Chapter 294 Jiang Shen
Li Guixiang said generously: "This little bit of brown sugar and eggs is nothing. As long as you want to eat it, grandma will make it for you!"
Since being trapped at home by the blizzard during the Chinese New Year, Li Guixiang's cooking skills have greatly improved, from "edible" to "decently tasty".
So she was particularly confident when she said this.
Zhong Xuexi, who was standing by, rubbed her hands excitedly, her eyes full of smiles, "And me! Sister-in-law, if you want to eat anything in the future, I'll buy it for you!"
Her attentive look made Lin Ziqiu subconsciously think that they knew her life experience, so they wanted to comfort herself in this way.
Lin Ziqiu's eyes reddened, and she picked up the brown sugar water and took a big sip. The sweet taste spread across her taste buds, and even her stomach felt warm.
Zhong Heyang served her a bowl of hot soup and said, "Drink some more soup and eat later."
"Yes, this soup is made from an old hen that I stewed early in the morning. Come, have a chicken drumstick."
Li Guixiang put the only chicken leg in the soup bowl into Lin Ziqiu's bowl.
Lin Ziqiu lowered his eyes and looked at the chicken legs in the bowl, and couldn't help but think of the days he spent at the Li family.
The chicken legs will always belong to Lin Xiaojun and Lin Dahai, father and son.
For her, eating a piece of chicken is a luxury.
But now, her grandmother, who has no blood relationship with her, treats her as her own daughter.
She had long understood that so-called blood ties were nothing compared to true love.
"Eat more, eat more!" Li Guixiang said, "I only cooked half a chicken in this pot. I'll cook the remaining half later in the evening. If you like chicken legs, we'll have as many chicken legs as you want in the future!"
These days, people only get to eat meat during festivals.
However, since the words "enough chicken legs" came from Li Guixiang, they could not be false. The Zhong family does have the financial strength to do so.
The whole family gathered around Lin Ziqiu, and soon the food in her bowl piled up into a small mountain.
Lin Ziqiu quickly stopped Zhong Heyang from using the chopsticks that were about to be passed to her, "You're trying to feed me like a pig!"
A trace of heartache flashed across Zhong Heyang's eyes. "You lost weight after your trip to Su City. You need to eat more."
Zhong Xuexi on the side couldn't help but joked: "Yes! Sister-in-law, look at how thin you are. People who don't know would think my brother can't afford to support you!"
"Xiao Qiu, I support you, but your current situation is special. Although our family is not rich, we can definitely make ends meet. Why don't you just stay at home?"
Li Guixiang said earnestly, she was also worried that Lin Ziqiu might get bumped while working, and if it affected the baby in her belly, that would really...
Lin Ziqiu was slightly stunned, thinking that grandma was worried that the Shen family would go to the state-owned hotel. If they stayed at home, since this was a military compound, they would not dare to do anything.
Grandma meant well, and Lin Ziqiu didn't know how to refuse politely for a moment.
At this time, Zhong Heyang spoke up, "It's okay, she just needs to do what she likes, as for the rest, I will take care of it."
As soon as he finished speaking, his grandmother glared at him and said, "What can you do about it?"
Li Guixiang sighed deeply and muttered softly, It’s not you who is giving birth to the baby!
Zhong Heyang didn't hear the rest of the words clearly, and continued to express his attitude: "Grandma, I will take care of everything, and will never let my wife suffer any grievances."
Since her son had said so much, Li Guixiang didn't know what to say.
And Lin Ziqiu didn't say anything, obviously he still wanted to go to work.
Seeing that her grandmother had compromised, Lin Ziqiu looked at Zhong Heyang with some gratitude. If she really had to stay at home all day doing nothing, she really couldn't stay there.
Zhong Heyang leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Is there any reward?"
Lin Ziqiu immediately picked out two pieces of ribs from the pile of bowls in front of him and put them into the man's bowl.
"Here... I'll share my ribs with you."
Looking at the playful smile on his wife's face, Zhong Heyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What kind of reward was two pieces of pork ribs?
He is not a child!
After the meal, Zhong Xuexi didn't want to let Lin Ziqiu get tired, so she cleaned up the dishes herself.
As soon as Lin Ziqiu went upstairs, Zhong Heyang was grabbed by Li Guixiang. "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier? When did you find out? How long has it been?"
Zhong Heyang was stunned for a moment, and replied: "I went to pick her up as soon as I got the news, and she didn't know about it until she went to Su City."
"Don't ask her anything about the Shen family. Wait until Aunt Shen comes back."
The grandparents and grandchildren were not on the same topic at all.
But one dared to ask, and the other dared to believe.
Li Guixiang nodded thoughtfully, "After all, that's her family's business. Xuexi and I will definitely not say anything."
"I see she has lost a lot of weight. She really needs to be nourished. The situation is special now. You should just concentrate and stop trying to trouble her."
She deliberately emphasized the word "trouble" to remind her son not to have sex.
Zhong Heyang's ears turned red and he coughed twice, "Grandma..."
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything." Li Guixiang couldn't help but mutter again, "You're already old, why are you still shy?"
Zhong Heyang: “…”
I can hear it!
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Zhong Xuexi was washing dishes in the kitchen, her mind full of joy that a new nephew was going to be added to the family.
As soon as Li Guixiang entered, she heard her humming a song and couldn't help but sigh, "Before, I was worried that if you had a child in the future, your mother-in-law would snatch the grandchild from me. Now, I won't snatch it from her. I want to take care of the one your sister-in-law gave birth to."
The older generation has neither jobs nor need to work in the fields. Living in this compound, they have very little free time except for doing housework when they are old.
In addition, Zhong Niannian and her siblings went to the capital, so Li Guixiang felt empty inside.
Zhong Xueyuan would call back every week, mainly to report on the two children, especially Zhong Siyu's illness.
Zhong Xuexi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I haven't even gotten married yet, and you're already thinking so far ahead!"
Their wedding date is set for the seventh day of next month. Originally, she was thinking of letting her sister-in-law be the chef for the banquet, but now it seems she has to change someone.
"It will be soon. When you get married and your sister-in-law has a child, your second sister will be the only one left... It will not be easy for her to take care of two children alone. When she gets old..."
Li Guixiang felt very upset because she hoped that her children could get married and start their own families so that the whole family could live happily.
But the marriage with the Ruan family has ruined the first half of my granddaughter's life.
She was too embarrassed to talk to her granddaughter about finding a reliable man to remarry. Anyway, she had already decided that when she was gone, all her property would be left to Zhong Xueyuan.
It’s not that she is partial.
It is indeed not easy for Zhong Xueyuan to raise two children alone. She doesn't have to worry about Zhong Heyang. Zhong Zhiyang now has a stable job, and her granddaughter is getting married soon. As for Zhao Huaian's family background, there is no need to say more.
Zhong Xuexi wiped her hands and said, "Grandma, you don't have to worry about my second sister. We will be there for her in the future. Even if I get married, my last name is still Zhong. My second sister's affairs are my affairs. Besides, my eldest brother can't ignore my second sister!"
Li Guixiang couldn't help but feel moist in her eyes. She was somewhat glad that Zhong Xueyuan and her sister were able to talk things out and reconcile.
Otherwise, Zhong Xuexi would not be able to see Wei Zhihe's true face and welcome her own happiness.
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The early spring evening was still chilly and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a faint golden glow on the teaching building.
There were not many parents coming to pick up their children from school. This era was different from later generations, and many children came to school on their own.
Zhong Siyu's situation was special, and the school was quite far from where they lived, so Zhong Xueyuan was worried about letting the brother and sister go home by themselves.
“Mom! Mom!”
Before leaving the school gate, Zhong Niannian saw her mother at a glance. She held her brother's hand and ran outside excitedly.
Hearing her voice, Zhong Xueyuan also came forward.
Zhong Niannian immediately threw herself into her mother's arms and said in a baby voice, "Mom, why are you the one picking me and my brother up today? Where's Uncle Jiang?"
Zhong Xueyuan was slightly startled, and her smile froze for a moment. Then she gently touched Zhong Nian Nian's head and explained softly: "Uncle Jiang is busy with work, isn't it good for Mom to pick you up?"
Jiang Shen is their next-door neighbor.
When Li Guixiang was in the capital before, she went to their house to borrow candles.
Jiang Shen himself didn't live here all the time, but he would come to visit his mother from time to time.
After a while, Zhong Niannian kept calling her Grandma Jiang, which melted Jiang's mother's heart.
I wish such a well-behaved and cute little girl was my granddaughter.
I get so angry when I think about my son who is nearly 40 years old and still hasn't started a family.
Later, after Li Guixiang returned to her hometown, Jiang's mother saw that Zhong Xueyuan was having a hard time living alone, so she took the initiative to help and said she would go and pick up the child.
As a result, the first time, because she was not familiar with the road, she got lost with her two children and ended up in the police station.
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