Chapter 142

Xu Wen shrugged, "Time will tell!"

She is not one to repay evil with kindness.

Since we treat her like this today, when she achieves her goal and clears herself of the charges tomorrow, if I want to do business with her, it will depend on whether she is willing to take me along.

She is not a dough that can be kneaded or pinched as you like.

Doudou's mother looked at Xu Wen carefully and saw that although her face looked calm, she didn't seem particularly angry. She breathed a sigh of relief, but was still a little resentful: "It would be best if you could think it through. I don't know what they are thinking. They have been on the same island for such a long time and they don't even have this much trust.

It seems like they are the most patriotic people in the world. You have done so much for the island. If it weren't for you, I would probably still be in my hometown and it would be impossible for me to reunite with my husband so soon.

I'm not the only one like this. When I was chatting with others before, I found that there are many sisters-in-law like me.

Now there is water and electricity on the island, and the children can go to school. I can't say it's all your credit, but you are definitely the biggest contributor.

Those who gossip about you have completely forgotten all of this. Just because they saw you come into contact with that ship a few more times, they can even accuse you of being a traitor! "

Compared to Dou Dou's mother's indignant words, Xu Wen was more puzzled by her attitude.

Just look at Doudou and you will know that Doudou’s mother is also a gentle person who speaks slowly and softly.

On weekdays, I am kind and polite to others.

It was the first time that Xu Wen saw her expression so exposed. She was so angry that her chest heaved up and down, as if the person being slandered was not Xu Wen but her.

"Thank you." Xu Wen said sincerely.

Doudou's mother was stunned for a moment, then smiled embarrassedly: "I was excited! I was really angry when I heard them make up stories about you. I don't know about others, but I know that my family has received a lot of kindness from you. Let's not talk about the past, just talk about this business. Although I haven't made much money yet, I can see hope. I don't have to feel guilty towards my in-laws because I insist on going to the island."

Money is not everything, but without money, nothing is possible.

In the world of the poor, money can solve most problems.

She is very skillful and can make small clothes and shoes, which sell quite well.

Among the sisters-in-law who follow Xu Wen in doing business, her income is considered high.

Add to that the ten yuan monthly allowance from military wives, and she could send a lot of money home, more than she earned from work points at home.

Besides, Dongsheng often went to her house, and Doudou often went to Xu Wen's house to play. As parents, they had a lot of contact with each other, and after going back and forth, they became more familiar with each other.

There is absolutely no way Xu Wen would have such a serious problem with his character.

"It should be." Xu Wen shook his head. "Let them say whatever they want to say. If you hear them, don't argue with them because of me. White can't be made black, and black can't be made white."

Doudou's mother nodded. "Sisters-in-law who think they are righteous are a minority. Most sisters-in-law believe you. Besides, how can most people be so stupid? Who would be so open about contacting the enemy?"

Xu asked: "..."

For a moment I didn't know whether I was offended or comforted.

The two were talking, and before they knew it they had arrived in front of Xu Wen's electric car.

It is an electric car that was previously used to transport stones.

Doudou's mother helped Xu Wen put his things into the bag and reminded him, "Be careful on the road!"

"Okay! Please help me keep an eye on Dongsheng."

"Don't worry!"

Lu Yuanzheng was still training on the Kaya, but she had arranged for someone to go to Pengcheng with her in advance.

Xu Wen also saw an unexpected person, Tan Changlin. Xu Wen asked him curiously: "Are you going to Pengcheng too?"

Tan Changlin usually only goes between the dormitory and the office. He rarely even goes to the cafeteria. It is rare to see him go out on his own initiative.

He seemed to have dressed up specially, shaved his beard, trimmed his hair, and changed into something a little more formal.

After leaving work, Tan Changlin looked more bookish and less arrogant. He chuckled and touched the back of his head sheepishly. "Teacher Xu, are you going to look at the printer? Can you take me to see it?"

He was a little curious.

"Of course. But it probably won't be done so quickly." Xu Wen remembered that Luo Zemin gave him a deadline of one month.

"No problem. I'll just take this as a chance to see our special economic zone and see what the world has to offer."

Xu Wen nodded to show his welcome.

Lu Yuanzheng's soldiers and Tan Changlin helped Xu Wen move the things onto the boat.

When they arrived at Pengcheng Pier, Uncle Yi was still waiting for her on the shore.

This time Xu Wen was not in a hurry to leave, but helped to move the goods downstairs.

Although the news of her pregnancy has not been announced to the public, Xu Wen still takes good care of herself and only moves things that are easier and do not require much effort.

Mainly to wait for Tan Changlin.

It’s impossible for Tan Changlin to help her unload the goods while she runs away first.

There wasn't much cargo this time, so it was unloaded in a short while.

Uncle Yi looked at it suspiciously and wondered, "Why are there so few this time?"

Xu Wen pursed his lips and said, "There won't be more in the future."

Doudou's mother comforted her by saying that only a small number of people slandered her. However, looking at the number of these goods, it is clear that perhaps only a small number of people raised doubts, but there are still many people who remain on the sidelines.

I don't want to say bad things about her, but I don't want to do business with her at this time.

To put it nicely, it means being neutral; to put it bluntly, it means being a fence-sitter.

Uncle Yi was anxious, "What do you mean? Are you not going to do it anymore?"

"Uncle Yi, don't worry. We must do business. But we can't sell everything, even if it's groceries! You have to do it the right way to make money, right?" Xu Wen hesitated and decided not to tell his uncle the truth for the time being, for fear that he would worry.

Uncle Yi didn't think too much about it. He just thought Xu Wen had some new ideas, so he quickly responded, "You're right! Uncle Yi listens to you. We'll do whatever you say!"

Anyway, he now firmly believes in one thing: if he follows Xu Wen, he will have meat to eat.

No matter what Xu Wen said, he would never go wrong.

Xu asked: "..."

She was still thinking about how to make up reasons to make Uncle Yi believe her, but she didn't expect that Uncle Yi would trust her so much.

Is this what family members should be like?

Thinking of this, Xu asked Uncle Yi, "Uncle Yi, if you saw me eating, shopping, chatting and laughing with my ex-aunt, would you be angry? Would you think I was doing something unfair to you?"

"Ah?" This question was a bit unexpected. Uncle Yi carried the cart on his shoulders, holding the rope with one hand and touching the back of his head with the other hand, "Why are you eating with her when you have nothing to do?"

"Then don't worry about it. Even though you didn't know anything, you saw me and my aunt together for several days in a row, and we seemed to be very close. What would you think?"

"She should be a little unhappy, right?" Uncle Yi frowned and imagined the scene, then shook his head, "But I won't think too much about it. Your last name is Xu, not Wang. You are my niece and you will definitely not do anything bad to me. Since you know that I don't like people with the last name Wang, and you still chat and laugh with her, you must have something important to ask her or even ask her for help.

If I have to find her to solve the problem, don't even think about eating with her. I'd rather kneel down before that tigress."

Xu Wen suddenly felt a little sad, "Thank you, Uncle Yi."

Her last name is Xu, not Wang; she is a local, not a foreigner.

But they still didn't believe her.

Uncle Yi heard that her voice was not right, so he turned to look at her. Seeing that Xu Wen had tears in her eyes, he panicked and wanted to raise his hand to wipe her tears, but he retracted his hand halfway.

His hands are dirty.

"Girl! Why are you crying? What's wrong with you? Why are you crying for no reason? Did I say something wrong? Or is your aunt really here?"

After saying this, he felt that it was impossible. The she-devil named Wang was illiterate like him. She definitely couldn't have come here from thousands of miles away without someone to lead her.

Thinking of this, Yishu looked at Xu Wen carefully again and asked tentatively: "Did Lu Yuanzheng bully you?"

Xu Wen shook his head and tears started to flow.

Actually, she wasn't really sad at first. She just cared a little bit.

Just as Doudou's mother said, she is devoted to her sisters-in-law, and works hard to make everyone's life better for the welfare of Rainbow Island, the children on the island, and the soldiers.

But they didn't trust her and directly accused her of being a traitor. It would be a lie to say she didn't feel wronged.

But she couldn't have a seizure.

I'm afraid the journey is long and I'll be stuck in the middle.

She feels that she has a clear conscience, but her behavior may be really irritating to others.

Lu Yuanzheng felt so sorry for her. If she cried like she was doing now, Lu Yuanzheng would definitely bring Dongsheng to her house to ask for justice.

He is the chief officer of Rainbow Island. What Xu Wengan did was a very subjective matter and difficult to explain. At least he cannot prove his innocence for the time being.

If one is not handled properly, it will affect the future of the expedition.

So Xu Wen could only pretend not to care.

In fact, how can one be so magnanimous as not to care?

Uncle Yi believed in her so unconditionally that she felt like a bullied kid seeing her parents.

The grievances were instantly magnified, and then I felt protected and especially safe.

Uncle Yi stopped and rolled up his sleeves.

He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, which he pulled up to nothing. He simply put down his hands and pulled the bike hood off his shoulders, and asked Xu Wen, "Come on, take me to find him! I was wondering why he didn't come today?! He also trusted you, a girl, to come so far by yourself. What if you meet strangers on the way?"

Seeing that his uncle was getting angry, Xu Wen shook his head repeatedly, "It's not that Lu Yuanzheng was going to fight. He didn't want to bully me. He had a mission today and couldn't come out. I just had a quarrel with someone and felt a little wronged."

"Who bullied you? Tell your uncle and I'll help you."

"No one. I just had a few words with other female comrades. Uncle Yi, don't worry, I didn't lose!"

Uncle Yi hesitated, "Are you really okay?"

"It's really nothing." Xu Wen sniffed and wiped his tears. "Am I a loser?"

Uncle Yi thought about it and it made sense. He nodded and said, "Okay! If you have anything to say, you must tell Uncle Yi."

The main question is that Xu Wen said that he had a quarrel with other women. As a grown man, it is not appropriate for him to hit women, right?

It’s really hard to manage.

Xu Wen and his uncle parted at the door of Xu Wen's house.

Uncle Yi went back to deliver the goods, and Xu asked Xu Wen to come here to settle the accounts.

When Xu Wen saw Tan Changlin following Xu Wen, he was stunned for a moment, then he found a table, cleaned it, and asked them to sit down first.

Xu Wen saw Xu Wen's doubt and took the initiative to introduce him: "This is Comrade Tan Changlin, a great expert from the city of Beijing. He will accompany me today to see how the printer is doing. Lu Yuanzheng has a mission today and cannot come."

Xu Wen quickly reached out his hand and wiped it on the apron around his waist, then extended his hand to Tan Changlin: "Hello, Comrade Tan Changlin, I am Xu Wen's elder brother."

"Brother One." Xu Wen corrected him.

Xu Wen glared at her and said, "When men are talking, women should not interrupt."

Tan Changlin looked at Xu Wen in surprise, smiled, and shook hands with Xu Wen.

Xu Wen curled his lips and went to the cashier to get the account book to check.

Xu Wen was talking to Tan Changlin: "People from the north are half fellow countrymen, so their eating habits should be similar. Do you want dumplings or noodles?"

Tan Changlin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Can you all come a little bit?"

I have been in Rainbow Island for a while, and I really miss the delicious food from my hometown.

Although it is not a Beijing snack, dumplings are popular in the north.

Xu Wen agreed and went to the small kitchen in the back to find Sang Xiaoqing.

This time there is less cargo, so the settlement process is faster than usual.

Tan Changlin looked at Xu Wen silently, and suddenly chuckled.

This made Xu Wen look up at him with a frown: "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at you, a female comrade. You say one thing to one person and another thing to another!"

Xu asked: "..."

She pointed her pen at Tan Changlin and said, "Speak properly!"

Is this a scolding or a compliment?

"I feel like you're quite... different. Different from all the women I've ever met." Tan Changlin said seriously.

She is good at literature but not martial arts. It seems that she knows a little bit about everything except martial arts.

This depends not on her ability but on her needs.

Although she is a mother of a child, she sometimes acts as innocent as a little girl.

He is obviously very capable, but he has no ambition.

Some say she is stingy, but she has national interests at heart.

People say she is generous, but she is actually very stingy.

Value friendship, not fraternity.

In short, she is a lesbian who is particularly admirable.

Xu Wen raised her eyelids and glanced at Tan Changlin, half-seriously and half-jokingly saying, "I am already a mother, how can I be any different? Although I don't like you looking down on me, you don't have to think too highly of me. I am very vulgar and like yellow and white things. I am also very coquettish. It is thanks to Comrade Lu Yuanzheng in our family that he can tolerate me."

The subtitle is: Don't fall in love with me, I'm a married woman.

Tan Changlin may not have a high EQ, but he is definitely not stupid. He understood Xu Wen's suggestion, his face turned red, and his tone was a little anxious: "I just admire you... You are very talented, I don't mean to offend you in any other way."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Just then, Sang Xiaoqing came over with a plate of steaming dumplings. She put it on the table, touched her earlobes with two fingers, and shouted, "It's so hot!"

Xu Wen frowned: "Where's my brother? Why did I ask you to bring me dumplings? My hands are so delicate, what if they get burned?"

Tan Changlin: “…” Two girls who are mothers?

He gave Xu Wen a strange look, and his expression suddenly became indescribable.

This was not the first time Xu Wen had said this. Sang was used to it and didn't take it seriously. He just smiled and said, "Your brother is kneading the dough over there! I was afraid you were hungry, so I brought it over first."

Xu Wen stood up, took Sang Xiaoqing's hand and took a look. He found that only the fingertips were a little red. It was indeed nothing serious, so he felt relieved.

I don’t know if Tan Changlin really missed the noodles from the north or if Sang Xiaoqing’s cooking skills were good. He ate a large plate of dumplings and drank a bowl of noodles.

The bowls in Sang Xiaoqing and Xu Wen's shop are much larger than the ones commonly used in the south. They are large porcelain bowls with a white base and two blue stripes on the rim.

The amount of food he ate during a long expedition was no more than a bowl of noodles.

But how much exercise is needed for a long journey?

Tan Changlin is not as tall as Lu Yuanzheng, but a little thinner.

Can eat so much!

Seeing Xu Wen kept looking at him, Director Tan Lin blushed immediately, "I will pay."

Xu Wen burst out laughing, "I don't think you're afraid that you won't pay."

Just surprised.

Tan Changlin sighed softly: "Isn't this a taste of hometown delicacies? Your brother and sister-in-law's cooking is so delicious, I couldn't help but eat too much!"

He burped, patted his round belly, and looked around the store. "Have you checked the bill? Are we leaving now?"

Business in the store is good. Some people are coming in now and the tables are about to be full.

Tan Changlin rushed to settle the bill, but Xu Wen refused to accept it, so Tan Changlin became stubborn again.

The two people were pushing and shoving each other, and if you didn't know better you would think they were going to fight.

Finally, it was Xu Wen who spoke up and persuaded Xu Wen to accept the money, "Brother, don't be polite to him! He has money! Just rip him off without worry!"

With just one sentence, he successfully attracted the attention of the two men.

"Don't talk nonsense, girl! If you don't know, you would think your sister-in-law and I are running a black shop?"

"I earned my money through hard work! I'm not being taken advantage of."

Xu Wen and Tan Changlin spoke at the same time.

Anyway, the account is finally settled.

Xu Wen packed another portion of dumplings and walked to the factory. While Xu Wen was cooking the dumplings, Xu Wen suddenly asked, "Brother Yi, is there anyone here who wants to eat but can't come because of work or the factory is too far away?"

"Of course not. Many of our regular customers can only come to eat during their off-duty hours. They can't come during work hours."

"You might consider delivering food."

Xu Wen threw the dumplings into the pot and took the time to look at her. "What do you mean by takeout?"

"It's like this now. We cook the dumplings, put them in disposable lunch boxes, and deliver them to the factory area at mealtime for those who can't leave but don't want to eat in the factory cafeteria."

Xu Wen shook his head. "Didn't I send meals to Luo Zemin twice before? There were dumplings and noodles, but when they arrived at his office, the noodles were clumped together and the dumplings were stuck together, so each portion broke. The taste was different too!"

He had thought before that giving one serving would be the same as giving two, so he might as well attract two more diners.

After sending it twice, he found that it was not working, so he stopped going there after that. Luo Zemin would come over to eat when he was free.

He finished cooking the dumplings and put them in a thermos bucket, handing them to Xu Wen. "Besides! Your sister-in-law and I are so busy now that we wish we had three heads and six arms. How can we have the time to go out and deliver takeout?"

Xu Wen went out with the dumplings in his hand, and all the way he was thinking that the food Xu Wen made was indeed not suitable for long-term storage.

Nowadays, there is no means of transportation as fast as electric bicycles, and this place is quite far from the factory, which does waste a lot of time.

Although she had made an electric car before, to put it bluntly, it was no more than a child's toy car and was not very fast.

When we first thought of doing this, it was just to help the soldiers carry stones up and down the mountain. We only considered the load-bearing capacity and didn't really consider the speed.

If it doesn't work, go back and study it again.

In addition, how to preserve the ingredients is also a problem.

Keep the noodles from clumping together and the dumplings from being pressed together.

After hearing her confusion, Tan Changlin shook his head and said, "You are..."

I really don’t know how to describe Xu Wen.

She could work on such a meaningful research invention as the 3D printer, and at the same time, she could turn around and become a street vendor, thinking about doing business.

Xu Wen glanced at him and said meaningfully, "You can't eat being noble! Research also costs money. For example, how much does a computer cost?"

She thought Tan Changlin would refute her, but unexpectedly, Tan Changlin actually nodded in agreement: "That's right! Computers are good things! They can help people solve many things that are difficult for people to do. But they are too expensive! It's hard to popularize them!"

He has a personal computer, which he bought with several years' salary. His salary is already at the level of upper-class workers in China. He had to bankrupt himself to buy a computer. How can ordinary people buy it?

Xu Wen comforted him, "Perhaps with the development of technology, the price of computers will come down in the future?"

In the future, the price of computers will still be very affordable.

Especially as mobile phones become more and more versatile.

"I hope so!" Tan Changlin was still worried.

The two of them took a tricycle to find Luo Zemin's factory.

Xu Wen went to the gatekeeper as if he knew the way, "Master, can you help me call Luo Zemin?"

"Luo Zemin? He quit! He doesn't work here anymore!"