FSC [QT] Chapter 86.2

“Don’t worry about Shengnan. She can take care of herself. But during the time I purchase goods, I can only trouble you to pack meals from the factory canteen and take it home.”

Children these days were almost all raised in a free-range manner. Grandparents’ generation often had five or six children, and they couldn’t take care of more than a dozen or even twenty grandchildren.

Those families with two working parents could only choose to lock their children at home when they were at work, or let the older children who were slightly more sensible take care of them.

The child-raising model was completely different from that of later generations.

Zhang Shengnan was the only daughter of Jin Qiaoqiao and Zhang Youdong. She was born when Zhang Youdong was in his thirties.

Even though she was more pampered than ordinary families, when she was six or seven years old, she was used to doing the chores of dressing and washing. She could even help Jin Qiaoqiao when she was washing and cooking.

“If it doesn’t work, I will send Shengnan to my hometown for a while and let my mother raise her.”

Now that the child was on vacation and didn’t need to go to school, she could cultivate feelings with several cousins ​​by raising her in the countryside.

“As for the speculation you mentioned, I do have a way, but I’ll need you to help me.”

Jin Qiaoqiao thought about it. It was indeed risky for her to go to the south to purchase goods.

Once she was caught, the best outcome was that the goods would be confiscated. The worst was that the goods would be gone and she would also have to go to jail.

“You have a good relationship with Liu Quan from your company’s transport team, right? I want to ask Liu Quan to write me a note.”

“If I am caught by the police, I can say that I am purchasing performance uniforms for the employees of the food factory. If the purchase volume is not large, I can easily get away with it.”

What Jin Qiaoqiao said was a common practice nowadays. There were also jobs that require business trips these days.

Those who went on business trips to the south were often asked by colleagues to bring back some local specialties, TVs, or radios that were easier to buy in the south.

At this time, if there was a certificate from the unit, it would be easy to deal with. Even if caught, they would not be considered as speculators.

As long as Jin Qiaoqiao did not purchase in large quantities, this little trick was enough to help her escape a lot of trouble.

“So, you have thought about it.”

When Zhang Youdong heard Jin Qiaoqiao’s well-reasoned answer, he realized that his wife was serious.

“Are you so short of money? Isn’t the money I earn enough to support you two?”

Although he knew that Jin Qiaoqiao had thought it through very carefully, Zhang Youdong was still a little unhappy.

He felt that his wife racking her brains to make money only showed that he, as a husband, was not capable enough and could not provide her with a good life.

But he was not bad. In this era, he was already considered a middle-income man. Among his peers who grew up together, only Kuang Aijun was better off than him.

Zhang Youdong couldn’t help but think of what his mother had said to him in private when he had just returned from demobilization. His mother said that his wife liked Kuang Aijun and always peeked at him when no one was paying attention.

At that time, Zhang Youdong didn’t believe it.

Now seeing his wife only caring about making money, Zhang Youdong couldn’t help but wonder if she really had a good impression of Kuang Aijun.

Therefore, she always unconsciously compared her life with that of the Kuang family, which was why she was so unsatisfied.

“I went home this morning and was scolded by your mother because she blamed us for reducing her alimony.”

When Zhang Youdong began to doubt, Jin Qiaoqiao spoke again.

“You indeed make a lot of money every month, but we live in a company-run house, and we have to pay seven yuan in rent every month.”

“In addition, Shengnan has signed up for some extracurricular tutoring classes, so the money in our hands is getting less and less.”

“Youdong, I’m really afraid that your mother will come to your company to make trouble about alimony again, so I want to earn more money.”

“Shengnan is getting older and older. Now she can still share a room with us. When she is in her teens, can she still sleep in the same room with you as her father? I want to buy a house.”

Jin Qiaoqiao thought that they must buy a house, not only because housing prices would go up in the future and buying a house was the most cost-effective investment, but also because a house was their most urgent need now.

The food factory’s performance was average and the expansion of the staff housing building was a long way off. It would be a daydream to wait until the unit distributes housing, so this house must be bought.

Every word Jin Qiaoqiao said was for the family, the elders, and the children. Hearing her words, Zhang Youdong felt a little guilty.

His wife must have been troubled by his mother again when she returned to the countryside today. He knew his own mother’s temper. He actually believed his mother and suspected that his wife had an affair.

After thinking about it carefully, his wife had no other problems except that she spent money lavishly when she was young and had a vain personality. She had changed a lot after having children in recent years.

Even if she really liked someone else when she was young, so what? Kuang Aijun was far away from home. What could she do with him?

“Let me think about it.”

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