"Little sister, I'm telling you, it's a very happy thing for a woman to have a man she wants to marry. As long as the other party isn't bad, we should seize the opportunity.
Tell your third sister-in-law, is that person mute? If it's him, then it's even better.
He has no parents, so when you get married, you'll be in charge. And with your third brother around, you don't have to worry about him bullying you.
So, is that person mute?"
Jiang Qingqing, speaking from experience, earnestly told her that women also need to learn to seize happiness. At the same time, she wanted to confirm if the person her sister-in-law mentioned was mute.
Zhang Xiaomei couldn't stand this topic. She stood up and said, "Third sister-in-law, you're still asking," then, holding her watch, she quickly entered her room.
Seeing her retreating back, Jiang Qingqing turned to her husband and asked again, "Is it him?"
Zhang Liunian smiled and nodded, confirming his wife's guess.
"It really is him. You don't know, when you were away, they were even peeling shrimp with meaningful glances. They look like they're getting somewhere!" Jiang Qingqing was very happy for her sister-in-law. But after saying this, she also felt that if her sister-in-law ended up with the mute man, she wouldn't have to worry about anything, except whether her sister-in-law would feel lonely.
"But, the mute man can't talk. If Xiaomei is really with him, won't she get bored?" Jiang Qingqing was a little worried.
Zhang Liunian, however, felt it didn't matter. "As long as Xiaomei likes the mute man, she won't care about this."
"That's true. Xiaomei herself is a person who doesn't talk much. Maybe it's more suitable for them like this."
"Let's not talk about Xiaomei's matter. Try on the watch quickly." Zhang Liunian said, and personally helped his wife put on the red watch.
Jiang Qingqing looked at the watch on her wrist, her smile blooming like a flower. "This watch is really beautiful. I like it very much."
"I'm glad you like it." Zhang Liunian was happy seeing his wife happy.
"It must have cost a lot of money!" Jiang Qingqing looked at it admiringly, unable to put it down.
"Not much, just a few dozen yuan."
"A few dozen yuan? Before last month, I was worried about going hungry. This month, I'm eating delicacies, wearing new clothes, and sporting a famous watch. This makes me feel like I'm dreaming." Jiang Qingqing turned her right wrist, looking at the plum blossom watch on her left, and suddenly sighed.
"How could it be a dream? In a dream, can you feel my warmth so vividly?" Zhang Liunian reached out and held her small hand, their fingers interlacing.
Jiang Qingqing looked up at the smiling man before her and couldn't help but smile. "This is not a dream."
"Of course not."
After Zhang Liunian finished speaking, he took out the money he earned that day. "This is today's money, take it."
Originally, there was one thousand seven hundred, but because over three hundred was spent on the watch and over a hundred on other things, only over one thousand three hundred remained.
Jiang Qingqing happily accepted it. The moment she touched it, she knew it was over a thousand again. The joy on her face was unstoppable.
"We earned a lot today, didn't we! Let me count." Jiang Qingqing felt uneasy if she didn't count it.
Zhang Liunian sat beside her, watching her bright black eyes, immersed in the joy of counting money.
A moment later, he remembered that his wife and daughter would need hot water for their bath later, so he got up and went to the kitchen.
After the water was heated, he found his wife had already returned to her room. Pushing the door open, he saw his wife humming an unknown tune happily.
When she noticed Zhang Liunian entering, she immediately leaned on his shoulder, her face beaming with joy. "Liunian, I'm telling you, our savings have broken five thousand, and we can pay off our debt first."
The debt Jiang Qingqing mentioned was the four thousand five hundred owed to Bao Daming Lake.
However, Zhang Liunian didn't want to pay it back so soon. Because it was too short a time, only one week, and they had already paid off the debt, it might make someone upstairs suspicious.
"Qingqing, listen to me. We shouldn't pay the money back so early. It's not good."
Jiang Qingqing was stunned. What was wrong with paying off debt early? "Who among debtors doesn't want to pay off their debts as soon as possible?"
"But we are too early, only one week. In one week, we raised four thousand five hundred, do you think they will be shocked?"
"Of course, they will be!"
"And after the shock?"
"Then they'll wonder how you earned such a huge sum of money in such a short time."
"Exactly, so we can't return it so early. At least wait a month." The deadline was two months, and Zhang Liunian paying it back within a month was considered early.
"That makes sense. Then I'll listen to you and pay it back after a month."
Jiang Qingqing finally realized that she was too hasty.
If they really paid off this debt within a week, someone might want to find out how they earned it and then try to snatch their business.
This was not good; it was too disadvantageous for them.
"Then I'll put the money aside separately, and we'll go pay it back after a month." Jiang Qingqing planned to put this money aside separately and not touch it again.
So, she needed to find a new place to hide it. But where to hide it? Under the bed, on top of the cupboard...
Seeing his wife searching all over the room for a place to hide it, Zhang Liunian quickly said, "We're moving in a couple of days, so you don't need to bother hiding it. I'll take you to deposit it in the bank later."
"Deposit it in the bank?" Jiang Qingqing heard this and thought, yes, her husband wanted to demolish this mud house and rebuild it. Hiding the money anywhere was not good; it was better to keep it in the old place for now and deposit it in the bank later.
"I've heated the water, you can bathe." Zhang Liunian saw his wife put the money away and walked out of the room to help her fetch hot water.
Jiang Qingqing looked at her meticulous and considerate husband and, feeling touched, hugged his waist.
Zhang Liunian naturally drew her into his embrace and chuckled softly, "Shall I help you wash?"
The next moment, Zhang Liunian was pushed out of the room by Jiang Qingqing, the wooden door closing with a bang.
Zhang Xiaomei happened to come out of the opposite room, preparing to heat water. Seeing her third brother being kicked out by her third sister-in-law, she was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and giggled.
This was the first time she had seen her third brother being kicked out by her third sister-in-law. It was truly novel.
Zhang Liunian felt a little embarrassed, rubbed the back of his head, and went to the courtyard to wash.
When he returned to the room to change, his wife had also finished bathing.
"Don't move, I'll do it," Zhang Liunian, wearing his wet shorts, rushed over and stopped his wife from picking up the bucket to pour water.
Jiang Qingqing frowned when she saw her husband wearing wet clothes. "Change your clothes first, then pour it."
After saying this, she brought him dry clothes.
Seeing this, Zhang Liunian turned, closed the door, and then stripped naked right in front of Jiang Qingqing.
"Ah! Can't you wait for me to turn around?" Jiang Qingqing swiftly turned away, her face flushed with shyness, her heart pounding like thunder.
Zhang Liunian smiled triumphantly seeing her like this. He had done it on purpose. "We're husband and wife, it's not like we haven't seen each other before."