There was a noise in the yard at five o'clock in the morning of the next day. Qiu Yuling slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night, so she stayed up late in the cabin reading the book she got from Teacher Meng.
Hearing the sound, he jumped up, put on his clothes and went out to help.
"Mom, if there's anything else you haven't installed, I'll help you."
"It's nothing, just put it on the donkey cart. Why don't you sleep a little longer? It's still early."
"It's okay. After we send Xiaodouzi off, they can go back to sleep. What about food? I'll go get it for us."
"We still have some pancakes from yesterday. I boiled a few eggs and told them to take them on the way. The kids will get up soon. I'll make two dumplings and boil them. Dumplings for the horses, noodles for the horses..."
Having gotten up, Qiu Yuling did not go back to sleep. She helped her mother tidy up the house. Her eldest brother also lifted the curtain and came in.
"Dad, Mom, and little sister, are you all up? Except for the clothes and accessories for the three brothers, everything else has been packed. I just put them on the donkey cart. Duo'er is waiting in the room for them to wake up and pack up." Qiu Dashan dusted off the dirt on his collar before going in.
Qiu Yuling stepped aside and asked her elder brother to sit on the edge of the kang. She brought over the dough her mother had rolled out and started making dumplings.
Qiu Dashan washed his hands and came over to help wrap it.
"Mom, Duo'er is pregnant."
"I know." Seeing that her eldest son was trying to make conversation, Li Qingmei also joined in.
"Go wake them up, otherwise it'll be too late to finish eating. If you delay your ride to the farm, it will be troublesome again."
"Oh, I'll go right away."
"Mom, I'll go get my third brother."
Qiu Yuling ran over and slammed Qiu Dashu's door loudly.
From the tone of her elder brother's voice, did he think that the family didn't know yet that their small family was going to have another addition?
Her mother was really angry this time. She was not angry about anything else, but she was angry that the couple had failed to make it. When she came, she excitedly said that her sister-in-law had the opportunity to go from earning work points to receiving a salary.
The whole family was discussing what to bring for Aunt Zhou.
What a guy, he really thinks it's his own business. He can't even live a smooth life, but he's already trying to get back on track. Now look what's wrong with him. How can he ask others to help him?
Qiu Yuling was also unhappy, and she had been slow to take out the gifts she had prepared for them to give.
In the past two days, she has figured it out. Everyone has to live their own life, and no one can take charge of other people's lives. She is still the youngest in the family. It is good enough that she does not have to worry about them. There is no need to take care of everyone's affairs, so she just lets it go.
Qiu Dashu also overslept. He was suddenly awakened by his younger sister's call. He answered the call while hurriedly getting dressed.
After Qiu Yuling finished calling everyone, she went back to the house to help make dumplings. "Is your third brother awake yet?"
"He's up. He hasn't slept well these days because he's been running around. He overslept yesterday because he had to unload all his work."
Li Qingmei said "hmm" and asked her to take the dumplings out of the pot.
The pot was full of plump white dumplings. Qiu Yuling scooped them out with a colander and put them on a plate. After a while, her eldest brother and his family still didn't come.
Li Qingmei put the last batch of dumplings into the pot and asked Qiu Yuling to watch the pot. She wiped her hands on her apron and walked across the yard to her son's room to see why they still couldn't clean up the mess.
As soon as she approached, she heard her son's deliberately lowered voice.
"We're going back today. You better control your expression. Don't let it show on your face and make your family worry about you later..."
Li Qingmei was about to push the door, but instead she knocked. She knocked twice, but there was no sound from inside. She didn't go in, but said through the door, "Dinner is ready. Clean up and eat quickly. Don't be late."
After saying this, she didn't wait for her son and daughter-in-law to respond. She pretended that she was busy and turned around to go back.
"Mom, it's all out. Have my brother and the others finished cleaning up?"
"It's almost done. There will be a lot of stuff soon, so mother will drive the donkey cart to take them to the county. You all can't go. There won't be enough space."
Qiu Yuling raised her eyes and glanced at her mother. Didn’t she excitedly say yesterday that she would take her and her third brother to the county supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things?
After a while, Li Qingtong came over with his three little ones. The three brothers were like three little moths, with small arms, and they rushed into people's arms.
"Hey, be careful, grandma and auntie made dumplings for you, let's eat dumplings."
As he spoke, he arranged the children to sit down one by one. Father Qiu and the three of them ate at the table on the kang, and asked Qiu Dashan and his younger brothers and sisters to sit at the small square table on the ground to eat, as they thought it was too much trouble to get up and down.
"Where's your wife? You've been here for quite some time, why hasn't she come over yet?"
"She's packing their things. It's okay, Mom. You can eat first. She'll be here when she's done."
"Pack up and leave after you're done. If you can't make it in time, pack a few in a box and tell her to eat them on the way. It will be lunchtime by then."
Qiu Dashan was speechless. No matter what Huang Duoer asked him to say, he couldn't say it in this situation.
His mother was very kind to the three brothers Douzi. She gave them everything they deserved and arranged everything for them, and never asked them to do anything short of what they deserved. However, she also never mentioned that she wanted the children to stay.
The wife was afraid that she was pregnant again, and that these three children were naughty, so she couldn't take care of them with her. She wanted to keep them at home for a year. The two of them argued about this for most of the night.
As the time to go out got closer, he became more absent-minded, until Li Qingmei said to the children, "Will you miss grandma when you get there?"
The dolls said "yes"~
Qiu Dashan then said, "Why don't you stay home with your grandparents?"
The beans' mouths were filled with dumplings again, bulging with them, and they didn't care whether it was good or bad.
"Hurry up and go to your children's school. Grandma can't stand the three of you. If you stay, grandpa and grandma will have a headache every day."
“…”
Everyone treated it as a farewell joke, and then it was over. It was not until the stove was wiped clean that Huang Duoer came out of the room leisurely with red eyes.
Sometimes, the person involved can feel this subtle atmosphere without having to say it out loud.
Li Qingmei was like this. She obviously felt that her daughter-in-law did this on purpose and she didn't tolerate her.
"How much stuff do you have to pack? I told you to pack it all yesterday, and today you're just folding the bedding, and you're still busy now.
Let's go, if we don't go out now it will be noon."
Huang Duoer was stunned. Ever since she got married, her parents-in-law had never set any rules and the family had always lived in harmony. She almost forgot that she was living in her husband's family.
When she came out this time, her mother-in-law didn't ask her the reason as usual. Even though she knew she was pregnant, she didn't ask her whether she had eaten or not.
He just said that time was not enough and urged her to go out. Her temper was so uninhibited that it showed on her face in an instant.
"It's fine if I don't eat it, but you won't eat this thing in your stomach either?"
"Don't you know whether you want to eat or not? And you're still asking people to urge you. You haven't even experienced the world yet, and you're so arrogant?"
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