The three little kids had no idea whether she was their aunt or Gugu.
They raised their drooling little heads, were curious for only a moment, and then returned to the army of people eating fists one by one.
"It's still raw. It will be cooked in two days. You take a rest. I'll scoop some meat sauce for us. We'll eat meat today." The arrival of the sister-in-law added a lot of joy.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry. Let me take a breath and then we'll chop a chicken for dinner."
"Ah? Mom didn't say..."
"It's okay. A general is on the battlefield and is not subject to military orders!"
"...What's wrong?"
"It's nothing to worry about. You can take a break. Don't worry, Mom won't scold me."
Huang Duoer was skeptical, but she didn't want to disobey, so she listened to her sister-in-law.
Qiu Yuling teased the three little kids, then stood up and looked at the lunch prepared by Huang Duoer. It was obvious that she was imitating Li Qingmei's style.
Oil-free boiled eggplant and chili, tomato and egg noodles with scattered egg drops, and wild vegetable dumplings mixed with salt and vinegar.
How can you do such hard work without getting any oil on your face?
She went to the backyard, caught the only rooster, and killed it with a knife.
The little beans were making noises and sticking their butts out at the other end to join in the fun.
Huang Duoer saw that the baby was well behaved and someone was watching over the stove, so she freed her hands to clean up the baby's diaper and the adult's sweat shirt.
"Hiss~ It smells so good. Is my sister-in-law stewing meat? No, Yuling is back!" Qiu Dashu walked in front of his parents and started swallowing his saliva before he even entered the door.
He rushed in in two steps, and sure enough, it was his younger sister sitting in front of the stove in the tea stall.
Li Qingmei swallowed back all the words that were about to come out of her throat.
"My little girl Lingling is back. Why are you here? Are you tired? Why don't you take a rest? You start working as soon as you come into the house." When Qiu Jianshe heard that it was his little girl who came into the house, all his fatigue disappeared in an instant.
He pushed away Qiu's mother who was in front of him and hurriedly stepped into the gate first.
"If she had been a step later, she would have been able to fly away or what?" Li Qingmei staggered after being bumped into. She wanted to scold him, but then she remembered her daughter's words that she shouldn't spoil the fun, so she changed her tone to a low teasing tone.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back. Did you miss me?" When Qiu Yuling heard the doorknob, she turned around and waited with a smile.
When she saw Mr. Qiu, she fluttered to her father like a little butterfly.
"My baby has grown so tall!" Qiu Jianshe smiled with wrinkles on his face, and was even more surprised to find that his daughter was almost as tall as his shoulders.
Li Qingmei also imitated the way he bumped into people, stretched out her arms from behind, and pushed the person away, "Let me see, let me see."
Li Qingmei squeezed forward, and Qiu Yuling threw herself into her arms, "Mom, did you miss me?"
"Ah, ah, ah, get away quickly, don't hold me, you're covered in wheat."
Qiu Yuling said with a smile that she had already hugged him.
Li Qingmei touched the girl's head and saw that she had indeed grown taller. "It's time to eat. Lean against the pillar and compare. Let me see how tall you are now."
Normally, when people come back, they first report to the three beans, but today there are surprisingly few people here. Don’t look at their small size, they are very smart.
Now they were all unhappy and kept making noises of "hmm" and "ah". Even the third uncle, who usually loved them the most, was circling around the newcomer. Someone made a loud noise, and the other two understood what he meant.
They all started howling.
"Hey~ These little ones all know how to compete for favor." Huang Duoer could only clap twice with her hands, and she couldn't take care of the other one.
"Come on, come on, wait until grandma changes her coat before you come see our little Douzi."
"Now that there's a newcomer, I, an old one, will only pay him three seconds of attention." Qiu Yuling turned around and took back the spatula, joking while collecting the sauce.
"How could that be? My Lingling is in front." Qiu Jianshe followed his daughter closely, asking her all kinds of questions.
Qiu Yuling was also very patient and answered every question. Li Qingmei helped take care of the children while constantly looking over at the other end.
Looking at Mr. Qiu's silly face, he curled his lips in disdain, "You're showing him off."
Qiu Dashu was the last to speak. "How's school going? Are you all settling in? Is the curriculum tight? Do the teachers arrange for you to do farm work on the weekends?"
Qiu Yuling answered them one by one, and Qiu Jianshe listened attentively.
"Let's eat first. There's still a long time to go, and there's plenty of time to talk." She had already put the big plate of chicken in a bowl, finished her questioning, and started by inviting the hungry people to eat.
"If nothing else, the food is different when my little sister is here."
Qiu Dashu chewed a mouthful of chicken with great satisfaction, and then hurriedly said to Huang Duoer, "Sister-in-law, I'm comparing myself to my mother."
Huang Duoer smiled and said, "It's okay, it's the same thing, and my sister's is a lot better than mine."
"Sister-in-law, you eat first. I'll keep an eye on them." Seeing that Huang Duoer was just sitting on one side, talking to them, and distractedly entertaining the baby.
Qiu Yuling hurriedly asked her to go to the table first.
"It's okay. I'm just an idle person and not hungry. You've come such a long way, just sit down and eat."
"Feed the baby, how can you not be hungry? My portion has been served separately and is warmed on the stove. Come on and eat."
Huang Duoer felt a sudden pang of bitterness in her heart. Even when Qiu Dashan was around, she had to wait until everyone had finished eating before she could free her hands to eat. But her sister-in-law actually insisted that she eat first.
"Then eat quickly, and then Yuling can take over after you're done." Mother Qiu also spoke. Huang Duoer picked up the bowl and started eating quickly.
Qiu Yuling took advantage of the little girl being well behaved and gave her some meat twice in a row.
"I love eating potatoes. Dad, Mom and my third brother should eat more meat. We have been working hard these days." Huang Duoer quickly covered the bowl to prevent her sister-in-law from taking any more food.
"You eat too. Food nourishes the mother and nourishes the child. Everyone needs to eat well." Qiu Yuling hated it most when they were frugal with their food.
"Mom, let's catch a few more chicks. We have some fat rabbits ready, so let's buy two too. Oh, and I left something at the end of the alley. My third brother and I will go get it someday. We won't be disappointed."
Qiu Jianshe just smiled, and Li Qingmei didn't object, so it was decided.
As soon as the meal was over, Huang Duoer picked up the dishes and started cleaning. Qiu Yuling sent her back to take the baby back to put him to sleep. She took out Qiu's mother's rubber gloves, put them on, and started washing them.
She couldn't stand seeing greasy household items. Not to mention that she was the only one free at the moment, even if there were others doing this, she would have to rush over today and wash them with her own hands before she could use them with peace of mind.
There is no time to take a break during the wheat harvest. Li Qingmei and the others just sat for a while and didn't even have time to say a few words before they put on their clean sweat coats and went back to work in the fields.
"Little sister, take a rest. They are all asleep. I won't drag them to cut grass today.
There will be a noise soon. Pay attention for a moment while I rush to the ditch to get the good grass back."
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