It was not a good idea to make such assumptions on the wedding night. Zhu Xingyao clearly felt that she had provoked Jiang Tu, and the consequences would certainly be dire.
The next day at noon, her cheeks were pinched and rubbed, and she opened her eyelids sleepily. Jiang Tu leaned on the bed, looked down at her, and whispered: "Xingxing, it's time to get up."
"Where are you going? I'm so sleepy, you..." She was in a daze and hadn't woken up yet.
"I know, I've gone too far again." Jiang Tu laughed softly and reminded her, "Today is New Year's Eve, and I have to go back to my mother's place later."
Zhu Xingyao said "oh" and suddenly came to her senses. She was married! She was going to have dinner at Jiang Tu's house tonight and meet her mother-in-law... From now on, she and Jiang Tu would have their own small family, which was completely different from before.
Jiang Tu pulled her up, lowered his eyes and smiled: "Are you still not used to your new identity?"
Zhu Xingyao knelt on the bed and looked up at him: "It's not that I'm not used to it, I just didn't react." She paused and suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Tu, it seems that we haven't bought any New Year's goods!"
Didn't buy any!
I haven’t even been to a supermarket!
Jiang Tu was stunned. He has been almost alone in recent years. There is no Spring Festival holiday in the United States. He has not felt the atmosphere of the Spring Festival for many years. Zhu Xingyao was busy writing songs and composing music to propose marriage a few days ago. She didn't expect Jiang Tu to take her to get the marriage certificate so soon. Jiang Tu was also busy at the end of the year, and he also ignored this point. "Sorry, I forgot too. I haven't celebrated the Spring Festival for a long time..."
Zhu Xingyao reacted, hugged his neck, and said with a soft look: "Brother Tu, I will spend the New Year with you every year from now on."
Jiang Tu looked down at her and narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to remind her of something.
In the end, he said nothing and rubbed her head: "Okay."
At noon, the two of them had something to eat, and Zhu Xingyao said she wanted to go to the supermarket. She put on her scarf and said, "We still have to buy some things. The sense of ceremony cannot be missed. And I have to go back to my grandparents on New Year's Day, so I should bring some things. We don't seem to have prepared anything..."
This marriage was entered into without any precautions.
Jiang Tu grabbed the car keys and said helplessly: "Let's go. It's my negligence."
Zhu Xingyao blinked: "No, it's my fault. I proposed to you out of the blue..."
"It's not a mistake, it's a surprise," he corrected her and led her out.
When they reached the door, Zhu Xingyao called out again, her face gloomy: "Brother Tu, should I prepare a gift for your mother?"
"Who are you talking about?" Jiang Tu lowered his eyes and looked at her.
Zhu Xingyao: “…”
She was a little embarrassed and whispered, "Mom... my mother-in-law."
Jiang Tu curled his lips and took her out, "No need, she will give you a red envelope when you go home for the first time."
is that so
Zhu Xingyao has no experience at all.
The lights in the safety passage came on. Zhu Xingyao's steps were still slow but brisk. She had almost gotten used to it and no longer had difficulty breathing or weak legs.
There was a big supermarket nearby. On New Year's Eve, there were still many people in the supermarket. Jiang Tu pushed a cart and looked back at Zhu Xingyao, frowning. Even though she blocked half of her face, she still looked very attractive. Zhu Xingyao took his arm and whispered, "Brother Tu, I think a lot of people are looking at you..."
Jiang Tu looked calm: "They are looking at you."
Zhu Xingyao followed him into the supermarket and muttered, "Obviously, he was looking at you."
The heat of the concert was still there, and even in the supermarket, some people still recognized them, but Jiang Tu had a blank expression on his face the whole time, and when people saw him, they just looked at him a few more times, talked about him behind his back, or secretly took a couple of photos.
Zhu Xingyao noticed someone was secretly photographing her, so she turned around and looked at Jiang Tu, muttering softly, "I should have prepared a mask for you."
Jiang Tu frowned and looked down at her: "Do you want to buy anything else?"
Neither of them had any idea about Chinese New Year, so they bought some things based on their memory and filled up their carts.
Zhu Xingyao took a box of jelly and said, "Okay, let's go."
When the car drove into the community, Zhu Xingyao, the newlywed wife, suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Jiang Tu: "Brother Tu, I don't know how to cook..."
Jiang Tu didn't know what she was so nervous about
Zhu Xingyao added: "I'm not very good at doing housework either."
Jiang Tu looked ahead and said nonchalantly, "So?"
So, what does it matter
He stopped the car, and Zhu Xingyao seemed to have just begun to reflect that she might not be a very good wife. She didn't want to have children, couldn't cook, and couldn't do housework...
Jiang Tu took the things out of the trunk. Seeing that she seemed to be still thinking about something, he pulled her to him and looked down at her: "When I liked you, you couldn't cook or do housework. I married you not to let you do anything for me, but because I like you and I want to give you something."
Zhu Xingyao looked at him with emotion. Every time he said something, it was true and there was no need to doubt it.
But…
She couldn't help but mutter: "When you say that, I seem like a vase, useless by your side..."
Jiang Tu looked down at her and smiled: "You can warm the bed."
Zhu Xingyao: “…”
She was stunned and looked at him in disbelief. Jiang Tu smiled, raised his hand to close the trunk, and looked back at her: "Let's go, don't think too much."
It is now 4:30 in the afternoon. Shu Xian has started preparing dinner since she finished lunch. Seeing her nervous look, Jiang Lu couldn't help but say, "If you don't know, you'd think you're the wife!"
Shu Xian glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about! Your brother has had a hard time over the years. I really didn't expect him and your sister-in-law to get married so soon. I wasn't prepared at all. The two families haven't even met for dinner yet. How can you say that your sister-in-law's family is better off than ours? But these are not the main points..." She has become much more insightful in recent years. While chopping the meat, she said, "The main thing is that your brother likes her so much and treats her so well, so I have to treat her better, otherwise it will affect their relationship..."
Jiang Lu shrugged: "Okay, do you want my help?"
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Shu Xian said disdainfully: "No need, your help will only cause trouble, call your brother and ask when they will arrive."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened.
Jiang Tu and Zhu Xingyao walked in. Jiang Lu tilted his head and looked at them with a bright smile: "Brother, sister-in-law, you are back."
Shu Xian quickly wiped her hands on her apron and walked out of the kitchen. She looked at Zhu Xingyao with a smile on her face: "I'm here."
Zhu Xingyao felt a little embarrassed. She still had some impression of Shu Xian and could tell that she had lived a good life in the past few years. She pursed her lips and tried to call out, "Mom..."
"Hey!" Shu Xian responded excitedly, and when she saw Jiang Tu put down the things in his hand, she said, "Why do you bring things back home... Don't bring anything next time, we have everything at home."
Zhu Xingyao smiled and said, "I didn't buy anything, just some food."
Shu Xian said, "You guys sit down and watch TV for a while. I'll go make the soup and we can have dinner later."
Zhu Xingyao was just thinking about whether to go up to help when Jiang Lu came over and said, "Let's play games. Don't even mention you going to help. Even if I go, I'll be kicked out. Mom likes to stay in the kitchen and tinker by herself."
"Is this not a good idea?" Zhu Xingyao looked up and asked Jiang Tu.
Jiang Tu pulled her to sit on the sofa and whispered, "No, she will feel uncomfortable if you go in."
Zhu Xingyao listened to Jiang Tu. She hadn't played the game for a long time. Jiang Lu pulled Lin Jiayu in. Together with Jiang Tu, the four of them started a game. With the voice chat turned on, Lin Jiayu smiled and said, "Xingxing, you're getting married so early. Be careful not to be forced to have a baby."
She still didn't know what happened to Zhu Xingyao that year.
Jiang Tu said coldly: "We don't want children."
Lin Jiayu exclaimed in surprise, "Why? You want to be a DINK?"
Even Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment, and he looked up at them.
Zhu Xingyao bit her lip. When she wasn't paying attention, her Xiao Qiao was almost beaten to death. It was Jiang Tu who came to save her. His voice was low and cold: "I don't like children, trouble."
Lin Jiayu exclaimed again, and she muttered: "But, I remember Xingxing liked it very much..."
"I don't like it." Jiang Tu interrupted her and said calmly, "Lin Jiayu, what did you write about me in your novel yesterday?"
Lin Jiayu: “…”
She choked, knowing that Jiang Tu didn't want to continue this topic, and quickly shut up.
In the kitchen, Shu Xian also heard it. She was stunned for a moment, with a complicated look on her face. She was still thinking that if they got married early, they might be able to have a child earlier, and she could become a grandmother and help take care of the child...
At the dinner table, Shu Xian didn't mention this matter, nor did she ask Zhu Xingyao anything else. She just told her to eat more vegetables: "You are too thin, eat more."
Zhu Xingyao raised her head and smiled: "Okay."
After dinner, Jiang Tu asked Zhu Xingyao in a low voice: "Do you want to go home?"
Zhu Xingyao thought that Jiang Tu hadn't spent the New Year at home for several years, so she shook her head and said, "Let's watch the Spring Festival Gala with Mom."
The message in the class group kept ringing. Someone asked Xu Xiangyang to organize this year's class reunion. In the past, it was always held on the sixth night of the New Year. Zhu Xingyao said to Li Xixi, "On the sixth day of the New Year, our parents will meet, so we don't have time."
Li Xixi had an event on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year this year, and Xu Xiangyang was accompanying her. If the main characters weren't going, then what was the point of the gathering
It was past eleven o'clock and the Spring Festival Gala had not yet ended, but Jiang Tu took Zhu Xingyao home. As expected, Shu Xian gave Zhu Xingyao a very thick red envelope.
When they got home at around 12 o'clock, they could see the gorgeous fireworks in the sky from the floor-to-ceiling windows on the 15th floor.
Zhu Xingyao leaned in his arms, looked up and said, "Brother Tu, Happy New Year."
Jiang Tu lowered his head and looked at her.
Zhu Xingyao felt a little uneasy when he looked at her, and whispered, "What's wrong?"
"Stars..." Jiang Tu paused and smiled.
Zhu Xingyao was attracted by the fireworks in the distance. She looked over but didn't receive his signal. She said excitedly, "Jiangcheng is too strict about banning fireworks. Grandma's place is allowed. Let's go set off fireworks tomorrow night."
Jiang Tu lowered his head and kissed the small mole on her nose, "Okay."
The next day at noon, Jiang Tu drove three hours to the next small city. Zhu Xingyao's cousins were married and had children. One of her cousins was pregnant with her second child for more than five months. Not everyone knew about Zhu Xingyao's illness. When she was in high school and college, she liked to tease her nephews and nieces at home, but now they don't get close to her. In the eyes of her nephews and nieces, she is a little cold.
This is what the eldest cousin's five-year-old son whispered to Jiang Tu. He said, "Aunt bought us toys, told us stories, sang to us, and played games with us. But she rarely hugged us. She said she couldn't do it... She has so little strength! My sister is only one year old, so small, she can't even hug us!"
Jiang Tu realized that things seemed to be more serious than he thought.
Zhu Xingyao's shadow over the safe passage was almost healed.
Pregnant women cast the biggest shadow on her.
The eldest cousin held his one-year-old daughter in his arms, walked to Jiang Tu's side, touched his son's head, frowned and said, "You are just a kid, what do you know?"
The little guy snorted: "I understand, my aunt is a fairy, a little cold."
Jiang Tu looked down at him and asked, "Do you think she likes you?"
The little guy tilted his head and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I like her. She performs abroad and often sends me gifts."
The eldest cousin was leaning very close to his daughter, and his one-year-old daughter suddenly turned around and rushed forward. The eldest cousin hurriedly shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, my little baby, what are you doing?" He was so scared that he hugged his daughter tightly. The little girl babbled "I want" several times.
I don't understand what she wants.
The eldest cousin looked at Jiang Tu and asked tentatively: "Do you want to hug her? She likes good-looking people, maybe she wants you to hug her."
Jiang Tu was stunned. He had never held a child before.
After a while, Zhu Xingyao walked out of the yard and saw Jiang Tu holding his eldest cousin's baby daughter. The little girl laughed excitedly, waving her two little hands, and suddenly grabbed his glasses off.
Jiang Tu turned around and saw Zhu Xingyao standing not far away. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Xingxing, come and help?"