Fu Wenwen chuckled. It was true that whatever she said wrong, he wouldn't understand anyway. “Brother-in-law, take a look later and see which one suits Sister Cuihua best. If you think it's suitable, just say it looks good.”
“Okay.” Liu Qiang nodded, deciding he would say every piece looked good on his wife later.
Zhang Cuihua emerged wearing a blue knee-length dress. Fu Wenwen looked at her and couldn’t help but nod.
The blue color made Zhang Cuihua, whose skin was tanned wheat-colored from years of sun exposure, appear much fairer. Coupled with her fuller figure after childbirth, this dress transformed her three parts of beauty into seven.
“…This… Is this my wife?” Liu Qiang looked at Zhang Cuihua, who seemed to have undergone a complete metamorphosis, in disbelief. The dress made his wife look like a different person.
Zhang Cuihua usually wore loose-fitting clothes, making her figure appear flat. He never expected she had such a beautiful physique.
Looking at his wife, Liu Qiang thought about their six or seven years of marriage and their child who was almost six. Their love had long since faded. Now, he felt a flutter in his heart, as if he were a young lad meeting the most beautiful girl from a neighboring village for the first time.
“You silly man! What nonsense are you spouting! If I’m not your wife, then who is!” Zhang Cuihua said, still a little flustered by Liu Qiang’s stunned expression.
“…Wife!!” Liu Qiang immediately rushed forward, like a wolf spotting meat. “I want this one! This one looks good! My wife is so beautiful!”
“You… What did you eat all of a sudden, to be so eloquent?” Zhang Cuihua didn’t expect Liu Qiang to rush up to her so suddenly. Looking at the fervent gaze in his eyes, she realized this was a look she hadn’t seen on him in a long time.
“Sister, this dress truly suits you so well!” Fu Wenwen said sincerely. She hadn’t expected Zhang Cuihua’s figure to be so good hidden beneath those loose clothes!
“Really… Really? Does it suit me that well?” Zhang Cuihua blushed. Seeing Liu Qiang’s expression, she also sensed something.
“It’s true! Wife, you’re too beautiful! We’ll take this one!” Liu Qiang insisted.
“…Then… Then let’s take this one.” Zhang Cuihua, her face flushed with shyness, smiled at Fu Wenwen.
“Great!” Fu Wenwen nodded. Under Liu Qiang’s intense gaze, Zhang Cuihua went back to Fu Wenwen’s room to try on another outfit.
This time, Liu Qiang’s eyes didn’t leave the door of Fu Wenwen’s room, staring expectantly, afraid he would miss something.
Meanwhile, Xiao Hong, carrying clothes, walked through the village towards her home. On the way, she happened to meet a sister who was going to wash vegetables.
The other woman also noticed the clothes in Xiao Hong’s arms and couldn’t help but glance over, stepping forward. “Xiao Hong, where did you get those clothes?”
“I bought them from educated youth Fu. Aren’t they pretty?” Xiao Hong said happily, unfolding the clothes for her sister to see. “Lingzi, we saw a similar one at the supply and marketing cooperative last time. Do you remember how much it cost?”
“I remember, one Yuan a hundred (a large denomination bill).” Chen Lingling answered immediately. “This one of yours isn’t cheap, is it?”
“You absolutely won’t believe the price!” Xiao Hong whispered in Chen Lingling’s ear. “I just helped educated youth Fu, and she only charged me three yuan.”
“What?!!” Chen Lingling couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Shush, shush, shush!!” Xiao Hong said nervously. “Don’t shout! What if someone finds out? I was just about to go home, put the clothes away, and then come find you! Educated youth Fu still has quite a few good clothes like this. I asked, and she said that for my sake, you all could have them for three yuan a set, and you can pick whatever you want.”