Chapter 168: Chapter 168
As soon as the two entered the yard, Cuihua came out to greet them with a smile on her face.
"Xiao Yuan is back! Come in quickly! You must be tired?" As she spoke, she reached out to take the bag from him to help.
Completely ignoring that Lin Xue was still carrying so many things behind.
It’s like, seeing the son-in-law, the mom turns into the stepmom.
Lin Xue was pouting and walking behind, murmuring her dissatisfaction.
"Auntie! I’ll carry it myself! I’m not tired, I’ve already rested a night in Chenxi County!" Zhang Yuan didn’t let Cuihua carry his bag, he carried it into the house himself, and looking back at the unhappy pout of Lin Xue, he chuckled a bit.
This girl is adorable even when she acts spoiled .
Only then did Cuihua turn around to take the things from her daughter’s hands, all large bags and parcels of food, including grains, snacks, vegetables, and plenty of meat!
Zhang Yuan also had a large hand-held bag in hand, filled with meat that Lin Xue took out.
Originally, she said she’d take out more meat so she could send some to Grandma’s house, allowing them to cure some meat, so they ended up carrying quite a lot.
They didn’t take it out during the journey, only when entering the village did they take it out, yet just the short distance left both of them exhausted.
"Mom, you don’t even care about your daughter! She’s exhausted to death!" Lin Xue said this, yet still didn’t give the heavy stuff to her mom, instead she handed her mom the lighter snacks and candies, while she carried the rice, flour, and meat into the house.
"This child, give mom something more weighty!" Cuihua knew her daughter was acting spoiled, smiling even wider, and followed her into the house.
The three of them entered the house, seeing Xianglan on the bed changing diapers for two infants. These almost three-month-old babies, well-fed, were fair and chubby, quite adorable.
Three-month-old babies can smile, and when they do, their toothless gums are exposed, especially cute.
Brother Xiao Feng laughed even more than his sister Xiao Cai. Seeing his eldest sister, he laughed blissfully.
Sihan stood aside waiting to take the diapers to wash, no matter what Lin Xue said, she insisted on doing all she could manage, there was no stopping her.
"Grandma! This is Zhang Yuan! My fiancé!" Lin Xue introduced Zhang Yuan to her grandmother Xianglan once she entered the house.
Xianglan had heard a lot about family affairs from Cuihua these past few days, including Zhang Yuan, so she knew her granddaughter was engaged, that her fiancé was a young intellectual from the Capital City! Handsome, moreover she knew, how the young intellectual protected the betrothal gifts during the engagement. The sewing machine, the bicycle, the watch on Xiao Xue’s hand were all gifts from the young intellectual! The family seemed wealthy.
Besides that, she didn’t know much, but it didn’t affect her fondness for him. Since her granddaughter liked him, she liked him unconditionally, treating Zhang Yuan as close as her own grandson.
"Hello, Grandma!" After Lin Xue’s introduction, Zhang Yuan came forward and bowed.
"Xiao Yuan, sit, sit. Grandma will change brother and sister’s diapers first!" Xianglan smiled kindly.
These days she seemed to have cried all her life’s tears, and at the same time put on a smile she hadn’t displayed in the first half of her life.
Left holding a grandson and right holding a granddaughter, and now the eldest granddaughter has a fiancé. It’s her first grandson-in-law, she’s so delighted she can’t keep up.
But she didn’t delegate any tasks; she managed the two infants herself, didn’t need Cuihua’s help, only let her nurse them, saying it’s to compensate for her absence all these years, to make up for the regret of not being able to help bring up her children.
The last two will be completely taken care of by her, letting Cuihua relax and take it easy.
But eating well, replenishing with fish and meat, consuming as much fine grains as possible, Xianglan’s complexion looked particularly good, her face had grown some flesh, appearing younger.
They say, joy brings vigor!
"Grandma, don’t tire yourself out!" Lin Xue said with a chuckle, without expecting her to listen, as she saw Xianglan quickly finish changing the diapers and pick up the babies to soothe them, it was clear she hadn’t listened at all. Follow current novᴇls on novel_fіre.net
"Xiao Yuan, sit on the north side of the kang and rest a bit, we will eat soon!" Cuihua smiled at Zhang Yuan, truly a mother-in-law getting fonder of her son-in-law every time she sees him.
She had worried for a long time, afraid that like Zhao Hongmei said, this son-in-law would return to marry someone else after being engaged to her daughter, making her daughter a laughingstock.
She had heard many stories of young intellectuals doing such things, so she didn’t dare tell her daughter, worrying quietly by herself.
Now seeing the son-in-law back, she’s the happiest, seeing the two of them so affectionately close, she was reassured.
If Lin Xue were to know this, she’d roll her eyes, when was she ever sticky-sweet with Zhang Yuan? This in later generations, is just how ordinary friends interact, isn’t it?
"Auntie, let me help you!" Zhang Yuan didn’t go to sit, instead he rolled up his sleeves to help.
Sihan had already taken the diapers out to wash.
This and that people wouldn’t listen at all about not working, so Cuihua just let them be, anyway she doesn’t have any wounds on her hands, and in a few days she’ll be sent to study, these few days of work is all it is, this way she feels more at ease.
"Alright then! Sit for a while, I’ll go help mom with the chores! The outer room is small, you’ll just get in the way!" Lin Xue said as she took down the shoulder bag.
This bag indeed isn’t good-looking, but it’s quite practical, can hold a lot of stuff, unlike those sold in her supermarkets, ornate but only fits a phone, not much else.
"Alright! I’ll take out the gifts and distribute them!" Zhang Yuan didn’t insist on going out to help.
He knew the house was small, seemed like it couldn’t fit two people, he calculated in his mind, during these two days of downtime, he needed to quickly sort out the matter of the house in town, then arrange building the house.
"This house is really too small, it’s troublesome..." Lin Xue said, looking helplessly as she walked out.
"Daughter, whose house isn’t ! Many families with lots of kids are , some even live separated by curtains! Our house is considered good, you still have your own kang to sleep on!" From the outer room, Cuihua heard her daughter’s words and quickly offered comfort.
"Mom, I’ve already decided, I’ll start building a house in a few days! At that time, I’ll build a large house! It’s necessary for everyone to have their own room! At the very least, dad and mom should have one room, Grandma a room, the brothers one room, sisters one room! The brothers and sisters are all grown up, many things are inconvenient! What do you say?" Lin Xue conveyed her plans to Cuihua.
"Xiao Xue! Does the family have money to build a house? Building one that big costs quite a lot, right?" Cuihua knew the children were growing up, which was inconvenient, but all families were , everyone used to sleep on one large heated kang, which had become familiar.
Still, having individual rooms is better if conditions permit!
"Mom, don’t worry about the money! I’ve got ways!" Lin Xue said confidently, patting her chest.
Cuihua was silent for a moment, then spoke seriously, "Xiao Xue, we can’t spend Xiao Yuan’s money, mom knows Xiao Yuan is a good boy, but later when you marry over there, if you can’t hold your head high in your husband’s family, mom will be heartbroken! Mom would rather suffer more herself! Do you understand?"
Lin Xue was initially stunned, then happily reassured her mom with half-sleeves.