Chapter 200: Zhao Lan Brings Her Children to Visit

“Let’s get to it,” they said, and in a blink of an eye, they started working.

Qian Sanni was truly a good helper. When Li Xinyue needed to find jars for the hair dye, Qian Sanni went door-to-door collecting them.

Two cents per jar, anyway, they were just waste.

In just half a day, she had collected over a hundred…

“Sanni, you’re so clever, you’re definitely going to be successful in the future!”

Qian Sanni shook her head with a smile, “I’m not very skilled, as long as I have a stable job, I’m satisfied.”

Well, in an era where you can’t do business, a job is the best option!

Li Xinyue’s prediction was correct. On the morning of October 6th, Ma Suying called to say that her friend wanted to buy another twenty bottles of hair dye…

At the same time, she also took five pounds of sand ginseng and five pounds of yellow essence.

Li Xinyue was also happy and immediately rewarded Qian Sanni with twenty yuan… She was so excited that she almost jumped for joy…

“Xinyue, this is too much, too much!”

Seeing that Qian Sanni refused to take it, Li Xinyue glared at her, “It’s not too much, you’ve helped me a lot, this money is what you deserve.”

“Take it, if you don’t, I won’t ask you to work for me anymore!”

This sister… Qian Sanni was touched. This was the first time she had met someone who treated money so lightly.

“Xinyue, this is the first time I’ve ever earned money, you know?”

“Before I got married, I didn’t have a job and just stayed home doing housework and cleaning, I never earned a penny.”

“I was willing to marry Wang Hao because I heard that after I joined him in the army, they would arrange a job for me, so I didn’t say anything and got married.”

“These past few years, I’ve been taking care of the children and doing housework at Wang’s house, but I haven’t earned a penny.”

“Thank you, you’ve let me experience the taste of earning money for the first time in my life!”

Wang Hao was a smart man with good character, but he was just ordinary-looking and only about 5’6″ tall.

Furthermore, his family was from the countryside, and his education level was only junior high school.

It wasn’t difficult for soldiers to find wives, but it was not easy to find a wife from the city, especially one who was educated and attractive.

Qian Sanni graduated from high school, had a delicate appearance, was about 5’5″ tall, and had a very good figure.

She was willing to marry Wang Hao, firstly because he was a good person and secondly because he was a cadre, and in the future, she could join him in the army and they would arrange a job for her.

Love wasn’t non-existent in this era, but there were more examples of arranged marriages and living together.

Women who couldn’t earn money couldn’t be confident.

Looking at Qian Sanni’s red eyes, Li Xinyue had a new idea.

“Sanni, we’ll earn a second and third fortune in the future!”

“I have a recipe for shampoo, it won’t dry out your hair and it smells delicious.”

“I’ve already made some, I’ll give you some later, you can try it at home.”

“If people want this shampoo, I’ll be very busy, and I’ll need your help then, are you willing?”

This was about helping her earn money!

How could she not be willing?

Qian Sanni nodded repeatedly, “Xinyue, I know you’re not too busy, you’re just trying to help me, thank you first.”

“Just call me if you need anything, I won’t be lazy!”

If she was lazy, would she have called her?

As they talked, Li Xinyue decided to wash Qian Sanni’s hair and let her experience the charm of this shampoo…

“Sister Xinyue.”

Just as the hair washing began, Zhao Lan pushed a small wooden cart with two children towards them.

“Zhao Lan, you’ve finished your confinement period?”

Zhao Lan’s eyes sparkled, “I finished it the day before yesterday. I came to see you yesterday, but you were out collecting herbs.”

“I just took the kids out for a walk, and I wanted to see if you were home.”

She came to see her right after finishing her confinement period, Li Xinyue felt a little embarrassed.

“Zhao Lan, I’m sorry, I haven’t come to see you these days.”

Zhao Lan was a gentle woman with a good temper. Hearing Li Xinyue say this, she became anxious!

“Sister Xinyue, don’t say that!”

“My place is a mess, I wouldn’t want you to come over.”

“But it’s better now. My mother-in-law left after my child was ten days old, and my younger sister-in-law left the day before yesterday.”

Is that so?

Now that those two important people were gone, Zhao Lan’s life should be much easier.

“Come in, oh my, this child really lives up to the saying: ‘Born and grows with the wind’!”

“She’s only a month old, and she’s grown so much!”

Zhao Lan pushed the child inside. Being only a month old, the baby just ate and slept.

“Sister Xinyue, are you going to wash Sister Qian’s hair?”

Speaking of this, Li Xinyue nodded with a smile: “I made a shampoo with herbs, and I’ve been using it myself, it’s pretty good.”

“Sanni said her scalp always itches, I’ll use mine to wash her hair.”

Is that so?

Zhao Lan’s eyes widened: “Really? Can it stop the itching?”

Li Xinyue nodded: “Of course it can, I’ll wash yours later.”

“No, no, no.”

How dare Zhao Lan?

This was the leader’s family member.

“Sister Xinyue, if you have some, give me a little later. When Weiguo comes back at noon, I’ll ask him to wash my hair.”

Li Xinyue didn’t continue to be polite: “Okay, sit down, I’ll pour you a cup of tea.”

“Thank you.”

What Li Xinyue poured wasn’t tea, but malt extract. Ma Zhen was so generous, she gave her three bottles at once.

“Here, have a cup, it was a gift, don’t be polite.”

It smells so good!

Zhao Lan was really craving it: “Sister Xinyue, you’re so generous, this stuff is hard to come by.”

“Thanks, I’m really craving it.”

“Pfft!”

Zhao Lan’s frankness made Li Xinyue happy.

“Drink it, when things settle down in the city, I’ll go to the black market to exchange some tickets, you and Sanni should drink more.”

It’s good to have tickets, of course.

But tickets are also very expensive.

Zhao Lan didn’t say anything, her circumstances weren’t such that she could afford to drink malt extract.

“Thank you, Sister Xinyue. Captain Chen went out on a mission, if you need any help, remember to call Weiguo.”

Li Xinyue nodded in agreement: “Okay, I’ll definitely call if I need anything, he’s been over several times these days.”

“Zhao Lan, the leaders in the army all take good care of me, you and your husband don’t need to worry.”

How could they not worry?

Although Zhao Lan was in confinement, her ears weren’t deaf.

She had a younger sister-in-law who liked to go around, she knew everything, but she couldn’t help.

She came today because she heard about Liu Guilian’s matter, seeing her happy and carefree, she knew everything was fine.

The three women gathered together, chatting and laughing, and after Qian Sanni washed her hair, the room was filled with even more joy.

But these days, Wu Xiuzhi and Qi Yan were deeply affected.

They had been inquiring about Li Xinyue these days, but the more they inquired, the more depressed they became…

“Sister-in-law, why haven’t you received any news from your sister yet?”

Qi Xiangdong didn’t have the qualifications to install an internal phone, so it was very inconvenient to call. Wu Xiuzhi asked her sister to write a letter.

It had been several days, why was there still no letter?

Wu Xiuzhi shook her head: “I don’t know either, if she found out, the letter should be here in the next couple of days.”

Qi Yan was listless: “I’m increasingly convinced that she’s not Li Xinyue. The Li Xinyue we knew before was never this capable!”

“Maybe she’s grown up in these years, but it’s impossible for her to become this capable all of a sudden!”