CHAPTER 3 - MEMORIES

Now where she left off in reviewing the memoirs, right she has a husband who is an army officer and currently sends a salary of 35 Yuan every month back home, before she got married the salary was a little lower, which probably shows that he received a promotion while fighting on the border.

The reason she is aware of her husband's salary is thanks to this house that was built with her husband's previous salaries, which were saved by her mother-in-law and father-in-law, although at this time and in this place it is common after the son gets married, the couple lives with the husband's parents.

However, the original caused a scandal shortly after the wedding using the fact that her husband had practically abandoned her by running from her side, she used this to cause a feeling of guilt in her mother-in-law, and demanded a separation from the family in addition to the right to control her husband's salary completely from that moment on.

But initially the mother-in-law and father-in-law refused to separate, after all, they already had three younger married children who had not yet asked for the separation from the family, all living together in the old family's house, so how could they only separate the eldest son and daughter-in-law, but it was at this point that the original got a card up her sleeve, which was to find out she was pregnant a month after the wedding, so she threatened that she would get rid of the child by going without food if they did not accept her demand .

How could this child end up being, in the eyes of the in-laws, the only remaining seed of the eldest son who was constantly at risk of life fighting in the army, not to mention that his eldest son is already 26 years old, which is considered old to have his first son in a small village like this.

So they ended up giving in to the demands of the original, and that's when they withdrew all the savings from their son's salary to be handed over at separation, with part of that money the original asked them to build a house for their small family, as the total savings were 1200 Yuan a small fortune at that time, the original agreed to leave 200 Yuan to the old Zhou family, with 600 Yuan she managed to build a relatively large brick house, complete with concrete floors and cement tiles, and glass windows, this construction is almost considered a luxury for that time, although there are no finishes, only exposed bricks.

But in this regard she agreed with the original, as she got married, the minimum was being able to have her own home for her small family, and financial independence is essential, so although she used methods that Lin Meili didn't like, she believes that the decision to separate from her husband's old family was the best, of course she will still pay her filial piety, but she won't need to justify anything she does to anyone which is great.

So she can conclude that she is a young married woman, soon to be a mother, that she has a relatively good cash reserve, with her own house.

Probably the only complicated thing is that she has a not very good blood family, but as with her in-laws she will only pay the necessary filial piety, it won't be like the original one that even gave some money to that family after it started have control of her husband's salary.

"Right! We should get a pen and paper and write down what is missing from this house.” she spoke excitedly as she got up after finishing her two eggs and calming her empty stomach.

She went back to the master bedroom and took the pen and paper from the dresser, as well as checking the savings on the original, although she loved to spend on clothes and other “luxury” products, there was still 200 yuan left, which was still a lot for her. At that time, there were also some tickets, which were needed to be able to buy anything at the supply store.

It should be enough to buy what she needed, but she still had to check what she wanted. First in this room she will need to put a new mosquito net, make a new mattress to lie on, and she would like some pillows to be more comfortable, she will also need a bigger and warmer mattress at least before winter comes. Regarding clothes she has more than enough, both clothes and shoes, the original really liked to self-please.

Besides, in the bedroom, nothing else seemed to be necessary, now in the living room, she wanted to buy some dressers, maybe a kind of wooden sofa, shelves, maybe get books to get more knowledge of the world and the time in which it is inserted, with luck in the future she could use this information to improve her little family's life.

Now the second room was completely empty there was only one kang and nothing else, as this would be the three villains' room she would decorate it with things for the boys, put a dresser to put the clothes and shoes, and a table for them to use when they start studying, there have to be three chairs for them to use together, in addition to getting some toys, it has to include the mosquito net, soft mattresses, pillows and quilts, maybe also ask a carpenter to make a grid in the kang for protection plus a stepladder.

She could already imagine this room becoming perfect for children, now the kitchen needs more cabinets to be like a pantry, plus some more utensils, the pan, knife and spatula are very old, as they were obtained with the separation , it would also be good to get a few more plates and bowls, as well as cutlery, although only chopsticks or spoons are used here.

The last room that was missing was the bathroom, although it only has an area for washing your face, brushing your teeth and taking a shower, but it lacks a bigger dresser to put personal hygiene products in addition to placing the pitcher and tub on top making it easier to use it would be good to have a mirror too, maybe a stool for the children to use by themselves, and with regard to taking a bath, you need a bathtub, even if it's wooden, it's better to keep taking a bath from a bucket.

The part of the bathroom to make up for necessities, on the other hand, is away from the house a little so as not to have a bad smell, even with a cesspool, after all at that time there was still no sewer and plumbing, but despite the way it is, the original was a person extremely clean so everything was clean inside the house, even the outside bathroom she took care to keep as clean as possible, the pit could only be emptied once every six months, and for that she would have to ask someone, but probably it would only be needed after the baby was born, as it was built just two months ago.

In the end the list became huge but she really needs it all, if it weren't for the fact that the windows are all wood she would want to include curtains as well, but as they didn't have video it wouldn't look very good after all closing the window, kept the outside light from coming in anyway.

But even though she has the money, she doesn't believe that with it she'll get everything she wants, as many of those things shouldn't be possible even in the county town.

Lin Meili can only sigh in frustration, and turn her attention to making a meal for herself from the kitchen's available ingredients while she thinks about how to solve this problem.

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