Chapter 140 Not Wanted

Tailor Guo is not the kind of domineering and overbearing person. After all, he has been in the service industry all his life, and he always has to look at people's faces and eyebrows.

But when he was a teenager, he was also humble and suffered a lot when he learned his craft in an old tailor shop in the city. Naturally, he also felt that his apprentices should be like this.

He even felt that all apprentices in the world should be like this, just like those evil mothers-in-law were tortured by their mothers-in-law, and after many years of being a mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law will continue to torture the daughter-in-law.

He didn't want to harm Lu Xiuxiu. On the contrary, he liked this girl very much and usually gave her more guidance and patience.

He didn't have a daughter-in-law or granddaughter, and his sons and grandsons were unwilling to learn to make clothes, thinking that making clothes was sissy, so he had to train two successors.

But he was unwilling to give away the family fortune he had worked so hard to save his whole life. Not to mention the tailor shop, he couldn't just give away his craftsmanship for free, right?

He thought it would be great if Lu Xiuxiu was his own.

He wanted Lu Xiuxiu to marry his grandson, so that the tailor shop and his craftsmanship would not be lost to others. Moreover, for the future of the young couple, he spent all his savings to find a job for his grandson in the county, so that at least he could ensure that the young couple would have no worries about food and clothing.

Who was he thinking so much for?

Wasn't it for them?

Tailor Guo had reading glasses hanging around his neck. He squinted his eyes and glanced at the beautiful young wife in the room. She looked as beautiful as the most beautiful concubine in the commander's family in the old society.

This is Lu Xiuxiu's third aunt, he knows her.

She has come here twice before, saying she is here to see her niece, but her foxy eyes are silently looking at his tailor shop, with a look of scrutiny and criticism.

Don't think he can't see that this young wife looks down on him.

Don't think he doesn't know that Lu Xiuxiu just learned a little trick from her, and wants to compete with him or something?

Without saying a word, Tailor Guo and Lin Shu had several rounds of eye contact.

Lin Shu said bluntly: "Guo Caifeng, we spent money to send our children to your house to learn a craft, not to be bullied by them."

She pointed at Guo Xinnian, "You want to be my niece's partner? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself, do you deserve it?"

Guo Xinnian originally had a low self-esteem because he was not as tall as Lu Xiuxiu, and now he was ruthlessly belittled by Lin Shu and immediately blushed.

Guo Caifeng was also trembling with anger, "Why did you

come to my house and make trouble without asking any questions?" Lin Shu: "Don't waste your time, I saw it clearly, what do you mean by asking no questions?"

She described what she saw.

Guo Caifeng stared at his grandson, "Xinnian, really?"

Although he wanted Lu Xiuxiu to be his granddaughter-in-law, he did not tolerate his grandson's teasing and hooliganism.

Guo Xinnian waved his hands quickly, "No, no, grandpa, I dare not. I just want to give Xiuxiu hawthorn." Lu

Xiuxiu said angrily, "You also say sour boy and spicy girl!"

Guo Xinnian: "I didn't! It was Chen Jufen who said that!"

Chen Jufen blushed and whispered, "...You are the only one who gave her hawthorn, isn't that what I meant."

Lin Shu caught the handle and squeezed Guo Caixiu, "Hey, Guo Caixiu, I didn't know you had such a good idea, to find a good apprentice and find a wife for your grandson at the same time?"

Guo Caixiu was so angry that his beard trembled.

Chen Jufen saw this as her chance to show off, and said loudly: "So what? This is because the master thinks highly of her. The master teaches her skills and gives her a job. Xinnian is also a handsome young man with a job. How can I lose by marrying him?"

Don't be ungrateful!

Lin Shu: "That's great, then you two can just become in-laws."

Chen Jufen muttered: "I'd love to."

Guo Xinnian: "No, I don't want to!"

Although he himself has pimples all over his face, is not tall, and has a delicate mouth, he doesn't want to give up the beautiful Lu Xiuxiu and marry Chen Jufen.

In fact, Chen Jufen is not ugly. After all, when Guo Tailor chooses his apprentice, he can't choose an ugly one to annoy the customers. He must choose one with regular eyebrows and eyes.

Chen Jufen is 160cm tall, with yellowish skin, regular eyebrows and eyes. The worst thing is that her teeth are not well developed and look a little crooked, which affects the first impression.

Nowadays, people don't understand or pay attention to it. Many people have buck teeth or crooked teeth, which leads to problems with the chin, greatly affecting their appearance.

In Guo Xinnian's eyes, Chen Jufen is an ugly girl, and she can't compare with Lu Xiuxiu at all.

After he knew his grandfather's thoughts, he decided that Lu Xiuxiu was his daughter-in-law.

He saw Lu Xiuxiu suddenly showed a look of disgust towards him, and he felt wronged and angry, and shouted: "Xiuxiu, why are you like this? Weren't we getting along well before?"

Lu Xiuxiu didn't know how to refute him, and only whispered to Lin Shu: "Auntie, I'm not getting along with him."

Lin Shu signaled her not to be afraid. She glanced at Guo Xinnian, "Did you also hit him before?"

Guo Xinnian: "No, but she always paid attention to me when I talked to her."

Lin Shu was so angry that she laughed, "She was being polite because you are the grandson of Guo the tailor and she didn't ignore you. Do you think she likes you and wants to be with you? Why do you feel so good about yourself? Are you a handsome guy who is 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders, a thin waist and long legs, or are you rich and talented?" If someone just looks

at you, it means they like you, otherwise why would they look at you?

If someone pays attention to you, they just want to marry you, otherwise why would they pay attention to you?

What the fuck is that you idiot mean that as long as the girl doesn’t slap him, she likes him?

Guo Caixiu’s beard was flying, “It’s common for children to fight and quarrel, we adults should not be unreasonable.”

Lin Shu: “Oh, a child who is seventeen or eighteen years old and still hasn’t been weaned? He is twenty-seven or twenty-eight... No...” Lin Shu glanced at Guo Caixiu and snorted coldly: “He won’t be weaned and become an adult even if he is sixty-seven or eighty!”

With a weird grandfather like you, it would be strange if he could act like a normal man!

Guo Caixiu was so angry that he trembled, “You, why are you still insulting people? It’s really just women and villains...”

“Yes, women gave birth to men like you who can’t stand up even if you are seventy or eighty years old!”

You are older, so you are right?

You take money and recruit disciples, and you also want to kidnap my niece to be your granddaughter-in-law. How can you be so shameless?

This is a matter of mutual consent. If the young couple like each other, it would be a good thing for you to come and propose marriage. If the girl is not happy, you are forcing her to marry with ulterior motives!

If your grandson is one tenth as good-looking as Lu Shaotang, I would not say anything. But you are such a jerk with a face full of pits!

Lin Shu was also angry at the grandfather and grandson.

If she hadn't encountered this, Lu Xiuxiu would not dare to say anything. Who knows if she would be suppressed, bullied, coerced, and tempted by them in the future?

Although Lu Xiuxiu is tall and seems to have a stable temperament, she is actually very soft.

Otherwise, Shuli would not be arranged by Ding Jiachang to marry a widower of the County Revolutionary Committee for the sake of her family.

After marriage, she lived a depressed life, and Ding Guohua often showed concern for her, so she fell in love with him. The two developed an underground relationship, and finally committed suicide by jumping into the river to protect her cousin.

This is what Lin Shu remembered when she came to see Lu Xiuxiu last time.

It's not that she remembered it, but as she became more and more entangled with this world, some original plots that she had not seen would appear in her mind because of some kind of stimulation.

Originally, she thought that if nothing happened to the Lu family in reality, Lu Xiuxiu would not fall into such an isolated and helpless situation, and she would not need Ding Guohua to send warmth, so naturally she would not fall in love with him.

Last time, Lin Shu had someone find a partner for Ding Guohua to hint at it, and she tested that Lu Xiuxiu did not have any strange feelings about this, and she only regarded Ding Guohua as a cousin.

She was relieved, thinking that Lu Xiuxiu would not be rebellious, and when she grew up, the family could just follow the routine to find a partner for her.

But how could she know that Guo Caixiu had a good idea.

Lin Shu was so rude when she was angry that she almost punched Guo Caixiu.

Finally, the neighbors nearby were alarmed and came to persuade her to stop fighting.

Lin Shu: "Let's go to the commune revolutionary committee to judge. Is there such a person? He said he wanted to take in an apprentice to learn a craft, but he still had that plan."

Chen Jufen: "My master didn't have that plan from the beginning. He thought of it because he had developed feelings for us. Besides, he didn't force us. My master didn't say anything. It was his own idea in the new year."

She offered Guo Caixiu a step down, and Guo Caixiu had no choice but to accept it.

He nodded, "Yes, I have thought about it, it's a good thing, why can't I think about it? A daughter in a family is sought after by hundreds of families, and I want my grandson to seek help from my own apprentice, isn't there anything wrong with that?"

Lin Shu: "You think there's nothing wrong, but you're forcing our child without discussing it with us, which is a big problem, and your grandson wants to be a hooligan to us, which is an even bigger problem!"

"No, no!" No matter how much Guo Xinnian loved Lu Xiuxiu, he didn't dare to admit that he was a hooligan. If he was convicted now, he would have to do labor reform.

Guo Tailor looked at Lu Xiuxiu with a sad expression as if he was stabbed in the back by his apprentice, "Xiu'er, tell me, did Xinnian bully you? If he dares to bully you, I will be the first to not forgive him."

Lu Xiuxiu looked at his angry expression and thought about how her master was actually very good to her when she learned from him. After today's disturbance, she couldn't continue to learn.

Grandpa always said to leave some room for others so that they can meet again in the future. She also remembered the kindness of her master who taught her the craft.

She pursed her lips. If he didn't bully me, what if the master blamed Third Aunt?

She said, "I was ironing clothes, and he suddenly rushed over to grab my iron. This is not the first time. He often interrupts me when I am doing my work. I told him not to interrupt and affect my work, but he never listened and always disturbed me."

Guo Xinnian was not convinced, "I just wanted to give you hawthorn to give you a rest..."

"Pa!" Tailor Guo slapped him in the face and cursed, "Are you a fool? People can't say anything, but you still come forward? What's wrong with you not understanding what people say?"

A good thing was ruined by you, a fool.

She just came to our house to learn skills, not to be sold to our house because she was homeless in the old society. You relied on your status as the young master to control her. Now you are doing this, aren't you making her feel disgusted?

Originally, he wanted to pull Chen Jufen to pressure Lu Xiuxiu on the surface, and then give Lu Xiuxiu some advice in private, so that she would gradually understand his good intentions, and then her marriage with Sun Zi would be a natural outcome.

How could he know...

Guo Taixiu also knew that the relationship between him and Lu Xiuxiu as a master and apprentice had come to an end.

He said to Lin Shu with a sullen face, "If the child does something wrong, I will educate him well, but he has good intentions. He doesn't want to bully Xiuxiu, or he is just a bad boy trying to please the lady. This... doesn't need to go to the government, right?"

Lin Shu nodded, "It seems that Guo Xinnian is 17 or 18 years old and still doesn't understand. He doesn't understand other people's rejection. In the end, he is stupid, not bad. We don't have to go to the government."

There are too many people like this in life. He is not bad, but he thinks he is annoying. He thinks that if you don't accept your kindness, you are ignorant.

This kind of idiot is also terrible.

Since Xiuxiu has no loss, let's break up and have nothing to do with each other in the future.

She asked Lu Xiuxiu to pack up and go home with her.

Guo Caixiu was so angry at Lin Shu that stars appeared in his eyes. This woman cursed him every time she said it.

His hands were shaking but he resisted the urge to do so. He said unhappily, "You were supposed to work in the tailor shop after completing three years of study. Since you haven't completed your studies and you're not working here, I'll refund the tuition to you." Now that

Lu Xiuxiu is gone, the tailor shop can only be handed over to Chen Jufen.

He was also very upset.

Lin Shu didn't care about the fifteen yuan, and she didn't want the Guo family to say that he taught Xiuxiu for three years for free.

"Forget about the tuition. After all, you did teach our child how to make clothes. Let Guo Xinnian give our Xiuxiu a formal apology, and we can part ways amicably without any complaints."

Letting Guo Xinnian apologize can give Xiuxiu an explanation for why she didn't continue to learn tailoring, so that others won't talk nonsense.

Tailor Guo nodded, "That's right. I, an old man, thank you on behalf of the children and their parents."

If Lin Shu really acted like a scoundrel and insisted on accusing his grandson of being a hooligan, even if she could clear the matter up by taking it to the commune, her husband was a military officer and she had a good relationship with the commune, so his and his grandson's reputation would definitely be damaged.

Guo Xinnian did not act like a scoundrel, but he felt wronged and annoyed. He apologized to Lu Xiuxiu, but said as if he was doing good for her: "Xiuxiu, you have been learning for so long, and you will be able to finish your apprenticeship and start working in half a year. It will be a pity for you to leave now."

Can't you see the good in me?

Lin Shu glanced at him and sneered: "Please have some self-awareness."

Don't you have any idea why our Xiuxiu left?

Guo Taixiu thought that he couldn't lose the momentum and let the Lu family think that he deliberately didn't teach the child, so he took out his old yellowed clothing pattern and handed it to Lu Xiuxiu, "There are still some things I haven't taught you, you can go back and learn it yourself."

Lu Xiuxiu didn't take it without permission, and looked at Lin Shu.

Lin Shu: "No need, the times are progressing, and the styles of clothing are also progressing. We should be more open-minded to be worthy of today's new life."

No matter what Guo Taixiu's intention was to give the old pattern to Lu Xiuxiu, it was unnecessary.

Because clothing styles don't need to be passed down, but change according to current life. If you want to see old patterns, there will be various books on the market, much more than Guo Taixiu's.

There is no need to owe this useless favor.

Tailor Guo didn't expect that she didn't care about the clothes he collected at all. He thought that people from small families were just ignorant and didn't know the goods!

Seeing that Lu Xiuxiu had packed her things, Lin Shu didn't stay any longer and took her to her eldest sister-in-law's house.

Lu Xiuxiu usually lives in her eldest sister's house. If she doesn't learn the craft here in the future, she must say something.

Seeing Lin Shu and Lu Xiuxiu coming together, Mrs. Ding came over happily to entertain them, "His aunt-in-law is here, come in quickly, we will cook dinner later."

Lin Shu exchanged a few words with her and asked when her eldest sister would get off work.

Mrs. Ding: "She will get off work soon and go home for dinner."

She looked at the wall clock and said to Lu Xiuxiu, "Xiuxiu, go call your eldest sister back."

Lin Shu smiled and said no, and asked Lu Xiuxiu to pack up.

She simply explained to Mrs. Ding that Lu Xiuxiu would not learn the craft anymore and would go home to help her make clothes.

Mrs. Ding whispered, "Are you... unhappy?" She clapped her hands, "You are young and have a soft skin. You are embarrassed to quarrel with that old man. Tell me what's the matter, I will slap him!"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Auntie, it's nothing serious. It's just that my family is making incense for the brigade now. There are not enough people. I asked Xiuxiu to go back and help me make clothes. I have to cook and take care of the children, so I can't handle it."

Mrs. Ding knew that she didn't want to tell the truth and it might be inconvenient to say it, so she didn't force it.

When Sister Lu came back, Lin Shu would say the same thing. She would not say the same thing to Sister Lu after she had just said it to Mrs. Ding.

Even if she told Sister Lu later, it would be after some time when she asked too many questions, and then her family would just casually tell her as if she didn't care. After all,

in the eyes of outsiders, it was Lu Xiuxiu's reaction that was too intense, and it was no big deal, but Lin Shu didn't think so. She felt that if Lu Xiuxiu didn't react too intensely, and Guo Caifeng and Guo Xinnian did it again and again, she might have been brainwashed into agreeing.

Girls in this era are all shy, and even if you say you don't want a man, they will think you are shy, not really

. Isn't there a lesbian who, because that man showed a little courtesy to her, others always cheered "you two are a couple" and "he is so good to you", etc., and after so much cheering, she finally agreed to marry him?

She will regret it when she thinks it through. Divorce is not popular now, and she can only make do with the child. She

has to be confused at the beginning, how can she live comfortably?

Sister Lu felt sorry, "The job of the tailor shop will be ours by the end of the year, and it will be a waste if we go back now. Our Xiuer worked so much for Guo Tailor for nothing."

Lin Shu said, "It's not in vain, she learned a lot of skills."

Sister Lu still felt a little regretful.

If it were in the past, she would definitely deny Lin Shu's decision without saying a word, take Lu Xiuxiu back to say a few good words to Guo Tailor, and continue to learn skills, and she had to follow the previous arrangement.

It's different now. Now Lin Shu is capable, her parents-in-law support her, and Lu Shaotang can see that he loves his daughter-in-law to the bone.

Intentionally or not, her parents, her younger brother, and even her older and younger brothers and sisters-in-law all gave Lin Shu a leg up, and Sister Lu could naturally feel it.

After Lin Shu's status and position rose, Sister Lu couldn't or even dared to deny her casually like before.

She felt that Lin Shu was now like her father-in-law, and she was the one who had the final say. You could only discuss with him with a smile and couldn't directly oppose him.

"Okay then." Sister Lu had no choice but to agree.

When she heard that Lu Shaotang was coming to the commune, she insisted on inviting them over for dinner, and she wanted to go find him in person.

Lin Shu stopped her and said that Lu Shaotang had something to do, and he would come to her naturally after he was done.

She left a mark for Lu Shaotang.

This was originally his little hobby. He insisted on making her learn some kind of sign language. He said that he would teach her to use signs that others could not understand to send him signals, but in fact he wanted her to express her unique love.

How could his little tricks be hidden from Lin Shu, a modern person who has read countless articles and watched countless idol dramas? She

would see through it at a glance.

However, she still learned some simple ones, such as when the two of them went out, she would go somewhere first, so it was very convenient for him to leave a mark.

After they had lunch, Lu Shaotang came over soon.

Sister Lu wanted to cook for him, but Lu Shaotang declined, saying that he had eaten it before.

Sister Lu thought he had been to the commune revolutionary committee, so she did not force him.

After Lu Shaotang and Lin Shu took Lu Xiuxiu away, Ding Guohua came back on his bike soon after hearing the news.

He said anxiously, "Mom, why did Xiuxiu suddenly come home?"

Sister Lu: "I'm not sure either. It's your aunt's decision." She repeated Lin Shu's words to him.

Ding Guohua: "My aunt wouldn't be so overbearing, right? Xiuxiu also agreed? Is there something wrong?"

Sister Lu: "I was thinking of asking in the evening."

Ding Guohua: "I'll go ask."

He rode his bike out for a lap and asked someone he knew at the tailor shop to find out.

After knowing the whole story, he was so angry that he sneered repeatedly. He felt annoyed that the treasure he was protecting was coveted and touched by others. Guo Xinnian, you are so bold. You want to eat swan meat, right?

He thought about it quickly, whether to beat Guo Xinnian himself or find a few people to put a sack on Guo Xinnian and break his legs.

Or go to the county and ruin Guo Xinnian's job!

You ruined Xiu'er's job, and you still want to go to work?

Lu Shaotang pushed a bicycle with Lu Xiuxiu's luggage tied to it, and the three of them walked all the way home.

Lin Shu explained the reason to Fang Dihua and said that she would not go there in the future.

Fang Dihua asked Lu Xiuxiu first, "Did he really not bully you?"

Lu Xiuxiu was reflecting on whether she was making a fuss and being too excited along the way. After all, Guo Xinnian did nothing.

Going home now would mean wasting the family's money. She had not helped the family for three years, and she had lost the job she had promised.

Uncle San and Aunt San were kind-hearted people and did not blame her. Grandma should not blame her either. What about Dad and Mom? Second

Aunt would blame her, right?

If Second Aunt glared at her and made sarcastic remarks every day, she would not be able to bear it.

During the New Year holidays, every time she met Second Aunt, Lu Xiuxiu felt that Second Aunt's eyes were scary.

Seeing that Fang Dihua didn't blame her but cared about her first, she burst into tears.

"He didn't bully me, he was just annoying. He always disturbed me when I was working, so I... didn't want to work there anymore."

The key was that Guo Caixiu always used Chen Jufen to hit her, which made her very uncomfortable.

Fang Dihua: "If I don't want to work, then I don't want to work. It's not a great place. I saw that the skirts he made for others were far inferior to those made by your third aunt."

Guo Caixiu's skills were still better than Lin Shu's, but now he was old and had severe presbyopia, and the clothes were basically made by two apprentices, who were conservative and experienced, so naturally they were not as good as Lin Shu's.

Lu Xiuxiu nodded, "Yes."

Lin Shu: "It's just right, I still have two skirts here, you can do it."

Lu Xiuxiu was originally still nervous, but now she was immediately happy to see that there was something to do.

"Auntie, I'll do it right away."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Why are you in a hurry? We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Fang Dihua asked Lu Xiuxiu to sleep on the same kang with Lu Cuicui, and asked her to tidy up the mat.

After work in the evening, knowing that the girl did not go back to learn the craft, Brother Lu and Sister Lu were also concerned about whether the girl was bullied, but as for the money, it was nothing.

In the past, she might have felt sorry for the fifteen yuan and the lost tailor shop job. The commune tailor shop would not have monthly expenses, but it could earn thirty or fifty a year, right?

Now Mrs. Lu has a salary subsidy for driving a tractor, and Brother Lu also earns money for the family by taking orders. What is fifteen yuan?