A winding mountain road was quickly completed. When they were almost at Ning's house, Sun Aiju and Zhou Yin came up to them from afar and helped carry things.

Sun Aiju came closer and saw Shen Lie carrying a lot of bags. She smiled so hard that the wrinkles on the corners of her eyes burst open. "Hey, why did you buy so many things? What did you buy?"

Ning Tang continued, "I bought my clothes and shoes, my dad's favorite cakes, mom's favorite fruits, and so many more things."

Sun Aiju was very satisfied in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She just asked sarcastically, "It must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Ning Tang patted Shen Lie's tall body and said with a smile, "It's okay, your aunt has money."

Shen Lie: ...

At the same time, Zhou Yin also walked over to Ning Xue and Su Junyan, ready to help carry their things.

But when she looked around, she couldn't see where her help was needed.

Ning Xue and Su Junyan bought few things, and they were all light items like clothes and cigarettes, so they were not heavy at all to carry.

Zhou Yin took his hand back awkwardly, and when Su Junyan walked to the front, he quickly pulled Ning Xue to chat, "Why are you so stupid? Why did you buy these few things so late? Anyway, it's Su Junyan who paid for it, so it's a waste if you don't spend it. Look how smart Ning Tang is, dragging Shen Lie to buy all those things."

Ning Xue hated to hear people say that Ning Tang was smarter than her. After all, Ning Tang only graduated from junior high school, while she graduated from high school, especially when these words came from her own mother.

The difference between graduating from junior high school and graduating from high school is not just three more years of study. In their entire Shangang Village, the number of people who can be admitted to the municipal high school can be counted on one hand. Ning Xue is one of them, and she has always been proud of this.

So she frowned and said, "I am not stupid at all, Ningtang is stupid. After marriage, we are a family. Junyan's money is my money. If I spend his money, it is also mine."

Zhou Yin thought about it and realized that this was indeed the truth, and his expression couldn't help but relax a little.

Ning Xue continued, "Besides, these things were bought for Junyan and my two stepchildren. Junyan will definitely be grateful for my kindness. Only when I treat him well will he treat me well."

Ning Xue glanced proudly at Ning Tang, who was still showing off to Sun Aiju how many things she had bought. "Ning Tang doesn't understand this principle. Now she only buys things for herself, her uncle and her aunt. Just think about it, what will Shen Lie think of her?"

Zhou Yin still couldn't get over it. "What can I think? Your uncle and aunt are Shen Lie's father-in-law and mother-in-law. Isn't it natural to buy things for them?"

Seeing Zhou Yin was confused, Ning Xue couldn't help but said, "Mom, why don't you understand this? Didn't you always teach me that a woman belongs to someone else's family after she gets married? Similarly, Ning Tang married Shen Lie, and they are a family. Ning Tang still spends his money to buy things for uncle and aunt. In Shen Lie's eyes, what does it look like?"

Zhou Yin asked back, "Like what?"

"It's like turning your elbow outward. Which man can watch his woman use money to support her family?" Ning Xue said with a schadenfreude, "Just wait and see. Shen Lie may hate Ning Tang so much in his heart right now."

Zhou Yin, in fact, also felt that Ning Xue's theory was weird. She wanted to refute it, but when she thought that Ning Xue was the only female high school student in their mountain village who was admitted to high school, she gave up.

After all, high school students these days are very educated.

Anyway, it’s definitely not Ning Xue’s fault. It’s her fault, and it’s also Ning Tang’s fault.

Zhou Yin whispered to Ning Xue for a while, and naturally their pace slowed down.

Su Junyan was walking in front, and when he saw the two people behind him hadn't caught up, he turned back and asked, "Mother-in-law, Ning Xue, why aren't you leaving?"

Ning Xue quickly pulled Zhou Yin and smiled, "My shoelaces got loose just now."

"Oh, is that so?" said Su Junyan.

Zhou Yin was brainwashed by Ning Xue's theory, and immediately felt that she should also be nice to her son-in-law, so that her son-in-law would be nice to his daughter.

Even though Su Junyan didn't have much in her hands, Zhou Yin still stepped forward and offered her courtesy, "Aunt, let me help you carry some."

Su Junyan avoided Zhou Yin's hand and said with a smile, "No need, mother-in-law, I can carry it myself."

Zhou Yin frowned and said, "That won't work." She pointed at Sun Aiju who was helping Shen Lie share the things and said, "My sister-in-law is helping her aunt carry the things."

Su Junyan said, "That's because Shen Lie is ignorant. I'm a man, how can I let a woman carry things?"

In fact, all the things Su Junyan bought could not fit into two bags, and one bag in each hand was more than enough.

Shen Lie did buy a lot of things. Sun Aiju and Ning Tang helped to carry some of the things, but the heavy ones were still in Shen Lie's hands.

But Zhou Yin and Ning Xue were obviously fooled by Su Junyan's words.

Zhou Yin couldn't help but pull Ning Xue aside to gossip, "My dear, you have good taste. No, it's us who have good taste and are smart to pick such a good son-in-law."

Ning Xue was also very pleased, "That's right, see? If you treat him well, he will treat you well. Auntie has to help Shen Lie carry things, but you don't have to."

When we got back to Ning's house, it was time for dinner.

Ning Xue walked into the kitchen as usual and started cooking, and Zhou Yin went to help her.

Sun Aiju took all the things that Shen Lie bought back to the house, intending to divide them up. For example, the clothes and shoes bought for Ningtang could be packed up and taken with them when they went to Hailang Island, while the cakes and fruits could be eaten directly after being unpacked. The journey was so long that they would get spoiled if taken there.

Ning Tang followed Sun Aiju into the house. Sun Aiju gathered her things, opened a bag of apples, and stuffed two into Ning Tang's hands, "Wash them and eat them."

Ningtang was not hungry yet, so she took two apples and tossed them around for fun.

Sun Aiju packed up her things and thought she had washed the apples, but she saw her playing with the apples. She couldn't help but scold her, "You're already married and a young wife, but you're still so playful."

Ning Tang laughed, "So what if I'm married? I'm still your daughter."

Sun Aiju sat on the kang, took the apple from her hand and peeled it with a knife, "Silly girl, things are different after you get married."

She put the peeled apple into Ning Tang's hand, looked outside, and whispered, "Hey, you bought all these things today, and they are all for you to use. They are what your father and I like to eat. Did Shen Lie tell you?"

Ning Tang thought carefully while eating an apple, then shook his head and said, "No."

When the two of them went shopping in a department store, Ning Tang would basically buy whatever she liked and Shen Lie would pay for it.

Hearing that her aunt didn't say a word, Sun Aiju's heart did not fall, but was lifted up, "Will your aunt have any opinion on you?"

"No way?" Ning Tang said, "What can you say?"

"You're being too opinionated." Sun Aiju slapped her thigh, "Take me and your father for example. Last time, I was greedy and used my money to buy two handkerchiefs. Your father, this old man, didn't say anything on the surface, but he kept remembering it in his heart. When we had a fight a few days ago, he brought it up and scolded me."

Ning Tang was quite surprised, "No way, my dad holds a grudge like that?"

Sun Aiju rolled her eyes at her and said, "What do you think? Sometimes men have their own secrets. They don't say it on the surface, but they remember it in their hearts."

Ning Tang still felt that Shen Lie was not the kind of person who was petty and secretly holding grudges. After all, he was quite generous and straightforward when paying.

Seeing that she didn't believe him, Sun Aiju simply said, "How about this, you can give your aunt some advice and ask him, so that you can be more careful about how to spend money in the future."

Ning Tang, do you think this is necessary?

But what Sun Aiju said actually made sense. It wouldn't hurt to just ask, it wouldn't save any money.

As the saying goes, listen to advice and you will have a full meal.

Sun Aiju is her biological mother, how could she harm her?

Besides, Ning Tang felt that it was feasible to use this matter to judge Shen Lie.

After making good plans, Ning Tang left the house and went to find Shen Lie.

Shen Lie was chopping wood in the yard. He rolled up his sleeves, stood in a horse stance, raised the axe high, and with a "whoosh" sound, a piece of wood as thick as a bowl was split into two halves.

Ning Tang stood aside and watched, raised his eyebrows, and thought, Shen Lie is still quite strong.

Shen Lie stood up and stretched his muscles. He caught a glimpse of Ning Tang's figure from the corner of his eye. "Stay away. Be careful not to be scratched by the flying wood chips."

Ning Tang nodded, walked four or five steps away from Shen Lie, and sat down on the firewood pile. "Hey, let me ask you something."

Shen Lie's hands kept moving. "Ask."

Ning Tang put her hands on her knees, propped up her chin with both hands, and watched Shen Lie working. "All the things you bought today are for me. You didn't buy anything for you. Are you angry?"

Sun Aiju was eavesdropping behind the curtain. She was so angry when she heard her daughter's straightforward question.

Silly girl! I asked you to play a supporting role, but you are hitting the drum directly into someone's ears!

Shen Lie was also stunned by Ning Tang's question, and his hand movements paused for a moment, but only for a moment, and he continued to work, "What's wrong with buying all yours? Are you like your cousin, buying all Su Junyan's? I should have bought yours. I wish you could dress up beautifully so that I can look more impressive when I go out."

Shen Lie stopped what he was doing and looked at Ning Tang seriously. "If a man dresses himself up nicely and his wife wears tattered clothes, is he still a man?"

Ning Tang looked at Shen Lie with curiosity. This guy seemed to be very conscious.

Not to mention this era, even in her previous life, there were few men with such high awareness.

With this realization, let alone a widow raising three kids, even if you are a widow raising a group of calabash babies, as long as you love your wife and treat her well, the situation will definitely not be too bad.

Anyway, after hearing what Shen Lie said, Ning Tang looked at Shen Lie with a more favorable attitude.

Sun Aiju, who was eavesdropping behind the curtain, was extremely satisfied with Shen Lie.

Ning Tang curled up the corners of her mouth and patted Shen Lie on the shoulder, "Very good, keep it up."