Xiao Ailiu jumped in surprise and screamed in a high-pitched voice, âOh my! You beast!â
âBig sister, what are you randomly touching!â Xiao Yuchuan frowned in annoyance.
âIsnât it just a horse? Canât I touch it?â Xiao Ailiu noticed a large cloth bag tied on the horseâs back and three live chickens tied up by their legs. She smacked her lips, as she hadnât had chicken in a long time. Reaching out to untie the cloth bag, she asked, âWhatâs inside thisâ¦â
Xiao Yuchuan stepped forward. âDonât touch itâ¦â
âI just want to have a lookâ¦â Xiao Ailiu opened the cloth bag anyway and saw another coarse cloth bag inside. Upon opening it, she discovered several sets of menâs clothes and a pair of new menâs shoes. âSo many clothes and shoes⦠whose are theseâ¦â She took them out one by one to examine them. âWow⦠theyâre all new⦠quite a few of them, too. They look like they would fit my husband.â
She didnât like Chuanâs attitude and called out to Xiao Yishan, who was washing vegetables in the kitchen. âSecond brother, there are so many clothes here. Iâll take a couple of sets back when I leaveâ¦â
Before Xiao Yishan could respond, Xiao Yuchuan snatched the clothes away. âIn your dreams!â
Yuchuan looked at Su Qingyue with confusion. âWife, why did you buy so many clothes?â
âItâs just three sets of clothes.â She said indifferently. âOne set each for you, second brother, and fourth brother. And new shoes, two pairs for each of you.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Xiao Yuchuan was instantly touched. âWife, youâre so kind!â
Hearing this, Xiao Qinghe was also moved. âQingyueâ¦â
âI noticed that your clothes were old and your shoes were worn out.â She said with a smile. âI donât know how to do needleworkâ¦â Remembering that the original body owner could, she corrected herself, âI mean, I know how, but Iâm too lazy to do it. So I just bought the finished products.â
Xiao Ailiuâs face darkened upon hearing this. âSu Qingyue, youâre a bought woman, and youâre too lazy to do needlework? Youâre not proper at all! Reallyâ¦â She tried to touch the new clothes again, but Chuan moved them away. She continued with a black face, âThe fabric looks expensive. Buying the finished products must have wasted so much money. Couldnât you just buy the cloth and make it yourself? Youâre really not suitable for daily life!â
Su Qingyue scoffed. âYes, youâre good at living.â
âBig sister, what are you blabbering about!â Xiao Yuchuan scolded. âMy wife buys things within our means, whatâs wrong with her buying clothes for us? Have you ever bought clothes for us since we were little? Fine, you said to buy cloth and make it ourselves, have you ever bought cloth for us and made clothes?â
Xiao Ailiuâs face turned cold. âThatâs because our family is poor, we canât afford it.â
Xiao Yuchuan sneered. âThen what about the three acres of prime paddy fields you sold? You took all forty-five taels.â
âIt was agreed that the three acres of paddy fields were my dowry.â Xiao Ailiu argued. âI need something to take with me when I get married, so of course I took the dowry.â
âYouâre right about this matter.â Xiao Yuchuanâs eyes were icy cold. âBut why didnât you come back to see us when I kept fainting and fourth brotherâs leg was ruined?â
âIâm back now, arenât I?â Her loud voice grew smaller.
âYes.â It was Xiao Qinghe who spoke. âThird brother and I have been in trouble for over four years, and youâve been married in Qingmu Village for just as long. Itâs been over four years since you last came back.â
As he washed the vegetables, Xiao Yishan kept an eye on the situation outside the kitchen. After finishing washing the vegetables, he interjected with an icy voice, âBig sister, you shouldnât have come back at all.â
âThis is my home. If I donât come back here, where can I go?â Xiao Ailiu knew her three younger brothers were angry.