Zhou Jing'an, who was standing to the side, was thinking to himself whether he should also go with Ning Huan to visit the Ning family.
He didn't like Ning Huan before, and he didn't want to have any future with her, so he didn't care about these things.
But now that he has decided to live a good life with Ning Huan, he should go back with her.
Moreover, when he was sick, even his own mother ignored him, while Pang, who was only his mother-in-law, actually sent him money.
Besides, they've been married for so long, and he's never taken the initiative to go back home with Ning Huan. This kind of thing would definitely lead to gossip about Ning Huan's family, but Madam Pang has never said a bad word about her during her visits.
He should accompany Ning Huan to her home, both out of courtesy and reason.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jing'an took a sip of soup and said calmly, "Since the little ones have all gone with you, I'll go with you too."
Hearing this, Ning Huan was quite surprised: "You're coming with us too?"
Seeing Ning Huan's attitude, Zhou Jing'an's expression immediately became a little awkward. Why was this woman acting like this? Did she not want him to come back with her?
He said in a gloomy tone, "After we got married, I never accompanied you back to your home. People in the village take this very seriously. I'm sure your parents-in-law have heard the gossip from others."
“I originally thought they might be very angry with me, but when I was sick and bedridden, they not only came to visit me, but my mother-in-law even left me some money. Now that I'm feeling better, I should go back with you to see them.”
Zhou Jing'an is right. Logically and emotionally, he should indeed go back with her. Ning Huan just thought that since they were going to divorce anyway, there was no need for him to go back with her.
Upon hearing Zhou Jing'an's words, Ning Huan realized that she had been too short-sighted. Zhou Jing'an was doing this so that the Ning family would be less subject to gossip in the future.
Ning Huan nodded and replied, "Okay, then I'll help you pack some clothes later, and we can go back together tomorrow."
Because they were going back to the Pang family tomorrow, Ning Huan gave the four little ones a fragrant hot bath and then wiped Zhou Jing'an's body with a wet towel.
As Ning Huan wiped Zhou Jing'an's body, she thought about how they should get to the Pang family's place tomorrow. Normally, she could walk there by herself.
But this time, all four little ones are going with Zhou Jing'an. The little ones are too small to walk much. Not to mention Zhou Jing'an is also sick.
It was impossible to get across using the usual route, and Ning Huan was now in a dilemma.
Seemingly noticing that Ning Huan seemed a little absent-minded, Zhou Jing'an asked, "What's wrong?"
Ning Huan asked with some distress, "How are we going to get back tomorrow? Normally, I can walk back by myself. But now that the four little ones are going with you, we definitely can't walk."
Zhou Jing'an thought about it and didn't think it was a difficult thing. If he couldn't walk there by the side road, he could just take a car and go by the main road.
"How about we ask Brother Zhu to take us to my mother-in-law's house in an oxcart tomorrow, and then come back to take the villagers to town. We'll just give Brother Zhu some money."
This is indeed a good idea. In fact, in the past, Zhu Dali would often take the villagers to other places when the time came. As the New Year approached, people naturally went to all sorts of places.
"Okay, then I'll go to Brother Zhu's house tomorrow and see if they can give us a ride first."
Before going to bed, Ning Huan checked the luggage of the four little ones. Each of them only had some food in their bags, except for Da Bao, whose bag contained a few changes of clothes.
Ning Huan smiled and patted their heads: "Why did you only pack some food? If you didn't bring any changes of clothes, we'd be staying at Grandma's house for several days."
Xiao Sanbao said, "Big Brother Dabao packed it for us. All the food we brought is for Grandma. We usually don't eat it ourselves, so we save it for Grandma."
Looking at the four little ones, Ning Huan praised them: "You are such filial children. Then let me pack all the food together for you."
Then she added a few more changes of clothes for the four little ones, packed up the things they had brought for Pang, told them a few stories, and coaxed them to sleep.
In fact, besides the four little dumplings bringing things for Pang Shi, Ning Huan also prepared New Year's goods for Pang Shi, as well as some fruit she took from her consciousness space.
After everything was installed, she went back to her room to sleep.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Ning Huan got up and went to Zhu Dali's house. To her surprise, the Zhu couple readily agreed and didn't even want the money Ning Huan offered.
Ning Huan's instruction in gathering medicinal herbs had already earned her family a considerable amount of extra money. They treated her like a benefactor, so why would they accept money from her?
But Ning Huan insisted that the Zhu couple accept it: "Brother Zhu, sister-in-law, you must accept it, otherwise I will feel embarrassed."
"Besides, if someone in the village finds out that you didn't take my money, and someone tries to take advantage of this loophole and doesn't want to pay you, then it will be really difficult to handle."
Seeing Ning Huan's resolute attitude, the Zhu couple didn't say anything more, only symbolically accepting a few coins from Ning Huan.
When Ning Huan returned home, it was just dawn, and surprisingly, all four little ones were already up.
Ning Huan originally thought it would take her a while to wake them up, but now the little ones are all dressed and waiting for her.
Seeing this, Ning Huan walked over with a smile and asked, "Why are you all up so early today?"
The little ones unanimously raised their bundles: "We're going to Grandma's house today, so of course we have to get up early!"
Then, they asked Ning Huan with some curiosity, "Why did you come back from outside so early in the morning, Mother? Where did you go?"
"How come Mom got up earlier than me? That's amazing!"
Ning Huan replied, "I went to Xiao Taozi's house to ask her dad if he could take us to Grandma's house."
The little dumpling perked up instantly: "Don't we have to walk there today?"
Are we going to Grandma's house by car?
"Will Little Peach come with us too?"
Seeing that her four little ones were so energetic even though they got up early, Ning Huan was relieved.
She responded to each of them, saying, "Because you are still young, and your father has a leg injury. Grandma's house is too far away, so we will take a car there."
"Little Peach won't be coming with us. I just went to their house, and she wasn't awake yet."
Then Ning Huan went to Zhou Jing'an's room to help him wash up and then changed his clothes.
Then she went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Since she was going to the Pang family's house later, Ning Huan made a very simple breakfast.
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