80: Continuous surprises
"A Ming, come quickly and help move these things inside."
Nguyen Thi Linh directly called Nguyen Tan Minh to the trunk to move things.
"Sister, I'm coming." Nguyen Tan Minh immediately responded.
This time, Li Qinghe didn't buy too many other things. He gave Nguyen Thi Linh two hundred million vietnamese dong, which is a little over fifty thousand but less than sixty thousand dragon country currency.
Nguyen Thi Linh bought over a dozen sets of clothes and shoes for everyone in the family, from top to bottom, almost filling the trunk and even piling some onto the back seat.
The three siblings first moved all the ingredients to the kitchen. Li Qinghe carried a dozen bags in one hand and placed them on the empty space in the living room.
With everyone helping, the entire trunk of items was moved, leaving it completely empty.
Meanwhile, the living room of the tin house was piled high with a large quantity of items.
"A Shui, you cut the meat. A Ming, you wash the vegetables." After moving everything, Nguyen Thi Linh immediately directed her younger siblings to prepare dinner.
She and Li Qinghe had only eaten two baguettes with meat and egg in the car for lunch.
Midway, they had even turned into an deserted side road to briefly test the Wrangler's shock absorption performance, which lasted only about half an hour.
The test result was that the Wrangler's nitrogen shock absorption effect was quite good, living up to its upgraded suspension system.
Nguyen Thi Linh felt that Li Qinghe must be hungry, so she instructed her younger siblings to prepare the ingredients first.
"A Ling, no rush. First, let's distribute the things we brought to A Ming and A Shui."
Li Qinghe stopped Nguyen Thi Linh from cooking immediately and gathered the siblings in the living room.
Nguyen Tan Minh was a bit more reserved, merely pursing his lips and looking at his sister.
Nguyen Thi Shui, being younger, couldn't hide her joy. Her eyes fluttered as she looked at her sister, then at Li Qinghe, and then her gaze couldn't help but drift to the large pile of shopping bags.
Nguyen Thi Linh stood in the middle of the living room, hands on her hips, looking at her younger siblings: "These things were bought by Brother at a big shopping mall in Hanoi. Everyone has some. A Shui, put Mom's clothes in her room later."
As she spoke, Nguyen Thi Linh separated the large pile of shopping bags according to the marks she had made earlier.
One pile for Nguyen Tan Minh, one pile for Nguyen Thi Shui, and one pile for Mom.
"Thank you, Brother-in-law."
Nguyen Thi Shui joyfully carried Mom's pile of clothes to her room, then happily prepared to move her own pile of clothes back to her room.
"A Shui, don't rush, there's more. A Ming, wait a moment too."
Li Qinghe pulled out two phone boxes from another bag.
Nguyen Thi Shui's eyes immediately widened: "Apple phones!"
Even Nguyen Tan Minh, who had been trying to act calm, couldn't maintain his composure, his mouth slightly agape as he looked at the phone boxes in Li Qinghe's hand.
Because Li Qinghe was holding the latest model, the Apple 1ax.
He and his sister had never had phones, but now they suddenly owned the best phones in the entire school.
Before Nguyen Tan Minh and Nguyen Thi Shui's excitement could cool down, a new surprise emerged.
Nguyen Thi Linh took out an entire set of skincare products and placed them in Nguyen Thi Shui's hand, while Li Qinghe handed a watch to Nguyen Tan Minh.
"A Ming, A Shui, in the future, what your classmates have, you can have too. What your classmates don't have, you will also have..."
"But there's one thing I need to make clear: A Ming is in his third year of high school, and A Shui is in her second. Buying you phones is for convenience of contact. Please don't forget your studies because of playing with your phones..."
Li Qinghe had heard from Nguyen Thi Linh that her younger siblings had excellent grades at school, and he truly didn't want their grades to drop because of the phones he bought them.
However, after saying a few sentences, he decisively stopped talking.
Some things only need to be reminded once; saying too much just makes people annoyed.
He had always disliked preachy elders since childhood, and he didn't want to become one of them when he grew up.
Refusing the cycle of disliking someone and eventually becoming that person.
"A Ming, this watch needs to be wound every 24 hours. When you take exams in the future, wearing this will make it easier to manage your exam time. Do you understand how to adjust it?"
Li Qinghe pulled Nguyen Tan Minh aside and taught him how to adjust the watch.
Vietnam is a bit like China in this regard; electronic devices are prohibited in examination halls during major exams. Li Qinghe considered this point when he bought the watch for Nguyen Tan Minh.
"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Brother-in-law." Nguyen Tan Minh felt a surge of emotion. He sincerely and truly accepted this brother-in-law. What kind of brother-in-law would go to such lengths, genuinely putting himself in his brother-in-law's shoes?
On the other side, Nguyen Thi Linh was giving Nguyen Thi Shui a crash course on using skincare products.
In fact, Nguyen Thi Linh herself only had a partial understanding of this, but A Ying was quite knowledgeable about it, and the two had forged a deep camaraderie during their battles together.
So sometimes when Li Qinghe went to find Pham Huyen My, or when he was hanging out at the beauty salon with Vu Linh Huong and Hoang Dang Minh Thu.
Nguyen Thi Linh would run to Hanoi National University of Education to play with A Ying, and through their time together, she learned many skincare and makeup tips from A Ying.
Now she was passing these skills on to her younger sister.
Nguyen Thi Shui also listened with wide eyes as her sister imparted her secrets. After a general understanding, she eagerly rushed into the room: "Sister, I'm going to try on a few clothes."
A moment later, a slender and graceful beauty walked out of the room.
Nguyen Thi Shui
Li Qinghe looked up and noticed that Nguyen Thi Shui, like Nguyen Thi Linh, had inherited long, straight legs. Being a bit taller than Nguyen Thi Linh, her petite figure was also very charming.
"Sister, do I look good?"
Nguyen Thi Shui, with a touch of shyness and excitement, paraded her beautiful figure back and forth in front of Nguyen Thi Linh and Li Qinghe.
Nguyen Tan Minh, meanwhile, had already buried himself in his room to explore his Apple phone.
"You look good, A Shui. You're the best-looking."
Nguyen Thi Linh dotingly praised her sister.
Nguyen Thi Shui then looked at Li Qinghe with her beautiful eyes, seemingly wanting praise from him as well.
"A Shui looks very good. You'll definitely charm all the little boys at school out of their minds."
Li Qinghe also smiled and praised Nguyen Thi Shui.
Finally receiving praise, Nguyen Thi Shui also giggled and spun around in front of a yellowed, blurry full-length mirror, thoroughly admiring her own beauty.
"Alright, A Shui, hurry up and change your clothes to help me cook. You can wear these clothes every day. Brother only ate one baguette on the way, so he must be hungry."
Nguyen Thi Linh told Nguyen Thi Shui to quickly go back and change her clothes to help her cook.
Nguyen Thi Shui hadn't shown off enough, but she also knew that cooking for Li Qinghe was very important. She pouted a little unwillingly and went into the room to change back into her T-shirt and jeans.
Adhering to the principle that she and her sister shouldn't do all the work themselves, she went to another room and pulled Nguyen Tan Minh out to cook together.
It was clear that these three siblings were accustomed to cooking together. The three of them divided the tasks and cooperated in an orderly manner, the process was very smooth.
When Li Qinghe prepared to join them in cooking, he was pushed out of the kitchen area by Nguyen Thi Linh and Nguyen Thi Shui.
Only the resentful Nguyen Tan Minh was left sitting on a small stool, picking vegetables. He also wished he could be like other men and do nothing at home.
But he was often suppressed by his sisters.
Although Nguyen Thi Linh's house was just a tin-roofed structure, its functional divisions were quite complete.
Bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, and living room all had designated functional areas. Especially in the kitchen, several sinks had been built, and running water was available.
Li Qinghe was quite bored by himself outside, so he walked around with his phone, looking at the surrounding area. There were also some houses not far away.
Basically, about half of the houses were tin houses like Nguyen Thi Linh's, and the others included some beautiful two-story villas.
From the appearance, the houses in this area clearly showed the wealth gap among the families.
"A-He, why aren't you sitting inside?"
With the sound of a motorcycle engine, Nguyen Thi Linh's mother returned on her motorcycle. Seeing Li Qinghe wandering alone outside, she stepped forward and asked with concern.
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