Chapter 239: Chapter 239: The Trio

Lu Lin and Lu Chen glanced at them; with Fu Xiaoxiao not here, they were still around!

Qin Shuang nudged the two, indicating that the children were still there.

"Lu Ling and Lu..." Zhao Shishi looked at Lu Lin and Lu Chen, even getting the names wrong.

"It’s Lu Lin and Lu Chen." Lu Chen pouted, unable to remember their names.

"Oh, sorry, how old are you?" Zhao Shishi apologized with a smile and asked.

"Big brother is eight, and I’m six." Lu Chen replied. "How old are you, Aunt Zhao?"

"Me? I’m twenty-three!" Zhao Shishi patted her hair with a laugh. "Why do you ask my age?"

"I feel like you look..." Lu Chen seriously examined Zhao Shishi.

Zhao Shishi thought he was going to compliment her, eagerly waiting to hear nice words.

Lu Chen shook his head, sighed, and walked away.

"What? Why is he shaking his head and sighing?" Zhao Shishi was confused now, wondering why she was getting mixed signals, feeling awkward.

Fu Xiaoxiao came over with tea, and Qin Shuang was a bit surprised to see an entire set of tea ware.

"You even know about tea!" Watching Fu Xiaoxiao brewing tea so smoothly, the statement had to be affirmative.

"Just a little." Fu Xiaoxiao chuckled lightly; it was a gift from Liu Hongjun.

In a past life, dealing with business meant knowing some etiquette, so she specially learned from an old master about using tea to entertain guests.

Zhao Shishi had only seen such a complete tea set at her father’s place and suddenly realized Fu Xiaoxiao wasn’t quite what they imagined her to be.

She wasn’t the illiterate village woman they had pictured.

"Good tea, this is..." Li Xiaomei, who hadn’t spoken, took a sip of tea and immediately recognized its uniqueness.

Her dad had painstakingly acquired a box of it and treated it like treasure, only serving it to important guests.

Li Xiaomei had tasted it once; unexpectedly, the tea matched.

How did Fu Xiaoxiao, someone from a small place, have such good tea?

"This tea is quite nice; if you like it, I can pack some for you to take home?" Fu Xiaoxiao smiled.

Liu Hongjun said drinking such good tea was like a cow chewing on peony, so he gave it all to Fu Xiaoxiao.

The three stared at Fu Xiaoxiao in shock; she was even willing to give it away? Was she genuinely unaware or deliberately showing off in front of them?

"No... no need, we have some at home too." Though they didn’t understand Fu Xiaoxiao’s intentions, they definitely couldn’t take it.

"Oh, alright then." Fu Xiaoxiao didn’t insist, pushing the gift on them.

Seeing Fu Xiaoxiao truly not offering anymore, the three felt puzzled again.

Was she scheming? She didn’t seem like it.

Was she not scheming? Also didn’t seem like it.

She was hard to figure out.

"What do you usually do at home? Just take care of kids?" Zhao Shishi looked at Fu Xiaoxiao; so beautiful and staying at home all day, wouldn’t she get bored?

"The two kids are well-behaved, I don’t need to worry much. Usually, it’s just..." Fu Xiaoxiao thought, hesitant to say she lazed at home?

Does sunbathing count?

"We’re planning to go to the department store later; they’ve got new arrivals. Would you like to join us?" Qin Shuang looked at Fu Xiaoxiao, thinking she was shy to say, so she helped her out.

"I’m new here and not familiar with the area yet, I’d love to." Fu Xiaoxiao smiled in agreement.

She gratefully glanced at Qin Shuang, as she really saved her from overthinking.

Knowing she’d be laughed at if she spoke up, she’d rather maintain some mystery.

Zhao Shishi and Li Xiaomei glanced at Qin Shuang but didn’t refuse.

"Did you all grow up in the compound?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked at the three, they didn’t seem married and appeared about her age.

"Yes." The three nodded. They had grown up in the compound, unlike Fu Xiaoxiao, who had suddenly transferred here, which was quite rare.

"There’s nothing to do now, why not go out and wander?" Qin Shuang looked around; nothing changed inside, so better to take a walk.

"Let’s go then!" Zhao Shishi and Li Xiaomei agreed too, and the three got up to head out.

"Wait a moment." Fu Xiaoxiao saw them heading out and hurried back to her room to grab her wallet. "Xiao Lin, Xiao Chen! Let’s go!"

Lu Shuang and Lu Chen took Fu Xiaoxiao’s hand and headed out.

"No need to lock the door, no one will steal from here." Li Xiaomei noticed Fu Xiaoxiao trying to lock the door, and smirked.

Did she know where she was, the safest place, no need to lock the door?

Fu Xiaoxiao thought about it and left it ajar.

Qin Shuang and the others walked in front, Fu Xiaoxiao led the two kids behind, attracting many curious gazes along the way.

Many people were staring at Fu Xiaoxiao, but she didn’t care, nor did Lu Lin and Lu Chen.

Seeing the three show no fear or apprehension, confidently accepting the onlookers’ gazes, surprised many.

Usually, when arriving at a new place, there’d be some cautiousness, a little anxiety towards the unknown ahead.

"Are they really from the countryside? Doesn’t seem like it!"

Someone voiced their thought, and others silently nodded.

Exiting the compound, through Hu Gate, they arrived at a bustling street.

Lu Lin and Lu Chen curiously looked around, and in the eyes of Qin Shuang and the others, this was how country people acted when entering the city.

On the street, pedestrians in blue cotton-padded jackets pushed bicycles, forming a river, the dinging of bike bells swept through, carrying the aroma of roasted chestnuts.

Fu Xiaoxiao glanced at the distant Beijing Gate’s city tower, the peeling gold lacquer on the vermilion porch column, her throat tightened.

"Hurry up." Qin Shuang turned back and beckoned to Fu Xiaoxiao.

Fu Xiaoxiao caught up with them, crossing the bustling street, looking up at the three-story department building.

"Is there anything you want to buy?" Qin Shuang and the others, regulars, headed straight to their target for the day.

Fu Xiaoxiao watched them skillfully picking desired garments at the counter, listening to the approximate prices, clothes starting at least thirty-plus.

"I’ll take the kids to look at fabric." Fu Xiaoxiao glanced; there was nothing she liked, she preferred to make her own.

"It’s just next door; we’ll find you in a bit." Qin Shuang pointed to the other cotton fabric counter.

"Okay." Fu Xiaoxiao took Lu Lin and Lu Chen to the fabric counter, looking at several brightly colored fabrics, and smiled at the female clerk behind the counter.

"Comrade, how much for those fabrics?" The clerk gave Fu Xiaoxiao a once-over, then slowly approached.

"That’s the Dacron, one yard is one yuan eighty cents."

Finishing the sentence, she looked at Fu Xiaoxiao, skeptical she could afford it.

Fu Xiaoxiao pulled out fabric vouchers from her wallet, with confidence.

"Give me ten yards of each of those colors."

"You want that much?" The clerk was surprised, confirming. "Are you sure about this much?"

"Don’t try to fool me. If I cut it and you say no, I’ll call the police!" The female clerk said seriously.

Thinking Fu Xiaoxiao couldn’t produce that many vouchers and cash.

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