“Fengshou, your sister-in-law and I are going out for a bit, so we'll leave the shop to you.”
Fan Sheng originally didn't plan to go out, but he was worried that it wouldn't be safe for Luo Suyue to go out shopping alone with more than two hundred taels of silver.
Of course, he could go along and help carry things; he couldn't bear to tire his wife out.
Wang Fengshou replied with a smile, "Okay, Brother Sheng, don't worry, I'll definitely take good care of the shop."
He's been working in the shop for so long, he's very skilled at everything from collecting money to making drinks. Even if Fan Sheng isn't in the shop, he's fully confident he can manage it well.
Fan Sheng returned to the backyard and called Luo Suyue to set off. Fan Xiaomei hugged his leg and said in a childish voice, "Daddy, Mommy said we're going out shopping. Yaoyao wants to eat candied hawthorn, okay?"
Fan Sheng smiled and picked her up, bouncing her up and down: "Of course, I'll buy candied hawthorns for my little Yao Yao."
"Brother wants one too! Buy one for brother too!" Fan Xiaomei said excitedly, clapping her hands.
Fan Sheng explained gently, "Your brother is studying at the academy, so the candied hawthorns won't last that long. How about we buy new candied hawthorns when he comes back?"
"No, we can take it to our brother," Fan Xiaomei said, tugging at Fan Sheng's sleeve. In the past, she and her brother would always share delicious food together, and she didn't want to eat it all by herself.
And she really misses her brother. If she goes to give him candied hawthorns, she can see him.
"What are you sending over? What are you two talking about?" Luo Suyue walked out of the room, smoothing her hair.
Fan Sheng chuckled: "My daughter wants to give her brother candied hawthorns."
"How about we send some food over to Yuan'er?" Luo Suyue asked tentatively. She missed her son very much and wondered if he was eating well at the academy.
Fan Sheng glared at him and said with some dissatisfaction, "I won't see him off. Why is he acting so delicate, a boy?"
"Why are you yelling at me like that? Is he my only son? Are you Yuan'er's stepfather? What's wrong with eating a little something? We couldn't afford to eat before, but now that we have money, can't we let the child eat more?" Luo Suyue complained, then kicked Fan Sheng in the shin.
Fan Sheng felt something brush against his calf, but he didn't feel anything at all.
But he still pretended to be in pain from the kick, grimacing as he explained, "Wife, I misspoke. What I meant was that if we go too often, it might disturb Yuan'er's studies."
Luo Suyue gave a coquettish snort: "You should have said that earlier. Why did you have to say something like 'spoiled'? There's no child more sensible than our Yuan'er."
Fan Xiaomei was being held by her father. She looked at this and then at that, covering her mouth and giggling.
Although she couldn't quite understand what her father and mother were saying, she just felt that the way they got along was really nice.
My father was a very good father, unlike the father of the girl in the village, who often beat her and her mother, and the girl always had many bruises on her body.
"What are you thinking about, Yaoyao? Daddy will take you to buy some delicious candied hawthorns," Fan Sheng said, tossing his daughter into the air. Little Fan was so frightened that she cried out for her mother to save her.
Luo Suyue angrily slapped Fan Sheng's arm: "What are you doing now? Don't let your daughter fall."
"Ahem...ahem, I was just teasing her. Yuan'er used to love it when I tossed him high in the air," Fan Sheng said with an awkward laugh.
Luo Suyue secretly rolled her eyes, wondering what this man was thinking. How could a son and a daughter be compared?
The family of three spent the whole afternoon out shopping before returning home, having spent all of Xia Qingqing's two hundred taels of silver.
They spent over thirty taels of silver on various purchases.
The largest item was a gold hairpin that Fan Sheng bought for Luo Suyue, which cost twenty taels of silver.
When buying this hairpin, Fan Sheng almost got into a fight with Luo Suyue. Luo Suyue absolutely refused to buy a gold hairpin, saying that a silver hairpin would be just as good, so why spend more money?
Besides, the hairpin was too eye-catching; she was worried that she might be robbed on the street one day.
However, the silver was ultimately in Fan Sheng's hands, and he quickly handed it over. Luo Suyue was too embarrassed to ask for a refund, and she kept nagging Fan Sheng about his extravagance along the way.
When she returned to the shop, Luo Suyue's expression was still not good, and it was obvious at a glance that she was angry.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong between you and Sheng?" Wang asked cautiously.
Luo Suyue's face showed a hint of embarrassment, but she quickly forced a smile: "It's nothing, just a small disagreement, it'll be fine soon."
She couldn't very well say that she was angry because Fan Sheng bought her a gold hairpin; she was afraid she'd get beaten up if she said that.
Wang expressed her understanding and said nonchalantly, "Hey, what couple doesn't have some minor conflicts? Life is more interesting when there are some arguments. Fengshou and I often argue too."
"Yes, I'll go to the backyard to tidy up first, and then I'll come back to help later," Luo Suyue said with a smile, before heading to the backyard.
Wang quickly nodded: "Okay, there aren't many guests right now, so you can rest in the backyard, sister-in-law."
Fan Sheng placed all the things on the table, and seeing that his wife still didn't seem to care about him, he sighed with a long face.
He shamelessly approached Luo Suyue and said, "Wife, please don't be angry with me, okay? But even if you are angry, I will still buy you a gold hairpin next time."
“You…I really don’t know what to say to you,” Luo Suyue said, at a loss for words.
But actually, there's nothing wrong with Fan Sheng's actions. Any woman would be overjoyed to have such a considerate husband.
She just wasn't used to Fan Sheng's current spending habits. Spending twenty taels of silver on a gold hairpin that he couldn't eat or drink was just burning money.
Fan Sheng's eyes darted around, and suddenly he thought of something. He smiled and said to Luo Suyue, "My wife, think about it from another angle. This hairpin won't break. When Yaoyao grows up, you can pass it on to her as part of her dowry."
“Your daughter is too young to use it now, but you can wear it for another ten years or so. It’s a great deal.”
Luo Suyue was both amused and exasperated by his sophistry, but she also felt that it wasn't entirely unreasonable. If she didn't like wearing it herself, she could put it away and keep it as a dowry for her daughter.
I've heard that wealthy families start preparing dowries for their daughters from a young age, so that they won't be rushed and unprepared when they get married.
She not only had to prepare a dowry for her daughter, but also a betrothal gift for her son. Thinking of this, Luo Suyue suddenly felt full of energy.
She jumped up from the stool and said, "I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to the kitchen to cook. You go to the front and help Fengshou and the others watch the shop."
"Okay...okay," Fan Sheng stared blankly at his wife's back, wondering if he had managed to appease her or not.
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