Chapter 36

Not to mention that Hu Xianglan wanted to beat He Wanjiao, He Beian even wanted to kick her. She knew nothing and was really capable of causing trouble!

“Mom, I understand. It’s not that I don’t want to give my salary to Xu Ning. I just…” He Beian had to find an excuse to smooth things over. “I want to wait until this month’s salary is paid and give it to her together.”

His words were not very sophisticated. Not only Hu Xianglan, but even He Wanjiao couldn’t be fooled.

What’s the difference between giving the savings first and then paying after the salary is paid? If you didn’t give it, then you didn’t give it. Why are you making so many excuses? This is the mental journey of the two people at the scene.

It seems like there’s quite a commotion in there. Should we wait a while before going in? This is what Xu Ning was thinking as he stood outside the door.

Young couples have their own way of living. As an elder, Hu Xianglan cannot interfere too much, but she cannot ignore it either. “I don’t care what you thought before, whether you have any opinions about Xu Ning or not. After the salary is paid, give the money to Xu Ning, and I will ask her.”

He Beian nodded and went back to discuss with Xu Ning to reach a consensus on their stance.

“Son, now that you have your marriage certificate, you will live together for many years to come.” Hu Xianglan used her conciliatory policy, which she was good at. She sincerely hoped that the couple could live together. “Xu Ning is a good girl, you can’t bully her.”

Perhaps it was his mother’s memories of living together for many years that triggered his thoughts. He Beian began to think about his future with Xu Ning. They had agreed when they got married that they would have nothing to do with each other and they would divorce when she wanted to leave.

But as a lesbian, she probably has never thought about divorce. She agreed to so much from him because she had no other choice, right?

She had nowhere to go and couldn’t go back, so it seemed like she had no choice but to agree to him.

Xu Ning is still young, is he going to keep delaying her like this?

He Beian didn’t want to stay in the kitchen, so he walked out and promised, “Mom, I won’t bully her, don’t worry.”

Xu Ning, who was squatting at the door, heard footsteps and quickly stood up and ran back quietly. It would be too embarrassing if he was caught eavesdropping.

He Beian opened the kitchen door and just in time saw the door curtain of their room falling down. He couldn’t see the person clearly, but the wind blew the door curtain out of shape.

Did she hear everything outside the house just now? Why not go in?

Do you feel like an outsider?

Before tonight, He Beian never thought that he had bullied Xu Ning in any way. He thought he had done a good enough job and gave her half of everything he could. He never refused when she asked for help and tried to speak gently.

But from her perspective, she is really nothing.

She came thousands of miles away to marry, but her husband was reluctant and even suggested that they pretend to be a couple. Not only did he not give her any household expenses, but she also had to borrow money.

Xu Ning ran back into the house and waited for a long time but didn’t hear anyone enter the house. Could it be that the person who came out was not He Beian?

After working all afternoon, her stomach began to sing the empty city plan. She thought that the argument in the kitchen was over and she could go to Missy.

But she didn’t expect it to be such a coincidence. She waited for a long time but didn’t see He Beian come back to the room. As soon as she walked out of the room, he was lifting the curtain and entering the room.

“You got off work early today~” Xu Ning greeted him with a smile and walked out quickly. Her intuition told her that her stomach wanted to sing a song.

Anyway, he didn’t know she was eavesdropping, so she had nothing to feel guilty about.

Seeing that Xu Ning was just making up something to say, He Beian answered seriously: “I didn’t cook tonight.”

“oh.”

As soon as Xu Ning arrived at the yard, her stomach began to growl with hunger.

She didn’t know whether He Beian in the room heard it or not. She didn’t care about that and went to eat in a hurry.

The meal was ready, and Xu Ning went into the kitchen to help carry the bowls and chopsticks and started eating right away.

Neither the mother nor the son mentioned what had just happened in the kitchen, and Xu Ning pretended not to know. She only heard what happened later and didn’t know the specific cause.

After dinner, Hu Xianglan returned to her room, leaving the kitchen to her aunt and sister-in-law to clean up.

He Wanjiao is not the type of person who can hold back her words, especially after knowing that her sister-in-law was wronged, she wanted to comfort Xu Ning when she saw her.

“Sister-in-law, my mother already knows that my brother is stingy, and she just gave him a lesson. I believe he will change his ways soon, so don’t be sad.”

He Beian is stingy? What is this about?

“Is your brother stingy?” Xu Ning asked back. Why didn’t she see that he was stingy?

Weren’t they talking about He Beian’s salary in the kitchen just now? How can there still be such a thing as being stingy?

What did she say before she came?

“Well, he is just stingy.” He Wanjiao nodded affirmatively, otherwise she really couldn’t understand why her brother didn’t give his salary to his wife.

My mother said that it is natural for a wife to manage the money. If a husband doesn’t even want his wife to manage the money, who can guarantee that he won’t have any bad intentions one day?

Even if the wife manages the money, it won’t stop the man from having bad thoughts. But if she doesn’t manage the money, it will give him capital to have bad thoughts.

She could guarantee that her brother had no bad intentions, so if he didn’t give the money to his wife, it only meant that he was stingy.

Xu Ning didn’t see it, maybe he was hiding it deeply, and he echoed He Wanjiao: “Don’t worry, I’m not sad, your brother is very generous to me.”

He generously lent her forty-five dollars, generously compensated her with eleven dollars for her clothes, generously treated her to mutton noodles and provided her with money for the return ticket.

Thinking of this, she could now return the forty-five to He Beian, leaving eighteen after spending the forty-five, plus the two dollars she brought with her, five dollars for changing her name, eleven dollars for compensation for the clothes, and two dollars for changing her name from her uncle’s family, plus the two hundred yuan betrothal money she received today.

Not counting the cents, the total is two hundred and thirty-eight. After paying forty-five to He Beian, there is still one hundred and ninety-three left.

It sounds like a lot, but it is still far from enough to save enough capital to start a business.

Not to mention a lot, but at least you have to save up 500 yuan in capital, right?

All this money was given to her by the He family, with the bulk of it coming from Hu Xianglan. It is estimated that the old lady will become a miser in the future.

Xu Ning had no intention of cheating her again. She got what she deserved, and the next step was to think about how to make money.

Her only idea was to pretend to be lame and set up a stall, but this behavior touched the bottom line of morality and the edge of the law.

It’s not as serious as setting up a stall in the black market. If you get caught, the most that can happen is that your items will be confiscated and you will be fined.

In fact, she can give it a try boldly. She might not be that unlucky.

He Wanjiao looked up at her sister-in-law who was still speaking well of her brother, even though she was clearly absent-minded while working.

She sighed in her heart and decided that she must keep a close eye on He Beian from now on, and he must not try to bully her sister-in-law secretly.

After cleaning up the dishes, Xu Ning said something to Jiaojiao and went back to her room. She had to plan her own money-saving plan.

After returning to the room, I realized that I was too busy this afternoon and forgot to bring the bedding. I didn’t think about it when I changed my clothes just now.

The door of the house opposite was closed, but there was light on.

She raised her hand to knock at the door, and her fingers touched the door, which swung open by itself.

The bulging back muscles wrapped in a black vest caught Xu Ning’s eyes. He Beian was doing push-ups in the room and seemed not to notice that the door was opened.