Maybe they found it funny too, so they both started giggling.
The first day of the new year was spent in such a happy atmosphere.
Early in the morning on the second day of the New Year, everyone started to return to their parents' homes.
As in previous years, Huo's mother had already converted the holiday gifts and receipts from each branch into money and gave them to her daughters-in-law a year ago.
Jiang Si was nearby, so there was no need to rush early.
After breakfast, she took her things, and then she and Huo Tingzhou, holding a little kid in each hand, walked slowly towards the courtyard.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"By the way, Yuanyuan." After hesitating for a moment, Mother Lu asked at the dinner table, "We've been back in Beijing for so long. Do you want to tell your mother when you return?"
The daughter-in-law has a bad relationship with her parents' family, and Lu's mother knew this a long time ago.
But the situation was different this year. Before that, their whole family was in Xinjiang Province.
Since we are far away from each other, it is understandable that we say goodbye even if we don’t visit or contact each other during the holidays.
But now their whole family has moved back to Beijing. If they continue to hide, some people who don’t know the inside story will be worried.
Maybe they will even accuse the daughter-in-law of being ungrateful and unfilial!
However, these are her daughter-in-law's family's hometown after all, so Mother Lu just gave a reminder.
As for what to do, it is ultimately up to the daughter-in-law to make the decision.
Father Lu thought the same, so when Mother Lu said this, he didn't interrupt at all.
Huo Zhankai didn't say anything. Based on his understanding of his wife, she would most likely do the same as she did in the past and would not return.
But surprisingly, Meng Yuan looked over calmly after hearing this.
"Dad, Mom, I was just about to tell you that I'm going back to my parents' this morning and won't be back for lunch."
Upon hearing this, everyone at the table was stunned.
Huo Zhankai was the first to react, "I'll eat with you after dinner."
After a pause, he looked at the two children again and said, "Take Ruirui and Yaoyao with you."
Meng Yuan shook her head and said, "No, I'll go back by myself."
This time when she returned to her parents' home, she was not going to ease the relationship with them, but to confront them.
She doesn't want to go back, and her file is recorded at the Youth League Office.
Her parents' family was even more unwavering, calling Xinjiang every three months to inquire about the news.
It was no secret that they were transferred to the Beijing Military Region. They could get detailed information by just making a phone call to the troops.
"Third sister-in-law is right. It's not a good idea for me to hide all the time."
Rather than waiting for them to come to her and cause embarrassment to both of them, she might as well take the initiative.
"Third sister-in-law?" Huo Zhankai raised his eyebrows slightly. He knew that after dinner yesterday, the two of them sat together and chatted for a while.
But he always thought that Meng Yuan had an affair with his third brother's wife specifically for the sake of Siheyuan.
His guess was not wrong, Meng Yuan was indeed grateful to him.
However, more of it is about seeking knowledge.
In a way, her family situation was very similar to Jiang Si's, both of them begging for food from their stepfather and stepmother.
However, she was not as brave and decisive as her third brother's wife.
So much so that when they plotted against her, she did not fight back.
Meng Yuan has grown a lot in the past few years in Xinjiang Province.
As expected, she is no longer the girl who would find a place to cry silently when she was wronged.
Hearing the hidden meaning in her words, Huo Zhankai looked worried and said, "I'd better go with you."
He was worried that his wife would suffer if she returned to Tang alone.
"Don't worry, they don't dare."
No one knows them better than Meng Yuan. "It's too late for them to curry favor with us now. Even if they had a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare to attack me."
If you really want to fight, the most you'll get is a slap in the face.
Meng Yuan was eager to get slapped so that she could make this matter a big deal and put an end to it.
Knowing that he was worried about her, Meng Yuan told him the truth: "If things really get out of hand, it won't help if you get out."
Huo Zhankai is a soldier after all, and they are his nominal mother-in-law.
If you really fight, even if you are right, you will become wrong.
Furthermore, Meng Yuan is also a person with her own pride and backbone.
She really didn't want Huo Zhankai to see the faces of those people in her family.
Having said this, Huo Zhankai didn't force her, "Then I'll take you across the door. When we get to the door, I won't go in, I'll just wait for you outside."
Meng Yuan didn't object.
The main reason was that the things were a bit heavy, and it was really hard for her to carry them by herself.
Seeing that the young couple had reached a consensus, Mother Lu didn't say anything.
While the two of them were eating, she quickly cleaned up.
Although the holiday gifts for Meng Yuan's parents were not bought in advance, there were still many things at home because of the Chinese New Year.
So he quickly took out a cloth bag, filled it with half a pound of brown sugar and a few apples.
There's a bottle of wine in the cupboard, take that too.
After thinking for a while, he took out a piece of fat and lean pork belly from the snow pile.
These four things are quite impressive.
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