Chapter 1436 - 1438

When you have no expectations at all, life can give you a big surprise.

For example, this time we’re out to look at baby products. Having been used to all sorts of high-tech baby products in the future, Gong Ruini really had no expectations for the current mother and baby products.

Unexpectedly, when she entered a large mother and baby product chain store, Gong Ruini was stunned.

"Wow, there’s even a small car for kids to drive." Like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Gong Ruini was particularly surprised every time she saw something.

"Oh my, there’s even a small treehouse." Gong Ruini had definitely heard a lot about treehouses.

It’s a pity that in the past life, she never had the chance to see one, and she never expected to see one here.

Even though it’s a mini version, it’s enough to get Gong Ruini excited.

Treehouse? Looking at the small wooden house, Zhao Xuran circled around it, and he couldn’t see what’s so exciting about it.

"What do you think about installing one for our kid in the future?" Gong Ruini liked everything she saw.

Ah, install this at home? Zhao Xuran looked at the manual, and although he didn’t want to disappoint his wife, he said, "We don’t have a big tree at home."

A treehouse has to be installed on a tree, and it should be a big one.

"Of course I know. We’ll install one when we return to our country." Although there is a tree on the new house’s terrace, it’s not very big, and installing a treehouse would be difficult.

Even if a treehouse could barely be installed, Gong Ruini wouldn’t want to. The thought of adding a treehouse to the tree on the terrace was terrifying.

Instead, the courtyard at home would be absolutely perfect for it. It’s not only spacious, but some of the trees are big enough to install a treehouse.

"And then ropes would connect the houses." She hadn’t thought of this before, but now that she saw it, she couldn’t help but outline her plan for the treehouse.

Her wife must really like this treehouse; otherwise, she wouldn’t have dragged him to talk about it for so long when there are so many interesting toys around.

"What do you think of this toy for our son?"

"It could build his courage."

Gong Ruini realized she hadn’t even explained the reason for installing a treehouse.

The reason was legitimate, but Zhao Xuran touched his chin, wondering if the treehouse was really to satisfy his wife’s own needs.

"What’s up?" Gong Ruini felt embarrassed as Zhao Xuran kept touching his chin and staring at her.

Actually, she was a bit guilty too. The treehouse was truly nice, but a big part of her urging came from her past admiration and love for it.

"Nothing. I was just thinking about how big the treehouse should be."

"And whether this thing can be shipped back to our country." Since his wife likes it, even if it’s challenging, he has to finish it for her.

He just wasn’t sure if it would still be usable after being shipped to their country.

Ship it back home? Gong Ruini looked at Zhao Xuran with surprise. Although she wanted to thank her man for trying to fulfill such a childish request.

"Why ship it back?"

"If we send it back, my dad would blow up." After all, this would blatantly undermine her dad.

While it is a treehouse, it can also be considered furniture. Imagine buying and shipping furniture from the distant United States when they have a talented furniture maker at home.

Gong Ruini couldn’t imagine how Gong Tao would react upon receiving it, but it definitely wouldn’t be pleasant.

More importantly, "Look at this price." Looking at the price tag, it felt fine to pay in US dollars.

But once converted into Grandpa Mao’s currency, the price becomes outrageously expensive. No, they can’t buy this in the States.

"Oh my." Zhao Xuran was so focused on the treehouse that he didn’t even notice the price. Now, seeing it, he gasped deeply.

"However, there aren’t many such big trees in the country now, right?" Zhao Xuran didn’t understand the furniture business, but he knew that after years of consumption, supply for big trees should be lacking.

How would Gong Ruini know about that, but she’s sure, "If there aren’t any in our country, we can directly import them."

"There are plenty of trees here in the United States," Gong Ruini said offhandedly.

In big cities, houses are built with cement, but in most areas, the houses are made of wood, so it’s clear there’s no shortage of timber in the States.

Since wood is abundant, why not import directly, "And if we say the furniture is made of imported American wood, doesn’t it sound more high-end?"

Gong Ruini casually mentioned it before, not taking it seriously, but now she really thought it might be a decent idea.

"Didn’t Dad mention before that whenever he went to purchase wood, he felt bad seeing big trees cut down?" Although it seemed pretentious, Gong Ruini knew her dad was genuinely like that.

Previously, they didn’t think of alternative solutions, but now that they found one, there’s no need to hesitate. They should stick to this plan.

With a decision made, Gong Ruini couldn’t sit still and wanted to drag Zhao Xuran back home immediately.

Hadn’t they just come here to look around? Why leave after seeing just one treehouse? Zhao Xuran looked pitifully at Gong Ruini.

"Do you really not want to go shopping with me?"

"We haven’t even bought anything for the baby yet." If it weren’t for Gong Ruini insisting that any baby items would need her approval, Zhao Xuran would’ve gone on a shopping spree already.

He thought this time he could finally buy, buy, buy, but they barely started before plans shifted to leaving.

Zhao Xuran felt quite unhappy — this didn’t consider what he wanted.

Hmph, needing to beg to shop for baby items, when before he’d always procrastinate whenever asked to go to malls, this really annoyed Gong Ruini.

After all, her shopping frequency and duration couldn’t compare to Zhan Jing and others.

"It’ll be quick. I just want you to see the bed our baby will sleep in later."

"And the gauze, stroller, bed sheets, pillow — stuff like that."

"Don’t worry, we won’t buy baby clothes this time." Seeing the array of adorable little girl clothes, Zhao Xuran felt a sudden urge to buy a few.

"Aren’t you not buying clothes? Why are you looking then?" Gong Ruini admitted the pink, cute clothes on the racks were incredibly tempting for shopping sprees.

No, restraint was necessary, "We don’t even know the baby’s gender; what if it’s a boy?" She couldn’t imagine her son wrapped in a pink blanket to sleep.

Nor could she picture her chubby son wearing a dress clearly meant for a baby girl, it would be visually disturbing.

Buying the wrong clothes isn’t a big deal; you can always buy new ones, Zhao Xuran thought, as he looked at the price tags, it really wasn’t expensive.

"No way," Gong Ruini didn’t want to waste that money. Saying they’ll pass it to the next child... Can anyone guarantee that the next will be a boy?

Besides, they hadn’t even settled the first kid, let alone talking about a second, which is uncertain for years.

Trends change so fast. What seems trendy now might look outdated in a few years. "We’ll discuss it after knowing the gender."

In the United States, asking the baby’s gender during a check-up, doctors would tell you, because nobody aborts just because the gender isn’t what you expect.