Chapter 142

Xu Wen shrugged, “We’ll see how people feel after a long time!”

She wasn’t the one to repay a grudge with a favor

Since she treated her like this today, when her purpose is accomplished and she is cleared of any wrongdoing, then if she wants to follow her in business, it depends on whether she is willing to bring her along or not

She’s not a doughy person who can be kneaded or pinched as she pleases

Doudou mom took a close look at Xu Man, saw her face pale, but does not seem particularly angry, followed by a sigh of relief, but still some indignation: “You can think of the best I don’t know how they think, are an island with so long even so little trust

It seems like they are the most patriotic in the world You’ve done so much for the island, if it wasn’t for you, I’d probably still be at home and wouldn’t have been able to reunite with our old Wang so quickly

I’m not the only one When we chatted earlier, we realized that there are many sisters-in-law like me

Now that the island has water and electricity, and the children can go to school, I can’t say it’s all your doing, but you must be the biggest contributor

Those who chewed your tongue, forgot all about it, and just because they saw you come into contact with that ship a few more times, they can even label you as a ‘traitor’!”

Compared to Doudou’s mom’s righteous indignation, Xu Wen was more puzzled by her attitude

Just by looking at Doudou, he knew that Doudou’s mom was also a gentle, soft-spoken person

In her spare time, she was kind and courteous

It was the first time Xu Man had ever seen her expression so exposed, her chest heaving with anger, as if the one being slandered wasn’t Xu Man but her

“Thank you” Xu Man said sincerely

Doudou mom froze, then smiled in embarrassment, “I was the one who got excited! I was really angry listening to them make up so much about you I don’t know about other people, but I do know that our family has received a lot of kindness from you Not to mention the past, let’s just talk about this business I haven’t made much money yet, but I can see hope I don’t have to feel ashamed of my in-laws for being stubborn about going to the island”

Money is not everything, but without it, nothing is possible

In the world of the poor, money solves the vast majority of things

She was skillful with her hands, and could make small garments and shoes and sell them quite well

Among the sisters-in-law who followed Xu Man into business, she was considered to have a high income

Together with the monthly allowance of ten dollars for military wives, she could send a lot of money home, which was even more than the work she earned at home

Besides, Dongsheng often went to her house, and DouDou often came to XuMan’s house to play They are parents who have not had much contact with each other, so they are more familiar with each other

Xu Man’s character definitely wouldn’t have such major problems

“It should” Xu Man shook his head, “They can talk if they want to, but if you hear them, don’t argue with them for me What’s white can’t be black, and what’s black can’t be white”

DouDouMom nodded, “This kind of sister-in-law who thinks she’s righteous is a minority in the end Most sisters-in-law believe you Besides, how can most people be so brainless? Who sells out their country to make contact with the enemy so openly and honestly?”

Xu asked, “”

Surprisingly, he didn’t know whether to be offended or comforted for a moment

As the two talked, they unknowingly arrived in front of Xu Man’s family’s electric car

It was the electric car that had been made to transport rocks earlier

DouDouMom helped Xu Man load the things into the bucket and instructed Xu Man, “Ideas for safety on the road!”

“Good! Please help me keep an eye on Dongsheng”

“Don’t worry!”

Lu Yuanzheng was still training over at the Kaya, but had arranged in advance for someone to follow her to Pengcheng

Xu Man also saw an unexpected person, Tan Changlin, and Xu Man asked him in bewilderment, “Are you going to Pengcheng as well?”

Tan Changlin usually dormitory and office two point one line, even the cafeteria do not go, rare to see him take the initiative to go out of the door

He seems to have deliberately dressed up, shaved, hair organized, clothes also changed a little more formal

Tan Changlin, who had left his job, was a little more bookish and a little less arrogant He smiled, embarrassed, and rubbed the back of his head, “Mr Xu, you’re going to look at the printer, aren’t you? Can you take me to see it too?”

He was a little curious

“Sure But it shouldn’t be ready so soon” Xu Wen remembered that Luo Zemin had given a time limit of one month

“It’s fine I’ll take it as a trip to see our Special Economic Zone to meet the world”

Xu Man nodded in welcome

Lu Yuanzheng’s soldiers and Tan Changlin helped Xu Man carry his things to the ship

When they arrived at Pengcheng Pier, Uncle One was still waiting for her on the shore

This time, Xu Man was in no hurry to leave and helped carry the goods down together

Although the news of her pregnancy hadn’t been announced to the public yet, Xu Man still loved herself quite a bit and only moved some of the easier ones that didn’t require much exertion

Mainly to wait for Tan Changlin

Tan Changlin couldn’t help her unload the goods and she herself ran first

There weren’t many goods this time, and they were unloaded in a while

Uncle One suspiciously surveyed it and wondered, “Why is there so little this time?”

Xu Wen pursed her lips, “There won’t be more in the future”

Doudou’s mom consoled her by saying that only a small number of people had defamed her But, looking at the number of these goods, it was clear that perhaps just a small portion of people had questioned it, but, there were still quite a few people who remained on the sidelines

Not to speak ill of her, but don’t want to do business with her at this time either

To put it nicely is to remain neutral, to put it badly is to be a wallflower

Uncle One was anxious, “What do you mean? Quit?”

“Uncle, don’t be anxious, business must be done But even groceries can not sell everything ah! How to make money how to do right?” Xu Man hesitated, but decided not to tell Uncle One the truth for fear that he would be anxious

Uncle One didn’t think about it that much, only thinking that Xu Man had some new idea, he hastily answered, “You’re right! I listen to you, if you say what to do, we’ll do it!”

Anyway, he is now convinced of one thing, following Xu Man has meat to eat

What Xu Man says and what he does can never be wrong

Xu Wen: “”

Originally thinking about how to make up reasons to make Uncle One believe, she didn’t expect that Uncle One would trust her so much

Is this what a relative should be like?

Thinking of this, Xu asked First Uncle, “First Uncle, if you see me eating and shopping together with my ex-Auntie One, talking and laughing, will you be angry? Would you think I’m doing something wrong to you?”

“Huh?” This question was a bit of a surprise, Uncle One slung his crate over his shoulder, holding the rope cover with one hand and rubbing the back of his head with the other, “What are you doing eating with her for nothing?”

“That you don’t care It’s just that without you knowing anything, you saw me with Auntie One for a few days in a row, and we seemed especially close What would you think?”

“It should be more or less upsetting, right?” Uncle One frowned and imagined that image for a moment, then shook his head, “But wouldn’t think anything more Your last name is Xu and not Wang, being my niece surely you won’t do anything bad to me Since you know that I don’t like their surname Wang, and you’re still talking and laughing with her, then there must be something very important to find her or even beg her

If I have to go to her in order to solve it, you don’t even have to talk about having dinner with her, you’re just asking me to go and kneel down to that tigress”

Xu Wen suddenly felt her nose a little sour, “Thank you, Uncle One”

Her last name was Xu, not Wang, and she was still a national and not a foreigner

But they still didn’t believe her

First Uncle heard her voice was not right, turned his head to look at her, saw Xu Man’s eyes with tears, a moment of panic, wanted to raise his hand to wipe her tears, but his hand reached halfway and then retracted

His hands were dirty

“Girl! What are you crying about? What’s wrong with you? Why are you crying for a good reason? Did I say something wrong? Or is your aunt really here?”

After saying that, he thought it was impossible that the witch surnamed Wang was as illiterate as he was, and surely she couldn’t have traveled so far to find this place without someone to guide her

When he thought of this, Uncle One took a closer look at Xu Man and probed, “Did Lu Yuanzheng bully you?”

Xu Wen shook her head, tears streaming down her face

Actually, she wasn’t really very upset originally Only that little bit minded

Just like Doudou’s mother had said, she had pulled out her heart and soul to her sisters-in-law, working for Rainbow Island for the children on the island, for the welfare of the warriors, and trying to make everyone’s lives better

But they didn’t trust her and labeled her a “traitor” The charge of “traitor”, say not aggrieved is a lie

It would be a lie to say that she wasn’t aggrieved, but she couldn’t get angry

She was afraid that Lu Yuanzheng would be caught in the middle

She herself feel guilty, but her behavior in the eyes of other people may be really harsh

Lu Yuanzheng loved her so much, if she was so aggrieved and cried like this, then Lu Yuanzheng would definitely bring Dongsheng to the door to give her an explanation

He is the main official of Rainbow Island, Xu Wen did this thing itself is a very subjective attitude thing, not good to explain, at least for the time being can not prove their innocence

If one handled it poorly, it would also involve Lu Yuanzheng’s future

So Xu Man can only pretend not to care

In fact, how could she be so generous as to not care?

The fact that Uncle One believed in her so unconditionally made her feel like a child being bullied outside seeing a parent

The aggression was instantly magnified, and then felt protected and especially secure

Uncle One stopped and rolled up his sleeves

He wore half sleeves, a handful of rolled up empty, simply put down his hands, also rolled the car cover off his shoulders, came to pull Xu asked, “Go, take me to find him! I said why didn’t he come today? He’s relieved that you’re a girl traveling so far by yourself, what if you run into outsiders on the road?”

Xu Man saw that Uncle Yi was getting anxious and shook his head, “It’s not the road expedition He doesn’t want to bully me, he’s on a mission and can’t come out today I just had a fight with someone else and I’m a bit aggrieved”

“Who bullied you? You tell Uncle One, I’ll go back you up”

“No one I just quarreled with other lesbians Uncle One, don’t worry, I didn’t lose!”

Uncle One hesitated, “Are you really okay?”

“Really nothing” Xu Wen sniffled and wiped away his own tears, “Am I a loser?”

Uncle One thought about it and nodded, “Okay! If there’s something you want to do, you have to talk to Uncle One”

The main Xu Man said it was a quarrel with other women, he is a big man can not go to beat women, right?

It’s not really a good idea

Xu Man and Uncle One parted ways in front of Xu Wen’s house

Uncle Yee went back to stock the goods, and Xu Man came to Xu Wen’s place to reconcile the accounts

Xu Wen saw Xu Man followed by Tan Changlin subconsciously stunned, and then found a table clean, let them sit first

Xu Man saw Xu Wen’s doubts and took the initiative to introduce him: “This is Comrade Tan Changlin, a great expert from the city of April 9, who came to accompany me today to see how the printer is doing Lu Yuanzheng can’t make it today because he has a mission”

Xu Wen busily stretched out his hand and wiped it on the apron on his waist, reaching out towards Tan Changlin, “Hello Comrade Tan Changlin, I’m Xu Wen’s elder brother”

“First brother” Xu Wen corrected him

Xu Wen glared at her, “When men speak, women rarely interrupt”

Tan Changlin glanced at Xu Man in surprise, smiled, and shook Xu Wen’s hand

Xu Wen skimmed and skimmed, going to the cashier’s desk herself to get the ledger and come back to the right place

Xu Wen was talking to Tan Changlin: ”People from the north are half-countrymen, and their eating habits should be similar Do you want to eat dumplings or noodles?”

Tan Changlin’s eyes lit up when he heard this and held up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, “Can we have a little bit of both?”

Having come to Rainbow Island for a while now, I really miss the food of my hometown

Although it wasn’t capital city snacks, dumplings and noodles passed through the north

Xu Wen responded and went to the small kitchen in the back to find Sang Xiaoqing

This time, there were fewer goods, and the reconciliation was faster than usual

Tan Changlin silently looked at Xu Wen and suddenly laughed softly

Causing Xu Man to look up and frown at him, “Laughing at what?”

“Laughing at you, the lesbian, seeing people and talking about people, seeing ghosts and talking about ghosts!”

Xu asked, “”

She gestured vaguely at Tan Changlin with her pencil, “Speak properly!”

Was this scolding her or complimenting her?

“Just think you’re quite different Different from all the women I’ve seen” Tan Changlin said seriously

Being able to write and not be able to do martial arts, it seemed like she knew a little bit of everything except martial arts

This little bit is not dependent on her ability, but on her needs

Obviously a mother of a child, but sometimes she was as innocent as a little girl

Obviously all capable, but as if she has no ambition

Call her petty, she has a big heart for the country

Say she is generous, but she takes every cent for granted

Emotional, not fraternal

In short, a particularly admirable lesbian

Xu Wen lifted her eyelids and glanced at Tan Changlin, half-truthfully saying, ”I’m a child’s mother what could be different? Although I don’t like you looking down on me, there’s no need to think of mine as particularly high I’m very vulgar like yellow and white things, but also particularly delicate, also thanks to our family Lu Yuanzheng comrades can stand me”

The subtext is don’t fall in love with me, I’m a married woman

Tan Changlin may not have a high emotional quotient, but he is definitely not a fool, and he understands Xu Man’s mention, his face is a little red, and his tone is also a little anxious: “I just simply feel that I appreciate you you’re very talented, and I don’t have any other intention to donate you”

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, just as Sang Xiaoqing came over with a steaming plate of dumplings, and placed it on the table, two fingers touched on the earlobe, and shouted, “It’s hot!”

Xu Wen frowned, “Where’s my brother? Why did he ask you to bring the dumplings? Our girl’s hands are tender, what if they get burned?”

Tan Changlin: “” Two girls who are moms?

He glanced oddly at Xu Man, his expression suddenly a little speechless

It wasn’t the first time Xu Wen had said this, and Sang Mood was so used to it that he didn’t take it personally, only smiling, “Your brother is kneading the noodles there! I’m afraid you guys are hungry, so I’ll send it over first”

Xu Man got up and took Sang Xiaoqing’s hand and looked at it, realizing that it was just the tip of the finger that was a bit red, and that it really wasn’t a big deal, and only then did he let his heart go

I don’t know if Tan Changlin really misses these noodles in the north or if Sang Xiaoqing’s skills are good, but he ate a big plate of dumplings by himself and then drank a bowl of noodles

Sang Xiaoqing and Xu Wen their store bowl, than the southern customary bowl is not a little bit half a point, is the kind of white background, the mouth of the two blue stripes of the large porcelain bowl

The amount of food Lu Yuanzheng can eat is only one bowl of noodles

But how much exercise is Lu Yuanzheng?

Tan Changlin is not as tall as Lu Yuanzheng and is even thinner

It was amazing that he could eat so much!

Seeing Xu Man keep looking at himself, Tan Linchang instantly blushed, “I’ll pay”

Xu Man snorted out a laugh, “It’s not like I’m looking at you for fear that you won’t pay”

It was just surprise

Tan Changlin sighed lightly, “It’s not, like, tasting hometown food? Your brother and sister-in-law’s cooking is especially delicious, didn’t hold back on eating too much!”

He burped, patted down his round belly, his eyes spared a week in the store, “Have you finished reconciling the accounts? Finished, let’s go?”

Business is good in the store, this time on the people, see the table will be full

Tan Changlin grabbed the check, Xu Wen refused to accept, Tan Changlin stubbornness again

The two men pushed back and forth, and those who didn’t know thought they were going to fight

In the end, it was Xu Man who spoke up and persuaded Xu Wen to accept the money, “Brother, don’t be polite to him! He has money! Just don’t worry about ripping him off!”

One sentence successfully drew the two men’s firepower onto themselves

“Don’t talk nonsense, you girl! Those who don’t know will think that your sister-in-law and I run a shady store?”

“I earn hard-earned money too! It’s not like I’m an ingrate”

Xu Wen and Tan Changlin spoke at the same time

No matter what, the bill was finally settled

Xu Wen packed another dumpling and headed towards the factory, and while Xu Wen was cooking the dumplings, Xu Wen suddenly spoke up, “First Brother, do you have any of those who want to eat here but can’t come because they work or the factory is far away?”

“Why not? Many of the regular customers can only come over to eat when they’re off-duty Can’t even come on weekdays for work”

“You might consider delivery”

Xu Wen threw the dumplings into the pot and took the time to glance at her, “What do you mean by takeout?”

“It’s like now, cooking the dumplings and putting them into disposable lunch boxes, delivering them to the factory at meal times for those who can’t get out but don’t want to eat at the factory cafeteria”

Xu Wen shook his head, “Didn’t you deliver meals to Luo Zemin twice before? There were dumplings and noodles, but when they arrived at his office, the noodles were lumpy, and the dumplings were stuck to one piece, and one portion was broken The flavor changed too!”

He also thought before, send one is also send, send two is also send, might as well pull two more diners

As a result, he sent two times and found that it really does not work, since then he does not go, are Luo Zemin free to come over to eat

He finished the dumplings are also boiled, packed in a thermos bucket, handed to Xu Man, “again! When your sister-in-law and I are busy, we can’t wait to grow our heads and arms, so how can we still have time to go out and deliver anything?”

Xu Man carried the dumplings out the door, thinking all the way to the door that the food Xu Wen made really shouldn’t be stored for long

Nowadays, there’s no transportation as fast as an electric bicycle, and it’s quite a distance from the factory, so it’s really quite a delay

Although she had made an electric bicycle, to be frank, it was similar to a child’s toy car, not very fast

When she first thought of how to make it, it was only to solve the problem of soldiers carrying rocks up and down the mountain, she only considered the load bearing and didn’t really consider the speed

If it doesn’t work, I’ll look into it later

In addition, how to preserve the ingredients was also a problem

So that the noodles don’t pile up, so that the dumplings don’t press together

Tan Changlin shook his head after hearing her confusion, “You ”

I really don’t know how to shape allow to ask

She could drum up such a meaningful research invention as a three-dimensional printer while still turning around and becoming a marketplace peddler, thinking about doing business

Xu Wen glanced at him and said meaningfully, “Being noble can’t be a meal! Research also requires money Not to mention anything else, how much does a computer cost?”

She thought that Tan Changlin would refute her, but she didn’t expect Tan Changlin to nod in agreement, “That’s right! Computers are good things! It can help people solve so many things that are hard to do with human power It’s just too expensive! It’s hard to popularize it like this!”

He had a private computer, which he had also spent several years of salary to buy His salary was already that of an upper class worker in the country, and he had dumped his family’s money to buy a computer, so what could the people buy?

Xu Man comforted him, “Maybe in the future, with the development of technology, the price of computers will come down?”

In the future, the price of computers is still very affordable

Especially with cell phones becoming more and more full-featured

“Hopefully!” Tan Changlin was still worried

The two took a small three-wheeler to find Luo Zemin’s factory

Xu Wen familiarized himself with the door and went to the gatekeeper’s grandpa, “Grandpa, can you call out for Luo Zemin for me?”

“Luo Zemin? He resigned! Doesn’t work here anymore!”