Anyway, in her house, Zhou Qingcao was a guest.

It's really embarrassing to ask someone to cook for me so early in the morning.

"No, no, you should rest more since you're pregnant. You're almost well now. Go call your brother-in-law and the children to get up and eat." Zhou Qingcao said with a smile.

Old lady An also spoke up, "Your fourth sister-in-law loves you, so just listen to her and go get the children up."

Only then did An Hongdou respond.

Upstairs, Shen Xiangzhi and the three children were already tidying themselves up, so she didn’t need to serve them at all.

Since she knew she was pregnant, Shen Xiangzhi's only request to her was to take good care of her body. The children were also very obedient, which made her suddenly feel that having another baby seemed like a good idea.

After dinner, Zhou Qingcao hurriedly tidied the table and asked Mrs. An to help take the children to school.

An Hongdou was embarrassed to ask her to do any work, but she was very good at hands-on work and could refute anything she said. An Hongdou had no choice but to calmly enjoy her sister-in-law's kindness.

Before leaving, Old Lady An said to An Hongdou with a satisfied smile, "Your fourth sister-in-law is trying to please you. You are not feeling well, so let her do it if she wants to. She knows what's going on, and she's much better than your sisters-in-law."

No matter what, at least Zhou Qingcao knew how to keep the benefits in mind, unlike the others, who got a lot of benefits but were greedy and had no brains. Some of their cleverness was just a little cleverness that was not presentable.

The third daughter-in-law has been fine in recent years. She knows that it is better to please the sister-in-law than to offend her. But the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law have not yet come to their senses. They act as if the whole world owes them something.

Mrs. An sometimes thought that it would be useless even if she gave them money, so she might as well just let them do whatever they wanted. If they didn't live a good life, they would always be the ones who suffered.

But in the end, I still felt soft-hearted. After all, my son was my own, and who doesn't want their children to live a good life with no worries about food and clothing?

"Fourth sister-in-law is a guest. It's her first time visiting our house. I don't feel comfortable asking her to be so busy." An Hongdou smiled. She did have a better impression of Zhou Qingcao, her sister-in-law, than the others.

The most important thing for people to get along with each other is that both of them know the right limits. If one of them is not good, they will not be able to get along.

It is said that suffering a loss is a blessing, but no one always wants to suffer a loss.

An Hongdou then found an opportunity to ask Old Lady An, "Mom, why didn't I hear you say in advance that Fourth Sister-in-law was coming? What about Third Sister-in-law? Didn't she raise any objection to you coming?"

Old Mrs. An sighed and said, "Aren't we going to divide the land soon? It's divided by the number of people, and everyone has a share. Your other brothers have a lot of children, but your fourth brother only has Changyuan. He will be at a disadvantage when the time comes to divide the land. I've asked your second uncle, and everyone will have a share this time, including the one in the belly. There are still a few months left, so I thought of asking your fourth sister-in-law to come over here to see if she can get pregnant again. How many children does your third sister-in-law have? What will happen to them if she gets pregnant? She can't do it even if she doesn't want to."

An Hongdou thought to herself that her mother was very calculating.

But it makes sense. After this land distribution, we don’t know when the next one will be. Who wouldn’t want to get more?

Fourth Brother An came back two days later. As soon as he came back, he heard that Zhou Qingcao had followed with the child. He was so scared that he didn't dare to stop for a moment. He got out of the car and ran towards An Hongdou.

There are no kindergartens in the countryside. An Changyuan is four years old and the only child at home playing in the yard. An Hongdou's family is not at home. Old Lady An and Zhou Qingcao are talking in the living room.

As soon as Fourth Brother An came in, he saw his eldest son. At that moment, he forgot the uneasiness in his heart, rushed up, hugged the child in his arms and held him high.

After not seeing his father for half a year, An Changyuan was able to hear his father's voice only during the few phone calls he made, so his impression of his father was very vague.

Suddenly, someone picked him up with laughter, which frightened him so much that his hands froze and he started crying instantly.

Old Lady An and Zhou Qingcao thought something had happened in the yard, so they rushed out and saw that Fourth Brother An had already put the child on the ground and was standing there, looking at a loss.

Zhou Qingcao stepped forward and picked up An Changyuan, saying, "Changyuan, don't cry, this is daddy. Changyuan doesn't recognize daddy?"

An Changyuan lay in his mother's arms and looked at his fourth brother An cautiously. He then bravely called out, "Dad..." His voice was soft and endearing.

"Hey!" Fourth Brother An responded and instantly smiled back to his silly look.

Zhou Qingcao glared at him angrily, "He is timid, and you scared him as soon as you came back. Can't you be nice?"

"Hehe..." Brother An Si laughed shyly twice when his wife stared at him, and reached out to smooth his hair that was soaked with sweat.

To say that Fourth Brother An’s image at this time is indeed not good.

He was hot and tired after running around outside for many days. His clothes were wet and dry, and his hair was soaked with sweat and lay limp on his head. His whole body exuded the sour smell of sweat, and he even felt a little disgusted with it.

Suddenly I felt a little regretful. If I had taken a shower before coming here, maybe I wouldn’t have scared the child.

Zhou Qingcao felt a little distressed when he saw him like this. He handed the child in his arms to Mrs. An behind him, fetched some cold water and wet a towel, then walked over to wipe Fourth Brother An's face. "How did you get into this state? Is it hard working outside?"

I had done a lot of work at home in previous years, but never like this. My face, neck and exposed arms were all black, and I could vaguely see that the skin on my arms was sunburned.

"The weather is too hot. My third brother and I have been out for several days. We can only sleep in the car. We haven't had time to take a shower and change clothes when we got back. We'll just take a shower later." It's tiring to do hard work, but when faced with Zhou Qingcao's heartache, he felt refreshed as if he had eaten a popsicle in the middle of summer and didn't feel tired no matter how tired he was.

After smelling his own odor, he took two steps back and said, "I stink. You'd better stay away from me first, so as not to make yourself stink."

Zhou Qingcao is not very old. If she hadn’t gotten married early, she would still be a little girl.

At this moment, her eyes were red, "It's okay if it stinks, I don't dislike you."

If Mrs. An and the child weren't there, she would have wanted to go up and hug him.

She knew that working outside must be tiring, and running around outside with two grown men like her third brother might not allow her to eat or sleep well.

But there are still many different feelings between what I imagined and what I saw with my own eyes.

Mrs. An felt distressed, but she also understood that it was a man's responsibility to earn money to support the family.

Although I felt bad for him, I couldn't stop him from doing it, so I could only urge him, "Okay, don't stand outside like an idiot in such a hot day, come in and cool down."

Then he said to Zhou Qingcao, "Fourth brother's wife, go to where he lives and get him some clothes. Let him take a bath and change his clothes first."