Zhang Qingshan's shop business was also good afterwards. Although not as popular as the first day, the daily customer flow was still not small. This was because his grocery store had a complete range of products and the prices were affordable. Customers could buy everything they needed at one time and did not need to go to other stores one by one. It was very convenient. Therefore, with the foundation of customers on the first day, many repeat customers came later.
Zhang Qingshan was busy running the store and collecting money, and he couldn't handle it all by himself. When some customers bought too many things and needed to have them delivered, he was unable to leave and could only deliver the goods after the store closed. However, this often meant he had to work until late at night.
So Zhang Qingshan had to hire a clerk. With one more person, the shop started to run normally. After more than a month, Zhang Qingshan gave Li Hehua ten taels of silver to repay the money he borrowed from her, and he would pay the rest next month.
Li Hehua did not refuse. @Infinite good articles, all in Jinjiang Literature City
At this time, the rent of the courtyard where Zhang Lin and his family lived had expired. Zhang Lin was planning to renew the lease, but Li Hehua stopped him because there was news about the house he had previously viewed and it could be purchased.
The house that I'm interested in is also a courtyard. It is located in an alley not far behind Li Hehua Restaurant. The layout is similar to the previous courtyard, but the area is much larger. In addition to the courtyard, kitchen and toilet, there are four rooms, which is enough for a family to live in.
Because the area is not small, the price is a bit expensive, asking for 140 taels. But Li Hehua still decided to buy this yard, because this yard is very suitable for a family to live in. It was originally for Zhang Qingshan to marry and have children in the future. If it is too small, it will be inconvenient to live in.
Li Hehua went to negotiate with the landlord in person, but deliberately did not bring Zhang Tieshan with her. She found a reason to send him away.
After the price was agreed upon, the deed was signed soon. Li Hehua went to the government to register without telling Zhang Tieshan, and the owner of the deed was written as Zhang Linshi. Although the house was originally intended for Zhang Qingshan to marry and have children, Zhang Linshi was the elder after all, and there was no reason to bypass the elders and give it directly to the younger generation. In addition, if Zhang Linshi wanted to live with her youngest son in the future, if the daughter-in-law was not good, writing the name of the house on Zhang Linshi would be a guarantee. But no matter what, the house was definitely for Zhang Qingshan in the end.
When everything was done, Li Hehua touched her heart and felt a little guilty. She didn't dare to tell Zhang Tieshan about it. So, she went directly to Zhang Linshi without knowing it and gave the house deed to her.
Zhang Lin looked at the deed in her hand and was dumbfounded. "This... is this for me?"
Li Hehua nodded, "Yes, this is for you and Qingshan. Your name is written on the title deed. It will be your house from now on. When Qingshan gets married and has children, he can use this house. A rented house can't last long."
"This... this..." Zhang Lin stuttered, unable to speak. This is a courtyard in the town. How much does it cost? She didn't even dare to think about it before, but now it's given to her directly?
Zhang Lin was so scared that she didn't dare to take it. "This... I can't take this. It's too expensive. Why did you buy it..."
Li Hehua stuffed the house deed directly into Zhang Lin's hand and said, "Take it. You can't keep renting a house. Do you want Qingshan to live in the village and get married and have children in the village?"
Zhang Lin shook her head. Of course she couldn't let Qingshan go back to the village to marry. He had already opened a shop in the town, so he would have to find a wife to live with in the town. There was nothing in the village except the fields.
"But, but Qingshan can make money now, he will be able to buy a house in the future. You should save your money. You will have more children in the future, and raising children will cost money." Zhang Lin really didn't want to spend Li Hehua's money now. It didn't matter before, but now she really regarded Li Hehua as her own daughter-in-law. She really cared about them and couldn't bear to see them spend a penny more. She just wanted them to save more money and live a prosperous life.
Zhang Linshi now helps out in the restaurant and doesn't even want her monthly salary anymore, thinking that it's the mother-in-law's duty to help her daughter-in-law, so why should she ask for money? In the end, Li Hehua insisted on giving her the money, and Zhang Tieshan forced it on her.
Li Hehua smiled and said, "Although Qingshan can make money, it's still too early for him to buy a yard. You can't live in a rented house forever. Besides, the yard has already been bought and can't be changed. Please accept it. Just think of it as a gift prepared by Tieshan and I for Qingshan's future marriage. Don't refuse it."
Zhang Lin was holding the house deed, feeling nervous but also warm in her heart. She didn't expect that the person she hated so much before would become so nice now. He was not only good to Tieshan and Shulin, but also generous to her and Qingshan. Such a daughter-in-law was really cultivated by practicing Buddhism. @无限好文，尽在Jinjiang文学城
She got lucky.
Zhang Lin wiped her red eyes and nodded, "Okay, I'll accept this house. I'll let Qingshan remember your kindness for the rest of his life, but you don't have to spend money on him anymore. The money you've spent now is enough. It's enough for you to be his sister-in-law. He will have to rely on himself in the future. You two just have to live your own lives."
Li Hehua nodded, and then talked about moving, "We can move to that yard now. The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. If we move there now and clean and decorate it, we can celebrate the Chinese New Year in our own house."
People all value a sense of belonging, and Zhang Lin is no exception. Her eyes lit up when she heard this, "Yes, yes, it's never as good to celebrate the New Year in someone else's house as in your own home. Let's move in now, clean up and decorate the house, just in time for the New Year. No, I have to pack my luggage now." Zhang Lin couldn't sit still anymore, and happily went back to pack her luggage immediately.
Li Hehua couldn't help laughing, but now that the house was given away, she felt relieved. The thing that had been on her mind for a long time was finally solved.
However, truth cannot be hidden, and the matter of buying a house could not be hidden from Zhang Tieshan.
Zhang Tieshan's face looked very bad. Although he usually had no expression on his face, there was a gentle smile in his eyes when he looked at her. That feeling was understood at a glance, but now, he looked at her with a heavy look in his eyes.
Li Hehua knew that he was angry.
She felt a little guilty. After all, she was the one who had kept it a secret from him until now and had done everything secretly without telling him. Yet, he was the last to find out. No wonder he was angry.
Li Hehua waited for Zhang Tieshan to come to her to question her or even scold her, but no, Zhang Tieshan did not come to her and he said nothing.
Yes, I didn’t say anything to her, not even any other words. I was so angry that I didn’t want to pay any attention to her.
Ever since they confirmed their relationship, he has always treated her as his sweetheart, loving her even more than Shulin. He has never argued with her and has always gone along with her in everything. This is the first time he's been angry with her, and Li Hehua is really not used to it.
During the meal, Li Hehua sat next to Zhang Tieshan and quietly reached out and shook his hand under the table. He did not refuse, but did not shake her hand back as vigorously as he did in the past. He just ate his meal calmly, as if she was not holding his hand under the table.
Li Hehua withdrew his hand angrily, thinking that she was really angry this time and she had really hit him.
During the day, Li Hehua found countless opportunities to touch him and talk to him, but he was always cold and indifferent. He kept his head down and was busy with his own work, and his answers to her were brief and bland.
Others might not be able to see anything, but Li Hehua knew that this person was ignoring her.
Li Hehua scratched her head. She didn't expect this incident to be so serious. She originally thought that he would only be unhappy for a while and then say a few words to her. Unexpectedly...
When the door was closed at night and everyone had left, Zhang Tieshan boiled some hot water for Shulin to wash up as usual.
Li Hehua used the extra water in the pot to wash herself. Fortunately, he was still willing to boil water for her, but he didn't talk to her and just stayed intimate with the little one.
By the time Li Hehua finished washing up, Shulin had already been taken to bed by Zhang Tieshan and coaxed to sleep.
Zhang Tieshan glanced at her and said, "I'm going back." Then he was about to leave without hesitation.
Li Hehua bit his lower lip. Every night after he coaxed Shulin to sleep, he would stay with her for a long time, even waiting until she fell asleep before leaving. She couldn't be driven away, so why was he in such a hurry to leave tonight?
This stinky man, how could he be so angry? However, she was indeed wrong this time. If Zhang Tieshan hid everything from her and she was the last one to know after the thing was done, then no matter whether this was a good thing or not, she would be unhappy. Especially for a grown man like Zhang Tieshan, this was even more difficult to accept.
This incident seems to hurt the man's self-esteem...
Oh, if she had known earlier, she should have told him clearly. Even if he disagreed, she could have persuaded him a little more and talked him through the reasons, and he would definitely agree in the end.
Li Hehua didn't want the two of them to have a cold war, so she took the initiative to hold his hand and admit her mistake, "Zhang Tieshan, don't be angry, I was wrong, please don't ignore me..."
Zhang Tieshan paused and stopped moving, but did not look back at her.
Li Hehua pouted, thinking that she had to appease this man thoroughly tonight. She walked around to the front of him and looked at him, her tone very soft, "Zhang Tieshan, I was really wrong. I shouldn't have kept it from you and shouldn't have not discussed it with you. I won't do it again in the future. Please don't be angry with me, okay?"
Zhang Tieshan's eyes were dark as he just stared at Li Hehua.
It was the first time that Li Hehua realized that this man was so difficult to appease when he got angry. She would definitely not make him angry next time, otherwise it would be a life-threatening task to appease him.
Li Hehua stretched out her arms and hugged his neck, throwing herself into his arms. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she raised her legs, wrapped them around his waist, and hung her whole body on him, slowly falling down.
Now, Zhang Tieshan had no choice but to reach out and hold her hips, lifting her up, and the two of them looked at each other face to face.
Li Hehua smiled, kissed him on the lips a few times, shook his neck and said coquettishly, "Don't be angry~ I know I was wrong, I'm afraid of you..."
This was the first time that Li Hehua acted like a spoiled child to Zhang Tieshan. She herself found it quite novel, but she was a little unsure whether Zhang Tieshan would buy into it or not.
Fortunately, Zhang Tieshan was very fond of her tricks.
The ice on his face gradually melted, and he finally spoke, "You, you just take advantage of me to spoil you..."
Seeing that the danger was over, Li Hehua breathed a sigh of relief, smiled sweetly, and shook his neck again, "Not next time, I won't be angry this time."
Zhang Tieshan sighed helplessly. Even though he was really angry, all his insistence would collapse when facing her, and he couldn't bear to keep his cold face.
"How could you keep it a secret from me like this? It's such a big thing, and you didn't tell me after everything was done. If my mother hadn't told me, you wouldn't have told me, right?"
Li Hehua knew he was in the wrong. "If I told you, you would definitely not let me buy it. You would definitely say that this is your business and I shouldn't pay for it. Am I right?"
Zhang Tieshan was silent, because he really thought so. Not to mention that they haven't officially married yet, even if they were married, he didn't want her to spend such a large sum of money to buy a house for his brother. Even if this matter was to be done, he would have to find a way, or rely on Qingshan's own efforts. Are the two grown men going to rely on her hard-earned money? Would they be gigolos?
"Gao Gao, the money you earn is earned through your sweat. Even I have no reason to squander your money. Instead, you should spend my money. Qingshan has even less reason to use your money. If he wants to buy a house, get married and live a good life, he should work hard on his own. This is not your responsibility. I don't want him, a man, to learn to rely on others instead of himself."
Li Hehua shook his head. "No, Qingshan makes his own money now. He doesn't rely on others. Besides, I don't want to support him. I don't want your brother and mother to rent a house while I live in a good house. After all, this restaurant was opened with the money you made from killing tigers. You spent all your money on me. If it weren't for me, Qingshan and your mother would have money to buy a house, right?"
Zhang Tieshan pursed his lips and hugged her tighter. "After all, you still want to pay me back the money I spent on buying the restaurant for you, right? You don't want to owe me."
Li Hehua was speechless and bowed her head in guilt. She had indeed always wanted to pay back the money, but not to Zhang Tieshan, but to Zhang Qingshan and Zhang Linshi, so she had always wanted to buy this house for them to live in.
Zhang Tieshan's face, which had finally improved, darkened again. He held Li Hehua's face in his hands and said in a tense voice, "Gao Gao, do you know who I am to you? You don't want to owe me anything, so you treat me as an outsider? Which wife doesn't feel at ease spending the money her husband earns? Or did you never think of marrying me at all?"
What made Zhang Tieshan most angry was that Li Hehua refused to use his money and wanted to use the house to pay back the money he had spent on buying the restaurant. This made him feel very uncomfortable.
Seeing him like this, Li Hehua got anxious and shook her head, "No, no, I don't treat you as an outsider, nor do I not want to marry you. It's just that when you bought the restaurant for me, we were not husband and wife yet. I really don't want to make a clear distinction with you, don't think like that."
Zhang Tieshan stopped talking again.
Li Hehua reached out and held his face and rubbed it, "Believe me, if I treated you as an outsider, would you still be standing in my room and doing this to me?" Li Hehua signaled him with his eyes to look at their current posture.
But men are not so easy to appease when they are unhappy. Zhang Tieshan remained silent and did not say anything.
Li Hehua clicked his tongue, thinking about how men would coax a woman when she was angry. The way they did it was nothing more than giving her what she liked, such as giving her cosmetics, jewelry, bags, etc. Men, of course, also had their own preferences.
What's good about Zhang Tieshan?
Li Hehua blushed and felt a little ashamed, but in order to please her man, she had to do it no matter what.
Li Hehua leaned over and kissed Zhang Tieshan on the face, and said, "Zhang Tieshan, it's uncomfortable to hold me like this. Can you hold me and let me sit on the bed?"
Zhang Tieshan pursed his lips and carried the person to the bed without saying a word. When he got to the bed, he put her down and was about to stand up when the person on the bed hugged her neck and pressed her on him. The next second, his lips were kissed and a pair of delicate little hands began to wander over his body.
At this moment, the person under him was like a little goblin who specialized in seducing men's souls. Zhang Tieshan's three souls and seven spirits basically flew away. He surrendered helplessly and took the initiative to hug the person under him and kissed him.
A smile flashed across Li Hehua's eyes. He suppressed the shame in his heart and slowly slid his right hand down until he grasped a hot spot.
Zhang Tieshan paused for a moment, his eyes reddened, "Gao Gao, you..."
Li Hehua pouted at him and moved her hands slightly, causing the person on her to gasp.
"Are you still angry with me?" Li Hehua asked.
Zhang Tieshan blushed and said nothing.
Li Hehua moved again, and the person on his body immediately groaned and became excited.
Li Hehua snorted inwardly, slowly loosened his hand, pushed the person on him, and pouted: "If you still think that I have made a clear distinction between you and you, then go away. After all, how can someone who has made a clear distinction between us act like this? It's unreasonable."
Zhang Tieshan: "..." She did it on purpose! If he could still walk now, he would be a saint.
There's really no way to escape from her clutches.
Zhang Tieshan grabbed Li Hehua's hand and put it there, "Gao Gao, move..."
Li Hehua pulled his hand back, his face serious, "No, I treat you as an outsider, how can an outsider do such a thing."
Zhang Tieshan collapsed, finally realizing that he was no match for her. He shouldn't be angry. @无限好文，全部在Jinjiang文学城
"I'm not angry anymore."
Li Hehua curled his lips, "Are you really not angry anymore?"
Zhang Tieshan nodded silently. If she was angry, he would be the one who suffered in the end. Why should he be angry? "I'm not angry anymore, Gao Gao, move..."
Li Hehua blinked, smiled, decided not to embarrass him, and started moving his hands.
Li Hehua felt that her moral integrity was truly gone, but she was glad that he was no longer angry.
Zhang Tieshan calmed down and lay motionless on Li Hehua.
Li Hehua pushed him and said, "Hurry up, you're so heavy."
Zhang Tieshan did not move. After a long silence, he suddenly said, "You just said you didn't want to marry me, right? That means you want to marry me."
Li Hehua: ".......Ah?......"
"Gao Gao, when will you marry me?"
Li Hehua: “…” We were not talking about whether I was angry or not, why did you jump to this topic?
"Gao Gao, let's get married!"
Li Hehua felt that this was simply the most disrespectful proposal in the world...
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