A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

Not long after entering the department store, Anning regretted it.

Chen Hai usually seems like a very calm and composed person, but when he goes shopping, he's even harder to handle than a child.

If you don't keep an eye on him, he'll buy all sorts of weird things. The problem isn't that he buys them himself, but that he buys them for her and the kids.

After expressing her opinion, Anning felt quite aggrieved: "Shouldn't we put up couplets for the New Year? If we put up couplets, wouldn't it be even more festive to have a pair of red lanterns? Besides, didn't you just build a pavilion in the yard? There are lanterns hanging in front of the house, why don't you hang a few in the pavilion? It wouldn't be a problem for me to buy eight, would it?"

An Ning was speechless: "With so many red lanterns hanging up, anyone who didn't know better would think there was a happy occasion! And those couplets, five cents a pair, is it that you can't write them or that I can't write them? Do you insist on buying someone else's? Even if you insist on buying someone else's, the price here is several times higher than the price at the town's supply and marketing cooperative, can't I just go back and buy them?"

"That's different. There are no tiger cubs on the couplets in town. Look at this tiger, with its fierce and adorable face, it's such a perfect match for our little girl!"

Song Wenyuan unfolded the couplet and placed the tiger image next to Xiao Ni'er's head; the two little tigers were quite adorable.

Yes, just recently, he bought a tiger-head hat for the child.

"You previously said that she was more suited to pink, a color that is obviously girly."

"This doesn't conflict with my wish for her to grow up strong and healthy like a tiger cub."

"Go back and return it right now! You can draw, right? If you like it so much, draw it for her yourself! And that lantern, you only need two at most, return everything else!"

Song Wenyuan was scolded by his wife and left with his things, feeling wronged.

After reprimanding the older one, Anning started reprimanding the younger one.

"And you! Your Uncle Chen is being unreasonable, but aren't you unreasonable too? You want everything he buys? What did Mom teach you before? No matter how good the relationship is, don't take other people's things without permission. You have to return these things. If you want anything, you can tell Mom, and Mom will buy it for you, but you can't let others buy it for you, understand?"

From the time she transmigrated until now, she has never scolded a child even once.

Just this once, I made the child's eyes red.

She lowered her head, feeling like crying, but she didn't dare, so she could only hold it in.

Anning felt very reluctant, but this kind of thing could not be tolerated; she had to make the child understand this.

If problems arise now and she doesn't educate the child in time, someone else will have to educate them later, and it won't be as simple as just saying a few words.

When Song Wenyuan returned, he saw his daughter looking so aggrieved. He immediately ran over and picked her up.

"Alright, alright, she's still young. I made all those decisions. Why are you criticizing her?"

"I just mentioned you, and you've already forgotten?"

Song Wenyuan immediately stopped pleading for mercy.

His wife is so fierce!

He shrank back: "So what should we buy now?"

An Ning thought for a moment and said, "The military service center provides meat and vegetables, and the prices aren't expensive. I'll just buy them there. Since we're in the county town, we'll buy some things here that aren't available in town."

"Then... let's go buy some new clothes?" Song Wenyuan suggested cautiously. "A batch of new goods was just delivered here a couple of days ago, just in preparation for the end of the year."

However, clothes are much more expensive than couplets, and he didn't know if his suggestion would work.

However, Anning took his suggestion: "Then let's go look at the new clothes."

The three of them went to the clothing counter. Anning looked around and bought two new outfits for herself and her daughter, and also picked out a well-made shirt and trousers for Chen Hai. One hundred and thirty yuan was spent like water.

Song Wenyuan wanted to pay secretly, but An Ning kept a close eye on him, and he had no chance to spend the money he brought.

He could only quietly complain to his daughter that his wife was a double-dealer, allowing officials to set fires while forbidding ordinary people to light lamps.

"They wouldn't even blink at a 130-yuan shirt, but they wouldn't let me buy a couplet..."

However, his daughter did not take his side. Instead, she said seriously, "But the couplets in town are only five cents at the cheapest and one or two cents at the most expensive. The clothes here are about the same price as those in town, but they are a bit nicer. Uncle Chen, I know you have money, but you'd better not waste it! Mom said that good steel should be used where it's needed most."

His daughter's lecture made Song Wenyuan so angry that he gritted his teeth. He didn't actually need to buy the couplet and the lanterns, but he just wanted to hear his daughter's soft words of comfort.

He was scolded again, making him seem incredibly naive.

He pretended to pinch his daughter's cheeks fiercely, but actually didn't use any force at all.

She gritted her teeth and said, "You really are my good daughter!"

However, whether the child genuinely didn't understand or was pretending not to, he instead flashed a bright smile: "Thank you for the compliment, Uncle!"

Song Wenyuan felt even more depressed.

After buying clothes, Anning went to the candy and snack counter to buy candy and snacks. With the Chinese New Year approaching, they even had imported chocolates, although they didn't look as high-end as the ones Sun Weiguo's family sent from Shanghai, but they were still very attractive to children these days.

Both Xiao Ni'er and Xu Pengfei are quite popular and always travel in groups. During the Spring Festival, many children might come to pay their respects, so these things need to be prepared in advance.

It's a rare occasion during the Lunar New Year, so we can't just feed other children; we can't neglect our own.

Anyway, these things can be stored for a long time, just like dried squid. If you can't finish them all during the New Year, you can keep them and eat them slowly. There will always be a time when you can finish them.

Besides candy and snacks, Anning also looked at some dried goods.

Although she doesn't particularly like jujubes, they are a popular item nowadays because they are sweet.

We also need to buy some peanuts and melon seeds to keep on hand. Zhao Xuemei loves eating melon seeds, so she can buy a lot. When the time comes, she can tie the bags up and put in a desiccant packet so she won't have to worry about them getting damp.

I can cook this myself, but it never tastes as good as the kind you get outside.

As for drinks and such... never mind, the county town is too far away, and she has a little burden on her back, which means she has one less place to put things. Even if she bought them, it would be inconvenient to carry them back. She can't very well ask Chen Hai for help, can she?

Then she saw dried black fungus, dried shiitake mushrooms, and dried bamboo shoots, and bought some of each.

It's completely impossible to get it now.