The old man and Li Huan were amused by her appearance.
Seeing that they were all laughing, Xiao Bao also laughed along, giggling.
"Who's laughing?" Huo Songbai and the others had just arrived home by then.
"Father, you're back!"
Upon seeing Huo Songbai, Huo Songhuai, and Huo Haojie return, Ruan Ruan immediately called out to them.
"You're back, you're back. I saw your car from afar and guessed it was you. When we got to the village entrance, your uncle and aunt said it was you, so I asked Huo Haoshi to pick up your Grandma Li. That's why it took a little longer." Huo Songbai put down what he was holding, said a few words to them, and then went to wash himself.
"Mother, are you tired from the journey? How were things in Yuncheng?"
"What's wrong with me? I eat well and sleep well with Ruan Ruan. I push my child around the courtyard every day and chat with the old ladies. I couldn't be happier."
"Are you still planning to go?" After washing his hands, Huo Songbai brought over a stool and sat down next to them.
"Of course we're going. Not only am I going, but my third brother's wife is going too. Hao Shen's wife and Xu Yang's wife are both pregnant. We discussed it with Hao Shen's wife's mother, and we've decided that when the two babies are in their postpartum period, she'll come back to help take care of them. Wang Qun will go to help take care of Xu Yang's wife, and I'll stay home and help Ruan Ruan take care of the baby."
Everyone was overjoyed to hear that Huo Haoshen and Zheng Xuyang's wives were both pregnant.
"Grandma, do you know when their due dates are?" Li Huan was thinking that when she was pregnant, they sent her a lot of things, and now that they were pregnant, she should also show her some appreciation.
"Oh, they should have given birth around November," the old lady thought for a moment. They both conceived around the Lunar New Year, so the delivery should have been in November.
When the others heard that the baby was due in November, it was already May, meaning the baby was over four months old, and they were only just finding out.
"Has Huo Haoshen become so arrogant after going out into the world? Such a big thing, and he didn't even tell the family." Huo Songhuai usually gave people the impression of being honest and obedient, doing whatever the old man asked him to do, and rarely getting angry or saying harsh words. But for some reason, he easily got angry when it came to Huo Haoshen's problems. However, even when he got angry, it was only for a sentence or two, and he would be fine after three sentences.
"Uh (⊙o⊙)..." They really didn't know that Huo Haoshen hadn't told his family about this.
However, recalling how Huo Haoshen laughed like a fool when he first discovered their pregnancies, he might have completely forgotten about it.
If Huo Haoshen were standing here, he would definitely shout that he was wronged. He had called home, but no one answered, and then he got busy and forgot about it. Moreover, he always remembered that he had notified his family.
The family sat and chatted in the yard for a while before preparing to have dinner.
Because Huo Haocheng and the others returned in a hurry, they could only have a simple meal tonight.
After dinner, some family members continued their journey, while others went to work in the fields. They chatted for a while before getting sleepy and going to bed. Any further questions or answers were left for tomorrow.
The next day, when Ruan Ruan woke up, she saw Huo Haoshen and Huo Haojie building an oven in the backyard.
"What are you all doing?" Ruan Ruan woke up to find Li Huan sitting in the courtyard, doing needlework. In front of her was a large mat, which must have been specially made for the children. It was wrapped with strips of cloth around the edges, and the three children were climbing on it.
"You're awake. Grandpa went out with Grandma to chat with them. Big brother and Haojie are building an oven in the backyard. Ruanruan, Grandma said the food made in this oven is delicious. Is that true?"
While eating breakfast, Huo Haocheng asked Haojie to make an oven together in a little while. She was very curious. After Grandma introduced it to them, everyone was also very curious and wondered if the food baked from something made of mud and bricks would really taste good.
Faced with their questions, Grandma simply said, "You'll find out when the time comes."
"Yes, it's true. It tastes delicious when it's made." Ruan Ruan didn't expect that Huo Haocheng would set one up at home as well.
"Are you hungry? There's breakfast in the pot, your older brother saved some for you, go and eat something."
When we had breakfast, we saw that she was sleeping soundly, probably because she hadn't slept well on the train these past few days, so we didn't wake her up.
It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it, because she actually felt a bit hungry. Ruan Ruan went in and ladled out a bowl of millet porridge, then ate it while chatting with Li Huan.
The two sisters last met at Li Huan's wedding. When they met again, their children were already several months old.
"Didn't we agree that you and Haoshi would live in the Li family home after your marriage? Why are you living in the Huo family home now?" When Li Huan and Huo Haoshi got engaged, they agreed that the young couple would live in the Li family home after their marriage and take care of Grandma Li in her final days. But now that Ruanruan has come back and sees that they are living in the Huo family home, she is quite curious.
“We only moved back when I gave birth. Before I gave birth, my mother was worried that Haoshi wouldn't be able to take good care of me, so after discussing it with my grandmother, she brought her back to live with the Huo family. We even spent the Lunar New Year together. But when the weather got warmer, my grandmother said that if she stayed at the Huo family, people would gossip, so she moved back herself. We wanted to stay with her, but she didn't agree. She said that the child was growing up day by day, and it was better for him to stay at the Huo family. Besides, the two families lived close by, and I could just go back to see my grandmother every day.”
Li Huan understood why her grandmother didn't want her to go back to live with her. Last year, they lived at home for a year, and many people said that Huo Haoshi was their Li family's live-in son-in-law. Not only did he not give the Huo family any benefits, but he also received so much dowry from the Huo family. Neither she nor Huo Haoshi said anything about this, but her grandmother felt that it damaged the Huo family's reputation.
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