Lazy Stepmother of the 70s Island

Chapter 6 Brainwashing

After walking down a winding mountain road, they soon arrived near the Ning family's house. From far away, Sun Aiju and Zhou Yin came to greet them and offered to help carry the bags.

Sun Aiju approached and saw Shen Lie carrying big and small bags, immediately bursting into laughter and asking, "Wow, why did you buy so much? What did you buy?"

Ning Tang replied, "I bought clothes and shoes for myself, dad's favorite pastries, and mom's favorite fruits, as well as a lot of other things."

Sun Aiju felt very satisfied but didn't show it on her face. She just said, "You must have spent a lot of money."

Ning Tang patted Shen Lie's tall figure and said with a smile, "It's okay, my husband has money."

Shen Lie: ...

At the same time, Zhou Yin walked over to Ning Xue and Su Junyan, ready to help carry the bags.

But with just one glance, she realized that they didn't need her help at all. Ning Xue and Su Junyan bought very few things, and they were all lightweight items like clothes and cigarettes that were easy to carry.

Zhou Yin awkwardly withdrew her hand and whispered to Ning Xue, "Why are you so silly? Why did you only buy these few things? Since Su Junyan is paying, why not spend more money? Look at how smart Ning Tang is, she dragged Shen Lie to buy so many things."

Ning Xue hated it when others said that Ning Tang was smarter than her, especially since Ning Tang only graduated from middle school, while she graduated from high school. And the fact that it was coming from her own mother made it worse.

The difference between graduating from junior high school and high school is not just a matter of three extra years of education. In their entire village, there were only a handful of people who could get into the city's high school, and Ning Xue was one of them. She was always proud of this fact.

So she frowned and said, "I'm not the silly one here, it's Ning Tang who is. When you get married, you become a family. Junyan's money is my money, so if I spend it, it's the same as spending my own money."

After thinking about it, Zhou Yin realized that this made sense and her expression relaxed.

Ning Xue continued, "Besides, I bought these things for Junyan and my two stepsons. Junyan will appreciate my kindness, and only then will he be good to me. Look at Ning Tang, she doesn't understand this. She only buys things for herself and for my uncle and aunt. What do you think is going on in Shen Lie's mind?"

Ning Xue glanced smugly at Ning Tang, who was still proudly showing off all the things she had bought to Sun Aiju from afar. "Ning Tang doesn't get it. She only buys things for herself and for our uncle and aunt. Think about it, what does Shen Lie think of her?"

Zhou Yin still couldn't wrap her head around it. "What's there to think? Your uncle and aunt are Shen Lie's parents-in-law. Buying things for your parents-in-law is only natural, isn't it?"

Ning Xue looked at Zhou Yin's confused expression and couldn't help but say, "Mom, why don't you understand this? Don't you always educate me that when a woman gets married, she becomes someone else's? Similarly, Ning Tang is married to Shen Lie, they are now a family. But Ning Tang still spends his money on buying things for Uncle and Aunt. What does that look like in Shen Lie's eyes?"

Zhou Yin asked in response, "What does it look like?"

"It looks like she's turning her elbows out, which man can stand by and watch his wife use his money to support her family?" Ning Xue said with a hint of schadenfreude, "You'll see, Shen Lie probably hates Ning Tang now."