Chapter 235 Buying Furniture
Yang PeiMin had been busy like a squirrel these past few days, making several trips to the county town, and had finally managed to give the house a decent look.
She had moved the iron frame bed she had been sleeping in to the guest room and replaced it with a 1.8-meter wide bed in her bedroom, which she had bought along with the sofa and chairs from the county town. Though she sorely missed memory foam mattresses which weren’t available here, she was pleasantly surprised to find a palm mattress, reportedly still used in hospitals, made from natural materials that were safe and comfortable, which meant she no longer had to sleep on a hard board bed.
She had bought almost all the furniture necessary to make it feel like a home, but the money had been spent like water. Even the one thousand yuan given to her by Shen Yiguang had nearly halved, and with her current lack of income, she felt insecure.
As she moved the furniture, some nosy neighbors couldn’t help but gossip behind her back. "I heard Camp Commander Shen also came from a rural area, I bet her parents must be rich, otherwise how could they afford her constant rearranging?"
"Isn’t it obvious? His wife doesn’t look like she’s from the countryside at all. Hey, she even has a sofa there, all brand new. Let’s find time to visit her."
"You’re so eager! Who doesn’t know that the Shen sister-in-law is generous? I heard that Coordinator Lu’s wife got close to her, and her kids often got snacks from her."
Mrs. Cui stepped out of her house just in time to join in and asked, "Really? Oh dear, that Mrs. Shen, we used to be neighbors before... we have that old connection..."
Seeing her join, the others stopped talking and quickly made excuses to leave.