Era: Life's Big Winner

Chapter 75 I’m afraid you’ll spoil the child!

The room was silent.

Liu Hongchang's massage skills were really good. He Guixiang fell asleep in a short while and slept very soundly.

After turning off the lights, Liu Hongchang bent down and kissed her little mouth, then left quietly.

On the way, he first went into the space to take another shower, then took six jars of pickles from the space and put them in the tricycle.

The pickle jar is not big, it looks like a big flower pot, with white porcelain and blue flowers. When Liu Hongchang was making pickles not long ago, he bought a lot of them for backup.

The six kinds of pickles are: pickled eight-treasure vegetables, pickled carrots, pickled cucumbers, pickled garlic, spiced dried radish, and sweet pickled ginger sprouts.

It’s not that Liu Hongchang only made six kinds, but with these six kinds of pickles, Fang Tianfu’s noodle shop was almost enough.

Among them, Eight Treasures Dish is a pickled vegetable that is deeply loved by people. Strictly speaking, it is not one kind of pickled vegetable, but a combination of several kinds of pickled vegetables.

It includes pickled cucumber cubes, pickled eggplant cubes, pickled lentil cubes, pickled honeydew, pickled peanut kernels, pickled apricot flats, pickled eggplant cubes, pickled silver sprouts, pickled lotus root slices, plus pickled kohlrabi cut into plum blossom shapes.

Many people like to eat rice porridge with eight-treasure vegetables, a small dish that can bring out the rich flavor.

What Liu Hongchang took out to eat in the morning was the Eight Treasures Dish, which had everything in it and there was no need to prepare too many bottles and jars.

After staying at He Guixiang's place for more than an hour, Liu Hongchang returned to the yard and found that Fang Tianfu and the others were still awake.

Liu Hongchang parked the car in front of the courtyard gate. Fang Tianxin's younger brother Fang Tianyi was waiting at the gate. He ran back to the yard and called people out.

There were six jars of pickles, Liu Yunchang, Wang Cuilan, Wu Xiaoying, Fang Yongfu, Fang Tianxin and Fang Tianyi each moved one jar.

He Wenhui also followed out, but everyone stopped her from moving. She glanced at Liu Hongchang, and when she saw him nod, she pursed her lips and stood aside.

Liu Hongchang pushed the tricycle into the yard, and Wang Cuilan asked loudly: "Hongchang, where are these pickles?"

"Put it in the room on the far left of the wing!" Liu Hongchang said casually, pushing the tricycle to the door of Fang's house and putting it there.

Back in the wing room, Fang Tianxin brought over six tasting bowls. Fang Yongfu held the scale in his hand and said with a smile:
"Each pickle weighs five kilograms. This bowl can hold it. I'll take it to test the waters first. Regardless of whether this pickle can attract customers, I will pay for it according to the price."

Liu Hongchang naturally had no objection, and he stepped forward to help weigh the pickles. After a short while, he had packed the pickles.

Fang Tianxin took a piece and put it in her mouth to taste it, then said with a smile: "This dish can be eaten as a snack."

"What a coincidence, your sister Wenhui said the same thing today." Liu Hongchang said with a smile.

He Wenhui smiled and said, "It seems that I have good taste."

"Hongchang, I'll give you the money for the pickles at the end of the month, is that ok?" Fang Yongfu said with a smile.

Liu Hongchang nodded and said, "Okay, let's make a deal first. In fact, I hope you can sell well and have no worries. This way, I will have another way to make money in the future."

"Haha, then I'll take advantage of your good advice. I have no other choice but to do this now. I hope it works!" Fang Yongfu said with a smile.

After the matter was settled, it was getting late, so everyone dispersed and went home.

He Wenhui went to pour bath water for Liu Hongchang, but Liu Hongchang said it was not necessary, as he had already taken a bath by the river on the way back.

The couple was about to go back to their room to sleep when Liu Yunchang came over and said with a smile, "Hongchang, I'm sorry to bother you for a moment. I want to discuss something with you."

Wu Xiaoying was also standing at the door of their room, winking and making looks that spoke volumes.

Liu Hongchang nodded, looked at He Wenhui and said, "Go to sleep first, I'll be back soon."

"Well, I'm a little tired today." He Wenhui yawned and turned back to the room.

Liu Yunchang stuffed a pack of cigarettes into Liu Hongchang's hand and said shyly, "I'm going to go out for a walk. Your sister-in-law wants to discuss something with you."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the yard without waiting for Liu Hongchang to speak. Wu Xiaoying on the other side waved excitedly, seeming a little impatient.

Liu Hongchang put the cigarette in his pocket and walked into the room. After Wu Xiaoying bolted the door, she rushed over with a smile on her face.

"Slow down." Liu Hongchang was caught off guard and almost fell down. He hugged her tightly and whispered, "Don't let him send you cigarettes in the future."

"Just accept it if I give it to you. It's not convenient at home, otherwise I would like to stew pig's trotters for you!" Wu Xiaoying said affectionately.

Liu Hongchang was speechless and couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Where did you learn all this nonsense?"

"How new is this? There are many such things in the countryside and in the yard!" Wu Xiaoying said disapprovingly.

Liu Hongchang said nothing more. He looked at her rippling eyes and ordered, "Kiss me!"

……

The weather in summer changes suddenly, and it started raining heavily outside.

The room became quiet. Wu Xiaoying was exhausted. She weakly took the towel out of her mouth and took a few deep breaths.

"Get out! I don't know what to say to you." She complained in a low voice, sweating profusely.

"It's fine if you just go straight, but you're also wandering around crookedly. If he wants to come in from now on, I'm afraid he won't be able to get in!"

Liu Hongchang slowly stepped back, leaned against the kang cabinet, reached out to take the cigarette and lit it, then said with a smile, "I won't do this again in the future."

"That won't work. Now that you're here, don't be perfunctory." Wu Xiaoying scolded, "Don't worry, you should be able to recover."

Liu Hongchang laughed and said, "That's not necessarily true. It's just like a rubber band. If you pull it too hard, it will always deform." "Well, what should we do then?" Wu Xiaoying frowned slightly, helped Liu Hongchang clean up with a towel, and then gently lay in his arms.

"It's cool!" Liu Hongchang chuckled. "By the way, have you been to the hospital for a checkup? Are you really okay? Don't make us work for nothing. That would be pointless."

"I've checked it, and there's nothing wrong with it," Wu Xiaoying replied. "I'm not joking about paying such a high price."

The two were talking in low voices as the rain outside was getting heavier, with thunder and flashes of lightning.

After finishing a cigarette, Liu Hongchang stood up, put on his clothes, and said, "This room is indeed too narrow. Find an auspicious day and move to the side room, the one on the far right. But you have to pay me."

"Are you willing to give in? I thought you would wait until next year to agree!" Wu Xiaoying said happily with a smile on her face.

Liu Hongchang smiled, bent down and kissed her, but Wu Xiaoying held his neck tightly and didn't let go for a long time.

She sat on the kang, naked, looking at Liu Hongchang with seductive eyes, and asked with pursed lips: "Can we leave later?"

"Okay, there's a lot of time to come." Liu Hongchang waved his hand and turned to leave.

Wu Xiaoying wrinkled her nose and cursed inwardly: "Heartless fellow, Fang Chang, Fang Chang, if you have it, bring it with you in front as well!"

She didn't know where this nameless anger came from. Ever since she saw the big scene, she had become reluctant to leave.

Just when I was feeling depressed, Liu Yunchang came back from the side. It seemed that he had been caught in the rain, and his hair and clothes were wet.

"Where have you been?" Wu Xiaoying came back to her senses and asked with a puzzled look on her face.

Liu Yunchang took a towel and wiped his hair, and replied: "It's at the Chuihua Gate. I didn't expect it to take so long."

Wu Xiaoying blushed and felt a little embarrassed.

Liu Yunchang didn't pay much attention to it, and said to himself: "It seems that the matter will be accomplished, but it will be difficult for Hong Chang."

"Why is he so troubled? He's like a bull, so happy." Wu Xiaoying said unhappily.

Liu Yunchang's eyes lit up, and he came up to her and asked in a low voice: "How is the quality? Is there any waste?"

"Not really. The quality is excellent. Just like you said, this can be done." Wu Xiaoying nodded slightly in response.

Liu Yunchang breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "That's good. After being stabbed in the back for so many years, I can now stand up straight and be a man!"

"Xiaoying, you too, no one will ever say in private that you are a hen that doesn't lay eggs. Anyone who dares to say that again will be slapped in the face!"

Wu Xiaoying hummed, turned over and lay down, saying, "I'm a little tired, my whole body feels like it's falling apart, I'm going to sleep first."

……

The other side.

Liu Hongchang came to the living room, thought for a while, and went into the space to take another shower. This was his third shower today.

After taking a shower, he returned to the living room, feeling refreshed, and tiptoed into the bedroom.

"Are you back? What did you talk about? You've been delayed for so long." He Wenhui heard the noise, sat up and turned on the desk lamp.

Liu Hongchang closed the door and asked in confusion: "You're not asleep?"

"Well, I dozed off for a while and vaguely dreamed that you hit me. I was scared awake and then couldn't fall asleep since then." He Wenhui said aggrievedly.

Liu Hongchang sighed secretly, walked forward and sat on the edge of the bed, and asked with concern: "Were you scared today?"

"How could I not? You had a dark face and yelled at me coldly and loudly, it was so scary." He Wenhui choked, her eyes rolling in her sockets.

Liu Hongchang took off his clothes, came to the bed, held her in his arms, and said thoughtfully:
"Don't feel wronged. Do you think I should yell at you for what happened today? Think about it, if you really go to watch a movie with that instructor, not only will you and I lose face, but our two families will also lose face, and we will be laughed at for the rest of our lives!"

He Wenhui was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right. I didn't think much about many things. Once Wentao begged me, I softened my heart and couldn't say anything to him."

She took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and continued: "I will never do this again, Hong Chang, you should teach me more in the future."

"Teach you, slowly." Liu Hongchang said with a smile, "I'm very happy to see you slowly changing. Otherwise, I wouldn't feel at ease letting you take care of the child."

"What? I'm taking care of my own child, why should I worry?" He Wenhui frowned and said resentfully.

Liu Hongchang choked and said, "Why? I'm afraid you'll spoil the child and turn him into someone like Wentao!"

He Wenhui was speechless. She thought to herself that the child was as brainless as He Wentao, and she wanted to strangle him to death.

"My soft-heartedness is really terrible. I didn't go to college because I was afraid that Wenyuan, Wentao and Wenda would suffer."

"Fortunately, since marrying you, Wenyuan has changed a lot of his bad habits because of you. But Wentao..."

Speaking of this, she frowned, feeling upset about what happened today.

He Wentao almost caused Liu Hongchang to divorce her. He was scolded before that and wrote a self-criticism. He was even frightened awake in his dreams.

No matter how tolerant she was towards He Wentao, she couldn't help but feel an inexplicable feeling of disgust.

Liu Hongchang was right. He Wentao's behavior was extremely stupid. How could he introduce his married sister to a stranger?

How bad must he be to do such a terrible thing just to stand in the front row, take a photo, and be in the newspaper?

(End of this chapter)