Chapter 286 Who is this woman?
Horse-drawn carriages were pulling the children home, and the carriages were very lively.
The children were talking and laughing, making so much noise that the coachman was overwhelmed.
The carriage entered the village, and the students got off the carriage at their doorsteps. Soon, the brothers Li Jingchu and Li Jingen also arrived at their doorsteps.
They jumped off the carriage, and the two brothers walked towards the yard with smiles on their faces.
Zhang Guifang saw them coming back from school and said with a smile in the garden, "Come in quickly, your dad is buying watermelons."
When the two brothers heard this, they were so happy that they ran towards the house.
Several big watermelons were soaking in a basin of water. The two brothers went into the house, put down their schoolbags, and Jiang Yue'e cut a watermelon for them.
The moment the cold watermelon entered their mouths, it cooled the brothers down a little.
"Aunt Jiang, you're eating watermelon too? By the way, who's home?"
Jiang Yue'e smiled and said, "Aunt Jiang has eaten watermelon, you guys can have some! There are only your grandma, me and you at home."
"Where did my eldest sister and the others go?"
Jiang Yue'e put down the kitchen knife in her hand and wiped the watermelon juice on the dining table with a rag. She smiled and said, "Aunt Jiang knows that your father took your eldest sister and your two cousins to the mountain. As for whether your grandfather went there, I don't know. Nan Nan and Gang Pao seemed to have gone to Masanjia..."
The two brothers ate watermelon and nodded, and Jiang Yue'e went to the kitchen.
After eating watermelon, Li Jingchu and Li Jingen went back to their rooms to do their homework. After a while, Li Caiyun came back from get off work.
Not long after she got home, others came home one after another.
"Mom, do you think this flower is beautiful?"
Li Caiyun looked at the flowers Zhou Kexin held up and said with a smile, "They are so beautiful. Where did you pick them?"
"In the mountains. Mom, we also picked a lot of mushrooms..."
Li Caiyun smiled, Zhou Kexin walked into the house with flowers, and she looked at Zhou Yong.
"Took the children up the mountain?"
Zhou Yong nodded and showed the spoils to Li Caiyun.
"Not bad."
Zhou Yong looked cocky and said, "Of course I did it myself, after all."
Li Caiyun was a little amused: "You, just don't do your job. You ignore your work and take your children to the mountains to collect mountain products..."
Zhou Yong didn't like to hear this.
He said confidently and with a smile: "My eldest daughter wants to relax, so of course I have to take her out for a walk..."
Li Caiyun looked at Zhou Yong: "Someone from the Finance Office came this afternoon and asked you to check the accounts tomorrow..."
Zhou Yong nodded, and Li Caiyun took the small basket of mushrooms.
Zhang Guifang came forward to take a look and said, "You know what, the mushrooms they picked are quite big."
Li Caiyun nodded, and the mother and daughter sat on a small stool under the eaves to pick mushrooms.
"Grandma, aunt, eat watermelon."
Leng Yue took out two pieces of watermelon from the house and placed them in front of Li Caiyun and Zhang Guifang.
Li Caiyun didn't do anything, Zhang Guifang smiled and shook her head: "Grandma doesn't want to eat anymore, otherwise she won't be able to eat in a while..."
Leng Yue said "oh" and went into the house with the watermelon. Then she came out with a basin, ready to help pick mushrooms.
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "No need for you, your aunt and grandma have chosen them, just go inside and eat some watermelon!"
Leng Yue took the last bite of watermelon, squatted down and started picking mushrooms.
After a while Lengqiu came out and picked out a small basket of mushrooms.
Li Caiyun hung the mushrooms out to dry, then washed her hands and went into the house to eat.
Just as the whole family was about to have dinner, a jeep stopped in front of the Li family's gate.
Zhou Yong put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up, followed closely by Li Caiyun.
Li Baotian looked towards the gate, thought for a moment and stood up as well.
As soon as Zhou Yong came out, he realized that it was Chen Pingliang's car. He frowned slightly and thought: Why is he here at this time?
Before he could think further, a fashionably dressed woman wearing sunglasses appeared in their sight.
Li Caiyun looked at the woman with big wavy hair and asked Zhou Yong: "Who is this woman?"
The other person was wearing sunglasses and Zhou Yong couldn't tell who he was.
He shook his head slightly and the woman removed her sunglasses and waved at them.
Because they were quite far away, Zhou Yong took a few steps forward before recognizing that it was Zhou Xia.
"she is?"
Zhou Yong glanced at Li Caiyun: "Zhou Xia."
Li Caiyun was stunned in her place, her tone full of shock: "Zhou Xia?"
If Zhou Yong hadn't said it, Li Caiyun wouldn't have recognized Zhou Xia, which shows how much she has changed.
At this time, Chen Pingliang and Wei Guoan got out of the car one after another, and Zhou Yong greeted them with a smile.
"Brother, sister-in-law."
Li Caiyun looked at Zhou Xia, who was dressed smartly, and said with a smile: "I didn't recognize you. Where have you been all these years?"
Zhou Xia smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, let's talk about this later. I'll say hello to my uncle..."
Li Baotian was almost approaching them, and Zhou Xia hurried to meet him.
Several people walked into the yard, chatting and laughing, carrying the gifts brought by Zhou Xia and Wei Guoan.
Zhang Guifang stood at the door, and Zhou Xia smiled and said, "Auntie."
"Who are you?"
Li Caiyun hurriedly took over the conversation. Zhang Guifang looked at Zhou Xia, her mouth wide open in surprise.
"Don't block the door, will you?"
A few of them were blocking the door and talking, and no one else could get in. Li Baotian spoke up to remind them.
Zhang Guifang smiled and took Zhou Xia's hand and went into the house.
"Lengyue Lengqiu, look who's here."
The two sisters sat at the dinner table and looked at Zhou Xia and her group. They didn't recognize their mother.
Zhou Xia looked at her two daughters and her vision was instantly blurred by tears.
Zhang Guifang waved at them, and the two sisters came to Zhou Xia obediently.
"Xiaoyue, Xiaoqiu, don't you recognize your mother?"
Mother?
Leng Yue and Leng Qiu stared at Zhou Xia in a daze. The word "mother" had become very unfamiliar to them.
Li Caiyun stepped forward: "Leng Yue, Leng Yue, she is Zhou Xia, your mother..."
The two sisters looked at each other, and for a moment Leng Yue's eyes were filled with tears. She spoke with a trembling voice and asked cautiously, "Mom?"
Zhou Xia could no longer suppress her emotions. She responded and hugged her two daughters and burst into tears.
Li Caiyun felt very sad seeing this scene. She wiped the tears from her eyes and turned her face away.
Zhang Guifang kept wiping her tears, and Li Baotian's eyes were red.
Zhou Yong sighed, Chen Pingliang shook his head, and Wei Guoan said in Cantonese: "Zhou Xia almost cried her eyes out during this period. No matter how I persuaded her, it was useless..."
Zhou Xia was supposed to come back on July 10th, but because she kept crying because she missed her child, Wei Guoan had no choice but to change the schedule and accompany her back to see the two sisters Leng Yue and Leng Qiu, and then find the child that was sold...
Zhou Yong pursed his lips and asked Jiang Yue'e to cook a few more dishes.
"Brother Chen and Brother Wei, please take a seat. I'm going to the grocery store..."
They came suddenly and the family had nothing prepared, so Zhou Yong wanted to go to the grocery store to buy some peanuts to go with the wine.
Wei Guoan stopped him: "Just eat whatever is at home, no need to go through so much trouble..."
Zhou Yong smiled, shook his head, and walked out of the house with big strides.
After a while he came back with peanuts, and Jiang Yue'e and Li Caiyun skillfully cooked two dishes.
There are too many people to fit at one table, so the children can only sit at one table and the adults can sit at another.
"You guys eat first, I'll go cook some vegetables..."
Chen Pingliang stopped Li Caiyun: "Sister-in-law, stop busying yourself. We can't eat all these dishes..."
Li Caiyun looked at Zhou Yong and saw him nod. She smiled and said, "Brother Chen, I didn't know you were coming today. I will cook a sumptuous meal for you tomorrow..."
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