Everyone in the family was astonished by Wang Xiangxiang’s words, unsure of what to do next.
At that moment, Wang Xiangxiang realized she had been rude. She was a guest, how could she make such a fuss?
She hung her head like a child who had done something wrong, "I’m sorry, I was rude."
Xiaoxiao quickly came out to ease the awkwardness, "Li Fugui, you and Xiaoqiu switch places."
Li Fugui, feeling helpless, swapped places with Xiaoqiu, and the family then began to eat.
After the meal, Li Fugui found an opportunity to speak with Wang Xiangxiang, "Miss Wang, may I have a word with you, please?"
"No." Wang Xiangxiang, without turning back, walked away again.
Li Fugui had no choice but to return to his room, he just wanted to apologize for being rude earlier, why was it so difficult?
Xiaoxiao arranged for the people renting the small courtyard to have blankets delivered. Fortunately, life had improved, and she had bought new blankets for her family; the old ones were just enough to spare.
After finishing, she called Wang Xiangxiang back to the room, "Sister Wang, our home has no guest room, I’m afraid you will have to share with me tonight."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiangxiang became excited, "Hurry, I haven’t yet seen your room. It’s your newlywed chamber, isn’t it? I must take a good look!"
"..." Curious baby, how new could a new room be? It’s all the same, all mud-built houses.
When they entered the room and saw the arrangement of Xiaoxiao’s place, Wang Xiangxiang was amazed, "Xiaoxiao, your place is nice. It’s different from your sister-in-law’s. Isn’t this furniture style from the popular shop in the city?"
Xiaoxiao smiled and held her lips, "Hehe, it’s nothing, just squandering away when I first got married."
"Then you are quite the squanderer, this furniture is expensive. Look at this house, your husband’s family is quite poor, aren’t they?"
"..." Wang Xiangxiang really guessed it, hitting the nail on the head, "Um, I used my own dowry at that time, spent five taels."
"What? Five taels, that cheap? How is that possible?" Wang Xiangxiang couldn’t believe it. The furniture that was so expensive in the city, and Xiaoxiao said she only spent five taels, how did she manage that?
"Are you close to the furniture seller?" Wang Xiangxiang began to speculate again.
"..." How should she explain? Their relationship wasn’t that strong, just an employer relationship, "Just ordinary."
"Ordinary and still so cheap?"
"Well, actually, I designed most of the furniture styles there."
"What?" Wang Xiangxiang grabbed Xiaoxiao’s hands and screamed as if she had discovered a treasure, "How are you so amazing?"
"I can’t believe I have such an amazing friend, who can sew clothes, cook, and even deal with furniture."
"..." Saying that made her bashful, she wasn’t a professional, just imitating others, barely scratching a living, "Sister Wang, please let go, don’t get too excited, okay?"
Only then did Wang Xiangxiang release Xiaoxiao’s hands, "Haha, I always feel I have met a very incredible person. Go on, tell me, what else can you do?"
"..." What else could she do, she couldn’t do anything, really!
"Sister Wang, let’s wash up, we can talk more in bed later."
"Right, right, right, we’ll talk all night."
The two quickly washed up and got into bed.
Xiaoxiao gave Wang Xiangxiang the blankets, and covered herself with her husband’s cheaper ones, hehe, she felt so good under the blankets, this was the first time she was using them.
"Xiaoxiao, design some new furniture for me too."
"..." Still thinking about that, huh, "Well, you first tell me about you and Li Fugui."
"Can we not mention him? I’ll tell you anything else," Wang Xiangxiang was a bit troubled.
"Just about him." Xiaoxiao was determined to know, because she was also a curious baby.
"Well alright, this could be the dark spot of my life, you mustn’t tell anyone."