The two walked hand in hand slowly to Nanshan Elementary School, where they saw a large group of parents already gathered at the school gate, all there to pick up their children after the exam.
Although his sister-in-law ate Jiang Xia's ice cream on some unfounded pretext last time, he didn't forget to buy her an iced bubble tea this time. The Lin family's son-in-law is still very generous.
Soon after, the school bell rang over the loudspeaker, and the previously quiet school building gradually became lively. The parents who had been standing in the sun breathed a sigh of relief and crowded at the entrance, waiting to see when their children would be able to come out.
The two stood under the same tree as before, waiting. After a while, Xiaoman came out and knew to come here to find them.
Just then, Jiang Xia's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was his mother calling.
"Hello, Mom, what's up? Um, we're at the school gate right now. Yes, the bell just rang. Xiaoman probably won't be out for a while. Yes, she's at work today. Oh? Are we having lunch at our house? Okay, then I'll tell Mom... I'll tell Aunt Ji. No, no! I was just calling you. Okay, I'll hang up now."
"Mom wants us to come home for dinner?" Lin Yanwan asked, glancing at him.
Jiang Xia nodded: "Yes, she just finished proctoring the exam. She'll hand in the exam papers to the academic affairs office and go straight home. My dad has already gone to pick her up and told us to go home as soon as we get Xiaoman."
"Oh, then you can call my mom and explain the situation yourself. I'm not calling her." Lin Yanwan said, handing over her phone. After all, what kind of daughter-in-law is going to visit her mother-in-law's house so often before she's even married into the family?
Of course, Jiang Xia, that shameless guy, is an exception.
"As long as I can bring you back, I'll do anything, even go through fire and water, let alone make a phone call." He laughed. "Then you keep an eye on Xiaoman. I'll tell Mom right now."
He dialed the number, and after a few rings, a slightly tired female voice and the sound of machinery came from the other end.
"Hey, Yanwan, what's up?"
“Aunt Ji, this is Jiang Xia. Yes, Xiaoman has finished her exams and will be out in a little while. My mom said she wants you to come to our house for lunch,” Jiang Xia said.
"Thank you, Xia. I'm quite busy right now, I'm still talking business with someone, so I probably can't come. You can take Yanwan and Xiaoman to eat, don't worry about me."
"Oh well."
Ji Wanqiu hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Xia, please apologize to Xiaoman for me. I was busy today, so I couldn't pick her up. Once I'm done with work, I'll take her out to play every day."
"Auntie, don't worry, Xiaoman is very sensible." Jiang Xia said with a smile, "Then I won't bother you any longer."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xia handed the phone back to his wife, shrugged, and said, "Mom agreed, but she's busy right now and can't come at noon. By the way, what's the situation at home right now?"
"They are all small, piecemeal orders, and the little money we earn is probably not even enough to cover the electricity bills for the factory to operate."
Lin Yanwan sighed: "In fact, the factory has already started laying off employees. But even so, it is still losing money. Otherwise, my parents wouldn't be going out to socialize and take on business all the time. If this continues, it's hard to say whether they can even make it to the end of the year."
"Don't worry, things will get better soon." Jiang Xia gently squeezed her hand.
In his past life, his father-in-law's toy factory went bankrupt due to the financial crisis. In this life, he will use an animation to revive the factory and prevent the regret from becoming a regret.
Time passed slowly, and groups of elementary school students began to walk out of the school building. Lin Xiaoman, carrying her schoolbag, happily said goodbye to her deskmate Xiaomei, and then immediately saw her older sister and brother-in-law standing under the tree.
"Sister, brother-in-law!" The sister-in-law skipped and hopped between the two, skillfully taking one of their hands.
"Was the test difficult? How did you do?" Jiang Xia smiled and patted her head.
"It was so easy, I finished writing it in no time, and I even checked it twice carefully, but the teacher wouldn't let us hand in the paper early, so I could only watch the time go by and watch the get out of class end." Xiaoman pouted.
"So it seems like there's a good chance of getting first place?"
"Of course! Please, I'm the class monitor!"
Jiang Xia smiled and handed over the milk tea in her hand: "Here, I bought it for you."
"Boba milk tea! Yay, thank you, brother-in-law!"
Xiaoman immediately broke free from his hands, inserted a straw, and took a satisfied sip. Then, holding her milk tea in one hand and her brother-in-law's hand in the other, she left her sister standing aside.
Lin Yanwan: "..."
She looked at Jiang Xia expressionlessly. So, it turns out she's the outsider, huh? Since her brother-in-law and sister-in-law are so close, why don't we just let them live together from now on?
Just as she was lost in thought, Jiang Xia suddenly walked up to her, took her hand, and whispered, "Lin Cucu, haven't you realized yet? Xiaoman is deliberately making us hold hands."
Feeling the warmth from his palm, Lin Yanwan was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what he meant and asked, "What vinegar?"
"You, Lin Cucu, how come I never noticed you were so jealous before? Is it because we got married early back then?" Jiang Xia whispered in her ear.
"I didn't!!!" she blushed and argued through gritted teeth.
"Darling, your tsundere attitude has been retired, but I love the way you deny things but are honest in your heart."
"snort!"
Lin Yanwan turned her head away, suddenly not wanting to talk to him anymore.
It's absolutely outrageous! Is Jiang Gouzi a mind reader? How does he know everything?
Watching her sister and brother-in-law whispering to each other in front of so many passersby, Lin Xiaoman's eyes widened. Is this the adult world? How exciting!
The three walked for a while, then Xiaoman suddenly stopped, chewing on a taro ball, and said, "Sister, we've gone the wrong way. This isn't the way home."
"Xiaoman, you're not going home for lunch today, you're going to your brother-in-law's house for lunch," Jiang Xia said with a smile.
"Huh?"
"Would you like to eat Teacher Xia's cooking?"
"think!"
"Good boy/girl~"
My sister-in-law walked straight up like a little adult: "Brother-in-law, why didn't I see Teacher Xia at school today?"
"She went to proctor exams at other schools."
"Oh! Are the other schools also full of kids like me?"
"I don't know, you'll have to ask Teacher Xia yourself." Jiang Xia shook her sister-in-law's hand vigorously and said, "But I know that Xiaoman is definitely her favorite student."
"Hehehe, Teacher Xia is Xiaoman's absolute favorite teacher!"
Upon hearing this, the couple exchanged a smile, truly hoping that Xiaoman could remain so innocent forever and never experience the troubles of adults.
Suddenly, Jiang Xia turned his head and kissed his wife's cheek, whispering:
"Baby, how about we have a daughter someday?"
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(3 chapters done, goodnight~)
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