The next morning, Fu Yucheng rode his bicycle to take Yun Tangyin to the county town to get her medicine.
As he passed a fabric store, he suddenly stopped the car: "Wait a minute."
A moment later, she came out carrying a piece of floral fabric with a small tiger pattern printed on it: "Make a little jacket for the child to match the tiger-head shoes you embroidered."
Yun Tangyin slipped a coin into his pocket: "I have my own money."
"Keep your money to buy rouge." He stuffed the money back into his hand. "I just received my allowance this month."
After getting the medicine, Yun Tangyin suddenly pointed to the stall in front of her and said, "Look at that sugar figurine seller, it's so pretty."
Fu Yucheng quickly took out his money: "I'll buy you a big tiger."
"No need, a small one will do." Yun Tangyin tugged at his arm. "Look at that bamboo stroller, it's so delicate, should we buy one for the child?"
The stall owner, holding up his little cart, smiled and said, "Young lady, you have a good eye. This was made by my son; it can be pushed and pulled."
Fu Yucheng immediately took out his money: "Give me one." He stuffed it into Yun Tangyin's hand, "For the child to push around in."
On the way back, Yun Tangyin touched the stroller and laughed, "You seem to want to buy all the good things in the city for the child."
“That’s right.” Fu Yucheng pedaled his bicycle. “Our child deserves the best.”
When they got home, Jiang Jianhua was sitting in the yard weaving bamboo baskets, waiting for them to return.
Seeing them return, he held up a small bamboo rattle and laughed, "Acheng, look, this one I made is even louder than Erzhuzi's."
Fu Yucheng stuffed a string of candied hawthorns into her hand: "Second sister-in-law, have a taste. I bought them in the county town."
Jiang Jianhua took a bite and smiled, "It's really sweet. By the way, I made you two some mutton soup with black beans in it. Drink it while it's hot."
At the dinner table, Fu Yuanshan suddenly put a piece of mutton into Jiang Jianhua's bowl: "Eat more, it'll help you recover."
He suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, the army is going to hold a bamboo weaving exhibition. Second brother, if you weave some good things, you're sure to win an award."
"I'm not good at making up anything good." Fu Yuanshan scratched his head and laughed. "Your wife is the one with the ideas. Let her draw up some designs for me."
Yun Tangyin ladled a spoonful of soup into his bowl: "The bamboo screen that Second Brother made is quite good. I'll draw a dragon and phoenix pattern for you. It'll definitely win an award."
Lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) at night, Yun Tangyin touched the old scars on Fu Yucheng's arm: "Was it very tough in the army back then?"
"It's not hard work." He held her hand. "Thinking about marrying you makes all the hard work worthwhile."
He suddenly snuggled into her arms, saying, "When we have a child, I'll teach him to say that his parents are the happiest people in the world."
Yun Tangyin leaned closer to him: "Yes, you are the happiest person."
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