Chapter 19 019 I Must Observe Mourning

Qin Feng glared at Qin Wei's departing figure. "You brat, all you know how to do is bully your sister. Wait till you get back, and I'll teach you a lesson."

Qin Aiguo and his mother watched with amusement as their father and son turned against each other, without getting involved in the slightest. Only after Qin Feng sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed) did Qin Aiguo speak.

"The food rations for the new educated youth should be delivered to them by designated personnel, so they don't have to go and pick them up; it's too much trouble."

Qin Feng knew that his father was worried about his granddaughter and afraid that she would get tired, so he nodded and said, "Okay, tell Hong Xing later and ask him to bring the account book."

Qin Aiguo nodded and said nothing more.

The food was served shortly afterward, and Qin Xiaoxiao went over to help, but Qin Ye and Qin Wei pushed her away.

"No need for you, just sit down and wait for your meal."

Seeing that she wasn't needed here, Qin Xiaoxiao sat back down next to Old Mrs. Qin.

As the last dish of chicken soup was served, everyone sat down. Grandma Qin first ladled a bowl of chicken soup for Qin Xiaoxiao and placed it next to her. "Xiaoxiao, quickly try Grandma's cooking. It's been simmering all morning, and the chicken is all tender. Have a chicken leg later."

As he spoke, he picked up a chicken leg and put it into Qin Xiaoxiao's bowl.

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly moved the bowl away and said apologetically, "Grandma, I can't eat chicken legs or drink chicken soup. You forgot, I'm still in mourning."

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Qin paused, and tears immediately streamed down her face.

Grandma Qin sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) silently shedding tears, which broke Qin Aiguo's heart. But at this moment, he also felt heartache; his heart felt like it was being ripped out and twisted three times, and the pain made him want to cry.

Looking at the others, Qin Feng and Ma Dahua couldn't help but cover their faces and cry, but they didn't make a sound. Their silent crying was even more heartbreaking.

Qin Ye and Qin Wei's eyes also reddened, tears welling up in their eyes. The two brothers wiped their eyes left and right, trying to wipe away the tears so that Qin Xiaoxiao wouldn't see them crying, but the tears seemed to be playing tricks on them, and they just couldn't wipe them away.

Seeing this, Qin Xiaoxiao sighed.

She knew this would happen. From the moment Qin Feng told her that her grandmother had made chicken soup for her, she wanted to say that she couldn't drink it, but with so many people around, she never said it.

When Grandma Qin and Ma Dahua asked for hot chicken soup, she thought that the soup had already been cooked and couldn't just be thrown away. There were other people in the house, and it would be good for Grandpa and Grandma to drink it, so she didn't say anything.

Now that the chicken soup is served, she has no choice but to speak.

Qin Xiaoxiao clung to Grandma Qin's arm and said coquettishly, "Grandma, please don't be like this. I know you miss my dad, but he's already gone. If you keep acting like this, he'll worry."

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Qin could no longer hold back and turned around to lie on the kang (a heated brick bed) and burst into tears.

"My dearest son! I've missed you so much! My heart aches so much! Waaah..."

Qin Aiguo wiped away his tears, took out his pipe, lit it, and smoked while tears streamed down his face.

Qin Feng covered his face, tears streaming down his cheeks, and murmured softly.

Ma Dahua turned and ran out, going back to her room to cry.

Seeing this, Qin Ye and Qin Wei couldn't care less about themselves. One chased after Ma Dahua, while the other quietly comforted Old Mrs. Qin. They were extremely busy.

Qin Xiaoxiao sighed, feeling happy that Qin Min and Wen Shiya had such loving family members, but also feeling sorry for them.

Perhaps it was the atmosphere that made Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes redden, and she sobbed as she wiped away her tears.

"Your dad is quite skilled; he's a retired special forces soldier. How come he..."

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly explained, "No matter how capable my dad is, he can't handle a large number of people!"

What's more, there's also Wen Shiya, who's dragging everyone down.

She couldn't say the last sentence; the person was dead, and she was afraid the Qin family would blame Wen Shiya again.

Qin Feng and Qin Aiguo were not fools; on the contrary, they were extremely intelligent and understood immediately.

But just as Qin Xiaoxiao thought, the person is dead, so there's no use in complaining, especially since Qin Xiaoxiao is still around.

The father and son didn't speak again. After a while, Old Mrs. Qin calmed down and sat back down at the table.

"Call your mom over for dinner."

Qin Ye nodded and went to call Ma Dahua and Qin Wei.

After a while, Ma Dahua walked in with red and swollen eyes. As soon as she entered, she smiled and said to Qin Xiaoxiao, "Auntie made a lot of your favorite dishes today. Try them quickly, or they will get cold."

He pushed the chicken soup away from Qin Xiaoxiao and then pushed a dish of tomatoes with white sugar in front of her.

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled slightly at Ma Dahua, "Thank you, Auntie, I love tomatoes the most."

Ma Dahua relaxed and smiled, "I'm glad you like it. I'll make you some more tonight. We still have plenty of sugar at home, so you can have as much as you want."

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled gratefully at Ma Dahua, first picking up a piece of food for Qin Aiguo, then for Qin's grandmother, then for Qin Feng and Ma Dahua, and finally for Qin Ye and Qin Wei. After picking up food in a circle, she picked up a piece of food for herself and put it in her mouth.

Qin Aiguo put down his pipe and pushed the chicken soup next to his grandmother, saying, "You drink it. You should accept your granddaughter's filial piety."

The granddaughter clearly couldn't drink it, but she never said so, obviously to make them drink it.

Qin Aiguo sighed again, saying that his granddaughter had grown up and become much more sensible, but his youngest son would never see her again.

Qin Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief, putting his youngest son out of his mind and focusing on eating.

The meal was lively and cheerful, with Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Wei cracking jokes along the way, which finally cheered the old lady up a bit.

After finishing her meal, Qin Xiaoxiao opened the cloth bag she had brought. "Grandpa, this is some wine for you, Wuliangye. I heard that leaders drink this. There's also Moutai. I bought four bottles. I'll bring them to you later, but you can't drink too much. I'll bring you one bottle at a time."

Qin Aiguo smiled and took the bottle. "Why buy this? Keep the money for yourself. I'm rich, go buy it yourself."

Qin Xiaoxiao protested, "You have the money, it's yours. I'm buying it out of filial piety. I'll cover all of your wine from now on."

Qin Aiguo laughed and scolded, "Look at you, so capable! You little brat, you're not even as tall as my shoulder, and you want to buy wine for your grandpa? Just wait until grandpa buys you candy."

Qin Xiaoxiao snorted, turned around and stuffed another large bag of food into Qin Feng's arms.

"This is for the old man. He's out running errands, so he needs some better cigarettes."

She didn't know which cigarettes were good, and she didn't think much about it at the time. She just randomly pointed to one and bought it. A cigarette is better than dry tobacco, right?

Qin Feng smiled and accepted, "Don't buy it next time. The old man has money in the team, so you don't need to spend it."

Qin Xiaoxiao ignored him. Anyway, if he bought it, he had to accept it. If he didn't accept it, she would throw it away in front of him and see what he would do.

Qin Xiaoxiao took out four more pieces of cloth. "This navy blue one is for Grandma, these two army green ones are for Auntie and Second Auntie, and this floral cloth is for Qin Yue."

Oh, by the way, I also mailed over my sewing machine from home. I'll pick it up and make some for you later.

The sewing machine is in her online space. It's so heavy, the shipping cost of sending it over would be better to buy a new one.

(End of this chapter)