Witty Wife, Better Life-Chapter 824 - 814: Buying a Car

Half a month later, Li Hongjun made good on his promise and brought home a Lada Niva for his wife, which was a compact, boxy off-road vehicle from the former Soviet Union. Overall, it didn’t look particularly refined, but it boasted rugged off-road capabilities and a unique Russian design.

Shen Yunfang circled around the car, "I thought you’d bring home a Toyota Crown for me. Didn’t expect an off-road vehicle." In her previous life, she had driven quite a few luxury cars, so this modest off-roader didn’t seem very impressive at first glance. However, in this era, such a vehicle was already a rare sight.

"A sedan isn’t suitable for the dirt roads at your farm; this one has a high chassis, which makes it convenient to drive," Li Hongjun said as he touched the car body, showing that he too appreciated cars. "Come on, I’ll teach you how to drive."

And so, two people skipping work began their driving lesson on the road from the military area to the farm, which was almost devoid of other vehicles.

However, Shen Yunfang, "too smart" as a student, didn’t give her instructor Li Hongjun much of a thrill. In less than half a day, she was able to drive on the road by herself.

Li Hongjun watched his wife frown as she drove and couldn’t help nagging a bit.

"Driving is not a joke; you must pay attention to safety. You’ve just learned how to drive, so you can’t go too fast."

"I know, I know," Shen Yunfang was having too much fun and his words went in one ear and out the other—mainly because the road conditions were just too good. Ever since the road had been repaired, except for a few buses each day, there were no other cars. It was a clear stretch, and she unintentionally picked up speed as she drove.

"You’re at a hundred now, still know, know, huh? Slow down for me, now," Li Hongjun exclaimed.

Shen Yunfang tilted her head and saw that the man seemed genuinely angry, so she reluctantly and slowly pressed the brake until the car came to a complete stop.

"Let me tell you, if you still want to drive then you must promise me that from now on, you’ll never go above sixty when driving. Can you promise that?" Li Hongjun gave a stern lecture without mercy.

Shen Yunfang felt a bit rebellious—why impose a speed limit on a deserted road section? "Can you always stay under sixty when you drive?" she challenged. She didn’t believe it; generally, men drove fiercely and Li Hongjun wasn’t a pushover.

Li Hongjun, caught off guard by her question, awkwardly tried to find an excuse. "Can a man and a woman be the same? When we drive, we are on a mission, racing against the clock, whereas you are not in a hurry when driving, so safety comes first, you really can’t go over sixty," he insisted.

"All right, all right, whatever you say, okay? I’ll listen to you," Yunfang conceded unwillingly, not wanting to quarrel with this man on such a beautiful day. After all, she’d be the one driving the car from now on; how would he know if she drove too fast or too slow later on.

Seeing her so obliging, Li Hongjun’s tone softened unconsciously. "I’m not trying to control you, but speeding really isn’t safe. Don’t think you can go fast just because this place is remote. It’s exactly on such stretches of road where most accidents happen. Think about it, if a cow or a sheep suddenly appeared on the road, could you avoid them with such high speed? So, it’s safer to drive slower," he continued trying to persuade her.

"Mmm, you’re right, I’ll listen to you," Shen Yunfang wanted to say that if any livestock appeared here, they’d have to come from her own farm, considering there was neither a village in front nor a shop at the back. But she didn’t feel like arguing with him about it; his intentions were good after all. "Now that I’ve learned to drive, when can you get me the license?"

"If you behave well, then as soon as possible," Li Hongjun played hard to get.

The two spent the whole morning making countless round trips on the deserted road. In the afternoon, they even drove into town and circled the busiest streets a few times, mainly for Shen Yunfang to build up her courage.

The next day, Shen Yunfang drove to work. Although she didn’t have a driver’s license, the road from the military area to the farm was so remote that no one checked, so she drove there feeling quite at ease.

When Shen Yunfang drove up to the Drying Yard in the farm, it still attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

Shen Yunfang was quite calm; after all, similar incidents had happened in the military district yesterday and this morning.

"Hey sis, is this your car? It’s really pretty," a young man said, touching the car as if it were some rare treasure, clearly someone who loved cars.

And sure enough, there aren’t many men who don’t like cars, especially SUVs.

"Isn’t it? And it’s white too. But white gets dirty so easily," chimed in a military wife.

"Don’t talk nonsense, you don’t understand, white actually hides dirt the best."

"Now, don’t pretend to know what you’re talking about. Fooling us with white being the most dirt-resistant?"

Before long, a few people had gotten into a heated discussion.

"Sis, did you really buy a car?" Zhang Chunwang looked at the car and the person in front of him in disbelief. Just a month ago, his sister-in-law had mentioned buying a car, then there was silence, and he thought she had just had a whim that was soon forgotten. He had secretly been happy about it for several days, not expecting his sister-in-law to make such a splash by actually driving the car back. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

"Mm, it’s inconvenient to run back and forth without your own transport," Shen Yunfang truly believed that.

She came to the farm almost every day, riding a bike in the summer and taking the bus in the winter. If not for her natural beauty, with all the exposure to sun and rain over the past two years, she would have turned into charcoal or become dried meat already.

Li Hongjun was so eager to buy her a car because he pitied how hard his wife worked.

Zhang Chunwang’s facial muscles twitched. Indeed, having a car was convenient, but so was spending money.

"This car wasn’t cheap, right?" He wasn’t a fool – even the cheapest sedans cost around forty or fifty thousand nowadays, and an SUV like his sister-in-law bought would definitely be more expensive than a sedan.

"Mm, the whole thing cost over eighty thousand." That was the price Li Hongjun had given her, and she felt it was acceptable. Although it was expensive, she was the one enjoying the benefits, wasn’t she?

Zhang Chunwang’s facial muscles twitched even more vigorously. This wasn’t just a car; it was equivalent to ten acres of Lingzhi mushrooms.

Seeing him like that, Shen Yunfang couldn’t help but laugh. She knew Zhang Chunwang was fretful about the cost of the car, "Don’t worry, the money didn’t come from the farm. It was bought for me by our regiment commander."

Of course, Regimental Commander Li was an upright and selfless soldier. His salary might manage to support his wife and child’s food and drink, but to buy such a big gift for his wife, he would have to work hard for many more decades. So even though it was Regimental Commander Li who bought the car for his wife, in the end, it was his wife who paid the bill. But even so, she could still be cheerful about it for half a month.

"Isn’t Zhang Ping getting discharged from the hospital today? Get in the car, I’ll take you to the city to pick him up," Shen Yunfang knew it was Zhang Ping’s discharge day, so she drove over specially. This way, there was no need to pick someone up in the city with a big Dongfeng truck.

"Okay!" Zhang Chunwang immediately agreed and quickly opened the passenger door and got in as he saw his sister-in-law already in the driver’s seat.

Then the car shot off with a whoosh, leaving behind a cloud of black smoke for the others at the Drying Yard.

Oh, I forgot to mention, this car runs on diesel.