Even though the marriage between the two families was negotiated, Shen Lie and Su Junyan only took three days of annual leave this time. After the finalization, they still had to return to the army to report their marriage.

On the morning of May 7, Shen Lie and Su Junyan returned to the army.

On June 4th, the marriage report was approved, and Shen Lie and Su Junyan came to Shangang Village to formally propose marriage.

Su Junyan and Ning Xue were both getting married for the second time, so they didn't want to make a big fuss and just simply treated their family to a meal.

Ning Weiguo and Sun Aiju spent a lot of time and money on holding a grand wedding for their daughter Ning Tang, and treated the villagers to a buffet that lasted a day and a night.

On June 8th, Shen Lie and Su Junyan will take Ning Tang and Ning Xue to Hailang Island to join the army.

According to the rules of Shangang Village, when marrying a daughter of a wealthy family, in addition to giving a dowry, one must also buy two sets of clothes for the new bride.

This depends mainly on the financial situation of each family. If a person is rich, he can buy two sets of clothes and everyone will envy him. If a person is poor, he can buy a pillowcase and no one will say anything.

Last time, Shen Lie and Su Junyan came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Apart from the betrothal money they brought with them, they didn't buy anything else. So this time they came back and had to make up for it after the wedding.

So the day before leaving, Shen Lie and Su Junyan took Ning Tang and Ning Xue to a department store in the city.

To get from Shangang Village to the city, one has to go through a winding mountain road. The four of them took the village's donkey cart and it took two hours of twists and turns to reach the city.

Arriving in the city, the four of them headed straight for the department store.

Because they wanted to buy different things, Shen Lie and Ning Tang, and Su Junyan and Ning Xue went separately.

Su Junyan led Ning Xue to the counter that sold ready-made clothes and fabrics. He glanced at the counter and smiled at Ning Xue, "I brought a lot of fabric coupons. You can buy whatever you want. You are good-looking, so beautiful clothes can suit you. Buy a few more pieces to change into."

Su Junyan is handsome, well-spoken, and generous. The female sales clerks at the counter all look at Ning Xue with envy.

Ning Xue was bathed in the envious gazes of the crowd and smiled slightly, "I have enough clothes to wear. When I got married, my mother made me two new clothes. The styles are very fashionable."

After saying that, she walked straight to the counter and picked up a small navy blue shirt, which was obviously a ready-made garment for children. She gestured and said, "You have two children, who are only seven years old this year. They are both growing up, and you are worried that their clothes will be too short. Use these coupons to buy clothes for them. I won't use them."

Su Junyan was stunned when he heard this. He really didn't expect that he originally brought Ning Xue here to buy clothes, but Ning Xue kept refusing to buy anything and instead thought about his twins.

It is a blessing for his two precious sons to have a stepmother who starts thinking about the children before they even enter the house.

Su Junyan was deeply moved and said softly, "Then I'll listen to you."

Ning Xue picked out four sets of clothes for the twins. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a men's sweatshirt. She picked it up and said to Su Junyan, "I'll buy you another one. I heard that Hailang Island is very hot, and sweatshirts are breathable and comfortable to wear."

Su Junyan was very grateful for Ning Xue's kindness to him, but after buying four pieces of clothing in a row, even if they were for the children, he had already used up most of his cloth coupons. What he had just said about letting Ning Xue buy whatever she wanted was actually just empty talk.

He stammered, "Well, the undershirt is... the army will give us training uniforms, and we can wear them..."

Ning Xue was such a shrewd person. From Su Junyan's hesitating words and the way he touched his pockets, she could tell that he was short of money.

So before Su Junyan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ning Xue, "Junyan, it's okay, I have cloth coupons, I'll buy it for you."

When Ning Xue said this to Su Junyan, she considerately pulled him aside and whispered to him, giving Su Junyan enough face.

Su Junyan hesitated and said, "It's not good to use your coupons. I remember my mother-in-law mentioned that those cloth coupons were bought at a high price on the black market, and you were asked to keep them for making your own bedding."

Ning Xue glanced at him coquettishly, "What are you talking about? We are a family. Isn't it the same to use your things or mine?"

Ning Xue was already very good-looking, and when Su Junyan glanced at her, he felt relaxed all over, and immediately responded happily, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

After buying all the sweatshirts, Su Junyan, who was carrying large and small bags, had only one thought.

With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?

Let’s talk about Shen Lie and Ning Tang. Ning Tang was strolling around when he arrived at a shoe store.

Shen Lie brought her to the department store to buy things for her. Ning Tang didn't hesitate and went straight into the store.

Although the styles of shoes in shoe stores these days were not as trendy as those in later generations, there were still many styles. Ning Tang fell in love with a pair of white women's plastic sandals at first sight. When he asked the price, he was told that they were three yuan a pair, which was quite expensive.

Unexpectedly, Shen Lie paid for it without saying a word.

Ning Tang was a little shocked by his generosity, "You are paid well? You can buy a pair of three-dollar shoes just like that."

Shen Lie took the bag from the salesperson and replied, "It's OK. I promised to take you out to buy things. I can't go back on my word."

Ning Tang raised an eyebrow, "Do you usually buy three-dollar shoes?"

"How is that possible? The money didn't just come from the wind." Shen Lie said, "The army has issued shoes, and I wear them."

Ning Tang's eyes swept over Shen Lie's feet. As Shen Lie said, he was wearing the green rubber shoes issued by the army. And they looked like they had been worn for some time, with the edges of the shoes having come undone.

After buying the shoes, Shen Lie took Ning Tang to a clothing store to buy a set of ready-made clothes, and then went to a pastry shop to weigh two kilograms of pastries and bought a few bags of candy and fruits...all of which were specifically requested by Ning Tang.

After a round of shopping, Shen Lie's hands were filled with bags.

Ning Tang expressed great satisfaction.

The two couples came together and looked at each other.

Shen Lie and Ning Tang bought all Ning Tang's clothes and shoes, as well as Ning Tang's favorite snacks, Ning Tang's skin care products such as clam oil, and even food and daily necessities for Ning Weiguo's grandson Aiju...

And what Su Junyan and Ning Xue bought included clothes of the Su family twins Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu, Su Junyan's sweatshirt, and the Double Happiness brand cigarettes that Su Junyan liked to smoke... Anyway, it seemed that they bought a lot, but none of them were for Ning Xue to use herself.

The four returned with a full load and rode a donkey cart all the way back to Shangang Village.

The donkey cart only took them to places close to the village, and they had to walk a winding mountain road by themselves.

Shen Lie and Su Junyan were walking in front, carrying bags. Su Junyan was next to Shen Lie, showing off to him, "My wife is so good. I took her to a department store and let her pick out what she likes. But she ended up buying all my and my sons' stuff."

Shen Lie hummed.

Seeing that Shen Lie didn't respond, Su Junyan became even more excited.

He took a quick glance and saw that everything Shen Lie was holding was bought for Ning Tang, not Shen Lie. He couldn't help but secretly smile and began to show off to Shen Lie, "Look at this sweatshirt, Ning Xue said the weather on Hailang Island was hot, so she paid out of her own pocket to buy me one. I'm not someone who lacks that little bit of money, but I still have to accept the kindness of my wife, right?"

Shen Lie glanced at the sweatshirt that Su Junyan showed. The fabric seemed to be Dacron, and it was estimated that Ning Xue had spent a lot of money on it.

Wow, Ning Xue is really willing to spend money.

Su Junyan saw Shen Lie focusing on the sweatshirt and thought that Shen Lie was jealous, so he took out the Double Happiness cigarettes that Ning Xue bought for him and said, "And this, I was going to buy Ning Xue two boxes of clam oil for her face, but she said there was no need to waste the money and that it would be enough to just pat her face with water. It would be better to save the money and buy me two boxes of cigarettes for social events."

"Alas..." Su Junyan sighed, "How come I got such a good wife? Compared with my spendthrift ex-wife, there is a huge difference."

Shen Lie said, "Your ex-wife treated you well. She gave birth to a pair of twin sons for you and took care of the housework for you every day. It was also very hard."

It is said that a person's character can be seen from his breakup or divorce. In his heart, Shen Lie still looked down on people like Su Junyan, who slandered their ex-partners even after they had a current one. He couldn't help but say a few words for Su Junyan's ex-wife.

After all, Su Junyan's ex-wife is not a bad person. Apart from spending money lavishly, her love for Su Junyan and his twin sons Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu is genuine.

Otherwise, with Shen Lie's personality, he would not respond even if Su Junyan praised Ning Xue to the sky.

Su Junyan couldn't stand being contradicted by others, so he stopped and pulled Shen Lie to talk about the pros and cons of his ex-wife and Ning Xue in detail, which made Shen Lie dizzy.

Finally, Su Junyan glanced at Ning Tang who was lying behind the two of them, and said smugly, "I am the best at judging women. Shen Lie, I am not saying this, but I think Ning Tang doesn't look like someone who can live a good life. Your hard days are still ahead."

Shen Lie: "...whatever you say is what it is."

The two men in front were having a small meeting, and Ning Xue was chatting with Ning Tang behind them.

Of course, it was Ning Xue who made the unilateral comments and Ning Tang listened passively.

When they were riding in the donkey cart just now, the four of them put all the things they bought in the cart. Once the bags were opened, they could see everything they bought. Of course, Ning Xue saw Ning Tang dragging Shen Lie to buy a lot of things she liked.

Ning Xue felt that she and Ning Tang were cousins ​​after all. Even if they didn't get along well at home, they would marry together and go to Hailang Island to join the army in the future, so they had to take care of each other.

So she had to pull Ning Tang aside and have a few words from her heart, to teach her how to behave. "Cousin, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you really don't know how to be considerate. You bought all these things, but not a single one was bought for my cousin's husband."

Ning Tang was stunned. "Ah? Isn't this the custom of our Shangang Village? After getting married, isn't it normal for the man to take the woman to buy things for her?"

"Tsk." Ning Xue couldn't help but glared at her. "That's what you say, but after you get married, you live as a family. Buying things for you and for him is the same, isn't it? A good woman who loves her man should buy more things for him. That's what a good wife should do."

Ning Tang always felt that this sounded strange, but she didn't know how to refute it, "Then you only buy things for men, but we women don't buy things for ourselves?"

Unexpectedly, Ning Xue looked at her in surprise and said earnestly, "Have you ever heard the saying, 'Giving roses to others will leave a lingering fragrance on your hands'? Buying things for yourself doesn't give you a sense of accomplishment, but buying things for men is different. You see him wearing the clothes you bought, smoking the cigarettes you bought, and spending the money you earned. Shouldn't your heart be filled with joy? Besides, he's not another man, he's your husband, your heaven, your earth, and your support!"

Ning Tang's brows were almost knotted. "Giving roses to others and leaving the fragrance on your hands doesn't seem to work that way. I'm not even satisfied myself, how can I care about others? Not to mention that he is my husband, even the Jade Emperor can't do it."

Ning Xue was stunned, and after a long while she managed to say, "You didn't go to high school, you are uneducated, I won't talk to you."

Ning Tang: ...