Chapter 39: He is really good at it!
When she returned home, Shi Xiaoai found that her home had changed drastically.
The threshold has been sloped with cement to facilitate the entry and exit of tricycles. The house has also been tidied up again.
The doors to both rooms, locked until now, were open, and the clutter had been cleared away.
Two wooden shelves were put into the room near the door, each with five levels, one reaching the top, and they were complete enough to be stacked close to the roof.
The valuable things cleaned out are now piled on the shelves, and the useless garbage has been thrown away.
In addition to these two shelves, there are also other things that Shi Xiaoai needs to use when setting up the stall. Tables, benches, and her particularly expensive teapots and glasses.
After looking at the storage room, Shi Xiaoai went straight to the main house.
Then she discovered that, except for that one, every other room in the house had been repainted. It was painted white, and a green dado was painted on the wall near the ground.
With such an order, the room became much brighter and no longer looked as decadent as when Xiao Ai took over.
"Mom, look at this room; this is the room for me and Xiaoxi!"
Mingrui ran in from outside and pulled Shi Xiaoai into the room next to the storage room.
Shi Xiaoai's arms were stretched so much that it hurt a bit due to his excitement.
She didn't care about her arm, focused on the sentence "Xiaoxi and I's room", and couldn't help but look for Cheng Yang.
Please don't ask; he must have said this to Mingrui.
Cheng Yang was packing the bedding on the tricycle with his back to her, and his expression could not be seen clearly. After staring at him briefly, Shi Xiaoai withdrew her gaze and looked into the room.
This room is different from the bedroom inside. The wall near the back of the room is painted green, but it is lighter than the wall skirt, similar to apple green.
There is a bunk bed against this wall. The bed is made of wood, and the stairs are an iron frame.
It can be seen that this wall was painted so that sleeping next to the wall would not stain the mattress.
But no matter how you look, these bunk beds look like they were returned from a dormitory in some school.
At the head of the bed near the window are two single desks and two high benches placed side by side. There is also a military green iron-covered table lamp set in the middle of the table, which can be shared by two people.
Whether it is the desk or the bed, it can be seen that they are not new and have signs of use.
But they were all re-polished and painted; you can tell by looking at them that they are not much different from the new ones.
Looking at the rearranged room, Shi Xiaoai was a little surprised, not to mention Ming Rui's excitement.
"How's it going? Does it look okay?"
They needed to find out when Cheng Yang had walked behind them. He leaned down and whispered into Shi Xiaoai's ear.
Shi Xiaoai's ears were already sensitive, and she immediately turned red when she felt the hot breath coming from these words.
Subconsciously, she ducked to the side, then turned to glare at the man.
Unexpectedly, the person who had just played a nasty trick on her would act as if nothing had happened. He walked sideways past her with the quilt in his arms, entered the room and started to make the bed.
"Which school did you rob?" Shi Xiaoai looked at him and asked angrily.
"That's not true," Cheng Yang chuckled and said slowly: "I just went to the state-owned entrustment store."
Shi Xiaoai became even more curious.
She glared at the man again angrily, knowing clearly that Cheng Yang saw that she was interested in the entrusted store and deliberately hooked her!
But even though he knew it, he still couldn't help but ask: "Then why does the commission store have everything? Even beds? What else is there besides these?"
Cheng Yang couldn't help laughing.
After not seeing her for several years, he felt that his little wife had become so much fun.
Sometimes, she looks very mature with a straight face, and the words she speaks are profoundly touching.
Even he sometimes panics, fearing that she will suddenly say something that will choke him, and he will not be able to recover for a long time.
But sometimes, she is very innocent; her happiness and anger are all on her face, and she is utterly unguarded against her own people.
In addition, she is very curious. Her big eyes turn like a deer when she is interested in something.
Of course, this will only show if she regards you as one of her own.
Cheng Yang felt happy when he thought his position in his wife's heart had slowly risen from a stranger to one of her own.
He put down what he was doing and turned to look at Shi Xiaoai. His voice was gentle and enchanting: "You want to know, can I take you there by tricycle? The four of us will go together."
He especially emphasized "four people".
Shi Xiaoai didn't answer his question, as if she didn't understand, and said boldly: "No need, it's not like I don't have legs; I can go by myself."
After saying that, she rolled her eyes and turned around to leave.
Humph, don't think you I will forget everything just by fooling myself!
Why is it "his and his sister's room"?
If the two of them move into a small house, where will Cheng Yang live?
Shi Xiaoai made up her mind. If these two brats dared to cause trouble at night because of how they slept, she would let Cheng Yang squat in the storage room!
Cheng Yang has focused on tidying the house these days, and all aspects have been tidied up well.
Aunt Liu's quilt was returned and replaced by two new thick quilts with plain flowers.
Shi Xiaoai took a careful look just now and found that the bedding on the bed in the hut were all military products, and they should have been bought by Cheng Yang later.
She pointed to the new quilt and asked Cheng Yang, who had come in, "Where did this come from?"
"I asked Aunt Liu to make it. The previous quilt couldn't be mended, so I took the initiative and used it as a mattress and then made two new quilts."
Cheng Yang said, lifting up the sheets for Shi Xiaoai to see.
Only then did Shi Xiaoai see the old, newly-made quilt spread on top of the old mattress. No wonder she felt that the bed looked softer than before.
"Where did you get the cloth tickets?" Shi Xiaoai was more concerned about this.
Before Cheng Yang returned, the three had been covered with one quilt, which needed more.
She wanted to make two new beds, but buying cloth and cotton required a ticket, making it difficult for her.
She was shocked. Where did this man get so many in-demand supplies after just a few days back? He couldn't have bought cotton and cloth from a commissioned store, right?
Don't think she doesn't know, Aunt Liu has told her. Indeed, there are occasionally defective clothes sent by textile factories. Still, for such in-demand items, people outside often need to learn about them, and the internal staff of the entrusted store will distribute them themselves.
It's not something that anyone can buy.
Cheng Yang did not answer her question immediately but smiled and said, "Wait a moment."
As he spoke, he walked to the wooden boxes stacked together in the bedroom to serve as cabinets, opened the top one and took out two toys.
Both toys are brand new and come in beautiful packaging boxes.
When Xiao Ai looked through the box, he saw a small green frog with an iron cover and an orange plastic crab with eight claws.
Both were the most fashionable and expensive wind-up toys of the time.
"One for each person, no grabbing. If you don't like it, switch with each other."
After Cheng Yang explained them, he gave them to the two cubs, whose eyes almost glowed.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!"
Mingrui and Mingxi were so happy they couldn't say anything except howling in excitement.
The two children have never had a toy of their own when they grew up, let alone something so good and new that they have never seen before.
Mingxi held the little frog tightly against her chest, her face shining joyfully!
She looked up at Cheng Yang and smiled with narrowed eyes; her eyes were delighted.
The little girl suddenly opened her arms and hugged Cheng Yang's legs, pressed her whole body against him, and then rested her face on his pants.
The soft little lump came closer and made Cheng Yang stupid.
He stood there blankly, looking down at the little girl. He had never felt such dependence from the little girl before, and his eyes instantly turned red.
He bent down and wanted to pick up the child, but at this moment, Mingxi let go of his hand.
The little girl felt embarrassed, looked up at him, smiled shyly, and said softly: "Thank you, Dad."
After saying that, she took her brother and ran outside.
"Slow down! Don't run! Watch your back!"
Shi Xiaoai quickly stopped her loudly from behind, but neither of the two children looked back.
She couldn't help but glance at Cheng Yang faintly.
This person is so good!
The little kitten was lying limply in her arms just a moment ago, moaning and groaning, refusing to let her father hold her, and was bought with a toy in the blink of an eye!
She didn't expect this either.
Shi Xiaoai had to admit that she was really jealous.
She didn't care to ask about the quilt and immediately wanted to follow him out to watch the kittens, but before she could turn around, Cheng Yang handed over an envelope and said, "Here's this for you."
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