"Of course that's not enough. I'm planning on buying you a house in the city so you don't have to face the villagers' cold stares every day!"
Upon hearing Zhao Tiezhu’s words, Wang Cuilian felt a surge of excitement, her eyes instantly welling up. The strange thoughts she had been harboring vanished, leaving only a sense of profound being touched. Since marrying into the Zhao family, she had known nothing but hardship. Suddenly hearing that he wanted to buy a house in the city—and that he, a man, wanted to buy it for her—made her feel completely different.
"There's no need for that, is there? Living in the countryside is perfectly fine for us," she said, rejecting him despite her internal joy. She didn't want him to push himself too hard on her account.
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