Witty Wife, Better Life-Chapter 596 - 586, when will it be ready, when can we eat meat?

The next day, it was still Shen Yunfang who saw off Li’s father and son.

Throughout the journey, the elder Li didn’t interact with Shen Yunfang at all. Yunfang understood in her heart that her father-in-law bore resentment towards her, but she didn’t mind. Even knowing this would be the outcome, she wouldn’t have shown mercy to her mother-in-law in the first place.

If her father-in-law truly couldn’t understand, then so be it. From now on, they would just keep up appearances and that would be the end of it.

Upon arriving at the train station, Shen Yunfang saw a vendor selling steamed buns and boiled eggs at the entrance. She took out some money and bought several of each for the two men. Before entering the station, she took out a twenty-yuan note and handed it to Elder Li.

"Dad, take this money. Buy something to eat on the way. Don’t scrimp; nothing’s more important than your health." This was something the couple had agreed on at home, that it would be better coming from Yunfang, the daughter-in-law.

Elder Li looked at the money in her hand and then back at his daughter-in-law. It seemed like he didn’t want to accept it, or at least that’s what Yunfang thought. Just as she was about to say a few more words to persuade him, he reached out and took the money. Well, that saved her the effort of talking.

"It’s fine, your elder brother and I are grown men. We can handle this short journey for sure." Elder Li probably felt a bit awkward accepting help and mumbled a few words.

"It’s always good to be careful. When you arrive home, send a telegram back here." Yunfang waved at the two, smiling as if she hadn’t noticed his awkwardness, and watched as they disappeared into the crowd with their big and small bags, entering the ticket checkpoint.

Elder Li, even after entering the station, felt uneasy and stopped to turn around, calling out to his daughter-in-law, "Yunfang, your mother is staying here, so you and your husband should take good care of her. She’s getting old and has many ailments."

"Dad, don’t worry. We will visit her when we get the chance," Yunfang replied with a smile.

"Alright, I’ll be at ease knowing you’ll visit her," mumbled Elder Li, and then he turned and went with the flow into the platform.

After seeing them off, Shen Yunfang turned to head home.

As she passed by the market, she went in and bought an old hen, intending to make chicken soup for Li Hongjun when she got home. freewebnøvel.com

When she arrived downstairs of her building, she saw Auntie Sun from across the way rushing past with a bag in hand. Shen Yunfang glanced back with curiosity. The neighbor, Auntie Sun, actually had a long face and, seeing Yunfang, just snorted without uttering any sarcastic remarks, which was unusual.

Shen Yunfang shook her head and entered the building.

Just as she reached the first floor, she nearly got hit by a door that suddenly opened.

"Auntie, where are you going in such a hurry?" Shen Yunfang stepped back alertly; otherwise, she would have been hit in the face by the door.

"Oh, Xiaoshen, you’re back," said the old lady from the first floor, also startled at seeing who was at the door, and then immediately remembered her errand, "I’m rushing to the grain shop to buy flour. They just announced that our local grain shop received a new batch of fortified flour. There isn’t much, so I need to hurry and queue up. If I’m late, it’ll all be gone. Xiaoshen, you should hurry home, grab a bag, and go queue up too. I can’t stay and chat; I have to rush off." She was already running off before she even finished speaking.

Shen Yunfang, carrying the old hen, continued upstairs. Her family had grain coupons too, but she rarely joined the mad rush to queue for grain. First, because she had fewer people in her household, she couldn’t compete with others in queuing, commonly referred to as failing to get a share, and second, the grain shops and markets sold high-priced grain. As long as you had money, you could always buy rice and flour.

For someone like her, whose husband was often away from home, and who had to take care of children, she preferred to spend more money to buy high-priced grain than to wake up in the middle of the night to queue.

After opening the door, Taxue was the first one to greet her.

Since Li Hongjun came home to recover, she had also brought Taxue over. This dog, having been fostered by this couple, was so scared of being abandoned again that upon returning, it kept circling around them, practically inseparable.

"Don’t mess around, go away," Shen Yunfang quickly shooed and kicked Taxue as it tried again to play with her slippers.

"Taxue," Li Hongjun slowly walked to the door, calling out to the gleefully playing Taxue.

Then Taxue obediently ran to his male owner, wagging its tail and putting on a flattering face.

"Why are you up?" Shen Yunfang saw Li Hongjun had walked out on his own and spoke to him displeased, as she had instructed him not to move around before she left. Although he no longer needed to be hospitalized, the doctor had advised that he still needed to recuperate.

"Lying down all the time is also tiring; you came back just as I got up," Li Hongjun quickly made an excuse, "Why did you buy another chicken?"

"To make you some nourishing soup," Shen Yunfang ignored him, after changing her shoes, she put the old hen she had brought in the restroom, planning to kill it soon.

"It’s my wife who treats me the best," Li Hongjun fawned over her, "Wife, leave it, I’ll kill the chicken."

"No need for you; just stay put, that’s all I ask," Shen Yunfang wouldn’t give him the chance. He had been well-behaved in the hospital, but once back home, he refused to stay in bed, constantly wandering from room to room as if the doctor’s orders were hot air, thinking he was invincible.

"I’m almost all better, it’s good to move around," Li Hongjun still pressed forward.

Taxue, copying them, also tried to squeeze himself between the two.

"What are you doing, get away," Li Hongjun got annoyed with Taxue, shoving it aside with a big hand, thinking to himself that if it wanted to play dirty, it should go find its wife instead, what business did it have getting between him and his wife?

No matter how smart Taxue was, it couldn’t comprehend the twists and turns in its male owner’s mind; it thought they were playing with it and happily jumped around.

"Oh come on, both of you, step aside, don’t be in the way," Shen Yunfang said after washing her hands, ready to go change clothes and cook.

Li Hongjun followed her to the bedroom door, drooling as he watched his wife undress. He yearned for her, but his current condition, which she firmly forbade, was very frustrating.

How could Shen Yunfang not feel those burning eyes on her? However, she still managed to change her clothes gracefully in front of the man and the dog, and of course, at the critical moment, she offered them her back.

When Shen Yunfang had finished changing and walked past Li Hongjun, he shamelessly called out, "Wife..."

Shen Yunfang turned back to throw him a coquettish look, but said, "What are you yelling for? With that body of yours, hurry up and lie down. When you’re better, that’s when you can have meat."

Thinking to herself, Li Hongjun truly lived up to being a member of the Li Family, indeed the son of Qiu Shuping, having inherited the real deal. If he wanted to be tricky, he could really wear someone out. Plus, being so intelligent, he couldn’t be fooled as easily as her own dogs Pangpang and Manman. To make him recover obediently, she as the wife had to resort to every trick in the book. Through practical experience, she had finally found a way to control him – by being the carrot dangling in front of the stubborn donkey, ensuring he’d listen and heal properly.