Rebirth and struggle for rural daughter-in-law

Chapter 38

Zhang Guilan entered the city and went straight to the market. The old vegetable seller was still there. He was very happy to see Zhang Guilan, and told her about the recent events.

"Several companies also made their own mung bean cakes and sold them. The taste is not comparable to yours. It uses less ingredients, but it is cheap, only one yuan per catty, and it sells quickly."

Zhang Guilan had expected such a thing to happen a long time ago, "Master, since this is the case, let's lower it a little bit, just one dollar a catty, and if you buy five catties, we will give one catty away. I don't plan to do this often, you see Do you want to buy more?"

Doing business is what you want and what you want. Zhang Guilan knew that what the uncle told her was out of good intentions, and it could not be ruled out that he had no other intentions.

The old man said with a silly smile, "I only sell some small dry goods, or myself on weekdays? 竦Mo? > After all, there are several companies selling them in the market now, and the old man dare not buy them like before.

Zhang Guilan wasn't angry either, "Okay, I'll deliver it in a few days, and the uncle will sell it for me, and I'll give him two yuan a day. Do you think it's okay?"

It would be a good thing if he stayed in the market and could earn an extra two yuan. The old man agreed with a smile. Zhang Guilan went to the market to buy fifty catties of soybean oil. The current soybean oil costs eighty-four cents a catty. Adding honey and sugar, it cost a total of 73 yuan. Finally, I bought a layer of clean oil paper to wrap things and then rushed to the passenger station.

On the bus home, I ran into Milan who was off work. Zhang Guilan had put on weight again recently, and she was obviously bigger than Milan at first glance. Milan discovered this and moved to Zhang Guilan's side.

"It's a lot of money, right? In our village, the whole village can't eat so much oil for a year." Inside the words, Zhang Guilan accused Zhang Guilan of not being able to live.

Zhang Guilan pursed her lips and smiled, ignoring the gazes looking around, "What is this? I also hired two people, and I paid five yuan a day. If you work for five or six days, it will soon be worth your monthly salary." gone."

The smile on Milan's face paused slightly, "Five yuan a day? It's not a formal job. How can there be such a good thing? Guilan, you can't mess around. Lao Ji only opened 35 a month. How can I stand up to you? Toss. When you were in the village, you were used to being extravagant, otherwise the old stepfather’s parents wouldn’t make such a fuss with you, we are just rural people with our duties, and we should live with peace of mind.”

"Didn't Laoji give you ten yuan to buy clothes last month? He still has more than ten yuan left in his hand, which is not enough for me. I earned all the money myself. As for the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law In the meantime, the mother-in-law is justified, and the public is justified, how can outsiders understand the matter." Zhang Guilan looked at Milan with a smile, "Lao Ji asked me to help you see what kind of clothes are suitable for you? You also know that Married to Laoji, I have never made new clothes. I just made new clothes a few days ago. I bought them with my own money. How do you know these things? Don’t think too much about them. After all, Lao Ji treats you like a girl Look, that's my sister, it's normal to give you some money to buy clothes, but don't feel bad about it."

Milan blushed, "I can't take this loan, I will return it to Lao Ji when I pay for it."

Seeing the contemptuous gazes from all around, Milan just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

Zhang Guilan patted her hand enthusiastically, "What do you pay? Although Lao Ji only opened 35 a month, I will give you all of it. I won't say anything. Isn't this money spent? Laoji broke off the engagement with you, so it's normal to spend some money for you now."

The car was quiet at first, but Zhang Guilan's voice was bright again. If the origin inside could not be heard, she was a fool. At first, everyone thought that Zhang Guilan would not be able to live because of Milan's words, but now they all dislike Milan, because of this. After retiring the marriage, she will spend other people's money, and she will act like it is a matter of course, like she owes her something, and she looks like a good girl, why is she like this.

Milan laughed dryly, hating to death in his heart, and regretting offending Zhang Guilan in the car. Before, he realized that he was not Zhang Guilan's opponent, so why did he forget it? Now he is ashamed and blames himself for not having a long memory.

Zhang Guilan closed her eyes to hide the coldness in her eyes. After the bus reached the compound, she got out of the car with her things. She didn't expect Luo Ji to wait at the gate of the compound. The fifty catties of soybean oil was very heavy. Although Zhang Guilan She could lift it up, but it took some effort. The moment she saw Luo Ji, she admitted that she was relieved.

Milan called out shyly, "Lao Ji, come and pick up Guilan."

Zhang Guilan seriously suspected that if there were no outsiders present, Milan would definitely not have said the latter sentence. Looking at her like she was in spring, it would make people upset.

Reluctant to take another look, Zhang Guilan walked forward carrying the sugar and honey, and left the soybean oil barrel directly for Luo Ji.

The soybean oil barrel was in Luo Ji's hands, as if it had no weight, and could not affect Luo Ji at all. Milan naturally wanted to stay and walk with Luo Ji, but he also knew that he should pay attention to the influence, so he ran to Zhang Guilan's side.

"Guilan, let me get you some."

"It's too heavy, so I'll take it myself."

"It's okay, give it to me."

Zhang Guilan was not polite, with a flash of success in her eyes, she said with a smile, "Okay, then you can take honey."

He casually handed over twenty catties of honey. With the sudden weight, Milan almost threw the thing on the ground without picking up the weight. Zhang Guilan asked with a concerned face, "Are you all right? Or should I take it?" Bar."

"It's okay." Mi Lan seemed to have guessed Zhang Guilan's intentions, glanced at Zhang Guilan, straightened her back and walked forward with Honey in her arms, "It's much heavier than this at home."

Zhang Guilan pursed her lips and smiled, her brain reacted very quickly, and without saying much, the three of them walked into the building.

I met a few people on the road, greeted them when I saw them, and even asked if there was something good to do, "Sister-in-law, do you still hire people?"

Apparently he knew about Zhang Guilan asking someone for five yuan a day.

Zhang Guilan thought of Luo Ji coming to pick her up, and connected the expressions of the people in the courtyard together, and understood a little bit. As soon as she entered the room and put down her things, Luo Ji asked Zhang Guiban to go to the east room to talk, and opened her mouth as soon as the door was closed. .

"You really hire someone for five yuan a day?" Luo Ji was shocked when he heard that, and always thought it was a fake.

Five yuan a day, six days of work is more than some people's wages.

The whole compound knew about it, even the leader had asked him to talk to him, and it was impossible for him not to ask if the matter had become like this.

Zhang Guilan was really tired after tossing around for a whole day, so she sat back on the bed, "It's only one day, and the two only cost ten yuan. Besides, it's tiring. It takes a whole day to make all those things, and most people would disdain them."

"How much money does our family have now?" Luo Ji knew he was not qualified to ask, but hearing his wife's tone, it seemed that she was very rich.

At that time, the leader of the factory also asked him the same question.

"It's only a few hundred." Zhang Guilan didn't lie, "Do you want to use it?"

Luo Ji sat down, "Today the leader of the factory heard that you hired people for five yuan a day, so they came to me and asked me if you still lack people, can you use the ones in our compound, and the salary is not five yuan?" , two yuan a day is fine. You also know how hard it is to go to college, and being a wife is even harder. If you have a job, you can have more money at home, but if you don’t have a job, you can only rely on this salary and go to your normal life It’s used here, and I don’t have any money left.”

"If I didn't agree with Jiang Zhi and the others, I would have agreed, but I've already made an agreement with them. You can't just keep your promises. Let's forget this time. There will be opportunities in the future."

Luo Ji nodded, "That's what I told the factory. After finishing this time, you should rest first. You rely on your own ability to make money and you have no money. Some people will be jealous if you can't bear it."

"Okay." Zhang Guilan didn't want to do this mung bean cake business any more. After finishing this time, the savings in her hand were almost enough, so she wanted to open a factory by herself.

But today's incident also made her notice that even if you use people, you can't use people around you and you know, it's better to sneak in. Others will be jealous, and there will be more problems in daily life.

Luo Ji felt that he had wronged his daughter-in-law in this way, "When things subside for a while, I will ask for leave to accompany you back to your hometown."

Zhang Guilan knew that he was feeling bad, "OK."

"I'll make dinner." Luo Ji couldn't coax people no matter how deep he went, let alone express it.

"Let me do it." Zhang Guilan stopped him, "If you are free, take the mung beans to the mill in the canteen of the factory and grind them into powder. Last time they were ground in the village, so we can't always go there."

"Okay, I'll go now." Luo Ji said to do it.

The two left the east room. Zhang Guilan saw that Milan was washing rice with a basin in his hand, and looked at the two of them, "I don't know what to do, so I soaked the rice first."

"Okay, I'll do the rest." Zhang Guilan took the pot in her hand.

Luo Ji put on his shoes and went out with a bag of mung beans. Milan's eyes were burning, and he looked at Zhang Guilan a few more times, wishing to see whether the two had a quarrel in the east room, otherwise how could Lao Ji resist? Mung beans gone?

Zhang Guilan was in a good mood, humming a song and cooking in the kitchen. During this time, a young man came to fight mung beans. Milan opened the door and asked where to take it. Hearing that the young man said to take it to the cafeteria, Milan looked into the kitchen again. It's a pity that Ben didn't wait until Zhang Guilan lost his temper.

In fact, Milan understood what Zhang Guilan said in the morning. She knew that living here would be even more detrimental to her. If she moved out, it would increase Lao Ji's sense of guilt and win some sympathy.

Unexpectedly, before he had a chance to speak when he came back, he realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Milan felt a little happy in his heart, thinking that after a while, Lao Ji would hate Zhang Guilan even more when she spoke out.

But when he saw the young man bringing back bags of mung bean flour, he felt a little confused again. It wasn't until Luo Ji came back and the three of them sat down to eat that Milan came back to his senses.

"Lao Ji, I've already found a good house. A comrade from my unit wants to live at home. The house he rented outside is due in half a year. He said he would sublease it to me." Milan smiled joyfully, "I plan to I'll move there tomorrow, I don't have anything else anyway, only a few clothes, I'll live there, and I'll borrow what he has there first."

"I can't ask for leave, let Zhang Guilan take you there." Contrary to what Milan expected, Luo Ji did not keep her.

"No, I really don't need it. Anyway, I'm a comrade. I can do it myself." Milan felt uncomfortable, but his smile became brighter and brighter. .”

"They all come from the same village, so there's nothing troublesome about it. Besides, it's Laoji who has delayed you for three years, otherwise you would have found a good wife." Today, Zhang Guilan made stewed vermicelli with cabbage. I also put the pork skin in it, stewed it in a big pot, put some brown sugar, it tastes like braised pork, "If you have anything to do in the city, just say hello to us, this place is far from home, we are your relatives, Someone introduces you to a partner, you can take a look if you think it is suitable, and we are still undecided."

Luo Ji nodded, his eyes were deep, "Guilan is right, you treat us as relatives, just open your mouth if you have anything to do, and you will be like Guilan when I'm not around."

His statement proved Zhang Guilan's position.

Luo Ji also felt that what his wife said was right. Milan was obviously interested in him. He couldn't hurt her, and he had cut off her thoughts early. After all, he was sorry for her. He had already inquired in the factory these days The unmarried condition is the right person for Milan again.

Milan laughed again and again, and almost burst into tears. Luo Ji and Zhang Guilan exchanged glances, but they pretended not to see them, and no one spoke again until the meal was over.

(End of this chapter)