The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1319 - Chapter 1319 1319 Xiao Yishan's Considerate Gesture 2

Chapter 1319: 1319 Xiao Yishan’s Considerate Gesture 2 Chapter 1319: 1319 Xiao Yishan’s Considerate Gesture 2 In the past, Li Rong’er hadn’t been without new clothes, but whenever she wanted to buy something, she always had to beg him, to wheedle and cajole before he was willing to give her money.

She never expected that he would take the initiative to buy her clothes.

Her heart was suddenly touched, “Brother Xiao…”

The shop owner, hearing Xiao Yishan’s words, immediately came forward to greet Li Rong’er, “Lady, please come inside.

What kind of pattern do you like?

Our shop has just received a new batch of cloth, it’s the fashion from the capital city…”

Li Rong’er was overjoyed.

Making two outfits wasn’t cheap, and without ordering custom-made clothes, she directly bought ready-made garments, spending four taels of silver.

After leaving the cloth shop, the owner warmly saw the two off.

“Rouge and face powder for sale, top-quality rouge, become charming in an instant!” A vendor at the rouge stand called out enthusiastically, seeing Li Rong’er passing by and said warmly, “Lady, buy some rouge.

With your good looks, a touch of rouge will make you even more beautiful.”

Li Rong’er paused, “I just ran out of my rouge.” She did not plan to buy from the stall, as the quality of goods from a stall could never compare with those from a shop.

Now that she was with Xiao Yishan, she was somewhat a landlord’s wife and buying from a street stall was beneath her.

Xiao Yishan, however, didn’t see it that way, thinking that one should live within their means, “If Rong’er likes it, buy a little.”

She hesitated for a moment, looking at his honest and resolute face, then glanced at the long row of shops not far away.

Suddenly, she understood that the man she married was Xiao Yishan, and he was not that wealthy.

Being able to afford a better life than the average person was enough.

She needed to be realistic.

After all, when she was a maid in the Fang Mansion, she had slept with a man countless times just to get a box of rouge.

She still had to face reality.

So she bought two boxes of rouge and face powder.

Although she purchased them from a stall, Xiao Yishan had the vendor choose the best for her and also bought a wooden comb and a hairpin.

A single outing had cost Xiao Yishan eight taels of silver.

This was about as much as Li Rong’er would earn in wages over about three years as a maid.

She was deeply moved in her heart.

That night, after Xiao Yishan was finished with her and was holding her, he said, “Rong’er, I haven’t been good enough to you before, it was my fault.

In my heart, Yue’er was the woman for me, you know that.

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I won’t lie, I really did blame you for a long time.

It was your arrival that made me lose Yue’er completely.

But now I’ve come to understand that Yue’er didn’t love me; she married my third brother, and now that they’re doing so well together, I’m happy for her.

You are the one who’s my woman.

Though I am not as wealthy as my third brother, I will try my best to give you a good life.”

“Brother Xiao…” Li Rong’er was truly moved to tears.

Having been with many men, she could clearly distinguish who was sincere and who was not.

In the past, her lover, the servant Fang Li from the Fang Mansion, was only deceiving her for her virginity, while being intimate with other maids.

Manager Fang Hai from the Fang Mansion only despised his old and faded wife, coveting her young body.

The Master of the Fang Mansion would take advantage of her just for the sake of novelty.

Some young masters and nobles visiting the Fang Mansion would get involved with her for their clandestine pleasures.

Not one of these men had ever thought of marrying her; not one of them truly treated her seriously.

She slept with Manager Fang to climb the social ladder.

Avoiding the hardest drudgery and serving Master Fang were so her life-long ‘death contract’ could be revised to a five-year ‘living contract’.

She entangled herself with some young nobles visiting the Fang Mansion also in hopes of securing a better future.

Only after being played by these men did she realize that even being a concubine in a wealthy family was not easy.