"Are you relieved about this?"
Niu Cuihua narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Li Aidang, somewhat unconvinced. "Really? You didn't lie to me?"
Li Aidang held his forehead with his hand and said, "Really? I really didn't lie to you, Mom!"
At this point, he glanced at Li Mingxi and then began to make arrangements, "Okay, Mom, I've told you everything you wanted to ask. It's getting late now, so I'll take you and Xiaoxi home to bed, okay?"
Niu Cuihua had already found out what she wanted to know, so there was nothing to worry about. Upon hearing this, she immediately agreed.
"Okay, in that case, Xiaoxi and I will stay at your house for one night. I just don't know if your house has enough beds. I remember Simao has a room, right? If that doesn't work out, Xiaoxi and I can squeeze into Simao's room for one night!"
"Enough sleep, enough sleep, don't worry, Mom, you finally come to my house, how can I let you and Xiaoxi squeeze in!"
Niu Cuihua didn't care. "That's nothing. Do you think I don't know? This city is small. Aiguo mentioned before that there are families of five or six people squeezed into a small house. Yours is still considered big, with several rooms!"
"If you ask me, although everything in this city is great, the houses here are really not as comfortable as our hometown. Every family has a big yard, and you can do whatever you want without anyone bothering you. It's not like here, where you have to do things secretly if you want to, otherwise people will find out!"
Li Aidang is usually busy with the affairs of the bureau, so he really doesn't know what Niu Cuihua said!
Besides, there are only him and his wife at home, so there is really nothing to do secretly!
Seeing that the family compound was right in front of her, Niu Cuihua suddenly muttered to herself again.
"Second brother, is your wife home? Do you think she would be unhappy if she saw Xiaoxi and I here?"
Seeing his mother asking this, Li Aidang knew that Niu Cuihua was afraid that his wife would dislike them, so he spoke immediately.
"No, Mom, didn't Qiuli go back with me during the Chinese New Year? She's not that kind of person!"
Seeing her son's anxious look, Niu Cuihua felt a little uncomfortable. She knew that her second son's wife was a good person, but there was no need for her son to defend her like this. Didn't she just say a word?
"Yes, yes, I'm overthinking it. Okay, okay? I didn't say anything about your wife, but you're getting anxious. I think what people say is true: once you have a wife, you forget your mother. But, forget it, so long as you can live your own little life well, I don't mind!"
When Li Aidang heard this, he looked at his mother, feeling helpless. He wanted to explain, but when he looked up and saw the white hair on Niu Cuihua's temples, he gave up.
Li Mingxi, on the other hand, looked at this and that. Her grandma was not like this usually. Her father, Li Aiguo, helped her mother, Zhang Huilan, with a lot of work at home, but she had never seen her grandma say such things. Instead, every time her father came back from a business trip, her grandma would nag him and ask him to be nicer to their mother!
But what's wrong with grandma today? Is it late menopause?
But grandma’s age doesn’t seem right. Could she be in menopause?
Li Mingxi had been thinking about this until he heard his second aunt calling him, and then he came to his senses.
"Xiao Xi, have you eaten yet? Otherwise, Second Auntie will go make something for you?"
"Ah? No, no, I just ate in Second Uncle's cafeteria. No need to trouble Second Uncle's wife?"
The second aunt nodded and said, "It's nothing, it's not a big deal. I just got back from get off work. If you haven't eaten yet, I'll make something for you!"
As she spoke, she had already rolled up her sleeves.
"No, really no, Second Aunt, you're already tired after a day's work, you really don't need to cook for me. Besides, I just ate, no need to cook!"
Niu Cuihua also echoed and said, "That's right, Second Brother's wife, we have all eaten. If you are hungry, just make something for yourself. Don't worry about us!"
"Second brother, what a fool! If we had known you hadn't eaten yet, we would have packed something for you and brought it back!"
Hearing this, Wang Qiuli was afraid that her mother-in-law would scold her husband, so she quickly spoke up to explain for him.
"No, Mom, you can't blame the Party for this. It's all my fault. I usually eat in the hospital cafeteria before coming back. But today we were a little busy, so I missed the meal. I thought I'd come back and cook something!"
Niu Cuihua sighed when she heard this.
"Hey, it's really not easy for you. If you ask me, your leadership must have problems too. You who are taking care of the patients should eat and drink well. Otherwise, if you collapse from exhaustion, who will take care of the patients?"
Who doesn't want to rest? But Wang Qiuli and the others really have no choice. Recently, perhaps due to some virus, there are many more people sick and hospitalized than before. Even their dean has been working for half a month in a row!
If the people above are like this, those below them have even less time to rest!
"Mom, no, the boss didn't stop us from eating. It's just that too many people have been sick recently and we're all too busy to handle it. That's why it's like this. You don't know, our director has been in the hospital for half a month straight!"
When Niu Cuihua heard this, her mouth opened in shock.
"Really? Your dean works so hard?"
Wang Qiuli nodded. "That's right. With the dean taking the lead, who among the people below dares not to work?"
Niu Cuihua nodded. "That's true. However, being a doctor is really tiring. I used to say that treating patients is comfortable. All you have to do is sit in that room. When the time comes, let Xiaoxi learn this!"
"However, seeing how tired you are, I think it's better to forget it. With Xiaoxi's physique, I don't think she can handle it!"
When Wang Qiuli heard this, she looked at Li Mingxi in shock.
Li Mingxi looked at her grandmother with a confused face. She didn't expect that her grandmother actually wanted to be a doctor herself. This was too much of a compliment to her. Being a doctor was so tiring. She had to be tense all the time, otherwise people might find out about her illness. She wouldn't do that!
Just then, my second aunt Wang Qiuli spoke.
"Mom, I think Xiaoxi is a girl, there are so many things she can study, why does she have to study medicine? If I hadn't found nothing suitable for me in the army, I wouldn't have become a nurse!"
"If you ask me, it's better to be a secretary in an office. Just sit there all day, looking at documents and forms. How comfortable!"
"This is not a job for a doctor. Some of the patients' families don't understand anything. Not only do they not cooperate with us, but they also cause trouble!"
When she said this, she already had a handful of noodles in her hand, and it looked like she was ready to make something to eat!
Niu Cuihua felt embarrassed to bring her granddaughter to live with her son. So when she saw her granddaughter preparing to cook, she hurried to the kitchen and kicked her out.
"Okay, you've been busy at work all day, so you should go back to your room and lie down. I'll help you with whatever you want to do. When it's done, I'll have Xiaoxi wake you up for dinner!"
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