, sad, and unable to sleep at night due to jealousy after being outshone by the male lead, she felt immense sympathy for him and shed a tear of pity.
"It's nothing." Qin Xiangxiang tiptoed and kissed him on the cheek. "Li Jianzhi, in my eyes you are the best."
When he feels inferior, bitter, jealous, and resentful in the future, she will definitely comfort him.
"Think about it..." Li Jianzhi hugged the woman in front of him tightly. Who could resist the sight of their beloved woman looking at them with deep affection in her beautiful, watery almond-shaped eyes and saying, "In my eyes, you are the best."
"You're the best wife too, think about it."
Li Jianzhi accompanied Qin Xiangxiang to the military hospital for a check-up, which confirmed her pregnancy. Li Jianzhi was very excited and said on the way that he would kill a chicken to nourish Qin Xiangxiang's body.
"The hen at home can't be moved; let it rest a bit longer so it can start laying eggs."
"I'll try to buy one from a farmer."
“I’ll go buy some large yellow croaker today. Later, I’ll go to the supply point and talk to Xiao Ding to make sure we have enough milk. If there’s any milk available, please send us a bottle. We have a refrigerator, so we can keep a lot. You and the kids can take some to nourish yourselves.”
...
The couple chatted all the way. Li Jianzhi, dressed in military uniform, escorted his wife upstairs to rest, as he still had to go to his office later.
The two exited the stairwell, where the Zhang family's door was open. Someone had come to visit, and it happened to be Chen Ruifeng with his newlywed wife, Zhao Yangyang. She was a woman with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing two braids, and spoke very frankly. Standing next to Huang's wife, she seemed more like the head of the household than a guest.
Qin Xiangxiang was genuinely surprised to see Zhao Yangyang, because Zhao Yangyang seemed to be the complete opposite of Lin Xiuqin.
She glanced at the man beside her, Li Jianzhi. Was she the only one who was so stubborn, seemingly liking the same type of looks?
"This is Comrade Li Jianzhi, and this is his wife, Qin Xiangxiang. Like you, she is from Shanghai. I mentioned her to you before. She is a very virtuous woman. She does the laundry, cooks, and takes care of the children at home. She manages the household very well. She can grow vegetables and raise chickens. She is a very capable sister-in-law."
Qin Xiangxiang: "...?"
When you're out and about, does your status really depend entirely on what others say?
"Chen Ruifeng, let me make this clear beforehand: I'm not the kind of woman who only does housework at home. I want to work, even if it kills me."
“I am different from those unemployed housewives who have no ambition.”
"Chen Ruifeng, you said you would find me a job!"
Chen Ruifeng immediately smiled apologetically and said, "Don't worry, we'll definitely find you a job here."
Zhao Yangyang smiled, a hint of smugness in her eyes.
Li Jianzhi tugged at his wife, passed by the window of the middle apartment, returned to his own home, closed the door, and told Qin Xiangxiang, "Wife, don't take those two awful people's words to heart."
"Only oxen and horses are not afraid of hardship and fatigue, and only oxen and horses die on the job. We are human beings, and human beings need to rest properly. It is normal to take a break for one or two years after working for a period of time." Li Jianzhi felt that his wife was in a gap period. He felt that she was exhausted from working in the textile factory workshop with three shifts before, and wanted her to rest for a while. In addition, Qin Xiangxiang was pregnant, and it would not be too late to find a suitable job after giving birth.
Furthermore, Qin Xiangxiang is a skilled person, and skilled people will never starve, no matter the era.
The meaning of life is definitely not to work yourself to death. In the future, many people will strive to achieve financial freedom and hope to do what they like without any constraints.
Let others enjoy the kind of "blessings" like "996" and "007".
Several of Li Jianzhi's former junior and senior high school classmates suffered from depression, one died suddenly, and two jumped off buildings... The pressure of future work is too great. There's a 30-year mortgage, the need to buy a luxury car, and the need to compete with others for school district housing for their children. The pressure of saving face is suffocating.
He has a comrade-in-arms who and his wife deliberately chose to live apart in different places in order to get extra living expenses each month. They spend hundreds of thousands of yuan a year on tutoring classes and various interest classes for their child. Most of his and his wife's annual salary is spent on school district housing and tutoring classes for their child. Fortunately, he is a soldier and does not have many daily expenses. His wife takes care of the child and receives subsidies from the elderly in the family, so they continue to live like this.
But sometimes he also wonders: What's the point of living like this?
Li Jianzhi knew his family was wealthy, but he could sometimes empathize with them. The soldiers' salaries weren't low, but they had to compete for school district housing, send their children to prestigious schools or international schools, and enroll them in extracurricular classes like Go and piano. They looked glamorous like middle-class people, but the children were under a lot of pressure, and so were they.
A piano lesson can cost hundreds or even thousands of yuan per hour, and Li Jianzhi couldn't believe his wife wouldn't be able to find a job. Their child was already considered to have won at the starting line.
Qin Xiangxiang whispered, "I'm not in a hurry to find a job, don't force me to work."
Li Jianzhi: "I wouldn't."
Qin Xiangxiang: "I'm afraid you'll start comparing yourself to other people's husbands."
"My wife thinks she's the best, no one can compare."
"A man's words are deceitful." Qin Xiangxiang snorted, but she whispered, "Just watch the show with me. This Zhao Yangyang seems to be the kind of person who makes a lot of noise but does little, not someone who's reliable and hardworking."
People like her mother, Zhou Aodong, are the ruthless ones who work hard.
"They haven't even started working yet, and they're already putting on a big show."
Is this Zhao Yangyang the new female lead? Does she have the destiny of a female lead? Judging from the perspective of this ultimate drama queen, this girl is probably going to suffer a triple whammy of bad luck after coming to this "ultimate den" in the West Building.
Zhou Lu on the other side must be head over heels in love with her.
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