Pampered By All In Different Planes-Chapter 85 - : After Raising a Child and Getting Rich in That Era, the Delicate Beauty Was Spoiled Rotten 5

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: After Raising a Child and Getting Rich in That Era, the Delicate Beauty Was Spoiled Rotten 5

“I agree,” Su Zhiruan stated resolutely, “from now on, there will be no financial ties whatsoever, and everyone in Su Family Village will be witnesses to this.”

Although the villagers were somewhat confused, they eventually understood that by offering the substantial sum of fifteen yuan, Su Erzhu and the widow had completely severed ties with Li Meihua’s mother and children.

The village chief brought out a sheet of paper and asked both parties to sign and affix their fingerprints.

Su Erzhu was the quickest to press his fingerprint, as if he feared any further association with them, and returned to the widow’s side immediately after.

Su Zhiruan, Li Meihua, and the two younger siblings also stepped forward to press their fingerprints.

To the siblings, their father’s existence was even less significant than the village chief, who would send things over every now and then. Su Erzhu, who looked down on women, disdained Pandi and Dazhuang, often berating them as a loss, and paid little attention to Erzhu as well.

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As for their mother, Li Meihua, she had long since given up hope.

After the matter was completely settled, everyone returned to their respective homes.

The aunts and mothers of the village left in groups, incessantly discussing the affairs of the Su Family.

Su Zhiruan could hear them even from her doorway.

“…can you believe how much Pandi has changed? She used to be bold, but she still got beaten at home. Has she been provoked recently? She suddenly became eloquent and even managed to infuriate Su Erzhu, that scumbag, to such an extent.”

“I don’t know, but now Pandi seems even more likable. The village chief even wants to ask for her hand in marriage for his son, who has an office job in town and has always been picky.”

“We’ll see how it goes, now that Li Meihua’s family has fifteen yuan, they can at least eat a bit better, oh, but look at their house, my oh my, what a wreck~”

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Su Zhiruan counted the banknotes in her hand.

They were all small denominations, with one neat ten-yuan note, currently the largest denomination available, which the widow had fished out from her undergarment pocket.

The rest were just bits and pieces adding up to five yuan, one two-yuan note, three fifty-cent notes, and some crumpled coins, one-cent and five-cent pieces.

Aside from the ten-yuan note, neatly stacked, the rest were crinkled and stained with grease.

Su Zhiruan, who liked cleanliness, folded all the banknotes neatly and arranged them together, then wrapped them up with a handkerchief.

Now in the Su Family’s yard, only Li Meihua, Su Zhiruan, and the two children remained.

After the others had left, Li Meihua nearly collapsed on the ground from weak knees. Thankfully, Dazhuang and Pandi were there to support her. Li Meihua continued her sobbing, “From now on… it’s really just the few of us left… Your father is gone too, he ran off with someone else… Wuu wuu wuu…”

Su Zhiruan let her cry, understanding that some emotions needed to be vented. For her, a man was the pillar of the home, and now that the pillar was gone, she had to support the entire household, naturally overwhelming her to the point of crying.

She calmly walked around the yard a couple of times.

Compared to other houses in the village, theirs was much more dilapidated and simple, with no chickens or ducks to raise, no land or vegetables to farm.

The yard gate was just a few wooden planks haphazardly nailed together, making a squeaky noise with every push.

One part of the yard was stacked with firewood, and the other held a few lumps of coal, with gloves, coal plates, and hammers on the ground. The walls of the house were made of crude mud, strangely shaped, and a large chunk could easily be broken off with a stretch of the hand.

“Mother, please stop crying,” after surveying the general condition of the yard, Su Zhiruan patted Li Meihua’s shoulder. Since she was going to lead this family to prosperity, the first thing to do was to start internal renovations, “Starting today, every day is the beginning of a new life. It’s a new era now, women can hold up half the sky too. Let’s work hard together, to make our life better and better.”

“I… I don’t need you to do anything,” said Li Meihua between sobs, “I just hope that Pandi finds a good family, that Erzhu grows up quickly and gets a wife, and that Dazhuang marries into a good family too…”

Su Zhiruan furrowed her brows.

Indeed, there is a logic to poverty.

To judge whether a family is poor or not, the first thing to consider is their attitude towards education. Clearly, even though it is already the 1980s, education has not been popularized among those living in the small mountain ravines, nor do they understand its importance.

“Mother, I plan to have Pandi and Erzhu go to school,” Su Zhiruan said, not suggesting but stating firmly, “I will send them to school.”

“Why go to school? Even if you learn a few characters, in the end, isn’t it just for tilling the land?” Li Meihua was utterly bewildered.

Without elaborating, Su Zhiruan took out twelve yuan from the fifteen in her handkerchief and handed it to Li Meihua, “Mother, take this money. If we need it later, we’ll take it from you.”

Li Meihua was indecisive. Her husband had left with someone else, and she felt that the family had lost its backbone. But now, seeing Su Zhiruan being pushed against the wall and fainting, only to wake up more stable, she subconsciously wanted to rely on her eldest daughter and nodded almost instinctively, “Alright — where are you planning to go?”

Watching Su Zhiruan stand up and take the two children by the hand, she became somewhat anxious.

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“I’m taking them to the street to buy some things to change our home,” Su Zhiruan said, looking at their home where even the bowls were chipped. She felt a headache coming on, “Mother, you stay at home and clean the yard. When I return with them after buying some things, we’ll celebrate our new life to come.”

“Alright…” Li Meihua nodded.

The two children, skinny as monkeys, occasionally stole glances at Su Zhiruan, wanting to say something but not daring to.

The three of them kept walking until they reached the path leading to town.

“What are you two thinking about?” Su Zhiruan was curious, as she could certainly feel the children’s gazes.

“Big sister… can we really go to school… Dazhuang next door can go to school… I thought…” Erzhu lowered his head, looking at his worn-out cloth shoes with holes.

Pandi was even more silent, her head hung low, “I… I’m the one who owes money… They say girls who owe money can’t go to school…”

“Who said that?” Su Zhiruan frowned, instantly picturing the face of a sharp-tongued and mean-spirited old woman — their grandmother. She immediately comforted Pandi, “Not only will big sister let you go to school, but she will also make sure our family is better off, so much so that others will envy us and not be able to match it.”

The children’s eyes reddened in a flash.

Carefully, they each wiped away their tears with the hand not being held by Su Zhiruan.

It wasn’t far from Su Family Village to the town. The three of them chatted and laughed, arriving before they knew it.

The two children were seeing the marketplace for the first time and their eyes suddenly widened.

A dazzling array of goods and the distinctive calls of the sellers.

And the scent wafting through the air.

Su Zhiruan too saw such a simple, yet lively marketplace for the first time.

The prices of goods in this era were unimaginably low!

Fifty cents! Enough for a whole family to eat breakfast until full!

In the modern day, that wouldn’t even buy a bag of spicy strips.

Just as they were about to enter the marketplace, Su Zhiruan suddenly saw two people gesticulating wildly in front of a shop —

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