“Knock knock—”
There was a knock on the door. Huang Wenxiu, who was sitting at the dining table picking vegetables, turned around and shouted to the room: "A Zhong, someone is knocking on the door. Can you see if it's the eldest sister?"
Sun Zhong walked out upon hearing the voice, followed by a little kid who was about to turn two years old.
The little guy walked very steadily, and even took out his short legs to run, preparing to jump over his father to open the door.
When he opened the door, he saw an auntie carrying a basket. The little kid opened his eyes and looked puzzled, "Who are you?"
Qiao Qingqing looked down and saw the little guy. She stretched out a hand to rub his head and said, "Junjun has grown so big! The last time auntie saw you, you were only one year old and had just learned to speak."
That was the busiest month of the year when she and Sun Zhong cooperated to sell tuna. It happened to be the time when Sun Zhong's son turned one year old. Under the guidance of his mother, the little guy even called her "Auntie".
"Junjun, this is Aunt Qiao. The fish and shrimp you eat, and your favorite big crabs, are all sent by Aunt Qiao." Huang Wenxiu's cheerful voice sounded behind the little guy.
Sun Zhong pulled his son over, pushed the door open, and called out to her, "Come in, big sister."
Qiao Qingqing walked in with a basket on her shoulder.
Huang Wenxiu also put down her basket and walked over to her with a smile: "Big sister, you are so shy. We have known each other for such a long time, but I only knew your name the day before yesterday."
Sun Zhong quickly closed the door and lowered his voice, "The eldest sister has a special status and her husband is a soldier. There is nothing we can do about it."
"Yes, sister-in-law, please forgive me." Qiao Qingqing looked apologetic.
Huang Wenxiu quickly put away her smile and said, "I was just joking, sister, don't take it seriously. Blame me for being dumb and not being able to tell a joke."
After a few conversations, the three of them finally moved on from the topic.
Today, Qiao Qingqing brought seafood again. Huang Wenxiu said with shame: "Every time you come, I ask you to take a lot of things. This makes me feel embarrassed. Don't bring anything in the future. You can help my son Zhong make money, which is a great help to us. How can we accept so many things from you?"
Qiao Qingqing smiled gently, "Sister-in-law, you are wrong. If it weren't for me helping Brother Sun make money, and if it weren't for Brother Sun's efforts to find buyers, we might not be able to sell our goods."
She neither belittled herself nor showed the importance of Sun Zhongyu. In this cooperation, both parties achieved a win-win situation.
Huang Wenxiu was relieved to see that her attitude was the same as before, and asked her with concern: "I heard that you gave birth to three children last year?"
As soon as Qiao Qingqing nodded, Huang Wenxiu made a "tsk tsk" sound.
"You are so lucky! Every time a woman gives birth to a child, she has to go to the King of Hell for a walk. You gave birth to three at once. You must be blessed by God to be safe!"
Qiao Qingqing was embarrassed to say that her childbirth was too smooth, so she could only bite the bullet and squeeze out a bitter face, responding: "Who said it wasn't..."
"How can you feed all three children?" Huang Wenxiu asked again. She was really curious.
After giving birth, she felt that her milk was not enough for just Junjun!
It was also to help her get pig's trotters to produce milk that Sun Zhong tried every means to get in touch with the people on the pig farm.
Gradually, a stable cooperative relationship was formed with the people in the pig farm, so that Sun Zhong could easily get pork.
Later, she bought fish from Qiao Qingqing. Later, in order to repay Sun Zhong for his help in investigating Ning Suxiang's case, Qiao Qingqing promised to send him seafood every time she went to the city. Huang Wenxiu absorbed more nutrients and her milk supply gradually increased.
Therefore, Huang Wenxiu could not imagine how Qiao Qingqing, with such a thin body, could breastfeed three children?
In front of Sun Zhong, Qiao Qingqing was not interested in talking about how she breastfed her child.
She smiled and perfunctorily answered, "There are people helping at home. Although the three children are a little tired, we can still cope. Sister-in-law, you are just picking vegetables now. Haven't you eaten yet?"
Sun Zhong finally found an opportunity to interrupt: "Hurry up and cook."
Huang Wenxiu also realized it later and picked up the basket and went into the kitchen. "Look at my memory. I'm halfway through cooking and I almost forgot the time while chatting with you, sister."
Qiao Qingqing shouted at her back, "Sister-in-law, I remember last year saying that Junjun likes to eat turbot? I brought one here today, you can steam it for Junjun."
When the little fellow heard his aunt calling his name, he trotted over to his aunt, looked up at her curiously, and muttered, "Junjun is here, Junjun is here."
It seems to remind auntie, are you looking for Junjun? Look here!
Qiao Qingqing thought the little guy was very adorable. She touched his body and reached into her pocket to take out a piece of rock candy from the space - this was "scavenged" from the Lu family.
"Junjun, here's some candy for you."
Rock sugar is more precious than brown sugar. Qiao Qingqing usually can’t bear to eat it. She wants to save it for her children when they grow up and want snacks, and then give it to them to sweeten their mouths from time to time.
It is conceivable how surprised Sun Zhong was when he saw her giving him rock sugar.
He hurriedly said, "Sister, rock sugar is hard to make, so don't give it to your children in the future."
After the little guy took the candy given by his aunt, he couldn't wait to put it in his mouth. The sweet taste made him squint his eyes in enjoyment, and he suddenly felt much closer to Aunt Qiao.
He even leaned into Qiao Qingqing's arms.
Seeing him close to her, Qiao Qingqing simply hugged him and made him sit on her lap. Only when one becomes a mother can one understand a truth: children are the weak spot of their parents.
Since she treats the little guy close to her, Mr. and Mrs. Sun Zhong will naturally treat her even closer.
Seeing her chatting and laughing with Junjun, Sun Zhong said, "Then sit in the room for a while, I'll help your sister-in-law."
"Don't worry, brother. I'm watching over Junjun." Qiao Qingqing said without raising her head.
After working in the kitchen for a while, the couple came out with three plates of steaming food.
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