Birds of a feather flock together.
Cheng Su was able to become good friends with Wei Nian. As long as you know Wei Nian's personality, you will understand how much Cheng Su cares about face.
Moreover, even if he was a person who didn't care about his reputation, he couldn't stand his wife coming to his friend's house for no reason and making a scene, saying these nonsense things! Cheng Su was so angry that his face turned pale. He pointed at the woman sitting on the ground and yelled, "Today I will go to apologize to my aunt. My aunt and uncle can beat or kill me as they please. I will never live with you again! If you want to divorce, I will write a divorce letter! If you want a divorce, go to the Civil Affairs Bureau now!"
When Mrs. Cheng heard this, she stopped crying and singing. Then, her face turned pale, her whole body trembled, and a guilty look flashed across her eyes. She jumped up unexpectedly and hit her head against the wall. If Chen Xuan had not been a farmer and had reacted quickly, she would have grabbed Mrs. Cheng in one fell swoop. With Mrs. Cheng's energy today, she would have been in big trouble.
Wei Nian was also frightened, and immediately decided not to let the couple stay in his house, fearing that Cheng Su would say a few more harsh words and Mrs. Cheng would be in trouble. He dragged Cheng Su out with both persuasion and persuasion, and before leaving, he gave Chen Xuan a look. As soon as Cheng Su left, Mrs. Cheng closed her eyes and cried even more, "I don't want to live anymore, I don't want to live anymore!" Chen Xuan asked her third uncle to lock the door first, so that the neighbors wouldn't come to watch the fun.
Chen Xuan didn't want to pay attention to Mrs. Cheng. What Mrs. Cheng just said was nonsense. However, Cheng Su had helped the Wei family a lot. Previously, the Lu family proposed to Wei Yin, but Wei Yin was not happy. It was Cheng Su who found out that Lu San had someone outside. Later, the hat shop advertised in the newspaper. Although the effect was not great, the price given by Cheng Su was very affordable. There was also the printing factory for printing calendar cards, which was also contacted by Cheng Su. Chen Xuan mainly wanted to save face for Cheng Su. Seeing that Mrs. Cheng became much quieter after Cheng Su left and just sat on the ground crying, Chen Xuan waved to her third uncle, signaling him not to pay attention. Chen Xuan also went back to the house to pack up.
Cheng Suwei may not have seen many people like this, but Chen Xuan grew up in the countryside and it was commonplace. This kind of woman can't be ignored, and the more people there are, the more unreasonable she will be. On the contrary, no one cares, no one sees them crying on the ground, she finds it boring and stops making trouble.
Sure enough, Chen Xuan's third uncle went to do their own things, and Wei Nian had already dragged Cheng Su away. Mrs. Cheng's throat was dry from howling, and without an audience, she stopped sobbing.
Chen Xuan came out when she heard that she had stopped howling. She had already made up her mind and asked her with a stern face, "You just met my brother Anian. My brother Anian is better looking than Brother Cheng. He speaks foreign languages in both countries and is a great businessman. Why are you talking nonsense for no reason? I think you have to ask Brother Cheng to divorce before you can feel relieved!"
Mrs. Cheng's eyes were filled with tears, and she rolled up her sleeves to fight with Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan was actually a little afraid of shrews. Chen Xuan was such an honest person. In the past, she felt that the local cannons were the hardest to deal with in the village. But now she was holding on, not wanting to suffer this unprovoked disaster, so she said all the threatening words she had thought of in the house, "I'm going to teach your in-laws what you said today, and see if your in-laws will be biased towards you. You have offended all of Brother Cheng's friends!"
Mrs. Cheng stood in front of Chen Xuan, raised her chin, and gritted her teeth, "Why did you give my man a New Year's gift? And write a little note!"
"My brother Anian and brother Cheng are friends. Isn't it true that friends exchange New Year gifts during the New Year? Anian and I are husband and wife, so of course we have to send gifts together. That's not called a small note, it's a New Year's card! Anian said it and I wrote it. The wedding wine you drank at your wedding was the foreign wine that Anian and I sent! I also went to your wedding. I saw you sitting with your head down at that time, you didn't look like such a naughty person! How could you be like this!" After two years of experience, Chen Xuan still often goes to the hat shop to do business, and her eloquence has improved a lot. Although Mrs. Cheng is good at sitting on the ground and chatting, she can't win over Chen Xuan in a reasonable way. Mrs. Cheng is getting more and more bitter and resentful, "My man, if he is good at home, he will praise you for this and that. I just come to see where you are good!" She looked Chen Xuan up and down. Chen Xuan didn't wear any special clothes. Today she went to the temple fair, wearing a cotton cheongsam with a red background and dark flowers. She had a popular short haircut. Because Chen Xuan had thick hair, the short hair was thinned, which set off Chen Xuan's tall figure, making her look quite dignified and generous. Even Mrs. Cheng had to admit that Chen Xuan was better looking than her. Mrs. Cheng was not convinced, especially because Chen Xuan's eyebrows were trimmed thinly and painted long, her lips were painted red, and her fingernails were also red. Mrs. Cheng snorted coldly, "Fox spirit!"
Chen Xuan was a little angry and said to her, "What's the point of you saying such angry words. You just want Brother Cheng to live a good life with you, but the more you do this, the further he will be away from you. You still want to commit suicide by banging your head against the wall. Even if you die today, he will just feel guilty and sad for two or three years, and then he will still marry a wife, have children and live his life as usual. You know in your heart whether your bad life is caused by others or by yourself. If you want to be sensible, come in, wash your face, and let's have a good talk." After that, Chen Xuan ignored Mrs. Cheng, turned around, slammed the curtain, and went back to the room.
Mrs. Cheng stood outside for a long while, and followed Chen Xuan into the house with a dusty face. The outer room was fully equipped with a wash basin and a washstand, with a water tank on the side, and four big red thermos on a long table with low legs. Mrs. Cheng mixed warm water and washed her face before entering. After entering, she had to say, "I'm not afraid of you."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to do it." Chen Xuan handed her the comb and mirror. Mrs. Cheng put her hair up by herself. Chen Xuan didn't forget to say, "You looked like a lunatic just now."
Mrs. Cheng was so angry that her face turned black. She clenched her fists as if she wanted to fight with Chen Xuan. After thinking for a while, she returned the comb and mirror to Chen Xuan and snorted coldly. Chen Xuan put the comb and mirror on the dressing table and put them in order. She looked directly into Mrs. Cheng's eyes and told him everything, "Before you got married, Brother Cheng went to have dinner with my brother Anian. He was very excited when he talked about getting married. He was looking forward to it."
Hearing this, Mrs. Cheng couldn't help but look bitter. Chen Xuan asked her, "When you got married, Brother Anian and I went there too. At that time, Brother Cheng was very happy. How come you guys are like this in just a short while?"
Mrs. Cheng went from sadness to anger, and glared at Chen Xuan, "It's all because of you!" In fact, shrews also have their advantages. Shrews usually don't hold grudges in their hearts and say whatever they want. Mrs. Cheng's anger was directed at Chen Xuan, and she said angrily, "We were fine at the beginning, but because of you, my guy, always talks about you at home all day long, saying that you can speak foreign languages, are sensible, smart, and virtuous, making me look like a fool. Didn't I just not go to school? Aren't I not good at dressing up like you who draws eyebrows and paints my face? Am I unreasonable, or did I not serve him well? I came here today to see how good you are!" Mrs. Cheng was vicious, and she wished she could have a fight with Chen Xuan when she touched her sore spot.
"Then you saw it."
"I saw it!" Mrs. Cheng snorted coldly.
Chen Xuan asked her, "Ask yourself, have I ever offended you?"
Although Mrs. Cheng was a shrew, she was not a lunatic. Moreover, because Chen Xuan did not look easy to mess with, Mrs. Cheng had no choice but to force a point, "But because of you, I am not even a bit better than you!" She glanced at Chen Xuan and said, "Isn't it just that you know how to dress up?"
Chen Xuan got off the bed, took out her cosmetics box from the drawer, and first scooped out a piece of vanishing cream to apply on Mrs. Cheng's face. Chen Xuan spread the vanishing cream on Mrs. Cheng, and Mrs. Cheng screamed, "What are you doing!"
"Don't talk." Chen Xuan said.
After applying the vanishing cream, she asked Mrs. Cheng to close her eyes. Then, she wiped the alcohol cotton pad on Mrs. Cheng's messy eyebrows, took out an eyebrow trimmer and trimmed her eyebrows into the most popular thin and curved style. She then used an eyebrow pencil to draw long and graceful eyebrows, and applied a layer of powder. She also tried the newly released eye shadow that was not yet popular on Mrs. Cheng's face, drew eyeliner for her, applied mascara on her eyelashes, and finally started to trim Mrs. Cheng's nails, applying a layer of skin remover, a layer of nail polish, and a layer of nail polish.
After doing this, Chen Xuan took a mirror and looked at Mrs. Cheng. Mrs. Cheng blushed with panic and asked quickly, "Why do you look like a monster?"
"Monster?" Chen Xuan looked at her steadily, and Mrs. Cheng had to change her words, "Well, it's still better than a monster."
"No, it's a monster, a vixen." Chen Xuan imitated what Mrs. Cheng had just said.
Mrs. Cheng was so angry that she just couldn't get angry because she was busy looking at herself in the mirror. Chen Xuan put the mirror down and waited for the nail polish to dry. Then she told Mrs. Cheng to get up. When she first came to the yard, she just sat anywhere and her clothes got dirty. Chen Xuan took the broom to sweep the skirt and jacket behind her and said to her, "Fortunately there is no water in our yard, otherwise I wouldn't let you in if you sat on the mud."
Mrs. Cheng was not in the right, so she had to let Chen Xuan speak.
After cleaning up Mrs. Cheng, Chen Xuan said goodbye to her uncle and took Mrs. Cheng out. They called a rickshaw at the entrance of the alley and took Mrs. Cheng to the hair salon. Chen Xuan told the hairdresser what kind of hairstyle she wanted and cut Mrs. Cheng a modern short hair. Finally, Chen Xuan paid the bill. It was getting dark, and the two of them went to a nearby noodle shop to eat noodles. Mrs. Cheng finally felt embarrassed and said, "Actually, I know that what happened between me and my family has nothing to do with you. I just lived too aggrieved before. Sister, you don't know that when I was in the countryside, everyone praised me for being smart and capable. In our village, I was also a beauty. Now that I'm in the city, I can take care of the housework, and my uncle and aunt treat me well, but the city is different from the countryside. Men in the city want women like my sister, who can read and write. At the beginning, we were fine, but later, no matter what he said, I didn't know anything, and we couldn't agree with each other. The more we couldn't agree with each other, the more upset I felt. My head was dizzy, and I went to find fault with my sister."
Chen Xuan sighed. She originally disliked unreasonable people like Mrs. Cheng, but after hearing what Mrs. Cheng said, she felt that Mrs. Cheng also had her pitiful side. Chen Xuan was a soft-hearted person after all. Chen Xuan said, "I heard that you and Brother Cheng are cousins. Brother Cheng knew whether you can read or not from the first day, before the marriage. If he disliked you, would he be so happy before the wedding? You are looking at me now, but when I got married in December of the year before last, I couldn't read a word. If Brother Cheng had attended the wedding wine of Brother Nian and me, he would definitely know what I was like then. I can't even keep up with half of you. At that time, I was like a dead wood."
Mrs. Cheng couldn't believe it. Chen Xuan and she were alone. Mrs. Cheng dressed Chen Xuan up and made her look more confident. She asked Chen Xuan, "I only heard from my family that you were from the countryside, so how come you look so fashionable now? I heard that you can speak foreign languages? Is that true?"
"I learned it." Chen Xuan took a bite of noodles and said slowly, "I couldn't read, so I learned to recognize words. At the beginning, I could only remember five words a day. Later, I could remember ten words a day, and then twenty words a day. The same goes for foreign languages. I learned it every day. I learned how to dress myself up, and that was all new."
"Is this possible?"
"Why not? I have to work during the day and have nothing to do at night, so I study, every day."
Mrs. Cheng rolled her eyes and began to speak in a more flattering tone, "Sister, can you teach me?"
Chen Xuan nodded, "I am where I am today, and many people have helped me. If you want to learn, I will write out a catalog of all the books I have read over the years for you. There is also a very knowledgeable gentleman who studied at a university abroad who listed many books for me, and I will also write them down for you. You start with the easy ones and learn accordingly. In the future, you will definitely be more knowledgeable than Brother Cheng."
"It won't be too difficult, will it?"
“Start with the easy things, learn little by little, and after studying for thirty to fifty years, you will not be inferior to others.”
Mrs. Cheng was stunned by the calm and firm tone in Chen Xuan's words. Chen Xuan poured some vinegar into the noodles and said to Mrs. Cheng, "Wash off your makeup before going to bed. What do you usually use for skin care?"
"My aunt bought me some vanishing cream."
Chen Xuan said, "It's late today. Come over tomorrow and I'll give you two makeup tools. They're simple and you can do it at home. At least draw your eyebrows and paint your lips to look good. Use some powder, too. Think about what happened between you and Brother Cheng. Regardless of being husband and wife, you're still cousins. Don't make it so ugly. It's not good."
Mrs. Cheng's eyes turned red. "He always praised you before, but I still felt dissatisfied. Now it seems that you are indeed much better than me."
"When Brother Anian and I first got married, he told me that we couldn't be husband and wife without love, and he didn't even want to be husband and wife with me. How can you take a man's words seriously? How come you are more honest than me?" Chen Xuan advised Mrs. Cheng.
Mrs. Cheng laughed, "Your man protects you like a hen protects her chicks, and you still live like this?" Mrs. Cheng is not stupid. She saw Wei Nian at Wei's house, he was so handsome and protected Chen Xuan, so she knew that the couple had a very good relationship. After talking to Chen Xuan for half a day, she thought that Chen Xuan was not a bad woman who seduced men.
"Otherwise I'd like to say that you don't have to believe what they say. We have to live a good life first, and be worthy of ourselves first. When we are at peace, our anger will also be calm. You're fine, Brother Cheng is not blind. I'll ask Brother Anian to persuade him, just don't sit on the ground like you did today, and try to commit suicide, which scared people to death." Chen Xuan shook her head. Mrs. Cheng, who was used to being so powerful, blushed at what Chen Xuan said. Mrs. Cheng quickly said, "I will never do this again in the future."
After they had eaten noodles, Chen Xuan took a car to send Mrs. Cheng back to the Cheng family. Mrs. Cheng insisted that Chen Xuan come in and sit for a while. Chen Xuan thought that she might be worried that Cheng Su would get angry because of what happened at the Wei family, so she followed Mrs. Cheng in.
Cheng Su was telling her parents about Mrs. Cheng, and Cheng Su was very angry. When Cheng's father and mother heard that their daughter-in-law went to someone else's house and cried and made a scene for no reason, they also felt it was rude. As a result, when they saw their daughter-in-law coming home, the three members of the Cheng family were stunned. Then, Cheng's father and mother looked at Cheng Su together. Didn't they say that she went to have a scene with Mrs. Wei? Why did she come back so different? Especially, the daughter-in-law was still talking and laughing with Mrs. Wei. Mrs. Cheng boasted that she was once a flower in the village, and that was not false. Although she could turn into a ground cannon, she was also a straightforward person when she was in a good mood. Mrs. Cheng smiled and took Chen Xuan's hand, "Xuanmei and I went out for a walk, got a haircut, and came back after dinner. Ah Su, it's getting dark. I don't feel comfortable letting Xuanmei take a rickshaw. Go call a car."
Cheng Su hated her cousin's tantrums, and although Wei Nian had persuaded her to give up the divorce, he also wanted to give her a lesson. But when Mrs. Cheng came home looking so refreshed, Cheng Su took a few more glances and went to call a taxi.
Mother Cheng hurriedly asked Chen Xuan to sit down and talk, and asked them where they had been and what they had eaten.
After chatting for a while, when the car arrived, Cheng Su sent Chen Xuan out. Cheng Su felt embarrassed and said, "I really troubled my sister-in-law today."
Chen Xuan whispered, "It's nothing, my sister-in-law is not a bad person, we talked it out and it's all right now. She cares too much about you and knows she was wrong. Brother Cheng, the New Year is coming soon, you are a man, you should take more responsibility. When you are free, bring your sister-in-law to my house, and Brother Nian and I will treat you to a meal."
Cheng Su sighed, "Okay."
The car was already waiting outside. Cheng Su opened the door for Chen Xuan and Chen Xuan got in. The couple's affairs had to be resolved by the couple themselves, so he stopped talking. But a few days later, Wei Nian came home with a depressed look on his face and asked Chen Xuan, "Why did you tell everyone about our wedding?"
"What's the matter? I didn't tell you."
"That's what, you didn't say that they can't be husband and wife if they don't have feelings for each other, so how did Cheng Su know that? He said it was his wife who said it."
Chen Xuan was speechless after being asked by Wei Nian, and she felt guilty. When Mrs. Cheng came to talk to her, Chen Xuan complained to her, "You are so careless. Why did you tell Brother Cheng? If Brother Nian knew about it, he would criticize me for a long time."
Mrs. Cheng stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly, "I was not paying attention. Hmm, Sister Xuan, give me that eyelid coloring thing. How do you think I did with my eyebrows and eyes today? I think the one you used on me the other day was also good."
Well, both Wei Nian and Cheng Su admired Chen Xuan's ability to develop Mrs. Cheng, a "sitter" into a customer.
The author has something to say: ps: The first update is here~~~~~~~~~ This update is too long and thick, and a bit late, good morning everyone~~~~~~~~~~~~