Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Chapter 82 Family Affection

Lin Chuxia arrived home to find Mrs. Qin and her sister-in-law busy sorting vegetables in the yard.

They were some tender green beans picked during the bean-pulling season, along with some small cucumbers planted by Mr. Qin in their private plot, also pulled up at the same time, amounting to two large piles.

There were also some hot peppers and other vegetables picked from their own garden.

Seeing Lin Chuxia return, Mrs. Qin pointed to the yard’s vegetables and said, "Last time, didn’t you mention you wanted to prepare some pickles for the customer at your shop? See if these are enough. Your sister-in-law is skilled at pickling; let her pickle more, enough for the whole winter."

In this era, every household in the village pickled vegetables to eat during winter when fresh vegetables were scarce, something Lin Chuxia was aware of. She didn’t expect that Mrs. Qin and her sister-in-law were preparing these for her shop.

She had only casually mentioned it last time, but they took it to heart.

"That’s wonderful, I also find the pickles made by my sister-in-law delicious and was thinking of learning her techniques soon." Zhang Guilan’s pickles had no strange taste, precisely capturing the flavor of whatever was pickled, a rarity in pickling.

When it’s time to eat, just refine the pickles a couple of days in advance, whether they are soy sauce pickles or spicy pickles, they are all great.

Zhang Guilan waved her hand, "What’s there to learn? There’s not much work in the field these days, I can help you with the pickling, it’s not at all troublesome."

Little Zhuangzhuang, playing with the green beans nearby, also lifted his little head and said, "Auntie, I can help too. I can lift that big stone."

"You are really amazing," Lin Chuxia touched his smooth little cheeks and couldn’t resist pinching them.

Little Zhuangzhuang frowned slightly, somewhat troubled, "Auntie, I’m grown up, you can’t pinch my face anymore, but if you like, I’ll let you pinch it secretly, not in front of others though. Last time Aunt Yun pinched my face, Jiange and Niuniu made fun of me."

Lin Chuxia found his conflicted little expression utterly adorable, prompting Mrs. Qin and her sister-in-law to laugh as well.

Unable to resist, she pinched his cheek again, "Alright, auntie remembers. Since Zhuangzhuang treats auntie so well, auntie will give Zhuangzhuang a gift."

She took out a little military uniform from her bag, and at the sight of the army green cap, his eyes lit up bright, though he didn’t dare to reach out.

His eyes filled with excitement as he looked at the uniform and then at Zhang Guilan, his voice brimming with joy, "Mom, it’s a military uniform, look!"

Zhang Guilan truly hadn’t expected Lin Chuxia to buy clothes for her child, especially this little military uniform, which was not like ordinary clothes and certainly not cheap.

"Sister-in-law, you see, you shouldn’t have gone to such expense."

"Sister-in-law, I bought it for the kid, Zhuangzhuang is so adorable, I love buying him things."

Lin Chuxia didn’t explain much. During her time running the business, her elder brother and his wife had helped take care of things at home, especially the work in the fields, really saving her from any worries.

She didn’t say much, not wanting to feel too distant, but she was clear in her heart.

She then took out the clothes and shook them open, waving at Zhuangzhuang, "Come and try it on. Let’s see if it fits."

Zhuangzhuang looked at his mom, and Zhang Guilan nodded her head, "Go on," then he ran over like a little firecracker.

Lin Chuxia helped him into the clothes. Without experience in buying children’s clothes, they were slightly big, but it’s better for children’s clothes to be bigger; they grow fast and can wear them for a couple more years.

Mrs. Qin was very satisfied, "The size is just right, he can wear a sweater underneath in winter, and can still wear it next year."

Zhuangzhuang, in his little military uniform and cap, joyfully ran across the yard.

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