A domineering country girl flirts with her son, and Commander Huo can't resist.

Chapter 39 Stubborn Huo Chen

Qiao An entered the house, closed the door, and put the kitchen knife into her spatial storage.

"Mom! There was a loud noise in the front yard just now, are you alright?" Huo Ning ran out of the house.

Joanne was worried about the safety of the two children, so she locked them in the house.

"It's nothing, I'm just going to visit Uncle Wang's family and check on them, since they ate pork that was adulterated with drugs."

Huo Chen's face tightened slightly. "You've been planning to teach them a lesson today, haven't you?"

Joanne raised an eyebrow. How could a four-year-old child realize this? She's really precocious.

"They deliberately added drugs to the pork and then broadcast it over the loudspeaker, leaving them with no recourse."

"Not only that, they also have to compensate our family with a piece of pork tomorrow, and they have to apologize to us in front of the whole village."

Joan's eyebrows curved, and she smiled like a fox.

Huo Chen thought Qiao An was really amazing, but his face remained cold and aloof. "Hmm, that's more like it."

"I'm off today. What do you two want to do? Mom will keep you company."

"Mom, I want to go to town! I've never been before!"

Huo Ning pulled her hand and shook it back and forth.

The two children had never left Lianchi Village before. Qiao An had been busy with her own things for more than half a month since she arrived here, and had not had time to take them out.

It's a day off today, and there are still tricycles available, which should be fine.

"Okay, let's set off after lunch, alright?"

"Great!! Mom is the best!" Huo Ning jumped up and down with joy.

When Qiao An looked at Huo Chen again, although his face was still tense, she could see that the corners of his mouth were involuntarily turning up.

Although he acts like a little adult most of the time, he is still a child at heart.

At noon, Qiao An made braised pork chops with scallions and fried eggplant stuffed with fresh meat, then drizzled it with sweet and sour sauce.

Kids love this sweet and sour dish.

Huo Chen ate two bowls of rice, something that was unprecedented for him.

But he still became suspicious.

"When you came back yesterday, there was nothing in your bag. I went to the kitchen today, and there was no pork or eggplant there either."

Huo Ning is better; he's easy to fool.

"Do you remember my secret?" Joanne asked in a low voice.

"This is also one of my secrets: if you want delicious food every day, don't ask too many questions."

Huo Chen immediately shut his mouth.

Joan ruffled his hair with satisfaction, messing it up.

"Eat up, and I'll take you out to play after you're done."

The two children are eating much more than before, and they are also gaining weight.

They were white and chubby, like two cute little round balls.

In the afternoon, Qiao An rode a tricycle, taking Huo Chen and Huo Ning towards the county town.

On weekends, the streets of the county town are more crowded than usual.

Qiao An parked her tricycle at the police station and took the child to the state-run department store first.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a department store in the town, but thanks to the machine tool factory, the county government gave special permission to open a department store at the intersection closest to the machine tool factory.

Things here are expensive, and ordinary people can't afford them. Only workers from machine tool factories come here often.

Joanne led the children into the department store. "They sell toys over there. I'll take you to see them."

Huo Chen and Huo Ning were stunned when they entered the department store. They had never seen so many people and so many counters before.

When they arrived at the toy counter, they were so engrossed they could barely move.

"Mommy, doll! Look, that doll's eyes can move!" Huo Ning stood on tiptoe, staring intently at the doll toys displayed on the shelf behind the counter.

It was made of cloth, had simple facial features, and its eyes could be closed.

In fact, Qiao An could have let Mo Yuxuan buy better toys, but if it was too advanced, it would be easy to give herself away.

Just like with the White Rabbit milk candy this time, it's not a problem if Jiang Xiaogang and his group see the milk candy.

If a toy that shouldn't exist in this era is seen by someone, then it's hard to explain.

"How about Mom buys you a doll?" Joan picked up Huo Ning. "Just tell the lady at the counter which one you want, okay?"

The sales clerk standing behind the counter took a liking to the beautiful girl and softened her tone of voice.

"Little one, what color do you want?"

Huo Ning looked at the row of dolls and gently bit her finger.

"I...I want the blue one."

The waiter smiled and said, "You're a girl, girls have to get pink."

Hearing this, Qiao An was displeased.

Who says girls have to like pink and boys have to like blue?

"Here, look how pretty this pink plush toy is!" The waiter handed over the plush toy.

Huo Ning's eyes were still on the blue one, but he also felt that what the aunt said might be true, and he was hesitating whether to accept it or not.

"Ah Ning, your mother bought you this doll. You can have whatever color you want. Don't worry about what others think, understand?"

Huo Ning nodded as if she understood, then pointed to the blue doll and said, "Auntie, I want the blue one."

The waiter's smile was a little stiff, but he still handed her a blue plush toy. "She's not very big, but she's got pretty good ideas."

Joan gave the waiter money and a department store voucher.

"Huo Chen, what about you? What do you want?" Qiao An looked down at Huo Chen.

His soul was almost completely captivated by the toys on the shelf.

Toy cars, animal models, building blocks, toy soldiers, and toy guns.

Huo Chen looked on with envy, and didn't even hear what Qiao An said.

"Huo Chen? What do you want? Mom will buy it for you."

Qiao An said something else, and Huo Chen finally came to his senses.

"I...I'm a big kid now, big kids don't play with toys." Huo Chen pursed his lips, unwilling to admit that he was attracted to toys.

Although Qiao An liked Huo Chen very much, he was stubborn, overly wary of her, and very concerned about his image.

It's time to fix this problem of his.

"Oh, you're right. If you don't want it, then forget it." Joanne simply went along with him.

Huo Chen was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head with a bitter face.

"Ah Ning, what else do you want?" Qiao An continued to coax Huo Ning, ignoring Huo Chen.

"Mommy, I want that one too! And that one!" Huo Ning excitedly wiggled his little body, trying to get closer to the counter.

Qiao An didn't care about the money at all. In less than an hour, she swept up a whole bag of toys in the toy section, all of them for Huo Ning, which cost more than ten yuan.

Throughout the entire process, Huo Chen never looked at the counter, nor did he complain.

Qiao An could sense that Huo Chen was unhappy.

After buying the toys, Joan took them to the clothing section.

Nowadays, most people buy fabric and make their own, which is cheaper.

Therefore, there were very few people in the ready-to-wear section, especially in the children's clothing section.

Qiao An casually glanced around and bought a red and white checkered corduroy coat, and also bought Huo Ning a pink cotton-padded jacket.

After November, the weather turned completely cold, and the children still didn't have cotton-padded coats.

"Huo Chen, which piece of clothing do you like? Take a look at the cotton-padded jacket and pants."

Huo Chen seemed to still be sulking, "I don't want to."

"Oh well."

"Let's go check out other places then."

Qiao An didn't tolerate it at all, and Huo Chen's face darkened even more.

The department store has two floors. The first floor sells daily necessities, but the second floor is something else entirely.

All of them were large items: bicycles, radios, sewing machines, and various tables, chairs, and benches.

Besides wanting to take the children out for a stroll, Joan also wanted to try her luck at the department store to see if she could find a market for the bicycles and sewing machines in the space.

I was wandering around on the second floor when I spotted a familiar face.

Geng Qiusheng was looking at bicycles with his hands behind his back.