Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets novel Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: The Drag (Second update)

""Sister-in-law, listen to this—I heard that the gifts you brought for mom for Lunar New Year were all nice things. And those clothes worn by Xiao Yue and Xiao Jun, they can’t be cheap, right?" Tang Zhenghong had envied them for a while. It wasn’t just Tang Zhengde’s family; even at Grandma Tang’s house, the entire family had new clothes.

"These clothes were all sent by Mingli." Though Zhang Hualian wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, she wasn’t foolish either.

"Mingli?" Tang Zhenghong’s eyes lit up instantly, and she remembered that not only did Tang Zhengde have a store, Mingli was no longer working in the restaurant, but instead had set up his own vendor stand.

She had vaguely heard about it but had never actually seen it.

This year, her family bought a new black-and-white TV, but there was no money left to buy new clothes for everyone, so they didn’t go to the county town to shop but bought the clothes in the town.

Tang Zhenghong immediately stood up and joined the men at the main table, saying, "Mingli, that’s not very kind of you. You sent clothes to everyone but not to us."

"Big sis, I don’t make clothes. If I sent them to everyone, I wouldn’t even have enough money left to get married," Tang Mingli replied with a grin. In this family, aside from his second brother, whom he respected the most, his third sister and fourth sister seemed to only think about taking advantage of him.

Usually, they would borrow a few dimes today, a few yuan tomorrow, later it became ten yuan, five yuan, and they never once thought about returning it.

If his third and fourth sisters were good people, he might have let it go. But they not only failed to repay the money, they also badmouthed him behind his back, saying he was unreliable, dabbling in this and that. When he got injured last time, it was his second brother who took care of him. His third and fourth sisters didn’t even show their faces.

"Mingli, what you’re saying—I’m your big sister," Tang Zhenghong said unhappily, turning her eyes around, she asked, "Mingli, can you sell clothes?"

"My business is small scale, I can’t afford to hire people," replied Tang Mingli with a smile.

Tang Zhenghong hit a snag and then turned her attention to Tang Zhengde, asking, "Second brother, do you need someone to work at your store?"

"Your sister-in-law and I are enough to handle it," Tang Zhengde replied offhandedly, then added, "Aren’t you and Jianguo doing just fine selling items from the Southern Goods Store in town?"

"What’s so good about that when a few more Southern Goods Stores have opened up in the town?" Tang Zhenghong replied irritably.

Tang Zhenghong had a fiery temper: quick to flare up, and quick to cool down. After lunch, she soon began to show off, "The new TV we just bought is really nice, and the dramas on it are so good. Mom, when will you come stay at my place for a few days?"

Tang Zheng Yue curled her lip, thinking to herself, it’s just a TV, isn’t it? From the moment she walked into her parents’ home, she must have heard about it at least five times already.

Tang Jun, on the other hand, admired it greatly. He whispered to Tang Yue, "Sis, there’s a TV at our school, it’s really nice to watch."

"Focus on studying for now; our family will get one too in the future," Tang Yue said with a reassuring smile.

Tang Jun’s eyes immediately sparkled, and he said excitedly, "Sis, TVs are really expensive. Can we afford one?"

He didn’t get to finish his sentence as Chen Gang chuckled dismissively from the side, "Tang Yue, do you even know how much a TV costs?"

Tang Yue raised an eyebrow and said, "Probably around three or four hundred."

"That much money, can you afford it?" Chen Gang looked at her disdainfully and said, "You’re the second uncle’s stepdaughter, no wonder you don’t resemble him."

Zhang Hualian and the others were talking and didn’t pay attention to the children’s conversation."

Caught off guard, Chen Gang was punched. In the Chen Family, he was a little bully who feared neither heaven nor earth. Having been hit, it was unthinkable for him not to fight back. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

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