Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 155: The Washed-Out Wealth Luck

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: The Washed-Out Wealth Luck

"Little girl, come over here!"

Seeing Shen Mianmian not moving, the plump auntie called out enthusiastically again.

Another skinny auntie who was bathing with her couldn’t stand it anymore and slapped her arm, "Didn’t you see the girl is shy? You think she’s as thick-skinned as us old women?"

"Oh my! Look at me, I’ve lived all these years and still haven’t figured it out." Everyone laughed for a bit then turned to Shen Mianmian and said, "Little girl, if you’re cold over there, come and wash here, we won’t look at you."

"Thank you, auntie."

Shen Mianmian didn’t actually feel shy, but she did feel a bit embarrassed after being teased by the two women.

Fortunately, the two aunties didn’t continue to pay her any attention and shifted the topic to the household affairs of every Tom, Dick, and Harry.

"Let me tell you, but don’t spread it around, Old Chen’s daughter-in-law has a suspicious belly, probably got pregnant before the wedding. It’s only been three or four months since the marriage, and her belly’s swollen like she’s five or six months along."

"What’s so strange about that? The Wang Family’s daughter-in-law gave birth just over half a year after the wedding. The six-month-old baby is chubbier than some full-term ones, anyone with eyes can tell what happened."

"What’s with the young people nowadays, not afraid of being spat on by others behind their backs."

"Young people today are different from our times, they talk about freedom to love."

The two aunties chatted back and forth exchanging sentences, not minding others, and after a while of discussing this and that about the families, the other auntie started to complain.

"With the New Year approaching, everything’s getting more expensive. Normally, you could get two pounds of winter melon for a penny, a big one for ten cents, now it’s a penny a pound."

"Isn’t that the truth?" the other auntie said, even more worried, "Before, meat was only eighty cents a pound, now it’s eighty-three cents."

"You haven’t been to the city, it’s even more expensive there, it’s ninety cents already." Another woman who had been listening to the two talk couldn’t help but join the conversation. She was a bit younger, looking to be at most thirty years old.

"We rural folks can’t compare to the city!" said the plump auntie.

"It’s not that we can’t compare. Things like hair ties and clothes, if you get them from the wholesale market, they are much cheaper. You could buy three or four for the price of one in our town."

The younger woman seemed to go to the city often and was very knowledgeable about these things.

"You’re talking about going to the wholesale market, but if we just buy one or two, they won’t sell wholesale to us!" the skinny auntie interjected.

Shen Mianmian had overheard their entire conversation and her eyes slowly brightened. From their talk, she picked up an important piece of information.

Agricultural products would become more expensive once they reached the city, and things from the city became costlier in the countryside – how had she never thought of this before?

The more Shen Mianmian thought about it, the more excited she became. If she went to the city with Lu Siyuan, couldn’t she bring some agricultural products to sell and make a profit from the price difference?

Indeed, having worked hard with her head down in her past life, she hadn’t considered such vital information.

She was no longer in the mood to bathe slowly; she couldn’t wait to find Lu Siyuan to discuss this matter. If they were going to the city tomorrow, and if she really had this idea, it would be best to start buying some vegetables today and take them to the city to sell tomorrow.

If the market was good, she could make a little money before the New Year.

Shen Mianmian rubbed herself down hastily, rinsed off twice more, and prepared to leave the bathhouse. The plump auntie, who had been chatting all along, noticed and couldn’t help but call out to her.

"Little girl, how long have you been bathing? Why are you finished already? You haven’t scrubbed your body clean, have you?"

"I’m done washing."

Shen Mianmian replied and walked out.