Chapter 60 Dreams and Reality

Zhao Sheng watched the two, one big and one small, playing together, and felt a little melancholy. His wife was also childish.

He is not at home often, so I don’t know how much trouble he will cause.

He had to pay more attention to the things at home. Thinking about what happened in the afternoon, Zhao Sheng felt that Lin Yiyi was very smart, but she spoke too boldly and dared to contradict anyone.

Fearing that she would suffer a loss, Zhao Sheng said in a deep voice: "You should speak more tactfully in the future and pay attention to your degree, otherwise it will easily offend people."

The man's voice was steady, and his words were exceptionally ruthless and cold.

When Lin Yiyi heard him scolding her for her rude words and lack of tact, she was so angry that she wanted to punch Zhao Sheng on the spot and give him a black eye.

Who did she say those things for? It was to help him. What an ungrateful bastard who took her kindness for granted.

Lin Yiyi rolled her eyes at Zhao Sheng openly.

"snort."

Thinking that Tiedan was still asleep, Lin Yiyi didn't want to argue with Zhao Sheng in front of the children, as it would have a bad psychological impact on the children. She just snorted to simply express her displeasure, disdain, and disagreement.

Zhao Sheng thought that Lin Yiyi was still dissatisfied with living with Tiedan. He could understand that it was difficult for someone to accept that they were not her biological child.

He thought that after the New Year he would clean up the warehouse next door and hire someone to build a kang for it, and then let Tiedan live there by himself when the weather got warmer. The boy was not young anymore at the age of four.

Besides, it’s not easy for him to be intimate with his wife with the child around.

Lin Yiyi was unhappy but still responded to him. It seemed that she also listened to his kind reminder.

Zhao Sheng then told Lin Yiyi about the arrangements for New Year’s Eve tomorrow.

After having breakfast at home, I would go to the village chief’s uncle’s house to help prepare meals, and then have a family reunion at my uncle Zhao Tieniu’s house in the evening.

It's like this every year.

Lin Yiyi didn't take a nap at noon. She closed her eyes and listened to Zhao Sheng's live bass chatter, and gradually fell asleep.

Zhao Sheng waited until the two people in front of him fell asleep, so he blew out the kerosene lamp, leaving Tiedan alone in the bed. He got up and went into Lin Yiyi's bed, hugged his beloved slender waist and caressed it gently, and also breathed a few times into the sleeping beauty until he was satisfied.

Lin Yiyi dreamed that she was collecting honey on the edge of a cliff. Just as she poked out a few pieces of crystal honey and took a bite to satisfy her craving, a big black snake jumped out from the beehive and pounced on her, wrapping herself tightly around Lin Yiyi. The big black snake also stretched out its snake horns to lick her, teasing her and scaring her so much that she could only let it do whatever it wanted.

The next morning, it was snowing outside the window. After a night of heavy snow, Zhaojiatun was covered in thick white winter clothes.

The windows were all frosted.

Lin Yiyi got up late in the morning, but Zhao Sheng didn't let anyone wake her up. He just let her sleep a little longer, thinking that she was young and slept a lot and was still growing.

After helping Tiedan wash and get dressed and having breakfast, he left some rice in the pot for Lin Yiyi, and the whole family went to his uncle Zhao Tieniu's house.

Zhao's mother, Zhao Lili and sister-in-law Liu Meifeng didn't want to see the troublemaker Lin Yiyi, so they chose to ignore her.

Liu Meifeng felt very painful because of what Lin Yiyi said and had to pay 15 yuan. If Zhao's mother had not given her the money to make cotton-padded jackets for Dabao and Xiaobao, she would not have agreed so easily.

After all the calculations, it was equivalent to not spending any money, and I even got a few cloth coupons and cotton coupons.

The village chief Zhao Tieniu's house is not far from Zhao Tiezhu's house. Just walk across the river and along the road next to the big locust tree.

The Zhao brothers carried white rice and flour, cured chicken and fish, a piece of pickled pork, and some salty pickles packed by their mother Wang Caihong.

People were poor back then, and when you ate at someone's house you had to bring your own food. Zhao Tiezhu brought a bag of candies and a bottle of white wine as a New Year gift.

Compared to the large family of Zhao Tiezhu, Zhao Tieniu's family is relatively simple. In addition to the old couple Zhao Tieniu and Huang Juhua, there are the eldest son Zhao Jun's family of four, the second daughter who married out, and the youngest son Zhao Yi who returned from military service on vacation.

The men of the Zhao family were all talking loudly, smoking and bragging in the main room, filling the room with smoke, like the fairy palace in heaven.

The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law all helped in the kitchen, washing vegetables, cutting meat, kneading dough and lighting the fire. They had to cook for more than 20 people, and just washing and rinsing took a lot of effort.

Huang Juhua and Wang Caihong had a fight before and haven't spoken since then. Now during the New Year, they had to put on a fake smile even though they didn't want to see each other, and each rolled up their sleeves and cooked their own specialties.

Prepare to compete at the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Wang Caihong was upset about what happened yesterday and looked unhappy when she woke up today. She was in no mood to argue with her sister-in-law, so she worked hard in secret.

Huang Juhua's face was rosy, her brows were raised with joy, her eyes were full of pride, and she was wearing a brand new maroon cotton-padded jacket, which showed her good mood.

It is naturally a great joy that my youngest son came home for the New Year as a soldier and is now a platoon leader.

Huang Juhua walked more briskly and became more generous. She didn't want to upset her sister-in-law Wang Caihong.

During the New Year and other festivals, it is not advisable to quarrel and bring bad luck.

Huang Juhua kneaded the dough and waited for it to ferment, then handed the rest of the work to her eldest daughter-in-law Tian Meiling. Without chatting much with the other nephews' wives in the kitchen, she went out of the main house to call out her youngest son Zhao Yi and told him to pick someone up at the village entrance.

The blind date partner is the cousin of the eldest daughter-in-law, Tian Meiling, Tian Meihui, who is a primary school teacher in the town. She has good conditions and is about the same age as my son.

Huang Juhua is very worried about her youngest son, who is 23 years old and still has no family.

In the past few years when he was in the army, she had no control over him. Even if she wanted to, she couldn't do anything because she was so far away. Now that he is back, she has started to take care of things.

Zhao Yi has been serving in the army for many years. The young boy has grown into a mature boy, with muscular body, thick eyebrows and a high nose. Apart from inheriting his mother's small eyes, which slightly lowers his appearance, he has the good genes of the Zhao family, with broad shoulders and long legs. He is dressed in a green military uniform, full of a sense of justice and security.

Zhao Yi knew that Huang Juhua was concerned about his marriage, so he obeyed his mother's arrangements. After hearing what Huang Juhua said about his blind date wearing a red scarf, he walked out of the yard and headed towards the village entrance.

Lin Yiyi slept soundly. When she rubbed her sleepy eyes, put on her clothes, and went out to wash up, she found that none of the Zhao family members were at home.

I stretched and yawned, and after a moment of confusion, I remembered what Zhao Sheng said last night.

It was a rare occasion that Zhao's mother was not at home at this time, so Lin Yiyi went to the chicken coop and picked up two eggs. With the fire on the stove still burning, she added some firewood to steam an egg custard, which she ate with the hot porridge and corn cakes in the pot.

Thinking about meeting relatives during the New Year today, Lin Yiyi dressed up a little.

I searched my closet for a long time but couldn't find a nice and warm coat.

It was snowing outside, and the woolen coat was not warm enough. Between temperature and style, Lin Yiyi chose the former. Thinking that she would have to take off her coat before going into the house to eat, she put on a white sweater inside and a black cotton jacket outside, matching the original owner's woolen trousers with black taeldora trousers, and a pair of black leather shoes with fur.

All in black.

Lin Yiyi felt that today was New Year's Day and her clothes were too dull, so she tied on the original owner's bright red wool scarf, which at least made it look a little festive.

I loosened my hair and braided it into a fluffy pigtail to make it look more voluminous. I picked out a few strands of hair in front of my forehead and curled them with hot chopsticks. I instantly looked very fashionable.