"Second brother's wife, your aunt went to check if your dad and the others caught any fish. Zhuangzhuang is still sleeping in the house."

Go and call your sister-in-law to bring Ah Guang and Ah Li over. The children can play here today.

Liu Mei knew that today would be busy, as her mother-in-law was in charge of cooking and they needed help.

Hearing this, he nodded repeatedly and walked out without saying a word.

When she came back, she was holding Ah Guang in her arms, while Liu Lingling was holding Ah Li.

The porridge in the iron pot had boiled, but it wasn't cooked yet.

Hearing the noise, Chi Qiao poked her head out from the kitchen.

“Eldest daughter-in-law, put A-Guang and A-Li on the kang (heated brick bed) and let them sleep with Zhuangzhuang.”

Liu Lingling knew that her mother-in-law wanted her help, so she nodded and carried the child into the main room.

When she and Liu Mei arrived at the kitchen, they saw her mother-in-law picking up the last pancake from the pan.

"Mother, did you do all of this by yourself?"

Looking at the basket of pancakes on the stove, Liu Lingling was dumbfounded.

She vaguely remembered that when she woke up before, there was no smoke coming from the kitchen.

How long has it been? My mother-in-law has already made so many pancakes?

Could it be that she misread it before, or that she remembered it wrong?

When Chi Qiao called her daughters-in-law over to help, she knew they might overthink things.

So he replied slowly, "What are you thinking about? These were made by your second and third aunts yesterday."

To prevent it from spoiling, your aunt wrapped it in oil paper and hung it in the well to chill it.

I'm not afraid of it being cold and causing stomach upset, so I put it back in the pot to heat it up after taking it out.

"Here, it's fresh out of the pot, still hot! Have a piece to tide you over!"

Chi Qiao didn't care whether they believed her or not; that's just what she said.

Of course, letting them eat first was also to show that she, as the mother-in-law, cared for them.

Liu Mei and Liu Lingling exchanged a glance when they saw the pie being handed to them, then lowered their heads and began to eat.

However, while Liu Lingling was enjoying her meal, Liu Mei, who had only taken a bite, suddenly felt nauseous after smelling the chives.

Just as she was about to vomit but couldn't, felt there was something wrong with the pie, and wanted to throw it away but couldn't bear to, Chi Qiao walked over with a frown.

Even though she was certain the pie was safe, she was afraid her two daughters-in-law would overthink things because of what she had said earlier, so she said to Liu Mei:

"Second son's wife, let your sister-in-law have a bite of the pie you're holding."

Liu Lingling's thoughts were different from Liu Mei's.

She thought the pie was very fresh, as if it had just been made.

Hearing this, he reached out and gently patted his sister-in-law on the back, while also taking the pie from her hand.

Then, under the watchful eyes of her mother-in-law and her own siblings, she took a big bite out of the spot where she had just been bitten.

After she finished eating, seeing her second sister-in-law, who had stopped vomiting, looking at her with a deathly pale face, she said:

"The pie is fine, the problem is with you, sister-in-law."

It's getting hotter and hotter. Could it be that you're suffering from heatstroke?

Chi Qiao thought for a moment and said, "Second son's wife, go and see where the second son is, and ask him to accompany you to find Doctor Tao."

The way you were gagging just now made me think you might be pregnant.

By the way, when was your last period?

Liu Mei has been married for quite some time now, and she and her second son are still young, so it's normal for her to be pregnant.

However, if she is pregnant, she should avoid getting pregnant during these days when everyone is getting married, lest she be affected by the wedding.

Liu Mei, who looked unwell from vomiting, wondered whether the pie was faulty or if she had heatstroke.

Hearing her mother-in-law's words, she was stunned for a moment, and after she came to her senses, she was at a loss for what to do.

“Mother, I had a hard childhood. When I was ten, I fell into the water in the dead of winter, and my menstruation is irregular.”