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Great-grandmother paid very readily.

She kept taking things out, and then stuffed them into Jiang Zao's hand: "Great-Grandma has more, here are a few more for you."

It's a good thing to have someone give you money to spend; after all, everyone wants to be rich without working for it.

But my great-grandmother is old, and no matter how shameless she is, she can't take the old man's savings.

Jiang Zao thought that if she asked Lu Yanxun for help, he could persuade her great-grandmother.

Unexpectedly, he advised her, "If your great-grandmother gave it to you, just take it."

Great-grandmother even helped Lu Yanxun persuade her: "Just take it. It's a small token of my appreciation. Don't think it's too little."

The old man then said, "Oh, right, your grandparents will be here soon. Your grandmother still has a pair of my gold bracelets, which were part of my dowry. I gave them to her back then. When she comes, I'll get those bracelets for you."

Jiang Zao held a handful of hundred-yuan bills, a stiff smile on her face.

"Great-Grandma, thank you. I'll keep the money, but I don't need the bracelet."

She knew her great-grandmother loved her.

But if the old lady really takes back the bracelet she gave to her grandmother and gives it to her, she's afraid that even if she gives birth to twins, she won't be able to stay in this family.

Great-grandmother was completely unaware of Jiang Zao's worries and thought that she didn't want it.

"It's pure gold, worth quite a bit of money," Great-Grandma enthusiastically promoted.

Jiang Zao didn't know what to say to refuse, so she could only keep smiling foolishly and trying to evade the question: "Thank you, Great-Grandma."

I hope Great-Grandma will forget about this.

Great-grandmother thought that Jiangzao had finally agreed to take it, and finally smiled with satisfaction.

And he secretly made a mental note that he must not forget to ask his daughter-in-law for the bracelet.

Although the gold bracelet was a gift from her to her daughter-in-law, she shouldn't have asked for it back.

But Great-Grandma knew that her daughter-in-law was not a stingy person.

If you tell her that the recipient is her granddaughter-in-law, she'll be happier than anyone else.

"Yanxun, let's go inside..." Jiang Zao winked at Lu Yanxun, signaling him to quickly take her away.

Otherwise, all the little bit of money that Great-Grandma had saved would have ended up in her own pocket.

Lu Yanxun took Jiang Zao's hand and pulled her up, preparing to lead her back to the room.

"Xiao Xun, why aren't you holding Xiao Zao'er?" Great-Grandma asked Lu Yanxun.

Jiang Zao answered for him, "Great-Grandma, I can walk by myself. I don't need to carry you for just a few steps."

Great-Grandma shook her head in disapproval.

That expression, that look in his eyes, seemed to be blaming Jiang Zao for being useless.

Soon, Great-Grandma began her on-the-spot instruction: "Little Zao'er, it's not that Great-Grandma is criticizing you, but you can't spoil men like that. You can't spoil men, and you can't pamper them. You have to order them around and make them do everything. You're his wife. He married you, so he should serve you for the rest of his life."

Jiang Zao stared in disbelief.

Great-Grandma, you are truly my idol!

"Little Zao'er, now show me how to make him do it," Great-Grandma instructed earnestly.

Jiang Zao looked at Lu Yanxun.

Lu Yanxun was also looking at her.

She couldn't see any expression on the man's face other than calmness.

Jiang Zao had no idea what he was thinking.

Actually, she didn't want to order him around.

After all, the man didn't want to hug her at all, but she insisted on pressuring him by taking advantage of the old man's affection.

Wouldn't that make him hate you even more?

But since her great-grandmother said so, and she doesn't listen, the old lady will probably have to give her money again.

Jiang Zao subconsciously squeezed the banknotes in her palm, gathering her emotions.

Then he cleared his throat and said, "Lu Yanxun, carry me back to my room."

After Jiang Zao finished speaking, her great-grandmother gave a sharp comment: "Your strength is a little lacking, and you're a bit rusty, but it's alright. With more practice, you'll get the hang of it. You can go now."

Lu Yanxun picked up Jiang Zao without saying a word.

After picking her up, she said to her great-grandmother, "Great-grandmother, let's go back to our room."

"Alright, go ahead." Great-Grandma sat back on the sofa and turned the radio back on.

Lu Yanxun carried Jiang Zao back to the room and placed her on the bed.

This room used to be Lu Yanxun's room, and after he and Jiang Zao got married, it became their marital home.

But Jiang Zao has been living here alone since her marriage.

Having not returned to live here for so long, even though it used to be his own room, Lu Yanxun felt it had become very unfamiliar.

Jiang Zao didn't care whether Lu Yanxun was familiar with this place or not.

As long as she's not a stranger to me, that's fine.

As soon as she was placed on the bed, Jiang Zao reached out and touched the headboard.

After a few touches, I pulled out a square cookie box.

Jiang Zao didn't hide anything from Lu Yanxun and opened the box in front of him.

Inside was a stack of banknotes bound with red ribbons.

Judging by the size, each one is a hundred dollars, and it looks quite thick.

Lu Yanxun didn't ask Jiang Zao where she got so much money. He glanced at the biscuit box twice and then turned to look for something.

Jiang Zao ignored Lu Yanxun.

She carefully arranged the money her great-grandmother had just given her, untied the cloth strip from the stack of banknotes, and put the few she had just received inside.

The money in the biscuit box was the betrothal money that the Lu family gave to Jiang Zao.

Jiang Zao gave Zhou Meixia 1,000 yuan, and kept the remaining 4,000 yuan for herself.

Jiang Zao didn't spend any money at the Lu family's place, and she didn't touch a single penny of it.

So this stack of money is exactly four thousand.

My great-grandmother just gave me a full five hundred yuan, which brings the total to four thousand five.

Four thousand five hundred was a huge fortune in those days.

Suddenly realizing how wealthy she was, Jiang Zao momentarily forgot how to be happy.

She rummaged through the box and found that besides money, there was also a paper marriage certificate.

Jiang Zao took out the marriage certificate and looked at it.

There were no photos on it, only her and Lu Yanxun's names.

The handwritten name and date may not look very formal, but it has the official red stamp of the Civil Affairs Bureau on it.

This indicates that she and Lu Yanxun are a legally recognized couple by the state.

Jiang Zao stared at the round, big red seal for a while, and then suddenly burst out laughing.

Lu Yanxun had just returned from looking for something when he heard Jiang Zao laughing, and his gaze followed hers.

He saw Jiang Zao holding a piece of paper in her hand, looking down at it and laughing.

Lu Yanxun took two steps closer and looked at it; his indifferent expression instantly darkened considerably.

"Is it not hot anymore?" Lu Yanxun asked coldly.

Jiang Zao looked up when she heard the sound, and met Lu Yanxun's cold gaze.

The look in the other person's eyes made her pause for a moment.

How could he suddenly...?

Jiang Zao was puzzled for a moment, but quickly understood.

Lu Yanxun's expression didn't suddenly change; rather, his patience had completely run out.

His previous calm and composure were all an act for others.

Now that it was just the two of them in the room, he had let down his guard.

Jiang Zao didn't say anything. She put the marriage certificate and money back into the cookie box, closed the lid, and put it back in its original place.

After everything was packed up, Jiang Zao finally spoke: "Hmm, it's not hot anymore."

Jiang Zao deliberately used a cold tone to cover up her own restraint.

She didn't want to admit it, but Lu Yanxun's sudden indifference had affected her to some extent.

Because they didn't want to admit it, they tried their best to cover it up.

She didn't want to show weakness in front of Lu Yanxun.

Otherwise, it would make it seem like I'm easy to bully.

Jiang Zao glanced at him, her attitude distant: "Do you have any advice for me?"

Jiang Zao's words were clearly hostile, a stark contrast to her earlier silly grin while holding the marriage certificate.

Lu Yanxun was also somewhat confused by Jiang Zao's sudden indifference.

Why did her expression suddenly change?

What was she laughing at when she looked at the marriage certificate?

This confusion bothered him somewhat; he wanted to know the answer, but subconsciously he didn't want to ask her.

Because he didn't know what kind of answer he would get, or that her answer might remind him of the embarrassment he felt that day.

Torn between these thoughts, Lu Yanxun restlessly sought a quiet place to calm down.

"No." Lu Yanxun placed the fan he found next to Jiang Zao. "Here's the fan. Use it to cool yourself down. I'm going out now. Call me if you need anything."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Jiang Zao felt inexplicably angry when she saw his expression, as if he didn't want to spend another second with her.

She grabbed a fan and fanned herself.

Her tone was even less friendly than Lu Yanxun's: "It's nothing, if you want to leave, then leave quickly."

Lu Yanxun paused in his steps.

He turned his back to Jiang Zao and didn't turn around.

Jiang Zao simply turned her head away, refusing to look at Lu Yanxun.

The atmosphere between the two suddenly became tense and turbulent.

The wind was a cold wind mixed with frost.

Clouds are dark clouds that breed thunder and lightning.

Even the two of them didn't know why the atmosphere had suddenly changed like this.

However, Lu Yanxun did not want to investigate why right now.

Jiang Zao had already chased him away; if he didn't leave, it would seem like he was getting in her way.

Jiang Zao didn't want to guess what Lu Yanxun was suddenly angry with her for.

There's really no need to guess.

He's just holding a grudge about her tricking him into drinking donkey medicine.

I've endured humiliation and hardship until now, but I can't hold back any longer and want to explode.

The reason he was so eager to escape was probably because he discovered that his great-grandmother doted on her too much, and he was afraid that she would take advantage of being favored by the old lady and use her pregnancy to cause him a second harm.

Putting everything else aside, let's talk about how she, with a pregnancy of over seven months, could inflict further harm on him.

Is she risking her own life, or her child's?

While Jiang Zao was angry, she couldn't help but feel a little curious.

I wonder what kind of lewd image she had in Lu Yanxun's eyes?

Jiang Zao's curiosity turned into real anger as Lu Yanxun left.

The moment the door was closed, Jiang Zao threw away her fan.

What are you fanning?

She's not hot at all!

The child seemed to sense her emotions and shifted restlessly.

Jiang Zao looked at her wriggling belly and immediately started prenatal education mode.

"You two little brats need to remember this: I was the one who conceived you, and I gave birth to you. You came from my belly, so you have to stand on my side!"

"Of course, you haven't been born yet. I allow you to remain neutral, but only until you are born. From the moment you are born, you can only stand on my side, otherwise you will have no mother. Do you understand?"

"Also, I don't want to see Lu Yanxun right now, so you better behave yourselves. If you think you can get him to coax you by making a scene, I won't give you a single drop of milk after you're born! You'll be drinking formula!"

"I'm a very vengeful person, and I always keep my word," Jiang Zao threatened menacingly, staring at her belly.

I don't know if it was the threat from the ginger and jujubes that worked, but the babies stopped all their movements.

This reaction pleased Jiang Zao.

She leaned against the rolled-up blanket and took a breath: "I'm not an unreasonable parent. As long as you're on my side, I definitely won't treat you unfairly."

After Jiang Zao finished speaking, she turned over and lay on her side on the bed, her hand unable to resist reaching for the headboard.

I took the cookie box out again.

She hugged the cookie box to her chest, thinking about the huge sum of four thousand five hundred yuan inside, and her mood finally wasn't so bad.

In an era where the average wage is only a few dozen yuan, four thousand five thousand is the income a person could earn for several years without eating or drinking.

She remembered that her father worked as a ox handler, earning less than twenty yuan a month.

She worked as a textile factory worker, and her highest monthly earnings were only thirty-six yuan.

She has four thousand five hundred now.

She's quite wealthy now.

Jiang Zao hugged the cookie box and asked herself, "I'm so rich, why should I be angry?"

After asking, she added, "I can make another fortune after the divorce and become a rich woman."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and asked himself, "I'm so rich, why should I be angry? Humph, I'm not angry!"

Sleepiness washed over her, and Jiang Zao, clutching a large sum of money, went off to live out her dream of becoming a rich woman.

Lu Yanxun came out of the room, intending to go outside for a walk and get some fresh air.

"elder brother!"

Lu Yanting suddenly jumped out.

He spread his arms to block Lu Yanxun's path.

"Where are you going?"

"Let's go for a walk." Lu Yanxun bypassed his younger sister.

Lu Yanting grabbed her brother's hand, stopping him from continuing to walk: "Are you really just going out for a walk? Not to see anyone?"

His words were laced with suspicion.

Lu Yanxun looked at his younger sister, puzzled: "Who am I going to see?"

"You should ask yourself that." Lu Yanting looked him up and down.

His gaze finally settled on Lu Yanxun's face, his eyes filled with deep inquiry, "Don't you know who you're going to see?"

Lu Yanxun frowned slightly, wanting to leave as soon as possible.

"I don't know," he said.

Lu Yanting didn't believe it: "Brother, you've really changed, you've become bad."

Lu Yanxun sighed helplessly, “Tingting, I don’t have time to play riddles with you.”

"You still say you didn't know!" Lu Yanting suddenly glared at Lu Yanxun with displeasure. "You didn't know she would be in such a hurry to leave when she got back?"

Lu Yanxun still didn't know what was going on:

"Who's back?"

"Brother, Sister Xiaoyue is back, didn't you know?" Lu Yanwei asked her brother.

Lu Yanxun shook his head silently.

he does not know.

"You really went out just for a walk, and not to see her?" Lu Yanting was still full of doubt.

Lu Yanxun's voice was indifferent: "No, I didn't know she was back."

"Really? What a coincidence..."

Lu Yanting muttered to herself, but quickly looked up and warned her brother, "No matter how coincidental it is, you can't go see her!"

"Who are you looking for?" Great-grandmother heard the commotion in the courtyard and came out to see what was going on, leaning on her cane.

Upon seeing Lu Yanxun, he asked, "Xiaoxun, aren't you at home with Xiaozao'er? Where are you going?"

“That’s right, where else would he go if not home with his sister-in-law!” With someone backing her up, Lu Yanting was full of confidence.

"Great-Grandma, I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things."

Lu Yanxun originally had no destination, but when his great-grandmother asked him, he made up a lie.

Great-Grandma nodded: "Going to buy things? Remember to buy some melon seeds and snacks for Xiaozao'er."

Lu Yanting seemed to have discovered something. She leaned slightly towards Lu Yanxun and whispered through gritted teeth, "Brother, that's not what you said just now! Tell me, do you want to see Sister Xiaoyue?"