Chapter 20
Chapter 20
Ning Xiangxiang visited Ningning’s house again to see if Su Fei had returned. So he decided to keep the box of New Year goods in his own house.
Ning Xiangxiang’s plan was to use this opportunity to get Su Fei to come to him, then create a favorable situation between them. He wanted everyone in the village to know that his charm was irresistible.
While Ning Xiangxiang was stomping his feet in the cold wind, Ningning and Su Fei were having their meal. When Ningning saw that Su Fei hadn’t returned yet, he went home to eat. Upon returning, he discovered that the items that were supposed to be hidden in his room had been taken out by Ning Daxiong.
When Ning Xiangxiang returned and saw that all the items had been opened by Ning Daxiong, he was furious. How could his mother do this? He had hidden them so well, how could anyone casually enter his room and open them? And they weren’t even their family’s belongings.
Ning Xiangxiang quickly rushed to grab these items back. His two sisters, Ning Yi and Ning Er, were also furious, constantly shouting, “Quickly bring the things back, what’s in our house belongs to us.”
Ning Daxiong kept nodding and said, “What your two sisters said is right. What’s in our house belongs to us. Why haven’t you gotten married yet? It’s like getting rid of so many people in the house. Let me tell you, you’re dreaming!”
Ning Xiangxiang felt like crying. He felt like he was being dragged down to death in this family. He had to get married and get away from them as soon as possible. Even if he got married, he wouldn’t care about them.
Ning Xiangxiang stubbornly said, “These are not ours, what if the owner comes to our house looking for them? These things weren’t given to me by anyone.”
Ning Daxiong felt a little guilty. She thought they were gifts from Su Fei’s admirers, but they weren’t. Still, she shamelessly said, “If it’s not your own family’s belongings, don’t bring them home. If you want to return them, do it yourself.”
Although Ning Xiangxiang’s two sisters were not young anymore, no one had proposed to them yet. After all, they were too lazy, and Ning Daxiong’s family conditions were not good. They would definitely suffer. So they were still unmarried.
Ning Yi and Ning Er, hearing that these were not their own family’s belongings, quickly ate up the canned meat in their mouths. They wouldn’t have a chance to eat later. They had never eaten such delicious food during the New Year in the Ning family.
Ning Xiangxiang looked at the mess. Besides the milk powder, which hadn’t been opened yet, the remaining canned beef or other items had been torn open and eaten. Were the people in their family all gluttons? They ate so much!
Ning Xiangxiang felt ashamed. This was probably why many families in the village with good conditions looked down on them. Ning Xiangxiang packed up his things and could only take out the two cans of milk powder to bring to Su Fei later.
Meanwhile, Ning Daxiong and the others continued to enjoy the meat in their mouths, feeling that the meat was really delicious. Especially this canned meat, hardly anyone in the village had ever eaten it. They kept thinking about what was written on the package, because Ning Yi and Ning Er had attended school for two years and could read a few words.
After reading it, they still didn’t understand what was written, but they knew that these things were sent from the capital to Su Fei. The three of them whispered to each other.
“It’s okay, these are for Su Fei. Su Fei used to like our little brother so much. Giving him some food is just giving her face,” Ning Yi and Ning Er said confidently.
“Why did the capital send these things to Su Fei? These things are not cheap. Does Su Fei’s still have relatives in the capital?” Ning Daxiong might not be smart in other areas, but when it came to calculating others, she had many ideas.
Ning Daxiong thought about it. Originally, the child who was Ningning’s object was her enemy. When Ningning chose Su Fei, she asked Ning Xiangxiang to hook Su Fei up.
Unexpectedly, one hook-up turned into two, but Ning Daxiong didn’t want Ning Xiangxiang to be with Su Fei. Because Su Fei was really poor, and without parents, she couldn’t support their whole family. Now that she thought about it, something was wrong. Maybe they were tricked, and now the conditions were more relaxed, so they were contacting Su Fei again.
“You say, if Su Fei really has relatives in the capital, will she go back to the city in the future? If, by chance, your brother and Su Fei become a couple, by then, both of you will also become city dwellers. That would be great. You won’t have to worry about marrying off your daughters anymore,” Ning Daxiong fantasized.
Ning Yi and Ning Er listened and agreed. If they became one family, they wouldn’t have to worry about marrying off their daughters. Now the men in the village who wanted to marry into the city were from wealthy families. They had to pay a lot of dowry to become city dwellers.
“Yeah, since we’re all one family, all the things that come to our house are ours. Su Fei definitely won’t come looking for them,” Ning Yi said happily.
“Then let’s eat up all the remaining things. Since we’ll be one family in the future anyway,” so they decided to eat up all the opened cans of food. After cleaning them up, not even the soup was left. They wiped the bowl clean with steamed buns and ate them up.
On the other hand, Su Fei and Ningning were unaware that their first package had been eaten by someone else as a tribute. But they also bought the things they wanted and ate the food they wanted in the city.
Ningning was especially happy now because the leather shoes on his feet were probably the best-looking and most fashionable ones in the whole county. When his parents were still alive, Ningning had never worn such good shoes. Now that he was with Su Fei, wearing new clothes and new shoes again, he was really happy.
During the meal, Ningning kept serving Su Fei meat and vegetables. “Eat more, it seems like the weather is not good. Let’s hurry back later, so we don’t get caught in a snowstorm.”
Su Fei’s appetite was particularly good now, and she would often feel hungry. Perhaps it was because her stomach was empty and she couldn’t eat enough no matter what. She ate meat viciously and put more meat from her plate into Ningning’s bowl. He did more physical work than she did.
“Eat some meat too, don’t just put meat on my plate. I can’t finish it myself, let’s eat together,” Su Fei added the meat to Ningning’s bowl and didn’t let him pick it up himself. “I can’t eat it all by myself.”
Ningning ate the meat sweetly. This kind of life was something he didn’t dare to think about before. With his indomitable spirit, he had already figured out what to do after he became an adult, got married, and if Su Fei cheated on him. When they had children, he would kill Su Fei.
Ningning ate the meat and thought that when he went back, he must send some gifts to the families who tried to drown Su Fei. This was to repay her for being such a good housewife.
The other people eating at the guesthouse were mostly those with some spare money. They envied the sweet and loving relationship between the young couple. Some of them were also like them, just starting to arrange marriages.
Seeing the wife buying clothes and shoes for her husband and treating him to dinner, Su Fei and Ningning basically delayed quite a few marriages. After all, most of the people arranging marriages only had time during the New Year.
The standard arrangement for blind dates, whether in the city or the village, was to first go shopping at the department store and then have dinner at the guesthouse. So it happened that Su Fei and Ningning were on the same road as them, causing quite a stir along the way.
The women said they looked down on Su Fei and were afraid of men! The men were envious of Ningning for being able to find such a good woman to marry, and they were extremely jealous!
Fang Ru and her blind date were forced to come out again. Looking at the blind date in front of her, who was not as good-looking as Ning Xiangxiang and not as pleasant to talk to, she was dissatisfied with everything.
Fang Ru took a glance and saw Su Fei. If it weren’t for the fact that the man next to her hadn’t changed since that day, she wouldn’t have noticed him bringing her to buy leather shoes.
Su Fei and Ningning didn’t care about the shocked onlookers, but packed up their things and prepared to go home. It gets dark very quickly in winter, so by the time they returned home, it was already dark, and no one saw what they brought back from the city.
Before they even opened the door, Su Fei was startled by a person squatting at the door. Su Fei immediately hid behind Ningning. “There… there’s a ghost…!”