The young woman looked a few years older than Su He and was probably from the compound, but Su He had seen so many people these past few days that she hadn't noticed who she was.
However, when this person saw Su He, he greeted her with a smile: "Oh, this must be the new Su, right? Hello, my surname is Kong, and I am the second daughter-in-law of the eldest uncle in our courtyard."
Su He smiled and replied, "Oh, it's Sister-in-law Kong. Hello, what brings you here?"
Sister Kong smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just wanted to chat with you. You're new here and not very familiar with our compound. I was thinking of introducing you to the people here."
Su He was flattered by this, "Really? That's wonderful! But my boyfriend and I were just about to go out. Can we come over to your place later?"
"Sure!"
Sister-in-law Kong wasn't angry. She knew they had just gotten married and it was normal for newlyweds not to want to separate.
After agreeing on a time, the two left.
Although she didn't know what her purpose was, Su He always felt that she wasn't such a good person, and her greetings had a fake feel to them.
Lin Jingyan clearly thought the same thing. After leaving the courtyard, he said to her, "If you don't want to have contact with them, you can have less contact with them in the future."
Su He shook her head after hearing this, "It's okay. Now that we've moved in, we'll inevitably have to interact in the future. I'll try to learn. Isn't that how it is in daily life?"
Lin Jingyan didn't say anything else after hearing this, but quietly took her hand where no one else could see.
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After arriving at the department store, the two browsed around casually. In addition to buying needles and thread, they also bought a lot of toilet paper. Before leaving, they saw some nice pastries and bought some as well.
After that, we ate at a state-run restaurant, bought some ingredients for dinner at the supply and marketing cooperative, and then went home.
After resting for a while after arriving home in the afternoon, Su He went to the Niu family's house at the agreed time.
After knocking on the door, Sister-in-law Niu Er warmly welcomed her in.
Su He didn't come empty-handed either; she brought some pastries she bought that morning. Sister-in-law Niu was quite pleased to see them, accepted them, and led her into the house.
The Niu family has many members, and the rooms are all partitioned off, so they are quite small and cramped. There is no living room, so the two of them went straight into the bedroom.
But when Su He came in, she found that there were already two people sitting in the room.
Niu Er's sister-in-law warmly introduced her, "This is the youngest daughter-in-law of the Chen family who lives in the east wing. Her surname is Wang, and her name is Wang Fang. You can just call her Sister-in-law Wang."
"This is the second daughter-in-law of the Huang family in the west wing next door. Her surname is Shi and her name is Shi Fen. You can just call her Sister-in-law Shi."
Although Su He didn't know why everyone was there, she still greeted them.
"Hello, Sister Wang. Hello, Sister Shi."
The two people replied, but it was clear they weren't very enthusiastic towards her.
Only Sister-in-law Kong kept talking.
However, they weren't idle while talking; their hands were still busy pasting matchboxes together.
Seemingly noticing Su He's curiosity, Sister Kong explained with a smile, "When we're free, we go to the street to take on some tasks to earn some pocket money. Don't underestimate the fact that you only get one cent for making ten; some people earn a lot, and it can add up to quite a bit in a month."
I heard that Sister Song from the front yard earns twenty or thirty yuan a month, which isn't less than what they earn at their jobs.
Su He was somewhat surprised to hear this, but before she could speak, Wang Fang scoffed disdainfully, "She's from the countryside, afraid of being looked down upon, so she has to earn more money, otherwise how can she stand up straight?"
Hearing this, Sister Shi, who was standing nearby, also said, "That's right. It's already a blessing that she was able to marry into our tenement. We have to do everything we can to keep her here."
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