After parking the car, Huo Beixiao carefully picked up Jiang Qiaoqiao from the back seat.
The group of middle-aged women and older ladies who had been gossiping under the banyan tree, especially the young wives, couldn't help but feel a little envious and jealous when they saw this scene.
There are so many women in this courtyard, and none of them have ever ridden in a car, let alone been carried into one by their own husbands.
But Jiang Qiaoqiao is so lucky. Not only did she marry a capable husband, but he also spoils her rotten.
"If I had known that Beixiao would love his wife so much, I would have married my daughter to him sooner," an older woman lamented regretfully.
Immediately, someone nearby chimed in, "Oh, you want to be a housewife? You think Huo Beixiao will be happy if you marry your daughter off to him? Don't you even know what Jiang Qiaoqiao looks like, or what your daughter looks like?"
The old woman who was speaking immediately objected when she heard people complaining about her daughter, "What's wrong with my daughter? She has eyes and a nose, how can she not be pretty?"
"It has eyes and a nose, but that's all it is," the person who had just teased him immediately agreed, eliciting a burst of laughter from the crowd.
The old woman walked away grumbling.
Jiang Qiaoqiao realized something was wrong the moment her body was suspended in mid-air.
Hearing the surrounding noise again, she instinctively grabbed whatever she could hold onto.
She opened her eyes and realized that her hand was gripping Huo Beixiao's clothes on his chest.
Besides the firm feel of the pectoral muscles, there was also a small, hard spot under my hand.
Qiaoqiao instantly realized what she had touched and quickly let go of her hand, saying, "I'm sorry..."
But the movement was too large, and her body suddenly tilted to one side, almost rolling off Huo Beixiao's hand.
The next instant, Huo Beixiao's strong hands firmly gripped her body, and his deep, magnetic voice came from above her head, "Don't move."
She froze instantly.
But the temperature on her face rose unconsciously, and soon her whole face turned as red as an apple.
She had overheard the people in the compound talking about it. With so many people in the compound seeing Huo Beixiao carry her back, they might have thought she was...
She looked shy, but Huo Beixiao seemed completely unaffected, carrying her into the house.
"If you're sleepy, sleep a little longer. I'll make lunch," Huo Beixiao said as he placed her on the bed.
Jiang Qiaoqiao was unable to sleep.
She stood up and said, "I woke up in the car. I'll go cook."
As soon as she finished speaking and was about to act, Huo Beixiao stopped her, saying, "If you can't sleep, you should rest for a while. I'll go cook."
Hearing the man's domineering tone, which left no room for argument, Jiang Qiaoqiao knew she couldn't win against him.
She blinked at the man and said, "You must be tired from driving back. Why don't we skip cooking and eat at Mom's? We can also take the snacks we bought yesterday there. I also bought some autumn clothes for them, so we'll pick them up there too."
"Okay." This time, Huo Beixiao did not object.
The two went straight out the door again.
Just as I stepped out, I ran into Aunt Xie, who had helped Aunt Zhao clean up after her last time.
However, Aunt Xie looked at them but did not greet them as warmly as before. Instead, she turned around and was about to leave.
Although Jiang Qiaoqiao was a little puzzled, she still greeted her politely, "Aunt Xie, are you out for a stroll?"
Aunt Xie glanced at her and said, "Don't you dare. You're the boss's wife now. I can't accept you calling me 'Auntie'."
Jiang Qiaoqiao was completely confused by what she was hearing when Aunt Xie's daughter-in-law, Yan Suhua, caught up with her and smiled apologetically at Jiang Qiaoqiao, saying, "Qiaoqiao, my mother has a straightforward temper and her words are sometimes unpleasant to hear, so please don't take it to heart."
After saying that, she caught up with Aunt Xie and left.
Jiang Qiaoqiao felt something was strange, and it wasn't just Aunt Xie and her daughter-in-law who were acting strangely.
The way those people in the courtyard treated them just now was also very strange.
Regardless of what these neighbors thought in the past, they at least treated each other politely on the surface.
After the news of Huo Beixiao's purchase of the cement factory became public, everyone in the courtyard started to fawn over her, becoming more attentive than before.
But when they came back today, everyone was watching them and whispering, but no one went up to greet them.
Could it be that something happened to them during their two days in the provincial capital?
But thinking that they wouldn't understand the situation in a short time unless others told them, they decided to go to the duck products shop first and come back later.
When the two arrived at the duck products shop, Lin Xiaohui and Zheng Yulan had just put the dishes on the table.
Seeing them arrive, he quickly and happily greeted them, "Beixiao, Qiaoqiao, you're back from the provincial capital? Come on, come and eat."
Zhou Ling'er and Xiao Guoqing also hobbled towards Jiang Qiaoqiao.
"Sister Qiaoqiao, is the provincial capital fun? Ling'er misses you."
"Aunt Qiaoqiao, I miss you during the National Day holiday, I miss you during the National Day holiday..." Little Guoqing jumped up and down, eagerly expressing his longing to Jiang Qiaoqiao.
Jiang Qiaoqiao patted the two little ones on the head and handed them a pile of brown paper bags filled with snacks. "I missed you too. Here, your sister brought you some snacks."
The two little ones jumped for joy when they received the snacks.
Wow, preserved plum!
"And candied fruit!"
"There's also old-fashioned cake, chicken leg bread, chestnut cake, so many delicious things!" Zhou Ling'er said, opening a bag and counting the items, her big eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter. "Sister Qiaoqiao, you're the best!"
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