Chapter 207: She Sure Dares to Think
Mrs. Fu looked at the malted milk and thought it was fine.
"Alright."
"Then I’m off to work." Fu Mingxue pushed her bicycle out the door.
Just then, someone saw her come out and immediately crowded around her.
"Qin Tuan’s wife, what did you do to this bicycle? I saw you yesterday, and it looked like you didn’t even have to pedal."
The one asking was Sister-in-law Liu, who lived nearby.
She was incredibly curious. It was just so novel—and her family happened to have a bicycle too, so she wanted to do the same thing to it.
So, she had been keeping an eye on Qin Tuan’s courtyard since early in the morning.
Fu Mingxue looked at her. "It’s been modified. It’s a new product from the factory. Sorry, I have to get to work."
She didn’t interact much with the people in the family compound.
But that group who had come to her house to cause trouble earlier—they had left her with no desire to befriend anyone here.
Of course, she also didn’t have the time to socialize with the army wives in the family compound.
"Hey—" ’How could she just leave?’
Sister-in-law Liu was stunned, not expecting her to just get on her bike and leave.
She hadn’t even had a chance to ask if she could get one installed for herself.
After a moment of thought, she immediately went home—and pulled out a bag of brown sugar she had been saving.
She took the bag of brown sugar to Fu Mingxue’s front door and yelled into the courtyard, "Auntie, are you home?"
Mrs. Fu was watching the two children eat.
She heard someone outside. ’Were they calling for her?’
She said to the two little ones, "Darlings, you eat by yourselves for a bit. Grandma is going to go see who’s outside. Now, don’t you go poking your eyes with the spoons—"
Ever since her son-in-law asked her not to spoon-feed the two children,
she had thought about it and decided to let them eat on their own.
And surprisingly, they were doing a pretty decent job of it.
She quickly went out to the courtyard. "Sister-in-law Liu, is something the matter?"
"Auntie, it’s nothing major." Sister-in-law Liu handed over the bag of brown sugar. "This is for you to make some sweet tea."
Mrs. Fu didn’t know her motive, but to be given a gift out of the blue—and brown sugar at that—was something she certainly couldn’t accept.
She immediately pushed it back. "Sister-in-law Liu, we really can’t accept this. If you need something, just say it. We’re all neighbors, there’s no need for such formalities."
"It’s just some brown sugar, nothing valuable—you should take it."
Sister-in-law Liu pushed it forward again.
But Mrs. Fu pushed it back once more. "Sister-in-law Liu, we really can’t take this. If you’re not going to say why you’re here, then I have to get back to the children. They’re in the middle of eating, and I can’t leave them unattended—"
The moment Sister-in-law Liu heard this, she immediately said, "Then let’s go inside and talk!"
Mrs. Fu: ...?
’What could be so important that we have to talk about it inside?’
However, the woman had already let herself in, and it wouldn’t be right to kick her out.
Sister-in-law Liu entered the courtyard and saw the two children Qin Wenhao had adopted sitting together in a high chair.
"Auntie, this chair of yours is amazing! The kids can sit in it without falling out; it encloses them perfectly. And this tray in the front is just right for eating. Did Qin Tuan make this?"
"No, I had someone from my hometown make it. After all, with two children, I can’t hold both of them at once. This makes things much more convenient."
Sister-in-law Liu gushed, "Auntie, you’re so attentive. You’re raising these two children so well; their skin is so fine and tender—"
Mrs. Fu: ...?
’What kind of analogy is that?’
’What child at this age doesn’t have fine, tender skin?’
’Couldn’t she just say they were fair and chubby?’
"—Sister-in-law Liu, what is it you really came here for?"
Sister-in-law Liu gave an embarrassed laugh. "Auntie, it’s like this. I saw your Mingxue’s bicycle, and it’s so unusual. I was just wondering... could you help me get one made too?"
She then quickly added, "I’ll pay—"