Chapter 31: Spending Money Like Water on Clothes

Chen Zhou fell silent.

Chen’s father saw his son’s silence and realized something was wrong, “What’s wrong, A Zhou?”

Chen Zhou didn’t speak, his face was black.

Chen’s father and mother exchanged glances. Chen’s mother tentatively asked, “What’s wrong? Is the child really yours?”

How could Chen’s mother not understand her own son?

Chen Zhou remained silent.

Chen’s mother was sure that the child was her son’s.

But because she disliked Xu’s mother, Chen’s mother didn’t have any affection for her own grandchild, a boy or girl, who was already gone.

She quickly found an excuse for her son, “Isn’t the child gone now?”

“Our A Zhou is a college student, there will be plenty of women willing to have children for you. We don’t need a country bumpkin like her, do we?”

Chen Zhou still had a black face.

Chen’s mother tentatively asked, “Why don’t you talk to her first, stabilize her?”

“Once her mother goes back to the countryside, won’t we be able to do whatever we want with her?”

In the end, the family reached a consensus.

That was to temporarily let Chen Zhou handle Xu Yin.

After all, according to Chen Zhou, Xu Yin was very easy to coax.

Her dad used to be the village head, he was famous for spoiling his daughter in their village. Although they, the city people, had their own sense of superiority and looked down on the so-called village head’s daughter.

But Xu Yin was spoiled, and she listened to Chen Zhou, so let Chen Zhou coax her first. Their son wouldn’t lose anything anyway.

In the end, Chen’s mother told Chen Zhou, “Son, you’re the only college student in our family, you’re the hope of our whole family. My dad and I mean that you should first stabilize that “slut”, don’t let her mother come to our house to make a scene, lest it gets out of hand and affects our lives.”

“We don’t really mean for you to marry her.”

“Anyway, you still have several years before you graduate.”

Chen Zhou thought the same way, “I understand.”

So, to stabilize Xu’s mother and daughter, the Chen family publicly acknowledged Xu Yin as their daughter-in-law.

Xu Yin had lost her child, she stayed in her rented place to recuperate for a week, but she couldn’t stay at home anymore.

Xu’s mother also knew that she couldn’t keep her daughter locked up at home. She would just go out for a walk, buy some clothes. She brought a lot of money with her this time, she could afford it, so she let her go.

Who knew that Xu Yin would run into Xia Keqing by such a coincidence.

Xu Yin was now publicly Chen Zhou’s “fiancée”, but she could clearly feel the attitude of her future in-laws towards her.

Especially those two sisters-in-law, they never looked at her properly.

For Xu Yin, who had been spoiled since she was a child, this kind of disdain from others felt like a thorn in her side.

If she was still a college student, she believed that the Chen family wouldn’t treat her like this.

College students were so great these days, they would be assigned jobs after graduation, they were advanced intellectuals of society, they were pillars of the country.

But now, she wasn’t even a college student anymore.

Xu Yin didn’t blame herself for not working hard, nor did she blame her parents for coming up with a bad idea. Instead, she resented her cousin, resented Xia Keqing.

Why was she nothing now, and Xia Keqing could still dress up and buy clothes?

She was so angry that she almost rushed over.

But her instinct to avoid harm stopped her.

She quietly walked into the store opposite, and after Xia Keqing and the others left, she walked into Yu Hong’s shop.

She said directly, “Did those people just buy clothes in your shop?”

Yu Hong couldn’t help but complain in her heart, “I’m selling clothes, what else would they do in my shop if they didn’t buy clothes?”

Xu Yin asked again, “What clothes did they buy?”

Yu Hong heard this, business was coming her way.

During this period, Xia Keqing had brought people to style clothes almost every day, and Yu Hong’s inventory was almost depleted. She planned to go south to restock.

She had a feeling she would make a fortune!

“I have so many clothes here, take a look and see if you like anything. If you like it, take one, I’ll give you a discount.”

Xu Yin pursed her lips, staring stubbornly at Yu Hong, “I asked you, what clothes did they buy?”

Yu Hong looked Xu Yin up and down.

Xu Yin had lost a lot of weight after her miscarriage and the expulsion from school.

Although being slimmer made her look better in clothes, it wasn’t the case that the thinner the person, the better they looked in clothes.

Her figure, with almost no flesh on her bones, really couldn’t even hold up the clothes.

But Yu Hong wasn’t anyone to her, her goal was to sell clothes, so she immediately took out the outfits that Xia Keqing had recommended to the two girls just now.

“These two outfits are what they bought just now?”

Yu Hong nodded, “Of course, they all come to my shop to buy.”

Xu Yin slightly raised her chin, “Then wrap them up for me.”

Yu Hong was overjoyed, she immediately wrapped the clothes for Xu Yin, “This one is eight yuan, that one is twelve yuan, a total of twenty yuan.”

Xu Yin widened her eyes slightly, “That expensive?”

Yu Hong paused in her movements, “Not expensive.”

“Little sister, you look like a cultured college student, don’t college students have to dress stylishly?”

Yu Hong’s clothing store was located in the market, it was positioned as a low-end market, she had seen all kinds of people, and she was best at observing people.

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, the expression on Xu Yin’s face changed.

She looked at Yu Hong, “Do I look like a college student?”

Yu Hong thought, she’s about the right age, but she doesn’t look like it.

This was no longer a time of famine, those who could go to college were all treasures of their families, how could they be as thin as you?

But she still kept complimenting her, “Oh, our shop receives the most college students, XX University has people coming to buy clothes from me every day, aren’t you one of them?”

Xu Yin immediately said, “Of course I am, just wrap up the clothes for me.”

Although she couldn’t help but feel a pang in her heart when she paid, Xu Yin still insisted on paying.

When she went back that night, Xu’s mother didn’t say anything when she saw her daughter buy two new outfits.

Her daughter had just suffered a major blow, and she was willing to go out and buy clothes, wasn’t that good? It was better than staying at home all day and getting lost in her thoughts.

But Xu Yin went out to buy clothes for five consecutive days, each time spending twenty or thirty, thirty or forty yuan, Xu’s mother couldn’t sit still.

Xu’s mother was a typical rural woman, she was thrifty and frugal, she couldn’t bear to eat, drink, or wear anything, and she was already very generous to her only daughter, Xu Yin.

But this girl couldn’t be so extravagant.

She couldn’t help but say a few words, “Girl, Mom knows you’ve suffered a lot, but you have too many clothes, our closet can’t fit them all. This isn’t our own home, at home your dad made a whole row of wardrobes for you, you can fit more clothes. How can you fit them all here?”

Actually, the clothes at the market in the countryside cost a few yuan each, ten pieces would only cost a few tens of yuan.

But her daughter bought them like this, tens of yuan at a time, for five or six days in a row, even if they had a lot of money at home, they couldn’t spend it like that.

But Xu’s mother still had to take care of her daughter’s feelings, so she could only say that the closet in the rented place was too small and couldn’t fit so many clothes.

Who knew that Xu Yin didn’t care at all, she said, “If the closet is too small, just throw away the old clothes.”

Xu’s mother almost jumped up, but her tone wasn’t very harsh, “You girl, it’s my fault and your father’s fault for spoiling you. All these clothes are brand new, how can you throw away clothes?”