Chapter 229 - 229 229 Jealousy Large and Small (9)_1

Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Jealousy, Large and Small (9)_1 Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Jealousy, Large and Small (9)_1 “Are you as fat as this?” Ruan Chi teased.

Little Fatty exploded, “Bro! I’m not fat! I’m strong! Strong, get it?”

“Clearly just fat, look here.” Ruan Feng pinched a wad of flesh on his waist and burst into laughter.

Seeing this, the others also started laughing.

Little Fatty’s face turned red with anger.

Ruan Jianguo too chuckled a couple of times, but seeing his little nephew really about to blow his top, he changed the subject, “Hmm, it’s nice indeed, tomorrow we’ll go into town and take pictures in these pretty clothes, and send them to your mom!”

“Take the photos with these shoes on.” Ruan Qun really liked that pair of red-tipped leather shoes.

“That won’t do, it’ll burn the feet,” said the Ruanlin Family matriarch, picking out a pair of pink leather sandals instead, “These match nicely.”

Perhaps Shu Jiao sent these items when the weather wasn’t so hot, so everything she dispatched was suitable for springwear—long sleeves and long pants—but these things leisurely traveled for nearly a month to reach them, and by that time the season had already passed.

Fortunately, Shu Jiao seemed to dote on Ruan Jiaojiao a great deal, so she also sent some dresses and sandals, which were perfect to wear now.

However, the others weren’t so lucky and could only pack away their new clothes to wear when autumn came or on a cooler day.

The Ruanlin matriarch had the boys take their parents’ clothes back to them, then carefully stored away Ruan Jiaojiao’s things before she busied herself with preparing the family’s lunch.

After lunch.

Ruan Jiaojiao inevitably began to feel drowsy.

The boys weren’t the type to enjoy afternoon naps, so after eating they went out to play; the three brothers studying in middle school read books inside the house, leaving only Ruan Jiaojiao lying on the lounge chair in the hall, feeling sleepy to the droning of cicadas as Xiu Xi sat beside her on a chair, chin resting on his hand, fanning her.

Underneath the lounge chair, Little Fatty leisurely gnawed on the leftover bones from lunch, his tail wagging contentedly.

“Xiu Xi,” Ruan Jiaojiao called softly, not wanting him to tire himself, and reached out to stop his fanning arm, “Don’t, I’m not that hot.”

“Not tired,” Xiu Xi said, gently brushing away her small hand and continuing to fan, coaxing her, “Go to sleep.”

Ruan Jiaojiao pursed her lips, knowing she couldn’t win against him, and let him be; she closed her eyes and continued to foster her drowsiness.

Meanwhile, inside the house, after finishing lunch, the Ruanlin matriarch had called Ruan Jianguo to a separate room and shut the door.

Ruan Jianguo looked suspiciously as the Ruanlin matriarch pulled out an iron can from the crack beside the bed headboard and placed it before him.

“Mom, what are you doing?” he asked, puzzled, as he squatted down beside her.

The Ruanlin matriarch ignored him, opened the can, and began to rummage inside, digging out several miscellaneous items. Just when it seemed she had almost emptied it, she pulled out something wrapped in a red handkerchief.

The Ruanlin matriarch glanced at Ruan Jianguo and laid the red cloth in her palm, slowly unfolding it to reveal the jade bracelet inside.

This jade bracelet was of exceptionally fine green color, flawless and modern in style, a vibrant verdant like water, clever and beautiful—definitely a top-quality piece among jades!

Ruan Jianguo didn’t understand the intricacies, but even he could tell from the look of the jade that this was no ordinary item.

He looked at the Ruanlin matriarch in shock, “Mom, this is…”

“This is something I saved when I was a girl; there used to be a pair, but during the turmoil of the previous years, one was confiscated. Only this one remains. Sell it on the black market; it should fetch quite a sum,” the Ruanlin matriarch explained.