Chapter 26: Xie Lin’an is so good to his wife

Xie Lin’an burst out laughing.

Ye Xiaozhen was speechless, she couldn’t believe he could think of this, and she couldn’t believe he actually did it.

He ate a few slices of watermelon and made Li Mei furious, and he even took the meat, wouldn’t that make her heartbroken?

“Xiaozhen, we’ll have meat for lunch.”

Cough, cough, you’re thick-skinned, you’re awesome.

She had really opened her eyes.

…

After leaving Xie Zhili’s house, Xie Lin’an took her directly to the nearest department store.

Department stores had been open for a few years, and the things in the department store were dazzling, you could buy anything you wanted.

Xie Lin’an stood in front of a counter, staring at the shelves.

They had spent a lot of time at Xie Zhili’s house, and it was already past the peak time for the market, there weren’t many people.

The saleswoman was free, so she came over and asked, “What do you want to buy?”

Xie Lin’an pulled Ye Xiaozhen over and said, “My wife just got married into my family, she doesn’t have anything, can you see what we can get her?”

That was a bit broad.

“What do you mean? Clothes? Or supplies?”

“Let’s look at shampoo first.”

The saleswoman understood, they wanted to buy daily necessities.

She took a bottle of shampoo and said, “This is our best-selling shampoo, it makes your hair black and shiny after washing.”

“Okay, take this, what else? Face wash, face cream, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, these things, if other people’s wives have them, my wife should have them too.”

The saleswoman’s eyes lit up, she took a basin with a double happiness character on it, face cream, toothbrush, toothpaste… besides what Xie Lin’an said, she also took a comb, hair ties, hair clips, hair flowers, nylon stockings, sandals, sanitary napkins, underwear, etc.

The sanitary napkins were her favorite, that’s the one, the underwear suitable for a new wife made her blush.

Who said people were conservative in the past? Is this amount of fabric serious?

“Do you think these things are enough?”

Xie Lin’an nodded foolishly, “Hehe, okay, okay, get another set of this, my wife can change.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…”

The saleswoman happily went to get another set.

Ye Xiaozhen didn’t say anything the whole time, she just watched Xie Lin’an negotiate and bargain with the saleswoman.

The saleswoman thought Ye Xiaozhen was shy as a new wife, so she didn’t think much of it.

But when Xie Lin’an went to the cashier to pay, she whispered to Ye Xiaozhen, “Your husband is very good to you, he’s also tall and handsome, did you two get together yourselves, or did a matchmaker introduce you?”

Ye Xiaozhen saw that he was quite far away, so she whispered to the saleswoman, “A matchmaker introduced us.”

The saleswoman looked delighted, “Which matchmaker? Introduce them to me.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…”

“My stepmother and his grandpa.”

What?

Your stepmother and his grandpa?

Your stepmother and his grandpa arranged this marriage?

That sounds so strange.

“Xiaozhen, let’s go.”

Xie Lin’an had already paid, he called out, and Ye Xiaozhen quickly followed.

She saw that he was holding a wad of money, the kind that you see in TV shows, the 90s construction bosses, they pull out a big wad of money.

Didn’t he say he was poor?

Xie Lin’an saw Ye Xiaozhen staring at the money in his hand, he said, “I can’t give this to you, you’re stupid, don’t use it as toilet paper.”

He directly stuffed it into his pocket.

That’s what he said… Ye Xiaozhen wanted to beat his head.

Even if I’m stupid, would I use it to wipe my butt? This material, wouldn’t it get all over my hand?

Xie Lin’an pulled Ye Xiaozhen to leave, but Ye Xiaozhen didn’t move, she grabbed his arm.

Xie Lin’an: “What’s wrong?”

She wanted to remind him to buy some sugar and sesame seeds, so she could make sugar buns, how should she say it?

“Brother, sugar.”

Xie Lin’an suddenly realized, he laughed, “You’re still thinking about candy? Okay, I’ll buy you some sugar.”

Ah? No, I don’t want candy, I want white sugar.

Ye Xiaozhen pulled him, “White sugar, sesame seeds.”

“White sugar and sesame seeds? Oh, you want sesame candy, right? Okay, let’s buy sesame candy.”

Ye Xiaozhen was speechless, “I want white sugar and sesame seeds.”

She said it very clearly, if it weren’t for her silly tone, he would have suspected that she was no longer a fool.

“What do you want white sugar and sesame seeds for?”

Ye Xiaozhen didn’t say anything, she just wanted them.

“Okay, let’s buy white sugar and sesame seeds, candy and sesame candy, shall we?”

Ah?

Then he pulled her to buy candy, and he bought a lot of all four things.

Looking at his bulging wallet… okay, he probably really isn’t short of money.

He’s a contractor.

After buying the candy, they passed by a stall selling clothes and shoes, Xie Lin’an stared at the clothes and shoes for a while.

Ye Xiaozhen looked at him curiously.

Xie Lin’an said, “Look at that red dress, okay? I’ll buy you one when we get married.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…”

“And those shoes, they can match the dress.”

Ye Xiaozhen followed his gaze and saw the red high heels.

Then she heard him shake his head, “No, no, they’re too high. You’re already silly enough, what if you fall while wearing these shoes, what if you become even sillier?”

Ye Xiaozhen was speechless, you’re verbally attacking me.

“Let’s go.” She pulled him forcefully.

Xie Lin’an finally looked away.

They had bought everything, and they went home together.

It was already eleven o’clock when they got home, Grandpa was chopping firewood to prepare dinner.

Xie Lin’an quickly went over and took the axe, “Grandpa, I’ll do it.”

Lin Xinghua said, “You just got back, you rest, you’re not tired enough.”

“I’m not tired, if you don’t let me chop, I’ll go chop wood on the mountain.”

“Okay, okay, go up the mountain in the middle of the day, aren’t you afraid of angering the mountain god? Hurry up and chop, the stove is waiting.”

He went into the kitchen and saw a piece of meat, “Oh, you bought meat?”

“No, my third aunt bought it.”

Lin Xinghua: “You went to your third uncle’s house?”

“Yeah, I told him about my marriage to Xiaozhen.”

Lin Xinghua’s heart sank, “What did they say?”

“Oh, I was too busy eating watermelon, I forgot to tell you.”

Lin Xinghua: “…”

“Next time, you tell them, Grandpa.”

Lin Xinghua breathed a sigh of relief.

“Your third aunt bought meat, she’s willing to let you take it back to eat?”

“She’s not willing, she’s so angry that she’s smashing things at home, my third uncle forced it on me.”

Lin Xinghua felt a mixture of emotions.

As they were talking, Xie Lin’an had already chopped a lot of wood, he asked, “Grandpa, do you need to chop any more, I’ll chop it while I’m here.”

“There’s a whole pile in the woodshed.”

“Okay, I’ll get it.”

Xie Lin’an soon came back with another bundle of firewood.

Ye Xiaozhen put away her things, she took out the white sugar, sesame seeds, candy, and sesame candy.

Then she cooked with Lin Xinghua.

Lin Xinghua saw so much sugar, he asked Xie Lin’an loudly, who was chopping wood outside, “Are you planning to have a wedding banquet soon?”

Xie Lin’an said, “No rush, I’ll wait until I’m done with this.”

“Then why did you buy so much sugar? It’ll melt in this hot weather.”

“That’s not sugar for the wedding banquet, it’s for sweetening Xiaozhen’s mouth.”