Substitute Bride: The Gentle Husband of the Evil Girl is Crazy and Wild

Li Xiaoyu did not take the handkerchief. She looked down and saw a pair of mandarin ducks embroidered on it.

She didn't understand embroidery and couldn't tell the difference in workmanship, but she just thought that the handkerchief she had embroidered with great effort was for profit.

It's such a waste to just give one to myself.

She coughed twice and smiled, "Sister, I don't care about the clothes. I know you have a hard time. Put the handkerchief away and take it to the embroidery workshop to sell it next time."

It's good to earn one more copper coin.

Seeing that she didn't answer, although she knew that her sister was worried about her, Li Xiaoyan really wanted to do something for Li Xiaoyu.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across her face, "Third sister, please don't look down on your sister, okay?"

Hearing the inferiority in her words, Li Xiaoyu was about to speak when Lin Ting reached out her little hand and grabbed her sleeve.

The withered little face was stained with an innocent smile, "Aunt, this is the best embroidered handkerchief among all the handkerchiefs that mother has embroidered. Tingting would like you to accept it."

Li Xiaoyu lowered his eyes to look at her, then reached out and touched the top of her head.

She smiled sweetly and said, "Auntie understands, but this is what mother embroidered to supplement the family income. Auntie also feels sorry for your mother, so how can I accept it."

When she smiled, two dimples appeared on both sides of her cheeks.

Looking at her sweet-looking aunt, the sensible little girl spoke with seriousness in her childish voice.

"Aunt, after you left last time, mother has been saving money to make clothes for you. I was going to come to the city to buy cloth today, but my father used mother's money to buy alcohol a few days ago."

"She was anxious to give you a wedding present, and spent several nights embroidering this handkerchief."

Lin Ting spoke calmly and steadily, with a steadiness beyond her age.

Looking at her being so sensible, Li Xiaoyu couldn't imagine what kind of life they lived in the Lin family.

This is why a little girl who should be growing up happily would speak so cautiously.

After the little girl finished speaking, Li Xiaoyan continued, "I originally wanted to wait until the day my second sister got married to give it to you. I just happened to meet you today, so I'll give it to you as well."

She didn't say that the reason she carried it with her was because she was afraid that Lin Dashan would snatch it and sell it for money.

"Third sister, please accept it."

Now that things have been said, if Li Xiaoyu doesn’t accept it, then he would be doing something good with bad intentions.

She took the handkerchief, looked at it in her hand, raised her eyes and smiled at her elder sister: "It's very beautiful, elder sister embroidered it very well."

Li Xiaoyan blushed at her sister's praise. She shook her head shyly: "Compared with those great embroiderers, my level is too low."

Li Xiaoyu picked up the handkerchief with both hands and held it up to the sunlight.

The light passed through the handkerchief embroidered with a mandarin duck pattern, and a faint golden light sprinkled on her face, adding a bit of vitality to her.

She never hesitated to give compliments: "In my opinion, your craftsmanship is the best in the world. This is the best embroidered handkerchief I have ever seen."

She even gave a thumbs up and said, "Excellent."

Seeing her lively appearance, Li Xiaoyan was infected by her smile and started smiling too.

Lin Ting saw her mother laughing, and she laughed too.

She likes to see her mother smile.

Putting the handkerchief in her arms, Li Xiaoyu took the opportunity when Li Xiaoyan went to buy a dustpan to pull Lin Ting aside and asked her a few questions.

Li Xiaoyan came back after shopping, and they had just finished their chat.

Puzzled, he asked, "What are you two talking about?"

Li Xiaoyu bent down, stretched out his right hand to pick up the little girl, held Li Xiaoyan's hand with his other hand, and walked towards the city.

"Sister, I haven't eaten yet. Let's go to a restaurant."

"Go to a restaurant?" Li Xiaoyan frowned.

She is not leaving.

He grabbed the woman's hand and said to her anxiously, "Third sister, you still have a husband to support, don't spend money recklessly."

Seeing her serious expression, Li Xiaoyu broke free and held her arm.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his hoarse voice was steady: "Sister, have you forgotten that I have a business? Although I can't treat you to a feast now, I still have money for a meal."

"You and Xiaoting can go with me to dinner without any worries."

No matter what Li Xiaoyan said to refuse, Li Xiaoyu dragged her into the restaurant.

After dinner, she rented a donkey cart to take them back to the village.

Before leaving, Li Xiaoyan felt very guilty. She thought that if she had not called her sister back, she would not have let her spend so much money.

Seeing the guilt on her face, Li Xiaoyu grabbed her hand.

Looking at her elder sister's rough palms covered with calluses, she frowned silently.

Her throat was itchy and she wanted to cough but didn't want to worry her elder sister, so she pursed her lips and swallowed to relieve her cough.

Then she smiled and said, "Sister, although we are sisters, family love is about giving to each other. If you treat me well, then I will treat you well too."

The long-standing order of seniority made Li Xiaoyan feel that it was her duty to take care of her younger sister.

"But...it's my duty to take care of you."

Hearing this, Li Xiaoyu grinned and said, "Big sister, there are not so many shoulds in this world, but it's just the sincerity between people."

"You treat me well, so I should treat you well too. You treat me well unilaterally, but I still think it's my due."

"Isn't this an ungrateful person?"

She was talking, and Lin Ting, who was sitting on the donkey cart, was listening very carefully, with her little head focused on listening to her aunt's words.

"This..." Li Xiaoyan had never been to school, but she knew that her sister was right.

I just don't know what words to use to respond to her.

Seeing her conflicted expression, Li Xiaoyu patted the back of her hand, let go of her hand and said to the driver, "Let's go."

The donkey cart slowly moved away, and the mother and daughter waved goodbye to her.

"Goodbye, aunt."

"Goodbye, third sister."

Watching the donkey cart going along another road and then looking at the frail mother and daughter on the cart, Li Xiaoyu felt a bit complicated.

She gave a faint smile: "Goodbye."

Only after their figures disappeared from her sight did she slowly start to walk back home.

Looking at the wild chrysanthemums on the roadside, she remembered that the wild chrysanthemums she picked last time were not dried, and they were probably all dried flowers.

She picked another bunch and took it back.

This time, as soon as she got home, she took it out to steam it, then spread it out in a winnowing basket and took it to the yard to dry.

After doing all this, she took out the things she bought from the backpack.

Gu Fei was not drawing. When he heard her come back, he leaned against the head of the bed, bending his right fingers and listening quietly to the footsteps outside.

I heard the sound of footsteps coming towards the room.

He asked, "Xiaoyu, you said before that you wanted to sell my paintings. Have you sold them?"

The little fish in his mouth just walked to the door. When she heard the two gentle words from the man's mouth, she suddenly got goose bumps all over her body.

From Madam to Li Xiaoyu, and then to Xiaoyu.

There's a hidden agenda behind every change in the way this guy calls himself.

Li Xiaoyu rubbed her arms, not understanding why he suddenly asked about this. To be on the safe side, she tilted her head and paid attention to the man's expression.

At the same time, he asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong with the painting?"