Chapter 9 Wang Paner Finds Trouble
Du Yun was cooking in the kitchen with her daughter on her back when she suddenly heard a knock on the door and hurriedly wiped her hands with her apron.
"An An, why are you here? Come in quickly!"
The little man behind heard the voices and let out a cry, then stretched out his hands for a hug.
Shen Anan put down the backpack, untied her niece from Du Yun's back and carried her over. "I just happened to come to town, and my mother asked me to bring you some food. Is my brother not back yet?"
Du Yun remembered the food in the pot and rushed into the kitchen to shovel it out before he had time to talk to his sister-in-law.
"Your brother will be back soon. The factory has received many orders recently and many machines need repairs, so your brother will be back a little later."
"Hurry up and go sit inside. I'll add another dish."
Shen Anan sat in the living room holding her little niece, looking around.
This is a small two-bedroom apartment, about 40 square meters, which is a rare house in this era.
Shen Yuanbang is the son-in-law of the Du family. The Du family has only one daughter, Du Yun, so the couple now lives with Mr. Du.
Shen Yuanbang was originally just a temporary worker moving cloth in a textile factory. He was spotted by Old Man Du, who was the master craftsman in the machine repair workshop of the textile factory at that time and was accepted as an apprentice. Later, she thought he was a good person and married her daughter to him.
Two years ago, when Old Man Du was repairing a machine, he accidentally hit the palm of his left hand, so he asked Shen Yuanbang to take his place.
Don't underestimate the work of a mechanic in a textile factory. In such a technical department, the salary is much higher than that of ordinary workers, and it is also easier to evaluate technical workers in the later stage.
Even though he was a son-in-law, if it weren't for the fact that Old Man Du valued Shen Yuanbang's character and Du Yun also liked him, it wouldn't have been the turn of a temporary rural worker like him to be the son-in-law.
After all, it was an industrial injury and he was a veteran in the factory, so the factory arranged for Old Man Du to be a warehouse keeper.
Du Yun is usually alone at home, so when doing housework, she can only tie the child on her back.
Just as he was thinking about it, the sound of the door opening was heard, and Shen Yuanbang and Old Man Du came in one after another.
Du Yun set the table, took his daughter over, and quickly asked everyone to eat.
Because Shen Anan came, the food on the table was much more sumptuous than usual, including a pot of cabbage and tofu, a small dish of fried hairtail, a dish of pickles, and a dish of braised pumpkin.
This is a rare meal. Du Yun queued up early in the morning to grab the tofu, and the hairtail was brought by Du Lao's apprentice.
No one at the table touched the plate of fried hairtail fish, but they kept asking Shen Anan to eat.
Although the Du family has two people earning money together, Old Man Du's health has never been good. He needs to go to the town hospital from time to time, so they have been living a tight life over the years.
During the previous famine years, Shen Yuanbang helped the Shen family from time to time, and Du Laodi and his daughter were also always supportive.
After all, these days, if relatives didn't help each other, more people would not be able to survive.
Wang Sufen always felt that she was a burden to her son, so she always saved eggs and vegetables for Shen Laosi to take back.
After dinner, the family was sitting in the living room chatting when they suddenly heard Du Yun's exclamation.
"An An, why did you bring so many things, including milk powder and roast chicken!"
"How much does this cost? Take it back quickly later."
When Shen Yuanbang walked into the kitchen and took a look, he was also surprised. He was well aware of the situation at home. Although life had been better in the past two years than during the famine years, buying these things would probably cost the family money.
Especially for two cans of milk powder, it’s hard to get the milk powder tickets!
Now that supplies are so tight, it takes a lot of effort for them to get a can of malted milk for Xiao Menghan from time to time. I don’t know how much effort the Shen family must have put into these two cans of milk powder.
Shen Anan was teasing Xiao Menghan, and smiled after hearing the noise, "Fourth brother, these didn't cost the family money. I bought them with my own royalties, you can eat them without worry!"
"The milk powder is bought specifically for Menghan. If she finishes it, just tell me and I'll buy more."
Shen Yuanbang still didn't believe it and insisted on letting An An take the things away.
It was only when Shen Anan took out the manuscript fee receipt that the Du family believed that the money was really earned by Shen Anan himself.
Father Du sighed, "An An is really capable. I didn't expect that I could make money just by writing articles at home."
Then he quickly called Du Yun, "Girl, pack up all the remaining hairtails in our house and let An An take them away later."
Because the factory had heavy production tasks, after dinner, Shen Yuanbang and Old Man Du had to go out to work without chatting for a few minutes.
Shen Yuanbang originally wanted to wait until he got off work in the afternoon and then ride his bike to take An An home. Shen Anan refused. It would take nearly two hours to go back and forth, and she also had a bicycle, so it was really unnecessary.
After chatting with Du Yun for a while, Shen Anan set out on the road back to the village.
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Maybe the cannon fodder and the heroine are really enemies.
As soon as Shen Anan entered the village, she ran into Wang Paner, who had just cleaned the pigsty and was still smelly.
Shen Anan has been adhering to the principle of staying away from the male and female protagonists these days, thinking that as long as the male and female protagonists don't cause trouble for herself and the Shen family, she doesn't care and just needs to live her own life.
Unexpectedly, after Wang Paner saw her, her eyes lit up. She took two quick steps and blocked the road directly.
Wang Paner looked sad, "An An, are you angry with me? I really didn't mean it."
Shen Anan looked at the unknown object stuck on her trouser leg, and involuntarily covered her nose and took a step back.
"Wang Pan'er, you don't think you can just pretend nothing happened after you nearly killed me last time!"
"I hope you can pretend you don't know me when you see me from now on. We have nothing to talk about."
Wang Paner's face flushed red when she saw Shen Anan's backward movement.
Her life has been really hard these days. Not only does she have to work in the fields every day, but she also has to shovel manure in the pigpen in the afternoon, and there is a pile of housework waiting for her when she returns home in the evening.
Ever since the last time, Mrs. Wang has never spoken to her in a nice way, and it is a routine practice for her to starve her every now and then.
Wang Pan'er thought that she could just wait until the matter was over and coax Shen An'an. Maybe if she played the victim, Shen An'an could even get Brother Shen to change her job.
Who knew that Shen Anan had changed so much during this period of time? Before, Shen Anan believed everything she said and was easy to coax.
After Shen Anan finished speaking, he walked around Wang Paner and walked forward.
Wang Pan'er got anxious and grabbed Shen An'an's backpack. She accidentally glanced at the things in the backpack and exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh, An An, how come you have so many good things in your backpack!"
Shen Anan broke free from Wang Paner's hand and continued to walk forward: "It's none of your business, just take care of yourself."
Wang Pan'er thought about what Wang Xiaobao said a few days ago about the Shen family stewing meat, and then thought about what she had just seen in the backpack. She thought she had caught something, and took two quick steps to block Shen An'an.
"An An, don't blame me for being unjust if you are unkind. I'm afraid these things were given to you by some wild man, and you just rely on this face to coax those men around."
"If you know what's best for you, give me the backpack. Otherwise, I'll call everyone to see that you, Shen Anan, rely on this face to cheat for food and drink. Let's see how your Shen family can hold their heads up in the village!"
Shen Anan was almost amused by the heroine's touching logic. She looked at the villagers walking in the distance and raised her voice, "Wang Pan'er, in the past at school, you used my name to cheat so many things from those boys who wanted to hand me love letters! Don't you know that you are looking at me?"
\"Do you think everyone is like you! I, Shen Anan, am not that mean!\"
“You…you…” Wang Pan’er didn’t expect that Shen An’an actually knew about what happened before, and she was speechless for a moment.
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