When Nanqiao and his group returned to the village, it was almost twelve o'clock. Because they had called in advance, Aunt Xiumei had prepared a table of food at home, waiting for them to come back.

"Mom, why haven't they come back yet? I'm so hungry." Huiping looked at the table full of food and felt very greedy. Since she moved back, although she could eat her fill and occasionally drink some malted milk, her daily diet was still mostly coarse grains, with very little meat. She knew very well that if it weren't for the child in her belly, her cruel mother-in-law would not care about their life or death.

Now that she knew Nanqiao was coming back, she actually cooked so much food. It would be a lie to say she wasn't jealous, but compared to jealousy, she wanted to eat all the meat...

After waiting for a long time, no one came back. Seeing that it was almost noon, Huiping couldn't help but complain, "Chuanzi's family is too unreasonable. Not only did they not spend the New Year at their husband's house, but they finally came back and made the whole family wait for them..."

Before Huiping could finish her words, Aunt Xiumei interrupted her and said, "If you don't want to wait, go back to your room." She glared at Huiping and became more and more dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law.

Hui Ping saw her mother-in-law glaring at her and Sheng Yanjun sitting next to her with a dark face and not saying a word. She did not dare to speak immediately, for fear that her mother-in-law would drive her back to the house. If she really could not eat the meat on the table, she would regret it.

Yanchuan had told her in advance that Nanqiao's second brother and Shen Nian would also come to pay New Year's greetings this time. Seeing Sheng Yanchuan's gloomy face and Huiping staring at the food on the table, Aunt Xiumei said with a sullen face, "I'll tell you in advance that what happens at home is a family matter. Qiaoqiao's family members are coming today, so you two better put away your messy thoughts and don't embarrass your family in front of others."

Sheng Yanchuan's face became even gloomier when he heard this. He looked up at Aunt Xiumei and wanted to say something, but thinking about what happened before, he was too embarrassed to argue. He lowered his head again, but his face was still gloomy.

Hui Ping didn't want to pay attention, but seeing Aunt Xiumei staring at Wan Sheng Yanchuan and then at her, she had to say, "Mom, don't worry. I just want to eat well, dress well, give birth to a son, and raise him up. I don't have any other messy thoughts."

"You'd better do this. Hold back the things you shouldn't say." Aunt Xiumei said, and she didn't want to look at her daughter-in-law anymore. She used to be restrained and wouldn't do many things for the sake of her face, but since she came back this time, she has been shameless. As long as you can feed her well and dress well without working, she will agree to anything you ask. Face doesn't exist at all.

So in comparison, she was more worried about Sheng Yanjun doing something inappropriate.

"Mom and Dad, we're back." Just as Aunt Xiumei and Uncle Sheng looked at each other and wanted to continue giving instructions, Sheng Yanchuan's voice came from outside the door.

Aunt Xiumei quickly got up and went out of the house to meet him.

"You're back. Is the road too hard to walk on? Come in quickly." Aunt Xiumei invited everyone to come in.

"It's OK, it's a little slippery, so I walked a little slower." Sheng Yanchuan pulled Nanqiao into the house and put the things on the table beside him.

"Happy New Year, Mom and Dad." Nanqiao struggled to get a finger out from under his tightly covered sleeves and pulled down the scarf that was covering his face.

"Uncle, aunt, happy new year," Nanbo and Shen Nian followed behind and greeted.

"Oh, okay, okay, everything is fine, come in and warm up," Aunt Xiumei happily chatted with a few people, sweeping away her previous unhappiness.

"Mom and Dad, this is the cloth Qiaoqiao bought for you in Shanghai. We don't have the same pattern here, so you can keep it to make some clothes in the spring. The rest are some food, so you can just keep them. Oh, by the way, Qiaoqiao's father also brought a pack of cigarettes back for you."

Sheng Yanchuan took off the scarf from Nanqiao's body and said to Aunt Xiumei and Uncle Sheng:

Uncle Sheng was fine with everything else, but when he heard about the cigarettes, his eyes, which were originally listening to the conversation, lit up slightly. He would look at the package from time to time. If Nanbo and the others were not there, I'm afraid Uncle Sheng would have been unable to resist opening it and taking a look.

Uncle Sheng never thought that he would be able to smoke cigarettes, but he still said a few polite words to Nanqiao.

"Just keep it for your dad to smoke, why give it back to me? I have a pipe for smoking."

"It's ok, Dad. My mom doesn't let him smoke at home. He's tempted by these cigarettes. I'm helping him by taking them away," Nanqiao said with a smile. It's true that Nan's mother doesn't let Nan's father smoke. Nan's father used to have some addiction to smoking, but ever since Nanqiao smelled the cigarettes on Nan's father when he was a child, he refused to let him hug him because of the stench. Nan's father has completely quit smoking.

These at home were just gifts from people who visited during festivals, or they were given as return gifts by Nan's father as a quota from the factory.

"Well, thank your dad for me too. This thing is not easy to come by." Nanqiao said this, but Uncle Sheng would not believe it. This thing is popular everywhere. If Nanqiao was not his daughter-in-law, how would people know who he is?

Nanqiao smiled and said nothing in response to Uncle Sheng's thanks.

"Uncle, aunt, this is what Nian Nian and I brought. There are a few packets of wedding candy in it. Let me give you some sweets." Nan Bo smiled and put the wine and wedding candy in his hand on the table.

"Look at you guys, why do you bring anything to eat at home?" Aunt Xiumei looked at the things on the table with disapproval.

"Hey, Xitang, are you getting married?" Aunt Xiumei suddenly caught another key point in Nanbo's words.

"Well, Nian Nian and I are engaged. I came here to help her get the certificate."

"Yeah, that's great news, congratulations!" Aunt Xiumei clapped her hands happily.

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