70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 77: The Model Youth Yin Yang

Very soon, Xu Mumu’s award certificate was pasted on the wall, and Xu Mumu wanted to cover her face. She felt a bit embarrassed.

At dinner that evening, Xu Mumu talked about the Third House matters with Old Xu and the others.

"Did they really sell their positions?" Old Xu said, somewhat dazed.

"Yes, Auntie Third’s was sold, as well as her mother’s, one temporary and one permanent position," Xu Mumu said lightly.

"What do we care? Lin Juan’s father is still permanently employed, and Old Third’s job is also still there. They won’t starve," Madam Chen said coolly, not even pausing her eating.

Not long after the family split, the old couple still resented Old Third and his wife. If it weren’t for them pushing, the family wouldn’t have split up.

"Exactly, Mom is right. Old Third still has his job. They have a house and income, Dad, are you really worried they won’t make it?" Xu Hai said, curling his lip.

"Ah, forget it. We can’t manage Old Third anymore." Old Xu sighed and said no more.

Xu Mumu said nothing either. After all, Uncle Third is still the actual son of her grandparents. It’s no wonder they couldn’t be happy about it.

After dinner, Xu Mumu told Old Xu about Yin Yang wanting to exchange some grain.

As they were talking, the gate to the courtyard was knocked on.

Madam Chen opened the door and saw Yin Yang. She knew what he was here for.

"Madam Chen, sorry to bother you." Yin Yang greeted Madam Chen warmly.

"Come on in," Madam Chen said with a grin. She had a good impression of Yin Yang; the child was sweet-tongued, always polite when meeting people in the team, courteous and well-mannered. Many villagers were uneducated, and when they didn’t understand something, they would directly find Yin Yang, who would patiently explain everything to them.

"Old man, Yin Zhiqing is here," Madam Chen said as she closed the gate.

"Sir Xu, Comrade Xu Mumu," Yin Yang greeted them with a smile, glancing at the award certificate on the wall. First place! This little girl is quite impressive, no wonder she loves studying so much.

"Sit down," Old Xu nodded.

"Grandpa, I’m heading back to my room. You all can chat." Xu Mumu smiled and said.

"Go on," Old Xu nodded.

Back in her room, Xu Mumu put away the fountain pen, planning to use the notebook to write something.

The notebook looked quite ordinary, but Xu Mumu liked it a lot.

She took out her mid-term Chinese test paper, looked at her essay, polished it slightly, and transcribed it into the notebook.

Today at the scrap station, she saw a lot of old newspapers, which gave Xu Mumu some inspiration. She wondered if her writing was good enough to submit for publication. Xu Mumu decided to give it a try. If it didn’t work out, she could put her thoughts to rest and not hit a wall here.

After another check to ensure there were no mistakes, Xu Mumu put away the notebook.

The next day, when going to class, Xu Mumu glanced at Zhou Yuan’s seat and saw Zhou Yuan shrink back slightly, as expected. Xu Mumu curled her lips, ignored Zhou Yuan, and went back to her seat to study.

With the mid-term exams over, Xu Mumu could feel the study atmosphere in the class becoming more relaxed. Everyone had eased up quite a bit, except for Xiao Mengqin, who was the only one still putting in full effort.

This time, Xu Mumu had surpassed her by a lot. Xiao Mengqin was not satisfied at all, determined to surpass Xu Mumu in the next exam.

During the break, Xu Mumu was looking at her mistakes when a pile of books from Xue Yan’s desk fell over, with some of Xue Yan’s latest acquired novels among them.

Xu Mumu picked one up and flipped through it. The stories fit well with the current situation and weren’t overly melodramatic. Some parts were written rather subtly.

However, the method of submitting stories for publication at the end caught Xu Mumu’s interest.

The thing she wanted most now was a watch. Without a watch, everything was inconvenient, and she found it very uncomfortable.

Although she hadn’t checked the price of those watches, they were certainly not cheap. The little savings she had certainly couldn’t buy a watch, and a watch coupon would be difficult to obtain too.

Back in college in her previous life, she had read quite a few novels. Why not give it a try now? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

However, writing those stories would require a good deal of time, which she didn’t have much of, and it might not be selected anyway.

Xu Mumu was a bit conflicted, but soon she decided not to do it yet. Writing those things now required avoiding many topics. It would be better to wait until she entered college. For earning money, she could choose other methods.

This strength of hers wasn’t grown in vain. Yesterday, she asked Du Yu. If there are any large wild game, the shoe factory might buy them, but not if there are too few.

Even though the shoe factory isn’t big, it has over a hundred workers, and with their family members, quite a few hundred people in total.

If it’s too little, it wouldn’t be enough to share. It needs to be more substantial.

Xu Mumu decided that when she had free time, she would go for a walk in the mountains, going a little deeper. Once summer vacation came, she wanted to venture into the deep mountains.

"Mumu, here, have some. My mom made it yesterday," Du Yu said, handing Xu Mumu a handful of fried peanuts.

"Thank you." Xu Mumu smiled, didn’t eat them, but put the peanuts away to give to the kids back home.

"Mumu, how do you eat the mutton at your house? My mom’s mutton soup is really fragrant," Du Yu talked excitedly about how his family ate mutton.

"We haven’t eaten our mutton yet, just the offal. The meat is still being air-dried; we’re saving it for later," Xu Mumu said smiling. The mutton offal soup tasted good too, though with insufficient ingredients, it still had a bit of a gamey taste.

Even so, mutton offal soup was very popular. After selling the mutton, there were still a few pounds left at home, which Madam Chen and the others were reluctant to eat, planning to save and eat it slowly.

"Alright then." Du Yu went silent, clearly reminded of Xu Mumu’s family situation, and he felt particularly sympathetic towards her now.

If Xu Mumu knew what he was thinking, she would definitely smack his head. What’s there to feel sorry about? She wasn’t lacking for food or clothes, and she even had some personal savings. She felt things were pretty good as they were. Being wealthy in this era wasn’t good anyway.

Xu Mumu did want to make money, but mainly planned to put her earnings plan into action after entering college. Seven or eight years later, things would slowly start opening up. For now, earning a little cash to buy a watch and save some money as capital for future business would be enough.