Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 19 Trust Me Once

"Big sister..." she called softly, mentally preparing herself. If her sister was really kicked out of their family, and they couldn't go back to their own home, then she would depend on her sister for survival...

Lin Qingping patted her sister's hand to comfort her.

With her parents' support, Gu Youlian was no longer afraid and rushed in front of Lin Qingping, and Du Gen couldn't stop her.

"How much money do you have left? You...you hand it all over to me!" Gu Youlian said, and started to pull and search Lin Qingping's body.

There was complete chaos, and no one wanted to listen to what Lin Qingping was saying.

Just then, a small, thin figure squeezed between Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian, and a clear, loud child's voice rang out, "Stop arguing! I have money!"

"Stop arguing, stop arguing—" the child drawled out, his voice high-pitched and bright.

The chaos was finally brought to a temporary halt.

"Zhiyuan, don't meddle in adult matters, go to sleep!" Liu Fen was heartbroken and tears kept flowing.

Zhiyuan didn't leave. He leaned against Lin Qingping, his eyes bright, and placed what he was tightly clutching on the pile of clothes. He said clearly, "Grandma, please don't scold...Auntie. I have money. I'll buy clothes for Auntie. Can you two stop arguing?"

He hesitated for a moment before finally calling Lin Qingping "Auntie".

On top of that pile of clothes was a stack of ten-yuan bills. I don't know how much there was, but it was definitely over a hundred.

Children's thinking is simple. If Auntie wants to buy clothes, then so be it. After spending the money, the family will be broke, but he has money. He just wants the adults to stop arguing.

Upon hearing this, Liu Fen's eyes reddened even more, and she wiped away her tears, saying, "Silly child, how can I take your money? It's what your father left you. You should keep it yourself."

If Liu Fen or Gu Youlian had even considered taking Zhiyuan's money today, Lin Qingping would never have forgiven them. But they didn't. Gu Youlian even grabbed the money and stuffed it into Zhiyuan's arms.

Lin Qingping became even more convinced of her judgment: her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were not bad people, they just couldn't accept her shocking behavior.

Yes, in those days, looking at the entire Gujia Village, or even the entire township and county, no other woman bought clothes like that, and their vision was limited to the county at most.

"Father, Mother, Eldest Sister, listen to me." She explained her thoughts and said solemnly, "Please, trust me this once."

It was as if a bomb had been dropped on the Gu family.

Everyone was stunned.

Even Lin Qingping's own sister was stunned: "My sister's idea is truly astonishing!"

Dugan's eyes gleamed with excitement and anticipation: he had guessed right! But this sister-in-law was even better than he had imagined! He had only thought of reselling it, but his sister-in-law actually wanted to modify the model?

Only Zhiyuan was the calmest, because he knew nothing about it. Because he didn't know anything, he was fearless. He even nodded, "I'll help my aunt sell them."

Now we can stop arguing, right?

Liu Fen and Gu Youlian felt utterly hopeless, so hopeless that they couldn't even cry or curse anymore. They were convinced that the money was wasted. Who would be so stupid as to buy these clothes?

Father-in-law Gu Dafu took a deep drag on his pipe, his heart aching, "Then, sell it!"

What else can we do? We'll try anything, even if it seems hopeless!

The whole family shares this idea now.

Liu Fen, with snot and tears streaming down her face, said, "Pingzi, don't do anything so foolish again! If you have any ideas, discuss them with your family!"

He didn't mention returning the daughter-in-law, after all, Lin Qingping wasn't spending the money for her own enjoyment; she wanted to make money.

The intention was good, but they were too young and their ideas were just wishful thinking.

Everyone makes mistakes when they're young. The intention is good; just correct it later.

It must be said that once the Gu family makes a decision, they act swiftly and decisively.

After Liu Fen finished speaking, she squatted down next to the pile of clothes, waiting for Lin Qingping to tell her how to modify them.

Gu Youlian also squatted down, looking at her expectantly.

Lin Qingping was both amused and exasperated. "Mother, eldest sister, let's go to sleep first. We can start tomorrow."

The two of them refused no matter what, insisting on starting right now, because it was money, a lot of money!

Lin Qingping couldn't persuade these people to leave no matter what she did. Fine, let's start then, beginning with the cleanup.

Actually, the two items she threw to the section chief were indeed dirty, but she chose the relatively clean ones, at least they weren't moldy.

Upon hearing that the first step was washing, even my father-in-law, who was about to go to bed, decided not to go. He may not know how to sew, but he knows how to wash!

Seeing the family put aside their anger and despair towards her and throw themselves into their work with great enthusiasm, Lin Qingping felt a warmth in her heart. No matter what, the Gu family's spirit of working together was still enviable. It was precisely because of such a family that they could raise such a good son as Gu Juncheng...

After the family cleaned up a hundred pieces of clothing, it was already late at night. Everyone dragged their tired bodies to sleep. The eldest sister and her husband didn't go back and stayed at her parents' house instead.

Lin Qingping, however, was not sleepy. She drew on paper, brainstorming ideas for modifying these clothes.

She had lived for nearly seventy years in her previous life, experiencing decades of fashion trends and seeing everything. She dared not be too ahead of her time in terms of transformation. Now it was the late 1970s, and she was about to enter the 1980s, so she decided to transform herself according to the popular trends between the 1980s and 1990s. She stayed up another night and roughly came up with a plan.

Her parents-in-law got up early and saw her still writing and drawing, which softened their hearts. Her father-in-law went to work in the fields early in the morning, and her mother-in-law steamed an egg for her.

Lin Qingping looked at the bowl of eggs with sugar and smiled slightly.

The next day, the alteration of the clothes officially began.

Lin Qingping showed everyone her drawings, then took out a piece to demonstrate how to take it apart, how to cut it, and how to sew it back together.

The women in the Gu family, including the second sister, were all skilled in needlework. They usually bought fabric and sewed their own clothes by hand. After Lin Qingping cut out a few pieces, she watched them make a few more and felt that it was time to let go.

The Gu family has a sewing machine, which Lin Qingping bought when she got married. She was too lazy to use it, but her mother-in-law was already very skilled at using it, so her mother-in-law was in charge of operating the sewing machine.

Gu Youlian was anxious, feeling that her mother was moving too slowly by herself, so she asked Du Gen to bring over his own sewing machines as well. As a result, both sewing machines in the house started working at the same time.

As for Du Gen, who didn't know how to sew, he surprisingly went to work in the fields with Gu Dafu. This was because Liu Fen was sitting in front of the sewing machine all day long, and the Gu family couldn't keep up with the farm work. As the son-in-law, Du Gen took over the work in place of his mother-in-law.

Even Zhiyuan was busy, helping out with various tasks.

Looking at Zhiyuan's small figure, Lin Qingping had another idea...

The sound of Gu's sewing machine often lasted until dawn.

After working intensively for several days, one hundred pieces of clothing were successfully altered.