The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 599 Self-Inflicted Woe (5)_1

Chapter 599: Chapter 599 Self-Inflicted Woe (5)_1

Everyone was the kind of person who hated spending money and would split a penny into several pieces to use, so no one was willing to fork out that kind of cash, resulting in a hullabaloo that reached Captain Wu Guoqing.

Captain Wu Guoqing was also troubled. Liu Mei had not only brought disaster upon herself by burning herself to that ghostly appearance, but she also dragged the entire village into it. He had gone to the hospital that afternoon to inquire, and Xiu Jianlin couldn’t even come up with the medical expenses, let alone having the money to repair the village’s electrical circuits.

It was utterly frustrating.

Ruan Jianguo didn’t care much about the money, mainly because he had his father-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law at home. He didn’t dare to let them fumble around in the dark. He had wanted to go to Wu Guoqing and ask him to have someone repair the electrical circuit first, offering to pay for it himself, but the Ruanlin family stopped him.

"You’re the only one who dares to get involved in such thankless tasks. Do you believe that if you get involved this time, you’ll never be able to shake it off?" The Ruanlin family scolded him in anger, "Or is it that you’ve made some money and now can’t wait to show off?"

"Mom, what are you talking about? I’m just anxious, with Shu Lang and the others at home..."

"That’s not how it should be done." The Ruanlin family gave him a glance, thought for a few seconds, and then said, "Go and have the Captain write an IOU. You can cover the money for now, but it must be repaid, no matter what. As for how, you’ll need to discuss that with him."

Getting the money out of Liu Mei was probably impossible, just as unlikely as it was for the other villagers to agree to share the costs.

The Ruanlin family knew the money was mostly unlikely to be recovered, but it was crucial that everyone understood that the Ruan family wasn’t going to be the big sucker; they were just helping to front the money. In the future, no matter what, it had to be repaid. They didn’t want others to have the impression that the Ruan family, being wealthy, had to be the ones taken advantage of.

"Alright." As long as the power could be restored, Ruan Jianguo was willing to do anything.

The electrical circuit was repaired for a whole day, and by the next morning, the power was finally restored.

However, the villagers were not happy, and if Liu Mei hadn’t been in the hospital, they would definitely have made a scene at her house, demanding she pay for the repairs.

Of course, they were also grateful to the Ruan family for advancing the repair costs. However, the more they expressed gratitude to the Ruan family, the more resentful they became towards Liu Mei.

But regardless of how everyone grumbled, life went on, and soon it was New Year’s Eve.

According to their local customs, not only did they have to do a thorough cleaning for the New Year, but they also had to tidy themselves up from head to toe. Ruan Jiaojiao got up very early, but the temperature was very low in the morning, and there had been a heavy snowfall the night before, so it wasn’t until midday that the Ruanlin family heated a pot of water with mugwort for her to take a bath.

After her bath, Ruan Jiaojiao dressed in a wool coat cape, specially purchased for her by Shu Wen. It was the same design as the one she wore, and Shu Jiao had one as well, although hers was sky blue, which suited her temperament.

Fearing that she would not be warm enough, the Ruanlin family had Jiaojiao wear a down vest under the wool coat and paired it with a pair of red rain boots that Zhao Li had specially brought for her on her last trip to the provincial capital.

Dressed up like this, she looked like a freshly baked, red chubby little dumpling.

Looking at the mirror at her all-red outfit, Ruan Jiaojiao asked the Ruanlin family, who was pouring her bathwater, a bit embarrassingly, "Nanny, isn’t this too red?"

"What’s too red? For the New Year, you should wear red for good fortune," the Ruanlin family said with a smile, taking out a pair of new rabbit fur gloves from the drawer. Unlike the old mixed-fur ones, these were pure white and looked particularly nice.