Lin Chaosheng and Liang Mei worked together to coax Zhao Shufang, so how could Zhao Shufang still be angry?
He glared at them both with a smile, then pushed them away and said, "Alright, alright, you two are really putting on a show for me. It would be strange if I could get angry."
"I'm going inside to rest. You two can do whatever you want. But let me make this clear: safety comes first."
Zhao Shufang tapped Lin Chaosheng's shoulder with the stick in her hand, warning him: "Let me tell you, you can't just take Xiaomei around everywhere just because you have a bicycle. She's heavily pregnant, and the baby will be hurt by the bumpy ride of your bicycle."
"Mom, we know that, so don't worry. Xiaomei and I aren't people who don't know what's important."
Lin Chaosheng quickly assured her, and seeing his sincere attitude, Zhao Shufang gave up and turned to go back into the house.
"You scared me to death! I thought Mom was really going to beat you to death today."
Liang Mei covered her chest, her face flushed, looking just like a shy little rabbit.
Lin Chaosheng's heart stirred upon seeing this, and he hugged the person, saying, "What are you thinking about? You're always so full of nonsense. That's my own mother. At most, she'll hit me a couple of times. When have you ever seen her really be harsh with me?"
"Too."
"Alright, let's get some rest. We don't have anything to do after breakfast tomorrow morning, so I'll take you shopping in the county town."
The two slept soundly until dawn.
Liang Mei was very happy because she knew she was going to the county town today. She hummed a little tune while cooking breakfast that morning.
"Sis, why are you so happy?"
Liang Fu was packing up his things to set up a stall when he saw Liang Mei so happy and couldn't help but ask her something.
Su Hang nodded in agreement, "Yes, it's rare to see my sister-in-law so happy."
Liang Mei flipped the egg pancake in the pan and said, "After breakfast, your older brother will take me to the county to buy fabric."
"I saw Brother Chaosheng buy a new bicycle yesterday. It's the best bicycle available now, an 82-inch big-bar Phoenix brand. It costs at least 160 yuan!"
Su Hang said enviously from the side, she felt that Lin Chaosheng was really good to his sister-in-law.
Thinking it over carefully, the Lin family was the happiest family she had ever met.
From Liang Mei's perspective, it was an unexpected stroke of luck, like a pie falling from the sky.
After all, Liang Mei and Liang Fu lost their parents during a famine. Later, Liang Mei married Lin Chaosheng, who insisted on separating the family property because of her.
Although Zhao Shufang and Lin Shanhai were not very happy at the time, they reluctantly separated their households for the sake of the young couple's happiness.
But it wasn't like they just abandoned the family after the separation. She had heard from Lin Shansheng and the others about the outrageous things Lin Chaosheng had done back then.
Even in that situation, Zhao Shufang and her husband never said they would sever their father-son relationship with Lin Chaosheng, which shows how much they truly loved him.
For Liang Mei, those few months were indeed like a nightmare, but fortunately, Lin Chaosheng saw the error of his ways at a critical moment and led everyone to live a good life that they never dared to dream of before.
He was always willing to grant Liang Mei's requests, which meant that his hard times had finally come to an end.
Her in-laws weren't too much trouble, her brother-in-law was capable, and her husband was even more so. If she were Liang Mei, she would be overjoyed in her dreams.
Breakfast was simple: a soup, an egg pancake, and some homemade pickles.
After breakfast, everyone went about their own business.
Lin Chaosheng went to the house and took a look. The house had been under construction for a month and was almost finished.
I estimate we can finish work in a few more days.
After looking at the house, Lin Chaosheng went home to find Liang Mei.
Liang Mei had just changed her clothes when Lin Chaosheng returned.
"Xiaomei, are you all packed?"
Chao Sheng stood in the yard shouting while pushing his bicycle. Upon hearing this, Liang Mei immediately came out of the house.
"Okay, okay, it's all packed up already."
"Get in the car." Lin Chaosheng patted the back seat, and Liang Mei then noticed that a soft cushion had been strapped to the originally hard back seat.
"What is this? When did you make this?"
Liang Mei walked over and touched the cushion with her hand. She felt that it was soft and fluffy, as if it was full of cotton.
Seeing Liang Mei's delighted expression, Lin Chaosheng felt that his efforts had not been in vain.
"But if I did it without your knowledge, would there still be a surprise if you found out?"
Liang Mei blushed slightly at his words; they were an old married couple, why the surprise?
Seeing that Liang Mei was embarrassed by what he had said, Lin Chaosheng stopped teasing her and quickly said something.
"Come on up and sit down, I'll take you to the county town."
It was Liang Mei's first time riding a bicycle. He carefully sat down and held onto Lin Chaosheng's waist with both hands.
"Hold on tight, the road here is quite bumpy, don't let it bounce you off again."
Upon hearing this, Liang Mei immediately hugged Lin Chaosheng tightly.
"Is this alright now?"
Lin Chaosheng suppressed a laugh and nodded in agreement, "Okay, okay, hold on tight, we're about to set off."
With that, he rode his bicycle out of the yard.
This was the first time Liang Mei had sat on the back of his bicycle, her hands gripping the hem of his clothes tightly.
As the wheel turned, she gasped in surprise, "Ah! That scared me to death!"
"If you're scared, just hold me tight."
Lin Chaosheng's muffled voice came from ahead. Liang Mei's ears turned red, but she quietly wrapped her arms around him.
When turning, Lin Chaosheng deliberately tilted the handlebars, pretending that the bike was about to fall over.
"What are you doing? Ride your bike properly! You scared me to death!"
Liang Mei said coquettishly, and Lin Chaosheng, mindful of the child in her womb, didn't dare to make too much of a fuss, so he stopped.
"This bicycle is fast, many times faster than a donkey cart."
In the blink of an eye, the two arrived in the county town.
Liang Mei looked at the people on the street and marveled at how fast the bicycles were.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to park my bicycle."
Lin Chaosheng told Liang Mei to get off the bicycle, then went to park it and lock it.
"Let's go, let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative first. If you can't find any fabric you like, then we'll go to the department store."
Lin Chaosheng walked to Liang Mei's side and naturally took her hand.
Liang Mei looked at Lin Chaosheng in surprise, "Going to the department store again? This supply and marketing cooperative is enough to keep you busy!"
"We finally managed to bring you out, and it's just the two of us. How could we just take you to visit the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Lin Chaosheng scratched his head, racking his brains for a word.
"City people call this... what do they call it again? A date! Yes, that's what everyone calls a date!"
Upon hearing this unfamiliar term, Liang Mei, though unsure of its meaning, could guess what it meant and blushed involuntarily.
"You're an old married couple, and you're still going on dates."
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