Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 331: Qin Kaize Who is Full of Love for His Wife
Previously, he never considered marriage and having children as anything but troublesome. This further diminished his interest in spending time on such matters. But now, just thinking about his little wife eagerly telling him what she wants to eat makes him want to cook a whole table of dishes for her.
Whether they have children or not isn’t important; what matters is that Jiajia is happy.
After dinner, they pulled up the last two nets. This time, they had caught two large crabs, three big lobsters, a conch, and some small sea snails. It was a very successful trip.
Qin Kaize paid Uncle Lian for the boat rental and tickets and agreed to go to his house the next morning to learn some cooking techniques. The small fishing boat rumbled back to the shore.
When they disembarked, they saw many aunties with children scavenging for seafood on the beach at low tide. One of the aunties, without much thought, asked with a smile, "Commander Qin, did you and your wife catch anything good this time?"
"Yes, there were some gains," Qin Kaize replied with a detached nod.
Such an answer was essentially meaningless. Who would go out to sea and not catch anything? The aunties quickly realized who they were speaking to and fell silent, not daring to ask more.
Qin Kaize and Su Yijia, not minding their attitude, walked across the beach toward home. When they arrived, Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin had just put the dishes on the table. They looked a bit embarrassed seeing the couple come back so early.
"Grandpa, Grandma, why are you eating so late today?" Su Yijia asked with a frown.
She wasn’t concerned about the timing but worried that something had delayed them.
"We were listening to storytelling while eating fruit and accidentally ate too much. We took a walk outside for over half an hour to settle our stomachs," Grandma Lin explained, though a bit sheepishly.
Su Yijia’s tense shoulders relaxed instantly.
"Since you haven’t eaten yet, Grandpa, Grandma, just wait a bit longer. We brought back some seafood. Let’s cook it fresh and eat it now." She was excited to showcase her cooking skills, including her specialty of stir-fried crabs in the style of the Wind-Protection Tower.
"Alright, we’ll wait then." Grandpa and Grandma Lin, seeing Su Yijia so enthusiastic, naturally didn’t want to discourage her.
They moved into the kitchen where Su Yijia prepared a simple version of stir-fried crab, while Qin Kaize planned to make a conch soup and conch shrimp porridge. He put the porridge in the space to chill, planning to use it for breakfast the next morning, and also made some shrimp dumplings.
While preparing the conch, he found a beautiful fire-patterned pearl with a diameter of 20 millimeters. The pearl was an intense orange-red color, with internal fiery patterns and a glossy, porcelain-like sheen. It was exceptionally round and would stand out in any piece of jewelry.
Su Yijia was stunned. She hadn’t expected such good luck. Of course, it could also be Qin Kaize’s luck, but since he was her husband, his good fortune was her good fortune too.
"Why are you just standing there? Hold on to it and think about what kind of jewelry you want," Qin Kaize said, taking the pearl from the chopping board and placing it in Su Yijia’s hand.
"Why don’t you open the other two conchs?" Su Yijia suggested, her gaze falling on the other two conchs. Although she didn’t expect to be so lucky again, there was no harm in trying.
Qin Kaize agreed without much thought and opened the other two conchs. To his surprise, he found two more pearls of the same quality. Even he, usually composed, was momentarily taken aback.
He carefully cleaned the pearls under the faucet and handed them to Su Yijia. "You can think about it some more. I’ll finish preparing the dishes."
Qin Kaize spoke calmly, as if unaware of the pearls’ value. But of course, he knew their worth. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have given Su Yijia such a special gift before.
Su Yijia looked at the three pearls in her hand, feeling a bit of a headache. Why were there three instead of two? How should she divide them?
"I want to make a piece of jewelry for my grandmother and your grandmother as gifts, but now there are only three pearls. If one person gets two, the other will only have one," Su Yijia thought for a long time but couldn’t come up with a good solution. She ended up hugging Qin Kaize from behind, feeling a bit aggrieved.
"Why suddenly think of giving gifts to both grandmothers?" Qin Kaize was surprised.
"Because this is our good luck, and it feels meaningful to give it to our grandmothers. It’s a way of sharing our good fortune with them, so they can have good luck and avoid misfortune in the future. Besides, the money and things we have are either from your family’s legacy or from the system. It’s rare to get something on our own, and that makes it even more meaningful," Su Yijia explained, her voice full of sincerity.
The cost of gifts isn’t important; what matters is the intention behind them.
"Mm, my wife is the most considerate and filial." Qin Kaize felt a warm glow in his heart hearing her words. He leaned down and gently kissed Su Yijia’s lips before continuing, "Let’s make brooches. They’ll be usable and practical. You, and our two grandmothers, will each have one."
Qin Kaize was always focused on his little wife. No matter the occasion, he made sure Su Yijia wasn’t left out. This solution also resolved the issue of dividing the pearls.
Su Yijia agreed, thinking it was the best way. "Then let’s say it’s a gift from you to all three of us."
"Say it’s from you," Qin Kaize insisted, reminding her. The nets were Jiajia’s choice, and she had caught the first two conchs, while he had caught the last one. It was only fair to say the pearls were from Jiajia.
But Su Yijia shook her head. "No, just say it’s from you. It’ll be easier to explain. Saying it’s from me and you will be too complicated."
