Chapter 59: Love Brain Blossomed

“The things I said to Dad that day weren’t aimed at you.” Shen Zhengliang, after carefully choosing his words, said to Shen Chuning.

Shen Chuning curved her lips into a sweet smile, “Second Brother, I know, you’re just unhappy that Dad is too partial.

Actually, I also think Dad is too partial to me, and I was too ignorant before, only caring about eating and dressing well, completely ignoring the family’s situation, even delaying your, Big Brother’s, and Third Brother’s lifelong events.”

A light flashed in Shen Zhengliang’s eyes, he asked Shen Chuning, “Ningning, what do you think of Wang Yumeng?”

Shen Chuning’s bright and smiling face instantly fell, “Not good.”

Seeing Shen Zhengliang’s dissatisfaction with this answer, she directly asked back, “Then Second Brother, what do you think of Chen Ziyun?”

Shen Zhengliang also frowned, “Ningning, why are you mentioning that hooligan? He’s been sent to labor reform.”

“He’s also an educated youth.” Shen Chuning said.

Shen Zhengliang frowned even more, “There are good and bad people among educated youths. Ningning, you can’t think that all educated youths are bad because of Chen Ziyun, one bad apple.”

“She has a good relationship with Chen Ziyun.” Shen Chuning stared into Shen Zhengliang’s eyes, saying word by word.

Shen Zhengliang opened his mouth, stunned for a moment, unable to speak.

After a while, he said, “Wang Yumeng, a girl, left the city and came to our countryside, and she doesn’t know how to do farm work, it’s okay for her to get along well with others in the educated youth point.

Having a good relationship with Chen Ziyun, maybe she’s just like you before, deceived by Chen Ziyun’s appearance.”

Shen Chuning: …

Was Second Brother trying to persuade her or himself?

Forget it, seeing Second Brother’s posture, he must have been interested in Wang Yumeng for a long time, and a love brain had already blossomed.

Matters of the heart, if one doesn’t see clearly, it’s difficult for others to persuade them.

She would wait and see, then slowly find a chance to let Second Brother see Wang Yumeng’s true face!

Thinking this, Shen Chuning didn’t discuss Wang Yumeng with Shen Zhengliang anymore.

Even in the following days, whenever Wang Yumeng came to visit Second Brother, she simply went out and left the space to them.

She also took advantage of this time to buy some things she needed.

First, she went to the agricultural machinery station to buy seeds for autumn planting, such as radishes, cabbages, lettuces, and cabbages.

She also bought some scraps of cloth.

She planned to learn to make shoe soles from Sister He Hui.

She had heard from her third brother that their army was either training or on missions every day, and they wore out their shoes quickly.

Although the army would provide soldiers with shoes, it wasn’t enough.

So she planned to try making two pairs of cotton shoes for her husband. She estimated that if she made them now and sent them to her husband, it would be just the right season to wear them.

She also bought some soft pure wool yarn. She hadn’t learned to knit before, and it would be impossible to knit a sweater for a while, but she should be able to knit a scarf for her husband.

If time permitted, she could also prepare shoes and scarves for her third brother.

After mailing the things for her husband and third brother, she could knit a scarf for her father, eldest brother, and second brother. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were also good to her, and she couldn’t leave out their gifts.

Scraps of cloth from the supply and marketing cooperative didn’t require coupons and were cheap, but usually, the staff of the supply and marketing cooperative kept them for themselves, and ordinary people couldn’t buy them.

She was lucky today, the supply and marketing cooperative happened to have extra scraps of cloth, and the saleswoman remembered her as a big customer, so she gave her some.

Pure wool yarn now cost 37 yuan per jin, and a scarf only needed half a liang of yarn.

Shen Chuning calculated that she planned to knit seven scarves, which would require about three and a half liang of yarn, to prevent waste, she directly bought four liang, spending fourteen kuai and eight mao, and also gave three chi of cloth coupons.

After buying the yarn, she bought herself some toothpaste and vanishing cream.

Toothpaste was two mao a pack, and she had been using it.

Vanishing cream was one kuai and two mao a box, she bought two boxes, one for herself and one for Lin Shulan.

Seeing that the supply and marketing cooperative had just received some clam oil, she spent eight mao to buy a box.

When Lin Shulan helped her hoe the land in the yard, she found that Lin Shulan’s hands had many cracks due to long-term labor.

She was afraid that those cracks would crack and bleed in the dry winter weather.

She couldn’t imagine how painful that would be, so she bought a box of clam oil for Lin Shulan to use for maintenance.

To avoid suffering in winter.

Shen Chuning bought a lot of things, thinking that it wouldn’t be good to put them in the ward, so she rode her bicycle home first.

When she went back, Lin Shulan was at home.

She took out the vanishing cream and clam oil and gave them to Lin Shulan, “Mother, this vanishing cream is for your face. This clam oil is for your hands. Use these first, and I’ll buy you more when you finish them.”

Lin Shulan had heard of vanishing cream and clam oil.

But a box of vanishing cream cost more than one kuai, and a box of clam oil also cost eight mao.

The two boxes added up to two kuai, enough to buy more than ten jin of meat, she couldn’t afford to buy such things.

Seeing Shen Chuning buy them for her, although she was happy, she repeatedly refused, “Third son’s wife, Mother is so old, I don’t need these things, you keep them…”

Shen Chuning put on a serious face and said seriously, “Who says old people don’t need them? Mother, your face is peeling, if you don’t put on some cream, your face will definitely hurt in autumn.

And your hands, I’ve seen cracks, if you don’t put on some cream now, it will be dry in autumn and winter, and when the cracks get bigger and bleed, it will be very painful!”

“I bought them for you, just use them, consider it filial piety from me and Brother Yubai, don’t be polite with us, your children.”

Hearing Shen Chuning’s words, Lin Shulan felt indescribably comfortable.

Every year in autumn and winter, she suffered a lot, her face peeled and hurt, and her hands cracked and bled even more painfully.

But all the women in the village were like this, she didn’t complain to anyone, not even her old man.

Unexpectedly, her third son’s wife had noticed this after only a few days and bought her these things.

This daughter-in-law was really lovable.

After Lin Shulan accepted the things, Shen Chuning got back on her bicycle, “Mother, I’ll go back to the hospital!”

“Go, go, when your second brother comes back from the hospital, Mother will cook something delicious for you.”