Chapter 13

Some words cannot be taken back once they are said. When Hu Xianglan calmed down, she realized what she had said…

Seeing Xu Ning’s touched expression, she could only accept it with a pinch of her nose. Fortunately, she didn’t get excited and asked for ten yuan.

During the meal, one of them was absent-minded while the other had a big appetite.

Until the end of the meal, Hu Xianglan still couldn’t figure out why she was so confused by a few words of compliment. It was not like she had never heard nice things before.

After finishing the meal and putting down the chopsticks, Xu Ning’s eyes seemed to be twinkling with stars, “Auntie, I know you don’t let me work, but I have to pack my own things. I’ll go pack my things first, and come to you later to get the money for changing my name.”

Hu Xianglan now knows what it feels like to shoot herself in the foot. It turns out that she has to wash the dishes after cooking, and she will have to pay for it later…

She said calmly, “Go ahead.”

What can she do when she meets a daughter-in-law who has no tact at all? It’s impossible to make sense, and it’s impossible to start an argument.

“Auntie, thank you~” Xu Ning stood up and walked out without hesitation, going back to pack her things and come back to get the money later.

It is her blessing to meet such a good mother-in-law!

Just take it for five dollars first, and then ask about the market price later. If it’s less, you can buy more, but you won’t refund the money.

When Xu Ning returned to the room, He Beian had already gone to work. He gave half of the space in the room that could be divided into two to her.

It has to be said that he overestimated Xu Ning’s things. Her things could be put away in a few seconds and didn’t take up much space at all.

After putting her things away, she poured some water and started cleaning her room.

There isn’t much furniture, but it has to be clean.

Sweep the wall, sweep the floor, wipe the furniture…

After cleaning up the place quickly, Xu Ning sat down to rest for two minutes, then got up and went next door to look for her mother-in-law.

She has the money to change her words~

It was impossible to deny it. Hu Xianglan felt a pang of pain when she saw Xu Ning coming in. Is it easy for her to raise two children alone?

The betrothal gift is so expensive, and there is also money for thanking the matchmaker, and now I am being forced by my daughter-in-law to give money for changing her name…

Even if she did, it would not make Xu Ning feel good. Hu Xianglan mocked her: “I gave you so much dowry money, but you didn’t bring any dowry at all. It’s so embarrassing to tell others about it.”

It was so nice to eat in the kitchen just now. Xu Ning missed her mother-in-law two hours ago. “By the way, Auntie, you still owe me two hundred yuan for the betrothal gift. You said you would give me three hundred yuan, but Auntie Qian only gave my parents one hundred yuan. When are you going to give me the remaining two hundred yuan?”

“···!!!” Hu Xianglan seemed to be hallucinating. How could she hear Xu Ning say that he still owed her 200 yuan for the betrothal gift?

Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Xu Ning thought she wanted to default on her debt, “Aunt, you should pay the compensation for changing your name first. There’s no rush for the betrothal money. I’m not the kind of daughter-in-law who only cares about money.”

“You just said that Qian Sanhong only gave your family one hundred yuan?” Hu Xianglan finally came back to her senses and faced up to what she had heard.

“Yes, one hundred yuan.” Xu Ning nodded affirmatively, “Auntie, the fee for changing your statement…”

That’s two hundred dollars! Qian Sanhong, that inhuman thing, embezzled two hundred yuan from her!

Compared with the two hundred, the five dollars is nothing. Hu Xianglan stood up and stuffed the five dollars in her hand into Xu Ning’s hand. It turned out that it only cost a hundred dollars to marry Xu Ning. This shows that she is pretty good.

no! She had to find Qian Sanhong and get the two hundred yuan back.

If you want to go, go. Don’t wait any longer. Hu Xianglan hurriedly said, “I’m going out for a while, you stay at home and look after the house.”

After collecting the five yuan, Xu Ning agreed in a good mood: “Okay! Mom, go slowly.”

When doing things for money, honesty comes first!

After receiving the money to change his words, he changed his words immediately.

There was no one at home. Xu Ning hummed a song as she walked to the front door and locked it. She had to wipe herself and change her clothes.

Hu Xianglan came out of her house and ran straight to the entrance of the alley. When she got there, she realized that she didn’t know where Qian Sanhong’s house was!

She turned and went to find the home of Qian Sanhong’s father, Ma, who had introduced her to her. But when she asked at Ma’s house, she found out that she didn’t know where Qian Sanhong lived.

The old Ma family took her to find her previous family, and her previous family took her to find her previous family…

After visiting seven or eight houses, the group found that no one knew where Qian Sanhong lived. The family who married the country daughter-in-law checked the accounts with the daughter-in-law and found that the amount of the betrothal gift did not match.

The least amount of money embezzled by Qian Sanhong was fifty yuan, and the most was taken by Hu Xianglan, who lost two hundred yuan.

From this perspective, her daughter-in-law is the cheapest.

Although Qian Sanhong was not found, Hu Xianglan realized a truth: cheap goods are not good.

But the price she paid was not cheap!

Some people suggested calling the police, but later a few people thought about it and decided that this matter should not be made public. Qian Sanhong didn’t even tell them where she lived, so how could she be doing the job of a legitimate matchmaker?

Fearing that they would lose both their money and their lives, a few people discussed it and went back to their homes, pretending that they knew nothing.

On the way home, Hu Xianglan felt both distressed about the money and guilty. Could Xu Ning have been abducted?

No, no, we have already obtained the marriage certificate and have a certificate issued by the village chief.

What if she asks her for the bride price?

Should I tell my son about this? No, I can’t tell her. What if my son wants to send Xu Ning back?

Xu Ning didn’t know how conflicted Hu Xianglan was, as she was washing clothes in the yard at the time.

Miss the first day of washing machine…

Missing the first day of laundry detergent…

When He Wanjiao came home from school, she saw her sister-in-law washing clothes in the yard. She trotted over and squatted beside her, “Sister-in-law, did you and my brother go to get the marriage certificate today?”

Xu Ning nodded and rubbed the clothes in her hands vigorously. God was so unfair. Why did she have to travel through time and space in a book and become a poor person?

She is a poor girl to begin with, so what is the point of traveling through a book?

It’s hard to endure hardships in modern times, and it’s even harder to travel through time and space to the 1970s Is it because she is born to endure hardships? No, it was God who excluded and isolated her.

There are tens of thousands of rich people in the world, so what’s wrong with having one more?

ah! So angry! ! !

Not understanding why her sister-in-law was so bitter and resentful, He Wanjiao reminded her softly, “Sister-in-law, don’t use too much force, be careful not to tear your clothes.”

My sister-in-law’s shirt is made of poor material. It has faded after being worn for so many years and the fabric looks shabby.

Hearing this, Xu Ning hurriedly restrained her strength. She only bought one set of clothes today, and this set of clothes would be used for replacements.

The person Xu Ning likes the most in this family is He Wanjiao. She is cute and gentle, has a good personality, and more importantly, she will be a rich woman in the future.

I don’t ask for someone’s support, but I want to be like sisters. No routine, all emotion, “Jiaojiao, do you have homework tonight?”

“Yes, but I have already written half of it at school, and the remaining half will be finished soon.” He Wanjiao said with a little pride. She hasn’t told her sister-in-law about her situation yet. “Sister-in-law, I am in the second grade of junior high school this year, and I will go to high school in the second half of the year. And I am a very good student, and I always get the first place~”

When she becomes an aunt, she will be responsible for the study of her nephew or niece, hehe~

“So amazing! Then it’s almost certain that you’ll get into high school?” Xu Ning praised with special support. She had been a very good student since she was a child. After all, studying was her only way out, but the original owner only graduated from elementary school.

So angry! She studied diligently and had only been in college for three years. Wasn’t it just a waste of time for her to work so hard all these years?

“It should be no problem to get into high school.” The teachers all said that He Wanjiao’s score was enough to get her into high school, and she had never worried about the entrance exam. Seeing that her sister-in-law would take a while to wash the clothes, she got up and went back to the room, “Sister-in-law, wait a minute, I’ll move a stool over to do my homework, and we can keep each other company.”

Xu Ning smiled and replied, “Okay.”

I lowered my head and continued washing clothes. I had been wearing these clothes on the train for so long that they always had a smell. I had to wash them thoroughly.

He Wanjiao brought a stool over and put it away, then took out her homework. Then she remembered to ask Xu Ning, “Sister-in-law, where is our mother?”

“I don’t know. He just said he was going out for a while and asked me to look after the house.” Xu Ning probably went to ask Qian Sanhong for money, but he couldn’t tell this to the little girl.

I don’t know whether Hu Xianglan can get the two hundred yuan back. If Xu Ning had the two hundred yuan in his hands, he couldn’t imagine how happy he would be.

You get what you pay for. Something that costs one hundred dollars is of a different quality than something that costs three hundred dollars.

Xu Ning finished washing the clothes and He Wanjiao finished her homework, but Hu Xianglan had not come back yet.

Xu Ning looked at the kitchen. There was some lunch left. How about heating it up?

“Sister-in-law, let’s go to the cafeteria in my brother’s factory to eat?” He Wanjiao didn’t want to eat leftovers or meat. Jiang Chonghuai always said that her face was chubby, so she wanted to lose weight!

Xu Ning didn’t know that there was this option, but when she thought about it, she realized that the factory cafeteria was open to employees’ families. And they are He Beian’s family members, so of course they can go to eat.

Instead of heating up leftovers and washing dishes, Xu Ning agreed to He Wanjiao without hesitation, “Let’s go to the cafeteria, and you show me the way.”

From now on, if there is no food at home, we will go to the cafeteria to eat, and He Beian will pay for it.