Chapter 106
Although Du Huiling was watching from a distance, she guessed that things might not be going smoothly based on the atmosphere over there and Shen Yuhong's expression.
As soon as Shen Yuhong came over, Du Huiling asked her in a low voice: "Mom, what's wrong? Doesn't Chen Che want to tell you?"
Shen Yuhong didn't want to say anything more about what had just happened.
She pulled Du Huiling and found two empty seats to sit down. "He definitely doesn't want to tell me. He and Yu Tong sleep in the same bed! We can think of another way another day."
Du Huiling glanced at Shen Yuhong's ugly face, then looked at Shen Yao's cold gaze that occasionally swept towards them, nodded honestly, and didn't dare to make any more trouble.
Under Shen Yao's occasional surveillance, the two men finally became much more obedient and stopped causing trouble.
…
Yu Tong and Chen Che's wedding ended successfully, and the Spring Festival is getting closer.
It was at this time that Shen Yao received the telegram sent back by Brother Shen, which contained only one word "reply" and the date and time.
When Chen Guifeng saw the telegram, she was so happy that she almost cried.
"Good, good, good." She said "good" three times in a row: "Finally, our family can be reunited."
"On the day your elder brother comes back, I will go with you to the train station to pick her up." Chen Guifeng said.
"Mom, I can go pick him up by myself on my bike. You stay at home and make food for my brother. He must be hungry after traveling all the way." Shen Yao said.
"Yes, yes, you are really thoughtful. I have to cook all the food in advance so that your brother can have hot meals as soon as he comes back." Chen Guifeng said.
"I have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if there is anything I need to buy." Chen Guifeng couldn't help but feel happy. Suddenly she seemed to not know what to do, and suddenly she seemed to have a lot of things to do.
"Mom, I'll go with you and take a walk too." Ye Fuyue said.
"good."
Chen Guifeng packed up simply and went out with Ye Fuyue.
As soon as they walked out of the compound, Cui Yongfang also went out.
However, Cui Yongfang did not go to the supply and marketing cooperative, but went to Aunt Liu's house.
During this time, Cui Yongfang had been observing the situation at Aunt Liu's family, and she kept an eye on Fang Ping. The more she watched, the more she felt that Fang Ping didn't look like a relative of Aunt Liu's family at all.
So, Cui Yongfang plans to go to Aunt Liu’s house again to confirm it.
Cui Yongfang knocked on Aunt Liu's door, and this time it was Uncle Liu who opened the door.
Cui Yongfang saw Aunt Liu and Uncle Liu eating alone, and said with a smile, "It's just the two of you eating, and Fang Ping isn't eating with you?"
"Yes, Fang Ping said he wasn't hungry, so he let us eat first." Uncle Liu smiled and replied, "Liang's wife, what can I do for you?"
"I was just cooking and found that I was out of soy sauce. Uncle, can you give me some? Just a little bit will be enough." Cui Yongfang handed over a small bowl.
"Okay." Uncle Liu handed the small bowl to Aunt Liu and asked her to go to the kitchen to pour soy sauce.
"Is Fang Ping celebrating the New Year here? Or is he going home to celebrate the New Year?" Cui Yongfang asked.
"He went back to celebrate the New Year."
"Then it means that you two will be the only ones getting old during the New Year." Cui Yongfang pretended to sigh.
"I've gotten used to it." Uncle Liu said with a smile.
Aunt Liu returned the small bowl filled with half a bowl of soy sauce to Cui Yongfang.
"Thank you, Auntie. I'll be leaving first." Cui Yongfang took the small bowl and left.
After Uncle Liu closed the door, he looked at Aunt Liu.
"Has the Liang family's daughter-in-law noticed something? Why has she been coming to borrow things so often recently and asking about Fang Ping?" Aunt Liu asked.
"She's just idle all day long, always keeping her eyes on other people's homes!" Uncle Liu hated Cui Yongfang and felt very annoyed.
"Shouldn't we also talk to Fang Ping and ask him to have dinner with us occasionally and get closer to us, so that he won't be targeted by people like Cui Yongfang?" Aunt Liu said.
Uncle Liu sighed. "He needs to get closer to us, but Fang Ping has helped us quite a bit, even though we paid him. Every time Fang Ping helped us, I made sure everyone in the compound saw it. I don't know why Cui Yongfang would suspect us."
Aunt Liu said worriedly, "Cui Yongfang isn't a good person. Since she's suspicious of us, we need to talk to Fang Ping about this and try to get him closer to us. It'll be good for him, and good for us too."
Uncle Liu nodded in agreement.
…
When Brother Shen Kang came back, it was only a few days before the Chinese New Year.
Chen Guifeng got up early in the morning and started working in the kitchen. She not only planned to cook a few dishes, but also to make dumplings.
After Shen Yao rode his bicycle to the train station to pick up Shen Kang, Ye Fuyue helped Chen Guifeng make dumplings.
Chen Guifeng rolled out the noodles and mixed the stuffing, and Ye Fuyue helped her.
Ye Fuyue watched Chen Guifeng prepare the filling and then went to make the dumpling wrappers. Ye Fuyue suddenly asked, "Mom, did you put salt in the filling?"
Chen Guifeng looked dazed, and suddenly slapped her forehead and said, "Look at me, I even forgot to put the salt!"
Ye Fuyue smiled: "I'll put it in, Mom, you go roll out the dumpling wrappers."
"Okay." Chen Guifeng started working again.
After rolling out the dumpling wrappers, Ye Fuyue and Chen Guifeng started making dumplings.
Chen Guifeng prepared two kinds of fillings, one with pork and sauerkraut, and the other with pork and cabbage.
When making dumplings, Ye Fuyue watched Chen Guifeng pinch the dumpling skins without even adding the fillings.
Ye Fuyue quickly reminded with a smile: "Mom, you haven't put the filling in yet."
Chen Guifeng stared at the empty dumpling wrapper in her hand for several seconds, as if waking from a dream, before reacting and saying, "Look at me, what a memory! I even forgot to put the filling in. Dumplings without fillings are still dumplings."
"I don't know how many mistakes I made this morning. Fortunately, I have you." Chen Guifeng said as she put the filling into the dumpling wrappers.
Ye Fuyue knew that Chen Guifeng was thinking about her eldest son who was about to come back, and she was restless, so she made mistakes from time to time.
When the dumplings were almost wrapped, there was a noise outside the courtyard gate.
"Could it be Chen Yao and your elder brother who have returned?" Chen Guifeng wiped her hands on her apron and went out to see.
Ye Fuyue followed him out.
Before they saw anyone, they heard Shen Shun’s excited voice: “Mom—sister-in-law—eldest brother and second brother are back!”
As his voice fell, Shen Yao and Shen Kang appeared outside the courtyard gate.
Shen Kang and Shen Yao were about the same height, but Shen Kang was much darker than Shen Yao, probably because he worked in the fields all year round. Compared to Shen Yao's cold and unapproachable aura, Shen Kang seemed much more gentle.
"Mom, I'm back." Shen Kang's eyes fell on Chen Guifeng, his voice gentle.
Chen Guifeng had tears in her eyes and kept saying "good". "Finally, you're back. Look at you, you've lost a lot of weight and are much darker."
"You have to work in the fields, so it's inevitable that you will get tanned." Shen Kangfeng smiled calmly.
When Chen Guifeng heard this, she felt even more heartbroken.
Shen Kang shifted his gaze to Ye Fuyue and said to Shen Yao, "She is...?"
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