Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

Chapter 1149 Blood Pack from the 7s 3

Most importantly, in order to buy this piece of meat, Jiang's mother also bought meat coupons from her colleagues; otherwise, with the few meat coupons allocated to their family of three this month, how could they possibly buy more than a pound of meat?

In those days, pork wasn't available every day, so on the days when pork was supplied, many people would line up early.

In order to buy more meat today, Jiang's mother had exchanged money for meat coupons with her colleagues half a month ago. After all, everyone was struggling to make ends meet these days, and many people were reluctant to buy meat, so they were willing to sell their meat coupons to others.

"By the way, Chunxi's job has been settled," Mr. Jiang said while eating. "Once Chunxi gets her graduation certificate, she can go to the toy factory to report for duty."

"That's wonderful," said Mrs. Jiang happily. "Although this job is practically a done deal, I'm still on edge until it's finalized, fearing something might go wrong."

Then Jiang's mother looked at her daughter and said, "You're going to work in an office at the toy factory. You won't have to work as hard as those factory workers. You know, the employees who work in offices at the factory have the easiest job."

“Yes! I know,” Jiang Chunxi nodded. “Dad, Mom, don’t worry! When I go to work at the toy factory, I will definitely not let you down. No matter how easy the work is, I will do my best.”

"Good, good, good. I knew my daughter was ambitious. Dad is waiting for you to achieve something to make your mother and me proud, so that others can see that my daughter, Jiang Zhisheng's daughter, is in no way inferior to men."

When Jiang's mother gave birth to her daughter, she injured her body, which is why she and Jiang's father only had one daughter, Jiang Chunxi. Because they had no son, Jiang's father had been ridiculed behind his back for years for not having a son to take care of him in his old age and for being destined to have no descendants.

This naturally infuriated Chiang's father.

What's wrong with daughters! Are daughters any worse than sons if they're raised well? Are sons successful and filial to those who have sons?

“Alas! It’s all my fault,” Jiang’s mother said, her mood immediately somber. “If it weren’t for my poor health, which damaged my body when I gave birth to Chunxi and made me unable to have children again, you wouldn’t have been constantly ridiculed by people because of your son all these years.”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Aren’t you afraid of hurting the child?” Mr. Jiang said with great dissatisfaction. “So what if we don’t have a son! I have such a precious daughter as Chunxi, that’s enough. As long as we raise Chunxi well, isn’t that better than others having ten or eight sons?”

"Besides, there are plenty of unfilial sons in this world. Having a son is like taking on a debt. Look at Aunt Wu and her husband upstairs, they are the best example. Just because they had several sons, the old couple were dissatisfied with whichever son they took care of the children."

"What do you call this? This is called doing all the work for nothing. You work yourself to the bone taking care of your grandson and don't get a single kind word from your sons. On top of that, your sons and daughters-in-law complain about you. They're practically draining the old couple dry and they're still not satisfied."

"So that's why sons are a burden. We're so lucky. Daughters are like warm little cotton-padded jackets. We have Chunxi, such a warm little cotton-padded jacket, and that's enough. There's really no need to envy others who have sons."

"Mmm!" Jiang Chunxi nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. "That's right, I'm your sweet little cotton-padded jacket. Dad, Mom, don't worry! I will definitely take good care of you in the future and make those who have sons envious of you."

Jiang Chunxi's words amused both her father and mother.

Meanwhile, on Ren Pingwei and Liu Manman's side...

"How did it go?" Liu Manman called Ren Pingwei to the alley outside the courtyard and asked, "What did that idiot Jiang Chunxi say? Did you manage to fool her?"

Ren Pingwei recounted the events with a gloomy face, then sneered, "It seems that idiot Jiang Chunxi has finally figured things out. Trying to fool her with those crude tricks won't work anymore."

"It's all your fault," Liu Manman said angrily. "I told you to tone it down, but you just wouldn't listen. Now look what happened! That idiot Jiang Chunxi has finally figured it out. What are we supposed to do now? Are we just supposed to watch this fat sheep escape from our grasp?"

“Of course not,” Ren Pingwei said, frowning. “It’s not easy to find a fat sheep as stupid and easily fooled as Jiang Chunxi. How can we let her escape from our hands?”

"Then you'd better hurry up and think of a way!" Liu Manman stamped her foot and said, "We'll be getting our graduation certificates in a few days. Once we get them and Jiang Chunxi starts working, we won't be able to scheme against her anymore."

"Then let her not be able to get the job." Ren Pingwei whispered in Liu Manman's ear, and Liu Manman's eyes lit up as she listened.

As soon as Jiang Chunxi entered the school in the afternoon, Liu Manman came to her side.

“Chunxi, Pingwei has already told me,” Liu Manman said, taking Jiang Chunxi’s arm. “He said you misunderstood him and thought he was interested in me.”

"Chunxi, you're really overthinking it! Pingwei and I grew up together. To put it bluntly, we still remember what each other looked like when we were little and wearing open-crotch pants. Given this situation, do you really think there's any possibility between Pingwei and me?"

Liu Manman then shuddered with disgust: "It's terrifying. Just thinking about what you said, wishing me and Pingwei a happy ending, gives me goosebumps. Our relationship is like that of siblings. To put it dramatically, even if all the men in the world died, there would be absolutely no possibility between me and Pingwei."

"Similarly, even if all the women in the world died, Pingwei would never have those feelings for me. Besides, the person he loves is you, and he can't see anyone else in his eyes except you."

Jiang Chunxi stopped and pulled Liu Manman's hand away from her arm: "Liu Manman, it's your own business if you like Ren Pingwei, or if you two like each other, that's your own business. Why do you have to drag me into this? Do you think that your ambiguous feelings for each other need someone to add fuel to the fire so that your love will be more interesting?"

"Liu Manman, how come I only found out today that you and Ren Pingwei are so disgusting? I even considered you two good friends, but I never expected that this is how you treat your good friends."

Jiang Chunxi didn't control her volume when she said these words, so many students stopped and surrounded her and Liu Manman.

Liu Manman was furious, and tears welled up in her eyes immediately: "Chunxi, why did you slander me like this? Why did you have to drag me and Ren Pingwei into this? I know you like Ren Pingwei, but you can't treat me like a little sister just because Ren Pingwei does. You're even jealous about that!"