Chapter 107: Guaguaguaguaguaguaguagua wants to occupy the house and change it...
This was not Xiang Yao's first time in the county town, but it was her first time in the department store in the county town.
This is much more imposing than the supply and marketing cooperative in the commune. Not only is it large in area, it also has three floors, making it stand out among the bungalows.
Xiang Yao was not someone who had never seen the world. She had visited many shopping malls in the future, but none of them could compare to her excitement at this moment.
"Nie Baichuan, what should we buy?" she asked.
She wanted to ask last night, but before she could even say a few words, her eyes grew heavier and heavier as she fell asleep...
Nie Baichuan carefully looked at the signpost on the first floor and said casually, "I'll buy you a watch first, and then look at some clothes."
Xiang Yao was stunned. Watches these days are extremely expensive. The money a country person earns in a whole year is only enough to buy one, and he still needs a ticket!
In the entire Shitang Brigade, only Secretary Huang wore one on his wrist. He treasured it so much that every time he checked the time, he would raise his hand high and roll up his sleeves.
She had wanted a watch for a long time, but money was easy to earn, but tickets were hard to come by. So she leaned closer to Nie Baichuan and whispered, "Do you have a ticket?"
Nie Baichuan nodded: "I got some."
Xiang Yao pretended not to care: "Then just buy one for yourself first. I'm not in a hurry to use it."
She secretly glanced at Nie Baichuan out of the corner of her eye. She wanted him to agree, but at the same time, she didn't want him to agree. She was extremely conflicted.
If Nie Baichuan didn't have one but bought it for her, she would feel really uneasy. However, she also really wanted a watch. She would not be used to not having something to check the time at any time.
Nie Baichuan noticed her little movements, which she thought were very hidden. He curled his lips calmly. After seeing her struggling for a while, he said calmly, "I have one, but I don't wear it often."
Xiang Yao opened his lips slightly, shocked: "Brother Chuan, you are really powerful."
Nie Baichuan smiled: "My dad has one too, but it's too eye-catching, so he keeps it in the bottom of the closet."
Xiang Yao didn't say anything like "just give her the best one in the box". Since Nie Baichuan had money and tickets, and was willing to buy it, then of course he would buy a new one!
Thinking of this, she pulled Nie Baichuan and rushed straight to the counter on the second floor.
After being dazzled by the choices among a bunch of brands such as "Shanghai", "Baoshihua" and "Shuangling", Xiang Yao finally picked out a Shanghai brand 19-diamond all-steel women's mechanical watch. The watch looked delicate and beautiful on her hand.
She asked, "Do you think it looks good?"
Nie Baichuan nodded: "It looks good and suits you very well."
"This one, then."
"good."
Wearing a brand new, sparkling watch, Xiang Yao looked left and right, and couldn't stop looking at it.
While walking on the road, he imitated Secretary Huang, raised his hand, stretched out his sleeves, and pretended to look at the time.
"It's really beautiful! Hehe."
Of course, she wasn't really checking the time; she was just using it as an excuse to admire the beautiful mechanical watch once again.
Seeing her like this, Nie Baichuan just thought she was childish. He rubbed his fingers and wanted to hold her hand, but he had to consider the consequences. So he had to smile and look at her with a doting look, reminding her to watch the road from time to time.
Buying the watch completely aroused Xiang Yao's shopping desire. She bought a skirt, an apricot-yellow shirt, and a knee-length coat. She also picked out clothes for Nie Baichuan. In total, she spent a lot of money and tickets.
But looking at the things in his hands, Xiang Yao only felt one word - worth it!
It feels so good to have money!
The two of them spent some time shopping and then bought some other things before going out to find something to eat with their full loot.
Not only are there more things to buy in the city, but there are also many restaurants.
Xiang Yao still remembered that the twice-cooked pork made by the fat chef when she first came to the county town was delicious, so she pulled Nie Baichuan over there.
"Let me tell you, their twice-cooked pork is delicious! Even though the shop is small, the chef is amazing."
Nie Baichuan nodded and rode his bike past quickly. He had actually been there before and knew which one Xiang Yao was pointing to.
When they arrived at the small restaurant, Xiang Yao found that the waiter had been replaced. The arrogant and high-pitched waiter from last time was gone, replaced by a young man with a flat head. He didn't look very old and looked quite immature.
I first asked what dishes were available today. Xiang Yao ordered twice-cooked pork, a steamed chicken with vinegar, and two side dishes. After the waiter repeatedly reminded me not to waste food, I had to regretfully reduce one of the side dishes.
While waiting for the food to be served, Xiang Yao began to admire her watch again. She said regretfully, "I should not be too ostentatious when I'm in our team. I'll put it away when I get back."
Nie Baichuan glanced at her fair wrist and said, "Everyone is wearing long sleeves now, so just hide it in your sleeves. You can tell others when they ask."
Xiang Yao thought about it and agreed with this, and became happy again.
As the saying goes, wealth and honor don't return to one's hometown, like wearing fine clothes at night. She has already bought the watch, so naturally she wants to wear it on her wrist.
When she smiled, her eyes narrowed like a little fox, which made the waiter who came to serve the dish stunned for a moment. He tilted the bowl slightly and poured out the full amount of oil and soup in the twice-cooked pork.
Xiang Yao was so busy admiring her watch that she didn't notice it at all. Fortunately, Nie Baichuan reacted in time and immediately pulled her arm towards him, so she narrowly avoided getting wet.
Xiang Yao was pulled to lean against Nie Baichuan's arms, still in shock. Nie Baichuan glanced at the waiter coldly without saying a word.
Xiang Yao, however, saw that the child was frightened and kept saying "sorry". He buried his head and vigorously wiped the oil stains on the bench. He quickly comforted him, "It's okay, it didn't get on my clothes. Don't worry, go serve the food. It seems the chef called you."
The young man nodded heavily, whispered "thank you", and hurried to serve the dishes.
Xiang Yao sat up straight from Nie Baichuan's arms. Seeing that Nie Baichuan still had a cold expression, she quickly coaxed him, "Are you scared too? Come, let me pet your fur. It won't scare you."
She reached out and put her hand on Nie Baichuan's head, but he quickly leaned back to avoid it.
"Why, you won't let me touch it?" Xiang Yao was dissatisfied.
The coldness on Nie Baichuan's face faded, and he smiled, explaining, "It's not a good influence."
Xiang Yao was coveting his hair at the moment, and she really wanted to touch it to see what it felt like, but when she heard what Nie Baichuan said, she quickly looked around and saw that someone was looking at them intentionally or unintentionally, so she immediately restrained herself.
"Let me touch you tonight, okay?" She leaned close to Nie Baichuan and whispered.
Nie Baichuan lowered his eyes to look at her and asked calmly, "Where are you touching?"
Xiang Yao was a person with a not very pure heart. After hearing this, her face turned red.
She looked at Nie Baichuan suspiciously, feeling he was doing it on purpose. She quickly averted her gaze and said casually, "It's just my hair. Where else could it be?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a chuckle beside her ear. She couldn't help but look back, only to see Nie Baichuan looking at her with a big smile in his eyes.
"Let's eat, let's eat!" Xiang Yao said as he saw the waiter serving the rice and quickly picked up the chopsticks.
Nie Baichuan's smile was so bewitching that if she continued to look at him, she might fall into his eyes.
This won’t do. No matter how beautiful the food looks, delicious food still takes priority.
"Well, let's eat." Nie Baichuan picked up a piece of fat and lean meat with chopsticks and put it into her bowl, responding.
The two of them were eating silently, but soon, a shrill scream broke the harmonious atmosphere. Xiang Yao had just stuffed his mouth with rice, and when he heard the sound, he immediately looked outside.
On the street directly opposite the hotel, I saw an old lady walking very fast with a cane, running towards this side.
"Murder! Murder! Damn Zhao Xiaomei, she actually wants to kill her old lady! Is there any justice in the world?"
The old lady ran in small steps while shouting, looking back from time to time, her face full of panic, as if she was really being chased.
This is outrageous! In broad daylight, in front of everyone, someone is trying to kill someone! And it's an elderly person!
Immediately, a young man at a table in the restaurant stood up and walked outside to meet the old lady.
Xiang Yao raised his eyebrows, leaned forward slightly, and his eyes fell on the old lady's brand new shoes and her neat and tidy fine cloth clothes without a single patch.
It looked like a battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she judged.
Sure enough, a young woman ran out from across the street. She was good-looking, but her clothes were much worse than the old lady in front.
What’s more important is that the woman was holding a baby in her arms, crying loudly and gasping for breath.
The old lady was now surrounded by a group of onlookers who saw the injustice. She pointed at the woman walking towards her from the opposite direction and said:
"Everyone, please judge for yourself. This is my vicious daughter-in-law, Zhao Xiaomei. After my son died, she has been treating me, an old woman, like no one else. She wants to beat me to death every day!"
The old lady seemed to have worked in opera before, and she sang, recited, and danced a few words in a very artistic way.
The people around her were obviously fooled by her tricks and looked at her with pity, while looking at the woman holding the baby who had approached but did not dare to go forward with contempt.
"When I first married this daughter-in-law, I told her that she was too pretty and would definitely be restless. I took her horoscope to a fortune teller, and he said she would bring bad luck to her husband. But my son didn't believe it! He insisted on bringing her home!"
"My son has been dead for less than a year, and she's already showing her true colors. She bullies me, an old woman, every day! She doesn't even feed me enough, and she even puts sand in the food, just to prevent me, an old woman, from having a good meal! Look how thin I am! I, an old woman, must have done something wrong in my past life, so I'm so pitiful in this life!"
Tears flowed from her cloudy eyes, and the wrinkles on her face were filled with tears, and then flowed down the ravines. Her crying was deafening, and it made people feel panic and pity for her.
The young man who had just run out of the restaurant immediately shouted, "How can you treat an elderly person like this! Old lady, why didn't you report this to the police?"
A middle-aged woman who had come out with her daughter to do some shopping spat at Zhao Xiaomei fiercely: "Bah! How could there be such a cruel daughter-in-law in this world? She's simply not human!"
Zhao Xiaomei tried to explain while coaxing the crying child: "It's not like that, it's not..."
But every time she spoke, the old lady's crying voice suddenly became louder, either drowning out her voice or causing everyone to criticize her.
"Why not? You just want to kill me, your mother-in-law, so that you can take over my son's house and find another man with my grandson!"
"Everyone, come and see how vicious Zhao Xiaomei is! This heartless, unlucky woman wants to beat me to death!"
"Why is this person like this? No matter what, he can't kill his mother-in-law. Tsk tsk, I think he might really be a jinx..."
"She wants to take over the house and remarry. The old lady will become a thorn in her side. Tsk, how can such a good thing happen? It's just wishful thinking!"
…
Zhao Xiaomei looked at the crowd blankly, but the little baby in her arms refused to stop crying. The sound went straight into her eardrums, making her temples tight and her eyes dry and uncomfortable.
She felt so weak that she could hardly hold the child in her arms. Those eyes looked down on her and pierced her like needles, as if she was really that vicious.
But, she is not.
The more Zhao Xiaomei thought about it, the more confused she became. The more she thought about it, the more her mind felt blocked, and she even couldn't breathe.
As everyone got more excited and pointed at her to criticize her, she finally lost control and screamed in an instant -
“Ahhhh!”
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