Chapter 110: Good or Bad
“Oh, why don't we just ask her when she goes back to her parents' house? If her father-in-law doesn't give it to us, we can have her pay for it.”
Ying Sisi pushed the door open. “I pay? Do I look like a sucker?”
Li Yuwei's eyes lit up. She went back home on her first day of marriage. Did she get beaten up?
She took a closer look. Ying Sisi had dark circles under her eyes.
She definitely didn't sleep well last night.
Haha.
I told you, she's not having a good time being married to Qin Yanci.
“Why are you back today?” Li Junlu said in surprise.
Song Hanmei said with a look of anticipation. “She didn't serve her in-laws well, so she was chased back home. The Qin family is generally well-educated. It is said that their ancestors once produced a champion. You're a girl who can't read or write, and you're from the countryside. You're destined to not be on the same level as them.”
Ying Sisi chuckled. When you need me, you call me Sisi, Sisi. When you don't, you discard me like trash. How mean! She said coolly, “Your imagination is so rich.” She took out the wedding gift money and the account books. “Dad, my father-in-law asked me to give this to you.”
Song Hanmei snatched the envelope first. The thin stack of bills made her incredulous. “Did you calculate wrong? Me and your dad's friends combined are no less than your father-in-law's. For a wedding banquet, how could we only get a hundred?”
“You'll know if you look at the account books.” Sisi opened the income and expenditure books for her.
The highest gift was ten yuan, and the lowest was one yuan.
Every single entry was clear.
The expenditure book was clear down to the price of each dish.
Li Yuwei tapped the abacus. She cleared the calculation.
Ying Sisi watched from the side. She then said sarcastically, “Actually, after subtracting our expenses from our income, we only have ninety-nine yuan. My father-in-law rounded it up.”
Li Yuwei was stunned. “You know how to use an abacus?”
“Can't I? I have known how to use it since I was little.”
Li Yuwei: “…Who taught you?”
“I just learned by watching.”
“Really?” Li Yuwei didn't believe her. You're bluffing.
Ying Sisi rolled her eyes. “Is there a need to lie about using an abacus? I heard from people in the village that my mom is very good at using an abacus. She used to be the accountant for the village. Dad met her when she was checking accounts for people in the village, right Dad? You carved Li Junlu and Ying Shuyan on the old tree at the entrance of the village. ‹Live together for a lifetime, a hundred years of happiness›. It's still there now. It's a pity that things are not what they used to be. Sigh…”
Li Junlu immediately fell into his memories.
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He was one of the first young people to go to the countryside. During the New Year, the village invited Ying Shuyan to do the accounts.
He didn't remember what she was wearing that day.
He only remembered her face.
The sunlight shone on her face, making her so beautiful that he couldn't look at her.
I fell for her at first sight. It took me a long time to win her over, but she finally agreed.
But on the day she agreed, I received my notice to go back to the city.
I was so conflicted. Later on, I decided to marry her first to tie her down, and then I would go back to the city, stabilize my job, and come back for her.
I left the day after we got married.
My parents heard that she was from the countryside and they vehemently refused.
I couldn't argue with them, so I listened to my parents' arrangement and married Song Hanmei. As time went on, my feelings for Ying Shuyan gradually faded.
Time flew by.
In the spring last year, I met a former fellow educated youth. From him, I learned that after I left, Ying Shuyan gave birth to a daughter for me. She died in childbirth.
When I heard this news, I was very sad, but I didn't say anything.
Until I wanted to get promoted and I found a middleman to connect me with the Qin family.
They said they wanted to find a partner for Qin's youngest son.
My first thought was of Yuwei. Yuwei came up with all sorts of excuses to refuse. Then I remembered my daughter in the countryside. I went all the way to find her. She doesn't look anything like me. She's similar to Ying Shuyan, but also dissimilar. Sisi's features are more delicate, and her skin is white as snow.
(End of Chapter)
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