Chapter 255 256. Mother-in-law is here

Li Cuicui entered such a large courtyard again, but still felt a little overwhelmed.

"Madam, our wife is in the backyard now. Please sit here for a while. She should be here soon." Qinglan brought the little maid to serve tea and explained in a low voice.

Li Cuicui put the basket in her hand on the table and said, "Tell her not to worry. If she has anything else to do, come back after she is done with her work."

When she heard that it was in the backyard, Li Cuicui guessed that the seventh son's wife must have run to the workshop in the back again.

"Mom, you're here." Jin Qianqian's voice arrived before she did.

Seeing Jin Qianqian’s bulging belly, Li Cuicui quickly stood up and went over to help her.

"It's okay, mother. I'm used to walking around every day." Jin Qianqian waved her hand quickly. "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming over? I'll have someone hire a car to pick you up. The weather is already cold, and the wind is biting."

In order to make it easier to travel back and forth in the future, Jin Qianqian even gave some silver to have the road back repaired so that the carriage could go back and forth.

"It's such a short distance, there's no need to walk back and forth. I'll follow your eldest brother and their delivery ox cart to the city gate." Li Cuicui said as she lifted the straw covering the basket.

"These are the eggs laid by the chickens at home during this period. Mother brought them here for you to replenish your body."

Jin Qianqian was a little flattered. This was the first time. "Mom, this is not possible. Dad and the kids at home also need to be nourished. Besides, the kitchen here has been purchasing food all the time, so I have to eat."

Li Cuicui had a stern face and said, "This is mother's gift. You and Lao Qi always send things home, and they serve us at home. Mother can't give much, but these eggs were raised by mother herself.

I will also keep the chickens at home for you, so that you can take good care of yourself during the confinement period."

Jin Qianqian was still touched. After all, since they had survived in place of their original bodies, the Gu family had helped many people. But at this moment, they only got Li Cuicui's basket of eggs.

Before, she and Gu Wenheng treated the Gu family with more calculations than feelings. They did so much not only to build a good reputation, but also because they didn't want these people to hinder them in the future.

But after paying so much, Jin Qianqian only saw some rewards today, and she still breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why is Old Seven still not at home? Is he that busy?" Seeing that Gu Wenheng had not shown up yet, Li Cuicui asked Jin Qianqian curiously.

Jin Qianqian, "My husband has been in the academy every day recently. If I want to find him, I can only meet him at dinner time."

"So busy?" Li Cuicui was puzzled. "Didn't you agree to take the imperial examination in two years? Why are you so busy now?"

"..." Jin Qianqian suddenly didn't know how to explain to her what it meant to study hard for ten years, and could only smile awkwardly.

Li Cuicui suddenly realized that she had said something wrong. "How is your health now? Have you seen a doctor?"

Jin Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief, "I see the doctor every month to check my pulse, and everything is fine.

By the way, how is your family? It is not convenient for me to go back to visit them now. I am sorry to bother you to make this trip."

"Everything is fine at home. Now when people in the village talk about you two, they all give you a thumbs up. Your father and I have benefited from you. Everyone is polite to us wherever we go."

Li Cuicui's heart is as clear as a mirror. She can have such a good life in her old age because of the seventh brother and his wife.

In addition, the other sons in the village are now capable and have become generous to the old couple, so they no longer have to worry about food and drink.

In the past, she would never have dared to imagine a life like this.

"That's good. If you need anything, remember to tell us. Every family is well off now, so you can live the way you want."

Li Cuicui nodded with a smile on her face, "Mom knows that you are filial. We two old people only have so much to eat and drink. You and Old Seven are out, just take care of yourselves. We will ask your brothers to take care of the family matters."

Jin Qianqian suddenly asked curiously, "Mom, how is Sixth Sister now? Is she doing well?"

Li Cuicui didn't expect Jin Qianqian to ask this question, and it took her a long time to react. "She is actually quite good. She came back with Dayong a few days ago. Judging from the smile on her face, she should be doing well."

In private, Li Cuicui also asked quietly, but Gu Yuanfeng always said that she was living a good life now, with a considerate husband and obedient children.

Li Cuicui felt very complicated when she heard this at the time. She thought her own daughter was really heartless. She treated her stepchildren as if they were her own children, as if she had forgotten that she had given birth twice and that her own flesh and blood were not around.

Jin Qianqian just asked casually, and seeing that the old lady didn't want to talk in depth, she simply suggested taking her for a walk in the backyard.

Li Cuicui naturally had no objection, because the last time she came, there was a big banquet at home and she just took a quick look.

This time, the garden was much tidier than the last time she saw it. Looking at the maids coming in and out, Li Cuicui could feel more deeply that the gap between the Seventh Master and his wife and everyone else was getting bigger and bigger.

The old lady couldn't help but feel dazed. How could her belly be so big? This unimaginable person could actually be her own child.

Moreover, the fact that the seventh brother is so powerful now seems to have nothing to do with the couple. He has struggled all by himself.

"The youngest one has also come to look for you!" Li Cuicui looked at the fruit trees in the yard. There were no fruits on them in the first year after they were transplanted.

Jin Qianqian raised her eyebrows, not knowing what the old lady meant by that. "Yes, I have been here."

"As a mother, I don't say I understand my youngest son completely, but I do understand him 70% to 80%. If he comes back at this time, it's definitely not a good thing.

It's not that I'm a cruel mother, but I can't ruin the friendship between the other families because of him.

But after all, we are brothers from the same mother. I mean, if, if one day, he is in a desperate situation, you can help him, or give him a hand. "

Jin Qianqian looked at her sideways, "I also said if, if it will implicate my family, do you still want to help?"

Although she can understand the feelings of a mother, Jin Qianqian is unwilling to do anything without any bottom line.

Li Cuicui bit her lip and said, "Then don't worry about him. We can't let him get you into trouble."

Jin Qianqian felt that she now admired this old lady more and more. She was very clear-headed and knew what was important.

Even though she still had motherly feelings for Gu Yuanlei, she knew how to walk the fine line.

Jin Qianqian nodded, "As long as he doesn't do anything that harms others, if he really can't make ends meet one day, we will help him appropriately."

It was already good to get such a promise. Li Cuicui put down the stone in her heart, adjusted her mood, and accompanied her daughter-in-law to slowly appreciate the yard.

(End of this chapter)