"Hmm." Su Xiu glanced at Xu Mumu, looking at the dress Xu Mumu was wearing, and felt that it was nicer than her own. Even though she wore new clothes today, she was still outshone by Xu Mumu, which made her a bit unhappy inside.
"Xiuxiu has a new dress again, it looks really nice." Li Xiaoyu looked at Su Xiu with envy, because the clothes on Su Xiu were brand new and the style was quite good.
"It’s not made, it was bought a few days ago. It looks good but it’s a bit expensive." Hearing Li Xiaoyu praise her dress, Su Xiu imdiately brightened up and gave Li Xiaoyu a "you have a good eye" kind of look.
"How much was it?" Li Xiaoi also felt a bit envious.
"Just over ten bucks." Su Xiu’s smile beca even more radiant as she glanced over at Xu Mumu, hoping to see a look of envy on Xu Mumu’s face as well.
Unfortunately, she was disappointed, as Xu Mumu was just watching the scene for entertainnt, which made her feel a bit stifled. Didn’t Xu Mumu always envy her whenever she got new clothes?
The reason she could make new clothes at a non-festival ti this ti was that she found herself a partner in the city.
"Over ten bucks? Auntie was willing to buy such expensive clothes for you." Li Xiaoyu was completely envious. She might never be willing to buy such expensive clothes in her lifeti.
"These clothes are too pricey. I think Mumu’s dress is nicer." Li Xiaoi said seriously, as the dress Xu Mumu wore was made by her mom.
Li Xiaoi was also learning to make clothes with Jiang Qiuyue, and now she could make ordinary clothes herself, though they weren’t as good-looking as her mother’s.
Su Xiu’s face suddenly didn’t look good. Li Xiaoi really didn’t know how to talk, it was so annoying.
Besides Xu Mumu, she disliked Li Xiaoi the most, always making things awkward, really annoying, if you can’t talk, just shut up.
"Sis, what are you doing, Xiuxiu, don’t be angry, sis is just envious that you have new clothes." Seeing Su Xiu’s upset face, Li Xiaoyu quickly explained.
"I’m not angry." Su Xiu said dryly.
Li Xiaoi also stopped talking, seeing that Su Xiu’s face was off and knowing she had said the wrong thing.
Xu Mumu also felt a bit helpless. She hadn’t even said anything yet, and she could already feel Su Xiu’s resentnt towards her.
anwhile, Li Caixia was boasting about her daughter. This was the main purpose of her coming to her family this ti. She kept bragging so much that she almost put her daughter on a pedestal unreachable by others.
"Isn’t it just good grades at school, what’s the point of reading so many books, in the end, she still has to get married and have children. If you ask , our Xiuxiu is less of a worry. Just a while ago, we even found her a partner from the city, who’s even a full-ti worker at a furniture factory." Li Caiyun was very disdainful of Li Caixia’s words. She also ca back to show off her future son-in-law to her little sister.
"Just a worker, huh? Mumu’s good friend is the son of the factory director at the county shoe factory. Our Mumu is so pretty, I’m sure that boy likes our Mumu." Li Caixia said proudly, that’s the shoe factory, and the boy is the director’s son, which is quite different from a small furniture factory.
Successfully seeing her sister’s face change, Li Caixia felt as comfortable as drinking cold water on a hot sumr day.
"Little Sis has learned to brag." Li Caiyun’s face turned unpleasant for a mont, not believing Li Caixia’s words at all.
Old Xu’s family, what kind of people are they? Would the director’s son want to be friends with Xu Mumu? What a daydream.
"Don’t believe it? Our Mumu even tutors the factory director’s son, charging a dollar per lesson. Mumu has made quite a bit of money recently, even before graduating high school, she’s already earning money herself. Whose daughter is as capable as our Mumu?" Li Caixia said proudly.
"And Mumu got first place in the exams and was rewarded with a very expensive fountain pen. If sold at the supply and marketing cooperative, it could definitely be worth over ten, maybe even several dozen bucks." Of course, these were all fabrications by Li Caixia, showing off was what it was all about.
"Mumu is earning money by herself huh?" Li Xiaoi looked at Xu Mumu with envy, realizing that studying can indeed make money. A dollar per lesson, a dollar could buy quite a few things.
Li Xiaoyu was also very envious, her eyes darkening. They had no opportunity to study.
Su Xiu’s face remained sour, she only graduated from elentary school, having no chance to even attend middle school, while Xu Mumu could go to high school after middle school and didn’t have to do any household chores at ho, being raised like a young lady.
On the other hand, she had to help with the household chores and take care of her younger brother.
Looking at Xu Mumu’s fair hands and then her own, hers were obviously much rougher. Although Old Xu’s family life was not as good as hers financially, she was still very envious of Xu Mumu.
"It’s almost noon. Big Sis, Little Sis, you guys stay here and chat. I’ll go with the sister-in-law to cook." Jiang Qiuyue said gently.
"Alright, go ahead, sister-in-law." Li Caixia said with a smile, showing no intention of helping.
"Sister-in-law, let help you." Li Caiyun said with so helplessness and followed to the kitchen. This was her maternal ho, and she wasn’t a guest. How could she wait for her sisters-in-law to serve food to her? She was not as thick-skinned as her little sister.
"I’ll go help my mom." Li Xiaoi said to the others, "Xiaoyu, stay here with Mumu and Xiuxiu."
"Got it, you go ahead." Li Xiaoyu nodded, having to take on this difficult task. The awkwardness between these two sisters was so frustrating. Every ti, they would compare this and that, what’s there to compare? Every ti it’s like: you have new clothes, I can go to school, I don’t have to work, you have tasty food, I look better, back and forth it’s always those few things, with no novelty at all.
"Do you want so pumpkin seeds? Grandpa dried them a few days ago." Li Xiaoyu looked at the two sisters who weren’t keen to talk.
Su Xiu didn’t want to speak, clearly disliking Xu Mumu, while Xu Mumu simply felt unfamiliar with these people and didn’t know what to say.
"Second cousin, go get so then." Xu Mumu nodded. They had pumpkin seeds at ho too, just not many. They didn’t eat old pumpkins often, but she rembered there were still two big pumpkins in their storeroom.
The two sisters had no objections. Li Xiaoyu went and brought a handful over. With Li Xiaoyu livening up the atmosphere, it was not that awkward anymore. Mainly because Su Xiu wanted to show off her good stuff, and Xu Mumu didn’t engage, while Li Xiaoyu was rather supportive.
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