What others would imagine as a thrilling tale of capturing poaching criminals, Yan Fei managed to turn into a comedy. The image of him threatening people with a tiny water gun and them actually being scared was hilarious. It made the girl laugh so hard, she almost fell off her bike.
By the time she heard that Yan Fei ended up shooting the criminal with the water gun, she was laughing so hard she could hardly stand. She teasingly scolded Yan Fei for his antics. The story took a sudden turn when Yan Fei eventually became a caretaker of a group of animals. She laughed so uncontrollably she didn’t even pay attention to the animals.
She was still laughing like a fool when they reached the bottom of the steps, clutching her stomach and squatting on the ground.
Yan Fei, feeling helpless, had no choice but to help her up the stairs!
He really had no idea what is so funny.
As they reached a floor, the girl was still clutching her stomach, laughing and asking Yan Fei, "Are there baby tigers and sables? Baby animals are so cute. I wonder if I can see them when I have my holiday?"
Yan Fei didn’t know when the animals would be fetched, so he comforted her, "Don’t worry, even if they are taken to the zoo, we can still go see them! We won’t lose the chance to see them."
"Hmm hmm..." The girl thought about it and cheered up.
When they moved up two floors, they ran into the old lady from before being supported by her granddaughter. They immediately moved to the side to let the lady pass.
However, the old lady refused to move on when she saw them. Instead, she chuckled at them and said, "Is the young lady expecting? That explains why you were carrying her last time! Young man, you are good, you know how to cherish your wife. But remember, when she’s visibly pregnant, you can’t carry her anymore. You need to protect the baby..."
Hearing this, her granddaughter’s face turned red and she urged, "Grandma, let’s go! They’re in a hurry to go home and cook!"
The old lady nodded and while walking she gave Yan Fei advice, "When it’s cold, don’t let your wife wash clothes or vegetables, she should stay away from cold water; if her appetite is not good, be patient with her. After all, newly expecting young women are usually . Cook for her, make different dishes, and keep it light..."
Even after the old lady had gone down the stairs, Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan were still puzzled as to what she meant by that.
Thinking about the situation just now: Yan Fei was supporting the girl up, she was gently massaging her stomach with a blissful smile...
The girl quickly flicked Yan Fei’s hand away as if hit by an electric shock, she was so embarrassed she quickly rushed up the stairs, head down.
Seeing her briskly walking with her head down, Yan Fei, trying to hold back his laughter fearing to make her more furious, reminded her gently, "Take it slow, we’re still on stairs!"
When they engaged the lock and entered, the girl turned around abruptly, gritted her teeth and started punching Yan Fei angrily, "It’s all because of you, who asked you to support me?"
After a few hits, she stopped, blushing and sat on a chair, sulking in silence. Yan Fei dared not provoke her anymore, so he quickly served up the dishes he cooked. Most conspicuous among them was a large bowl, containing a whole fish, divided into three sections. That was the smallest sturgeon Yan Fei could find.
As she watched Yan Fei bustling around, she accepted the chopsticks he handed over, and whispered, "Yan Xiaofei, did I hurt you just now? Sorry!"
Yan Fei looked at her in confusion, "You didn’t think you could really hurt me because you jumped up, did you? I was more worried that you’d hurt your hand!"
Seeing Yan Fei’s deliberately puzzled expression, the girl’s face bloomed like a flower, "Xiao Fei, you always know how to sweet-talk! My hand is all red, and you’re still not feeling any pain?"
She lightly slapped Yan Fei’s face, "That’s your reward!"
Yan Fei, with a serious look, "It really doesn’t hurt. Even if you hit me with a stick, I wouldn’t feel any pain."
The girl gives him an exasperated look, "Humph, the reward has been given, no more rewards even if you sweet-talk me now! Let’s eat."
"See! I knew it’s fish, I was right, wasn’t I?" The girl savagely picked up a big chunk of fish meat. Having correctly guessed that something swimming in the water would be a fish, she looked so proud, delighted as can be. "What kind of fish is this?"
"Can’t you see I intentionally left the head? It’s a Chinese Sturgeon from the Yellow River!"
"Humph! Don’t wanna talk about it!" The girl was disdainful of Yan Fei’s answer. "Whatever excuse you come up with, as long as I have food to eat, it works!"
She really knows how to enjoy life!
Seeing her enjoying her meal, Yan Fei himself started eating heartily too. After all, the fish was so big, the girl definitely wouldn’t be able to finish it all.
"In the afternoon we don’t need to rehearse anymore. The teacher said we’re almost ready. We can rest in the afternoon and prepare a bit early in the evening for the performance. Since we don’t have class, what should we do this afternoon?" She finally had a chance to speak after having a few big pieces of meat.
"Since she suggested you rest, you should stop running around. Stay at home and rest, prepare for the performance tonight!"
"No way, it’s just a dance! Now that I have become so good, what am I afraid of? Do you have anything to do this afternoon? I’ll go with you." She was filled with confidence.
"Then come with me to give Professor Qi the seeds! Besides watermelon, I also brought cucumber, tomato, and green pepper seeds. They are all doing good work, so I brought quite a few, who knows, it may be useful!"
Besides believing that cultivating seeds is a good thing, there’s also a bit of repaying a favor to Professor Qi.
"Mmm mmm mmm! Then I’ll go with you!" She nodded immediately. "Is this the only thing?"
"There’s more!" Yan Fei remembered a big matter. "Buying you clothes. Your sweater is too small except for the coat. You don’t even know how to knit a sweater for yourself?"
"What?" The girl didn’t expect to be asked about her clothing, she was startled before comprehending. "We don’t need a sweater! The sweaters from the shops are not warm. Just buy some more wool, I can knit it myself."
"That works too, but the ones you wear inside for autumn should be bought, right! Basically, we need to buy everything."
She nodded compliantly, knowing that her refusal would be useless, she obediently focused on her meal.
After they finished their meal, it was still early, so they decided to go clothes shopping first before delivering the seeds.
She had a great figure and looked good in everything. Yan Fei bought her two coats, a long woolen coat and a short one.
There weren’t many good clothes to choose from those days, pants for women, were all about a pair of leggings, also called "stepping on the legs", or "fitness pants". Only people who lived through that era would know how crazy this trend was.
From elementary students to university students, from wet market sellers to buyers; whether they were as thin as a pole at sixty catties or too fat to move at two hundred and sixty catties, they all wore these pants. Besides black, there weren’t any other colors. The leggings were everywhere, and nearly every household had a few hanging on their laundry poles.