The biggest gain from this trip was changing Xu Donglai's fate and gaining a good helper. In my previous life, I could stand shoulder to shoulder with him as a big shot; in this life, I'll work for him!
Xie Sui secretly chuckled, wondering if Xu Donglai had lost or gained from this deal.
Xu Donglai wiped Yu Lili's mouth. His younger sister, Xu Yingying, came in with a smile and added tea eggs for everyone. As for his younger brother, Xu Dongfang, who was too mischievous to drink milk, Xu Yingying chased him around to force it down.
With his family and wife by his side, Xie Sui thought that if Xu Donglai had a choice, he would definitely want the current life. Without experiencing loss, one wouldn't know the preciousness of family and love.
After breakfast, Yu Lili and Xu Donglai went to the factory to sort out the matter of the foot-cover pants. Xie Sui gave Xu Donglai a thousand yuan, and if the price was right, he would buy them directly.
They were selling for eight yuan a pair in the county town. Xie Sui, who didn't know much about the clothing industry, was unsure of the profit margin, so he was just feeling his way forward.
Xie Sui, on the other hand, went shopping with Lin Wanwan. They had been in the city for a few days, living in constant apprehension. Xie Sui felt very guilty for dragging Wanwan through this ordeal and wished they hadn't come.
The city was indeed different from the county town; it was so much more prosperous. Xie Sui looked around, feeling like he had stepped into an old movie, finding everything novel and fascinating.
Lin Wanwan was much calmer and more accustomed to taking the bus than he was.
"Wife, you actually know how to take the bus?"
Xie Sui's rustic demeanor made Lin Wanwan laugh. "What's so special about taking the bus? Knowing how to drive is special."
Xie Sui: "..."
"That's amazing, you know how to tell bad jokes too?"
Lin Wanwan shot him a glare. "My family lives by the sea, I've been taking it since I was little. What's so special about it?"
Xie Sui felt a pang of heartache. "I've wronged you, making you suffer with me. In less than five years, we'll be able to walk sideways in the city. By the way, where are your parents? We'll return home in glory, and I'll meet your father and mother-in-law."
Lin Wanwan looked a bit dejected. "They've probably forgotten me."
"How could that be? What parents don't miss their children? If Doudou and Dingding were gone for a few years, wouldn't you be heartbroken?"
Lin Wanwan gave a bitter smile. "I'm different. My parents only doted on my sister, not me. Although we're twins, she was supposed to go down to the countryside, but I took over my family's job. Instead, my parents made me go down to the countryside and let her take over the family's work. My family doesn't have a son, only the two of us sisters. My parents planned to have my sister take in a son-in-law and always indulged her. I was just the superfluous one."
Xie Sui was unaware that Lin Wanwan had been so wronged at home and felt even more heartbroken. In his previous life, she probably had no hope left, which led her to do foolish things.
"From now on, I and our son will dote on you. You are the treasure of this family. That kind of family is not worth returning to. I had originally planned to beg for forgiveness from my in-laws, I would have knelt down. But since they treated you like this, I won't give them a single good look from now on. When we're successful, they'll be begging us."
Lin Wanwan's lingering unhappiness was soothed by his words. "As if you'll be successful. With the little money we have now, what can they beg us for?"
Xie Sui waved his arms. "Wanwan, watch me. I'll have industries across half this land, and I'll make you the richest woman in the world."
"Pfft!"
A young man nearby couldn't help but laugh. "Brother, your skill at wooing girls is quite impressive. Why don't you say America is your family's?"
Xie Sui chuckled. "You even know about America? You've been to school, a cultured person? Then do you know about the EU, the United Nations? Do you know that disrupting someone's marriage is an offense punishable by heavenly lightning? I was just chatting with my wife. You should learn from me. If you had half my eloquence, you wouldn't have trouble finding a wife."
The young man retorted, "I don't have trouble now either. So many girls are crying and begging to marry me; I just haven't chosen any."
"Tsk, aren't you also bragging? I think it's you crying and begging to marry them, and they look down on you, right?"
Xie Sui's gaze was sharp as he appraised him. "Your clothes are new, and you've got gel in your hair. Going to meet your sweetheart? You won't get anywhere looking so serious. Come here, meeting me is your luck. Brother will help you spruce up for free, and I guarantee you'll have success."