Chapter 27 The best sister-in-law in the 1980s (27)
Xu Yin’s third grade of high school took a city-wide joint exam two years ago. After the exam, she had to make up for nearly a week of classes before going on winter vacation.
After her sister-in-law gave birth safely, she was relieved, and then she devoted herself to the final review. She performed well in this final exam and even she felt that she was very good.
On the way home, I met Xu Jianjun.
He was holding a big grass carp in his hand: "Yin Yin, I'm going to your house."
“Send fish to my house?” Xu Yin joked with a smile.
Unexpectedly, this fish was really given to her. Not only was it a fish, but it also contained ten dollars.
“The teacher in my mechanical class saw your drawing and said it was of great use. He applied for a twenty yuan scholarship for me, but I can only give you ten yuan.” Xu Jianjun scratched his head and said awkwardly.
The remaining ten yuan will be spent after paying the tuition and fees for the next semester, and then buying cakes and candies for my nephews and nieces at home.
Xu Yin took the fish but didn’t ask for money.
Her little treasury is rich now. Not only did her elder brother take the initiative to reimburse all the expenses incurred by her sister-in-law when she was hospitalized, but he also gave her an extra fifty to buy a new set of clothes for the New Year.
Including the commission from clothes in the past six months, it’s less than 200 yuan.
“If anyone asks about this blueprint in the future, just don’t mention me.”
Xu Jianjun was puzzled: “Why?”
“I don’t want to be famous.” I don’t want to be investigated or studied.
But Xu Jianjun couldn’t figure it out. Isn’t it a good thing to be famous?
“People are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of being strong!”
…”
He was speechless for a moment, paused, scratched his hair and said, "But I seem to have told the teacher about your modification of the bicycle. What should I do?"
“Cold salad!”
…”
Xu Yin had a headache, but fortunately she had thought of a way to deal with it in advance, so she wasn’t too worried.
Whether it is her or the original owner, physics has always been good enough.
The original owner was not good at math, but now she has caught up with him.
This looks like a typical science student, with an above-average IQ and interest, who can understand blueprints and successfully modify a bicycle. Who says it's not possible?
When I got home, I saw Xu’s mother coming back with a jar of maltose.
“Mom, are we going to make rice candies at home? When will we make them?”
“Your brother will do it whenever he has time.”
Oh, her eldest brother has been either chopping firewood or making briquettes these days, and wants to stock up on more firewood for the family. When spring comes, his wife will take the children to work with him.
Sister-in-law Xu is actually a little undecided about this matter.
If it was half a year ago, she would have gone without saying a word.
But now…
"Little sister, if I leave, will we still accept the clothes order?" If we don't accept it, won't we lose money?
That particularly critical point in the plot has been passed safely. After the sister-in-law leaves, there is no chance to be taught by the mother-in-law. What else is there to worry about?
The main purpose of letting my sister-in-law make clothes is not to make money. "Sister-in-law, if you want, you can continue after you go to Tongcheng. As soon as you put on your newly made woolen coat, someone will definitely come to ask you, and business will come."
Hearing Xu Yin’s analysis, Sister-in-law Xu no longer hesitated and happily prepared for the New Year and packed the luggage she would bring after the spring.
Xu's mother was not happy that her daughter-in-law was going to another place with her son.
He called his daughter into the room and wanted to pinch her ears: "You silly girl! Why did you agree to go with your sister-in-law? She makes clothes at home and gives most of her money to the family. When she goes to Tongcheng, she can't make any money making clothes. Is it all in her hands?"
Xu Yin picked her ears: "Mom, don't speak so loudly, be careful that my sister-in-law hears you."
"What's wrong? I wanted to tell her in front of her! Our family is not divided. Whatever you earn should be handed over to me. You shouldn't have started that way and let her take a commission. This is good Now, her ambition is here! I don’t think she wants to take care of your brother, she just wants to make money! After making money, she doesn’t want to give it to the family, she wants to keep it in her own hands! "
Xu Yin twitched the corner of her mouth.
To be honest, she doesn't understand the thinking of the older generation. Isn't it a good thing for her son and wife to earn more and live a good life?
She patiently analyzed it for her mother: "Look, which family in the village has a capable sister-in-law? Whose daughter-in-law earns more than ordinary workers every month? The more my sister-in-law earns, the easier my brother's life will be. He sends the allowance to Come here, you don’t have to worry about him having no money to spend. What a great thing! It’s equivalent to my sister-in-law making money to support the family, and my brother making money to support you two...and me."
Xu's mother was still unwilling to give in: "I'm afraid that she won't give your brother flowers and will waste the money on her own."
"No, she still has two children to raise! If you stay at home, you have to help her take care of the baby. If you go to Tongcheng, you and your father can relax. When I get into college, I will take you and your father to my university. Isn’t it nice to play in a city where you want to play for a few days without having to worry about no one at home to take care of the kids?”
Xu's mother gave her a funny look: "You said it as if you would definitely pass the exam."
“I’m sure I’ll pass the exam! It just depends on whether I go to a big capital city or a big sea city.”
Xu’s mother was coaxed by her: “Okay, then mom will wait!”
“You still don’t believe me!” Xu Yin pretended to be annoyed and stamped her feet, “Huh! I won’t tell you anymore. I’ll ask my sister-in-law to learn how to make clothes!”
“Go, go! It’s best to learn all her skills. If you don’t pass the exam, you can still make money by making clothes at home.”
…”
Her mother really doesn’t believe she can pass the exam?
In any case, with Xu Yin’s enlightenment and comfort that day, Xu’s mother no longer objected.
Old Xu's family had the most prosperous and harmonious reunion year in history.
On the first day of the first lunar month, the whole family put on new clothes. When I walked out, I was envious of all the aunts, aunts and daughters-in-law.
Men’s sense of new clothes is far less strong than that of women, but they can’t stand the women at home nagging them in their ears. When they met Xu Zhinian, they couldn’t help grinding their teeth—they thought they were bought with his salary.
Xu Zhinian took the blame, but he still didn’t know why. He spent the entire first month of the new year being looked down upon by the elders in the village, and he just felt baffled.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xu’s mother took Xu Yin back to her natal home, and Xu Zhinian took Doudou to Sister-in-law Xu’s natal home.
Sister-in-law Xu’s family’s home is not very far away, but it is close to the sea, either on tidal flats or saline-alkali land, and there is no public transportation. It takes at least more than an hour to ride there.
poverty! Poorer than Da'ao Village! The return gift is usually a handful of kelp or a handful of mud snails, which is very unpopular with Xu's mother.
At that time, if Uncle Tang's eldest daughter-in-law hadn't been a matchmaker and praised Sister-in-law Xu to the sky, saying how outstanding and capable she was, and the most important thing was that she had a big **** that was easy to give birth to, Xu's mother would never have thought of finding such a poor in-laws.
After Mrs. Xu married into the old Xu family, she was so criticized by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law that she almost didn't dare to return to her parents' home.
Because I had a son this year and saved some money, I couldn’t help but want to see if my parents’ family was okay. When I go to Tongcheng in the future, it will be even harder to see him.
But she had just given birth and had to breastfeed her second baby, so she asked a man to come over.
Xu's mother curled her lips when she saw this, but the gifts she carried to her daughter-in-law's natal home were not her money, so she didn't say anything.
(End of this chapter)