Surprise! The rough husband is the hidden boss of the period literature

Chapter 16 A fatherless thing

When her father died, the state gave him 1,800 yuan in compensation, which was taken by Song Wanlin. For fourteen years, she gave 25 yuan to the Xu family every month, which amounted to about 4,000 yuan.

As for how much money she could get, it could be calculated clearly. Her father had exchanged his life for 1,800 yuan, and she definitely could not spend that much on food, clothing, housing, and studies.

From now on, she is clear with the Xu family and Song Wanlin. As long as they don't provoke her, Xu Qinghuan doesn't want to have anything to do with them.

While the Xu family was still talking in the living room, Xu Qinghuan scooped up some hot water to wash up, ignored them, and went straight to bed.

As for Lin Xialan, there weren't many people at her counter the entire afternoon. For some reason, several of her colleagues, who usually had a good relationship with her, kept their distance from her. When she got home, she called out "Mom," and Yuan Huilan pinched her nose and said, "You silly girl, what's wrong with you? You haven't showered in days, and you stink! Go take a shower!"

Lin Xialan was shocked. She took a shower every day. How could she not take a shower in such a hot day?
After raising her sleeve to smell it, Lin Xialan almost vomited and felt unwell.

Only then did she remember the look in everyone's eyes when they saw her. It was clear that they were extremely disgusted with her.

"what!"

Lin Xialan rushed into the bathroom. Yuan Huilan was also irritated by the stink and handed her the water in the thermos. "Hurry up and take a shower! Oh my god, it stinks! Even a cesspool doesn't stink as bad as you!"

Lin Xialan simply wanted to crawl into the cesspool and drown. She couldn't wait to wash herself from head to toe, only to find that the water was black. At this moment, Lin Xialan was about to collapse.

"Mom, there's not enough water!" Lin Xialan cried. She knew what was going on. It must be Xu Qinghuan, that damn little girl, who had screwed her over.

Yuan Huilan quickly boiled two more pots of water for her daughter. Lin Xialan washed three times, and finally the water was not black anymore. However, when she saw her skin, she was stunned. How could it be so white and tender?

She quickly rushed to the mirror to look at her face. Her facial features were still the familiar ones, but this face was more than three shades whiter than before, and the pores that usually looked particularly large were now so fine that they were basically invisible, as tender as tofu.

"Mom, come in and see me, quick!"

She was only wearing underwear. She opened the door and pulled Yuan Huilan in. She put her face and body in front of her, "Mom, look, is it still me? Is it me? Woo woo woo, I've become so beautiful too!"

Although, she still couldn't catch up with Xu Qinghuan, but from now on she had entered the ranks of beauties!
Yuan Huilan was also shocked. "What... is going on?"

Lin Xialan kept it a secret, "I won't tell you, didn't you dislike my stench before? Once I wash myself clean, I'll be beautiful!"

She knew it must be related to the pill Xu Qinghuan gave her, but she didn't plan to tell anyone. Even her own mother planned to hide it. After all, Huanhuan didn't say it could be told to anyone. She was afraid of causing trouble for Huanhuan by telling her about such a heaven-defying thing.

"You silly girl, did you eat something?" Yuan Huilan was very nervous.

"Oh, don't worry about it. Nothing will happen anyway." She stroked her face happily, feeling that she was beautiful no matter how she looked at it. She was so grateful to Xu Qinghuan in her heart that she decided to send her three yuan every month when she went to the countryside.

Of course, if there is Xu Qinghuan, there must be Qiao Xinyu.

People from the Lin family came back one after another. At first glance, Lin Xialan didn't change much, but she looked completely different, as if she was glowing white.

"Lanlan, did you scrape putty off your face? Why is it so white?" Father Lin finally found something wrong.

Lin Xialan was both angry and amused. "Dad, you're making fun of me. I'm not scraping off the putty! I'm getting whiter. Whiter!"

Sister-in-law Lin Xialan was in a particularly good mood today, and she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Really, Lanlan, you've become much whiter. What brand of vanishing cream do you use? When I get my salary, I'll buy you another box!" Lin Xialan held her face in her hands as if it were a treasure, and said proudly, "Sister-in-law, look carefully, I'm naturally beautiful, I don't use vanishing cream, and I won't use vanishing cream from now on!"

Lest people think you have used vanishing cream.

"It wasn't this white before!" The eldest brother of the Lin family was a little confused.

Mother Lin laughed and said, "I didn't wash my face clean before. Today I washed it three or four times with soap nuts. I rubbed off the black mud on my body and it became white!"

"Oh my God, Lanlan, you are so dirty!" The eldest brother of the Lin family stayed away from Lin Xialan.

Although she was very angry, Lin Xialan did not clarify. Forget it, for Huanhuan, she would endure this dirty reputation!

Some are happy while others are sad. The Lin family has double happiness today. The eldest sister-in-law of the Lin family has got a job and she is much more cheerful. Lin Xialan has changed from her rough and dark appearance to a delicate and beautiful girl.

The Jiang family wasn't so kind. When Jiang Chengxu returned home and heard his mother talking about canceling the engagement, his face turned black on the spot, "I don't agree!"

Father Jiang glanced at him, ignored him, and asked, "What did the Xu family say?"

"They say she's unlucky!" Jiang's mother grew angrier the more she thought about it. "She doesn't want to get married, and we don't want to marry her either. She's a fatherless girl. Maybe she killed her father, otherwise her mother would have run so far away and not wanted her!"

Father Jiang's face was also ashen. A girl who lived under someone else's roof actually dared not to marry into their family. If he had arranged this marriage himself, he could have just said to cancel the engagement, but he didn't.

"Xu Qinghuan also told you that he wanted to cancel the engagement?" Jiang's father asked his son.

Jiang Chengxu was a little confused. He had always thought that Xu Qinghuan was deliberately throwing a tantrum by saying she wanted to cancel the engagement. Now he was a little uncertain and regretted that he did not chase her after she returned the engagement token today.

"She didn't mention it to me!" Jiang Chengxu concealed the truth. He planned to have a good talk with Xu Qinghuan. It would be best not to bring it to his parents, otherwise it would be difficult to make amends.

Father Jiang felt a little better and looked at Mother Jiang. They both thought that Xu Liqun and his wife might be worried about something.

But no matter what, this marriage has been greatly discounted in their hearts.

After dinner, Jiang's father said that he had something to do at work and had to go back to keep an eye on things. This was not the first time.

Jiang's mother stood up and tried to persuade him to stay. "What could possibly happen at the factory? It's so late. You usually work overtime all night long. Isn't that enough?"

Father Jiang picked up a coat and walked out without even looking at Mother Jiang. "The factory director is retiring, and they need to choose one of our three deputy directors. Old Chen is keeping a close eye on him, and Old Shen is teaming up with him. At this critical moment, I have to perform well so that I can have a chance of moving up."

It was a well-known fact that the director of the food factory would retire in half a year. After hearing this, Jiang's mother did not say much. She thought that in the future, becoming the director's wife would be much more prestigious than she was now.

Although Jiang's mother was a little worried about Jiang's father often not staying overnight at home recently, she still had to support him.

She comforted herself that everything would be fine once she was elected as the factory manager.

(End of this chapter)