People in the alley: A woman dressed as a man shouldn't be foolishly filial, Zhuang Chaoying

Zhuang Chaoying finished her three-day invigilation duties, feeling relieved. She picked up her briefcase and headed towards the restroom.

Seeing that Zhuang Chaoying was going in the wrong direction, Teacher Wang called out to remind her, "Teacher Zhuang, the gate is this way!"

Zhuang Chaoying smiled and waved her hand: "Teacher Wang, I'm going to the restroom to use the restroom."

Teacher Wang nodded, got on his bicycle, and headed towards the school gate.

Zhuang Chaoying quickly walked into the restroom, and after entering the stall, she closed the door.

[System, redeem ten packs of sanitary napkins.]

[Seven cents a pack, seven dollars in total, successfully deducted.]

Zhuang Chaoying wrapped the sanitary napkin in kraft paper, put it in a mesh bag, tidied her clothes, and walked out of the bathroom.

As I walked, I recalled the trip to the department store with Ah Ling last month.

At the time, Ah Ling was used to using menstrual belts, and they happened to see sanitary napkins for sale.

Ah Ling was quite curious about this new product, so she went up to ask about the price. She learned that it cost seven cents a pack, which was more than four times more expensive than the paper they usually used. Ah Ling thought it was too expensive and hesitated for a long time before finally deciding not to buy it.

Moreover, with people coming and going outside, it wasn't appropriate to discuss such private topics, so we didn't continue the conversation.

After returning home, I was busy helping my child with homework, and I also had to find time to write my novel, so I completely forgot about this matter.

He only remembered this incident today when he saw his female colleague in the office clutching her stomach and looking uncomfortable.

Zhuang Chaoying thought to herself, her daughter Xiaoting is twelve years old this year and is about to grow up. It's time to prepare some sanitary napkins for her. After all, they are cleaner and more hygienic than paper and don't shed as easily.

Fortunately, Suzhou, where they live, is a major city near Shanghai. The department store only started selling sanitary napkins in June of this year, reportedly because a production line from Xiao Ri Zi was introduced at the beginning of the year.

Before I knew it, I was almost home.

As soon as we reached the alley entrance, we saw Tu Nan, Lin Dongzhe, and Engineer Lin busy around two large cardboard boxes.

Tu Nan, with his sharp eyes, spotted his father approaching carrying a net bag and waved enthusiastically. "Dad, come quick! Uncle Lin brought our refrigerator back!"

Zhuang Chaoying quickly ran over and handed the net bag in her hand to Tu Nan: "Here, Dad and your Uncle Lin will carry it!"

Engineer Lin directed the work methodically. "Teacher Zhuang, you carry the front, I'll carry the back, Dongzhe, you stay here and watch our refrigerator!"

Working together, the two slowly lifted the refrigerator and carefully moved it into the backyard.

"Chao Ying, watch out, you're about to turn."

"Wu Feng, slow down!"

When the neighbors saw this, they all gathered around and started talking amongst themselves.

"Teacher Zhuang's family bought a refrigerator!"

"Teacher Zhuang's refrigerator is really big!"

"Goodness, everyone in your yard has bought a refrigerator! Song Ying, Huang Ling, you two are something else!"

Song Ying smiled and explained, "It's a small sign, no ticket required."

Huang Ling smiled and looked at her neighbors outside the courtyard: "Yes, we bought a refrigerator. Thanks to Lin Gong and Song Ying for their help, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to buy one."

Zhuang Tunan followed behind and gently placed the net on the table.

Huang Ling and Song Ying followed behind Engineer Lin and Zhuang Chaoying, saying, "Engineer Lin, Chaoying, be careful, your back is important! Do you want to take a break?"

Zhuang Chaoying turned to look at the road ahead: "No need, Engineer Lin and I will carry it in in one go."

After some effort, they finally managed to place the first refrigerator steadily in a corner of the kitchen.

After a short rest, they immediately went to carry the second refrigerator.

In the small kitchen, two refrigerators were placed in two corners, one on the left and one on the right.

Zhuang Chaoying straightened up, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and looked at the neatly arranged refrigerator.

He thought to himself that he needed to find a suitable opportunity later to have a good talk with Ah Ling about buying a house, but he wondered what she was really thinking...

Song Ying and Huang Ling opened the refrigerator door.

"That's great! From now on, food can be kept in the refrigerator for several days, and meat can be frozen for several months."

As Huang Ling spoke happily, she deftly arranged the vegetables and fresh meat she had bought that morning into the refrigerator. She also turned to Tu Nan, who was standing to the side, and instructed him, "Tu Nan, go to the living quarters and buy some popsicles, ten milk flavored and ten red bean flavored."

As he spoke, he took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it to Tu Nan.

Lin Dongzhe looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, aren't we buying popsicles?"

Song Ying replied with a smile, "Buy, of course I'll buy! Ten milk flavored ones, and ten mung bean flavored ones!"

Lin Dongzhe happily accepted the money and turned to run out.

"Dongzhe, I'll go with you!"

Xiaoting called out, and was about to take a step to follow when Song Ying, quick as a flash, grabbed her arm: "Xiaoting, wait a minute!"

After saying that, he picked up the vegetable basket and rummaged through it to find something wrapped in brown paper.

Xiao Ting looked at Song Ying curiously, only to see her gently open the paper package, revealing a delicate hair clip.

With a loving expression, Song Ying gently clipped the hair clip into Xiao Ting's hair, adjusted its position, and sincerely praised, "Our Xiao Ting is so beautiful, so pretty!"

Xiaoting smiled a little shyly, and looked at Song Ying sweetly, saying, "Thank you, Auntie!"

Watching the interaction between the two women, Huang Ling, holding the refrigerator's instruction manual in her hand, exclaimed, "Song Ying, this refrigerator is really cold!"

Song Ying was squatting on the ground, putting the vegetables in the refrigerator. Hearing Huang Ling's words, she looked up and said, "Of course, Wu Feng from our family participated in the design, so it can't be wrong. It's just that this refrigerator is too expensive."

Huang Ling nodded in agreement: "It's really expensive, over a thousand yuan."

"Sister Ling, you should think that such an expensive refrigerator should automatically put meat and vegetables in and then automatically close the door. That's what high technology is all about."

Huang Ling burst into laughter: "Why don't you just ask the refrigerator to buy the groceries for you!"

Their laughter echoed in the kitchen.

After laughing, Huang Ling continued, "It's so good to have a refrigerator. Now we have a place to store the milk we buy for Tu Nan and Xiao Ting. Otherwise, it would spoil by evening if it was delivered in the morning in this hot weather. They need to supplement their nutrition because they are studying hard."

"Should we order one for Dongzhe too?"

Song Ying turned around and looked at Sister Ling, who was also squatting on the ground tidying up things: "That kid Dongzhe is naughty all day long, he doesn't use his brain at all, he doesn't need to drink milk."

Huang Ling: "Order a bottle of milk! The child is growing and needs to get the nutrition he needs."

Song Ying thought for a moment and finally nodded: "That's right, then I'll order two bottles of milk."

Huang Ling looked at Song Ying with some surprise. "Huh?"

Seeing Huang Ling's surprise, Song Ying smiled and explained, "Sister Ling, don't underestimate this milk. It also has beauty and skin-nourishing effects. One bottle for Dongzhe and one for me, it's just right."

Sister Ling, I have to say something to you. We women can't always focus all our attention on the children; we need to think about ourselves too. Life has to be comfortable for us.

Huang Ling nodded slightly as she listened to Song Ying's words; there was indeed some truth to them.

Yes, it seems I've really neglected myself all these years because of my family and children. "Then let's order three bottles."

As soon as she said it, Huang Ling regretted it. She would have to spend a considerable amount of money on Saturday, which was a real pain for her, as she was very frugal.

So she quickly changed her mind: "Two bottles, please!"

At this moment, Zhuang Chaoying and Engineer Lin were drinking tea inside the house.

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