enjoyebooks Chapter 329: This Is My Farm?
Chapter 329: This Is My Farm?
But buying six liang of pork means everyone in the family can get a few slices, while the milk bought for six mao can be gone in just a few gulps.Lin Xiang watched as her sisters-in-law drank the milk cautiously, not daring to drink freely, and felt a strange discomfort in her heart.
In fact, the conditions for a military family were already better than most, but because there were so many people in the family, it still felt like there was never enough money.
In such circumstances, the sisters-in-law would voluntarily choose to sacrifice themselves for other family members.
If Lin Xiang hadn’t told them that the milk would spoil if not drunk, they would surely have taken it home.
Even now, though they drank the milk themselves, they did not dare to truly enjoy it, and even felt a sense of guilt.
Because they drank the milk that other family members could not have, a deep sense of incompatibility arose in their hearts.
This sentiment is a reflection of countless women.
Even though no one explicitly said it, it seems there was a tacit understanding throughout the country.
Is this not a sorrow of the times?
Lin Xiang didn’t say that they had salaries and could often buy milk for the family, because she knew that the tens of yuan in wages and various bonuses were already allocated by her sisters-in-law.
But there’s absolutely no way they could regularly buy milk for the children and themselves.
After breakfast, the sisters-in-law urged Lin Xiang to open the restaurant early.
Lin Xiang originally thought that since her sisters-in-law were staying at home today, they could leave later, but they were people who couldn’t sit idle. Rather than sitting at home doing nothing, it was better to go to Xingfu Restaurant, work, and watch TV.
Lin Xiang couldn’t win against her sisters-in-law, so she went to Xingfu Restaurant with them.
She was afraid that yesterday’s events would impact the restaurant’s business, causing Mrs. Lin anxiety, so she had to accompany them.
Cheng Jinyun also went to Xingfu Restaurant, but didn’t go in. "Girl, I’m going out for a bit and will be back before one. Don’t wait for me for lunch."
Lin Xiang instinctively asked, "Are you going to the farm?"
"Not for now. After I return at noon, I’ll take you with me."
Standing at the door, Lin Xiang watched Cheng Jinyun ride away on his bike, already guessing where he was headed.
He was probably going to find Chen Miaoying for an explanation.
In the whole matter, Chen Miaoying was hidden behind the scenes. Even though Wang Lijing accused her of being instigated by Chen Miaoying, there was no direct evidence, so the police couldn’t determine that Chen Miaoying committed any crime.
She escaped the law’s punishment.
But obviously, Cheng Jinyun and she thought the same; they couldn’t let the matter rest.
At 11:10, customers started arriving at Xingfu Restaurant.
They were all students from Huaqing University, and each one asked Mrs. Lin, "Auntie, is everything okay with Xingfu Restaurant yesterday?"
"We just saw those troublemakers being taken away by the police, but we don’t know what happened afterward."
"We believe Xingfu Restaurant is definitely innocent. We’ve eaten here many times since it opened and never had any issues, let alone food poisoning. We won’t believe those accusations!"
Moved by the words of comfort, Mrs. Lin silently shed tears.
"Thank you for your support and trust. I promise, today everyone who eats here will get an extra dish!"
Normally, the price would only cover one dish, but today you could buy it.
And moreover, the extra dish was the best one on the menu.
The students, however, worried that if this continued, Xingfu Restaurant might incur losses.
There’s no way it would incur losses, at most it would just make less money.
But Mrs. Lin felt comforted.
She finally understood why Lin Xiang constantly said that in business, loss is a blessing.
At 12:40, Cheng Jinyun returned on time.
Lin Xiang noticed that his originally neat clothes were slightly disheveled, and there was a clear handprint on his cheek.
"Did you get into a fight?"
"Yes."
"And you lost?"
"...Yes."
"That’s impossible! Even our uncle said you’re quite skilled; how could you lose? Was it your dad who hit you?"
Cheng Jinyun tugged at his lips. "You guessed it right."
"I just handed over some unsavory evidence about Chen Miaoying to Cheng Jianfeng. He lost his composure and yelled at me. Maybe he felt embarrassed in front of me, his son, and got so furious that he slapped me."
Looking at the clear handprint on Cheng Jinyun’s face, Lin Xiang felt a bit heartbroken, "You just stupidly stood there and let him hit you? Didn’t you know to dodge?"
"It’s okay," Cheng Jinyun said. "This slap essentially severed the father-son relationship between us. After today, I’m sure he and Chen Miaoying won’t dare to cross our path again."
What Cheng Jinyun had on hand wasn’t just evidence of Chen Miaoying’s wrongdoings.
Otherwise, Cheng Jianfeng wouldn’t have simply slapped him and let it be.
"Does it hurt?"
Instinctively, Lin Xiang wanted to touch the handprint on Cheng Jinyun’s face. Her hand was already halfway up when she quickly pulled it back and, as if covering it up, said, "Let me find some mercurochrome to apply for you."
"Okay."
Lin Xiang first went to the back kitchen to bring some food over, and after Cheng Jinyun finished eating, she handed him the mercurochrome, "Apply it on; otherwise, it wouldn’t look good if people saw you with that handprint."
But Cheng Jinyun brought his face closer to Lin Xiang, "There’s no mirror here, and I can’t see it myself. Would you help me apply it?"
Lin Xiang took a deep breath.
I can endure!
After all, Cheng Jinyun had taken care of her many times before too, hadn’t he?
With her lips pouted, she unscrewed the cap, dipped a cotton ball in the mercurochrome, and was about to apply it to Cheng Jinyun’s cheek. But just before the cotton ball touched his face, her hand suddenly became very gentle, as if afraid of hurting him.
"All done."
"Hmm, let’s go to the farm. There’s a lot to deal with today, and if we go late, we won’t finish in time."
On the back seat of the bicycle, this time Lin Xiang didn’t avoid him as she used to, but instead held onto Cheng Jinyun’s waist.
In front, Cheng Jinyun’s lips curled into a clear smile.
When they arrived in Qi State, Lin Xiang was astonished by what she saw.
"Is this my farm?"
She remembered the last time she came here; it was just barren land.
Now there were dormitory rooms, several large enclosures, and a big pigsty at the foot of the mountain.
Not just that, the enclosures already had five or six dozen rabbits, and twenty or thirty hens, with only three roosters among them, standing out as if they were on a separate layer.
Moreover, there was a small pond, which Lin Xiang thought must have fish in it, but when she got closer, she found there wasn’t even water in it.