chsdbacks Chapter 174 Discussing Matters
Chapter 174 Discussing Matters
Making a small garment takes quite a bit of effort.
Qin Yunzhou didn't say anything more, but his mind was still on the pink dress that had been ruined in the wash.
After discovering it was broken, he didn't throw it away. Instead, he found a place where no one could see it and hung it up to dry. He even covered it with his clothes so that it wouldn't be visible unless someone went up to look closely.
It should... be able to be mended, right?
……
The next day arrived in the blink of an eye.
Today is the weekend, no work.
Xu Sui slept in late, which was a rare treat for her.
Being pregnant with twins makes the belly bigger than normal, and now it's even more inconvenient for Xu Sui to get dressed in the morning, taking more than twice as long as before.
Also, when she sleeps at night, she has a habit of rolling around, but with her belly so big, she can't roll around like that, what if she puts pressure on her belly?
Although I don't have any pregnancy symptoms, it's really inconvenient to do anything with such a big belly.
I don't know if it's because the food has been better lately and I have a bigger appetite, or because I'm pregnant.
Xu Sui was applying face cream in front of the mirror. As she applied it, she suddenly felt that her face in the mirror was rounder and a bit fleshier. Her complexion was quite good, rosy and radiant, but it seemed like she had gained a little weight.
Qin Yunzhou was getting dressed nearby.
Xu Sui pinched her cheeks in front of the mirror and asked the man next to her who was getting dressed, "Do you think I've gained weight recently?"
"Why does her face look a bit rounder to me?"
Qin Yunzhou subconsciously looked over and happened to see Xu Sui's fair and beautiful face, and her thick, curled eyelashes...
Even the extra flesh on her cheeks recently seems rather cute, not detracting from her beauty at all. Instead, it adds a touch of plumpness that makes people want to pinch it, making them itch with desire.
"She has become a bit plump." Qin Yunzhou's gaze couldn't help but linger on Xu Sui's cheeks for a moment.
Xu Sui pinched the flesh on her face in front of the mirror and sighed.
I've definitely gained weight.
Fortunately, she didn't become ugly.
Qin Yunzhou noticed that Xu Sui seemed a little down. He was puzzled. Wasn't it good to gain weight?
In recent years, there has been a famine, and most people have lost weight; very few have gained weight.
On the contrary, he felt that Xu Sui had been a bit thinner before, but now that she had gained some weight, she was even more beautiful and pretty than before.
Du Mei made breakfast today.
Xu Sui was pregnant, and her meals were always cooked separately because Qin Yunzhou provided her with all her food rations, which were mostly refined grains like rice and wheat flour. She didn't take up any of the family's share, so no one dared to complain.
Occasionally, Qin Yunzhou would take out some canned meat or sausages, also for Xu Sui to eat.
There aren't many of these items, they're hard to get, and you have to pull strings and spend a lot of money to get them.
He himself doesn't eat it. The food he usually eats is the same as that of the entire Qin family, and no one dares to covet the canned meat and sausages that Xu Sui eats.
After discussing it last night, Du Mei has decided what she wants to choose.
She had originally planned to tell Xu Sui earlier, but then she saw that Xu Sui was still eating.
They didn't say anything for a while.
The Qin family's stove is outside.
There's still some work to be done on the stove; it needs to be cleaned up immediately after cooking.
Just as Du Mei arrived in the kitchen and began to tidy up, Xiao Fen suddenly came over, stood beside her, and stared at her for a long time with a scrutinizing look in her eyes, without saying a word.
Over time, some people will make others feel uncomfortable.
Du Mei couldn't help but speak first, "Sister-in-law, is there something on my face?"
Xiao Fen shook her head. "No, not that."
Suddenly, she changed the subject, leaning closer and whispering, "I noticed you and Liu Shunsheng seem to be getting together, don't you?"
The two of them were really close yesterday, chattering away, I don't know what they were saying.
Even though she didn't hear it, as someone who's been through it all, she sensed that something was amiss.
Originally, she didn't want to get involved in this matter, since she had already said what she needed to say and offered all the advice she could.
Whether Du Mei listens or not is her own business.
But for some reason, when I thought that Du Mei was not even seventeen years old, a few years younger than when I got married, I still had to call her my cousin-in-law, and I couldn't help but say a few words when we met.
Du Mei quickly lowered her head and continued wiping the table. "No, no, sister-in-law, you must have mistaken me."
Xiao Fen glanced at her. "Actually, whether it's there or not doesn't really matter to me. Just think it through yourself."
She was just an outsider, offering a casual reminder or two.
If Du Mei insists on choosing to be with Liu Shunsheng, then there's nothing more to say.
After saying that, Xiao Fen went back to her room to change into clean clothes, tidied herself up, and then went to her mother-in-law's room. She secretly took some face cream from her mother-in-law's face cream and applied it to her face, and then combed her hair.
I went out.
It's been a long time since I went back to my parents' home.
I don't have anything to do today, so I might as well go back.
Her family now consists only of her younger brother's family, and her sister-in-law is from the countryside, and their child also has a rural household registration.
The family was struggling to make ends meet, and with the children being so young, life was even harder.
Xiao Fen had previously offered money to help her younger brother's family, but they refused it.
Now she has used all the money in her hand to buy a job for her mother-in-law, Tianhua, and she has nothing left but a few yuan. After thinking about it, she didn't buy anything, but directly put the money in a red envelope and gave it to the child.
……
Not long after Xiao Fen left.
Du Mei found Xu Sui and told her about her choice.
"Second cousin's wife, I'm willing, but could I forgo my salary for the first five months in exchange for continuing to live in this house until the baby is born?"
Xu Sui thought about it for a moment, but did not agree immediately.
"Let me discuss it with your cousin first. This should be feasible, so don't worry too much."
"We'll give you an answer once we've discussed it."
If you just send her back like that, it's fine for ten days or half a month, but if you make her wait for you for several months, even if Du Mei doesn't have any objections, her family is very likely to not let her stay at home and not get married.
After all, once we go back, one more person means one more mouth to feed.
If they keep the person here first, she and Qin Yunzhou will have to share a portion of their food rations with Du Mei, or they will have to pay for it like the old lady did.
The old lady initially said she would pay Du Mei thirty yuan a month to stay and eat and live in the house.
However, thirty yuan was far too much, and we couldn't let her actually spend that much money. In the end, we settled on ten yuan a month for food expenses.
The salary for hiring a nanny is at least twenty yuan.
In the end, they still benefited.
This matter definitely can't be calculated like that. After deducting ten yuan from the monthly salary, we still have to give them the same amount.
After everyone left.
Xu Sui told Qin Yunzhou about it.
"Tell me, should we contribute money or food?"
Ten yuan is actually quite a lot. Her monthly salary is thirty-three yuan and fifty cents, which is about one-third of her salary.
However, she saves all her salary herself, without having to give it to anyone or spend it, so it's definitely enough for her own use.
If they were to receive grain, they would have to give up a portion of their monthly ration.
Qin Yunzhou pondered for a moment, then said, "Give us the money. We'll give you the same amount that Grandma gave Du Mei before."
"I'll give it to my family every month, you don't need to worry about it."