After lunch, he took his relatives for a walk in the nearby park. When they left, everyone was holding a box of peach cakes, even the children. Xu Haizhou had asked Hou Caijun to prepare them in advance. The food was not expensive for him, and he wanted to make a good impression in front of his relatives.
Sure enough, Xu Haizhou was surrounded by people along the way and couldn't get away. The relatives of the Qiao family surrounded him and complimented him, asking him what kind of work he did in the city to make so much money, and asked him if he could bring his relatives with him.
Qiao Lu was a little anxious, but she thought that Xu Haizhou's IQ was not high enough to handle it. She planned to go back and talk to him about why he was so high-profile. If relatives came to borrow money in the future, she would suffer.
Lu Xiuhua pulled Qiao Lu aside and talked to her for a while: "How can your wife be so generous? Fourteen people! Fourteen boxes of peach cakes, how much does it cost?"
When Yuan Jianghe and his wife held their wedding, only the five members of the Qiao family were given snacks. This time, everyone was given a treat. Even though Qiao Yan's husband is a director, he is not so generous.
"We know what's going on, so don't worry." Although Qiao Lu also felt that something was wrong, she changed the subject: "As for you, I haven't asked you yet, how is your sister-in-law doing at home recently? Is she still making trouble?"
Lu Xiuhua smiled and shook her head, and she seemed quite happy when she talked about this: "Lu, since you left that day, your sister-in-law has been so nice to me and your father."
Qiao Lu's smile did not reach her eyes. She snorted sarcastically, "She is being too attentive for no reason. She never does anything that does not benefit her."
"That's right." Lu Xiuhua echoed.
But life has indeed become much better.
After this incident, Lu Xiuhua suddenly realized that she could no longer let her daughter-in-law control her.
I used to think that taking a step back would bring happiness to the whole family, but now I feel that for a daughter-in-law like Niu Qiaoli, taking a step back would be asking for too much.
"Keep the money I give you for your own use and don't let her see it. And I've asked my sister to stop sending me the five yuan every month. It's too conspicuous when the postman sends it. Doesn't Zhu Xiaoling, the family member of a soldier in our village, have to go to the city to get money every month? My second sister gave her the money. Remember to go to her house on the first of every month to get it." Qiao Lu reminded.
Lu Xiuhua felt very uncomfortable seeing her two daughters worrying so much about her.
What a good family...what happened to them in the past!
Lu Xiuhua held her daughter's hand tightly, her eyes red with excitement: "Mom knows, Mom knows everything, Mom will listen to you and your second sister from now on."
Qiao Lu sighed: "You can't lie to me again."
The tone of her words was a bit like Qiao An's. They are truly mother and son.
"No, Mom has finally understood. Your sister-in-law... Alas, that person is no good. Mom doesn't have much to live for. She didn't treat herself well in the last few decades. When she goes to the underworld, your grandmother will see how miserable I am. I won't be able to explain to her."
Qiao Lu's grandmother passed away ten years ago. She loved her only daughter, Lu Anxiu, very much during her lifetime.
If the old man knew about this, he would be so angry that he would come back to life.
After receiving this assurance, Qiao Lu finally showed a relieved look: "It's good that you have figured it out. As your daughter, this is all I can do."
…
After seeing off Qiao’s relatives and friends, the family of three happily rode their bicycles to the photo studio to take family photos.
Qiao An was very excited. He had a lot of delicious food at noon and was going to take photos in the afternoon. It was a really satisfying day.
He swayed his legs and shouted, "Daddy, hurry up! Daddy, hurry up!"
Qiao Lu covered her son's mouth and said, "It will be dangerous if we move any faster."
"Mmmmm--" The little guy couldn't make any sound and could only cheer for his father quietly in his heart.
Xu Haizhou's low laughter came from the front.
During the planned economy era, photo studios were not places that ordinary people could enter, and photos were relatively expensive. In the minds of many older people, being able to save money to take a photo in their lifetime was a fulfillment.
Fortunately, starting from the 1980s, prices began to become more affordable and photo studios gradually entered the homes of ordinary people.
Nowadays, people are used to using all kinds of exaggerated landscape photos as backgrounds when taking photos. By pulling the rope on the wall, you can go to the mountains or the sea, the plains or the jungle, and he has it all here.
The most popular one is Tiananmen. If you take a photo like this and bring it to the countryside, it will definitely cause a huge craze!
Qiao Lu thinks these backgrounds are a bit rustic, but when you look at them again 20 or 30 years later, they are actually quite interesting.
So I chose a photo with a pavilion background that wasn't too fancy. Qiao An sat on Xu Haizhou's arm, and Qiao Lu held her husband's other arm and stood close to him. After they stood firmly in this position, they heard a crisp click -
The first family photo of a family of three is freshly released.
Qiaoan loves it so much that he wants to put it on the bedside table in his bedroom! He reads it a hundred times every day!
I paid for expedited delivery of the photos and I can get them today. I had five copies of the same photo developed, three large ones and two small ones. I stuffed the small ones into Xu Haizhou's wallet so that he could take them out and look at them whenever he missed his wife and children.
When the photos were being developed, the owner of the photo studio was so excited that he asked the couple if they could put a sample in the window display.
Qiao Lu thought about it and refused.
She doesn't want to be famous in the whole city of Li'an.
…
After a busy day of entertaining guests and taking photos, Qiao Lu returned home and didn't want to move.
We had noodles for dinner, which were cooked by Xu Haizhou, and the side dishes were salty meat cut from outside. Now, unless Qiao Lu and her son didn't want to eat it, we could see fried pork at almost every meal.
After the wedding, it was time to get busy with the gloves. Xu Haizhou planned to take them to the market early tomorrow morning to see the response. Because the cost is slightly higher, the price will be 50 cents more expensive than ordinary gloves. Of course, the price can be adjusted at any time.
In the evening, Qiao Lu didn't have the energy to chat with everyone under the loquat tree. She found her bath ticket and some clean clothes and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a hot bath.
Before she even walked out of the courtyard, Sister Liu grabbed her arm and said, "Hey, Qiao Lu, you are really good. Where did you buy such beautiful clothes? The style is really fresh."
Sister Liu went to work at seven in the morning and didn't see Qiao Lu wearing new clothes. Not only her, but many neighbors in the yard also didn't see her. Now they swarmed around her with red eyes.
"What kind of clothes is this? Let me take a look." The female comrades looked at it in unison, looking extremely curious.
"Oh, there's a big pocket here, it's quite deep, I think it can hold half a pound of rice."
"These are thigh-high pants, right? They're quite loose, but why do they look so slim on you?"
The eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Chen family are both young comrades who love beautiful women. Seeing Qiao Lu dressed like this is more dazzling than seeing gold!
"How is it made? Can you lend it to me so I can make a similar set?" Song Qingping's hands were trembling as she touched the clothes. She felt that when Qiao Lu put on this coat, she was no longer in the same class as them. She exuded an aura of "I am very noble".
Looking at Qiao Lu's delicate makeup that she hadn't removed in time, Song Qingping asked curiously, "I heard a while ago that Shuanghong Winery was recruiting pretty women to take pictures for some magazines. You're not going to take pictures for them, are you?"
In everyone’s impression, people only put on makeup and lipstick when taking pictorials, and Jolu fits the bill perfectly!
Qiao Lu couldn't help laughing and put the wooden barrel on the ground to rest for a while: "No, I invited relatives from my hometown to a wedding banquet today, so I dressed up a little."
Chen's eldest sister-in-law Lin Caihe was amazed: "This is not just a little bit, why don't you try to shoot a commercial for a winery and wear this, maybe someone will be attracted to you."
Qiao Lu smiled and shook her head: "Then I won't go. I don't want to be famous."
This sentence made everyone laugh.
…
I finally got rid of the enthusiastic neighbors and finished washing up. It was already 8:30 in the evening. After going to bed, I told my son a short story as usual. Today I told him Aesop's fable - "The Farmer and the Snake".
The boy listened with great interest. His face changed when he heard the farmer found a frozen snake. Then, when he heard the farmer put the snake into his stomach to keep it warm, he was so scared that he shrank into Qiao Lu's arms.
"Mom, is he an idiot? Why did he put the snake into his stomach? Snakes will bite people." As he said this, he actually shuddered.
He knew what snakes were. In the past, when he was in the countryside in the summer, a rat snake had sneaked into his home. It was as thick as a baby's wrist, coiled up into a ball, and boldly lay on his and his mother's bed. He almost got bit! It was so creepy!
Qiao Lu patted his shoulder and said, "Just listen to what mom has to say first. I'll tell you later."
The boy closed his mouth and listened to the snake bit the farmer after waking up, with an expression that said, "I knew it all along."
He raised his little face and said a little proudly: "Mom, I was right, snakes can bite people. This farmer is so stupid."
Little Qiaoan's brain circuits are still as stable as ever.
"An An, then Mommy wants to ask you, in this story, who do you think is wrong, the farmer or the snake?"
Little Qiaoan expressed his opinion confidently: "Mom, it's the farmer's fault. Snakes bite people. I didn't dare to touch him. But the farmer put it on his stomach and tried to wake it up."
"That's right, congratulations to An An for getting the answer right again." Qiao Lu tapped his nose and tested him: "Do you think snakes don't know how to be grateful?"
Qiao An: "What does gratitude mean?"
Qiao Lu: "It's basically a thank you."
The boy shook his head, and then he lay on Qiaolu's belly and shook his legs: "It's not a human, it won't thank the farmer."
Qiao Lu laughed and said, "This is a fable. The animals in it can talk."
The young man retorted in a soft voice: "A snake that can talk is still a snake, and it can bite people."
Phew—Qiao Lu couldn't hold back her laughter and poked him on the forehead.
"You're such a clever little fellow."
Little Qiaoan is awesome. He didn’t get dizzy even after going around in circles.
"So after hearing this story, Mom wants to tell An An: Protecting yourself is the most important thing. No matter what time, you must keep a clear head, don't deal with bad people, and don't be soft-hearted to bad people, understand?"
"Yes! Mom, I know. We should be friends with good people. We can't be friends with bad people. Bad people will always be bad people. They will never change. Just like Chen Ergou, he has always been bad."
Although what he said is absolutely true, living in such a complex and dangerous world, we must always be cautious. Instead of trying to make some bad guys become good, it is better to be vigilant and stay away from them.
Qiao Lu smiled with her eyebrows curved, and unconsciously exuded the aura of a "kind" old mother: "Yes, our An An is really smart, remember it?"
Qiaoan nodded vigorously and clenched her fists: "Yes! Mom, I remember! I won't play with bad people, I only play with good people."
Qiao Lu smiled, carried her son to the corner of the wall and tucked him in. "Okay, we've finished telling stories for today. Let's go to bed."
The young man pulled the quilt up to his neck and held Qiao Lu's hand: "Then mom, are we not learning pinyin today?"
Qiao Lu smiled and pinched his cheek: "You still want to study so late? Aren't you sleepy?"
"Yeah! Mom, I'm not sleepy. We can learn a little bit." He put his index finger and thumb together and made a "a little bit" gesture. His big eyes blinked, so adorable!
Looking at her son's eyes full of expectation, Qiao Lu softened her heart.
You can't be soft-hearted towards bad people, and it was difficult for Qiao Lu to refuse his request for her cute and well-behaved son.
"Okay then, today I'll teach you six single vowels."
The little guy crawled out from under the quilt, ran to the drawer to get paper, pen and book for Qiao Lu, then quickly got on the bed and crawled under the quilt. The whole process took no more than a minute.
Qiao Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How could there be a child who is so enthusiastic in studying?
Qiao Lu wrote down a few vowels on a piece of paper: "Come on, repeat them with mom: aoeiu ü ..."
The kid imitated it: "aoeiu ü..."
After reciting it a few times, I fell asleep.
Well, I really thought this kid was studious, but it turns out that human nature is to want to sleep when studying.
…
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the sky and the earth are clear, and it is another clear night.
Having not showered last night, Xu Haizhou went to the bathroom again today. When he came back his hair was wet.
"An An fell asleep again?" Xu Haizhou asked, looking at the bed.
"Yeah." Qiao Lu put on her coat and came down, finding a dry towel to wipe his hair.
Xu Haizhou closed his eyes in enjoyment: "Thank you, wife."
Qiao Lu smiled, rubbed his head quickly, shook the towel, and hung it up on the clothes hanger: "You can lie down only after you dry it thoroughly."
This man likes to hold her in his arms when he sleeps, and sometimes they sleep on the same pillow. She doesn't want to sleep on a cold and wet pillow in such a cold weather.
"good."
After hanging the towel on the window, Qiao Lu quickly went back to bed, covered herself with the quilt and sat on the bed reading a book. After reading a book of Aesop's fables, she found it boring because they were all familiar stories from her previous life.
"Please bring me some books next time you go home," she said to Xu Haizhou.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I want something with a stronger story, novels or magazines will do... Oh, by the way, is there a library in our city?"
"Yes." Xu Haizhou rubbed his hair for the last time, and when he felt that it was dry, he took off his shoes and went to bed, holding his wife in his arms: "When I have time, I will take you to have a look, it's quite big."
"Okay." Qiao Lu was satisfied. In her previous life, she had too many entertainment activities and had no time to read books. Now she has plenty of time, so she might as well take this opportunity to read more books to enrich her knowledge base.
Thinking about it, she felt that there was hope for the future again, so she lay down and snuggled into the man's arms.
The two people slept in each other's arms. Without words, the atmosphere had already reached the peak of ambiguity, and someone's hand began to take advantage of her.
Thinking about what happened today and Hou Caijun's final words of blessing, Qiao Lu slapped his hand away: "Hey, didn't Brother Hou wish us both a son today? I want to ask, do you have any thoughts?"
Xu Haizhou lifted the quilt and was about to reach down to pull the light cord when his hand paused. He suddenly retracted his hand, and for some unknown reason Qiao Lu pressed down the corner of the quilt before he was able to pull the light cord down.
"What's your idea?" After lying down, he kissed her mouth first, and then moved to her neck and nibbled it a few times. He seemed to particularly like her skin here, saying it was more fragrant than other places.
Of course Qiao Lu herself couldn't smell any difference and just thought it was a little "hobby" between husband and wife.
"The idea of having a baby." Qiao Lu smiled, but the lights were off and Xu Haizhou didn't see it.
Xu Haizhou's head, which was buried in her neck, lifted up slightly, and his tall nose scraped against her collarbone, causing a slight itch.
As he spoke, his breath sprayed on her chin: "You are the one who gave birth to the child. I should ask you what you think."
"My idea..." Qiao Lu slowly stroked the back of his head: "Giving birth is so painful, what should I do if I don't want to give birth?"
Although she had not experienced the pain of giving birth to Qiao An, the memories left by her original body told her that it was not a pleasant thing...
Xu Haizhou hugged her and kissed her, stroking her temples, his movements were so gentle: "Then don't give birth, we already have An An anyway."
Qiao Lu pushed his hand away, put it to her mouth and took a bite. His knuckles were long, so she could only bite three joints at a time.
"An An is not your child."
"Nonsense, An An is my child." Xu Haizhou pulled his hand back and pinched her nose with a hint of punishment. He didn't hold back his strength, and Qiao Lu felt a little breathless and pushed him away in annoyance.
Qiao Lu: "If I give birth, do you want a daughter or a son?"
Xu Haizhou: "As long as they are our children, I like them all."
"Do you have to say one?" Qiao Lu raised her eyebrows.
Xu Haizhou said without thinking: "Let's have a daughter."
"Why?" Qiao Lu was curious.
"I like it, and don't we already have a son? It would be great to have a daughter. She will definitely look like you." A daughter is a caring little cotton-padded jacket, while a son is a leaky little jacket. Although Qiao An is very well-behaved, Xu Haizhou cannot guarantee that his and Qiao Lu's son will be a good child.
Speaking of good kids, Xu Haizhou laughed out loud: "I was very naughty when I was a kid, and I was often beaten by my parents. If you give birth to a son, I'm afraid he will have a personality like me."
Qiao Lu suppressed her laughter and huddled into his arms: "Is this true? You look quite stable, but you were so naughty when you were little."
Xu Haizhou put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her in: "Well, that's why I like daughters."
In fact, she knew that his concern was simply to take care of Qiaoan.
"If possible, having one more child would be enough. A son and a daughter, how wonderful it would be," said Xu Haizhou.
"Then you won't regret not having a son?" Qiao Lu was trying to trick him.
Xu Haizhou shook his head: "How could that be? Don't we have An An? There is no heir to the throne in the family, so why do we need our son to do anything?"
Phew—Qiao Lu was so amused that she couldn’t stop laughing.
"He is not your biological son."
"Nonsense." The man leaned over and sealed her lips with a kiss, biting her upper lip lightly as if it were a punishment: "He is my son, my dear son."
Qiao Lu covered her mouth and laughed, her heart filled with pain.
Yes, An An is only three years old. As long as they don’t say it, he might think that Xu Haizhou is his biological father in a few years.
"Then don't regret it."
"No." Even if I don't have children, I won't regret it.
Anyway, we have An An and her, isn’t it good to be a family of three?
Xu Haizhou is a traditional man, but not completely traditional. To be honest, he cares more about the harmony of the family atmosphere than the children. If the matter of the children causes a rift between the couple, he would rather not have it.
Qiao An is so well-behaved, he truly treats him as his own flesh and blood.
Besides, having a child is not something that can be done with just words. Your wife will have to go through the gates of hell before it happens. Moreover, after the child is born, you can’t have sex with your husband for at least three years. You’ve just got married and haven’t had sex yet. What’s the point of having a child? It will only cause more trouble.
After much thought, it is better not to have any birth.
"Let's not talk about that."
He turned over and stopped the woman from talking.
"Ugh—gently!"
Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night.
…
The next day, Xu Haizhou got up early to make breakfast. He had tormented his young wife for most of the night, and now she was paralyzed in the quilt, unable to get up or move.
Qiao An woke up on time at seven o'clock. Just as she was about to pat her mother to get her to get up, she was stopped by Xu Haizhou who came rushing over.
"Tsk—let mom get some more sleep."
Qiao An blinked his eyes, raised his butt, climbed down from the bed, and grunted as he took out his clothes and put them on, one piece at a time, starting with his autumn clothes, then his sweater, then his cotton jacket, and finally his big cotton quilt.
Xu Haizhou wanted to help, but the boy raised his hand and waved it nonchalantly: "I don't want help, I can put it on myself."
He looks calm and composed, like a little adult.
Xu Haizhou held back his laughter. After the boy was dressed, he took him out to wash up. There was hot water in the pot that had just been boiled. He poured it into the enamel basin and adjusted the temperature. After that, the little guy could take care of his hygiene problems by himself without the need for adult supervision, which was very convenient.
When Qiao Lu woke up, his son was playing with Bubble Fish in the main room. He giggled as he watched the two little guys running away in the water in panic while trying to escape his fingers.
Qiao Lu lifted the quilt. Her legs were still a little sore. She walked out the door but didn't see Xu Haizhou. Instead, Qiao An ran up to her when he saw her and jumped into her arms.
"Mom! Mom, you lazy pig! The sun is shining on your butt!"
Qiao Lu was almost knocked away by him. After stabilizing herself, she pinched his nose unhappily, more childish than a child: "You are the lazy pig. Where is the sun today?"
Qiao An turned his head away. It was indeed a cloudy day today.
Joan scratched his head, not knowing how to argue, but his mother was just a lazy pig today. She slept for a very long time. He wanted to call her, but his father had told him before he left that his mother should sleep until she woke up naturally, so he didn't dare to make any noise.
Qiao Lu was quite proud of having won the verbal battle against her son. She hummed a little tune and started to get dressed.
The little boy looked at her eagerly, running to her and then behind her, spinning like a top: "Mom, can you teach me more pinyin today?"
He wants to finish learning quickly and then be able to read books by himself without his mom explaining them to him!
"Sure, I'll teach you when I have time. No rush."
It is said that one can tell a person’s future from the age of three. My son loves learning so much, so he has a bright future!
"Oh well."
Qiao Lu was doing housework at home in the morning. Just as she picked up the broom, Wu Guifang came and asked her to go to the market to buy vegetables together. They chatted and laughed all the way, which was quite interesting. It was more fun than going alone.
There are also benefits to buying vegetables with Wu Guifang. She would teach Qiao Lu some tips on choosing vegetables. For example, thick vegetable sprouts are not necessarily old, and thin vegetable sprouts are not necessarily tender. If you pinch the root with your fingernail and easily leave a mark, then the vegetable sprouts are tender.
Qiao Lu, who had never touched water before traveling through time, now realizes that there is so much that can be done even when buying vegetables.
On the way home, Qiao Lu asked her many questions about choosing dishes, and Wu Guifang answered them one by one. Later, Wu Guifang brought the conversation back to her new clothes from yesterday, and asked vaguely if she could see them. In fact, everyone knew what she was thinking.
This gave Qiao Lu an idea for a new business opportunity - since everyone was so interested in her new clothes, and she was a fashion designer before she traveled through time, why not continue this line of work after she traveled through time? She happened to have a sewing machine at home, so everything was ready except for the east wind.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the matter was very feasible, so he readily agreed to Wu Guifang's request.
Here, little boy Joan enthusiastically helped his mother carry a bag of potatoes. He was panting with exhaustion. The two adults stopped and waited for him, laughing. As a result, they came back late.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw Li Hongjun pacing anxiously in front of the house, looking as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Seeing someone walking towards him in a hurry, he frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, where have you been? I have something to talk to you about!"
Qiao Lu quickly put down the vegetable basket and looked at him worriedly: "What happened? Did something happen in Haizhou?"
Wu Guifang patted her arm and said, "Don't be anxious. Listen to what others say."
As if realizing that he was too anxious and made Qiao Lu worried, Li Hongjun smiled and explained quickly: "No, no, Haizhou is fine. It's just that the flap gloves you made are selling like hot cakes!"
“Ah? It exploded…?”
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A new book has been opened for pre-collection. If the pre-collection of the period novel with the female supporting role is not high, this one might be the next one~ Please collect it!
"Two Million, Be My Stepmother":
A little boy with a wealthy family background was transferred to the Little Sunflower Kindergarten. His father was a renowned physicist both at home and abroad, his grandmother was a powerful business tycoon, and his mother was... an unknown mother.
The cute and adorable little Dumpling soon became the hottest topic in the entire kindergarten. However, he was too cold to talk to anyone except Teacher Xiaosheng.
Zhou Sheng was flattered to be liked by the soft and adorable little dumpling. A month later, she finally understood why little Zhou Zhou liked her.
On this day, four-year-old Song Zhouzhou proudly took out a check and said, "Two million, be my stepmother."
Zhou Sheng: “???”
Zhou Sheng carefully took out his phone: "Hello? Zhou Zhou's father, has Zhou Zhou read any weird romance novels recently?"
Song Zhouzhou (staring): "I'm not, I didn't!"
At night, at the desk:
[My mother rejected me today, probably because two million is not enough. I will give her another two million tomorrow.]
——Song Zhouzhou’s Little Strawberry Diary.
If one day an alien tells you: "As long as you donate your life immediately, I will tell you the truth of the universe."
There is no doubt that Song Yicheng would say yes.
It was such a man who was obsessed with academics that everyone thought he would devote his whole life to scientific research without getting married or having children.
One day, Professor Song, who was indifferent to worldly things, came to class holding a baby. He said it was his son.
The point is, Professor Song is single...
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【Guidelines】
*1v1 double c, man chasing woman, man is abused but not woman, sweet story.
*Little Zhou Zhou is loved by everyone. He has everything except a mother.
*The heroine is Zhou Zhou’s biological mother. Except for the heroine, everyone else knows it. The reason will be explained in the text.
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