Sister-in-law Song and Jiang Hong didn’t know what to say, aware that Lin Chuxia had other matters to attend to and couldn’t go back with them, they quickly said hello and hurried away with their things.
They didn’t want their younger sister-in-law to lose face in front of friends because of them.
Lin Chuxia did indeed have other matters. Just now, Jia Yuanliang had secretly told her some news: their mall had recently received a few scooters.
There weren’t many, just a total of 8, and they were to be bought with coupons.
The coupons for all eight scooters had already reached individuals, but with a scooter priced at over 4,000, it was far from what ordinary people could afford.
However, flipping a scooter coupon could fetch three to five hundred, and some people were thinking about selling theirs.
Jia Yuanliang had often heard his younger brother mention Lin Chuxia and wondered if she would be interested, so he asked her.
Lin Chuxia agreed without hesitation.
It was a scooter after all, which not only in places like the Northwest but even in Ancheng County, was very hard to come by.
In an era where owning a regular bicycle was already an achievement, riding a scooter was something to be envied.
It would be a pity to miss such a good opportunity.
She wasn’t particularly fond of two-wheeled scooters, but Qin Yang would definitely like it.
Now, she could be considered a genuine little rich lady, and a scooter costing several thousand wasn’t much of a strain on her finances.
After the Bun Shop passed its busiest time, Jia Yuanliang took Lin Chuxia to his friend’s home.
His friend was actually one of Jia Yuanliang’s superiors, and something as precious as a scooter allocation wasn’t something ordinary people could get their hands on.
A price had already been quoted, 400 yuan, equivalent to a common worker’s annual salary and that was just for a scooter coupon.
Knowing that the scooter coupon hadn’t been sold yet, Lin Chuxia didn’t hesitate and immediately handed over 400 yuan to the other party.
With space in hand, she never deposited her money in the bank; it was much more convenient to use.
After getting the scooter coupon, she bid farewell to Jia Yuanliang.
The company’s purchased transportation had already left, so she needed to take the public bus back.
The public bus had a fixed schedule, and seeing that it was still early, she made another trip to the grocery store.
When she got off the public bus near Qin Yang’s workplace, the sun was already close to setting.
She stepped off the bus with her things and saw the man waiting by the roadside.
“What’s made you so late? Did something happen?”
Qin Yang knew Lin Chuxia’s purpose for going to the city; he thought that the opening of a Bun Shop wouldn’t take long, and she would return soon. However, when the procurement vehicle came back and he didn’t see Lin Chuxia, and heard from Sister-in-law Song that she had other matters, he was concerned.
His wife had only been to the Northwest a few times and other than knowing the Jia brothers, what else could she have to do?
Lin Chuxia handed him the stuff in her hands with a mysterious smile, “Let’s go home first, and you’ll find out in a bit.”
She didn’t know how to ride a scooter, to get it home she would need to bring Qin Yang along.
Seeing that she was in a good mood, Qin Yang finally relaxed and walked home with her, side by side.
“Have you not eaten yet? Tonight I got some food from the canteen, including your favorite stir-fried pork with vermicelli.”
“Don’t get me started, I had lunch early; I’ve been hungry for a while now.”
Qin Yang adjusted the bag in his hand, “Hungry and didn’t know what to eat on the way back, so I bought some bread and peach pastries, didn’t I?”
She had bought quite a few snacks at the sundry store.
Lin Chuxia chuckled, “I wanted to come back and eat with you.”
Qin Yang had many words stuck in his throat upon seeing her smile bloom like a flower and feeling her dependence and intimacy with him, unconsciously pursing his lips.
“Do you have time tomorrow?” Lin Chuxia was planning when to go buy a motorcycle.
“I have the day off tomorrow, not just tomorrow. The chief knows you’ve come and has given me two days off.”
He hadn’t taken much of his leave before, just wanting to save them to spend more time with his wife when she came.
Qin Yang glanced at Lin Chuxia again, the setting sun reddening half the sky, casting a rosy glow on her small face, which was strikingly beautiful.
“Let’s go to the city together tomorrow then, I have a gift to give you,” Lin Chuxia said joyfully.
Qin Yang didn’t pay much attention to the gift she mentioned. Since they had been married, Lin Chuxia had given him many gifts. He only thought her eyes were as beautiful as the stars.
The couple chatted as they walked back home. When they were nearing the dormitory, they ran into Feng Dajun who had just gotten off work.
Feng Dajun greeted Qin Yang and nodded slightly to Lin Chuxia beside him, with restraint and politeness.
Lin Chuxia also nodded at him, her thoughts unwittingly drifting to Sister-in-law Feng.
The temperaments of these two people were really worlds apart.
Knowing Lin Chuxia was hungry, Qin Yang didn’t linger upon meeting someone, greeting them and then continuing on their way.
Feng Dajun watched the couple’s retreating figures and started heading home too, but didn’t get far before he bumped into his wife.
Sister-in-law Feng craned her neck out long, “Did you just run into Mr. Qin and his wife?”
Feng Dajun grunted in response, and Sister-in-law Feng followed up by asking, “What did you talk about?”
“Just greeted each other, what else could we have talked about?”
Sister-in-law Feng quickened her pace to walk beside Feng Dajun and whispered, “I saw Mr. Qin with so many things in his hands, all must be things Mrs. Qin bought from the city, right? You don’t know, this morning I went to the city with them. When it was time to come back, I and Sister-in-law Song and the others came back together, Mrs. Qin didn’t come back with us. It seems she went to buy things.”
Feng Dajun stopped walking and frowned at his gossip-hungry wife, “How many times have I told you, mind less of other people’s business.”
“I wasn’t prying or asking, just telling you, I think yesterday she just came from her hometown with so many good things, and today she ran off to the city and bought so many things, what is she planning to do? Has the result of your rating early this year not come out yet?”
She had laid her words out that clearly, if her husband still didn’t understand, he deserved to suffer and struggle all his life without ever becoming an official.
Feng Dajun looked around; he didn’t want to discuss these matters with his wife in public and walked home without a word.
Her husband was truly ignoring her now, and Sister-in-law Feng felt uneasy.
She could live this comfortable life here, eating white flour for every meal, all thanks to her husband.
She wanted her husband to become a high-ranking official, the higher, the better, to raise her eyebrows with pride in front of those women, yet she was also afraid of offending her husband.
Upon entering the house, Sister-in-law Feng quickly took out a few meat buns from her bag.
“I brought back these meat buns from the city for you, have a taste quick, they are still a bit warm, oh so fragrant, I’ve never eaten such delicious meat buns in my whole life.”
Feng Dajun glanced at the meat buns that had been squashed out of shape, and then back at his wife.
His wife wasn’t usually this generous.
Sister-in-law Feng knew the meaning of Feng Dajun’s gaze and explained with a smile, “Mrs. Qin treated everyone to meat buns, these few were left because nobody could finish them, so they let me bring them back.”