Chapter 161 Not Kind Enough? – The Daily Life of a Sickly Young Woman in the Compound

Chapter 161 Not Kind Enough? - The Daily Life of a Sickly Young Woman in the Compound

"I see Mother Li and the other moms!" Lin Qing patted Cen Xi's arm and said.

"They really brought all the kids out!" Cen Xi remarked, noticing the group of children following the women.

"Probably because they didn’t trust leaving them home alone!" Lin Qing thought to herself.

"They could have left a few adults behind!" Cen Xi said.

Lin Qing: True, but why didn’t they?

Lin Qing shook her head, deciding not to dwell on it anymore!

"Do you think we can buy two later?" Lin Qing changed the subject.

Cen Xi pondered for a moment, "Wait... is the limit one per person?"

Lin Qing was caught off guard by his question, then said, "Maybe. If that’s the case, then we’ll buy two, one for us and one for my parents!"

"Alright!"

After waiting in line for about half an hour, it was finally their turn!

"Limited sale, maximum one per person, ma’am, how many do you want?"

As soon as Lin Qing heard that it was one per person, she immediately said with delight, "I’ll take a plump one!"

"Sure thing!" The seller was skilled and quick, immediately grabbing the plumpest one.

To Lin Qing, the one he grabbed was indeed the plumpest among them.

He quickly weighed it, "Two and a half pounds, 5 yuan!"

Lin Qing handed over the money!

She grabbed the chicken and stepped aside, watching Cen Xi go through the same process, finally coming out with a plump chicken!

Lin Qing and Cen Xi walked out of the co-op, each carrying a chicken.

"I didn’t think they’d weigh the same!" Lin Qing said, looking at the chickens in their hands.

"All the chickens in the coop looked the same!" In Cen Xi's eyes, they were all similar.

"You’re right!" Lin Qing recalled, thinking it indeed seemed that way.

"Here, let me take it!" Cen Xi, after carrying it for a while, thought it was pretty heavy and quickly took the chicken from her hands!

Lin Qing smiled and passed it to him.

"You hold onto it, I’ll check if there’s any fresh produce?" Lin Qing thought since they were at the co-op, she might as well see if any fresh vegetables had arrived.

"Alright! Go ahead!" Cen Xi said, then suddenly remembered, "We’re out of milk candy, buy another bag while you’re at it!"

Lin Qing hadn’t expected him to remember that, feeling a warm glow, she responded softly, "Alright!"

Lin Qing ducked into another aisle of the co-op and was back in no time!

Cen Xi was surprised at how quickly she returned, straightening up in surprise, "That was quick!"

"Hmm, take a look."

Cen Xi looked at the milk candy in her hand and a handful of fresh greens.

"Did these veggies come in today? They look quite fresh!"

"I just asked, they actually came in this afternoon with the chicken shipment."

"Good! Anything else we need?"

"No." Lin Qing shook her head.

"Alright, let's head home then!"

Cen Xi and Lin Qing decided to return to the compound. They made quite a scene on their way back, especially with Cen Xi holding a chicken in each hand, drawing envious looks from passersby!

Seeing the chickens they were carrying and noticing they had come from the supply and marketing cooperative, people hurried over right away.

Who knew they’d have chicken today? Hurry, or it'll be gone!

That’s exactly what everyone was thinking!

As soon as Cen Xi and Lin Qing entered the compound, they could hear Mother Gu cursing up a storm inside!

They couldn't help but exchange glances: Tsk, did they let the guy get away?

How’d they manage to let him slip away?

For a second, they weren’t sure whether to be impressed by Su Dazhuang or annoyed at Gu Hang’s mess-up.

They exchanged a quick glance, then kept their faces neutral, acting clueless and walking into the courtyard with cheerful expressions.

They ignored Mother Gu’s cursing at the door and walked right past her.

Mother Gu shot them a sharp glare before resuming her tirade.

Just as Cen Xi and Lin Qing were about to step inside, someone suddenly called out to them.

Lin Qing turned, surprised, and saw Jiang Li calling out to them.

It was Jiang Li, alright.

Curious about her mother-in-law’s shouting, Jiang Li glanced out the window and spotted the couple returning. Remembering what had happened earlier, she bolted out of her room.

She stopped them just as they were about to go inside.

"Lin Qing, did you hear about the thief at my place?" Jiang Li blurted out, asking.

Lin Qing, not wanting to get dragged into it, feigned surprise, "What? There was a thief in your house?"

"You didn't know?" Jiang Li's gaze shifted between the couple.

Unfortunately, Cen Xi, wearing glasses, frowned slightly at her, and Lin Qing looked utterly surprised!

Was she wrong?

Mother Gu was so shocked to see her daughter-in-law talking to the people she hated that she even stopped cursing.

Jiang Li didn't detect anything unusual on the couple's faces. Although somewhat unwilling, she really couldn't do anything about it!

"If you don’t know, then never mind! I thought you knew about the thief at my house when you came back!" Lin Qing frowned; Jiang Li was quite something!

What did she mean by that? Was she trying to let others know that they "didn’t help"?

Lin Qing chuckled inwardly, thinking, let them think what they want, anyway, she and her husband didn’t want to get involved!

"How could we have known about the thief at your house? We only heard about it when we came in... just now," Lin Qing said, glancing at Mother Gu. "We just found out!"

"Oh, is that so?"

"Anything else?"

"No."

"Well, I’d better go home and see if thieves paid me a visit too," Lin Qing said jokingly.

Lin Qing and Cen Xi turned, opened the door, and went inside.

"Hey, Brother Nan, did you catch that? Jiang Li was hinting at something about us just now!"

"What was she getting at?" Although Cen Xi understood the implication in Jiang Li’s words, he couldn’t figure out why she suddenly came out to ask them.

"Maybe she wants people to think we’re not kind enough?" Lin Qing tilted her head, guessing.

"..." Cen Xi was at a loss for words.