70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 129: Guests of the Second Household

For Xu Mumu, the summer days are always so fulfilling. Every day, she takes a few children up the mountain to hunt for mushrooms. The mountains are perfect for mushroom growth, and they always return with plenty.

The children’s savings accounts have gradually grown quite a bit.

However, Xu Mumu running to the county every day with a bamboo basket on her back has attracted some attention.

Sure enough, someone asked about it in front of Li Caixia. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

After Li Caixia got pregnant, most of the housework was taken over by Madam Chen. Li Caixia would chat with the village women and gossip every day.

"Caixia, why is your Mumu running to the county every day?" The one speaking was Zhou Qin, Liu Cuixia’s sister-in-law, who looked at Li Caixia with inquisitive eyes, wondering if they had any financial scheme.

"You all know how filial my Mumu is. Her aunt isn’t having a good time in the county; nothing is convenient there. Mom pities her sister-in-law, so she sends Mumu over with some food, just some sweet potatoes and vegetables from our garden." These explanations were all prepared by Xu Mumu in advance for Li Caixia.

The praise was purely Li Caixia wanting to show off her daughter.

"Your sister-in-law married a man from a state-run restaurant, and she still isn’t doing well?" Zhou Qin rolled her eyes, clearly not believing a word of it.

"Just a regular employee at a state-run restaurant. Whatever they want to eat, they still have to buy themselves." Li Caixia pursed her lips — her daughter had said it’s best to cry poverty when outside.

No matter what others thought, Xu Mumu continued to deliver mushrooms every day.

"Big Sis, someone is here to visit us, and they seem quite important." As soon as Xu Mumu got back to the village, Xu Jiaojiao ran up to her.

"Who came?" Xu Mumu asked, curious. Their family was small; who could possibly visit them? Besides, given their family’s status, they shouldn’t know anyone significant.

"I don’t know, they came looking for Second Sister and brought her a lot of things." Xu Jiaojiao said with a bit of envy. The things delivered to Xu Xue’s house were things she had never seen before, and they looked expensive and obviously of good quality.

"Let’s go and have a look." Xu Mumu calmly suggested.

When Xu Mumu took Xu Jiaojiao home, she noticed a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit sitting in their yard. He was tall and thin and wore glasses. From his attire, he didn’t look like an ordinary person.

Her second uncle, Xu He, seemed very nervous in front of him, while Xu Xue appeared composed and elegant.

Her parents, however, Xu Mumu couldn’t bear to look at them. They kept trying to approach, but the man obviously didn’t want to engage with them, and even when he did talk, it seemed reluctant.

"Mom, Dad, I’m back." Xu Mumu said helplessly, planning to pull her parents away.

"Mumu is back. Come over here. This is Secretary Yuan from the county." Li Caixia, if she weren’t pregnant, would’ve rushed to pull Xu Mumu over to Secretary Yuan.

"Hello, Secretary Yuan." Xu Mumu smiled warmly.

"Hello." Secretary Yuan nodded slightly.

"Mom, Dad, I bought some things today, let’s go put them away." Xu Mumu greeted Secretary Yuan briefly before taking Li Caixia and Xu Hai to their room.

Knowing it’s Secretary Yuan, Xu Mumu already had a good idea of what had happened.

Secretary Yuan used to be in the military and later retired to become a secretary in their county. He was known to be kind-hearted, sending most of his monthly paycheck to the families of fallen comrades.

The reason for his visit was to thank Xu Xue — he had lost the money and tickets he intended to send to a comrade’s family, and Xu Xue found them.

Xu Xue did not keep the money or tickets; she waited for his return and returned them to him.

After finishing his affairs, he looked up Xu Xue’s family address and came with gifts to thank her.

Hence, the current situation; considering the novel’s events, Xu Mumu didn’t want to get involved.

Xu Mumu’s intervention in pulling her parents away made Yuan Chengjie breathe a sigh of relief, honestly, he had never seen people so shameless.

The girl, however, left a favorable impression on him.

"Mumu, what are you doing? That’s Secretary Yuan. If we can cozy up to him, your brother can get promoted, and you could easily find a job or even marry into the county." Li Caixia was a little angry.

"Mom, he’s here to thank the second family, and it has nothing to do with us — we’ve separated families. Brother can strive on his own for promotion, and I can find a job myself without relying on others. Didn’t you see how unhappy he was with your eagerness?" Xu Mumu said helplessly, sometimes her mother was really oblivious to people’s cues.

"How long will it take with just your efforts? Right now, there’s a chance to make a leap!" Li Caixia tapped Xu Mumu’s forehead. This girl is too naive; it still takes her to take action at critical moments, so frustrating.

"Mom, trust me, don’t go. He’ll definitely dislike us if you do. What if he gets back at Brother by taking away his job?" Xu Mumu also felt exasperated.

Li Caixia paused, Xu Mumu’s words hit the nail on the head — her son finally got a job, and she didn’t want anything to mess it up.

"But all those benefits will just go to the second family?" Xu Hai was distressed; Secretary Yuan brought meat, fine grains, and some health supplements — to him, these were treasures.

"Dad, our family doesn’t lack food or drink." Xu Mumu felt like rolling her eyes — their family’s condition was among the best even in the brigade, and some families can’t even fill their stomachs, only ever barely getting by.

As for their family, they could eat until stuffed on coarse grains — such good days, yet they were still not satisfied.

"Those are all treasures, how can our food compare?" Li Caixia pursed her lips, envious of the gifts Secretary Yuan gave to the second family.

But recalling Xu Mumu’s words, she didn’t dare risk offending Secretary Yuan anymore.

"Alright, stop being envious. We will certainly do better in the future. I’ve told you before, don’t bother about the second family’s affairs — we’ve already separated." Xu Mumu consoled her parents.

"Then you better make sure you do well, make sure you surpass the second family." Li Caixia pouted, still a bit upset — as a greedy person, watching good things slip away was a pain no one else could understand.