Inside the envelope were twenty yuan.
In the countryside supply and marketing cooperative, a worker’s monthly wage was only twenty-five yuan—this was just one red envelope from Qin’s father.
The difference in family background was obvious.
What exactly was wrong with Qin Yanci that made his family insist on choosing her—a daughter-in-law so mismatched in status?
Sigh.
Forget it.
She would just take each good day as it came.
After walking home, Li Junlu glanced behind her.
“Yanci didn’t come back with you? Did you ask him about what I told you yesterday?”
Ying Sisi was already irritated by his tone, but still held back her temper.
“I asked. He said he was assigned to the geological survey team, but he doesn’t plan to go. He’s going to pick up his studies and prepare for the college entrance exam instead.”
Li Junlu immediately frowned, adopting an elder’s tone of reprimand.
“Why not take a good job? Why go take exams? What if he fails? Next time I see him, I’ll have to talk some sense into him.”
Ying Sisi sneered.
“Even his own father hasn’t said anything—who are you to lecture him?”
“…”
Just then, Li Yuwei walked out of the room.
Seeing Ying Sisi looking perfectly normal and unharmed, she couldn’t understand it at all.
Why hadn’t Ying Sisi been beaten by Qin Yanci?
Could he be playing some cat-and-mouse game?
That must be it.
And the college entrance exam—
In her previous life, after changing several jobs, he eventually went back to studying.
He tried his best but still missed the cutoff by two points.
Then he blamed her for distracting him from studying.
Typical—blaming everything except himself.
Ying Sisi shot her a cold glance.
Li Junlu immediately snapped, “Sisi, what did your sister do to you for you to look at her like that?”
“Ask her yourself.” Ying Sisi turned and went back into her room.
Tears welled in Li Yuwei’s eyes, as if she were about to cry. Her pitiful expression made Li Junlu both distressed and angry.
“Li Sisi!”
“It’s Ying,” came the correction from inside the room.
Li Junlu nearly choked in anger.
“Don’t think just because you’ve married into the Qin family you can act lawlessly! Come out and apologize to your sister!”
Ying Sisi came out carrying a bag, shoved past him, and said, “You don’t even ask what happened—how do you know it’s my fault? Oh right, I have something to tell you. Your precious daughter has been flirting with a local thug named Feng Erge.”
Then she ran off.
Li Junlu didn’t know who Feng Erge was, but he had heard many times of a “Feng Erliuzi” from Song Hanmei.
A petty thief, lazy and useless.
He immediately connected the two.
“Is Feng Erge that Feng Erliuzi?” he asked sharply.
Li Yuwei’s face turned pale.
How did Ying Sisi know about that?
She quickly denied, “She’s framing me!”
But Li Junlu was already preparing to question Ying Sisi further.
However, Ying Sisi had already run away.
He cursed angrily, “That damned girl! She really thinks she can do whatever she wants just because she’s marrying into the Qin family! Let’s see if she dares come back crying for help later!”
Li Yuwei had been waiting for exactly that sentence—and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.
She looked forward to seeing Ying Sisi beaten, with nowhere to turn for help.
Ying Sisi ran to the black market carrying a bag of paper-cut window decorations and set up her stall in a central spot.
Her paper-cuts were delicate and festive.
As soon as she laid them out, people came to look.
“Is this ‘Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Good Fortune’? How much is it?”
Ying Sisi, new to selling, didn’t dare price too high.
“Yes, sister. Two cents per pair.”
“Isn’t that expensive?”
Ying Sisi explained, “They take a lot of time to make. The ‘Magpies on Plum Blossoms’ are cheaper—one cent per pair. You can choose those.”
The customer examined them and ended up buying two pairs.
Someone was actually buying?
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