“Since we’re all cultivating immortality, of course we have to know a little bit of everything.” Cheng Bodong chuckled twice.
"You're quite impressive." Fang Qiao looked at Cheng Baidong with admiration, praised him, and then couldn't wait to ask him, "Tell me quickly, what kind of face does she have?"
Fang Qiao had always thought Jiang Moli was a hypocrite. She was clearly a bad person, but she was very good at pretending, and everyone around her gave her unanimous praise.
"A narrow forehead and sunken cheeks are generally signs of excessive greed, shortsightedness, and narrow-mindedness."
"A sharp nose bridge and a narrow space between the eyebrows indicate a selfish and pretentious personality, which can easily lead to unrest at home and marital discord."
"Furthermore, those with sunken temples are often ruthless and mean-spirited, lacking tolerance for others. Such people are cruel and vengeful. No matter how much you help them, if you do something that doesn't suit their taste, they will still turn on you."
Cheng Baidong shook his head: "People like that will bring bad luck to those around them and it's best not to associate with them."
"Don't worry, I'm so annoyed by her, I definitely won't associate with her."
After a while, Fang Qiao couldn't help but worry again: "Bai Dong, Jiang Moli is a vengeful person. She asked you for help, and you didn't help her. Won't she hold a grudge against you?"
“It’s no use her holding a grudge; she doesn’t have the ability to retaliate.” Cheng Baidong revealed to Fang Qiao, “My job should be settled before the new year. After you have the baby, our whole family will move to where I work. We’ll be in the city, and she’ll be stuck in the countryside. We won’t even be close to each other, so she won’t have a place to retaliate.”
Fang Qiao finally relaxed: "I'm relieved to hear you say that."
Cheng Baidong drove steadily, and Fang Qiao didn't feel uncomfortable on the way home without any bumps.
As soon as they got home, Tian Tian ran out of the east room: "Auntie, Auntie, where did you and Uncle go? Why did it take you so long to come back!"
Fang Qiao patted Tian Tian's hair, took out some hard candy she had prepared earlier from her pocket, and handed it to Tian Tian: "Auntie went to the county for a medical check-up. Here, I also bought you some candy, eat it quickly."
The candy was wrapped in colorful cellophane, and as Tian Tian unwrapped it, she kept exclaiming "Wow!"
After appeasing Tian Tian, Fang Qiao asked Cheng Baidong to go to the kitchen to unwrap the oil paper from the two portions of stew she had brought back and put them in bowls to cool. She then took the handkerchief she had bought for the old lady and went to the east wing.
The old lady was sitting on the edge of the bed, sewing a beanbag for Tian Tian with a needle and thread. Throwing beanbags is one of the little girls' favorite games, and almost every child has one. Tian Tian wanted one too.
"Grandma, you're sewing something inside, can you see me?"
The old lady squinted and struggled to close her eyes, but she refused to admit she was old and stubbornly said, "I can see, it's nothing."
She put down the needle and thread and looked at Fang Qiao's belly with concern: "How did the checkup go? Is the baby alright?"
"It's nothing, I'm just getting further into my pregnancy." Fang Qiao took out the navy blue handkerchief and handed it to the old lady: "Grandma, I bought you a handkerchief, why don't you try it on?"
The old lady liked it as soon as she received it and felt its soft and thick texture.
She touched it again and again, unable to put it down: "It's so nice, even thicker and softer than the one your great-aunt's daughter bought for her. It must have been expensive, right?"
“It’s not expensive. This is a gift from Bai Dong and me to you. Just put it on your head.”
"Good, good, good. Grandma can't enjoy the blessings of her son, but she can enjoy the blessings of her grandson." The old lady carefully folded the handkerchief and placed it neatly on the bed: "This handkerchief is a good thing. I'll put it away for now and wear it during the New Year."
“You can wear it now, I’ll buy you a new one for the New Year.” Fang Qiao said, “I also bought a red one for Xiao Jing. My third aunt said that Xiao Jing should be getting married today, so I thought it would be appropriate to buy her a red handkerchief. Grandma, I’ll take it to her first.”
"Xiaojing is over twenty this year, it's time to find her a husband. Go on your way."
"Okay."
Fang Qiao came out of the east room, and Cheng Baidong also came out of the kitchen. Fang Qiao said to him, "I'm going to my third aunt's house."
“Go ahead.” Cheng Baidong nodded. “I’ll take all the things we bought inside first.”
“Okay.” Fang Qiao took a few steps outside, then suddenly remembered something, so she stopped and turned back to him, saying, “Bai Dong, if you have time, cut those few feet of cotton cloth in half and wash them. If you don’t know how big the diapers should be, ask Grandma. After you’ve cut them, it would be best to boil some water and scald them.”
"Understood, I will complete the task."
Cheng Baidong is different from other men who don't lift a finger in housework and just wait for their wives to serve them.
Perhaps because he was raised by his grandmother, he does a lot of housework and is willing to share the burden of housework.
Fang Qiao was very satisfied with this. The two of them discussed and shared the housework, and they lived a more fulfilling life.
Before it was time to start work, my third aunt moved a small stool and was sitting in the sun in front of the main room sewing shoe soles.
"Third Aunt, are you sewing shoe soles?"
Fang Qiao greeted her as he entered.
Auntie San, without stopping her work, greeted her with a smile, "Xiao Qiao's here. I heard from your grandma that you weren't feeling well and went to the city for a checkup? How did it go?"
"It's nothing, it's just that my pregnancy is getting further along." Fang Qiao repeated the same explanation she had given the old lady to her third aunt, and then asked, "Where's Xiao Jing?"
"They're shelling corn kernels inside the house."
"It's cool inside, and the sun is shining so brightly outside. Why don't you come out and peel them in the sun?"
"She just likes to hide in the house and won't come out when called." The aunt is also helpless about her daughter's introverted nature.
Fang Qiao took out the red handkerchief she had just bought and handed it to her third aunt: "You said last time that you wanted to find a husband for Xiao Jing this year. I went to the county today and happened to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a headscarf for Grandma. I saw that this red handkerchief was pretty, so I bought one for Xiao Jing as well."
"Oh dear, handkerchiefs aren't cheap, how can I accept yours?"
Auntie San had wanted to buy Xiaojing a red scarf for a long time. She had even looked at the supply and marketing cooperative in town several times. However, the red scarf was not cheap. The expensive ones cost two yuan each without coupons, while the ones with coupons were cheaper, costing only eight mao. But she had saved up her cloth coupons to buy cloth to make cotton-padded clothes. If she bought the red scarf, she would not be able to buy cloth to make cotton-padded clothes, so she had not been able to bring herself to buy it.
The red handkerchief Fang Qiao gave me felt softer and thicker than the ones sold at the town's supply and marketing cooperative, and its price was definitely more than two yuan.
Auntie San felt embarrassed to accept something for nothing.
Fang Qiao noticed her embarrassment and stuffed the red handkerchief into her arms: "Third Aunt, please take it. You helped me a lot when Bai Dong was away the other day, so please don't be so formal with me."
"This, this is too expensive. I haven't been able to help you much. How about your third aunt gives you the money?"
Fang Qiao pretended to be angry and said sternly, "Third Aunt, I'll get angry if you mention money. Take it, consider it my dowry for Xiao Jing."
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