Chapter 639 - 619: In the Eyes of Outsiders

"Don’t worry, Sister Xiao Wan, I can handle it."

"That’s good."

Aunt Jin wanted both of them to stay for dinner there, but Xiao Wan said she needed to rush home because Little Star was there, and asked about the business.

Upon hearing Aunt Jin say that they are making twice as much as when they were doing street stalls.

"It’s mainly Shuhua’s ideas. She keeps coming up with new combo deals and promotions. And you know what? It’s really effective."

Seeing that there was no conflict between the two families, Lin Wan felt relieved. As they were leaving, Aunt Jin was adamant about giving each of them some snacks.

Back at home, most of those snacks ended up in Shi Lan’s stomach.

Seeing Shi Lan enjoy the snacks, Lin Wan said with a smile, "I bet you’ll enjoy the bread Shuhua made too. I’m going to the clothing store tomorrow, so I’ll swing by and get some bread from Shuhua for you."

"That’s great, I haven’t had her bread for quite a few days."

Lin Wan chuckled and went to call Han Yi while holding Little Star.

The old man at the reception said they were not at the school recently; they’d been at a training camp in the Capital City. Can’t get in touch now.

Lin Wan hung up the phone disappointedly and sighed.

Her casual sigh prompted Little Star beside her to mimic it, giving a little sigh too.

Lin Wan smiled at once, saying, "Little girl, you’re even imitating your mom now."

Little Star started giggling, thinking Lin Wan was teasing her.

The mother and daughter played raucously for a while, unexpectedly welcoming Brother Wu and his wife.

"Brother Wu, Sister Liu, what brings you here?"

"Well, nothing much, it’s winter, can’t go too far. The New Year is coming, so I wanted to see what good stuff Sis has here. Planning to make some money around the New Year," Brother Wu laughed, entering the house.

The two weren’t strangers, hugging and playing with Little Star.

"Oh, daughters are better; my boys are wild all day long."

"Sister Liu, sons are like that. Wait till they grow up; then it’s time for you to enjoy life."

"Enjoy what? Once grown, you have to build them houses, find them wives, and once married, you have to help them raise kids. If something doesn’t go right, there might be trouble."

Lin Wan blinked, surprised at how far Sister Liu was looking ahead.

"Where’s Sister Shi? We were thinking of ordering a batch of her spicy paste."

"She’s been staying with me these days; resting inside now. Xiao Lan’s pregnant and having strong reactions, vomiting everything she eats."

"Oh dear, it’s actually a good thing. Don’t worry about strong reactions; I know an old Chinese doctor. After taking his medicine, it gets better right away. I had strong reactions with my second son too, but his medicine helped."

Shi Lan was a light sleeper; hearing voices outside, she woke up. Before she could get out of bed, she heard Sister Liu speaking, quickly rushing out in a panic, "Sister Liu, is what you’re saying true?"

"Of course it’s true. If you’re free tomorrow, come find me. I’ll take you to get some, and the medicine isn’t expensive, just three or four yuan."

"Okay."

Seeing the women talking only about these topics, Wu Liu couldn’t sit still and stood up to talk to Shi Lan, "Sister Shi, how many types of paste do you have now?"

"Brother Wu, there are two or three kinds. They’re all in the greenhouse in the backyard. Here’s the key; you go and check them yourself."

"Alright, you all chat; I’ll go pick some and come back."

After Wu Liu went outside, the three women began chatting again on these topics.

"Our neighbors who had strong pregnancy reactions almost all took his medicine, and it doesn’t harm the child. Take our neighbor, Old Wei’s daughter; she was having strong reactions and vomited everything she ate. Her mom got her two doses of medicine, and her appetite improved the next day. But now, two years after having her child, her weight hasn’t gone down. She’s probably over 140 pounds now, and her husband is constantly threatening divorce, saying it’s because she had a daughter that he doesn’t want, but I bet it’s her size. No man likes when his woman is built like a pig. So, when your appetite improves, Sister Shi, you should be careful and not eat too much, otherwise it’ll be hard to recover after childbirth."

"Got it, Sister Liu, I’ll be careful."

"Sister Liu, Sister Liu, tell us about the neighbor’s gossip," Lin Wan said, guessing who it was halfway through, eager to hear about Wei Xue and Li Liang’s current situation.

Sister Liu chuckled softly, saying, "Speaking of it, it’s the gossip from our area. A while back, Old Wei’s old man was running around for his son’s job, but got caught." Sister Liu said, slapping her thigh with a laugh, "He was reported by his own son-in-law. Just because he wanted to divorce his daughter but couldn’t, he went after their family. But the son-in-law is quite unlucky too, always under Wei Xue’s thumb. This time, it didn’t cause a stir. Somehow, she found out about his report because her man was messing around with a woman outside, even had photos of their affair." Sister Liu clicked her tongue with admiration, "Wei Xue kept it well-hidden, no clue how long she knew her man was doing things outside."