The next morning, Xie Sui woke up around seven. His sons hadn't come to bother him; he had overslept.
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he went to the bathroom to relieve himself. Outside the kitchen, he saw a beautiful figure standing. Her slender waist was barely visible in the oversized t-shirt, and her long, straight legs were shapely and elegant. Just her back view evoked feelings of first love.
"Wife?!"
Xie Sui called out. His wife had such a great figure; wearing this, he wouldn't bear to let her go out.
The person turned around, smiling like a mother hen, clucking, "Is your mind only on your wife!"
"Mom, Sister Two? You, how old are you, still dressing so provocatively, what are you trying to do?"
This back view was actually Xie Min. Xie Sui felt his soul had been dealt a thousand blows, truly embodying the saying from his past life: one look at the back and you feel desire, one look at the face and you want to gouge out your eyes to atone.
"Haha... You wanna get hit? How are you talking to your sister? I'm not even thirty, am I that old?"
Xie Min wanted to pinch him. Younger brothers were the most annoying.
Lin Wanwan walked out from the room, her small face flushed. She was also wearing the same outfit, but her t-shirt was white, making her look even more charming and lively. Xie Sui stared, mesmerized.
Xie Min was also jealous and said sourly, "Your wife is truly beautiful. Dressed like this, people would believe she's seventeen or eighteen."
Xie Sui nodded vigorously, "Sister Two is right, my wife, of course, is beautiful."
"Not at all, Sister Two is also very beautiful. Xie Sui, are we really going to do this business?"
"Of course, why not? The supply and marketing cooperative sells them for eight yuan each, and the cost, at most, is a little over three yuan. It's like picking up money, don't you want it?"
Xie Min's eyes lit up, "Really?"
"Fake, I'm just teasing my wife. If money were that easy to make, everyone would be doing it."
Xie Min was so angry she wanted to hit him, then suddenly chuckled, "Little Sui, why are you so irritable so early in the morning? Did my staying at your place last night interfere with your good times?
You're not newlyweds anymore, are you that clingy?"
Lin Wanwan's face turned even redder, "Sister Two, don't talk nonsense, it's nothing."
Xie Sui gave a wry smile. How long had it been since he had touched his wife?
It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he didn't dare. Wanwan had a fiery temper. If she didn't truly love him and accept him, Xie Sui didn't want to force her. What would be the difference between that and the scoundrel he was before?
Dou Dou and Ding Ding also woke up. With sleepy faces, they went to the tree pit to pee. Upon seeing Lin Wanwan's new outfit, they clapped their hands happily, "Mom, so pretty!"
"Watch your step, you'll wet your shoes. You're this old and still peeing in tree pits. Go to the toilet from now on, aren't you ashamed?"
"Got it."
The two children giggled and circled around Lin Wanwan. The children didn't know what looked good, but new clothes were definitely different.
"Don't touch your mom, the white t-shirt gets dirty easily."
Lin Wanwan turned and went back inside, "I'll change out of it. I can't work like this."
Putting back on her original clothes, Lin Wanwan felt much more at ease. The pedal pushers felt as if she were wearing nothing at all, extremely uncomfortable.
Xie Min, however, kept her outfit on. She loved new clothes and couldn't remember when she had last bought one. Life had been too hard.
After breakfast, the aunts who came to work started arriving. They crowded around Xie Min, exclaiming, "So beautiful! How much did you buy it for? You look like a city girl, I should buy one for my daughter too."
"It's mainly that the vest is nice. This combination is just right. I saw Zhao's daughter wear one once, her round little bottom was showing, you could even see her butt crack. The idle men in the village were practically drooling. Really shameless."
Lin Wanwan pursed her lips and smiled. These aunts, when they gossiped, could truly tear someone apart.
Zhao Xuefei was the first in the village to wear such an outfit. Her face was also painted with makeup, and her lips were coated with lipstick. As the elders would say, she looked like she had eaten a dead child.
On her ears were two silver hoops, and her hair was permed into curls. At a glance, she didn't look like a decent girl.
But her style suited the taste of those middle-aged and elderly men the most; they liked to see such a flirtatious appearance.
The aunts in the village couldn't stand it and often gossiped about her.
But Zhao Xuefei seemed to have completely let go, doing as she pleased. What did a bunch of country bumpkins know about fashion?
The last to arrive was Yang Yumei, Zhang Wenfeng's wife. She was also wearing pedal pushers, and her top was a Qiaoqisha cut-sleeve shirt. The combination was strange, but she thought it was beautiful, swaggering her large hips. Xie Sui almost sprayed out his water and quickly retreated to his room, not wanting his eyes to be harmed.
After that came the chatter and laughter of the women. Xie Sui packed his things. This time he was going to take his Sister Two to look after the factory for a few days while he went to the city with Lin Wanwan.
Xie Min was overjoyed. She instructed her children at home, squeezed onto the tractor, and went to the county town with them.
Xie Sui was worried and instructed his two nieces, "Don't bully Dou Dou and Ding Ding. Play with them. Your uncle will bring you pretty clothes and dolls when he comes back."
The two children nodded vigorously, "Uncle, you have to keep your word. We won't bully our cousins anymore."
"That's good."
Children's eyes were sharp. They could read adults' moods perfectly. Their mother even listened to their uncle, so they definitely wouldn't dare to bully their cousins.
The tractor chugged out of the village. As they passed the Zhao family's house, Zhao Xuefei, carrying a small bag and dressed like a peacock, gave Xie Sui a glare.
Xie Sui was busy talking to Lin Wanwan and didn't even look at her.
Xie Min, on the other hand, couldn't stand her and returned a glare, "What kind of person is she? A slut, let's see how she'll get married!"
"Sister Two, don't speak so nastily. We are civilized people. We have children at home, and they learn from us. If you behave like this outside, people will laugh at us."
Xie Sui reprimanded her with a stern face. This Sister Two, could she say anything? She had learned from those old women, speaking indiscriminately, without any propriety.
Lin Wanwan also said, "Xie Sui is right, Sister Two. It's wrong to speak ill of others behind their backs. Qing Qing and Wen Wen, two girls, if they learn to curse like you, they'll be laughed at for being uneducated."
Xie Min was speechless, "You two are ganging up on me, am I still your sister?"
"It's about the matter, not the person. Sister Two, think about it yourself."
Xie Sui didn't want to say more to her. This Sister Two was stubborn. She would remember it, but wouldn't admit it.
Xie Min was upset for a while, but after less than ten minutes, she got over it. That's the good thing about optimistic people; they don't dwell on things.
"Little Sui, Wanwan, are you two really going to the city?"
"Of course. How can this little county town satisfy us? In the future, we'll go out of the province, to the south, travel all over the country. We'll even go abroad, travel around the whole Earth."
Xie Min couldn't imagine, "Sister has only been as far as the county town in her life. Travel around the Earth? I can spin a globe!"