Li Miaomiao looked at Pei Guoan with a hint of wariness. After all, the old couple of the Pei family were Pei Guoan's parents. If he was unfilial for this strange son, she would be the first to disagree.
Compared to Pei Guoan, with whom she had only been together for a short time, Li Miaomiao favored her son without even thinking.
Pei Guoan felt helpless and a little sad when he saw Li Miaomiao's protective look on her face, afraid that he would blame his son.
"Miaomiao, Xiaofan is also my son. He is so cautious and smart at such a young age. He is on guard and thinks about the family. I can't express how happy I am."
Pei Guoan said this with some hurt in his tone, which made Li Miaomiao feel a little uncomfortable and guilty.
She didn't mean to doubt Pei Guoan, but in the book, Pei Guoan was really indifferent to his son. Although that was only in the book, Li Miaomiao was still on guard against Pei Guoan in her heart, fearing that he would hurt her son.
"That's not what I meant. It's just that from the perspective of others, the child's grandparents are really devoted to us, so we shouldn't be on guard, but..."
Li Miaomiao was interrupted by Pei Guoan before she could finish her words: "You silly girl, it's good, we just need to remember the good things about our parents, but we can't miss out on the necessary precautions. Xiaofan is right, my parents have more than just me as a son. Before, it was because of our family's situation that they risked their lives to protect you and your son. But now that our family is doing well, it's inevitable that my parents will think about their other children and grandchildren who are not doing so well, even if they are not actually filial. This is human nature."
"Okay, I'll remember that. Just don't push Xiaofan to be a foolish filial son. But you underestimate my parents. They're actually sensible people and won't do anything to embarrass us. We're just afraid they might accidentally let something slip. After all, parents aren't wary of their children, but your eldest brother and his family are really not good people."
After a heart-to-heart talk, both the husband and wife and the father and son felt closer. Li Miaomiao was happy to see this change, and Pei Guoan was also very happy.
Li Miaomiao was busy storing food at night, but was very idle in the soap workshop during the day. Once the door was locked, no one knew what she was doing. She only had to prepare the chemicals needed to make soap, and no one could interfere with her.
When she had some time, Li Miaomiao went back to her mother's home and brought a lot of food and nutritional supplements.
"Sister-in-law, how have you been feeling lately? I see you look much better."
Liao Xuemei saw that Fanglin Village was busy at this time, and Li Miaomiao still cared about her and took time to visit her. She was touched and felt that her love for her sister-in-law was not in vain. She seemed ignorant at the time, but look at her now.
"I'm fine. My parents and your eldest brother love me so much that they don't let me work in the fields. With such easy work at home and such good food, how could I not be healthy? Last week, your eldest brother took me to the hospital, and the doctor said I'm doing very well."
"That's good. I brought two more cans of milk powder today. Just eat them, sister-in-law. I'll find a way to get more. Don't save it. Take care of yourself and give me a healthy nephew. That's better than anything else."
When Liao Xuemei heard that Li Miaomiao had brought milk powder again, she became unhappy: "Miaomiao, I wasn't feeling well before, so I just drank some milk powder. Now that I'm well, you should keep this precious stuff for yourself and don't send it to me anymore. Look how thin you are now. Don't you know how much everyone feels sorry for you?"
"Sister-in-law, I look just fine like this now. I lost weight on purpose. Don't you think I look better this way?"
On this point, Li Miaomiao has the same idea as other girls: which woman doesn't love beauty?
"Nonsense, being plump and white is so good. No village in the area could raise such a plump girl. I wonder how many people envied her back then."
Liao Xuemei was very sad to see Li Miaomiao so thin now. You know, it was their family who worked together to raise Li Miaomiao to be so fair and plump. Everyone in the surrounding villages said that the Li family loved their daughters. She also made a great contribution to her sister-in-law being so fair and plump. At the beginning, she would rather eat less herself than let her sister-in-law have enough to eat.
Although her parents-in-law were involved, she really wanted to raise her sister-in-law to be plump and healthy.
Now, all the efforts have been in vain.
Thinking of this, Liao Xuemei wished she could make Li Miaomiao fat again.
Li Miaomiao's mouth twitched when she heard this. The unique aesthetic of this era, no, it was the unique aesthetic of the mothers-in-law of this era, that made her really unable to praise it.
"Sister-in-law, let's not talk about this anymore. Where's Mom? Did she go to the fields? She should be back soon, right?"
"Mom went to cut grass for the pigs. Judging by the time, she should be back soon."
As Liao Xuemei said this, she remembered Li Miaomiao coming back at this time: "Miaomiao, you came back at this time, is there something wrong?"
"Nothing else, I just want to know if everyone at home is doing well. Also, I've seen a lot of people exchanging food for things lately, so I thought I'd come over to remind Mom not to trade the food. It's better to keep some at home these days. This year's harvest is great, and no one can predict what next year's harvest will be like. It's better to keep the food. The price is low this year, so it's not worth exchanging it."
"You don't need to remind me of this. There are so many people in our family, and the kids at home can eat. Mom is afraid that there won't be enough food, so how can she bear to exchange it? Not only do she save on food on weekdays, but she also wants to buy some when food is cheap."
When Li Miaomiao heard Liao Xuemei say this, she knew that He Guixiang had taken her previous reminder to heart.
When He Guixiang came back, she knew her daughter had come back specifically for this matter. She looked at Li Miaomiao with some suspicion: "Miaomiao, I remember everything you said last time. Why did you come back specifically for this? Don't you know something?"
Ever since her daughter became stronger and her life became better and better, He Guixiang felt that her daughter must be a blessed person favored by God. Could it be that God gave her some warning?
Li Miaomiao was originally thinking about how to say it to make He Guixiang believe her more. Seeing He Guixiang's superstitious look, she suddenly had an idea. She pulled He Guixiang and said mysteriously, "Mom, don't tell me. Although I don't know what will happen in the future, when I talk about selling grain, I feel a sense of panic in my heart, as if God is reminding me not to do this."
When He Guixiang heard her daughter say this, her expression changed immediately. It turned out that God was reminding her daughter again. She knew that her daughter was a person favored by God.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid there will be some disaster next year."
When Li Miaomiao heard He Guixiang's guess, the corners of her mouth twitched. She thought her cheap mother was really amazing. She guessed it right at once, but her face was full of doubts.
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