Coaxing Women is a Bit Costly

"When will you and Lu Chen have children? You're not young anymore, hurry up and have some." Father Jiang barked.
"Cough, cough..."
Lu Chen coughed again, this time for quite a while. Father Jiang watched, worried. This physique seemed a bit weak; could he even have a son?
"Don't you need nutritional supplements to have children? I'm taking these home to eat!"
Jiang Han Yan retorted without changing her expression, then hopped onto the motorcycle. Seeing Lu Chen still in a daze, she slapped him on the back and yelled, "What are you spacing out for? Drive!"
The slap echoed with a buzzing sound. Lu Chen glared at her darkly; this woman's guts seemed to be growing by the day.
"What are you looking at me for? Drive!"
Jiang Han Yan yelled again. She noticed that this iron rooster had been reacting slower and slower ever since the coal mine incident. He wasn't buried at the bottom of a well, so why was his brain broken?
Lu Chen gritted his teeth. Indeed, it wasn't an illusion; she really was audacious.
The motorcycle started with a "toot toot." Lu Chen didn't give a warning, suddenly speeding off. Jiang Han Yan slammed hard into his back, her soft body making Lu Chen's face flush. He even thought of some indescribable things.
For example, having a son.
Jiang Han Yan was in so much pain that tears welled up. One hand wrapped around Lu Chen's waist, the other rubbed her chest. Her period was probably due in a few days, and her chest was already swollen and sore. Just now, she was almost flattened. This iron rooster's back was even harder than an iron plate.
"Can't you give a warning?"
Jiang Han Yan growled into his ear. If her chest got smaller from the impact, she would definitely poison this iron rooster and cripple him.
"Hold tight!"
Lu Chen suddenly said. Before Jiang Han Yan could react, the motorcycle abruptly accelerated, flying forward. She slammed hard into his back again, this time the pain was numbing.
"You... scoundrel!"
Jiang Han Yan was in so much pain she wanted to cry but couldn't, directly cursing his ancestors.
Lu Chen's lips curved slightly. He slowed down and leisurely said, "I did warn you."
Meaning, she reacted too slowly; it wasn't his fault.
Jiang Han Yan rolled her eyes, gritting her teeth as she said, "You'll never get married in this lifetime!"
Someone who didn't cherish women like him would surely be lonely forever.
Lu Chen didn't take these words to heart at all. The woman on his household register was this one, so what more marriage was there?
He drove quite slowly for the rest of the journey, finally arriving home. After the car stopped completely, Jiang Han Yan angrily jumped off, glared fiercely, then strode into the yard.
Lu Chen rubbed his nose. It seemed she was really angry, but it was just a bump, it didn't hurt, so why be angry?
A woman's mind was truly hard to fathom.
Someone who had been single for 23 years didn't consider the physiological differences between men and women, thinking Jiang Han Yan had a body made of tofu. Oh well, he wouldn't tease her like that anymore.
He Dan was playing with Dou Dou. Lin Xiang Hong and Lei Ming sat opposite each other, neither speaking, the atmosphere a bit awkward. Seeing them return, both sighed in relief and stood up simultaneously, calling, "Sister-in-law, Brother Chen."
Lin Xiang Hong glared unhappily, imitating him again.
Lei Ming was a bit puzzled. Lin Xiang Hong had been like this all afternoon. Their relationship was quite good at the coal mine; now Lin Xiang Hong looked as if he had stolen someone's wife.
Even after dinner, Jiang Han Yan was still angry. Although she didn't sulk, her anger was palpable. Lin Xiang Hong and Lei Ming didn't dare to say much. Even Dou Dou was much more obedient. Jin Shan Shan, even more frightened, hid in her nest, not daring to come out.
After dinner, Lin Xiang Hong and He Dan bid farewell. Lei Ming went to He Dan's house to sleep. With Lin Xiang Hong looking like that, he didn't dare to stay; he was afraid she would kick him off the bed at night.
"Brother Chen, did you make sister-in-law angry? Go coax her quickly. Women need money to be coaxed, Brother Chen, just spend a lot of money." Lin Xiang Hong spoke like an experienced man, very reasonably.
"That's right, women like men to spend money on them. Coaxing them once is enough." Lei Ming echoed.
He Dan foolishly said, "Brother Chen, just kneel on the washboard."
His neighbors, a couple, whenever they argued, the man would kneel on the washboard, and they would reconcile the next day.
Lu Chen gave him a cold glance. A man's knees were worth gold; how could he easily kneel?
After seeing the three off, Lu Chen closed the main gate. He pondered in the yard for a few minutes, then went to the drawer, took out a thousand yuan, hesitated a bit, but finally resolutely took the thousand yuan.
Jiang Han Yan was in the living room watching TV with Dou Dou. Lu Chen walked over, casually slipped a thousand yuan into her hand, and said coldly, "Living expenses!"
Since he was the head of the household on the register, bearing the responsibility of supporting the family, a thousand yuan still had to be given.
Jiang Han Yan was stunned, holding the thousand yuan and counting it three times. It was indeed a thousand, not a single cent missing.
"Why are you giving so much for living expenses?"
Jiang Han Yan was quite surprised. Even when the original owner pretended to be pregnant, Lu Chen had never been so generous, at most giving five hundred yuan. Fu Cheng was a small county, expenses were low, five hundred yuan a month for a family of three was enough to live very well.
"Just take it if I've given it. No need for useless words!"
Lu Chen turned and left, his ears flushed, feeling a little hot.
"I'm not giving it back!"
Jiang Han Yan called after him, happily putting away the thousand yuan. Only a fool wouldn't take money when it was offered.
Lu Chen's lips curved slightly. He thought to himself, that Lin Xiang Hong, though foolish, his suggestion wasn't bad.
It was just that this way of coaxing women was a bit costly.
Lu Chen pressed his chest, feeling a little pain. A thousand yuan could buy how many bowls of Wang Ji braised beef? But if Jiang Han Yan was in a bad mood, her cooking skills would drop significantly. Tonight's dishes were clearly not as good as lunch.
So, he still had to coax her a bit.
Lu Chen successfully convinced himself, finally not feeling so heartbroken. At most, he would earn more money in the future.
The next morning, He Dan and Lei Ming arrived, and Lin Xiang Hong also came. They had agreed yesterday that they would go to Lei Ming's hometown today to see the house he was building.
"Have you eaten breakfast?"
Jiang Han Yan was cooking rice noodles. The rice noodles in Fu Cheng were especially delicious; eating them every day wouldn't get boring.
"We've eaten."
The three said in unison; they had eaten out.
After breakfast, Lu Chen and Lei Ming set off. Jiang Han Yan didn't go; she still had to tell fortunes to earn money.
"Come back for dinner tonight."
Before leaving, Lu Chen instructed. Lei Ming's hometown was in the mountains, taking more than an hour by motorcycle. They would still make it back by evening.
Not long after Lu Chen and the others left, work came. She told two fortunes in a row, both asking about relationships. One hundred yuan was easily earned. Her reputation now surpassed Meng Ban Xian, and her reputation for excellent medical skills had also spread.
Because after Song Cheng Gong took her medicine, the effect was remarkably obvious. Song Cheng Gong almost couldn't resist going to find women, and was beaten black and blue by his mother. Jiang Han Yan had said that during treatment, he must abstain from alcohol and sex, otherwise it would all be in vain. Mother Song was eager to hold her grandchild; how could she tolerate this useless son ruining things?
Mother Song had already thought it through. After her son's illness was cured, she would marry him off. After he had a grandchild, she would take good care of the grandchild, and she wouldn't bother with her useless son anymore.
With Mother Song's promotion, Jiang Han Yan's reputation had spread to neighboring counties. Every day, people came to tell fortunes and seek medical treatment; work was endless.