Switched Marriage: The Coddled Little Wife
Chapter 431: I Don’t Want to Marry Li Dongmei

Chapter 431: Chapter 431: I Don’t Want to Marry Li Dongmei

Lin Chuxia shook her head; it wasn’t that she was unwilling to spend money, but in that era, giving a longevity lock or a silver bracelet was already very precious. If she gave both, what would others think? How would the other party return the favor in the future?

Qin Yang knew Lin Chuxia’s concerns and whispered in her ear, "Then let’s choose the silver bracelet. If you like the other items, we can buy as many as you want when we have a baby."

Even though they had been married for so long, Lin Chuxia still blushed when discussing this topic outside.

She gave him a glance and then asked the salesperson to write up the bill.

Qin Yang was captivated by her shy and coy demeanor.

They had reunited after some time apart last night and naturally made love, but it was not as unrestrained as it would have been in their own home in the housing compound.

He really needed to take his wife back to the housing compound soon.

After purchasing the gifts, the pair left the Department Store.

In the car, Lin Chuxia continued to admire the pair of little bracelets.

"This year, there will be many more children around us—the Lanlans, The Xiaowus, my sister-in-law’s... How about we give each child a pair of identical silver bracelets? Then we can see a bunch of little radish heads..."

She didn’t finish her sentence when the car suddenly braked hard, jolting her body forward and interrupting her.

Qin Yang quickly checked on her, "Are you okay, Xiaxia? Did you hit anywhere?"

Lin Chuxia shook her head; she had the habit from her future life of always wearing a seatbelt whether driving or riding, so she only felt a slight pressure on her shoulder and it didn’t hurt.

Her gaze then landed on the woman in front of the car.

It was this woman who had suddenly dashed onto the road from the side, and if it weren’t for Qin Yang’s timely braking, they would have hit her.

Now, the woman probably realized the danger too, her face paled for a moment from the scare. Seeing the car stopped, she had the audacity to curse, "How do you drive, blind or what?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, she quickly picked up her basket and ran away without even daring to take another look at the people in the car.

Qin Yang’s attention was all on Lin Chuxia; once he saw she was fine, he felt relieved.

He frowned upon hearing the woman’s curse, but considering basic decency, he let it go since she had already run off.

Lin Chuxia spoke indifferently, "Don’t mind her. Are you okay?"

Qin Yang shook his head and started the car back on the road.

Meanwhile, Li Dongmei, carrying a basket full of vegetables, expertly turned through two alleys and stopped at the entrance of a house.

The door of the house wasn’t completely shut, and one could easily see the elderly woman washing clothes in the courtyard.

"Elder lady, why are you washing clothes by yourself again?"

She called out and familiarly pushed open the door to enter.

The elderly woman doing the laundry looked up at Li Dongmei, her eyes lighting up with a smile. She shook the water off her hands and walked over to greet her, "Dongmei, you girl, every time you come, you bring so much food."

"Auntie, listen to you, my family may not have much, but we’ve got plenty of vegetables. Take these vegetables to eat, so you don’t have to go out to buy any again."

Li Dongmei handed the vegetable basket to the old lady and sat down in front of the large basin to start washing the clothes the old woman had left half-finished.

Seeing her like this made the old woman even more satisfied, though she politely demurred.

"You don’t need to wash these clothes, I can wash them later. It might take me longer, but I will get them done eventually."

"Auntie, please don’t be so polite with me. These clothes are a quick job for me. At your age, you should be enjoying your life. My mom doesn’t do these chores at home anymore. If it’s not my sister-in-law doing them, it’s me. My mom doesn’t lift a finger when it comes to laundry or cooking."

"Oh dear, I don’t have the good fortune like your mother, blessed with a sensible and hardworking daughter like you. All I hope for now is that my son Wenbin can find a diligent and pretty daughter-in-law like you. Then I’ll be satisfied."

Li Dongmei’s face turned red, "Auntie, what are you talking about? I don’t understand."

Mrs. Zhang didn’t spell it out, just smiled and watched her.

Li Dongmei washed a whole basin of clothes and helped Mrs. Zhang tidy up the yard. When Mrs. Zhang started cooking and the time was getting late, she reluctantly left the Zhang Family.

Not long after she left, Zhang Wenbin came back from outside and headed straight to his room.

Mrs. Zhang came out from the kitchen and stopped him, speaking earnestly, "Have you given any thought to what I mentioned to you a few days ago? Don’t be too proud. That girl Li Dongmei, though she’s from the countryside, is capable and diligent. We can’t always rely on an old lady like me. Sooner or later you’ll have to take a wife."

Hearing his mother bring this up again, Zhang Wenbin impatiently responded, "Please don’t interfere with my business, I don’t want to marry Li Dongmei."

"If you don’t want to marry her, who do you want to marry?" Upon hearing his attitude, Mrs. Zhang instantly became anxious, "Do you plan to remain single for life, expecting me to cater to your eating and drinking at my old age? Or are you still thinking about that wench Li Wenhong? Let me tell you, no way—that wench took all the money from our house. If it weren’t for her running away with it, would we be struggling for food like we are now..."

Mentioning Li Wenhong, Mrs. Zhang felt an intense hatred, even more than when Qin Juan had caused her son to lose his job.

That wench never acted like a daughter-in-law to them, always waiting to be fed and served, more pretentious than a princess.

She completely bewitched her son, and he even told her that Li Wenhong was different from Qin Juan, a new woman, and could not be treated the same way as Qin Juan had been.

But look where that got us—really a "new woman." She, as the mother-in-law, had waited on her hand and foot for so long, not a single egg had she produced, and then during the New Year, while everyone was out visiting relatives, she had run away with all their money.

Only then did she realize that wench had never legally married her son.

She probably had had no intention of staying with her son from the day he was dismissed from his job, taking the Zhang family for fools.

It was hard to believe that after all this time, her son was still hung up on her.

"I’ll leave it at that today. Li Dongmei is a good girl, and I’ve taken a liking to her. If you still consider me your mother, you’d better marry her while you can. You’re not young anymore. You should get married and have another son soon. You go to work, and she can sell vegetables. Life can go on. But if you keep thinking about that wench Li Wenhong, don’t blame me for disowning you."

Seeing her son still appear indifferent, Mrs. Zhang took a step closer and lowered her voice a bit.

"I’ve already asked for you. After this New Year, Li Dongmei will only be 19, still a pure girl, not some second-hand goods like Li Wenhong. You’re already 33, even if she is from the countryside, it’s not demeaning for you."

Zhang Wenbin frowned, "Mom, can you stop saying ’countryside people’ all the time? What’s wrong with countryside people? Nowadays, they also live well."

Mrs. Zhang couldn’t understand why her son suddenly couldn’t stand to hear her talk about countryside people; after all, city folks like them always looked down on the rural folk, and it wasn’t just her.

But thinking again about Li Dongmei, her spirits lifted; had her son had a change of heart?

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