1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 298 Why waste that money?

Chunxiao has been trying to please her family these past few days because she doesn't want to attend junior high school in the commune and wants to go to the county instead, arguing that the teachers in the county are better than those in the commune. Naturally, Liu's parents are not happy about this.

After all, going to school in the county means paying for accommodation and meals. Why incur this extra expense when you can save money elsewhere?

Besides, since we can't take the college entrance exam now, it doesn't matter where we study, so why waste money?

Chu Xue knew that the college entrance examination would be reinstated in a few years, but she couldn't say that. Besides, there was nothing wrong with going to junior high school in the commune. She could just go to high school in the county in the future. Even if the teaching staff in the commune was not as good as those in the county, she still had Chu Xue.

Therefore, she was not in favor of Chunxiao going to junior high school in the county.

As soon as Liu's mother and Chunxiao left, the father and daughter got to work. They washed the vegetables together, and then Liu's father was in charge of chopping them, while Chuxue was in charge of drying the chopped vegetables on the roof made of coal ash. They worked together very well.

After the first snow fell from the roof for the last time, he said, "Dad, I'm going to visit my sister after my exams tomorrow. I'll save some cucumbers and melons from our plot for her."

Mr. Liu was washing the knife and cutting board: "We were saving them for her anyway. The melons are growing well, and our family can't eat that many. Maybe we should send some to the purchasing station in a few days."

Chu Xue thought that the price at the purchasing station wasn't high; "Dad, I'll ask the people at the educated youth settlement later to see if they'd like to exchange it. It's better than sending it to the purchasing station, and we don't have to go through the trouble of sending it there."

Mr. Liu thought it made sense: "There are quite a lot of melons, how could they possibly want so many?"

"Send some to my sister, we'll keep some a little longer, and then send some more to the families who helped us before. There won't be much left from the first batch."

Seeing that his daughter had made all the arrangements, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

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When Fu Yancheng received the investigation results, his brows furrowed so deeply they could have trapped a fly. He simply couldn't understand what grudge his family, or the Liu family, had against the Wang family, and why they would have people deliberately spreading those rumors in the family compound.

He picked up the phone and dialed a number: "Grandpa, it's me."

"Why are you calling, kid?" "Do you have time now? I'd like to come over."

Hearing his grandson's words, he knew it must be something important, so he glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "Alright, come over here."

Fu Yancheng acted quickly, arriving at the compound in half an hour.

His aunt saw him enter the courtyard and asked, "Yancheng, what brings you here?"

"Aunt, I've come to see Grandpa about something."

"Your grandfather is in the study."

"Okay, I'll go in first."

Watching Fu Yancheng enter the house, a trace of envy flashed through her mind. Yes, it was envy, envy of her own sister-in-law. Throughout her life, she had been subconsciously comparing herself to her sister-in-law.

Not only are there fewer children than her sisters-in-law, but there are also far fewer sons.

Because he didn't want his only son to suffer, he refused to let him join the army. The old man's resources will probably all have to be left to Yancheng, his only grandson who joined the army. He regrets it now.

Although the two families occasionally had disagreements, their relationship was still quite good. The cousins ​​also got along well. The children of the second wife were all of good character. With their support, even if the children didn't achieve great things, they would still have a decent life. So she wasn't too worried.

Fu Yancheng arrived at the study door and knocked: "Grandpa, I'm back."

Old Master Fu had been waiting for a while: "Come in."

(End of this chapter)