Yan Ziyuan took a shower, and his inner clothes were soaked with sweat. Then he asked Jin Kai for his loosest short-sleeved shirt and stuffed it into his clothes.

Song Fuyu came to Jin Kai's house with the things. Before entering the door, he saw the scene where his clothes were about to be stretched to pieces by Yan Ziyuan.

"Hurry up and change your clothes and return them to Jin Zhiqing."

It is inconvenient to make and buy clothes in the countryside.

Yan Ziyuan was much taller than Jin Kai, at least two sizes larger than him. He forced himself into clothes that clearly didn't fit him, making the clothes look so pitiful.

Song Fuyu handed the clothes and pants in his hand to Yan Ziyuan.

I made a few for him when I had nothing to do. I had planned to give them to him when we left, but he didn't seem to have brought any luggage with him, and his short-sleeved shirt was soaked with sweat. With his clean nature, he definitely wouldn't put it back on.

Yan Ziyuan was a little surprised when he saw the stack of clothes in her hands.

"Is this all made for me?"

"Well, you take it. I'll go over first."

Jin Kai was feeling very jealous standing by.

"I am the only little cabbage, yellow in the field, no one loves me~"

"Why don't you find a partner quickly? You are not young anymore. You will be 21 after the Chinese New Year. It is time to find a partner. Your mother is eager to have a grandchild."

He is different from Jin Kai. Jin Kai is the only boy in the family and has two older sisters.

But he has three older brothers, all of whom have already started their own families and moved out.

Although his mother was a little worried about the fact that he didn't find a partner, she didn't force him or put pressure on him.

Jin Kai couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. This guy really had no problem talking without any pain in his waist.

Wasn't he still single when he was 21?

Besides, he is not twenty-one already. He is still two months away.

Is it that he doesn't want to find a partner?

It's obvious that he hasn't met the right one yet.

If he met her one day, he would definitely get married right there and then.

Yan Ziyuan put on the clothes made for him by Song Fuyu and showed off to Jin Kai in the room for a long time.

"I don't want to bother with you. I'm going to eat next door."

Yan Ziyuan put on his coat and followed him out.

After delivering the clothes, Song Fuyu was unpacking the things Yan Ziyuan bought for her in her room. They were obviously bought from an overseas Chinese store, and there were five boxes of chocolate alone.

There were also some imported biscuits, milk... and even a box of coffee.

I also bought a lot of clothes, including three dresses and two pairs of leather shoes, one white and one black.

I have to say he has good taste, she likes all the dresses.

What surprised her most was that among the things he bought, there was a bottle of perfume, a box of powder, and a lipstick.

The lipstick was a sweet bean paste color that could be worn even without makeup. She immediately took out a mirror from the kang cabinet and started to try the color on her lips.

Although I don’t know what brand of lipstick it is, it goes on very smoothly and the color is very beautiful.

She applied her lipstick evenly, not intending to wipe it off.

I haven't applied makeup for a long time, so I want to show off my beauty.

After putting everything in place, Song Fuyu stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen.

As soon as I left the room, I ran into Yan Ziyuan who came from next door.

Yan Ziyuan noticed at a glance that Song Fuyu seemed to have the lipstick he bought on her lips, because her usual lip color was lighter than it was now.

"Do you like it?"

“Does it look good?”

Both of them spoke together.

After saying that, they looked at each other and laughed together.

“It looks great~”

"How do you know so much? You even bought perfume and cosmetics."

If it weren't for his righteous look, she would have suspected that he was an old hand in love and only bought things that girls liked.

"The salesperson at the Overseas Chinese Store recommended it to me. She said girls like it."

He had asked several married comrades in the army before, but most of them were just busy complaining about the disadvantages of marriage and did not offer any practical help at all.

After going to the Overseas Chinese Store, he realized that there are actually a lot of things he can buy for girls, and girls seem to understand what girls like better.

The first thing the salesperson recommended to him was lipstick, and sure enough, Xiao Yu liked it very much.

He remembered that there were several other colors there, and he would find time to buy them all for Xiaoyu and let her play with them.

Song Fuyu didn't let Tong Youyou and Jin Kai cook dinner, but just asked them to help.

I made braised fish, garlic water spinach, sweet and sour pork ribs, leek and egg, stir-fried green beans, and finally a loofah and egg soup.

The staple food was still white rice. The rice she had bought from the village had been eaten up long ago, so she went to the grain store and bought dozens of kilograms.

Fortunately, she had obtained a lot of food coupons in the previous black market transaction. Yan Ziyuan also gave her a lot, so she didn't have to worry about having money but no coupons.

Tong Youyou placed the cake that she and Jin Kai made this morning in the middle of the table. They wrote the words "Happy Birthday" on the cake by mixing something into the cream.

"Isn't this amazing? This is what Tong Zhiqing and I made this morning. My hands are almost sore from beating the cream."

"When did you learn to make birthday cakes? How come I didn't know about it?"

"This is what Tong Zhiqing learned from Song Zhiqing. I just learned it on the spot and did some manual labor."

Yan Ziyuan looked at the birthday cake on the table and narrowed his eyes.

He had eaten a birthday cake once before. He remembered that it was the birthday of Xiaoyu from his third brother’s family. His third sister-in-law specially went to a state-owned pastry shop to order it.

As far as he knew, cream cakes were only sold in big cities.

Even if Heng City had it, her biological father and stepmother would never buy it for her.

Their family lived in Heng City, and there was no place to build a clay oven. Regardless of whether their family could afford an oven, the skill of making cakes was something that the master would not easily teach to outsiders unless they were apprentices in a pastry shop.

He always felt that Xiaoyu was hiding a secret. She would often try her best to hide it and act no different from other people, but this could only fool single-celled organisms like Jinkai.

However, since Xiao Yu didn't intend to reveal it, he wouldn't pursue it further.

If she is willing to reveal it one day, he will listen patiently. If she doesn't say it, he will respect her thoughts.

..........

The cake baking pan is about 25 centimeters in diameter, which is equivalent to a 10-inch cake.

Considering that we would have cake in the evening, although I made six dishes, the portions were not too large.

After four people finished eating, there was still some room left in their stomachs for cake.

"Xiao Yu, do you have any candles?"

"I have some over there."

Tong Youyou quickly went to the next room and brought the candle.

Yan Ziyuan lit a small piece of white candle and asked Jin Kai to put out the kerosene lamp first.

"Xiao Yu, make a wish~"

Song Fuyu happily clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and made a birthday wish for his 18th birthday.

The four of them couldn't finish the cake.

In April, the temperature in Qin City began to rise gradually. If the cake was left overnight, it would not only lose its shape, but also taste bad and easily go bad.

So the leftovers were prepared to be divided into two pieces for Wang Menghan and Xia Lan who sat next door.

The rest was put on a plate and sent to Gu's house for Ayuan and Yingying to eat. I didn't invite them to eat together today, mainly because I was worried that Aunt Fang would send something over, which would add to their family's burden.

When Song Fuyu was cutting the cake, Yan Ziyuan winked at Tong Youyou and Jin Kai.

So the two of them tacitly carried the cake, one went next door and the other went to Gu's house.