Chapter 43: If You Don’t Like It, Just Shut Up

Peanut harvesting had started in the brigade these days.

On the way out of the village, they happened to pass by the brigade’s peanut field.

The educated youths and Li Xiaolan were all assigned to harvest peanuts.

Li Xiaolan looked at Shen Chuning, who was sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, hugging Zhou Yubai’s waist, and spat on the ground, “Tsk, shameless vixen, hugging and cuddling with a man in broad daylight, it’s simply immoral.”

Chen Ziyun, seeing Shen Chuning’s shy face, also felt very uncomfortable. Such a beautiful woman should have been his.

But now…

While Chen Ziyun was looking at Shen Chuning, Lu Qiaoqing was looking at Chen Ziyun.

Seeing Chen Ziyun’s gaze fixed on Shen Chuning, a flash of resentment crossed her eyes, then she rolled her eyes, her foot slipped, and she cried out, “Ouch,” falling into the peanut field in front of Chen Ziyun.

She thought she had fallen gracefully and alluringly, fantasizing that Chen Ziyun would catch her, a heroic rescue.

Who knew that she not only had a close encounter with the peanut field, but also got a mouthful of mud, and even heard Chen Ziyun’s disgusted voice from above.

“Lu Zhiqing, can you be careful? The soil in this peanut field is already hard to dig, and if you fall like this, you’ll make the soil even harder, how can I dig out the peanuts?”

Wang Yumeng’s gaze was also following Shen Chuning. Hearing Chen Ziyun’s voice, she withdrew her gaze.

As a reader who had transmigrated into the book, she knew Lu Qiaoqing’s intentions very well.

But she had no time to deal with Lu Qiaoqing’s intentions now.

She had previously thought that Shen Chuning, as the heroine, marrying Zhou Yubai, a minor character, was just using Zhou Yubai as a tool to stimulate the male lead.

Unexpectedly, Shen Chuning not only really married Zhou Yubai, but they were also very loving.

In this period drama, Shen Chuning was the only universally beloved heroine.

Was her protagonist halo really that strong?

Could it be that because Chen Ziyun, the original male lead, had turned against her, even the male lead in the plot had changed?

While they were each thinking their own thoughts, an auntie who worked with Lin Shulan also disliked Shen Chuning not working in the fields, and fanned the flames in front of Lin Shulan.

“Old Zhou’s wife, your daughter-in-law doesn’t have a job and doesn’t go to work to earn work points, and you let her be? I say, for such a lazy woman, you should let your son beat her up.

Then she’ll know to work honestly!”

Lin Shulan glanced at the auntie.

The auntie was a widow. In the early years, not long after Shen Chuning’s mother passed away, she went to the Shen family very often.

The brigade was rumored that she had a crush on Shen Qingsong.

Later, she ran out of the Shen family crying, and then spread bad things about the Shen family everywhere.

The brigade rumored that she had slept with Shen Qingsong, but Shen Qingsong not only refused but also drove her away, and she was filled with hatred and slandered the Shen family, opposing the Shen family.

Lin Shulan was not polite, “Li widow, you manage everything in the world, and you even manage whether my son beats his wife?

I tell you, my son is capable, with a high salary, he is willing to support his wife and not let his wife go to work in the fields.

My in-laws raised my daughter-in-law well, I like it, and I’m willing not to let her work in the fields.

What? You don’t like it?

If you don’t like it, just shut up, it’s none of your business!”

Li widow didn’t expect Lin Shulan to be so impolite.

Her face flushed red, and after a while, she said, “Lin Shulan, I’m doing this for your family, why can’t you understand good intentions?”

“Heh, Li widow, do you think you’re the only smart person in the world! Stop stirring up trouble between my daughter-in-law and me, or I won’t be polite!”

Shen Chuning didn’t know that just passing by had caused so much controversy.

At this time, Zhou Yubai had already ridden his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative.

These days, various brigades were harvesting peanuts, and most people were working, so there weren’t many people in the supply and marketing cooperative.

As soon as Shen Chuning entered the supply and marketing cooperative, the saleswoman who often sold her things greeted her, “Comrade, here.”

Shen Chuning smiled and walked towards the saleswoman.

The saleswoman’s smiling gaze swept over her and Zhou Yubai, “Comrade, have you finished your wedding?”

“Mm.” Shen Chuning responded frankly, taking out a few candies from her pocket and giving them to the saleswoman, “Sister, have some wedding candy. Last time, thanks to you for recommending things, my dowry was able to be so complete.”

“Comrade, you’re too polite, it’s our job to serve the people!” The saleswoman took the candy and said with a cheerful smile.

She worked in the supply and marketing cooperative and didn’t lack candy at home.

But Shen Chuning was beautiful, and she spoke and acted generously, so she liked her and didn’t want to refuse her kindness.

“Comrade, didn’t you tell me last time that you wanted to buy a watch? We just received a batch, let me show you.”

Before Shen Chuning could tell the saleswoman that she didn’t need to buy a watch now, the saleswoman had already taken out the watches from the counter to show her.

Shen Chuning was about to wave her hand and say no, when Zhou Yubai’s slender fingers pointed to a women’s watch, “This one.”

The women’s watch was very similar to the one she had bought for Zhou Yubai before, also with a lake blue dial, but the strap wasn’t metal, but light brown leather.

It didn’t look as dazzling as the metal strap, but it had a better texture.

“Oh, comrade, your husband has excellent taste, this watch is the most beautiful one in this batch.” The saleswoman immediately praised.

“Try it on.”

The man was again aloof and stingy with words in front of outsiders, and his tone was unavoidable.

Shen Chuning couldn’t make her husband lose face in public.

She reached out her hand.

The saleswoman was about to put it on for her, when Zhou Yubai reached out and took the watch from the saleswoman’s hand, lowered his head, and carefully put it on for her.

After putting it on, he held Shen Chuning’s hand and examined it for a few moments, “It looks good.”

Turning to the saleswoman, he asked, “How much?”

The saleswoman’s smile became even brighter.

They worked in the supply and marketing cooperative, and they also had sales targets. Now it was the busy farming season, and it was the second half of the year, many families didn’t have any extra money, and even their grain had to be saved, otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to survive until the grain distribution.

Under these circumstances, their supply and marketing cooperative’s business naturally wasn’t good.

Being able to sell a large item like a watch, she wouldn’t worry about her monthly performance.

“Comrade, this watch is one hundred and ninety-eight kuai and a watch coupon.”

“Okay, I’ll buy it.” Zhou Yubai didn’t ask Shen Chuning’s opinion and directly said domineeringly.

“Okay, okay!”

The saleswoman quickly gave him the receipt.

He paid the money and the watch coupon.

While giving Shen Chuning the watch box, the saleswoman said with a smile, “Comrade, when you came to buy things before, I could tell from your delicate appearance that you were a fortunate person.

Sure enough, you’re a fortunate person, look how good your husband is to you. And he’s tall, handsome, and such a man is really hard to find.”

Shen Chuning was also happy to hear others praise her husband, covering her mouth and smiling her thanks.

After taking the watch box, they bought two jin of pork, two bags of white sugar, two bags of hanging noodles, a bottle of Erguotou liquor, and a box of White Sand cigarettes.

Then they hung everything on the handlebars of the bicycle and returned to the village.

When they arrived in the village, they didn’t go directly to Shen’s house, but returned to Zhou’s house first.

Lin Shulan had prepared an old hen for them to take to Shen’s house.