Chapter 69

Su Qianyue raised her little face and said seriously, "When I sent Big Brother and Second Brother to the guesthouse just after getting off the train today, Yuan Guang came to pick you up in a hurry; did it have anything to do with buying the sewing machine?"

"Mm, we went to find Old Jiang from the black market; the sewing machine did indeed come from his stock."

Su Qianyue's eyes went round upon hearing this, and Pei Huaiye found it funny and pinched her soft little face, "The owner of the sewing machine shop at the state-run department store is surnamed Jiang."

Pei Huaiye stopped walking, looked into Su Qianyue's eyes, and whispered, "Old Jiang is two years older than me and isn't someone who follows the rules; he has a shop on the black market that earns more than his father's."

"Yuan Guang came to tell me that Zhang Guohua had reported my purchase of the sewing machine to the machinery factory security section, so I asked Old Jiang to issue a receipt and went to the public security side to handle it."

Su Qianyue blinked, knowing not to ask what shouldn't be asked, "Then let's not buy things on the black market in the future; it's too worrying."

Pei Huaiye held her hand and walked to the front of the new house, "Mm, but because you only get married once, I have to buy you the 'three rounds and one sound'."

A smile flowed into Su Qianyue's eyes, and she jumped up with joy as she looked at the new house, "A-Ye, the house is being built so fast! Even the gate has been installed!"

Pei Huaiye hugged Su Qianyue, who was about to rush in, and said in a low voice, "Don't go in yet; give me a few days to get the new house tidied up before the wedding, then you can look."

Su Qianyue pouted, her eyes shining as she looked at Pei Huaiye, "Mm, then I'll wait."

Pei Huaiye kissed her lightly on the forehead, "Let's go, I'll send you back to rest."

The next day, Su Qianyue went to the village entrance to pick up her Big Brother and Second Brother and brought them to the door of Su Qianqian's house.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, I won't go in."

Su Chen hadn't forgotten his mother's instructions, "Qingyue, Qianqian is our sister after all, your sister; just give Big Brother some face and come in with us."

Here came the "make peace" routine again! Su Qianyue's little face tightened, "She didn't treat me like a sister when she was hurting me!"

Su Qianyue turned to leave, but Su Chen scolded her with a straight face, "Why are you so ignorant? Mom wants you to make up; she's been crying her eyes out these past few days!"

Thinking of his mother's constant worry about Qianqian and her bad mood, his voice grew louder unconsciously, "Su Qianyue! The Su family has raised you for so many years; can't you consider Mom and this family?! Compared to Qianqian, you've already lived very well! Come in with me! Accept Su Qianqian's apology, and consider it as repaying the Su family's kindness over the years!"

Su Qianyue took two steps back, shaking her head gently, looking at the Big Brother who used to dote on her with disbelief. A sense of strangeness and bitterness suddenly arose in her heart; she seemed unable to find her own voice, "Big Brother, is this your intention or Mom's?"

Su Chen frowned and said blandly, "Is there a difference?"

Su Yuan looked at Su Qianyue's pale little face, her eyes filled with tears, and a flash of heartache crossed his eyes, "Big Brother, you don't have to be like this..."

"Shut up!" Su Chen glanced at him coldly, his eyes carrying a certain warning, "Remember your identity!"

Su Yuan choked, and everything he wanted to say was blocked.

Su Qianyue smiled bitterly, tears rolling down, and she stopped Su Yuan, "Second Brother, don't argue with Big Brother; let's go, let's go in."

Whether it was Big Brother's or her adoptive mother's intention, it represented the Su family; she did owe the Su family a great debt of upbringing, but she hadn't expected them to use this to threaten her into making up with Su Qianqian.

Su Qianqian had long heard the voices outside; finally, someone from the Su family had come to see her!

She hurriedly went to the kitchen, stared at the bundle of firewood on the ground, and thrust her hands onto it; blood and wounds immediately covered her hands and forearms.

She found some gauze and wrapped her forearms, then called out to the outside with a smiling face, "Who's outside? Brother Shen, are you back?"

As she spoke, she opened the gate, a sweet smile already prepared on her lips; the next moment, her eyes turned red, and tears flowed down as if they were free.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you finally came, wuwu..." Su Qianqian cried like rain on pear blossoms, and Su Chen looked at her bloody hands, "What happened to your hands?"

"It's nothing, Big Brother, I just got them hurt while working in the fields; come in." Su Qianqian even smiled and grabbed Su Qianyue's little hand.

"Qingyue, come in quickly; Sister really envies you; your hands are so white and tender, how do you take care of them?"

This sentence pierced Su Chen's heart like a needle; Su Qianyue's hands were slender, long, and fair, and looking at Su Qianqian's hands, her fingers weren't straight, her knuckles were thick, and her hands were injured.

He said with heartache, "Qianqian, is the work in the fields too tiring? Where is Shen Xunbao? Is he good to you?"

"Big Brother, I'm not tired at all; going to the countryside isn't hard at all; it's fine, the countryside is just like this, having to do rough work; how could my hands be as white and tender as Qingyue's?

Brother Shen went to the city; after we, after we got married, Uncle Shen stopped sending money."

When she said this, she glanced timidly at her Big Brother and Second Brother, and seeing that their expressions still carried self-reproach and apology, she continued to say weakly, "Brother Shen just writes articles for the newspaper to earn some household expenses."

Su Chen's eyes turned red as he listened; if Su Qianqian hadn't gone to the countryside for the sake of his brothers, perhaps so many messy things wouldn't have happened.

"That you've lived your life like this, Big Brother and Second Brother are half responsible, Qianqian..."

"Big Brother, Second Brother, don't say that; I never regretted going to the countryside; the thing I regret most is that I was jealous at the time and did many things that were sorry to Qingyue, which made Mom and Dad dislike me, sob, sob, sob..."

Su Chen patted her shoulder and comforted her softly, "Who said Mom and Dad don't like you? Mom and Dad just want you to reform yourself and become a new person!"

Su Chen took the opportunity to hold the hands of his two sisters, "I came here for this matter; Qianqian, apologize to Qingyue properly, and we'll be a family again in the future."

Su Qianqian's voice choked again when she reached this point; she had crystal tears on her face, and while crying, she held Su Qianyue's little hand and kept apologizing.

"Sister Qingyue, Sister is sorry to you; that time in the cornfield, I really listened to Zhou Wenfang's ghost talk; being with Brother Shen was because he said you liked Pei Huaiye, and that's why we... in short, I still indirectly hurt you, I'm sorry Qingyue, Sister begs for your forgiveness."

After she finished speaking, she actually knelt down and wanted to kowtow to Su Qianyue.

"No one from my maiden family came on the day I got married, and you didn't come when I invited you; you said you wouldn't forgive me, and my heart was broken at the time, sob, sob, sob, sob, sob..."

Su Qianyue resisted the urge to kick her away and also knelt down, but she faced Su Chen.

Su Qianyue had tears in her eyes, her expression sad, "Big Brother, I will listen to you and Mom and Dad; let the past be the past. For so many years, I thank you and Mom and Dad for your love for me."

Su Qianyue was truly uncomfortable, and she kowtowed to Su Chen.

Su Yuan felt uncomfortable watching this; he knew that with this kowtow, Su Qianyue might really have nothing to do with the Su family in the future.

He supported Su Qianyue up with both hands, "Alright, you two get up."

Su Qianqian saw that Su Yuan was still so attentive to Su Qianyue and felt very uncomfortable, but on the surface, she still smiled obediently and gently, "Qingyue, you're so good; I want to drink at your wedding!"

"Okay, you come with Big Brother and Second Brother."

Su Chen smiled, "That's right, a family should be harmonious. Qianqian, we didn't come to your wedding; this is the dowry our family is making up for you, eight hundred yuan and three hundred jin of grain coupons."

Su Qianqian's eyes lit up instantly when she saw so much money; her tears flowed down again, "Big Brother, wuwu, you haven't forgotten me."

She threw herself into Su Chen's arms and cried, and Su Chen patted her back helplessly, "Alright, look, is there anything else you need our help with?"

Su Qianqian's eyes rolled, and she looked at Su Qianyue with red eyes, "Sister Qingyue, you work at the supply and marketing cooperative; can you say a few good words to the director for me? I saw that your cooperative is hiring, and I want to work there too."