Chapter 96: Surprise
The next morning, Chen Xiangbei got up, pounding her waist and hips, her eyes full of accusations.
She walked to the new wooden box that came as a dowry in the house and unlocked it.
After discussing it, the two of them put the "huge sum of more than 980 yuan" last night into this large locked wooden box together with clothes and other things.
It's only been put away for one night and it's time to take it out again. It'll come in handy.
Nine hundred and eighty may seem like a lot, but based on Liang Ziqiang's recent spending, it would all be spent in a few days.
He mentioned the boat to her last night. Chen Xiangbei was surprised to hear that the price of the fishing boat he was going to buy was twice that of the wedding boat. However, she decided to listen to him on all matters related to her future livelihood and "money prospects", so she was surprised but agreed.
After deducting the seven hundred, there is a remaining two hundred or so, from which part should be used to purchase pots, pans, earthenware jars, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice, flour, grains, and rice jars.
Since we have separated, we have to cook our own meals and bring a whole set of supplies home.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. The big pot meal will continue for two more days until the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the festival, everyone will cook their own meals.
Early in the morning, the young couple went to town together.
When it comes to buying household items, Chen Xiangbei is much better at it than Liang Ziqiang.
"For the two of us plus the baby, a cooking pot shouldn't be too big or too small. Hmm, that's not right...what if there's more than one baby? It's better to buy a bigger one. This is it!"
It's a long-term consideration...
In a short while, he had bought a wide variety of items.
Fortunately, Liang Ziqiang brought a larger basket with him. He carried the rice cooker, vegetable pot, bulk oil from the oil press, rice, noodles, soy sauce, and a large rice jar.
It’s Mid-Autumn Festival, so we must buy moon cakes, grapefruit, pork and candy.
Eating for myself is only one aspect. The main thing is that I have to accompany her to her parents' home and give holiday gifts to my father-in-law and mother-in-law.
After buying all the gifts, the two were walking down the street when they heard someone shouting, "Popsicles! White sugar popsicles and mung bean popsicles!"
I saw someone carrying a foam plastic box covered with a towel on his shoulder, walking through the crowd and selling popsicles along the street.
He noticed that the moment Chen Xiangbei turned her head to look at him, her dark eyes flashed and her expression seemed obviously attracted.
That expression was exactly the same as Lizhi and the other little girls in the village had when they saw the popsicle box! After all, she was still a girl! I guess when she was little, she must have chased after the popsicle box...
"Let's go and take a look?" Liang Ziqiang walked towards the place selling popsicles.
"Hey! I'm not a little girl anymore, why would I want to eat popsicles!" She kept objecting, but her feet followed him.
"Three cents for white sugar, five cents for mung bean, and we have something even better, square popsicles, one cent each. Which one do you want?" The popsicle seller quickly put down the box and asked them.
"Then let's have a square ice cream!" Liang Ziqiang thought, the more expensive it is, the better it tastes.
"Just sugar..."
"Take it all out!"
"Then you buy it too, I'll buy it if you buy it!"
"Okay, okay, give me two!"
After giving each other two cents, the two walked in the not-too-strong morning sun while licking ice cream.
Although it is not as rich in variety and beautifully packaged as the later ice creams, this old ice cream tastes delicious and pure when eaten! Liang Ziqiang twisted his neck and suddenly took a bite of her ice cream.
Chen Xiangbei was extremely contemptuous: "What are you doing! You are obviously doing the same thing, and you are stealing my food!"
"Hey, bite it back!"
"I don't want yours!"
Liang Ziqiang looked at her protecting the ice cream and laughed very happily.
Near noon, he took her to a restaurant to eat pig's trotter rice noodle. In this restaurant, pig's trotter rice noodle was the most expensive rice noodle. She complained about him wasting money while eating, but it didn't stop her from eating it all up.
"Why don't you look full yet? Give me another bowl, boss!"
"I really don't want it anymore... If you really want to, we'll have to share it!"
She said they were sharing the meal, but in the end, half of the bowl went into her little mouth.
Chen Xiangbei was a big eater when she was young. Although she was slim, she had a big appetite. In her previous life, she lost her appetite because she fell ill.
I am a foodie, but I don't gain weight. Could it be that all the weight has gone to two places on my upper body?
Liang Ziqiang thought to himself as he recalled what happened last night.
They had almost finished buying things and were ready to go home, but Chen Xiangbei pulled him and said, "Don't go back yet, come with me to a place!"
Seeing that there was still a hint of mystery on her face, Liang Ziqiang followed her curiously.
The further I walked, the more familiar the place became, and I actually arrived at the same tailor shop that the couple had run last time.
Before getting married, they went to this tailor shop together and asked the couple to measure their body sizes and make the groom's and bride's suits. At the same time, he also asked the shop to make three sets of new clothes for her according to the ready-made sizes.
He didn't quite understand why they came here again today? As soon as they entered, the couple recognized them and quickly took out three sets of tops and pants: "Time is tight, we rushed out the wedding dress and your wife's three sets of clothes last time, and your three sets will be made later!"
Liang Ziqiang was a little confused: "I didn't order it?"
"Ask your wife!" The female shop owner pursed her lips with a smile.
"Oh!" Liang Ziqiang probably realized that Chen Xiangbei had secretly told the other party about this, so he took out some money from his pocket and asked, "How much? Three sets should be about 60 yuan, right?"
"It's sixty, yes, but she gave the money a long time ago!"
"Where did you get the money?" Liang Ziqiang was really surprised.
"Ji He, have you forgotten? I bought this for you, and there's still a lot left!" The more surprised Chen Xiangbei looked at him, the more smug she became, as if her little conspiracy had succeeded.
I will also secretly give him surprises!
On the way back, it was Liang Ziqiang's turn to nag: "You really wasted money!"
"I'd love to! If you dress nicer, I'll find it more pleasing to the eye. It's not for you..."
"…I agreed to give it to the baby later."
"You don't have a baby yet. Once you have one, no one will look at you straight in the eye..."
“…”
Liang Ziqiang suddenly felt a little regretful. He worked so hard last night and was so eager to have a baby. Wasn’t it a bit too hasty?
Instead of going home directly, the two took another road to Huagu Village and stopped by their father-in-law's house to deliver the Mid-Autumn Festival gift one day in advance.
After all, he would not have time to come to his father-in-law's house to celebrate the festival tomorrow. He had to go to the county town to look at and book a boat.
The two brothers-in-law looked much better when they saw him. It was probably because they had personally experienced the wedding on water and felt that their younger sister had married in a very glorious way!
When his father-in-law and mother-in-law learned that he was going to the county town to buy another boat tomorrow, and it would be a longer and bigger boat, they were surprised for a while.
After he roughly understood the whole story, the surprise on his face was replaced by relief.
If the son-in-law buys a big boat, he can catch more fish and make more money, which will ensure his daughter's future happiness. If the daughter and son-in-law live a prosperous life, the old couple will be proud. They naturally understand the simplest logic!
The next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although the Mid-Autumn Festival was not a good time for weddings, it was still possible to look at and book boats.
You can go to the "Fengshou Shipyard" in the county town by land or water.
Since they had to walk to the town to transfer by land, the father and son decided to take the water route in their own gondola.
For the first time, I will own a boat that truly belongs to me, and it is the largest boat among all the fishermen in the village...
Liang Ziqiang was still very nervous and excited along the way, much more excited than the time he bought the gondola.
As the gondola slowly approached the "Fengshou Shipyard", Liang Ziqiang stood at the bow and looked at it, his face gradually showing shock...
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