novellhall Chapter 12 The man gave money, not the Zhang family.
Chapter 12 The man gave money, not the Zhang family.
Wenrou took the money and had no choice but to accept it in the end.
A man gives her money, doesn't go home, and even protects her—life couldn't be better.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that marrying Huo Yanchuan wasn't such a bad deal after all.
Seeing that there wasn't much to tidy up in the house, she went to fetch water and cleaned up the kitchen.
It's obvious that Huo Yanchuan doesn't cook; there's nothing in the kitchen.
Fortunately, she still had some dry food in her bag, which would suffice. It was getting late, so she decided to buy some more food tomorrow.
At this point, things weren't so good for Zhou Dayong.
"Zhou Dayong, are you even a man? Your wife has been bullied like this, and you don't even dare to utter a sound?" After returning home, Shen Qingshuang pointed at Zhou Dayong, crying and scolding him with a wronged expression.
Zhou Dayong knew he had been a bit weak in this matter, but given his current status, he dared not offend Huo Yanchuan.
Besides, he had just received a disciplinary action, so he dared not let the matter reach the ears of his superiors.
"Qingshuang, you know my current predicament. I can't afford to take any more disciplinary action, or I'll really be expelled from the army," Zhou Dayong said, holding Shen Qingshuang's hand and frowning as he tried to persuade her.
Shen Qingshuang knew this, but she just couldn't swallow her anger.
"Is this all going to end like this? I'm not reconciled. That bitch Wenrou, I'm going to make her pay the price." Shen Qingshuang thought about how she had never been beaten or even scolded in her life. As a young lady, she couldn't bear the slightest grievance.
"Gentle's personality means that even without us, she wouldn't stay in the family compound for long. Besides, Huo Yanchuan married a ticking time bomb. He'll definitely regret marrying her when he gets dragged into this mess. We can just wait and see what happens."
Zhou Dayong knew Wenrou better than anyone else; with her personality, she would cause trouble wherever she went.
Besides, with a woman as restless as her, Huo Yanchuan can only wait to be cuckolded.
Shen Qingshuang knew that she couldn't find someone to teach Wenrou a lesson in the family compound, so she had no choice but to listen to Zhou Dayong and leave it at that for now.
The next morning, Wenrou got up very early.
She was woken up by the cold; no one had mentioned that the Gobi Desert was fine during the day, but the wind was so strong and the temperature so low at night.
She boiled a pot of water, washed up, wrapped a scarf around her head, picked up a basket, and went out.
I don't know how Huo Yanchuan used to sleep. The blankets were so thin, but he didn't seem to mind the cold.
She heard that cotton was only sold in town, so she decided to go there to see if she could buy some cloth and cotton to take apart the quilt and sew it back together.
She still had the cloth coupons Huo Yanchuan had given her yesterday, but not the cotton coupons.
It seems she still needs to find a way to get some cotton coupons, otherwise she'll freeze to death sooner or later with such a thin quilt at night.
These days, you need a ticket to buy anything, otherwise you can only buy it at a high price from the black market in town.
To get to town, you have to take a donkey cart, which costs five cents per trip, and ten cents for a round trip.
When you're gentle, people quickly come up to you and start a conversation.
"Comrade, are you going to town?"
Wenrou was about to speak when a gust of wind blew by, filling her mouth with sand, so she could only nod.
After paying, she slung her basket over her shoulder, boarded the donkey cart, and sat in the innermost seat.
After waiting for a while, we saw more people coming this way.
Just then, she heard a familiar voice from beside her.
"Oh dear, how could I let you pay? Qing Shuang, I'm so sorry."
Wenrou glanced to the side and saw that Sister Chen and Shen Qingshuang also seemed to be heading to town.
Besides her and Sister Chen, there was also an older Sister Wang with her daughter.
"Yes, Qing Shuang, we can't take advantage of you. Here, take this money." Sister Wang hesitated for a moment, then took out a dime from her pocket and handed it to Shen Qing Shuang.
Mrs. Chen was used to taking advantage of others. She glanced at Mrs. Wang and thought, "Miss Shen is so rich, why would she be short of a penny? She's just a poor person, she doesn't know how to enjoy any blessings."
Sister-in-law Wang was an honest person, and she naturally noticed Sister-in-law Chen's gaze, but she wasn't the type to take advantage of others.
Although her family was not well-off and she had several children to support, she didn't want to owe anyone a favor.
Shen Qingshuang originally thought that since she had just arrived, she should make good relationships with the people in the family compound, so she took Wang's money as well this time. She didn't expect her to be so ungrateful.
"Alright, Qing Shuang, that's just the kind of person she is. Let's get in the car." Seeing Shen Qing Shuang's unhappy expression, Sister Chen advised from the side.
At that moment, they also saw Wenrou, who was wearing a headscarf and watching them.
After experiencing Wenrou's methods firsthand, Shen Qingshuang dared not provoke her again. She could only glare at her before getting into the car with Sister Chen.
Wenrou ignored them and waited for the bus to arrive in town before heading straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
She used up all the cloth coupons Huo Yanchuan had given her. After buying the cloth for sewing quilts, she bought some more cloth to make cotton-padded jackets.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and you can't do without a cotton-padded coat in winter.
However, she is currently short of cotton coupons and needs to check the black market.
In her past life, she had a lot of dealings with the black market. She would often go hunting in the mountains and then wander around the black market to see if anyone would buy her.
She figured the rules of the black market were pretty much the same everywhere, so she wrapped her head in a headscarf to make sure no one recognized her before carrying the basket inside.
What she didn't expect was that she ran into two familiar people as soon as she entered the black market.
It seems that Shen Qingshuang and Sister-in-law Chen were also visiting here for the first time. They didn't even wear headscarves and just walked in openly.
As soon as she walked in, she noticed that many people were staring at the two of them.
Shen Qingshuang originally didn't know that there was such a thing as a black market, but she was persuaded to come by Sister Chen.
When Sister Chen heard that Shen Qingshuang wanted to buy a television, she said that there were people selling television tickets on the black market, so she dragged her over.
They had only heard that there were many things sold on the black market, but they didn't know that in this era, there were even more human traffickers and thieves.
The two were spotted by human traffickers as soon as they entered.
Wenrou pretended not to see the two of them and went to find the cotton tickets she wanted.
After searching around, she finally found someone selling them.
Cotton coupons were in short supply back then. She had inquired and found out that the army only issued one cotton coupon worth one jin (500 grams) to each person every year.
To make a quilt, you need to save up cotton coupons for several years to have enough to make one quilt.
Wenrou searched for a long time but only found two bills, each costing two yuan. After much haggling, she finally managed to get them down to one yuan and fifty cents per kilogram.
After getting the ticket, Wenrou was just about to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cotton when she heard a voice coming from not far away.
"Ah...thief! My money has been stolen!"
Wenrou looked in the direction of the sound and saw Shen Qingshuang shouting and chasing after a man who was covered up very much.
Seeing the man running towards Wenrou, Shen Qingshuang shouted to Wenrou, "Grab him! He's a thief!"
They had come together, so Shen Qingshuang naturally recognized Wenrou's clothes at a glance.
What she didn't expect was that Wenrou not only didn't stop the man, but also seemed not to hear her at all, and hid to the side, watching the man run past her.