Chapter 124 Live for Yourself

The original plot also said that Han Xiaofen's family couldn't afford to eat, so she went to her mother's house to eat all day, but she also borrowed money to make a skirt for herself to dance at the workers' club.

Her sister-in-law ridiculed her, and she quarreled with her sister-in-law, causing her mother and eldest brother to scold her sister-in-law, and the eldest brother even beat her sister-in-law. After

too much quarreling, the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law quarreled for divorce, but Han Xiaofen still went back to her mother's house to eat and drink, not caring whether the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law were divorced.

Lin Shu thought that instead of going to Han Xiaofen's unit or home to inquire, it would be better to go directly to her mother's house, which was the place where the conflict broke out, and there would definitely be more information to inquire.

Not to mention that Lin Shu and Mrs. Jiang came secretly to inquire about the news, Han Xiaofen happened to receive a call from Han Yun, and seeing that there was nothing to do at the unit, she took a half-day leave to go back to her mother's house.

Han's mother was reading at home, while Han's sister-in-law went to buy groceries.

Han Xiaofen shared her good news with Han's mother, "The deputy director of the steel mill had always refused to go on a blind date, but now he has agreed to let me go to dinner the day after tomorrow."

Han's mother was also very happy, and said with a smile, "He must have been moved by your photo."

The daughter-in-law is pretty, has a good figure, and has a decent job. Although the salary is not high, he is educated.

The deputy director of the steel mill is also an educated person, and he must get along well with the daughter-in-law.

In fact, since her son-in-law passed away, many people have introduced candidates to the daughter-in-law, but unfortunately the daughter-in-law is not that kind of person. She is very picky, and ordinary people don't look down on her. She wants the other person to have a good image and a good job. This time, she brought a generous gift and asked the chairman of the glass factory union to help introduce it.

Feeling happy, Han's mother took out two pieces of Dacron stored at home, "This is what your eldest brother asked someone to buy from Dahai City. Originally, he wanted to make a summer skirt for your sister-in-law. I think I'll make it for you first."

The daughter-in-law has no job and stays at home to cook and take care of the children all day. It would be a waste to wear such good material. If she

gives it to the daughter-in-law, the blind date will be successful, and the daughter-in-law and the child will be settled in the future.

The daughter-in-law will not have to always complain about her sister-in-law coming back for dinner.

Han Xiaofen was very happy, "Then I'll cut it now. I can use the sewing machine here to make it."

When she finished cutting, Han's sister-in-law came back with a vegetable basket.

As soon as she entered the house, she saw her sister-in-law at home. She immediately felt as if her heart was filled with cotton. She couldn't help but say sourly: "I said to her sister-in-law, you go back to your parents' home all day long..."

Han's mother: "Okay, this is the Han family, she is the daughter of the Han family, there is nothing wrong with her going back to her parents' home."

Han's sister-in-law was choked enough, and she went to the kitchen to do her work. Suddenly she heard the sound of a sewing machine and came out to see.

She thought Han Xiaofen was going to make clothes for her, and she felt a little embarrassed. She just complained about her sister-in-law going back to her parents' home.

She smiled and said, "Aunt, what do you want to eat? I'll cook it for you in the evening."

Han Xiaofen glanced at her and said, "Sister-in-law, what else can we have now except cabbage, radish and potatoes? Do you have eggs at home? How about we stew some eggs?"

Han's sister-in-law: "Okay."

She stepped forward and touched the material, which was slippery Dacron. "Aunt, my size hasn't changed much from before. You remember, let me loosen your waist a little, at least an inch. Don't let the time come..."

Han Xiaofen and Han's mother looked at her strangely. Sister-in-law

Han thought they were joking that she had gained weight from eating too much, so she pinched her waist and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm not fat, I can still lose weight." Mother Han said calmly: "Your sister-in-law is going on a blind date. The guy is very good. He is the deputy director of a steel rolling mill. Use this piece of material to make her a skirt." "What?" Sister-in-law Han was confused, thinking she had misheard. "What do you mean, make her a skirt? Isn't this for me? Her father said he owed me a skirt when he got married, and now he asked someone to help bring the material." The man was willing to make up a skirt for her so that she would not always be picky about her younger sister coming back for dinner, and she agreed. Why did she go on a blind date for her sister-in-law? Han Xiaofen smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be stingy. I'll buy you two pieces of cloth later." If she married Jiang Weidong, he was so rich and his salary was high, so he could make three pieces, not to mention two. But Han's sister-in-law suddenly exploded, stamping her feet and screaming, "What are you doing? What are you doing? You said you would make a skirt for me, why are you making one for you? Is there any sister-in-law like you in the world? You go back to your parents' home all day and find fault with them, as if you are afraid that your parents' home will have a good life, right? Others dig into their husband's family to support their parents' home, but how can you go back to your parents' home to suck blood all day?" Han Xiaofen was so angry that tears rolled down her cheeks, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean? This is my parents' home, and I don't know how to say it to you. This is my home, how can I suck blood? " Han's sister-in-law was desperate and shouted, "You are a vampire. You killed your husband and now you come back to harm your family. You don't care about your children all day long. You just leave them to your parents' home and go out to have affairs. You flirt with other women all day long. You want to marry this one today and that one tomorrow. You..." Han's mother was furious with her and slapped her in the face, "What nonsense are you talking about?" "Ah - I can't bear it anymore!" Han's sister-in-law slammed the door and rushed to the yard. She sat on the ground, slapped her thighs and started crying. Han's sister-in-law was scattering on the ground, Han's mother was shaking with anger, and Han Xiaofen was crying sadly. People in the family yard came out to point fingers at her. Some disliked Han's sister-in-law, and some complained that Han's mother was partial. Old Mrs. Jiang, who came to inquire about the news, showed a look of disgust. Although she didn't know the specific situation, it was really a bad impression that this family quarreled like this. Old Mrs. Jiang asked the old lady next to her, "Why is it so ugly?" Although the old lady didn't know her, old ladies of this age naturally have common topics and can chat with just a glance. So the old lady ate and told Old Mrs. Jiang all the things about the Han family. Old Mrs. Jiang frowned when she heard it. It seems that there is not much difference between this city person and her country person. They can't get away from the matter of eating and drinking. This first impression was bad, and her good impression of Han Xiaofen disappeared. She pulled Lin Shu and said, "Thank you for coming here in advance." This time in Han Yun's house, Han Xiaofen was gentle and kind. She fell in love with her at first sight and forced her son to get married with Han Xiaofen. Then, she would probably be Han's sister-in-law? Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help shuddering. No matter how much she was looking forward to her son's marriage, she didn't want her son to have a wife and not want her. Lin Shu pretended to sympathize and whispered to the gossiping women, "Auntie, I heard you say that Han Xiaofen is so pitiful. Her husband is gone and she has two children. It's normal for her to go back to her parents' home to seek help without her in-laws' help."

An old lady groaned and said with a hint of disdain: "Why don't you be more diligent when you come back, help your sister-in-law with some work, and be sweeter? Besides, her salary of more than 20 yuan a month can't support a family of three? What about the men who work and earn 30 yuan a month to support their wives and children? Isn't it because she is so extravagant that it's not enough?"

"Look at her, she dresses herself up beautifully all day long. She just made a new dress last year. Even if the cloth coupons are free, the cloth for the dress must have cost at least 10 yuan. Wouldn't it be nice to buy food and eggs with this money?"

"What do you mean by not being able to raise a child? I think they are just deliberately squeezing my sister-in-law. They want to take the child back to her parents' home but don't want to pay."

After hearing their discussion, Mrs. Jiang lost interest and pulled Lin Shu out of the glass factory's compound.

It was dark when they returned, so Lin Shu hired a rickshaw.

Old Mrs. Jiang sighed, "Let Director Jiang do whatever he wants. I don't care. Let him be a bachelor forever."

Listening to the old lady's complaints, Lin Shu laughed and took her arm, "Auntie, you said that people are destined to each other. When you were hospitalized, how could I have thought that we would be so good? Director Jiang's fate has not come yet, so he is not in a hurry. He will take action when he takes care of it."

Old Mrs. Jiang: "You are still good at comforting people."

She envied Lin Shu's parents and parents-in-law, especially her parents-in-law. How could they be so lucky to have such a daughter-in-law?

When they returned to the factory, they happened to meet a woman helping Qian's mother for a walk.

Qian's mother was much thinner than when Lin Shu saw her last year. Her eyes were sunken and her eyelids were drooping into triangular eyes.

Lin Shu was very surprised. It's only been a few months. How come Qian's mother looks a few years older?

Seeing Lin Shu helping old lady Jiang come over, Qian's mother straightened her back and said loudly, "Shuxia, cook a few eggs tomorrow morning, one for you and one for me. Go buy some meat for lunch and make some meatball soup. I want to eat cabbage and meatballs."

The woman who was helping her sighed, then looked up at Lin Shu and old lady Jiang who were coming over. She took the initiative to nod and greet old lady Jiang.

Although the second sister and Qian Lisheng were divorced, they were not enemies. Lin Shu would naturally not ignore Qian's mother. She

still had to be polite on the surface.

She smiled and greeted, "Auntie is taking a walk."

Qian's mother snorted.

Old Lady Jiang smiled and said, "We went out for a stroll and a walk. It's so cool to go shopping with a lady."

Every time she saw Qian's mother, she wanted to show off and make Qian's mother angry.

She just felt that Qian's mother was blind. She wanted to bully such a good daughter-in-law. If Lin Xia was her daughter-in-law, she would be happy to give her anything, not to mention a job.

If she didn't have a job, she would be willing to spend money to buy her!

Lin Shu helped Old Lady Jiang back. Zhang Shuxia, who was helping Qian's mother, glanced back and whispered to Qian's mother, "Auntie, is this the person who instigated Master Lin and Brother Qian to divorce?" Qian's mother said

unhappily, "She's not a fun girl. Stay away from her."

She knew that Zhang Shuxia was petty and didn't want to leave since she came to the family compound.

Several times she said she was fine and wanted Zhang Shuxia to go back, but Zhang Shuxia begged her not to chase her away, saying she would be diligent and obedient.

Seeing her begging her, Qian's mother felt that she was in control of someone else's fate, as if she was Zhang Shuxia's savior, and her words could decide life and death.

She felt refreshed, and even had a sense of revenge on Lin Xia. Although Zhang Shuxia and Lin Xia had nothing to do with each other, she felt a sense of superiority that "if you, Lin Xia, don't care about my family, naturally someone will beg to stay in my family."

She even turned her face away and chased Zhang Shuxia away from time to time, and then listened to her saying all the nice things to beg her to keep her.

She felt refreshed.

Old Lady Jiang and Lin Xia had a general impression of Zhang Shuxia.

After returning home, Mrs. Jiang told Lin Shu, "I think Zhang Shuxia is a bit unreliable. She always tells everyone in the Qian family's courtyard how pitiful she is, how miserable her life is, how grateful she is to Qian Lisheng, and how willing she is to work like a cow and a horse for Qian's mother."

Zhang Shuxia once pulled Mrs. Jiang to complain, saying that the first man beat her all day long. In May, she was harvesting wheat with her child, but the man beat her because of a small quarrel, and the child fell out.

Because she couldn't stand being beaten all the time, she ran away, but was caught and beaten even more severely.

The man fell off the beam while helping someone build a house and became paralyzed below the waist. The man's temper became worse and worse, and he still beat her.

She served him for half a year. Once, the man threw the dishes and chopsticks in anger and stabbed her with scissors. As a result, he accidentally stabbed himself and later died of tetanus.

After her husband died, she was despised by her husband's uncles and aunts, who occupied her private plot. The village scoundrels wanted to bully her, and her parents' family would not let her go back, so she secretly dated a man in the village whose wife and children had died.

She wanted to marry the man and live with him, but he refused, and he dated another woman.

Later, she figured it out and decided not to despise him and dated someone else, thinking it was good to have someone to rely on. As a result, the man's affair was exposed and he was caught and shot!

Because of this, many men in the village despised her on the surface, but wanted to take advantage of her at night, and women always made trouble for her.

She ran away to the county in anger to do odd jobs.

Huang County has a parts branch of a steel mill, and there are many single men, so she did some sewing for them, and she met Qian Lisheng there.

After Mrs. Jiang finished talking about Zhang Shuxia, she said to Lin Shu, "We are from the countryside too, can you sneak into the county and live there to do odd jobs? Not to mention that the production team will arrest you, even if you see the red armbands in the county, you will be arrested. Besides, if you don't have a city hukou, where can you buy food?"

The Qian family didn't think so much, and Qian's mother was very proud of spending a little money to find an obedient nanny.

Lin Shu also heard that there were many loopholes, but women must be true, and the tragedy must be tragic, otherwise Qian Lisheng would know it after asking around in her husband's village. She can't hide it.

Qian Lisheng probably used her because he saw that she was desperate. He could let her be a full-time nanny for a little money, which was a good deal.

When they finished cooking, Jiang Weidong and Lin Xia came back together.

Lin Shu was a little surprised. Did Director Jiang go to pick up her second sister on purpose?

Jiang Weidong took the initiative to explain, "I went to the branch factory these few days, and I passed by the power supply bureau on my way back, so I took Lin Xia back on the way."

Lin Xia: "Yes, Director Hu also often goes there, and I have taken the bus a few times."

Old Mrs. Jiang didn't think much about it. After all, it was she who urged her son to take care of Lin Xia, and it was normal to pick her up on the way.

Lin Shu felt something was a little strange. The second sister couldn't see anything, but Jiang Weidong's eyes looked at the second sister a little different from before.

If a person likes another person, his eyes will uncontrollably drift to that person, and stay for a long time.

Jiang Weidong has such signs now.

After dinner, Jiang Weidong went to the dormitory and didn't stay to chat with them.

Lin Xia said to Old Lady Jiang and Lin Shu, "We have received a new mission and will go to Qing County the day after tomorrow."

Lin Shu: "Our county? Is it finally our turn? I'm so happy."

Lin Xia was also very excited, "Yes! When I heard about going to Qing County, I was the first to sign up. We will also have electricity at home."

Old Lady Jiang was also happy for them, "It's really different to have electricity and not have it. I found out, what is missing in the countryside compared to the city? It's just that the transportation is inconvenient, and then there are Is it because there is no electricity? If there is convenient transportation and electricity, the countryside can also do the things in the city. "

Lin Shu: "Auntie, you are right. After we have electricity, we can buy machinery. If we can't afford a big one, we can always buy a small one. This electric flour mill is a must."

She has thought about it. If the brigade does not buy it, she will use Lu Shaotang's salary to buy it. After buying it, she will open a small mill. In addition to paying the electricity bill, she can also give the production team a 10% profit, and the rest is hers.

If the production team or the brigade is willing to buy it, it will be even better. She will spend money to grind it and it will be easier in the future.

Although modern people say that the flour ground by stone mill is original and delicious, how can the flour pushed out by stone mill be as fine as that pushed out by electric mill? If

you don't have to grind the mill yourself, of course you don't have to hurt your waist when you stand and talk, and you are willing to eat the flour ground by stone mill.

After dinner, after cleaning up the dishes and toilets, Lin Shu invited Mrs. Jiang and her second sister to go for a walk to digest the food.

Mrs. Jiang used the excuse that her legs were tired and asked the two sisters to go while she stayed at home to listen to the radio.

She thought the two sisters might have something to say in private.

Lin Shu and her second sister went out from the back door of the family yard and strolled along the roadside.

"Second sister, have you had anything special happen to you recently?"

Lin Xia: "Oh, don't talk about it, I'm a little annoyed. There's a big sister at the power supply bureau who keeps introducing me to someone. She insists that I go out with her cousin, saying that her cousin is 24 years old and has never been married, and he doesn't mind if I get divorced. I've already said that I just got divorced and don't want to get married again, but she kept brainwashing me that a big girl will get rich, and her cousin has a good temper, a good job, and everything else, and is the best match for me. I can't miss this opportunity. I almost couldn't help but say that your cousin is so good, why hasn't he found anyone yet at 24? As a result, Director Jiang happened to come over, and I swallowed my words. "I'm going to."

Lin Shu laughed, "Second sister, you don't have to rush to find someone to marry, but you don't have to give up on getting married again just because you've been divorced. The fact that your last marriage didn't go well only means that you and Qian Lisheng are not suitable. He is not a good man. He hurt you, but it doesn't mean that all men are bad and not worth it. If there is someone who is good to you and you have feelings for him, you can still cultivate feelings everywhere and give it a try."

Lin Xia sighed, "To be honest, I'm a little scared. I find that I'm a little afraid of getting married. No matter how good a man looks, he may change after marriage."

Wasn't Qian Lisheng good at the time?

That seemingly top-notch young man, other women envied him and wanted to snatch him away.

What was the result?

Lin Shu smiled and said, "You are not afraid of marriage, you are afraid of entering into an unknown marriage with a man you don't understand. At the beginning, you and Qian Lisheng got married without knowing each other. After marriage, his shortcomings were gradually exposed, and you had no way to escape, so you were very crazy. If you could understand in advance and find that he is not suitable, you can decisively break up and end the relationship without entering into marriage, then there will be no subsequent troubles, right?"

Lin Xia thought for a while and smiled, "Third sister, how can you know so much? You obviously haven't been to school or been to a big city."

Lin Shu joked, "I'm crazy."

The two laughed for a while, and Lin Xia put her arm around her shoulders and whispered, "Come on, tell me how you also entered into an unknown marriage with a man you don't know. Are you afraid?"

Lin Shu : "Of course I'm afraid, but didn't he leave after getting married? It took me several years to finally figure this out, and after I figured it out, I found that I was not afraid of anything. For example, if Lu Shaotang has a better choice now, and he gets together with the daughter or granddaughter of some leader, then I will definitely not fight for him desperately."

Lin Xia said angrily: "My brother-in-law is so good, what are you making up?"

Lin Shu said seriously: "Second sister, I'm serious. If they love me, I will love them doubly. If they don't love me, then no matter how sad or painful it is, I would rather suffer a short pain than a long one, and cut off ties decisively. As long as I have the ability to support myself, why should I parasitize my happiness on others?"

Lin Xia was shocked by her point of view, and after thinking about it, it was indeed the case.

Lin Shu put her arm around her second sister's waist and said with a smile, "This is the worst case scenario. The corresponding scenario is that as long as I like someone, he is worthy of my love, and he also likes me, then I will snatch him away without hesitation! I won't give face to anyone who snatches him away!"

She tickled her second sister's waist and said with a smile, "So, if my second sister likes someone, there is no need to hesitate. Just look at him everywhere. If it is suitable, then get married. If not, then forget it. Even if you don't want to get married and just want to fall in love, that's okay. We have to learn to please ourselves. Whoever cares about other people's opinions and is bound by other people's standards will have a hard life. The less you take others seriously, the easier your life will be."

We already study and work according to standards, so why should we be constrained by others when we live and fall in love?

How old are others?