Chapter 63 I'm Content

She put down the plunger in her hand, looked around, and then put the money and bills back into Shen Meng's hand.

"Zhenping's wife, what are you doing? I don't want this money, you can take it back. And this candy, such a rare thing, you can take it back to Mingkai and his children to eat. If you can bring things here, I will know that you are a sensible person. I am angry, but not at you. We are all from the same village, there is no need to be so polite. I am angry at your uncle, that old fool. He went to help you and forgot to pick someone up in the county. He almost lost his job driving the ox cart. How can I not be angry?"

Shen Meng was stunned for a moment after hearing this. She had been sleeping at home until now and had no idea what had happened in Uncle Guai's house. This made her even more embarrassed.

Many people in the village who were slacking off were eyeing Uncle Guai's job. They could earn ten work points a day by traveling back and forth between the commune, the county town, and the Lujia Village Production Team, without having to do any hard work. Who wouldn't want such an easy job?

"I'm so sorry, auntie. I, I didn't know about this. Because of this, you should have taken the money. If it really caused Uncle Guai to lose his job as a bullock cart driver, I would be really guilty. Auntie, how about this, you give Uncle Guai one dollar to the production team, and the village cadres shouldn't say anything more. If there is anything else, I will go and talk to someone about it."

Zhu Juying paused in her attempt to refuse. Although she didn't jerk off her husband this time, the topic was still there, and she was afraid that someone would use it to gossip about her old man in the future.

"Okay, Mrs. Zhenping, I'll take the money you gave me for the sake of my dignity, but you have to take the ticket back. I can't take it. And I can't take the extra fifty cents either. It's not ours, so we can't take a cent more."

"Aunt, I'm not a sucker. I came here to pretend to be rich. I gave you cotton coupons because I heard from Uncle Guai that Xiangxiang is engaged and will get married next year. A married girl must have a decent quilt, right? The coupons I gave you will be spent by you and Uncle Guai. Zhenping sends me some coupons every month, and I can't spend them all. You can take them and think of them as our family's dowry for Xiangxiang."

Zhu Juying looked at Shen Meng, who was smiling and speaking softly, and she was reluctant in her heart, but she was unwilling to hand over the cotton coupons. Her daughter was nineteen years old and was engaged to a pretty good family. She only had such a precious daughter, and she asked around about the character of her in-laws several times, and only agreed after knowing that they were a good family.

Although her old man drove a ox cart in the production team, he was still a farmer after all. The family had no wealth. The cotton quilt she had saved for her daughter was taken away by her newly married daughter-in-law two years ago.

At that time, her family member Xiangxiang hugged her and comforted her, saying that it was okay, that she was a few years old and her family had nothing to worry about, and she shouldn't worry about it. This matter had been on her mind for several years, and she felt sad whenever she looked at the child.

What Zhenping's wife handed over now was not just a simple cotton ticket, it was her daughter's dignity!
"Okay, good boy, thank you from your auntie. Next year, your sister Xiangxiang will get married. You must come over to have a drink at the wedding!"

"Okay, I'll definitely come. Auntie, please keep these away and don't let anyone see them. It's getting late, so I'll be home soon."

"Hey! Go back!"

Zhu Juying looked around with the money in her hand, then quickly put the things in her arms, swept out the crushed sesame seeds from the mortar, put them in a porcelain bowl, and carried it back to the house.

After work in the evening, Lu Xiangxiang just returned home carrying a hoe, and her mother pulled her into the house. Seeing this, Zhu Juying's daughter-in-law Huang Maochun's eyes rolled around, and she dropped the hoe and went over to eavesdrop.

"Where are you going? It's time to cook." Lu Xingchang shouted at her.

"Don't worry about it." She growled softly and ran over.

Lu Xiangxiang's sister-in-law Yao Jinzhu coughed twice and said in a loud voice: "Mao Chun, what are you doing? It's your turn to cook tonight. Hurry up, the child will be hungry soon."

Hearing the noise in the room, Zhu Juying opened the door with a "click".

"What are you doing? Go do what you need to do. Don't just look for trouble all day long. Xingchang, you should also take care of your wife. What a disgrace."

Lu Xingchang opened his mouth, but faced Huang Maochun's angry eyes and didn't dare to say a word.

When Zhu Juying saw her son's miserable appearance, she felt sick to her heart. Before they got married, she was called aunt all the time and said a lot of nice things to him. Her family thought he was an honest and decent girl. But she didn't expect that she would offend a family of evildoers and her son became a different person.

She was too lazy to say anything to them. It was useless to say more anyway. She had already married her daughter-in-law and had a grandson. What else could she do? She just had to live her life in a muddle! Huang Maochun, who had not heard what was said, immediately became angry.

"You old fool treat me like an outsider. You have to keep it secret from others. And you, Yao Jinzhu, you are a bunch of starving ghosts. You asked me to cook, but I won't cook today. I wonder if my whole family will starve to death without me."

"Mao Chun, don't say that. I'm going to cook it. My younger sister cooked it yesterday, and my eldest sister-in-law cooked it the day before yesterday. Today it's our turn to cook."

"Just shut up, you go cook. Who will do the laundry? Who will take care of the kids? I don't care. I've worked a day and I'm exhausted. I just want to eat something ready-made."

She snorted coldly and turned to go into the house. Seeing Yao Jinzhu's eyes red with anger, Lu Xingchang sighed and said, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law. She has this temper. Don't mind it. I'll go back to the house first. If Xiaodan comes back and faces his mother sleeping, he will be beaten."

Yao Jinzhu was so angry that her chest hurt. She never thought that her brother-in-law, who used to be honest and slow in speaking and doing things, would become so cowardly now.

"Who is this?"

Her parents-in-law, her husband, children, and the second son and his wife were all still hungry. She wiped her eyes and turned into the kitchen.

Inside the room, Zhu Juying told Lu Xiangxiang what happened again, and handed her the cotton ticket for her to see.

Although Lu Xiangxiang felt sweet in her heart, she still pushed it back reluctantly.

"Mom, I can't take advantage of Sister Meng's family just because I'm getting married. I heard from Brother Changhong that the army can't issue many coupons and allowances, and some soldiers even use their own allowances to support the families of their fallen comrades. Soldiers defend their country and endure hardships, so why should we be afraid of a little hardship? I don't want this. They didn't give much betrothal gift, and I don't bring any dowry. It's fair. When the weather gets cold, Sister Meng will have to make winter clothes for Mingyang's children. I'm afraid these cotton coupons were saved by Brother Zhenping. Mom, we can't take them."

"You are such a sensible girl, but you are unlucky enough to be born into such a poor family. Your parents are so sorry for you." Zhu Juying felt heartbroken.

"Mom, please don't say such things. Many families don't treat their daughters as human beings. I have never suffered any hardship since I was a child. I am very content. It's okay, mom. Even without a dowry, I can still live a good life." Lu Xiangxiang reached out and hugged Zhu Juying.

Over there, Shen Meng heated up some pig's trotter soup. The soup was light and didn't have any smell. When Lu Mingyang and the other children got home from school, she had already packed the steamed buns and soup in a backpack.

"Mingyang, mother has wrapped the steamed bread in a cage cloth, and put the pig's trotter soup in two lunch boxes. When you take your brother and sister out, walk slowly and avoid being seen by others. Mother will wait for you at home!"

"Hey, don't worry, mother. We have delivered the meal many times. We will definitely deliver the meal to Brother Aman without anyone knowing."

When they went out, they happened to meet Xie Jinghao who was leading Xiaogang. She saw that it was getting dark, Mingyang was still carrying the backpack, and Mingliang and Mingfang were following him, so they were about to go out.

"Where are you going? It's dark now, don't run around!"

"Aunt San, let's go collect the pig grass we picked after school. We know where it is."

Shen Meng waved at her and just as she handed the pig's trotter soup to her, she said, "These kids are really sensible. They're still earning work points on the way back!"

Shen Meng: “.”

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