Jiang Si had no idea what the mother and son said on the phone; she had already stepped outside when she handed the receiver to Huo's mother.
The phone call lasted for more than half an hour.
When Jiang Si saw that Huo's mother was pale when she came out, she stepped forward to help her up.
"mom--"
"Mom's fine, you don't need to comfort me."
Mrs. Huo knew what she wanted to say, and patted her hand.
“Your older brother is a scoundrel. Don’t take what he said to heart.”
"The child was lost; that's their problem, they can't blame anyone else."
Jiang Si nodded.
She wouldn't let someone's baseless accusation cause her to suffer internally.
It's funny how the first wife and her husband don't care about the child at all, so why do they think others will?
Being unfairly blamed like this has somewhat affected Jiang Si's mood.
At this moment, Huo's mother's voice suddenly rang out: "Sisi, besides wanting to see you this time, I actually have another purpose for coming here."
"I...I..."
Seeing that Huo's mother hesitated for a long time without saying anything, Jiang Si smiled.
"Mom, do you want me to go back to Beijing with you for a while?"
"You...you knew all about it?" Mrs. Huo asked in surprise.
Jiang Si didn't know at first, but her mother-in-law spent the whole afternoon talking about how things were in Beijing.
Jiang Si wasn't stupid; she could read between the lines and guessed what was being said.
"Since you already know, then Mom will just tell you the truth."
"Xiao Zhou's mission this time will take at least a month. After he completes the mission, he will have to go to Beijing to report for duty, which will take about a week here as well."
"If you also take into account the time for the commendation ceremony, he won't be able to return to Qiongzhou Island until the end of next month at the earliest."
Before coming here, Huo's mother only knew that her third son was on a mission.
She wasn't sure if the turmoil in the family compound had subsided.
However, this afternoon she took a walk around the family compound and saw how the military wives treated their daughters-in-law, so she had a general idea of what was going on.
Mrs. Huo was really worried about leaving her daughter-in-law alone here for more than forty days.
Knowing that young people have their own ideas, she didn't force her daughter-in-law to go back with her.
Mother Huo said, "This is what I'm thinking. If you come back to Beijing with me now, you can stay at home for half a month after Xiaozhou returns. You can visit relatives and get acquainted with each other then."
"You won't need to come back when it's Chinese New Year in February. You can go directly to Shanghai for the holiday."
Hearing this, Jiang Si was genuinely surprised.
"Mom, are you really willing to do that?"
"What's there to be reluctant about? As long as you two are doing well, it doesn't matter where you spend the New Year."
"This is your first year of marriage, so it's only right that Xiaozhou accompanies you back to Shanghai for the Spring Festival."
"Moreover, there's another reason why Mom wants you to return to Beijing now."
Mother Huo didn't keep you in suspense and said directly, "I want to help you divide the family property before the New Year."
She originally planned to wait until after the New Year to separate, but the actions of the eldest son and his wife were too hurtful to her.
Since that's the case, it's better to break up sooner rather than later.
Since Huo's mother had put it that way, Jiang Si thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Staying here alone for more than forty days is quite boring; I might as well go back to Beijing and take care of things.
Weren't the eldest son's family very happy to shirk responsibility today? Jiang Si would feel bad if she didn't repay them for their efforts!
Moreover, Jiang Si has always been curious about one thing.
Logically speaking, given how much care Huo's mother had for her children, it's unlikely that any of them would have been abducted.
But Huo Tingzhou was lost.
...
Having made her decision, Jiang Si didn't delay. She left He Ping a spare key so he could help look after the vegetable garden from time to time.
After telling her two sisters-in-law about her upcoming trip back to Beijing, Jiang Si went back to pack her luggage.
It's already late October, and she'll be staying in Beijing for a month, so she needs to start preparing sweaters and thick woolen coats.
Winter clothes take up a lot of space; I only packed three or four sets of clothes before my suitcase was completely full.
At this moment, she missed Huo Tingzhou's organizational skills immensely.
Even though their suitcases are the same size, he stuffs more stuff into his than mine, and the best part is, it's not messy at all!
Fortunately, she has space and money, so she can just buy whatever she needs when she gets to the capital.
After finishing her own packing, Jiang Si didn't forget to pack a few sets of autumn and winter clothes for Huo Tingzhou.
When she bought the wardrobe, she chose a five-door wardrobe. Her own clothes took up four of the doors, and she left the last one for Huo Tingzhou.
Upon opening his wardrobe door, Jiang Si felt as if her obsessive-compulsive disorder had been cured.
All the clothes were neatly folded and categorized.
He had so few clothes that Jiang Si searched for a long time but only found two sets.
The top shelf was too high, so Jiang Si had no choice but to take a small stool.
As they were searching, suddenly something fell down with a thud.
Looking down, I saw that the outer packaging was made of red and yellow kraft paper, about the size of a palm.
Jiang Si picked it up curiously and saw that it said "Contains two" next to it, with "35MM" in bold next to it, and the instructions for use were written at the end.
It turned out to be a "baby's sac"!
Having experienced the information explosion of later generations, Jiang Si had no sense of shame.
It was quite surprising; she thought that after the two got married, Huo Tingzhou would immediately want a child.
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