Chapter 82: Dry Tinder And Blazing Fire, Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder!
Jiang Tao drove the mother and daughter out for a spin.
It was past 8 PM when they got home.
“Xiao Xue, it’s very late. Mom will give you a bath and put you to bed.”
As soon as she got home, Xu Li urged to give her little cotton jacket a bath.
“No, I’m not sleepy yet. I want to watch TV a bit longer.”
“No, you are sleepy. Go to bed early today. Tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to the market, and in the afternoon, we’ll go to Grandma’s house to play.”
“But, I really am not sleepy.”
Jiang Xue looked at her mother with her bright, watery eyes, blinking rapidly. She felt her mother was really strange.
Every time Dad came home, he’d rush her to sleep so early.
“Listen, baby. How about Dad buys you a set of wonderful Meng Ke toys tomorrow?”
“Really! Dad! Really!”
Upon hearing that she could get a toy for sleeping early, Jiang Xue immediately compromised. With an excited expression, she looked at Jiang Tao, who was sitting on the sofa, seeking confirmation.
“Of course, it’s true. Whatever you want tomorrow, Dad will buy it for you!”
Old Jiang had money in his pocket now, and his words were much bolder than before.
“Thank you, Dad~ You’re the best, best, best dad in the world~”
The little cotton jacket pounced on Jiang Tao, kissing his face several times with her little mouth. Old Jiang was so happy he was a bit disoriented.
This is the kind of life Old Jiang should be living!
Living alone in a rental room in the Capital City, what kind of life was that? Like laborers.
The transaction was complete. Xu Li took Jiang Xue’s little hand and went to the bathroom to wash up.
The new house that Jiang Tao’s family built responded to the national call for coal-to-electricity conversion, installing air source heat pumps and underfloor heating. The roof and walls were also insulated.
The house was warm in winter and cool in summer, much more comfortable than living in the residential areas in the county town.
While it was minus seven or eight degrees outside, the indoor temperature could reach over twenty degrees.
Air source heat pumps are cleaner and more hygienic than burning coal, and they are also less troublesome. The only drawback is that they consume a lot of electricity.
Since the heating started, the monthly electricity bill for the house had been seven to eight hundred yuan.
Air source heat pumps are truly power-hungry.
Xu Li hated spending money and usually wouldn’t set the air source heat pump temperature too high, only setting the water temperature to around thirty degrees.
Although it wasn’t cold inside, there wasn’t much warmth either.
Jiang Tao turned it up to 45 degrees immediately upon returning. The room temperature instantly rose by several degrees, becoming more warm and comfortable.
With his current earning ability, there was no need to save on this amount of electricity.
Letting his wife and daughter live comfortably, a little extra electricity bill was no big deal.
Xu Li and Jiang Xue spent over half an hour chatting and laughing in the bathroom before coming out.
Seeing Xu Li, who had a pink bath towel wrapped around her upper body and a pair of long, slender, fair legs exposed, Old Jiang instantly felt a bit parched.
After giving birth, Xu Li’s bust had changed significantly compared to when she was unmarried, but her waist, hips, and lower abdomen remained as slender as before marriage.
People who knew her said it wasn’t scientifically possible and asked her for advice.
Xu Li had no special experience; she naturally had a physique that didn’t gain weight no matter how much she ate, which others couldn’t envy.
“Husband~ You hurry up and wash. I’ll blow-dry Xiao Xue’s hair first and accompany her to sleep.”
Xu Li winked her right eye at Jiang Tao, giving him a “you know what I mean” look, and then took her little cotton jacket back to her own small room to blow-dry her hair and coax her to sleep.
Old Jiang of course understood what his wife meant. Without a word, he grabbed a towel and went to wash himself.
After taking a bath, Jiang Tao returned to the large bed in the bedroom and aimlessly browsed his mobile phone.
After waiting for about forty minutes, the bedroom door was gently pushed open.
Jiang Tao’s gaze was instantly drawn to Xu Li as she entered.
Seeing the light blue silk pajamas Xu Li was wearing, and the black silk wrapped around her legs.
Old Jiang couldn’t help but feel a bit parched.
Xu Li’s battle attire was too provocative.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
For couples like Jiang Tao and Xu Li, who were in their prime and had been living apart for a long time.
Every reunion was like lightning striking fire.
The small flame of desire burned continuously for an hour and eight minutes before gradually extinguishing.
The couple tiptoed to the bathroom for a quick rinse before returning to bed to chat in each other’s arms.
Although they had maintained the habit of calling each other daily before, talking while holding each other was a completely different experience.
“Husband, you haven’t told me how you got that car yet. That car must be over a million yuan!”
Xu Li had been curious about the car and finally couldn’t help but ask.
Jiang Tao chuckled, “Originally, I won the usage rights for 3 years from a mall’s lucky draw.”
“However, the mall boss thought I was handsome and gave me the car directly.”
Xu Li, with her big, blinking eyes, rested her head on Jiang Tao’s chest and asked with a smile, “Was the boss male or female?”
“Nonsense, of course, she was female, and a beauty at that.”
“Oh? Really? More beautiful than me?”
As Xu Li spoke, her two fingers pinched the soft flesh on Old Jiang’s waist.
Old Jiang immediately compromised, “No, no, no. Far from my wife, not in the same league at all!”
“Hmph, that’s more like it. What’s the deal with that car? You’re not allowed to gloss over it.”
Jiang Tao’s tone suddenly became serious:
“Wife, I promise you, everything I do is proper and legal, and the origin of that car is also aboveboard.”
“But some things, I can’t reveal too much to you yet. When the time is right, I will naturally tell you.”
“Um, husband, I don’t mean anything else.”
“I’m just a little bit curious.”
“If it’s inconvenient to say, then don’t. I won’t ask anything anymore.”
Seeing Jiang Tao look very serious and somewhat troubled, Xu Li stopped pressing.
They had known each other for many years. She understood Jiang Tao better than his own mother.
She naturally believed that Jiang Tao wouldn’t do anything illegal or against the law.
“From now on, I’ll be responsible for earning money to support the family, and you’ll be responsible for being beautiful. Our family’s life will get better day by day.”
Jiang Tao also really liked Xu Li’s virtuous and not overly talkative personality.
“By the way, wife, let me show you the lucky stones I bought.”
“We can each have one. When Xiao Xue grows up, I’ll give her mine.”
As Jiang Tao spoke, he reached into a handbag on the nightstand and took out two Heluo stones, which he had renamed lucky stones, and showed them to Xu Li.
“They look no different from ordinary stones. Are they really as magical as you say?”
Xu Li lay on the bed, looking at the two small stones Jiang Tao handed her, her fair and smooth feet dangling gently behind her.
“These two lucky stones are definitely the most worthwhile things I’ve bought in my life. You’ll know when you wear them tomorrow.”
The luck value attribute of Heluo stones was a bit metaphysical, so Jiang Tao didn’t need to explain anything deliberately; he just needed to prove it with facts.
Who can explain luck?
“And this, it’s also for you.”
Jiang Tao reached out again and took out a phone box from under the pillow.
“An Apple phone? Husband, you’re so good to me! Muah, muah~”
Xu Li immediately hugged Old Jiang again and kissed his face several times.
“And this.”
Jiang Tao chuckled and took out a gold bracelet from under the pillow, directly putting it on Xu Li’s slender, fair wrist.
“This is…”
Seeing the gold bracelet Jiang Tao put on her wrist, Xu Li’s face lit up with joy again.
“Pure gold, a New Year’s gift.”
“Husband…”
Xu Li was deeply moved by Jiang Tao’s successive surprises, her heart overflowing with happiness.
