The next day when Lin Tao went to school again, Jin Pingping no longer tried to curry favor with her like before. She returned to her old ways and would not say a word to her even when they met.

However, Lin Tao had already guessed this result, and she actually thought it was a good thing. She and Jin Pingping's personalities were not compatible, and they would feel uncomfortable if they had to be together.

She felt uncomfortable because Jin Pingping was being so attentive, which was uncharacteristic of hers as before.

Fortunately, she explained everything clearly to Jin Pingping that day, otherwise, based on Jin Pingping's personality, she would probably think that she was saying bad things in front of Li Mingcheng.

Xu Yuting saw it, and when Jin Pingping was in class and there were only Lin Tao, Zhong Jing and herself in the office, she asked, "Did you reject it so quickly?"

This happened too fast. The signs just appeared the day before yesterday and the show is over today.

Since Zhong Jing was not there that day, she didn't know what was going on, so she asked, "What are you two talking about? What's the rejection?"

Xu Yuting then told Jin Pingping that she had a crush on Li Mingcheng.

While Lin Tao was tidying up her desk, she said, "Mingcheng is not much better than his brother in this matter. Jin Pingping invited him to see a movie, but he thought the movie was too ugly and refused to go."

"These two brothers don't look alike, but they are quite similar in this respect."

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A while ago, Li Chengxi went to find a carpenter on the island and ordered two types of cribs for the children.

One is larger and can be assembled onto a big bed, and the other is a small rocking bed, like the one Xu Yuting has, which is specially placed in the office.

Originally, according to Li Chengxi's idea, he wanted to go outside the island to have it custom-made, but when he saw that the quality of the bed made by Wang Yuanliang was quite good, he simply asked the same carpenter to make it.

By this time the crib had been made and delivered to the home.

Lin Tao looked at it with great fondness and had already begun to imagine the scene of the baby being born and sleeping in the bed.

The wooden bed was delivered. Lin Tao was afraid that the child was too young and might bump into it, so she made a layer of edging around it to ensure that the child would not feel hurt even if he accidentally bumped into it. Only then did Lin Tao feel completely relieved.

Since Lin Tao's belly got bigger, she hadn't touched the sewing machine much, but today she felt interested. She found a piece of cloth and made two long-sleeved shirts for Li Mingcheng according to Li Chengxi's size.

After finishing it, I took advantage of the sunshine today to wash and dry the clothes.

When Li Mingcheng and Li Chengxi came back in the evening, Lin Tao took out the clothes and said, "Mingcheng, I don't know what to give you for your visit, so I just made you a piece of clothing. Try it on and see if it fits you."

Li Mingcheng was about to say that he didn't need to give anything as a gift, but when he heard that Lin Tao had made clothes for him, he immediately became very happy and quickly took the clothes and walked into the house.

He said hurriedly, "Thank you, sister-in-law. I will try it now."

He changed his clothes very quickly and came out again in less than two minutes. The color of this material was lighter than the color of the material Lin Tao used to make clothes for Li Chengxi. Lin Tao thought that one of the brothers was calm and the other loved to laugh, so she used this color to make a long-sleeved shirt for Li Mingcheng.

Lin Tao's taste is really good. When worn on Li Mingcheng, it looks quite authentic.

Li Mingcheng turned around in front of Li Chengxi and showed off happily: "Sister-in-law, your craftsmanship is really good. This dress is well made. It fits me well and feels more comfortable than the ones I bought in Shanghai malls. Brother, do you think it looks good on me?"

Li Chengxi couldn't stand Li Mingcheng's ostentatious behavior, especially since he was wearing clothes made by his wife, so he said coldly, "It doesn't look good."

Unexpectedly, Li Mingcheng got excited and said quickly: "Brother, this is a dress made by my sister-in-law, how can you say it doesn't look good?"

After saying that, he looked at Lin Tao and complained, "Sister-in-law, my brother said the clothes you made are not good-looking."

In return, Li Chengxi glared at Li Mingcheng.

Seeing the two brothers acting like they were in a big show, Lin Tao pursed her lips and smiled a few times, saying, "Your brother is joking with you. Everything he wears and on his feet was made by me. How can he complain that it's not good?"

After a quarrel, they started to eat.

What we cooked at home today was spicy stir-fried eggplant, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, shrimp burgers, and fried edamame.

The eggplants are even more delicious when fried after being dried than when they are fresh. The potatoes at home are ripe. Yesterday, Li Chengxi and Li Mingcheng turned over all the potatoes and filled a whole basket. Judging from the situation, the family may have to eat potatoes for a while.

Fortunately, Lin Tao has good skills and can make ordinary potatoes into various delicious dishes in her hands.

The shrimp burger is filled with winter melon, bean sprouts and potatoes. The winter melon and potatoes are stewed until soft, and with the addition of shrimp, it tastes very fresh.

Even though Li Chengqi said that he disliked his younger brother Li Mingcheng, Li Mingcheng was leaving the island tomorrow, so he still had a couple of drinks with him tonight.

I asked him which military region he planned to go to and some other things, but he never mentioned anything about his family.

Li Mingcheng understood it all in his heart and would not bring up those things to make things boring.

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Mingcheng was still sighing while washing dishes, expressing his desire to stay here for a few more days. But Li Chengxi kicked him and told him to go back obediently the next day.

After washing up, Lin Tao and Li Chengxi entered the room.

Lin Tao felt a little uncomfortable in her waist, so she asked Li Chengxi to massage her waist. Li Chengxi massaged her with moderate strength and said, "Your belly is big now, you need to rest more. You have been in class for a whole morning, why are you still making clothes for him?"

When Li Chengxi saw the boy wearing the clothes made by his wife and showing off to him, he wanted to beat him up.

Lin Tao turned her head to look at him, smiled and said, "Actually, I made clothes for Mingcheng, and I have my own plans."

Li Chengxi asked: "What are your plans?"

Lin Tao then expressed her inner thoughts: "Mingcheng came to the island to see us specially. We can't let him go back empty-handed when he leaves, right? But when I think about him taking the things we prepared home, I feel uncomfortable. Why not just make clothes for him? The clothes will be worn by Mingcheng, so that we, as his brother and sister-in-law, don't seem stingy, and I won't feel uncomfortable either."

After all, she had a bad impression of Li Chengxi's father and stepmother because of what happened back then.

Even if those seafood and dried goods were worthless in their eyes, she was unwilling to let Li Mingcheng take them back to them.

After saying that, Lin Tao glanced at Li Chengxi and asked, "Am I petty? But when I think about how they treated you, I get angry."

Li Chengxi's heart was burning. How could he not understand Lin Tao's thoughts? He stopped, held Lin Tao's hand, and said, "Not stingy."

The next day was Sunday, and Li Chengxi and Lin Tao both had a day off.

Li Chengxi drove Lin Tao to send Li Mingcheng to the pier early in the morning. The sea breeze at the pier was stronger than that on the island. As soon as Lin Tao got out of the car, her hair was blown up and her skirt fluttered in the sea breeze, like waves hitting the rocks on the coast.

But her skirt is long, that's not a big deal.

The sea was vast and boundless. The entire pier was filled with people either sending someone off or picking someone up.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm leaving. You can go back now." Li Mingcheng waved at them. In fact, he was reluctant to let her go, but he still smiled and said, "Brother, when sister-in-law gives birth, you can send me a telegram to tell me whether it is a nephew or a niece. By the way, sister-in-law, I will buy some things for the child and send them to me after I go back. Brother, remember to pick them up then."

Li Mingcheng seemed to have endless things to say.

The boat was about to sail, and everyone else had boarded, leaving only Li Mingcheng.

Li Chengxi urged him, "Hurry up and get on board. Everyone on board is waiting for you."

Li Mingcheng smiled after hearing this, touched his nose, and waved to Lin Tao and Li Chengxi again: "Then brother, sister-in-law, I'm really leaving."

At this moment, Lin Tao felt a little reluctant to leave. Although she had only known Li Mingcheng for a few days, she already regarded him as a relative from the bottom of her heart.

Seeing Li Mingcheng boarding the boat, which started moving farther and farther away, Lin Tao waved and whispered to Li Chengxi, "Mingcheng said the day before yesterday that bacon was delicious. It's not like we don't have bacon at home. Dad still has two pieces of bacon from the New Year. I should have let Mingcheng take one back. Why didn't I want to give it away?"

In fact, it wasn't that she was reluctant. She was willing to give it to Li Mingcheng, but she didn't want to let the other two people eat it.

The more she talked, the more uncomfortable she felt. Lin Tao's eyes turned red. It was because she was in the late stage of pregnancy and her body hormones caused her mood swings.

The last time she read a novel that Lin Manman sent her, the hero and heroine in the novel were forced to separate, and she cried as she read.

Li Chengxi discovered this and immediately confiscated the books, not allowing her to read them again.

Even within a few days, he brought her several picture books to read, which were quite funny.

Seeing Lin Tao was upset, Li Chengxi said, "It's okay. He got what he wanted this time. He'll get it again soon. You'll be annoyed when he comes a few more times."

After hearing this, Lin Tao felt better.

She smiled and said, "I'm not bothered. Mingcheng is quite likable."

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After returning home, Lin Tao went to tidy up the quilt in the guest room.

According to the letter, Aunt Fang and Lin Manman will arrive today or tomorrow. Li Mingcheng stayed in the guest room for a few days. It was clean, but the quilt and other things needed to be changed.

Li Chengqi had just pulled the weeds in the vegetable garden. He washed his hands and went into the house. Seeing Lin Tao was about to change the quilt cover and bed sheets, he walked over and took the quilt: "It's okay, I'll do it, you go and have a rest."

Li Chengxi was an expert at tidying up quilts, even more efficiently than Lin Tao, so Lin Tao just let him do it.

I had nothing to do, so I kept sitting and my butt kept getting bigger and bigger. I didn't know if it was because of my pregnancy or because I had been sitting for too long.

Lin Tao was not idle, so she went to the yard and fed the little rabbit with vegetable leaves.

The little rabbit at home was conceived after being brought back by Zhong Jing for breeding.

Lin Tao thought it was quite strange that she actually got pregnant just like that.

In order to take good care of the little rabbit, Lin Tao even went to Zhong Jing to get advice. The gestation period of a rabbit is only about one month, and according to calculations, the rabbit could be born before Lin Tao.

After Xu Yuting knew this, she sighed repeatedly that it was better to be a rabbit. She could give birth in a month, which was so easy.

Lin Tao smiled and said, being a rabbit is not that good, rabbits have to give birth to many babies at a time. That's because rabbits can't talk. If you were a human, it would be very painful to carry so many babies at a time.

Xu Yuting thought so too. She felt terrible pain just giving birth to one child. When she was giving birth in the delivery room, the whole hospital was filled with her voice, which made Wang Yuanliang, Lin Tao and others who were waiting outside very anxious.

The rabbit has been pregnant for more than ten days. Its belly has become a little bigger and it eats more than before. Fortunately, there is enough food at home, so even if there are a few more rabbits, there will be more than enough food.

After feeding the rabbits, Lin Tao cleaned up the rabbit nest to prevent it from having a strange smell.

After everything was done, I washed my hands with soap. After washing my hands, I smelled them. Hmm, they smelled pretty good.

After washing her hands, Lin Tao planned to go to the kitchen to knead the dough first. In the morning, Li Chengxi went to the food factory and bought a piece of front leg meat. She planned to steam some buns today.

As a result, as soon as she walked into the kitchen, she smelled a strange, stinky smell.

In fact, Lin Tao smelled this stench in the morning, it was vague, and it was even stinkier now.

Lin Tao frowned, thinking that there was a dead mouse in the house. She had heard Chen Shuifen say that there was a mouse in the house before, but Lin Tao had never seen one in her own house, so she thought there were no mice in her house. But today she smelled a bad odor.

She thought to herself that if there really were mice, she would have to get a cat next time.

As a result, the dead mouse was not found, but Lin Tao finally found the source of the stench. It turned out to be the same yellow thing with thorns that Li Mingcheng brought last time.

Lin Tao had never seen this thing before. When Li Mingcheng came, he said that he brought fruits, so Lin Tao assumed that this was fruit. But she had never seen such a strange fruit. It was covered with thorns, and it hurt if she accidentally pricked her hand.

It was fine when I checked it two days ago, but now it has cracked a little.

Lin Tao smelled it, her pale face wrinkled at the stench, and she took two steps back.

This... this thing stinks!