Han Qiulin did not give up despite Li Qiutang's rejection. He had made up his mind. He planned to use a gentle approach to win her over. It is said that even a strong woman can be won over by persistent pursuit. One day, he would be able to win Li Qiutang over to his side.
Furthermore, after Lin Xiaoxiao told Han Qiushi about what Li Qiutang had encountered in the car, Han Qiushi became even more determined in his mind.
Seeing that Han Qiulin had his own rhythm, the people at the table stopped saying anything similar.
Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but give Han Qiulin a look, and said with a smile, "Do you need my help?"
"No need, no need, she's my own wife, I can handle it myself." Han Qiulin quickly refused, not because Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help him.
Given Lin Xiaoxiao's personality, he was still a little worried that the couple might expose their own scandals, which could lead to a collapse of their image. He needed to maintain a dignified image while pursuing her and couldn't afford to make any mistakes.
Seeing Han Qiulin's nervous expression, Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but laugh. This man didn't trust her at all. She really liked Li Qiutang as her sister-in-law and would definitely help her without causing trouble.
However, Han Qiulin had her own plans, so she didn't interfere and focused her attention on the food in front of her, especially the braised goose in an iron pot. It tasted so good that she couldn't stop eating it. Not only Lin Xiaoxiao, but even Xia Ri and Han Meng ate their chopsticks much faster than usual.
After lunch, Lin Xiaoxiao went for a nap, and Han Qiushi lay down with her for a while. Bai Hehua was too excited to sleep and couldn't help but chat with her neighbor, Aunt Li.
When Aunt Li heard that Lin Xiaoxiao was pregnant with twins, she was immediately overjoyed. "I knew your daughter-in-law was a lucky woman the moment I met her," she said.
Bai Hehua smiled and said, "This child may seem strong-willed outside, but she is actually very considerate and sincere at home. With a personality like that, even if she didn't marry into our family, I believe she could still live a very good life."
"But thankfully, she's from our family." Bai Hehua rarely said such things, so it seems that today's events really made her extremely happy.
When Lin Xiaoxiao got up and saw that no one was around, she quickly washed up and went outside. She then heard Bai Hehua and Aunt Li chatting.
She washed an apple and ate it from me, then took a few pieces of pastry and moved closer to Bai Hehua and the others, asking, "Mom, where did Qiushi go?"
Bai Hehua turned her head and looked over: "Oh, there was a phone call just now. There was something going on at the military base. I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you."
"Oh, okay," Lin Xiaoxiao replied as she sat down next to them.
"Xiaoxiao's awake! Come and sit down quickly. Try the pumpkin seeds I roasted myself, they smell so good!" Aunt Li greeted her warmly.
Lin Xiaoxiao smiled and distributed the pastries in her hand first, "These pastries are delicious, you should have a piece too, consider it afternoon tea."
"You young people really know how to enjoy life. You even have time for afternoon tea, saying that you should pair these sweet things with foreign coffee."
"People say that stuff tastes really good, so I thought I'd try it too. I'll ask my kids to get me some some someday so I can try it."
"When my child handed me the coffee, I looked at it and thought to myself, I'm not sick at all, but the poor kid actually wants me to take medicine."
"I said, 'I'm not sick, why do you want me to take medicine?' The child said no, and I thought the child was feeling unwell. So I brought the medicine to me and asked if I could comfort him. I had just opened my mouth to ask when that poor child started laughing the whole time. I don't know what he was laughing about."
"They later explained to me that this is coffee, and foreigners really like it and drink it every day."
"When I looked at it, the coffee looked like muddy water, and upon closer inspection, it even looked a bit like donkey urine."
Hearing this, even Lin Xiaoxiao, who had great self-control, struggled to suppress her smile and managed to utter a complete sentence: "Auntie, and then?"
"Then, I listened to my child and took a sip of that coffee. The coffee had barely entered my mouth when I spat it out. This stuff was so bitter, it was more bitter than my life."
“I thought something so bitter could cure something, but my child said it’s not medicine, it’s just a drink.”
Aunt Li couldn't help but shake her head as she thought about it: "I really can't understand it. Aren't people saying that foreigners are very particular about their food and drink? How come they drink donkey urine every day?"
"It's still such expensive donkey urine. I heard that in some restaurants, a cup costs several yuan. I had no choice but to drink that cup of medicine. The taste was indescribable. I will never drink that stuff again, even if you kill me."
"Hahaha... Auntie, if you can't drink it, why force yourself?" Lin Xiaoxiao felt that laughing like that was a bit impolite, but she really couldn't help it; this auntie was just too cute.
Aunt Li laughed along with Lin Xiaoxiao, saying, "Look at how you're laughing."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lin Xiaoxiao quickly stopped smiling.
"Go ahead and laugh. My kid laughed even harder than you did back then. What's wrong with laughing?"
"This stuff is so precious, I feel bad if I don't drink it. We're better off than others now, but we can't waste it."
"This stuff is so good that other people can't even get their hands on it."
Bai Hehua had been laughing along with her the whole time. When she heard Aunt Li say that, she nodded quickly and said, "Who says it isn't true? Life wasn't as comfortable as it is now before."
Aunt Li sighed, "Yes, living conditions have improved, and some people have started to show off. Look at the Qian family next door."
"The grandson of the Qian family is of marriageable age, and someone introduced him to a teacher. But the Qian family's son thought she had a big face and wasn't pretty enough. Later, someone introduced him to a nurse, but he thought she wasn't tall enough and didn't have a good figure."
Bai Hehua chimed in, "I've heard about this too. The Qian family's son said he likes good-looking women, and that someone introduced him to a pretty girl who seemed to have a good figure. He thought there wouldn't be any problems this time, but I heard the girl's family isn't interested?"
Aunt Li slapped her thigh and said excitedly, "Yes, she is really good-looking, just a little less so than Xiaoxiao. But because her family is not well-off, they didn't agree to her."
"According to the Qian family, if he marries that girl, he might attract a bunch of poor relatives who will come over to beg for his money from time to time, and his life will definitely not be peaceful in the future."
"I never expected this girl to be so complicated. She didn't end up with the Qian family, but she got together with another family. She has a younger brother, and they said they'll be bringing him over to study in our compound soon."
Bai Hehua exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my, really? The Qian family's girl is so picky. It seems this girl is quite something too."
Aunt Li gave Bai Hehua a meaningful look upon hearing this, "That's right, I've met that girl once, she's really good with words, if she's not good at it, no one in her family would talk to her like that."
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