A few steps into the department store, there was a counter selling women's clothing. The items hanging inside were all fashionable items that could not be bought outside. I originally thought that Shen Mingzhu would stop and take a look. After all, in her previous life, she loved shopping for clothes, and she would buy them every day.
So I went to buy it, and soon I ran out of all the cloth coupons at home.
However, to Pei Ziheng's expectation, Shen Mingzhu only glanced at the women's clothing counter and walked over with him in her arms.
After passing the women's clothing counter selling children's clothing, Shen Mingzhu stopped.
The salesperson greeted them very discerningly, "Girl, do you want to buy clothes for your brother? Come and take a look. They are all this year's new styles, including summer and autumn clothes."
Shen Mingzhu put her stepson on the ground, shook her aching arms and asked the salesperson: "Is there a stool? The child is tired from walking. Let him sit down and rest for a while. I will take a look."
The salesperson enthusiastically led the two of them into the counter, and then moved out the stool where he was resting for Pei Ziheng to sit on, while praising the two of them for how good they looked.
"You siblings are so handsome, with fair skin."
Shen Mingzhu glanced at Pei Ziheng and asked with a smile, "Do we look alike?"
The salesperson opened his eyes and said nonsense, "It looks like it, it looks like it."
"He is my son."
"What??" The shock on the salesperson's face was not fake at all, "Oh, big sister, I really didn't notice that you were married. You look only seventeen or eighteen years old, and your child is so big? No wonder
They look so similar, so of course they are born alike."
Who wouldn't be happy to be praised for being young and beautiful? Shen Mingzhu felt secretly happy and did not try to show off the salesperson's compliment.
Who is your son, hypocritical woman!
Pei Ziheng cursed in his heart, but did not speak out to express it. This was not to give Shen Mingzhu face, but because he was too tired to speak.
Shen Mingzhu picked out five or six sets of boys' clothes at once. After asking Pei Ziheng for his opinion, she finally ordered three sets.
After that, I went to buy him a coat, shoes, underwear, and socks. It can be said that I thought about it very carefully and thoughtfully.
After shopping, not to mention Pei Ziheng, a four-year-old child who was extremely tired. Even Shen Mingzhu felt pain in her feet and called for a rickshaw as soon as she walked out of the mall.
When I walked into the gate of the family home, I saw several elder sisters and aunts gathered together, chatting and laughing. When I saw the mother and son coming back with their bags, someone said hello.
"The Pei Yang family bought so many things? Do you want help?"
Shen Mingzhu smiled and replied, "No, they are just children's clothes and shoes, they are not heavy."
An unfamiliar middle-aged lady came towards Shen Mingzhu with a smile, "I just happened to meet you here, so I won't go upstairs. Now, I'll give this to you. Even if your Pei Yang is not at home, you have to take it with you.
Come drink with your kids."
She knew it was a wedding invitation from the cover, and Shen Mingzhu wanted to accept it, but she had no time to spare, so the middle-aged eldest sister gave the wedding invitation to Pei Ziheng, and also teased Pei Ziheng a few words, looking like she was very familiar with it.
When they got home, both mother and son collapsed on the sofa and didn't want to move.
"Xiaoheng, help me take out the water glass from the bedroom."
Pei Ziheng glared at Shen Mingzhu and sneered.
She finally showed her tail, and she actually asked a four-year-old child to get her a water glass!
Shen Mingzhu said confidently, "When we were shopping in the mall, I hugged you for so long that my hands were sore. Why did you help me get the water glass?"
What she said makes sense...
Forget it, just treat her as a favor for hugging him, and then everyone will be even.
Shen Mingzhu was secretly amused when she saw her stepson walking to the bedroom with his short legs to get a water glass.
After drinking water, Shen Mingzhu took the wedding invitation on the coffee table, opened it and looked, yo, is this going to be a makeover?
The bride's name on the wedding invitation was clearly Shen Baolan.
As Shen Baolan married into the Zhou family and became Zhou Hao's stepmother, the competition between her and Shen Baolan, the two stepmothers in the control group, has officially begun.
Thinking about it makes me a little excited.
She closed the wedding invitation, raised her eyes, and saw her stepson staring at her. Shen Mingzhu raised the corners of her lips and said, "How about we go shopping in the mall in the afternoon after dinner?"
Seeing her stepson's eyes widening with an expression of "You're crazy", Shen Mingzhu also realized that this request was a bit too much.
After walking around all morning, even she was too tired to move, let alone the four-year-old child.
Let’s get some energy back, there are still a few days left anyway.
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At the Zhou family's dinner table, while feeding her grandson, Ma Sufen said to her wife and son, "Today I met Pei Yang's wife."
Zhou Shuhuan said nothing, but his eyes showed doubts.
Father Zhou spoke in a voice like a broken gong, "What's wrong with seeing you? They all live in the same family home, so it's strange that we can't see each other."
Ma Sufen curled her lips and said, "Didn't you see those big and small bags? Tsk tsk. I heard people say that in the past few days after she got married, she went out to buy this and that every day. There was never a day when she didn't spend money. She really didn't regard money as money. I think Pei Yang’s little fortune will be wiped out by her sooner or later!"
After saying that, he looked at his son with a happy face and said, "Fortunately you didn't find her. She is so delicate and timid, and she is not the material to be in charge of the family. If she gets married, I might have to take care of her. How can I take care of Xiaohao."
Zhou Shuhuan did not answer the question.
He met Shen Mingzhu once when he went out in the past two days. Whether it was because he didn't recognize him or to avoid suspicion, Shen Mingzhu didn't even look at him, but he couldn't help but look back at Shen Mingzhu several times.
She is prettier than in the photo, her skin is very white, and she is half a head shorter than Shen Baolan. She is wearing a floral shirt with the hem tucked into the waistband of her trousers, which makes her waist look slim. Her hair is tied back casually, and her whole person exudes a sense of humor. The temperament that doesn't come out is not like someone from the countryside at all.
In a blink of an eye, the day came for the Zhou family to hold a happy event.
Although it was their second wedding, the Zhou family still had a lively ceremony. They specially borrowed the elderly activity center of the family home to set up the venue, and also borrowed a Santana as a wedding car. Just after ten o'clock, the bride Shen Baolan was picked up. Arrive at the family home.
According to custom, firecrackers are set off when the bride arrives.
There were no anti-smoking regulations in this era, so more than a dozen firecrackers were set off at the same time, making the crackling sound painful to the ears.
After setting off the firecrackers, the children rushed up.
Shen Mingzhu glanced at Pei Ziheng next to him and saw that he was staring at the children lying on the ground picking up firecrackers. She said: "This is not safe. Don't pick it up. If you hurt your hand, it will be a problem in the future." He is disabled and has to be fed by others, which makes him miserable."
Pei Ziheng glanced at her and seemed to sneer at her words.
Shen Mingzhu added, "If you are obedient, I will buy fireworks for you during the Chinese New Year."
Just as he was talking, someone not far away called Shen Mingzhu to come over.
This person was a relative of the Zhou family. Knowing that Shen Mingzhu and Shen Baolan were from the same village, he wanted Shen Mingzhu to go to the new house to talk to Shen Baolan to relieve his boredom.
Shen Mingzhu couldn't refuse, but it was inconvenient to bring Pei Ziheng into the new house, so she had to let him play with other children.
"Pei Ziheng, why are your clothes the same as Zhou Hao's?!"
Pei Ziheng said nothing, just looked at Zhou Hao silently.
Zhou Hao was also looking at him, with surprise in his eyes, "Ziheng, you are dressed the same as me."
Pei Ziheng twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling bored and bored. Originally, he didn't want to come to eat, but the bad woman insisted on taking him out, and threw him to play with other children like she did in her previous life.
But he was no longer a child, and he didn't want to be with these children at all. He just felt irritated and disgusted.
"Who bought it for you?"
Pei Ziheng didn't want to answer Zhou Hao's question, but unexpectedly, other children rushed to answer for him, "I know! Pei Ziheng's stepmother bought it for him!"