bayedsolid Chapter 290 The Standard Lover
Chapter 290 The Standard Lover
Gao Haoran walked halfway and then turned back to Song Tingnan, saying, "Tingnan, you know a lot and you're good at talking. Find an opportunity to chat with your master's wife and tell her that I'm just an ordinary person. Don't listen to the villagers' boasting. Just let her be herself."
Song Tingnan nodded. Indeed, Ning Xueyan must feel pressured after marrying her master and coming here, where everyone around her admires her.
After discussing it with Ning Xueyan, Gao Haoran was naturally happy, but she couldn't quite believe it. "You really agree to me opening a shop? Being in the public eye and meeting all sorts of people, are you really okay with that?"
"What's there to worry about? We're husband and wife, don't we have that much trust?"
Ning Xueyan's previous marriage left her with too many shadows. Before she got married, she quit her job selling sugar at the supply and marketing cooperative. He said he could support her and let her stay at home and "enjoy life" without worry.
They were indeed enjoying a life of leisure, but as they enjoyed it, they lost themselves and their voice... The past is too painful to recall.
"Okay, I can make quite a few kinds of buns now, just wait and enjoy the delicious food!" Ning Xueyan composed herself and said that she was ready to start over.
"Okay, I'll have to try the most delicious one tonight." Gao Haoran hugged Ning Xueyan, his implied meaning making Ning Xueyan blush. In the past, she and her boyfriend were very respectful to each other, but now the various intimate physical contacts made her feel like a young girl in love, sweet and happy every day.
Gao Haoran was very enthusiastic and planned to open a shop, even more so than when he opened his martial arts school. "In a couple of days, let's go to the county town together and see if there's a suitable storefront. If there is, we'll buy it."
"There's no need to rush, is there? Take your time looking!"
Gao Haoran verbally agreed, but in his heart he was thinking that the sooner the better. Director Mu and Li Yang were in the county town, so he asked them to help him find a place, preferably one where a shop could be opened in the front and people could live in the back.
That way, they could leave sooner, and Xueyan wouldn't have to be so careful. Whenever there were outsiders, she wouldn't have to sit up straight and maintain a proper image at all times. She was his wife; as long as he liked her, that was enough. Why should he try to create the image of a perfect 'Gao Haoran's lover' in other people's eyes?
During this winter vacation, Song Tingnan didn't travel around. His grandmother, Qian Shuzhen, was getting worse and worse. The doctor subtly told them that she might not have much time left, so they should spend more time with her and go along with her wishes.
Although Qian Shuzhen appeared indifferent on the surface, she was deeply hurt by Song Wanxing's departure. No matter how disobedient the child was, she had carried him for ten months, raised him with great care and love, and yet he just left.
Qian Shuzhen didn't know if he was alive or dead all these years, and the thought of Song Wanli kept her awake at night. Now that Xiaojuan had also ended her marriage with him, if she were gone, he would have no home left when he came back.
Song Wanli and Gao Haoran were clearly from the same era, only a few years apart, yet their attitudes towards their lovers were vastly different. Zhao Xiaojuan saw this and felt envious, but not jealous or resentful.
Someone joked with her: "If you had known that Master Gao's partner was just so-so, Xiaojuan, you should have tried harder back then, and you could have even become a couple!"
Ignoring the urging from those around her, Zhao Xiaojuan became good friends with Ning Xueyan. They both enjoyed tinkering in the kitchen, and since they had different specialties, they had even more topics to discuss.
Now that there are so many ingredients and seasonings available, and with Gao Haoran's help, the two of them are mostly in the kitchen when they're together.
I often hear older people say, "A girl's fate is like a rapeseed; if she falls into a fertile place, she will grow tall in the wind; if she falls into a barren place, she will suffer her whole life." This is because in the past, once a girl got married, divorce was rare, so girls in the past "accepted their fate" when they got married.
This proverb may be outdated today, as exemplified by her – she got divorced.
However, even a 'seed' that can choose its own soil needs some luck. Once it's blinded by its own heart and chooses the wrong seed, it must have the courage to be a seed that can run away at any time and cut its losses in time.
Song Wanli watched from the side, not minding the wasted ingredients. He was no longer the stingy guy who complained that "chili peppers are delicious but wasteful of rice." But he was a little worried because Gao Haoran doted on his wife so much, and he hesitated to speak.