70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 171: Got Roped In

After Du Yu’s words, Du Zhen really stopped caring about the Lin Family’s affairs, letting them handle it on their own.

With Du Zhen not involved anymore, Xu He felt troubled, with no choice but to go home and seek reinforcement.

Unfortunately, on the Old Xu Family’s side, Xu Mumu had already given a heads-up. When Xu He came back, not only did he fail to get any help, but he also got scolded by his own mother and brother.

Xu He was really disappointed, feeling that his parents were too heartless.

A few days later, the follow-up to the matter came, and Du Yu was the first to share this gossip with Xu Mumu.

Eventually, this task fell on Old Lin’s son’s shoulders, but Old Lin took out a few hundred yuan to compensate his daughter and son-in-law, after all, they still needed his daughter and son-in-law to take care of them.

For now, it seems to be a win-win, but on the Lin Family’s side, Xu Mumu reckoned they were probably disheartened. From now on, Old Lin’s days definitely wouldn’t be easy, but sadly this was all his own doing.

After Xu Mumu went back and told the old couple about this matter, she stopped caring about it.

The weather was gradually getting cooler, the dresses and such were already put away by Xu Mumu, and the winter clothes in the house had been taken out early by Li Caixia and sun-dried several times, ready to be worn in winter, ensuring the cotton inside wouldn’t be so hard.

Xu Mumu put away the translated stuff, finally done with it. This was temporarily the last batch, there should be no more this year, as Luo Yanrui told her; what’s left to be translated would have to wait until next year.

Tomorrow, she would take these things to Luo Yanrui, and she’d have money to buy a watch, making Xu Mumu quite happy.

The two pregnant women in the house both had noticeably big bellies now, especially Li Caixia, who was looking more and more bloated.

Right now, Xu Hai was discussing building a house with the old couple, "Mom, Dad, do you think we should build a brick house, or just use yellow clay to build the walls?"

Using bricks for walls was definitely more expensive, but it had many advantages — it would last much longer, while yellow clay walls wouldn’t have a long shelf life.

"How much money have you two saved?" Old Xu asked, as building more rooms at home was a big deal, and he couldn’t help but worry.

"We’ve saved over three hundred yuan now," Xu Hai said excitedly, most of this money came from Xu Minghui’s wages and various bonuses. Xu Minghui worked diligently and earnestly, gaining the appreciation of the transport team, so his wages were slightly increased, but he hadn’t gotten a permanent position yet, though this was a significant progress already.

"Building yellow clay walls is enough; Minghui works in the county town, he’ll definitely get assigned a house in the future, which will surely be better than ours. Having two rooms in the countryside is enough to live in," Madam Chen hesitated for a moment and said, after all, she had high hopes for her eldest grandson’s future.

"Mom is really thoughtful. When that brat gets a house, we’ll all move to the county town," Xu Hai said longingly.

"What are you dreaming about? If the whole family moves to the county town, what will we eat? Minghui’s salary can’t support so many people," Old Xu glared at his son. The eldest knew only to enjoy himself, as if things could be so easy.

"Actually, I think it’s a good idea. Just tell our brother like this, he’ll surely work even harder when he hears it. Once he gets promoted, his salary will naturally increase," Xu Mumu said with a smile. Maybe having a slightly demanding family had its perks, at least it could squeeze some potential out of her brother.

"Exactly, my daughter is right," Li Caixia agreed very much with her daughter’s words. If there’s a chance, naturally she must do whatever it takes to climb upwards; she had great confidence in her son’s abilities.

"Alright then, let’s build two rooms for now," Old Xu, after a moment of silence, still agreed and shed a tear of bitterness for his eldest grandson when he saw everyone brimming with confidence.

This matter was temporarily decided, but if it was just to build houses with yellow clay walls, it would almost be cost-free, as the few brothers of the Old Xu Family could help build the house.

"Dad, did the team leader approve the foundation?" Xu Mumu looked at Xu Hai and asked.

"Approved, I directly had the team leader approve that entire space behind our house," Xu Hai said proudly. There was a big empty space behind their house, and building several rooms was not a problem at all.

"Why take such a big space, it’s just a waste, that area can’t even be turned into a private plot," Madam Chen complained disapprovingly.

It was just to build two rooms; it really didn’t require much space.

"Grandma, it’s okay. In the future, when elder brother and younger brother earn money, we’ll build tall buildings. The whole area will be useful then," Xu Mumu said with a smile. Unexpectedly, Xu Hai was so capable by directly taking that whole area, making Xu Mumu really satisfied.

"My daughter is smart and thoughtful," Xu Hai’s eyes lit up as well. He requested that place simply with the idea of getting more benefit and never thought so far ahead.

"Like the ones in the county town?" Old Xu looked at Xu Mumu with some longing.

"Yep, in the future, we’ll build houses even taller than those in the county town," Xu Mumu said with a smile.

Perhaps the pie Xu Mumu described was too beautiful as the old couple had no opinions left afterwards.

The next day was Sunday. Xu Mumu packed up her things and headed towards the county town to deliver this year’s last batch of translated things to Luo Yanrui.

Not far from the village, she encountered Yin Yang again, but this time Yin Yang didn’t look good, with Bai Xiaofu standing in front of him, looking at him with a resentful expression.

"Bai, please have some self-respect. Who I like is my business, it has nothing to do with you," Yin Yang looked impatiently at Bai Xiaofu, feeling very annoyed for having been entangled by her these past few days.

Seeing Xu Mumu approaching in the distance made Yin Yang feel somewhat guilty.

"Mr. Xu," Yin Yang looked awkwardly at Xu Mumu.

"Yin Zhiqing, Bai, you continue, I won’t interrupt you," Xu Mumu said with a smile, then prepared to take her things and head towards the county town.

"I, I have nothing going on with her," Yin Yang said with a headache, worried about leaving a bad impression on Xu Mumu.

"You’re lying, you clearly did that with me that day," Bai Xiaofu immediately said loudly.

"What nonsense are you talking? I’ve already told you, I went to the county town that day; it wasn’t me at all," Yin Yang looked at Bai Xiaofu coldly. This girl didn’t even know who she drugged, and mistakenly believed it was him, and now he was getting tangled up.

No matter how many times he explained, she wouldn’t listen.

"Yin Yang, how can you be like this? Don’t you intend to take responsibility?" Bai Xiaofu cried immediately, looking at Yin Yang in despair.

Xu Mumu’s eyes widened: "....." What a shocking scandal, what did Yin Yang actually do to this girl? Even forcing him to take responsibility.

Xu Mumu looked at Yin Yang with a complicated gaze, "So you’re this kind of person?"