Chapter 56: Gossiping Wives

The owner of the shop was very kind. Although Lin Yangyang had mastered the basic skills long ago, the owner still enthusiastically taught her some techniques and methods.

At noon, Lin Yangyang thought that the children were at school and Lu Shiyuan was busy in the army, so she simply stayed at the shop to have lunch with the owner and her other apprentice and employee.

The owner was a great cook. Lin Yangyang had eaten at the shop for a few days and had also learned a bit of cooking.

So after a week, Lin Yangyang didn’t give the money Lu Shiyuan had left to Mrs. Sun, she tried to cook for the children herself.

Buying groceries and cooking herself, compared to giving money to Mrs. Sun to cook, there was a difference of a few cents per meal.

These few cents saved, over a week, would be enough to buy a few meals of pork ribs!

Mrs. Sun also thought that Lin Yangyang didn’t know the tricks of buying groceries, and Lu Shiyuan was a man who didn’t understand either, so she would always take a dime or two in difference.

When she heard Lin Yangyang say that she wouldn’t need her to cook anymore, Mrs. Sun was simply furious!

Because of Lin Yangyang’s independence, she lost two cents every day, over a week it was over a dollar, enough to buy two meals of pork ribs for her grandson.

“Tsk, I don’t know where this Sister-in-law Lin goes every day.”

Early in the morning, Mrs. Sun was washing clothes by the well with a few other ladies, seeing Lin Yangyang leaving the compound with her two children in a flamboyant manner, she spoke ill of Lin Yangyang in a bad tone.

Lin Yangyang used to be arrogant, she didn’t have many friends in the compound, most of them were military wives and ladies who didn’t like her.

“You said she’s dressed up, who knows where she’s going. Maybe she’s going to cheat on someone!”

“Hahaha… You’re right, I think it’s very possible! Otherwise, why does she disappear every day after sending the children to school?”

Mrs. Sun snorted coldly, “Only Battalion Commander Lu can tolerate this woman, she can’t cook, right? Battalion Commander Lu was worried that they would starve, so he gave Sister-in-law Lin a weekly allowance for food, and I was responsible for preparing their breakfast and dinner. Oh, you wouldn’t believe it, now Sister-in-law Lin doesn’t want to give me money anymore!”

Gossip is a woman’s nature, as soon as Mrs. Sun finished speaking, the two ladies next to her also gathered around to gossip.

“So is Lin Yangyang cooking for the children every day?”

“She’s cooking, but I don’t know what she’s making. I’m worried that this high and mighty ‘miss’ can’t even cook a meal! In the end, won’t the two children be the ones who starve? Humph! I don’t know how she’s a mother, why doesn’t she just let me cook for them? At least the children would be happy eating, right? She’s afraid of losing out, she has to cook herself!”

Mrs. Sun held a grudge against Lin Yangyang for not letting her cook anymore.

“It’s really hard on the two children, how did they end up with a mother like this.”

“In my opinion, she’s probably saving all the money to spend on her lover!”

Mrs. Sun’s words didn’t need to be true, she said whatever she wanted.

These words spread like ripples, within a day, the whole compound was whispering, saying that Lin Yangyang was hiding something from Lu Shiyuan, that she had someone else.

On the other hand, Lin Yangyang was still learning on the old-fashioned sewing machine.

She had a lot of knowledge and skills, but there was no machine weaving at this time, so Lin Yangyang still had to learn this old sewing machine diligently.

“Yangyang, you’re a smart person, I teach you once, and you learn quickly. Come, here’s the design, you try it, use this piece of cloth, make this skirt.”

Lin Yangyang took the design and looked at it, then looked at the owner, Qinghong.

“Is this a design provided by the customer?”

Qinghong nodded, “You have to design according to this design. Let me see how much skill you have.”

Lin Yangyang smiled and agreed, so she took the cloth and the design and went home.

She went home first to cut the fabric manually, cut the fabric well, and she could use the sewing machine to sew it tomorrow when she returned to the store.

It’s just that Lin Yangyang never expected that she would only be out for a day, and when she came back, the atmosphere of the whole compound seemed to have changed.

“Tsk tsk, look! She bought something again! Where does this woman get all her money, is it blown in by the wind, or given to her by someone?”

Lin Yangyang asked the two children to go home first, and she deliberately walked slowly.

“Look at the things in her house, I don’t know how much money she’s spent from Battalion Commander Lu. She goes out to play every day, all dolled up, Humph, who knows if she’s going to play, or if she’s going to play for someone else.”

The more she listened, the more unpleasant the words became, Lin Yangyang frowned, very displeased.

“I don’t know what Battalion Commander Lu sees in this woman.”

“It’s just hard on Battalion Commander Lu, he’s working himself to death in the army every day, and he doesn’t even have a hot meal to eat when he gets home.”

The person who said this was Mrs. Sun, clearly deliberately saying this.

“If Mrs. Sun and the other ladies are curious, why don’t you come to my house tonight, I’ll cook for you, and by the way, let you take a look at my house?”

Lin Yangyang turned to look at the few old ladies behind her with a smile, her smile innocent and carefree.

The few women paused, frowned, snorted in disgust, and continued to work with their heads down.

With a cold snort, Lin Yangyang turned and went home.

Seeing her leave, the few ladies continued to whisper bad things about Lin Yangyang.

As Lin Yangyang entered the house, Du Meichun happened to pass by her door with a basin of clothes, and greeted her enthusiastically.

Who knew that when she arrived at the well, she heard the few ladies constantly gossiping about Lin Yangyang, and the more they said, the more unpleasant it became.

Du Meichun didn’t want to pay attention to them, she dipped a basin of water and sat in the corner quietly washing her clothes.

After washing her clothes, she passed by the Lu family on her way back, and Du Meichun knocked on the door and went in.

She saw the two children eating at the dining table, and Lin Yangyang was busy cutting fabric on the floor.

“Yangyang, what are you doing?” Seeing the rice on the table that hadn’t been eaten, Du Meichun came to Lin Yangyang’s side.

“I’m making clothes. Sister-in-law, why are you here?”

“I just finished washing clothes… Is there anything I can help with?”

Lin Yangyang raised her eyes and smiled at Du Meichun, “There’s nothing to help with. Sister-in-law, have you eaten? Why don’t you stay for a meal?”

“No…”

Seeing that Du Meichun hesitated, Lin Yangyang raised her eyebrows slightly and asked with a smile, “Sister-in-law, do you have something to tell me?”

“Well… Yangyang,” gathering her courage, Du Meichun raised her eyes to look at her, her eyes filled with a bit of worry, “Don’t pay attention to what those ladies say, just do your own thing.”

Hearing Du Meichun’s words, Lin Yangyang was quite surprised.

Because she didn’t expect Du Meichun, who usually didn’t like to gossip, to say these things to her.

“Sister-in-law, thank you.” Du Meichun not only spoke up for her, but also believed that she wasn’t what those ladies gossiped about.

Du Meichun paused, looking a little unnatural.

Lin Yangyang smiled, then pulled her over to help cut the fabric.