Reborn on My Wedding Night: This Time, I Won't Fail My Soldier Husband
The Jiang family wasn't even originally from Beijing.
The only reason they had any connection to Professor Dong and his wife was that Jiang Xiaochun's mother had worked as a nanny for the Dong family, and Professor Dong had felt sorry for the widow and her daughter living in a chaotic slum.
When a friend of Professor Dong's was going abroad to study, he stepped in to negotiate and rented the house to the Jiang family at a very low price.
If not for that, Jiang Xiaochun's mother would never have had the means to bring Jiang Xiaochun from the countryside to Beijing for school.
To be honest, the original residents living on these two streets all had some modest family property.
Their living conditions were good.
The Shen family lived on the next two streets, and they weren't doing too badly either.
Shen Pingping's father was a workshop director at the state-run sugar factory, a position he'd held for decades, and he was highly valued by his superiors.
Her mother ran a tailor shop, and business was decent; they didn't have to worry about food or clothing.
Dong Shuyao chasing after Shen Zhinian had been a face-saving honor for the Shen family; they were desperate for a young lady like her to be their daughter-in-law.
But if it were Jiang Xiaochun...
Let alone the Shen parents looking down on her, even Shen Pingping felt it was embarrassing.
A nanny's daughter, worthy of being her sister-in-law?
To achieve her goal, Dong Shuyao wasn't stingy.
She took ten yuan out of her bag and gave it to Shen Pingping: "You're a grown girl now. Do you really intend to just drift through life like this? Others look down on you, and you look down on yourself?"
In her past life, Shen Pingping eventually had an epiphany and got into a decent university.
It was only because the Shen parents favored sons over daughters that she felt no sense of belonging at home and rarely returned after starting university.
But Dong Shuyao knew that Shen Pingping had plenty of potential.
It was necessary to plant a time bomb of her own within the Shen family.
Shen Pingping was that bomb.
She looked at the group of delinquent girls with concern: "I know you're not bad at heart, and you each have your own difficulties. I won't hold today's incident against you. I hope the next time I see you, you'll be living better lives."
No one had ever told them they were good kids before.
The group of delinquent girls instantly felt ashamed, clutching their hemlines and not even daring to lift their heads.
Sister Yaoyao looked like a fairy and had such a kind personality; no wonder Second Brother Lu had been head over heels for her since they were kids.
She was worth it!!
After Shen Pingping and the others left, Lu Yuzhou's tensed muscles finally relaxed.
In an instant, he felt the softness and warmth pressing against him.
"Brother Yuzhou, what's wrong? Why is your face so red? Are you not feeling well?"
That soft mass pressed even harder against Lu Yuzhou's arm, rubbing against his hot skin.
"No..."
Lu Yuzhou looked up, not daring to look anymore; he felt like he might have a nosebleed.
Then, he broke free from Dong Shuyao's 'clutches,' covering his nose and saying, "I'll go check up ahead."
Dong Shuyao smiled wickedly.
Teasing her pure, innocent little husband was just too much fun.
How had she been so blind in her past life?
To actually give up a good man like Lu Yuzhou to chase after that scumbag Shen Zhinian.
At the Shen house—
As soon as Shen Pingping walked in, her ear was grabbed by a powerful force: "You jinx! You knew your brother was home today, yet instead of staying to cook for him, you went out to mess around again? See if I don't beat you to death!"
"Ahhh, Mom, help, murder!"
Shen Zhinian was holding an enamel mug filled with iced Tianfu Cola.
Hearing the beautiful screams, he just glanced over indifferently: "Mom, you're bothering me."
"You still dare to scream?"
Zhang Fang grabbed a broom and started hitting her daughter: "Neither of you makes me worry-free. I'll let you go out and mess around, I'll just beat you to death!"
That young lady from the Dong family, Dong Shuyao from a scholarly family—the daughter-in-law who was already in her grasp had run off, and she had already thrown several tantrums at home yesterday.
Unfortunately, her son was like a wooden post; you couldn't get a word out of him no matter what you asked.
Shen Pingping was jumping around like a monkey while being beaten. Seeing that Shen Zhinian not only didn't help her but was leisurely drinking iced cola, she was furious.
She immediately shouted in the courtyard: "Mom, don't you want to know why Sister Yaoyao suddenly married someone else? I'll tell you, he was never dating Sister Yaoyao at all. The person he likes is her maid, Jiang Xiaochun!"
The daughter of the Dong family's nanny—wasn't that just Dong Shuyao's maid?
"Clang!"
The broom in Zhang Fang's hand dropped to the ground. She widened her eyes and looked at Shen Zhinian in disbelief: "Zhinian, is what Pingping said... true?"
Shen Pingping took the opportunity to make a face at the angry Shen Zhinian, slipped past Zhang Fang, and ran into the house.
Afraid her mother wouldn't believe her, she shouted: "Brother, you like the nanny's daughter—are you planning to marry a nanny to come back and serve Mom?"
"Shut up!"
Shen Zhinian smashed the enamel mug in his hand onto the ground: "Her mother did work as a nanny for the Shen family, but Xiaochun is excellent in character and academics, brave and resilient. I won't allow you to insult her like that!"
"Hmph!"
Shen Pingping scoffed and shouted at Zhang Fang: "Mom, now you know whether it's true or not, right?"
Dong Shuyao had no idea what kind of storm the Shen family was going through.
She had an elegant temperament and a beautiful, radiant appearance, and following behind her was the equally tall and handsome Lu Yuzhou.
The clerks at the state-run store were all sharp-witted and entertained them enthusiastically.
However, with Chen Sanfeng there, those clerks wisely stopped trying to push their own products.
In the early 1980s, you still needed various coupons to buy things.
But Dong Shuyao remembered that starting in 1984 and 1985, the whole country would gradually begin to cancel all shopping coupons.
But in reality, things were already loosening up; it wasn't as strictly controlled as before.
Especially in first-tier cities like Beijing, whenever there was a new policy from above, Beijing was always the first to implement it.
Chen Sanfeng took the newlyweds to get everything they needed, perfectly avoiding all the shops that would rip them off.
Dong Shuyao grabbed a handful of White Rabbit Creamy Candies from her cloth bag and gave them to the woman in the black suit: "Sister Sanfeng, thank you for today."
The woman laughed heartily and pushed the candy back: "We're neighbors, why be so polite? I didn't even have time to go back for your wedding feast with Yuzhou. Let me congratulate you both right here!"
Dong Shuyao pushed the candies back again: "Then you must accept these wedding candies even more. Take them back for Xiaofeng to eat."
Chen Sanfeng looked at Dong Shuyao in surprise: "Marriage really does change a person! Then thank you, Sister Sanfeng."
The old Dong Shuyao had been arrogant and looked down on people like them, who were 'full of the smell of copper.'
Now, the fairy who seemed untouchable had descended to earth and gained a touch of human warmth.
A moment later, a young man pushed over a brand-new bicycle: "Boss, should I deliver it to your home or will you ride it back yourself?"
Lu Yuzhou hung the large and small bags on the bicycle and took it over: "We'll ride it back ourselves."