Chapter 46
Soon they arrived at the town gate. After stopping the ox cart, Du Wei got off the cart first and then went to help Li Suniang down. He touched her hand and felt relieved when he felt that she was not cold. He was afraid that his wife would be frozen along the way, and as for others, they were not within his jurisdiction.@@novelbin@@
After seeing this scene, Meng Shi, who had just gotten off the ox cart, was jealous again, but she could only say sour words at most and did not dare to do anything more. After all, she would shudder in her heart when she was looked at by Du Wei's cold eyes.
After Du Wei parked the ox cart at a fixed place, he took Li Suniang's hand and walked into the town together.
It was the New Year, and the town was much more lively than usual, and the flow of people was much more than before. Even the calls of those vendors were louder than before, and there were many more smiles on their faces. The goods they had in hand were selling well recently.
The two walked and looked, and went up to buy some when they saw what they needed. Soon, both of them had things in their hands. The only thing that disappointed Li Suniang was that she didn't see any fruit sellers.
When the two of them walked to a cloth shop, Du Wei took Li Suniang and walked in. There were quite a lot of people inside. The boss and the clerks were busy introducing the fabrics to people, and no one came to greet them for a while.
"Husband, do you want to buy ready-made clothes or buy cloth to make at home?" Li Suniang looked at the cloth of various materials and the ready-made clothes on display and then asked.
"Buy whatever you like?" Du Wei was also looking at the cloth and ready-made clothes.
Li Suniang, who was originally gesturing in her mind about what color would look good on Du Wei, pointed to a piece of blue cloth and said after hearing this, "Husband, what do you think of that blue one?"
Du Wei looked in the direction of Li Suniang's finger, then frowned and said, "It's not good for a woman like you to wear this color!"
"Um..." Li Suniang immediately turned her head and looked at Du Wei in confusion, "Am I not buying clothes for you?"
"I didn't say I wanted to buy clothes! It's New Year's Day, and I want to buy some new clothes for you and Zihao." Du Wei realized then that his wife had misunderstood what he meant.
Li Suniang finally understood Du Wei's intention of pulling her in. After thinking for a while, she said, "How about we buy a set of clothes for the whole family? I think Dad's clothes are a little old."
Du Wei didn't expect his wife to be so filial, so he nodded and agreed readily, "You don't need to buy mine. There are two more at home that have only been worn once or twice. They look quite new."
"If you don't want to buy, then I won't buy either. I'll buy them for Zihao and Dad." Li Suniang saw that Du Wei didn't want to buy, so she said firmly.
Du Wei saw that his wife didn't want to buy clothes either, which was not acceptable. He brought her to the town just to buy her clothes.
"Buy, buy, buy, I'll buy too. But you have to pick a few more for yourself. I like to see you look good in them." Du Wei immediately nodded and whispered in Li Suniang's ear.
After hearing what he said, Li Suniang felt sweet and shy. She couldn't help but look around. Seeing that no one was looking at them, she glared at him and whispered, "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you afraid of being heard?"
Seeing Li Suniang's blushing face, Du Wei couldn't hide the smile in his eyes. He liked to see his wife's shy look.
"Ah! Isn't this Du Biaotou? Are you out to buy New Year's goods?" At this time, the boss of the cloth shop had just finished paying a batch of bills. When he looked up and saw Du Wei, he hurried over and said very enthusiastically.
"I heard from the people in the escort agency that you got married. This should be your wife! She's pretty. You have a good eye." The boss looked at Li Suniang standing next to Du Wei and couldn't help but praise her.
"Hehe, my wife is gorgeous." After hearing what the boss said, Du Wei also nodded in agreement. Li Suniang, who was standing by, wanted to pretend she didn't know him after hearing what Du Wei said. He was so polite that he really took it as the truth. So she turned her head and didn't want to listen anymore. She looked at the cloths on the shelf carefully and began to choose the right colors for her family.
"Boss, how much is your suit?" Du Wei took the boss aside while Li Suniang was choosing the cloths, and then pointed to a set of ready-made clothes and said.
"You're buying it for your wife. You have good taste. This is a style that was just made in my store not long ago. Your wife will definitely look good in it. If you really want to buy it, I won't count your work and just give you one or two taels of silver!" The boss immediately knew what Du Wei meant, so he said in a low voice.
"Okay, pack it for me." Du Wei said readily.
At this time, Li Suniang didn't know that Du Wei had already chosen a suit for her. She was still choosing the right fabric. Finally, she chose two sets of clothes for Lao Du and one for each of the remaining three people. Lao Du's fabrics were a little more expensive, and the satin surface had a longevity pattern on it, which was very suitable for elderly people. Theirs were all pure cotton cloth. Li Suniang felt that cotton cloth was not easy to wear, and it was suitable to wear when working.
"Wife, why don't you buy one more set? I have the money." Du Wei thought Li Suniang was saving him money.
"One set is enough. It's just for the New Year. Besides, I can't wear more. It's a waste to put it anywhere. Besides, clothes are not only available during the New Year but also at ordinary times. Besides, the New Year is coming soon. I won't have time to make too many at once." Li Suniang explained.
After paying the money, Du Wei told the boss to leave the things with him first and that he would come to get them later. Then the two went to buy New Year's goods again.
When buying meat at the meat stall, Li Suniang saw the internal organs thrown aside by the boss and stared at them because she wanted to eat large intestines, but she didn't want to make them. It's too troublesome to make them.
"Wife, that doesn't taste good." Du Wei saw Li Suniang staring at the internal organs, so he said hurriedly.
"Husband... Actually, these are quite delicious after being cooked. Why don't we buy them home and try to cook them..."
Du Wei looked at those things and didn't believe what Li Suniang said. After all, he had traveled all over the country for so many years and had never seen a place where pig internal organs were cooked deliciously. But when he saw Li Suniang staring at them as if she was greedy for them, he was reluctant to disappoint his wife.
Forget it, it doesn't cost much anyway, just buy it for his wife's happiness. When she knows that those things don't taste good, she won't want to buy them in the future. Besides, except for the intestines, the others can still be eaten. If she really doesn't like them, he can feed them to the dog at home, which is not a waste.
In the end, Du Wei not only bought the meat but also bought the pot of offal that the butcher was going to take home to feed the dog. The boss also readily gave them the few bones with the meat shaved off that Li Suniang wanted.
Seeing Li Suniang's happy look as if she had picked up silver, Du Wei really felt that his wife was a little silly. Meat is much more delicious than these things. It seems that he must work harder to make money in the future so that his wife will not buy those worthless and unpalatable things just to save money for him.
When the two returned home and Lao Du saw the pig offal, he thought it was bought for Wangzai to eat. But later, after waiting for it to be eaten by people, he couldn't help scolding Du Wei, "You stinky boy, do you have too much money and have nowhere to spend it, and you actually bought these inedible things home."
Li Suniang, on the other side, looked at Lao Du awkwardly and whispered, "Dad... don't scold my husband, that's what I wanted to buy. In fact, these are still very delicious as long as they are washed clean."
"Zihao's mother, have you been cheated by the butcher? You know, I've eaten these things before. No matter how clean they are, they still taste like bones, especially the intestines, which are simply inedible." When Lao Du heard that it was Li Suniang who bought them, his voice suddenly became softer. He thought she was cheated by the butcher. "Forget it, it won't cost much anyway. Now that you've bought it, I can give it to Wangzai when the time comes."
Du Wei was speechless when he saw his father's completely different attitude before and after. Was he his biological son?
Li Suniang felt that it was useless to say more at this time. Only after the things were made could they realize that what she said was true.
When Lao Du knew that his daughter-in-law was going to make new clothes for him, he said with self-loathing, "Oh, I'm an old man. Why do you still make new clothes for me? Why waste that money? And buy such expensive fabrics."
Although he said words of disgust, he couldn't stop the smile on his lips. 'Daughter-in-law is still the best! Look, this daughter-in-law has new clothes to wear as soon as she gets married.'
'Dad! I gave you all the money, but you didn't buy it. Why are you blaming me?' Du Wei felt wronged.
"Dad, what I bought for you is not expensive. This is the fabric that your daughter-in-law specially selected for you. When it's done, you wear it and walk around the village. I guarantee that the old men in the village will be envious. You know, even the village chief has never worn this fabric in his life." Du Wei was trying to coax his father with nice words.
"Go away, you only know how to coax an old man like me."
Lao Du said to Du Wei with a smile and some disgust on his face.
Li Suniang herself is a person with a bad mouth, but the son she gave birth to and the man she is marrying now are both people who can coax people. She hopes that the children she will have in the future will be like their father, but they must not be as bad at talking as her.
Now Li Suniang has also seen clearly that Du Wei will only show his warm nature in front of his family.
After everything was done, Li Suniang began to wash the pig's internal organs. When she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to wash, Du Wei saw it and hurried over to ask, "Wife, what are you doing? You don't really want to eat this, do you...!"
"Well, you don't think I'm joking, do you?" Li Suniang looked up at Du Wei's disgusted eyes and stared at the basin in front of her.
"No, wife, I'll do it, just teach me how to do it." Seeing that Li Suniang's white and tender fingers were about to grab the greasy intestines with the smell of pig manure, Du Wei hurriedly spoke up and reached out to hold her hand.
Du Wei didn't want his wife's beautiful hands to smell like pig manure.
'Oh, her man is good to her and rushes to do the work.' Li Suniang is not stupid. How could she refuse? So she immediately retracted her hand, sat aside, and began to teach Du Wei how to deal with the intestines.
First, wash the grease and dirt on the intestines with ash, then soak them in salt and vinegar for a while, then wash them with rice water and flour, and they will be very clean after several scrubs.
Looking at the white intestines in his hands, Du Wei took them up and smelled them, then said in surprise, "Hey, wife, I really can't smell any strange smell now."
Although it doesn't smell good, I don't know if it will still smell after it is cooked. Du Wei was thinking in his heart.
Li Suniang made a marinade with cinnamon and star anise bought from the medicine store, then put the washed and blanched intestines into the marinade, soaked them for a while, and then cooked them. Soon the fragrance floated out, and Xiao Zihao and Wangzai ran in together.
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