Chapter 23

The salesperson handed the vanishing cream to Li Yao. Seeing that he was handsome, the salesperson smiled and teased him, “You bought it for your wife, right? You just got married?”

Li Yao nodded slightly: “Yeah.”

“Young man, I can tell you love your wife. You’re willing to buy her some vanishing cream!” The salesperson took out a red hairpin from under the counter and said, “It was newly delivered yesterday. Buy one for your wife. She’ll definitely be happy.”

“How much?” Li Yao asked.

“Sixty cents.” The salesperson was afraid that Li Yao would despise the expensive item, so he hurriedly said, “This hairpin is of good quality and looks high-end. Young girls like it.”

“Take two.”

“Okay~”

After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Yao went into a state-owned restaurant and bought a few steamed buns. He then packed two dishes in a lunch box and put them in his shoulder bag, then rode his bike back to the village.

He had the opportunity to go to town to buy something today because he needed anthelmintic for the milk raised in the brigade’s livestock shed.

So when he got back to the village, he first went to the livestock shed to deliver the medicine, then returned the car, and then went back home.

When I got home, they were just having dinner.

“Go, bring the food to your wife in the house.” Sister-in-law Bai Jinfeng served Ning Jia a bowl of porridge, two steamed buns, and half a bowl of shredded white radish, and placed them on the stove.

Li Yao responded, picked up the food and went back to the house.

Ning Jia was lying on the kang, bored, thinking about ways to make money. When he saw Li Yao bringing in the meal, he struggled to sit up.

“It’s time for dinner.” Li Yao put the food on the table and went to carry her off the kang.

“I can do it myself.” Ning Jia was still a little uncomfortable.

She is used to being independent, and she feels a little embarrassed when she is always being hugged by others.

“Don’t show off.” Li Yao carried her to the stool without saying anything.

Ning Jia looked at the food in front of him and really lost his appetite.

I made more than 30 yuan yesterday, but unfortunately I couldn’t even have a bowl of meat soup.

“Oh…” She sighed and picked up the chopsticks.

Li Yao saw that she didn’t want to eat, and curled the corners of his mouth slightly, but didn’t say anything.

He took out a new door bolt from his bag and went behind the door to tinker with it.

“Aren’t you going to eat? Why are you bolting the door now?” Ning Jia asked.

“Yeah.” Li Yao didn’t say why, but just continued to install it.

Quickly, he installed the latch and locked the door.

“What’s the point of locking the door?” Ning Jia didn’t understand and asked casually.

Li Yao walked to the table, unzipped his shoulder bag, and took out two lunch boxes wrapped in towels.

“We’re having this tonight.”

“What is this?” Ning Jia lifted the towel wrapped around him and opened the lunch box.

The moment he saw what was inside, his eyes lit up instantly.

“Braised pork!!!”

“Yeah.” Li Yao then opened the other one and pushed it in front of her, “Sweet and sour spare ribs.”

“Oh my god, am I dreaming?”

“No, it’s real.” Li Yao said as he took out an oil paper bag from his bag. He opened the bag and found four meat buns inside.

The bun skin was soaked in the soup, and the aroma of meat came out from it.

“Wow! I’m so happy!” I haven’t had a good meat meal for so many days, and today I actually have the freedom to eat meat.

If it weren’t for the injury on her foot, she really wanted to jump a few times happily.

“You went into town today?”

Li Yao nodded: “I went to buy some anthelmintics for the cows in the cowshed, and brought you some food. Do you like it?”

“I like it! I like it very much! Ahhhhh ~ Li Yao, I love you so much!” Ning Jiayi was excited. He hooked his hands around Li Yao’s neck and tilted his head back to kiss him on the face.

“Ahem.” Li Yao’s face turned red instantly.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” Ning Jia quickly let go of him. “I tend to get carried away when I’m proud! I didn’t mean it!”

“It’s okay. I know. Eat it quickly, or it won’t taste good if it gets cold.” Li Yao said.

“Okay.” Ning Jia picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, with a satisfied expression on his face, “Mm, it’s delicious!”

After finishing the meat, he grabbed another big meat bun and took a bite.

So fragrant!

Why didn’t I think meat could be so delicious before?

Ning Jia was eating to her heart’s content when she suddenly realized that Li Yao was standing beside her and watching her.

Ning Jia hurriedly grabbed a meat bun and stuffed it into his hand: “Eat it quickly, you eat too!”

Li Yao raised the corner of his mouth slightly: “Okay.”

The two people ate up all the meat and vegetables in the house, leaving only one meat bun.

Ning Jia stroked her round belly, smacking her lips as she savored the delicious taste: “It would be nice if I could eat meat more often in the future.”

“able.”

“real?”

“Um.”

“Then I believe you!” Ning Jia smiled sweetly at him, “Thank you for remembering to bring me some delicious food! I’m afraid I won’t be able to go to the black market tomorrow night, so I’ll have to trouble you and Fifth Brother.”

“Just take good care of yourself at home.” Li Yao said, taking out two red hairpins from his pocket and placing them in front of Ning Jia, “This is for you.”

Ning Jia looked at the bright red hairpin. Although it was not very exquisite, it was quite beautiful.

What girl doesn’t love beauty?

She immediately took it and put it on her head, looked at Li Yao with a smile and asked him: “How is it? Do you think it’s beautiful?”

Under the candlelight, her face was soft and hazy, and her eyes were bright and lively, which made Li Yao’s heart flutter.

“nice.”

“I think it looks good too.”

“As long as you like it.” Li Yao said, and took out another box of vanishing cream from his pocket, “This is also for you.”

Ning Jia was happy: “Li Yao, how many things did you buy? Take them all out at once, right?”

“No more.” Li Yao stretched out his trouser pocket to show her.

Ning Jia smiled and fiddled with the vanishing cream in her hand. She opened it, lowered her head and smelled it, then nodded with satisfaction.

“You bought so many things for me, didn’t you buy anything for yourself?” she asked.

Li Yao: “I don’t need anything.”

“Okay.” Ning Jia smiled, “You gave me so many things, I will give you something next time.”

“Yeah.” Li Yao responded softly.

Bang, bang, bang——

There was a knock on the door.

Ning Jia hurriedly collected the lunch boxes, fearing that he would be discovered.

Li Yao asked through the door: “Who is it?”

Old Lady Xu’s voice came: “It’s me. I’ve been here for quite some time. Why don’t you come to eat? Why did you lock the door?”

Li Yao: “I came back tired and took a rest. I just changed my clothes. I’ll be out now.”

“Hurry up, there will be no food if you come late.”

“good.”

Li Yao brought two steamed buns and half a bowl of white radish strips back to the main room and placed the things directly on the table.

“What? Why doesn’t your wife eat?”

“She doesn’t like these things.” Li Yao said as he sat down.

“Won’t you be hungry if you don’t eat?” Bai Jinfeng asked.

“It doesn’t matter. Since she doesn’t want to eat, just let her starve! When she’s hungry tomorrow morning, she’ll eat naturally.” Li Yao said expressionlessly.

When Old Lady Xu heard this, she felt much better: “Old Six, you did the right thing, but you can’t indulge her bad habits.”

Li Yao hummed, served himself a bowl of porridge, and lowered his head to drink.

“Eh? Where does the smell of meat come from?” Zhaodi’s childish voice rang out, “Why is there a smell of meat as soon as Uncle Six comes in?”

Everyone’s eyes were instantly focused on Li Yao.