Shen Yanshan swallowed hard and finally managed to regain his senses. His voice was slightly hoarse. "Last night."
Li Chuchu looked puzzled. "Why didn't you come back home?"
"I came back rather late, and there was still something left unfinished, so I just stayed at the guesthouse outside."
He didn't return to Ningcheng until late last night. This morning, he went to a bank, paid off the bank loan, transferred the money to the director's account, and then deposited the remaining money.
By the time he got home, it was almost noon.
Shen Yanshan took out two bankbooks from his bag.
He put one of them in front of Li Chuchu. "I earned 150,000 yuan this trip. You can keep this 50,000 yuan. You can spend it as you like. You don't need to tell me." Shen Yanshan paused for a moment. "I'm planning to buy a factory with the rest. Then I won't have to travel around all the time, and I can finally settle down."
As he spoke, he secretly observed Li Chuchu's reaction.
When he was still on good terms with Zhou Xun, he often heard Zhou Xun say that his sister and her husband always quarreled because her husband was often on business trips and rarely at home. At that time, he thought it was normal for a man to have social engagements, and if a woman couldn't understand, she was just being unreasonable.
But now, as he stepped into the role of a husband, he subconsciously began to reflect on himself.
He really spent too little time at home. No wonder Li Chuchu felt awkward when getting along with him.
Thinking of this,
Shen Yanshan sat up straight.
"A repairman should come this afternoon. I called him. Don't be scared."
"Hmm? What for?"
Shen Yanshan paused. "To install a toilet, for the bathroom."
Li Chuchu suspected she had misheard.
Of course, she knew what a toilet was for, but where could you get a toilet in this era?
She hesitated for a moment. "Why do you suddenly want to fix this?"
Shen Yanshan said casually, "I went to Rongcheng this time. I heard this thing is very convenient. Even foreigners use it. So I brought one back and see if we can find a place to install it."
In Li Chuchu's impression, Shen Yanshan didn't seem to be a man who paid much attention to the quality of life. Due to his experience of wandering in his youth, he could live a rough and simple life.
So this made Li Chuchu even more confused.
Shen Yanshan's eyes flickered. "It doesn't matter. If you can't remember, forget it. What shall we have for lunch today?"
The topic change was so abrupt that Li Chuchu's train of thought was derailed.
"I bought some mung beans. We can cook some mung bean porridge for lunch, and then stir - fry some spinach."
Li Chuchu was still thinking about whether to secretly buy some meat from the "licking dog mall" when Shen Yanshan nodded in agreement. "Okay, I'll help you."
After saying that, he got up and carried the vegetables out.
Li Chuchu thought: The villain is used to such a simple and frugal life. Compared with him, she seemed to be a bit extravagant.
Forget it. She wouldn't have meat for lunch today.
There was still some dried noodles at home. Li Chuchu simply cooked a spinach and egg noodle.
Some golden egg flakes floating on the noodle soup made the all - vegetarian meal look less plain. Shen Yanshan held the bowl and slurped the noodles greedily, as if he were having a sumptuous feast.
He emptied the big bowl in front of him. In the end, he didn't even leave a drop of soup. The bowl was clean, and the tableware was neatly arranged.
This made Li Chuchu couldn't help but sigh again that the great villain was really easy to feed.
After the meal, Shen Yanshan voluntarily carried the bowls to wash them.
Li Chuchu put the bankbooks Shen Yanshan gave her and the ones she already had in the cabinet beside the bed. At the same time, she also put the jade bracelet there.
By the way, Li Chuchu hadn't had the chance to sell this jade bracelet yet.
She decided to go to an auction house some time later to see how much this thing was really worth.
Not long after, the repairmen came to the house.
Since there was no independent sewer system at home, they had to build a sewer leading to the public toilet. This might be an illegal construction, but somehow Shen Yanshan got the approval and seal from the neighborhood committee.
This reduced a lot of risks.
After the craftsmen confirmed the route for digging the sewer, they started to work diligently.
...
Aunt Wang heard the noise of digging outside and ran out to take a look. "Oh my! What are they doing?"
Uncle Li was standing by the door frame, looking at the workers outside and fanning himself. "I don't know. It seems they are digging some kind of pipeline?"
"Pipeline? Sent by the neighborhood committee? What are they up to all day long? Where will this pipeline lead to?"
"Humph, who knows?"
Uncle Li gave a snort and then sat down under the tree to enjoy the cool.
It was quite lively around here. There was always some noise every day. Either a building was being demolished or a road was being repaired. Anyway, there had to be some grand - scale labor.
After all the repairs, their shabby place was the only one that was ignored.
Aunt Wang found the noise annoying, but Uncle Li thought it was quite good. He had a long - term vision. This would not only make the place look more beautiful after completion but also provide jobs for several workers. After all, he used to be a railway worker, and his workplace used to be full of clanging sounds.
He just liked this kind of noise. It was bustling.
Uncle Li was sitting outside the yard enjoying the cool. He squinted his eyes and sized up the person outside. It seemed to be Xiao Liu from the opposite yard. He greeted him. "Xiao Liu, you're back."
Liu Xiaocheng tucked his briefcase under his arm and replied. "Uncle Li, enjoying the cool? "
Uncle Li nodded. "Yes. It's been terribly hot these days. Haven't you been home for a few months? Hurry up and go inside to have a rest."
"Okay, I'll go in first."
Uncle Li squinted his eyes and sized up his back. As expected of a teacher, he walked with grace and poise, which was quite different from Luo Yingshu.
...
Luo Yingshu was washing vegetables in the yard. Since the incident when Li Chuchu moved to a new house last time, she hadn't interacted much with the neighbors recently.
When she was picking Chinese cabbages,
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone walking towards her. From the figure, it seemed to be a man. She immediately became vigilant. When she looked up, she was really startled.
"Hey! You scared me to death! Xiaocheng, why didn't you say you were coming back?"
Luo Yingshu was both happy and scolding.
Liu Guangwen was sent by the school to other middle schools for further study. He had been away for nearly two months and was tanned. Luo Yingshu pulled him and looked him up and down. She felt so heart - broken. "Why are you so tanned? Life in the countryside must be tough, right? I can see you've lost weight."
The always - strong Luo Yingshu even had red eyes. "Didn't you even have time to make a phone call? You should have told me earlier so that I could buy some meat in advance. There's hardly any food at home."
Liu Xiaocheng looked calm. "There's nothing to tell. We'll see each other when I'm back. I was busy submitting reports a few days ago, and there were also several new teachers coming back with me. I was so busy that I didn't even have time to catch my breath."
Compared with Luo Yingshu, Liu Xiaocheng seemed much calmer.
He thought it was too hot inside the house and slowly unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt and rolled them up to his elbows.