Yesterday, Sister-in-law Gu heard her sister-in-law crying at home, saying that Lu Xiao had married a village girl and had even argued with Lu Ran because of her.
The younger sister-in-law had just acted too slowly she’d let a cooked duck fly right out of her hands.
Originally, they had thought that if the younger sister-in-law married into the Lu family, she could at least help pull the Gu family up a bit. But now that hope had completely gone up in smoke.
Seeing how upset her sister-in-law was, Sister-in-law Gu brought Gu Ruolan out to the department store for a stroll to lift her spirits.
Who would’ve thought it would be such a coincidence they ran into Lu Xiao and his new wife.
“Oh my, this must be your little bride.”
“Hello, I’m the Gu family’s daughter-in-law. Our Gu family and the Lu family go way back. Ruolan and Lu Ran are good friends too. Come visit our home when you have the chance.”
Sister-in-law Gu looked warmly enthusiastic.
“Hello.”
Su Wanwan wasn’t stupid how could she not see that Gu Ruolan liked Lu Xiao?
But that had nothing to do with her. Lu Xiao had said himself that he didn’t have anyone he liked.
Gu Ruolan was just a one-sided crush.
“Oh, you’re picking out a watch? Want me to help you choose?”
“We girls have to treat ourselves well.”
“Come, I’ll show you the imported watches over here. These are rare, high-quality goods you can’t buy them just anywhere.”
“Look at this one isn’t it beautiful? The ones set inside are real diamonds. Do you even know what a diamond is?”
“It’s a very precious gemstone.”
Sister-in-law Gu deliberately pulled Su Wanwan toward the imported watches section.
The watches there were all imported, priced from over 400 yuan to nearly 1,000 yuan very expensive.
Most young girls would be dazzled at the sight and unable to walk away.
It wasn’t that the Lu family couldn’t afford such an expensive watch for their daughter-in-law it was that Sister-in-law Gu clearly had ulterior motives.
A single watch cost over a thousand yuan.
If Su Wanwan bought one and brought it home, regardless of what Lu Xiao thought, what would the Lu family think?
A girl from the countryside, immediately buying a thousand-yuan imported watch it would look extremely vain.
Moreover, everyone was advocating thrift and frugality. Almost no one was so high-profile as to wear such an expensive watch.
Wouldn’t that be handing others a weapon against her?
If she bought the watch, the Lu family’s impression of her would naturally sour.
At the same time, it would drive a wedge between Lu Xiao and Su Wanwan.
If Lu Xiao refused to buy such an expensive watch, it would imply he didn’t care about her planting a thorn in their marriage.
Su Wanwan pulled her arm free.
“Oh my, Sister-in-law Gu, if you like it, you should buy it. It suits your status perfectly. I’m just a rural girl I can’t wear something so precious.”
“As for diamonds, I don’t understand any of that.”
“You’re much more suited to it.”
“Besides, I can’t bear to let my man spend that much money on a watch. It’s not easy for him to earn money it’s earned with blood and sweat.”
“Sister-in-law Gu, we won’t keep you company. You go ahead and shop we’ll look over there.”
After saying that, she pulled Lu Xiao to another counter.
“Comrade, please let me try this watch.”
Su Wanwan wasn’t about to fall for it.
Trying to set her up? In their dreams.
A smile played at the corner of Lu Xiao’s lips as he leaned close to her ear. “You really don’t like it?”
“Don’t worry about other people. If you like it, we’ll buy it.”
“I like this one better.”
Su Wanwan lifted her wrist to look at it. This one was nice enough a Shanghai-brand watch, all-steel, shockproof, with small embedded stones. 125 yuan.
If she wore it out, no one would say anything.
“Pay for it.”
Seeing her slightly proud little expression, Lu Xiao couldn’t resist rubbing her hair.
“Alright.”
After paying, Lu Xiao directly fastened the watch onto Su Wanwan’s wrist.
“Let’s go buy you some clothes. Grandma gave me a mission to buy you more.”
They first went to the third floor, which sold textiles, ready-made clothing, and various fabrics.
Su Wanwan looked around but felt nothing was suitable. Buying ready-made clothes required fabric coupons and cost much more than buying fabric itself.
Carefully calculating, ready-made clothing cost about three times as much as making it from fabric and it used up more coupons too.
Not worth it at all!
She might as well make them herself.
After all, she had studied fashion design in college. Although she didn’t continue in that career, she still knew how to make clothes.
“What’s wrong?”
Lu Xiao noticed she’d been looking for a long time without choosing anything.
Standing on tiptoe, she leaned close to his ear. “Let’s just buy fabric and make them ourselves. Ready-made clothes aren’t worth it. They’re expensive and waste coupons.”
Her familiar fragrance drifted over, making Lu Xiao slightly uncomfortable.
“Our family isn’t short on these things. Just buy whatever you like.”
“But we can’t be so wasteful!”
Her slightly coquettish tone made his heart itch.
“How about this? Let’s buy a few outfits that don’t require coupons like those synthetic Dacron shirts. They don’t need coupons. Use the fabric coupons to buy cloth instead. Then have a tailor make the styles you like. We have plenty of fabric coupons anyway bring some fabric back for your parents too.”
Su Wanwan thought about it. That could work.
“No need to have someone else make them. I can sew.”
She would make a set of clothes for each of her parents.
And of course, she couldn’t forget Grandpa and Grandma Lu.
Considering how good Lu Xiao was to her, she might as well make him one too.
“Alright, then I’ll buy more fabric. I’ll make a set for my parents, and for Grandpa and Grandma too.”
“Just those…”
“No one else?”
Lu Xiao teased her deliberately.
Su Wanwan rolled her eyes, knowing he was doing it on purpose.
“Well… that depends on your performance!”
With that, she went off to pick fabrics.
Lu Xiao followed behind like a bodyguard.
As time passed, the items piled up.
They bought a lot of fabric and picked out two ready-made outfits.
On the second floor, Lu Xiao bought Su Wanwan four pairs of shoes two cloth shoes and two leather shoes.
When they got to the first floor, he didn’t spare it either. Anything he thought tasted good, he bought some for her.
Both their hands were loaded down with bags.
“Don’t move. Wait here. I’ll take these to the car and then come back for you.”
“Okay.”
Most of what Su Wanwan was carrying were food items. The heavy fabric and shoes were taken by Lu Xiao.
The sun was a bit strong, so she walked toward the shade by a wall on the side of the street.
Suddenly, the things in her hands were yanked away.
“Hey! Stop!”
It was a boy about seven or eight years old.
“He stole my stuff!”
Su Wanwan ran after him.