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Chapter 84: Chen Lifang Comes Up With Another Bad Idea
“Isn’t that right?”
“Over the years, there have been seven or eight people from our brigade who joined the army, and they all came back after three years, didn’t they?”
“Only Chen Aniu’s son became an official. If it wasn’t because Chen’s ancestral grave was emitting auspicious smoke, what else could it be?”
“But why did the Chen family suddenly split?”
“What happened?”
Chen Mingchuan didn’t bother to listen to the gossip, he carried two large snakeskin bags and entered his uncle’s house.
After putting down the bags, he turned around and said, “Little Wang, stay for dinner before you leave.”
Xiao Wang declined, “Battalion Commander Chen, we brought our own food coupons, and the police station has already prepared food. Thank you.”
Chen Mingchuan glanced at his watch. It was not yet noon, so he didn’t insist.
“Then hurry up, you might miss your meal later. You’ve been working hard.”
Xiao Wang immediately waved his hand, “No problem, no problem! Battalion Commander Chen, I’ll be going then. See you later, sister-in-law!”
Li Xinyue immediately said, “Little Wang, wait a moment, help me bring something to your section chief.”
Hearing that it was for the section chief, Xiao Wang couldn’t refuse.
Soon, Li Xinyue took two jars of spicy fish blocks that she planned to bring with her tomorrow and gave them to Little Wang, “This is a local product I made myself. You and your section chief can try it.”
“It’s absolutely hygienic. If you like it, come and get some next time.”
Xiao Wang couldn’t refuse, he took the jars and thanked her again before getting into the car and leaving.
“Xinyue, are these things you’re going to take with you?”
The aunt looked at the two large snakeskin bags and a big bamboo basket filled with things, her mouth agape.
So many things, how could she possibly carry them all?
She had prepared so many things for her…
“Aunt, I bought these, I bought them for you.”
What?
Wang Cuimiao was startled, “Xinyue, what are you doing? You don’t have much money, how can you spend it so recklessly?”
“No, return these quickly… My goodness, I can’t accept these things!”
The aunt wasn’t just pretending, she was genuinely shocked!
In her entire life, she had never bought so many things.
Li Xinyue stepped forward and opened the snakeskin bags, “Aunt, look, they are all cheap things, they don’t cost much.”
Then, Li Xinyue told her about what happened today.
“You see, I came across such cheap things, how could I not buy them?”
Once again, Wang Cuimiao was stunned: This luck… was too good!
Who in the countryside could have such good fortune?
“Xinyue, how much did you spend in total? I’ll give you the money.”
“You owe me a favor, I can’t repay it, but I have to give you the money.”
“Tomorrow you’re going to the provincial capital, where even a single leaf of vegetable costs money. You can’t go without money.”
At this moment, Chen Mingchuan spoke up, “Aunt, there’s a backyard in the military family compound where you can plant vegetables.”
“Really?”
Chen Mingchuan nodded again, “Yes, you have vegetable seeds, so you can pack some for us to take with us.”
In rural families, how could they not have these things?
“Yes, yes, yes, I have collected a lot of seeds, I’ll go pack them right away.”
“Xinyue, I’ll accept these things, but you can’t refuse the things I prepared for you.”
Alright.
Li Xinyue agreed.
She kept two lengths of peach yellow and blue-and-white patterned cloth for herself, and gave half of the rest to her third aunt and half to her uncle’s family.
It seemed like a lot of things, but it actually didn’t cost more than twenty yuan.
After receiving so many good things, Wang Cuimiao instructed Sun Xiulian to never reveal this to anyone, otherwise relatives would come knocking on their door in droves.
In the countryside, people only had three feet of cloth coupons per person per year, which wasn’t even enough to make a single garment.
What did a few flaws matter?
It was new cloth!
Sun Xiulian was a sensible woman. She knew she couldn’t let others know about it.
Besides, with so many people in the family, even ten bolts of cloth wouldn’t be enough for their clothes throughout the year.
Thankfully, the third sister-in-law said that she would ask Sanhu to send some spicy fish to the aunt regularly.
From now on, if there were any more good things like this, they would definitely be reserved for them.
Thinking about the income from the spicy fish these past few times, Sun Xiulian felt like she was dreaming. Sometimes she even pinched herself, afraid that it wasn’t real.
“Mom, don’t worry, I know.”
Wang Cuimiao quickly carried the things inside. If anyone saw so much stuff, they would definitely be envious.
Just then, Niu Juhua ran into the Chen family.
“Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, what are you doing? Hurry up and see, the third brother and his wife brought a few big bags of things into the eldest brother’s house!”
Mrs. Chen was in a bad mood.
Ye Juan’s miscarriage had caused heavy bleeding. The doctor said that it would be difficult for her to conceive in the future.
Her youngest son was the apple of Mrs. Chen’s eye.
Her grandson had been kidnapped and his whereabouts were unknown. They didn’t know if he was dead or alive.
Now, her youngest daughter-in-law couldn’t have children anymore… wouldn’t her youngest son be childless in the future?
The more she thought about it, the more afraid Mrs. Chen became.
Niu Juhua’s voice annoyed her, because the person who bought the things was her enemy!
“Alright, alright, what are you shouting for?”
“What doesn’t need tickets these days? Two big bags, you think they’re straw? Just pick a few bundles from the field.”
Niu Juhua felt that she saw clearly, and she didn’t know what happened to her second brother-in-law’s family.
“Second sister-in-law, you don’t believe me?”
“I saw it clearly! They were sent back by a jeep, it must be something from some leader!”
“You wouldn’t want it, would you?”
Want it? Could she have it if she wanted it?
“That heartless dog, he didn’t bring it back, can I go and ask for it?”
“I said third sister-in-law, are you idle? Why are you staring at other people’s doors all day, aren’t you tired?”
Niu Juhua: “…”
Is this second sister-in-law crazy?
She was kindly telling her, but she treated her like this, is she sick?
Niu Juhua shook her hand angrily and left.
Chen Lifang was cooking in the kitchen. Now the housework fell on her and Liu Xiulan. Hearing this, she immediately ran out.
“Mom, the eldest sister-in-law is so shameless! She’s been flattering the third brother all day, isn’t it just to get his benefits!”
Mrs. Chen wasn’t thinking about that now, because she knew it was useless to think about it.
Now many people in the village were gossiping about her family. If she went to Wang Cuimiao’s house to argue again, the clan would definitely make her suffer more.
“Shut up! I don’t believe she can get it forever!”
That’s right!
What’s the point of getting it for a while?
Only getting it forever counts as real skill!
“Mom, if the fourth sister-in-law can’t have children, won’t the fourth brother… won’t he be childless?”
Chen Lifang didn’t dare say the word “childless”.
If her fourth brother heard it, he would beat her.
Mrs. Chen was already bothered by this, her eyes rolled: “Alright, I can’t do anything about it. If you have a solution, then say it.”
Chen Lifang looked around, then lowered her head and said: “Mom, if it really doesn’t work, just let the fourth brother divorce.”
“The eldest brother only has one son, the eldest sister-in-law hasn’t been pregnant for five or six years, it’s probably difficult for her to have another child.”
“The second brother has also lost his heart, he was snatched away, his son will definitely not be filial to you.”
“If the fourth brother really doesn’t have a son, what will you do when you’re old?”
Mrs. Chen was just getting annoyed by this matter, and rolled her eyes: “Okay, I can’t do anything. If you have any ideas, just tell me.”
Chen Lifang looked around and said with her head down: “Mom, if it really doesn’t work, let Fourth Brother get a divorce.”
“Eldest Brother has only one son, and Sister-in-law hasn’t gotten pregnant in the past five or six years. It’s probably difficult to have another one.”
“Second Brother is divorced again, and someone else took him away. His son will definitely not be able to honor you.”
“If Fourth Brother really has no son, what will you do when you are old?”
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