When Yang Xiulan heard his voice, which was as loud and clear as a firecracker, she hurriedly winked at him and said, "Can't you keep your voice down? When you open your mouth, almost everyone on the third floor can hear you."
As she spoke, she quickly closed the door, shutting out the probing and envious gazes from outside.
Liu Qingguo looked completely bewildered.
What happened to him?
He was just asking a very ordinary question out of curiosity, but who knew that this woman would suddenly explode.
"Hey, you woman, you really are..."
Yang Xiulan glared at him, and he shut up with the rest of his words.
She reached out and patted Liu Qingguo on the shoulder, lowering her voice to say, "Keep your voice down. The things in this bag were given to us by the regimental commander's wife. She said she brought them back from abroad."
"Only I, Jian Daying, Ma Dazui, and Sister-in-law Shujuan have them; the other family members don't."
That's right, they still call Feng Zhiyi "sister-in-law" in private. After all, Lu Lingxiao is the regimental commander, and his position and rank are higher than their men. No, wait, after tomorrow's commendation ceremony, Lu Lingxiao will be the brigade commander.
As Lu Lingxiao's wife, Feng Zhiyi should be addressed as "sister-in-law" by her family members.
But because Feng Zhiyi said she was young, they could just call her "little sister," so everyone started calling her "little sister." But in private, they still called her "sister-in-law."
Upon hearing this, Liu Qingguo immediately fell silent.
Hearing their mother's words, Liu Feiwen and Liu Xiaohua, who were sitting on stools eating, quickly swallowed back the words they were about to say, but their big eyes were full of curiosity.
"Oh my goodness!"
Yang Xiulan was greatly startled. Upon hearing the loud noise, she quickly covered her mouth and closed the bag she had just opened, her heart pounding wildly.
My goodness!
How many good things did your sister-in-law give them?
Liu Guoqing looked at her blankly, "What's wrong with you? What's in that bag that's making you so surprised?"
"You...you see for yourself."
Yang Xiulan was a little dizzy at this moment. She pointed to the bag on the table and told Liu Guoqing to take a look for himself. Anyway, at this moment she felt like she was being bombarded with happiness.
Earlier at the Lu family's courtyard, Feng Zhiyi carried the things for them. She, Ma Dazui, and Jian Daying thought they were just some ordinary snacks, so they shamelessly accepted them. Little did they know...
There were even two pairs of boots inside?
One pair of boys and one pair of girls.
It was obviously bought for Liu Feiwen and Liu Xiaohua, the two siblings.
Liu Guoqing glanced at her, and driven by curiosity, he reached out and opened the bag.
Looking down, my eyes widened instantly. Inside were two pairs of shoes, a box of chocolates, a bag of biscuits, a bag of fruit, and a box of Yuen Long egg rolls.
"My sister-in-law and the regimental commander have gone to too much trouble..."
Liu Guoqing looked surprised.
Unexpectedly, Yang Xiulan, Jian Daying, and Ma Hongying had only helped the regimental commander's wife tend to the vegetable garden for a few months, and would occasionally go to the Lu family's courtyard to clean the yard and plant new vegetables for the winter, yet the regimental commander's wife gave them such a generous gift.
Should we accept it?
Yang Xiulan was hesitant, mainly because these items were too valuable, each one a precious and high-end product. This made her heart pound, and she felt that accepting them was a bit...unpleasant.
"Take it. If you return it to your sister-in-law now, what will she and the commander think?"
Liu Guoqing said in a deep voice, then he turned to Yang Xiulan and said, "Besides, when you came back, quite a few family members saw you carrying bags. If you take them to your sister-in-law now, what will those family members think?"
What else can we think?
They'll definitely think the things their sister-in-law gave them are too nice and too expensive!
"Then I'll accept it? From now on, we'll help you out whenever it's something for you, okay?" Yang Xiulan thought for a moment and asked him.
Liu Guoqing nodded, "Okay! Let's do it that way."
Seeing that her husband had nodded, Yang Xiulan picked up the bag and walked towards the master bedroom. After taking a few steps, she suddenly turned back to look at her son and daughter. "Little Fatty, Little Flower, come and take your shoes back to your room and put them away. You can wear them during the New Year."
"Okay!"
Upon hearing that they would have new shoes, the brother and sister's eyes lit up instantly. They were overjoyed and put down their chopsticks to walk towards Yang Xiulan.
"Put them inside and don't get them dirty, understand? Also, you absolutely, positively, absolutely must not tell anyone outside about the shoes your aunt bought for you, okay?"
"knew!"
Liu Feiwen is seven years old, about the same age as He Liang, and can already distinguish right from wrong.
He patted his little chest earnestly and said, "Mom, don't worry, my sister and I promise to keep our mouths shut and not tell anyone. If any of the kids ask who bought these shoes, I'll say my parents bought them."
"I won't tell!"
Liu Xiaohua patted her chest and made a promise, just like her brother, but her eyes were fixed on the pair of pretty pink boots in her hand. They were so pretty.
"Alright, hurry up and put your shoes inside and come out to eat. Don't open the cookies yet, wait until the New Year to open them and eat them."
The two little ones nodded obediently, then happily took the boots and went back to their room.
After putting their things away, the family of four sat down around the table to eat lunch.
Meanwhile, on the fourth floor was Jian Daying's home.
Xu Dahai, the deputy battalion commander of the Third Battalion, also instructed Jian Daying, "We must remember how good our sister-in-law is. We must never gossip about her behind her back like others do, because that will only hurt her feelings."
"And you, Maodan, you must take good care of your younger siblings from now on. You can't bully them, do you hear me?"
Xu Maoxue immediately said, "I would never bully my little brother Ziheng, little brother Zirui, or little sister Ningning!"
He loves his younger siblings so much, how could he possibly bully them?!
"That had to be the case. If you dare to bully the weak, then I'll definitely break your legs!"
Xu Maoxue rolled his eyes at his father, but smiled and said, "If you really break my leg, won't you be the one who's heartbroken? Besides, if I become a cripple, who will take care of you when you get old?"
“Puff—”
Jian Daying couldn't hold back any longer. She burst into laughter, clutching her stomach, and slapped Mao Dan on the head. "You brat, how dare you talk to your father like that!"
"I'm just telling the truth! Are we not even allowed to speak the truth anymore?"
Mao Dan scratched the back of his head, blinking his big, dark eyes at his parents. When he saw his father's face getting darker and darker, he looked like Bao Gong (a famous judge in Chinese history), very dark.
He was even more puzzled.
Could it be that he really said something wrong?
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