Chapter 3
Qin Yuxiu was good at finding faults in quarrels, but this was the first time she was secretly accused of being ungrateful. The daughter-in-law here said that her son was having a hard time after he went to the countryside, and his family did not help him. Instead, he pursued his daughter-in-law and his life got better.
She blushed and had a heart attack. Listen to what she said!
But Liang Baozhen already had a city hukou and was a college student, so Qin Yuxiu could not look down on her. She never argued with him, and the more casually he spoke, as if he was telling a story, the less likely she was to lose her temper.
When she turned around and looked at her daughter-in-law Liang Baoying, she didn't know how to face her.
"I still have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things, so I'll leave first."
Qin Yuxiu left in a hurry, and Liang Baozhen then held the enamel cup and drank heartily.
She just said that on purpose. Her eldest sister's mother-in-law looked down on people, and her words implied that Liang Baoying was marrying up to the level of a city girl like them, and she felt it was a pity for Song Jianguo.
But she wanted to let Qin Yuxiu know who had married whom in the first place. If it weren't for the Liang family, Song Jianguo's life would have been very difficult. Apart from anything else, her sister's care for her brother-in-law helped him get through the most difficult times.
Every word she mentioned about being ungrateful was like a soft knife stabbing Qin Yuxiu's heart.
"Baozhen." Liang Baoying knew that the girl said this for her own good, "Thank you for today."
"Sister, why are you being so polite to me?" Liang Baozhen put down the enamel cup. She knew her elder sister's difficulties. Not to mention her elder sister, many daughters-in-law dared not to contradict their mother-in-law. It was better for her to say such things herself.
If it were her elder sister who said this, Qin Yuxiu would definitely retort that she was exaggerating a small matter and wanted to use this favor to tie Song Jianguo down.
"Sister, you still have to talk to your brother-in-law about this. This is his mother, he has to take care of her. At least go back and talk to her. You can't let her find fault with you every other day."
Liang Baoying really didn't intend to say it. She thought about how her husband was busy with work, shouldering the burden of a family of three, and the family was still in debt. It must be so difficult.
"Baozhen, I just found out that Jianguo borrowed money from his connections to apply for this house. Although he borrowed money from his eldest and third brothers, I still can't sleep well thinking about it."
After listening to her elder sister, Liang Baozhen finally understood why her brother-in-law was able to apply for a family housing shortly after joining the factory. It turned out that he had connections.
"How much do you owe? I'll give it to you first to pay it back." Liang Baozhen had already earned about a hundred yuan from selling popsicles this week and had plenty of money in her hands.
"No need." Liang Baoying shook her head. "What's the difference between the money he owes his brothers and the money he owes you? I feel uneasy no matter who I owe the money to. But it's okay. Jianguo said that we will have a hard time in the next two years. We can tighten our belts and save five yuan each month to pay off the debt first. Life will get better and better in the future."
At this point, Liang Baoying's eyes sparkled, "Let me tell you, a few days ago I made clothes for a family in the hospital and earned fifty cents!"
Liang Baoying didn't have a job, but she didn't just sit there and wait every day. In addition to taking care of the house, she also looked for opportunities everywhere. One day, a family met a daughter who was getting married, and seeing that Liang Baozhen was good at needlework, they paid her to make clothes for them.
But Liang Baoying was very happy.
Speaking of making money, Liang Baozhen remembered the real purpose of coming here today, "Sister, don't make money for this, I'll take you to make big money."
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Liang Baozhen had lunch with her eldest sister and her mother at her eldest sister's house. She entrusted Mengmeng to the care of a neighbor's aunt, and then the two sisters went out.
"Baozhen, do you really dare to sell things?" Liang Baoying followed the girl walking on the street, her heart beating fast. Wouldn't she be arrested if she sold things?
"It's all right." Liang Baozhen took her elder sister's hand and pointed to the front. "Let's go buy a big bowl of tea first. There are a lot of things for sale in front."
However, when she arrived at the Big Bowl Tea House, Liang Baozhen saw that there was also a tea house across from it, with almost the same layout, the same stove and iron pot for boiling tea, as well as piles of tea bowls and several teapots.
"Comrade Fang, two bowls of tea, please." Liang Baozhen skillfully paid four cents and asked the elder sister to sit down, but her eyes were looking across.
"Why is there a teahouse right opposite you?" she whispered.
"Just look at our good business." Fang Tianzhao looked at the good business across the street, which almost took away one-third of his own customers, and felt a little anxious.
However, some old customers still come here directly, such as Liang Baozhen.
"Comrade Liang, you have to be careful too. There are still many people who are greedy."
Maybe tomorrow someone will go to Liang Baozhen's popsicle shop and do the same thing.
Liang Baozhen nodded, which reminded herself.
After drinking the big bowl of tea, she took her elder sister all the way and went to the food factory to wholesale popsicles. Now she was familiar with the popsicle department of the food factory. Sometimes she would bring some candies or cakes to Xiao Zhang and others. She simply left the popsicle cart here for convenience.
Liang Baoying watched the girl skillfully order the popsicles she wanted to wholesale, calculate the price, pay for them, and then move the popsicles into the popsicle cart. She just felt unfamiliar.
"Baozhen, I'll help you." She didn't know what this matter was, but no matter what, she would help first.
She can distrust anyone, but she cannot distrust her own sister.
The two of them pushed 500 popsicles to the old place to sell them. Liang Baozhen saw that the weather today was not as hot as the previous few days, and that Big Bowl Tea had opened a second store, so she reduced the amount of stock she bought.
"Baozhen, shall we just stand here and sell popsicles?"
Liang Baozhen smiled in the bright sunshine, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan and nodding, "Yes, sister, you are not afraid of being embarrassed, are you?"
"What do I have to be ashamed of?" Liang Baoying didn't care. She never felt ashamed of doing anything as long as it was not illegal.
But is it possible to sell popsicles like this? She just wanted to persuade the girl not to spend so much money on wholesale, otherwise she would lose money...
Before her worries were resolved, business came.
Business today is indeed worse than the previous few days. The weather is not so hot so fewer people are eating popsicles, plus the two big bowl tea shops also divert customers.
When the two of them had only a dozen popsicles left in the popsicle cart, the sun was setting.
"Let's each have one. You take one back for Mengmeng and I'll take three back home." Liang Baozhen gave the remaining few to comrades who were selling roasted nuts, big bowls of tea, and cold vegetables at a nearby stall. They gradually became familiar with each other and often bought each other's food.
Liang Baoying was eating popsicles, still immersed in the booming business. She really didn't expect that she could make so much money from selling popsicles. The coin box was almost full.
After returning the popsicle cart to the food factory, Liang Baozhen gave her elder sister five yuan as today's wages.
Of course, she couldn't earn that much money selling popsicles in a day, so she was thinking of forming a partnership with her elder sister in the future.
"Baozhen, why did you give me so much money!" Liang Baoying hadn't recovered from the shock yet, and she felt her hands were burning when she looked at the five yuan in her hand.
"Sister, listen to me first, what do you think about selling popsicles today?"
Liang Baoying was skeptical at first, then she was shocked, and finally she was delighted to see the booming business.
Of course, she was still a little uneasy, worried that something might happen to her sister.
"Baozhen, is it really okay for you to sell this?"
"This won't last long. No one will buy it after summer. I'll try to sell other things later."
Liang Baoying thought the girl was too bold, but when she looked around her, she saw that there were indeed many people selling things, and the big bowl of tea was quite delicious.
"Sister, this is what I think. Let's do it together. I need to study. I can watch over him during the summer vacation, and you can watch over him later."
"No, no, no, I can't do it!" Liang Baoying waved her hands repeatedly. She was willing to help the girl, but she definitely couldn't do it alone.
"Why not? You are usually a smart person, so don't be afraid of doing business." The two walked all the way to the bus stop to wait for the bus.
"Just think about it. Selling popsicles for an afternoon can earn you more than ten or twenty yuan. That's about the same as my brother-in-law's monthly salary, right?"
Liang Baoying was shocked by this. Her husband worked so hard for a month, and all he had was selling popsicles in an afternoon?
"There are so many opportunities in society now, but many people don't dare to do it, many people don't care, and they won't take it even if they have money. Think about it yourself. If you really don't want to, I won't force you."
Liang Baoying held five yuan in her hand and thought of Song Jianguo's tiredness when he came home from work. Because his family owed money, he kept applying for night shifts just to get more night shift allowance. She also thought of what Qin Yuxiu said today, which showed that she looked down on her.
"Fuck! Baby, let's do it together!"
Liang Baozhen nodded and made a temporary agreement with her elder sister. Liang Baozhen would provide the capital first, and during the summer vacation, the two of them would go out to sell popsicles, one each. When school started, Liang Baoying would go, and they would each split the profits in half.
However, Liang Baoying was embarrassed to give so much as a share, as she was a layman and had been introduced to the industry by the girl, so she had to give a 40% to 60% share.
"We can talk about this later. We'll have to see what to sell when the weather gets cold."
"Okay. But, Baozhen, I don't plan to tell your brother-in-law about this for now. I'm afraid he might have an opinion."
Liang Baozhen understood her elder sister's concerns. Many people could not accept someone setting up a stall to sell things, especially her brother-in-law who was very concerned about his reputation.
Liang Baozhen and her elder sister got on the bus separately. When she returned home, the meal was ready. When Zhou Yun saw his grandson's wife coming back, he handed her a bowl of water first.
"Baozhen, drink a bowl of water quickly. Is it hot?"
"No." Liang Baozhen said so and drank a bowl of water. However, she felt that she was sweaty, so she didn't go near the lady, but just teased her to call her mom.
"Mama~" Shanshan called her mother obediently, and then she called "Baba~"
The little girl has always thought that mom and dad, dad and mom are fixed terms, and if she calls one, she must call the other, so she feels that this is not good enough.
Liang Baozhen listened to the child calling dad and thought of Xu Shengjie who was still in the south. He had been away from home for a week and she didn't know how he was doing.
Lying in bed at night, looking at Shanshan who was sleeping soundly, she poked her daughter's little face and said, "Don't you miss your dad at all? You little heartless girl."
She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, not knowing what had happened to the man or when he would come back.
Also unable to sleep at this time was Xu Shengjie, who was thousands of miles away. He was sitting on a hard seat on the train with a large package at his feet filled with piles of clothes.
With the help of Wu Er, he and Qin Huai bought clothes worth one thousand yuan. Each of them paid five hundred yuan. However, Qin Huai's share was borrowed from Xu Shengjie. He did not have enough money on him, so he carried the clothes in two huge bags all the way to the train.
On the crowded train, many people were carrying large and small bags. Some of the braver ones with a keen sense of smell, like Xu Shengjie and his friends, carried goods back to sell.
It was the middle of the night and the hard seat was unbearable. His back and waist ached after sitting for a long time. Xu Shengjie stood up and stretched his body, looking at the bright moon like a hook outside the car window. Thinking that he would arrive in Beijing tomorrow, he could finally rest assured.
I don’t know how the people at home are doing, whether my daughter-in-law has gained weight, or whether my wife misses me.
The author has something to say:
Shanshan: Don’t worry, Dad. I’m at home and have grown a lot of weight!
Zhenzhen: I am busy making money, so I take time to think about you at night~
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★ "A charming daughter-in-law came to the compound [era]"
[Travel from Ancient Times to Modern Times]
Wen Ning was born with bright eyes and a charming appearance, but because her country was destroyed and her family was ruined, she became a princess of a fallen country coveted by many parties.
Her lover, a brave general, died trying to save her. Wen Ning, who was forced to the edge of a cliff by the pursuers, wanted to jump off the cliff to save herself...
However, once he traveled back to the 1970s, he unexpectedly met General Cheng Zheng, who had changed his attire.
However, the general's body was cold and stiff at this moment, and the look in his eyes when he looked at him was as cold as ice.
Cheng Zheng made outstanding contributions and was promoted to regiment commander at a young age. After the great retreat, he was seriously injured and recuperating in a field hospital, but he met a female comrade who was about to jump off a cliff in the mountains.
He was kind enough to save someone, but he was taken advantage of by this charming lesbian, who threw herself into his arms the first time they met...
Cheng Zheng: I'm afraid it's not a spy
Wen Ning: I am your wife
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Wen Ning was brought back to the compound by Cheng Zheng. Everyone in the compound was surprised that Captain Cheng, who had always been indifferent to love, would end up like this?
But seeing the beautiful lady's good face, everyone expressed their understanding.
Cheng Zheng: I want to focus on observing this unidentified person.
Wen Ning: I’m going to live a simple life with the general.
......
However, Wen Ning gradually realized that this cold man was not his general, so he packed his bags and prepared to leave.
Cheng Zheng could no longer sit still, and blocked Wen Ning's way, gritting his teeth and asking, "Do you have another man in your heart?"
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