Married to the army by mistake, abstinent boss becomes addicted to pampering his wife

Chapter 348 Extra Chapter 09: A Fair Word

After hanging up the laundry, Tang Xiaoyue ran back upstairs and said to Jiang Moli, who was shelling peanuts while listening to the radio, "Sister Moli, your old clothes are getting a bit tight. When you have time, go to the supply and marketing cooperative and get some new fabric. I'll make you a couple of new outfits."

Jiang Moli tossed the shelled peanuts into the bowl. "You can sew clothes? I thought you only knew how to sew underwear."

"When I'm at home, I make all the clothes, shoes, and socks for my brother and me."

Tang Xiaoyue blushed at her teasing, pulled up a stool and sat down next to her, helping her peel peanuts, and continued:
"If your underwear doesn't fit anymore, I can make you some."

Knowing that Tang Xiaoyue's biological mother had died early and that she was having a hard time under her stepmother, Jiang Moli stopped talking about it. She went back to her bedroom, grabbed her wallet, and took Tang Xiaoyue to the town's supply and marketing cooperative to look at fabrics.

Today was market day, and the supply and marketing cooperative was packed with villagers selling agricultural products and buying things; it was as noisy as a vegetable market.

Tang Xiaoyue, protecting Jiang Moli's pregnant belly, squeezed to the fabric counter. Just as they were about to choose some fabric, they suddenly heard arguing coming from next door.
"I want to buy it today!"

"You dare! If you buy it today, this wedding is off!"

Jiang Moli and Tang Xiaoyue forgot about buying fabric and followed the gossipy crowd to the furniture store next door to watch the drama unfold.

The couple arguing were a young pair, both around 20 years old.

The man looked angry, while the woman had tears in her eyes and looked aggrieved.

The onlookers chimed in, sharing their thoughts on the reasons behind the young couple's argument.

The young couple, who are about to get married, came to town specifically to buy furniture for their wedding, but disagreed on whether or not to buy a dressing table.

"We can talk things over. A wedding is a joyous occasion, and it's not worth ruining the relationship over such a small matter," the furniture store owner advised kindly.

"Anyway, I've already said it: I don't agree to buy a dressing table."

The man's tone softened somewhat, but his attitude remained firm.

The woman was furious, saying, "Agree or disagree, it's up to you. The money's in my hands, and I'm buying it!"

The man was completely enraged. "Can't you be a little more sensible? Can you eat or drink this stuff? You've spent all the money, how are we supposed to live together after this?"

The woman retorted, "I'm spending my own money to prepare my own dowry, it's none of your business!"

"Huh? Put your hand on your heart, is this your money? A large portion of this is the bride price from my family! My parents scrimped and saved to get me a wife, not for you to squander! If you insist on buying this stuff, then don't even bother getting married. I can't handle a spendthrift like you!"

In an era that values ​​diligence and frugality, the term "spendthrift woman" is a great humiliation for unmarried women.

This reveals the man's selfish and self-serving nature, showing no regard for the woman's feelings or dignity.

The woman was probably furious; she just kept crying.

"Make way, everyone, let me say a few words of fairness."

Thanks to her family, Jiang Moli is now a celebrity in the entire Menglong Township. Everyone knows she is a warm-hearted person, and her husband is a regimental commander.

Everyone trusted her and made way for her.

Jiang Moli walked up to the two young people and said to the tearful woman, "This is your fault, no wonder your fiancé is so angry..."

The woman fully expected Jiang Moli to side with her, but to her surprise, Jiang Moli actually joined her fiancé in criticizing her and saying bad things about her. In other families, the bride price given by the groom's family is kept by the family, but her parents doted on her and not only gave her the entire bride price, but also added an extra fifty yuan so that she could prepare some decent dowry.

She just wanted to buy a dressing table, she didn't even need the three-wheeled watch and the sound system, how did she become a spendthrift?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and tears streamed down her face.

"Listen to this! Even the wife of a regimental commander thinks this dressing table shouldn't have been bought! Once you're married, you should uphold your wifely duties. Who are you trying to impress by dressing up?"

The man was smug and very grateful to Jiang Moli for "speaking up for justice".

Affection level +1, 10000 yuan received.

Hearing that the favorability points had been credited, Jiang Moli continued speaking to the woman: "Didn't you hear what he said? The bride price is his parents' life savings, not his. To put it bluntly, this money is for you to see, not for you to spend. If you were truly sensible, you should have taken every penny of your dowry back to your husband's family so that they could get out of poverty and become wealthy sooner. You used their targeted poverty alleviation funds without even asking, so of course they're angry."

The woman's crying gradually subsided.

"Some men marry a wife to be with her forever, while others simply want to find free labor. If you eat an extra bite or spend an extra penny, it's all your fault. If you do even a little less work, they'll call you lazy. So, you must choose a good day to get married, because there won't be any good days after you get married."

These words brought tears to the eyes of many married women present.

Marriage is like a half-cooked meal; who hasn't swallowed it again and again?

Affection level +8, 80000 yuan received.

Jiang Moli said to the man, "Don't overthink it. I wasn't talking about you. You're definitely not the kind of scumbag who's after a woman's dowry."

The man's face flushed red and then turned pale.

Jiang Moli didn't say anything to him, but she was practically pointing her finger at him and calling him stingy and calculating.

He said angrily, "Being a good wife and mother and managing the household is a woman's duty. My sister-in-law didn't ask for a dowry or buy any furniture when she married into the family. She still works hard and lives with my brother. That's what a virtuous and good woman should be like!"

Jiang Moli was surprised: "The founding of New China was to enable people to live a good life. Anyone who asks to suffer with him is going against the original intention of the founding of the country. On the other hand, if we are going to suffer anyway, isn't it better to do it at home? Why go to someone else's house to suffer?"

In terms of verbal sparring, ten men combined couldn't match Jiang Moli. He was so anxious that his face turned red, and he was filled with impotent rage.

The women watching chimed in:

"A woman marries a man for food and clothing. If he can't even afford to buy you a wardrobe, what are you after?"

"Hey girl, how about you consider my place? My husband's a carpenter, he can make you not just a dressing table, he can make you a whole set of seventy-two legs!"

Amidst everyone's cheers, the woman also straightened up:

"I just want a dressing table, so what? If you don't want to buy it, I don't want to get married!"

Seeing that the woman was serious, the man also got anxious, "If you don't marry me, who else can you marry? With your spending habits, who would dare to marry you?"

"If I can't get married, I'll stay at home and be an old maid, taking care of my parents for the rest of my life!"

The woman stormed off after saying that.

The man hurriedly chased after her, not forgetting to glare at Jiang Moli before leaving.