Pampered By All In Different Planes

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: After Raising a Child and Getting Rich in That Era, the Delicate Beauty Was Spoiled Rotten 17

“Grandma really doesn’t want us anymore? It’s okay, as long as we haven’t signed anything at the village chief’s office, we and our mom are still part of the Su Family. Even if only our dad signed, what does it matter? We still have Grandma!”

With those words from Su Zhiruan, the old lady halted in her tracks. After a moment of thought, she decided to go find the village chief.

…

Su Zhiruan felt very satisfied inside, everything was moving in the direction she had envisioned. Half pushing and half allowing, eventually, the whole family signed the contract of severance.

After leaving the village chief’s house, both Su Zhiruan and the old woman expressed satisfaction.

The latter hurried towards the head of the village, while Su Zhiruan leisurely led her two children to catch up with Li Meihua ahead.

“Big sister… does this mean that from today onwards, we no longer have a relationship with Grandma?” Zhixiao tugged gently on Su Zhiruan’s sleeve, her thin little face a mix of excitement and worry.

Su Zhiruan reached out and picked her up, although Zhixiao was already eight years old, she looked much younger due to chronic malnutrition, withered and small like a five or six-year-old. Su Zhiruan raised an eyebrow and said to Zhixiao, “Right, from now on, our family will just be Mom, me, you, and your little brother, the four of us.”

“That’s so great!” Joy filled Zhixiao’s big eyes as she reached out and wrapped her arms around Su Zhiruan’s neck, hugging her tightly. Su Zhiruan could feel the embrace of the eight-year-old clinging to her.

Su Zhiruan lowered her gaze and hugged her tightly, whispering softly, “From now on, no more shadows, only sunny days.”

Even Li Meihua had not expected that a major problem would be so easily resolved by Su Zhiruan.

“Ruanruan, I thought she was going to move back in and torment our family again. Now it’s all good,” Li Meihua’s brows lifted with joy, but her happiness was short-lived. She soon thought of another issue, “Ruanruan, what if she comes back looking for us later?”

Carrying Zhixiao, Su Zhiruan turned and looked down the road. The silhouette from before had disappeared. She smiled, “Then, let’s make it so they can’t find us.”

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“Huh?” Li Meihua scratched her head.

She did not understand Su Zhiruan’s thinking, and she realized that she was increasingly unable to comprehend her eldest daughter. Su Zhiruan always had some strange ideas that were unlike anyone else’s, yet there was an inexplicable urge to trust her.

She knew her capabilities were lacking, and as long as her eldest daughter was there, her pillar of strength was Su Zhiruan.

*

In the following days, Su Family Village buzzed with news and gossip day after day.

Every morning, Su Zhiruan could hear the latest updates from the chattering aunties at her doorstep.

Their lives were uneventful for these few days, settling into a routine.

Zhishu and Zhixiao studied diligently. Su Zhiruan still escorted them every day and prepared more design drafts to sell. She reached friendly cooperation agreements with several garment factories and stores, earning decent commissions.

Her relationship with her target, Qin Lianqi, also improved a lot. Qin Lianqi even strategized for her, helping her find more publishers for her literary works so they could be accepted in one go.

That day, after Su Zhiruan had dropped off the children, she returned home to work on two more design drafts when she accidentally overheard the recent situation of the widow and the Su Caixia family; she lent an ear.

Two aunties chatted idly as they worked.

“The widow has had a visitor recently, did you know? They say that Su Lao’er’s mother has already moved in with her!”

“That old hag was a notorious shrew in the village next door when she was young, snapping at anyone she could,” you look at Meihua, then at Ruanruan, these are the only places the old woman knows a widow could visit. If she stirs up trouble here again, even your family and mine would end up in a feud.”

“But you know what, lately I’ve heard the widow’s been treating the old hag so well, I bet even her own mother never got that kind of treatment. You’ve no idea, the money she’s handed over, big wads of it, just handing it over, and when it comes to meals, she has to personally pass her the chopsticks. That old hag must be dying of laughter.”

“I know, I know, last time it was rumored there was a small wedding, and it was the widow herself who said there was no need for fuss, just having a few people over for a meal. But the scene was something else, tsk tsk, it’s as if the old hag’s turned into an Immortal, being pampered to her heart’s content. Even the widow’s daughter with her previous husband, what’s her name, Su Caixia, also waits on the old woman hand and foot. She’s really living the good life.”

…

Su Zhiruan listened for a while and nearly burst into laughter.

Passing the chopsticks counts as meticulous service, she was quite curious. In her previous life, the original host of this body and three family members served wholeheartedly and never got a word of praise, but now that it’s the hot-tempered widow in charge, that’s the real exciting match.

She was looking forward to what would happen next, hoping not to be disappointed.

“Ruanruan, don’t just stand there, come back and eat,” Li Meihua’s face had been adorned with many more smiles lately. She originally thought she’d have to take care of this difficult old lady even longer, but who could have expected, with just a few words from her eldest daughter, Su Zhiruan, the old hag actually left on her own. She was delighted and even felt a sense of relief.

“I’m coming, Mom!” Su Zhiruan ran over to help prepare the bowls and chopsticks.

Zhishu and Zhixiao usually ate their lunch at school. In the morning, Li Meihua prepared lunch boxes for them, one for each child. They would take them to school and at noon, just heat them up on the stove, and they’d be ready to eat in no time.

Su Zhiruan had recently made quite a bit of money. She knew how to do business, just by providing design sketches, she had managed to earn nearly a thousand yuan in commissions from just a clothing factory and a retail store!

That was no small number!

Even Li Meihua hadn’t expected Su Zhiruan to get so much money.

She was happy too.

With the odd thousand yuan and a few extra bucks, Su Zhiruan divided them equally between Zhishu and Zhixiao. It was the very first time in their lives that the children got what could be called “pocket money,” and they were so thrilled they almost flipped the roof over with excitement.

The remaining whole thousand yuan, she handed all over to Li Meihua.

Originally, Li Meihua hadn’t planned on taking it. She was shocked by the unexpected favor and felt that she hadn’t done anything to deserve so much money, it didn’t seem right.

Su Zhiruan stopped her, “Mom, just take it. Right now, I’m looking for the next industry to invest in. If I find it, I’ll need to prepare with this money. I’m afraid it’ll get lost if I keep it.”

As soon as she said that, Li Meihua immediately agreed and hid it away in the most concealed secret compartment at home.

Li Meihua had the money from selling clothes as a middleman, but Su Zhiruan didn’t bring up the money she’d earned from writing.

Since arriving in this world, she had spent some time writing through the night, producing about thirty pieces, both long and short.

She had calculated, and altogether, this money amounted to 493 yuan.

She didn’t plan to touch this sum recklessly. She intended to use it as tuition and living expenses for college or as startup capital for her entrepreneurship.

Days passed one by one.

One day, as Su Zhiruan was walking in the street, preparing to buy steamed buns for her brother and sister, she suddenly overheard two people beside her discussing something with worried frowns—

After listening in for a moment, she knew the next business opportunity had arrived!