Chapter 286: Chatting

about Home After chatting with Uncle Lu for a while, Su Mo took the two children back to their own house, and Li Yue'e followed them.

They could stay at home for more than half a month. The children were tired from traveling all the way. There was no rush to fulfill their filial piety. They settled down first.

Li Yue'e had come to clean their house a few days ago. The kang and the fire wall were also burned early this morning. The house was warm. Lele ran away as soon as he entered the house. He was very curious and looked around.

"Mom, the house here is bigger than ours." Lele said.

Li Yue'e was stunned, "Didn't they say there are five or six rooms?"

"There are many people and little land in the south, so the rooms are not that big. Our one room can be used as two in Guangzhou." Su Mo explained.

"That's right, houses in big cities are expensive." Li Yue'e said.

After carrying the luggage into the house, Li Yue'e said, "Xiaomo, I have washed and dried your quilts. I put them in the kang, and you can just lay them out when you sleep."

Although she didn't know when the children would come back, she would wash their quilts in the past two years.

"Okay, thank you, mother. You've worked hard."

"Why should I be hard-working? You've worked hard. I heard from Xiaolan that you're also very busy at work there. You have to work and take care of the children, and the third brother is often not around. It's really hard for you and your in-laws."

"Mom, don't say that. Xiaolan is the one who works the hardest. She is the one who mainly takes care of the children. Fortunately, she is here, otherwise, Changzheng and I wouldn't have a comfortable life."

Li Yue'e waved her hands. "Looking after the children is her job. She's lucky to have a brother and sister-in-law like you. Not only do you take her out to see the world, but you also arrange a job for her."

"If she stayed here, she wouldn't have such a good life. There would be so many gossipers." During that time, Li Yue'e was also crazy.

Su Mo knew that Li Yue'e was talking about the time when the Yang family threw dirty water on Lu Xiaolan, so she asked, "Didn't Yang Jingming say he remarried?"

"Yes, he married the daughter of the captain of the Xiangqian Brigade, and I heard that he gave her 400 yuan as a betrothal gift." Li Yue'e curled her lips, and was also disgusted.

The captain of the Xiangqian Brigade also had a son who was in the army, and I heard that he was also an officer. It really disgusted her to find someone based on her family's conditions.

At first, he only gave Xiaolan 200 yuan as a betrothal gift, and gave 400 yuan for the remarriage, which was obviously ruining her family. Especially Fang Chunfang, the old hag, was showing off everywhere, saying how good the new daughter-in-law was.

It would have been fine if she didn't go to the commune often, but the eldest daughter-in-law was so angry every day when she came back during that period.

"I heard from your father that every time they have a meeting, the two of them act like the father-in-law and son-in-law are very close, which really annoys your father."

"But I heard that they don't act like that anymore. I heard from your eldest sister-in-law that the new daughter-in-law is still not pregnant, and it's been a year since she got married. In my opinion, it's because Yang Jingming can't have children. He splashed Xiaolan with dirty water so vigorously before, and now everyone is laughing at his family."

"Your eldest sister-in-law saw the new bride several times when she went shopping. She said that the new bride looked very bad. It was probably because of the old hag's torture and drug-taking."

After talking about Yang Jingming, Li Yue'e changed the subject and talked about Lu Xiaolan, "Xiaomo, if there is a good one there, you should also look for Xiaolan. She will be 24 next year, and she is divorced. It will be difficult to find a man if she is older."

"We don't want anything. We just need a down-to-earth and hardworking person with good character. It would be best if there is no trouble at home."

"Okay, if Xiaolan wants to find one, I will help find one."

"That girl just says she doesn't want to find one. Life is not long or short, how can everything go as she wishes? If you don't want to find one when you are young, it will be difficult to find one when you are old."

"She's over there, I can't see her, so I'm sorry for your concern as the sister-in-law." Li Yue'e sighed,

"Okay." Su Mo could only nod and agree.

After putting the clothes in the closet, Su Mo went to boil some hot water, preparing to give the two little ones a bath and let them go to sleep. They had been on the road for the past few days, and it was very cold in the guesthouse last night, so the two little ones didn't sleep well.

After a while, Lu Changzheng also came over. Li Yue'e wanted to help Su Mo wash the two children, but when she saw Lu Changzheng coming, she went back. The children must be tired after running around for a few days, so she would come over after they had rested.

Su Mo and Lu Changzheng each washed one child, and soon finished bathing the two children and put them on the kang. Su Mo coaxed the children to sleep, mainly Lele, while Lu Changzheng washed clothes for the two children with water.

After the two children fell asleep, Su Mo came out and asked Lu Changzheng, "Did you ask grandpa?"

"Yes." Lu Changzheng also sighed, "Grandpa said that there was an old man in the cowshed who was dying of illness. He couldn't bear to see him, so he gave him half of the wild ginseng."

Although he didn't agree, the old man was saving people, so he couldn't say anything. After experiencing what happened in his daughter-in-law's family, he also knew that there were people in the cowshed who made mistakes, but most of them were meritorious people who were framed and wronged.

Lu Changzheng told Su Mo about the situation of the old man.

"I've heard of this old gentleman before. He's a famous architect. I didn't expect him to be demoted." Su Mo sighed.

This is a famous architect who made outstanding contributions to modern Chinese architecture.

"I've grown a lot of wild ginseng recently, but it's not appropriate to give you another one. During this time at home, we'll make soup every day and bring it over. When the time comes, we'll pick out the ginseng and just drink the soup."

"If you ask, just tell me the one we kept before."

"Okay, you can arrange it, wife." Lu Changzheng said, and after washing the clothes, he went to get hot water for Su Mo and let her take a bath.

Su Mo didn't sleep well these days, so after taking a bath, she went to sleep on the kang.

The family had children and needed firewood. Lu Changzheng saw that there was not much firewood at home, so after washing clothes, he went to the mountain with Lu Guoping, thinking of getting some firewood and seeing if he could hunt some game.

When it was about three o'clock, Su Mo heard a noise in the house, so she got up and went out. It was Liu Yuzhi and Lu Xiaolan who came over.

The two children were still sleeping, so Su Mo led them to the west room. Anyway, the kang there was also heated, so it was just as warm.

Liu Yuzhi brought some pine nuts and chestnuts, and the three of them ate and chatted there.

As they talked, they talked about Zhao Jiuxiang's family.

"Don't tell me, Lu Fubao looked weak before, but now he is quite capable. He is the head of that family now, and he has made Zhao Jiuxiang and Lao Shitou obedient."

"He has also started to visit several of my sisters' families again. But he didn't let Zhao Jiuxiang go, he went by himself. Everyone says that good bamboo shoots have grown out of bad bamboos."