Tian Tian had just listened to the beginning of the tape when Han Luying came in with some water.
Tian Tian took the water from Han Luying and watched Han Luying lock the door of her room. She was a little confused. Didn't they already get married? Why did Han Luying come to her room just to wash himself?
But Tian Tian didn't dare to ask, Han Luying smiled at Tian Tian shyly, "I want to wipe my body. I have been on the train for the past few days and my body smells. It feels weird to wipe in our room, so I came to find you."
"It's okay! I can't sleep now anyway!" Tian Tian saw that Han Luying was a little embarrassed and didn't say much.
Han Luying simply wiped the sweat off his body, cleaned himself up, and then looked at the sentence that Tian Tian had written.
"Your English is getting better and better now." Han Luying praised.
She just heard Tian Tian reading English, which was much more fluent than the English she had heard before.
"You're back from vacation now, and you're quite studious. You're still studying so late."
"Actually, it's not that late. It's just that people in the countryside go to bed very early. I go to bed around nine o'clock at school," said Tian Tian.
"The key is that everyone in my class is so talented. If I don't study hard during the holidays, I will be outdone by them when school starts."
"Then you work hard. I won't disturb you. You should go to bed early." Han Luying felt embarrassed to disturb Tian Tian so late, so he went out with the basin of water after saying that.
To study at home, she had to turn on the lights, and she had to pay for all the electricity bills herself. Tian Tian didn't dare to study too late, and went to bed after listening to the tape.
Thinking that Grandma Tian and the others would have to get up early the next morning to cook the chicken, Tian Tian set an alarm clock and got up early the next day.
By the way, she washed the new towel that Lin Meiyu bought for her that day, hung it on the string, and then turned on the stove, put some firewood in it to boil water for everyone to wash their faces.
After Lin Meiyu and the others got up and washed their faces with water, Tian Tian handed the towel to Lin Meiyu and said, "Use this to wipe your faces. I have already washed them clean."
"Kid, just keep it for yourself! Why are you giving it to me and your dad?" Lin Meiyu said. She originally wanted to take the towel she had used before, but that towel had been put away by Tian Tian. If she didn't use it, she wouldn't be able to wipe her face clean, so she had to reach out and take the towel.
"You won't throw away the towel I used before, will you? That towel can still be used!" After wiping her face, Lin Meiyu said, "If your dad knew, he would definitely be mad at you, right?"
"Don't worry, I didn't throw it away. But I burned the towels you two used to wipe your feet. From now on, you can use your own towels to wipe your feet. They are torn anyway." Tian Tian said.
Lin Meiyu wanted to say something, but Tian Tian interrupted her quickly, "Don't worry about the towel. My sister-in-law and the others will be up soon. Let's hurry up and prepare the meal!"
As soon as Han Luying was mentioned, Lin Meiyu's attention was diverted, but she had not completely put down her torn towel. While she was muttering about the towel to Tian Tian, her hands were constantly preparing to cook.
Old Mrs. Tian and the others had known for a long time that Han Luying would come over for the New Year this year, and they had been keeping the rice distributed during the autumn harvest, waiting to cook it for Han Luying.
Lin Meiyu took out the rice that she had prepared early, put it in water and boiled it. She also took out the chicken that she had cleaned yesterday and started to prepare food.
Old Mrs. Tian and Tian Lisong also stood up, some helped when they needed to, and some went out to get firewood when they needed to.
As soon as the chicken was put into the pot, Tian Yuan and his wife got up and washed their faces. Han Luying wanted to help them cook.
"Mom! Let me help you!" Han Luying reached out to take the spatula from Lin Meiyu's hand.
"No need," Lin Meiyu dodged Han Luying's hand by leaning sideways. "We are almost done here, you don't need to get involved. Just follow Tian Yuan to set up the table at the east end of the room, and then put the chopsticks and bowls on it."
Lin Meiyu didn't know whether Han Luying could cook, but she heard that people in their county used gas tanks, so she thought Han Luying probably couldn't cook in a big pot. Besides, it was her first time coming to her house, so how could she let her do the cooking?
"Sister-in-law, please go and sit at the dinner table. You see, a girl like me hasn't even started working yet, and my mother is even more reluctant to let you work." Tian Tian said.
After Lin Meiyu and the others got up, Tian Tian stopped working and was just eating secretly.
Tian Tian, the daughter, did not do any work, and Lin Meiyu did not let Han Luying, the daughter-in-law, do any work.
Although Lin Meiyu and her family also have some traditional ideas, she and Old Lady Tian are highly consistent in how to treat their daughters-in-law. They marry their daughters-in-law so that they can live a good life with their sons, not to let the children do housework. They are reluctant to let their own daughters work hard, and they do all the work they can do themselves, not to mention other people's daughters.
Moreover, Lin Meiyu has always firmly believed that as long as she treats her daughter-in-law as her own daughter, she will definitely treat her with sincerity. If her daughter-in-law has no conscience, then there is nothing she can do, but a normal person will definitely treat her with a little sincerity.
Because that's how Old Mrs. Tian treated her. After being married to the Tian family for so many years, both the old lady and her husband had nothing to say about her. They all truly treated her as one of their own and told her whatever they wanted.
She treats Lin Meiyu much better than her mother treats her, and Lin Meiyu is also willing to treat Grandma Tian with sincerity.
Han Luying was a little embarrassed. She felt it was awkward to stand here, but if she went to stay in that room without working, she felt that it would be even worse for her, a junior and a new daughter-in-law, to just rest aside and leave all the work to her old grandmother.
No matter how straightforward Han Luying's temper was, she would definitely be very cautious when facing a completely unfamiliar old lady's home, who was also her husband's elder, for fear that she would make a mistake and make the elder unhappy, and put her husband in an awkward position.
Tian Tian also noticed Han Luying's awkwardness, threw away the firewood stick in her hand, clapped her hands, stood up and said, "Although my brother has woken up, I won't do the work of lighting the fire. Let him do it. Sister-in-law, sit with me and rest for a while. Let's go inside and talk."
If Han Luying were left to rest alone, she would definitely feel uncomfortable. Apart from Tian Yuan, the person she is most familiar with in this family is Tian Tian. With Tian Tian by her side, she would feel more at ease.
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