Chapter 2303

Zhu Yanyi saw the worried look on Xie Xinlian’s face. She quickly changed the subject. "Don’t worry, Mama. We are fine." She pointed ahead. "Look, there is an antique shop. Do you want to go in?"

"Antique shop? We are not buying antiques. Why go there?" Xie Xinlian asked.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "I just want to look. I like old-style things. Maybe I will find a treasure?"

"If you want to find treasures, do not look here," Taishu Yuanxiang said from the side. "We can go to the nearby treasure street. The prices are low there. Sometimes you can find good deals."

"I do not hope to find hidden treasures. I just want to walk around. Since I came back, I have been busy all the time. I have not had a good walk." Zhu Yanyi looked regretful. "So I want to stroll today."

"Then let’s go. Since we are out this afternoon, let’s have a good walk." Xie Xinlian felt interested too.

"There is a shop selling Begonia cakes ahead. I will buy some. Wait for me." Zhu Yanyi spotted a shop selling lotus cakes.

Begonia cakes are cone-shaped pastries filled with red bean paste. They look like begonia flowers. Because they are mixed with eggs, they smell fragrant. They taste good occasionally.

Zhu Yanyi bought six cakes. Everyone got one. The little children wanted to eat too. The men fed them. The three women felt very relaxed today.

They walked while eating. After ten minutes, the cakes were finished. They arrived at the treasure street.

It was not a special day, so there were not many stalls. They were scattered. But they just wanted to look. If they liked something, even if it was a fake, it was fine.

For example, Zhu Shunyao saw a pipe. He thought it looked nice. Although it was a fake, he bought it to give to Zhu Xinfu.

"Dad, Grandpa does not smoke much. Why give him a pipe?" Zhu Yanyi asked curiously.

"Your grandpa does not smoke. But he wants a pipe. He says he is old. He wants to hold a pipe to show he can smoke. It makes him feel like a smoker." Zhu Shunyao explained.

"You can pretend like that?" Zhu Yanyi was speechless. "Besides, tobacco is not good. I do not understand why people like smoking."

"Rest assured, wife. I do not smoke," Yan Aohan said with a smile.

Zhu Yanyi glared at Yan Aohan. "I am not talking about you. Hold Little Northwest well. Do not interrupt."

"Ani, do not bully Little Yan," Xie Xinlian said directly.

Zhu Yanyi was slightly stunned. Then she said, "Mama, Doumiao was right. You like your son-in-law more than us two daughters."

"Cannot help it. A mother-in-law loves her son-in-law more and more." Xie Xinlian teased Zhu Yanyi playfully.

Zhu Yanli pulled Zhu Yanyi helplessly. "Ani, do not expect to replace Yuanxiang in Mama’s heart. Let’s go look ahead. There are many colorful fakes here. We can buy them as decorations."

Zhu Yanyi pretended to sigh, then nodded. "Sister, you and I are really two little cabbages. We are yellow in the field."

The others gave her a speechless expression.

"Are you such a happy little cabbage?" Zhu Yanli laughed.

Taishu Yuanxiang smiled slyly. "I say, Yanyi. You are a little cabbage. But your husband is not Yang Naiwu. Do you want to find another Yang Naiwu?"

Zhu Yanyi looked at Taishu Yuanxiang in fear. "Brother-in-law, you are so sinister. You are stirring up trouble between me and my husband. No, no. Husband, someone is stirring up trouble. You should beat him up."

Yan Aohan looked at Taishu Yuanxiang calmly. Then he said to Zhu Yanyi, "He is holding Little Monkey now. We will beat him tonight when we go back."

"Uh-huh." Zhu Yanyi nodded in agreement. "Little Monkey is too innocent. It is bad if she gets hurt. Let’s wait until she is alone at night to beat her."

They chatted and laughed. Everyone was happy and lively.

"Let’s buy some crystal items," Zhu Yanli said, seeing a crystal shop.

"Okay. You three women go in. We will sit here for a while." There was a bench outside. Zhu Shunyao thought the men and grandchildren should stay outside. Crystal shops were for girls.

The three women had no objection. They smiled. "Rest here first. We will go in and look." Then they walked in.

The shop had many crystals. Yellow, purple, red, white, and blue crystals. Basically, all the seven colors people talked about were there.

"Mama, Ani, look at this crystal cat," Zhu Yanli said. She saw a colorless crystal cat. It was carved naturally and carefully.

"It is a nice ornament," Zhu Yanyi nodded. She liked the colorless crystal cat.

"Then I will buy this. Boss, please wrap it up," Zhu Yanli said.

"Okay," the boss nodded with a smile.

Zhu Yanyi looked around. She saw a green doll-shaped object. It was about two fists big. It looked very lively. "Boss, what is that?"

The boss looked at what Zhu Yanyi pointed to and smiled. "It is a crystal doll. The factory made a mistake in the design. So it looks like this. But I thought it was okay, so I brought it."

"It looks nice too. Although it has no name, it is unique. Since that is the case, I will buy this crystal doll," Zhu Yanyi said.

"Of course. Since it is a clearance item, it is only five yuan," the boss said seriously.

"Boss, you are very honest in business," Xie Xinlian praised with a smile.

"That is a must. If I am not honest, I cannot open a shop," the boss answered with a smile.

Zhu Yanyi and Zhu Yanli paid for their items. Xie Xinlian bought many crystal keychains for fifty cents each. Then they came out.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the string of crystal keychains in Xie Xinlian’s hand. "Mama, why did you buy so many crystal keychains?"

"When we return to the clan, many children will come. Other things are too expensive to give. But cheap gifts are hard to choose. I think these crystal keychains are nice. I will give one to each child. It is a toy for them. If they break it, it does not hurt." Xie Xinlian was very good at managing the household.