Chapter 27: Xiaozhen Made Sugar Buns

“Hehe, you’re quite good at coaxing people.”

Ye Xiaozhen blushed and said to Lin Xinghua, “Grandpa, let’s make sugar buns.”

Lin Xinghua: “You mean make sugar buns with sesame seeds and sugar?”

Ye Xiaozhen nodded.

Lin Xinghua smiled, “Okay, I’ll make them with you later.”

Making them together wouldn’t work, if they made them together, she would have to do it all by hand.

A bun only costs a few cents, it’s not worth her doing it all by hand.

She didn’t care, she would make them after he went out to work.

There was only a pound of meat, Ye Xiaozhen went to the field and picked a handful of green peppers, she directly stir-fried a large plate of green pepper and pork strips.

She controlled the heat well, the meat was also marinated well, coated with starch, and stir-fried until tender and smooth.

Xie Lin’an praised her.

“Xiaozhen, even the food I eat at state-owned restaurants isn’t as good as what you make.”

Lin Xinghua also smiled, “Xiaozhen’s cooking is really good, I’ve lived for half my life, and this is the first time I’ve tasted such fragrant stir-fried meat.”

Xie Lin’an suddenly remembered something, he said, “I remember one time I passed by your house, I heard your mother-in-law beating you, she said you wasted food, the food you cooked wasn’t good.”

Ye Xiaozhen was stunned, was she about to be exposed?

No way.

She whispered, “They said it wasn’t good, brother and Grandpa said it was good.”

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Lin Xinghua sighed and said, “They probably just wanted an excuse to beat you, or maybe they beat you too much, so they think it’s good now.”

After hearing his grandpa’s words, Xie Lin’an ate the pork strips, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

How much did Xiaozhen have to endure to make such delicious food?

Ye Zhengguo and his family were a bunch of dogs, they were really not good people.

After lunch, Xie Lin’an went to work again, he said he wouldn’t be back tonight.

In the afternoon, a neighbor came to ask if they wanted to make buns.

Lin Xinghua saw Ye Xiaozhen holding a bottle of shampoo, she was happily heating water, it seemed like she wouldn’t be making buns today.

“We’re not making them today, we’ll make them for two days and rest for one day.”

“Oh, okay, I’ll come back tomorrow then.”

“Okay.”

The old woman Liu saw the big bag of fruit candies and flower candies on their table, she asked, “Are you having a wedding banquet?”

“No, Lin’an said he’ll wait until he’s done with this.”

“Then how long will he be busy for?”

Lin Xinghua thought for a moment and said, “Maybe in half a month.”

“Then why did you buy all these candies? They’ll melt in this hot weather.”

Lin Xinghua smiled, “Those aren’t wedding candies, those are snacks Lin’an bought for his wife.”

“Ah? Two big bags of candy, how much did that cost?”

“I don’t know, now Lin’an earns his own money, I don’t care about him.”

“How can you not care? Young people don’t know their limits, they spend as much as they have. If they don’t save some money now, what will they use to raise children later?”

Lin Xinghua’s smile froze, he waved his hand and said, “I’m old, I can’t manage that anymore.”

Tsk tsk!

Old Lady Liu was so envious, she said, “I didn’t know, your Lin’an is quite good to this little fool.”

So much candy as snacks, won’t her teeth rot?

“Xiaozhen is his wife, he thinks he’s being good to her.”

“Hey, Ye Xiaozhen is quite lucky.”

Old Lady Liu walked away sourly.

She thought, if her son dared to treat his wife like that, she would tear him apart.

What a grown man, still eating candy.

Even if they want to eat it, they should just buy a few to taste, why buy a whole bag?

There’s a whole bag on the table, at least ten pounds.

Old Lady Liu went back, and a few other old ladies came over and asked, “Are they making buns today?”

Old Lady Liu waved her hand, “No, they’re busy.”

“Ah? Busy with what?”

“Busy eating candy.”

Everyone: “…”

Old Lady Liu said, “Xie Lin’an is so good to that fool, he bought at least ten pounds of candy, I thought they were having a wedding banquet, but what happened? Lin Laogui said the wedding banquet isn’t happening yet, that’s candy Xie Lin’an bought for the fool as snacks.”

“What? Ten pounds of candy as snacks? Won’t her teeth rot?”

“Of course, how much did that cost?”

Sour, sweet and sour.

Their husbands didn’t buy them any, they were envious and sour.

“Xie Lin’an is so good to his wife, I wish I had married my daughter to him.”

“Didn’t you dislike him for being a jinx, afraid he would bring you bad luck?”

“Well… that was then, but now the little fool is living a good life.”

“That’s because the little fool is lucky, don’t you remember when she fell into the pond in the middle of the night? She almost died.”

When they talked about this, the women got excited.

“That’s strange, it was in the middle of the night, how could she suddenly go to the pond?”

“Who knows?”

“We should ask her someday.”

“She’s a fool, will she be able to explain it clearly?”

Everyone: “…”

“Hey, you guys, maybe it was a ghost that dragged her there?”

Whoa, that made everyone shiver.

“You’re so scary.”

“Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense, she’s a fool, why would she go to the pond in the middle of the night?”

“That’s right, that’s right, it’s a good thing she’s lucky, she met Liu Da Jie’s son going to the toilet, otherwise she would be dead.”

“Hey, Liu Da Jie, your son saved her life, did they thank you?”

“Who? Who thanked me?”

“It’s…” who should thank her?

Suddenly, everyone fell silent.

One person said, “Maybe Ye Zhengguo and his wife should thank you, the little fool was still their daughter at the time.”

Old Lady Liu rolled her eyes, “I spit, those two have rotten hearts. I heard from my son, they didn’t know if she could be saved at the time, Ye Zhengguo and Sun Qing were worried about wasting money, they didn’t want to save her. If it weren’t for Lin Laogui paying five hundred yuan for her hospital fees, she would have died in the hospital.”

Everyone was still afraid when they talked about it.

Xie Lin’an almost killed his fourth wife.

Old Lady Liu suddenly sighed, “They say there are three sections on a road, one section is always broken, she walked that broken section when she was young, and the rest of the road is good. She’s a fool, but she’s lucky, Lin Laogui is kind, and Xie Lin’an is good to her, her life will be good from now on.”

Although everyone was envious of Xie Lin’an being good to his wife, they also thought that his wife-killing was strange, they didn’t really envy him.

If you want to marry him, you have to be lucky enough to enjoy it.

…

Ye Xiaozhen spent the afternoon making herself smell nice.

Xie Lin’an didn’t come back tonight, she turned on the broken fan, it rattled but didn’t turn.

She forgot to remind Xie Lin’an to buy another fan when they were out today.

He really was, he said he would buy another fan, but he forgot when they were out.

To get some air, she imitated Xie Lin’an and slapped the fan a few times, and then it started to turn.

Well, this broken fan really needs a beating.

She had always been used to sleeping alone, but after having a man for a few nights, she had already gotten used to it.