I heard that the government is going to build a new factory in Shanghai this year, merging several camera factories into one main factory. I'm just waiting for their technology to improve, and then I'll just buy the latest models."
Wang Taozhi seemed to be once again impressed by her level of extravagance. She was stunned for a moment and wanted to scold her but knew she wouldn't listen.
Besides, she can earn money on her own. Although her savings have always been kept confidential, Wang Taozhi can always come up with a scary number by roughly estimating her salary and the extra money she can earn.
She held her breath, glared and said, "It means your mother doesn't care about you."
"Sister-in-law, if nothing else, am I not living a good life now?"
"That's good, but how many people in the world can be like you and not know how to appreciate what you have?"
Wang Taozhi, perhaps due to her age, also liked to talk about the past. "When I was a girl, I was very proud and secretly listened to people's teachings. Later, I married your father and followed him out to make a living. My life became better.
My sister had a harder life than me. She never received any education, got married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, lost her first two children, and only just raised the third.
"Her family had little land, not to mention fertile land. In the middle of winter, she had to dig mud from the lotus pond to fertilize the fields. She had to go back to the fields before she was even out of confinement, otherwise the whole family would starve to death.
Later, when the land became collective and she could earn money through labor, she was able to take a break, but her health had also deteriorated. The last time I saw her, she was even older than your grandmother.
She has never been to the doctor in her life. When her condition is serious, she just takes some folk remedies. Looking at her face, it’s hard for her to live to sixty. Sigh…”
She muttered for a while, then returned to the original topic and pulled He Ruixue to discuss the arrangements for her daughter's wedding banquet.
The date has been set, three days before the New Year, which happens to be a Sunday, so the guests can basically find time.
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