Chapter 145:115, a painting within a painting! The ‘Yellow Sparrow Painting’ is hidden within the ‘Five Horse Painting’!_2
“Mm!”
Lin Xiaoxiao excitedly nodded, “Daddy, I love you!”
Li Jinwen laughed, “Xiaoxiao, you’re too young, your dad is just drawing you a pie in the sky. Your mom was fooled by your dad just like that back in the day!” “Drawing a pie in the sky? Mom, what does that mean?”
“Don’t listen to your mom’s nonsense, it was clearly she who chased after me!”
“Hey, Lin Mo, you have the nerve to say that! Who chased whom?”
“Off to take a shower—”
Lin Mo hastily escaped to the bathroom, and then through the door, he heard Li Jinwen telling their daughter how he had chased after her back in the day.
After listening for a while, Lin Mo couldn’t help but laugh as well.
Back in the day, he and Li Jinwen were truly the envy of everyone at school.
As for who chased whom.
It was indeed Lin Mo who made the first move, but in fact, at that time, they both liked each other. There was no chasing involved; they just naturally came together.
“Xiaoxiao! Don’t believe anything your mom says!”
Lin Mo couldn’t resist blurting out a cheeky remark.
Then he entered the bathtub, soaking in a hot bath while continuing to look up information about paintings and calligraphy.
This was like cramming the night before an exam. Certainly not as solid as daily accumulation, but as the old saying goes, “grinding a spear on the eve of battle, it’s not shine it lacks but speed,” what can be used is all that counts.
Truthfully, Lin Mo felt that if he had worked as hard in his senior year of high school as he did now, he might have gotten into a better university.
But if that had happened, he might not have met Li Jinwen and wouldn’t have had such a cute daughter like Xiaoxiao.
How should 1 put it? Everything is the best arrangement by life!
When Lin Mo finished his bath, dried his hair, and returned to the bedroom, Li Jinwen lay on the bed looking at her phone.
Lin Mo slid into bed and hugged his wife, asking, “What are you looking at?”
“The Lunar New Year is coming up, we need to prepare the holiday goods.” Li Jinwen flipped through Pinduoduo as she spoke, “There will be eight of us celebrating the new year at home this year, plus Zhang Li who is receiving treatment in the hospital.”
“I talked with mom yesterday; she said she wanted a lively celebration this year, kind of like chasing away the bad luck.”
“Also, since we’ve been working outside for the past years, it was always my big uncle, second uncle, and fourth uncle taking turns to entertain the relatives every year.”
“Now that we have all returned, dad thinks that it’d be good for our family to host the relatives on the third day of the Lunar New Year. I’m trying to decide whether to have it at home or at a restaurant.”
“Oh right, there’s another thing. 1 want to go to Sijiqing tomorrow to buy some clothes. I’ve heard that the clothes there are cheap and of decent quality. With our family of eight, plus Zhang Li in the hospital, we’ll probably have to buy a lot.”
“Alt, I hope Zhang Li wakes up soon. As long as he remains unconscious, I always feel like something is hanging over me. In the end, it’s our family that has dragged him into this!”
Li Jinwen talked about various household matters.
In the past, she had always managed to keep all sorts of household affairs in perfect order, without ever causing any chaos.
It was having such an able and understanding partner that made Lin Mo work so hard to make money.
He was always full of drive every day.
“Director Song contacted me yesterday to mention that there are signs of Zhang Li waking up. He should regain consciousness soon. Since he’s an orphan, if he wakes up before the holiday, we’ll bring him to our home for the new year celebration!”
“Mm!”
“By the way… Honey, with so much to do for the new year and you being pregnant, do you think you can handle it all? Also, with mom and dad and Jin Wen still recovering…”
Even though it was their first year back home to celebrate the new year, and it was proper for them to host the relatives, Lin Mo couldn’t bear the thought of Li Jinwen and his parents and sister being put through the strain, “How about we let them host the relatives this year? We can just help out, and then we’ll have a big celebration next year.”
“That wouldn’t be right, it wouldn’t be appropriate. It was one thing when we weren’t home, but now that we are back, if we don’t host, the relatives might think you married an ignorant wife. Besides, I have your parents to help me this year, and there shouldn’t be a big problem. Actually, this is also the wish of my parents. After so many years, we finally return home, so of course, we want to properly entertain the relatives.” Li Jinwen kissed Lin Mo on the neck, smiling as she said, “Alright, husband, let me handle these matters, you don’t need to worry; just focus on making money!”
“By the way, you don’t need to accompany me to the wholesale market tomorrow. Just take care of Uncle Tai’s matters.”
“Though they may not really care about the money, we can’t let down their trust in us, right?”
Lin Mo had already planned to discuss this with his wife,
since he had to look for undervalued antique paintings tomorrow. If all went well, he might even have to attend an auction in the evening to bid on raw stones, so he definitely could not make time to go to the wholesale market.
After thinking it over, Lin Mo took out his phone and said, “You can’t go alone; you’re not familiar with the place. So, how about this, I’ll ask Yihua’s sister. You’ve all met today, right? And you seemed to get along well.”
“If she’s free, she could accompany you.”
“Is that alright?”
“What’s wrong with that, you just buy her a few clothes as thanks!”
“Then… that works!”
Li Jinwen nodded, “Then you ask her. If she’s busy, it’s fine, I can just go to look without buying. I’ll take some notes, and once you’re done with your things, we can go back and get all the clothes we liked.”
Lin Mo smiled.
This woman was still so understanding.
“Mm, OK, no problem.” Lin Mo found Zhang Yihua’s number and called.
At this time, it was almost 1 a.m.
But Lin Mo knew that Zhang Yihua was a night owl.
If you were to call him at nine or ten in the morning, he might not answer..