Chapter 14: Anxious - The Sickly Young Girl's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons in the Courtyard

"Xiao Shu, did Jiang Yang say when he would come to propose marriage?" Zhang Mei had been thinking about this matter and did not find time to ask Lin Shu this question last night.

The next morning, everyone else went to work, so she finally found a chance to ask.

Lin Shu's face turned ugly when he was asked by his mother.

As soon as Zhang Mei saw him like that, she knew that the Jiang family was still quiet.

Zhang Mei couldn't help but point her finger at her forehead and said, "You are also a fool. I don't know why Jiang Yang, who is a second-marriage widow, is worth competing with your aunt for him?

If you hadn't been fighting for Jiang Yang, your aunt wouldn't have married so well now." Zhang Mei said the last sentence in a low voice.

Of course, even if he spoke in a low voice, he only dared to say so because Lin's mother was not at home.

At least that's what Zhang Mei thought. She felt that if her sister-in-law wasn't her own daughter, she might not be able to find such a good marriage.

Lin Shu herself was also wondering if it was because of her interference that her aunt ended up with her current uncle?

Her face suddenly twisted. Why? Why did her younger sister lose the good things and there was something better waiting for her?

"Speak up, when will Jiang Yang's family come to propose marriage?"

Lin Shu was getting a little impatient with the question, "How should I know?"

"You don't know? If you don't know, then are you going to get married or not? If you don't want to get married, just tell me earlier and I'll find someone else for you."

"Marry, of course I will."

"Then when you meet him, ask his family to propose marriage as soon as possible. If you delay any longer, the Youth Educated Office will come to your house, and you will have to go to the countryside by then. Don't blame me then!"

After hearing about the Youth Educated Office, Lin Shu finally became anxious. She didn't want to go to the countryside.

Although she had never been to the countryside in her past and present lives, she had heard from people who had gone there how hard life was, and that if they went there they would have to wait more than ten years before they would have the chance to return to the city, which was not what she wanted.

"Okay, I'll tell him."

…

Cen Xi and Lin Qing had lunch at a state-owned hotel outside. After lunch, they went to see a movie. It was already mid-afternoon when they came out of the movie. The weather was not so hot at this time, so the two of them went for a walk in the park.

When it was almost time, the two of them set off for home.

The few people in the front yard were complaining because they didn't see Cen Xi and Lin Qing come back at noon.

"This young man just doesn't know how to save money. He likes to eat out in restaurants all day long. It's such a waste of money!" Aunt Jiang started to lecture him.

"Why do you care so much?" Mr. Jiang replied with a frown.

Mr. Jiang planned to come back for a rest at noon, but he didn't expect to hear the old woman muttering here as soon as he came back.

"The first two sentences don't work either?"

"Don't worry about it. The salary of an engineer is as much as that of two or three people in our family. How can they be short of money?" Grandpa Jiang was actually quite jealous, and his words were full of sourness.

Speaking of this, Aunt Jiang felt quite sad. She used to like to compare herself with Aunt Gu across the street, but now a young man who is more promising than their son has come to their courtyard, and he is even younger than their son. How can they compare?

There is no comparison at all!

She always finds fault with the young couple of the Cen family, which is more or less due to this reason. Add to that the problem with the house and what happened during their previous meeting, and it all adds up to the current situation.

Not to mention Aunt Jiang, Aunt Gu was also jealous! However, her jealousy eventually turned into hatred.

"Eat, eat, eat. All they do is eat. They even go to restaurants to eat. They have so much money! Why don't they eat themselves to death?"

…

Just look, Jiang Li, who had just returned from her mother's house, had been listening to the scolding for the whole morning. However, she remained silent and did not respond, just listening with her ears tilted up.

From the cursing sounds coming out of Aunt Gu's mouth, it can be heard that she was scolding the young couple who had just moved into the front yard. However, she went back to her parents' home yesterday, so she had not seen the young couple until now.

But my mother-in-law is really something. How can anyone come to my house and ask for meat so confidently? He is not related to her, so how can he be so confident?

I heard that the husband of that young couple is an engineer in a machinery factory. It would be fine if she didn't just befriend such a capable person, but the mother-in-law is trying to make enemies with him. Sigh~ I don't know what she is thinking.

However, she only thought about these things in her mind and did not say them out loud. After all, she had no control over what Aunt Gu did, so it would be useless even if she said them.

I heard that the young couple is going to eat out at noon. When can she also go out for a big meal?

She had only eaten in a hotel once when she was on a blind date. That was her first time eating in a hotel. Thinking about the food in a state-owned hotel, the chefs' cooking skills were really good! After eating there once, she wanted to eat there again, but unfortunately, she never had the chance to eat there.

Now the family of five relies on Gu Hang's salary to support the family. Even if the monthly salary is 80,000, she cannot touch it.

All the money in the family is in Gu Hang's hands. Even the mother-in-law only has enough money to buy groceries for the family.

However, it was her great luck to be able to come here from her cramped and crowded tube-shaped house, and she couldn't ask for too much.

…

Sitting in her own home and looking at the entrance of the Cen family, Su Dama couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Cen's salary is really high, why doesn't he help our family? We are an orphan and a widow, and we are the ones who need help! Why doesn't he give us the money for the hotel meal?"

Mother Su pondered for a while and said, "No, we have to think of a way to get them to help our family. Our family is in such a difficult situation, and it is only right that they help us, isn't it?"

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When Cen Xi and Lin Qing returned to the big courtyard, the children in the courtyard had already finished school and were gathering in the open space in the front yard to play games!

The group of kids were still a little unfamiliar with the two of them because they had never met them before. Even though they had gathered at the door of the Cen family yesterday afternoon, they still didn't recognize who they were. After all, their attention was focused on the meat yesterday, so how could they have time to pay attention to what the people inside looked like?

The group of kids stopped playing games and just stood there, staring at the two of them. Cen Xi and Lin Qing didn't know what to do, so they just looked at them, nodded, and went home.

"Oh, so they are also from our courtyard?" When they saw Cen Xi and Lin Qing enter the house, they suddenly realized that they were new arrivals.

"They cooked meat yesterday."

"They are stingy people. They wouldn't even give my grandma meat when she asked for it." Gu's Dabao suddenly remembered the scolding words his grandma used at home.

Some children were more fair: "It's not your meat, so of course I won't give it to you!"

At this time, Su Dazhuang and Su Erzhuang next to them suddenly said proudly: "We also ate meat yesterday."

"Wow~"

The group of children's attention was immediately drawn to the fact that Su Dazhuang and Su Erzhuang ate meat yesterday. A group of children surrounded the two of them and asked them about eating meat.