Qiu Dashu at another table quickly glanced at Wang Aihong who said this, picked up the bowl and hid the smile on his lips.
"Well, let's eat the food. Eat the food. Mother-in-law, try this chicken. It's made by my daughter-in-law. Her skill in stewing chicken is amazing. I just can't learn from her..." Zhao Yunxiang hurriedly urged them to eat, hiding the embarrassment of talking nonsense.
It's so hard to meet such a good sucker. No, dearest brother-in-law, she can't let this silly girl get into trouble again.
Wang Aihong gave Qiu Yuling both the chicken legs and wings. "Eat more! Why are you growing taller but not gaining weight?"
Qiu Yuling could hear a hint of envy in the voice. She glanced at her former friend without noticing. She thought that he was probably spoiled at home and had good food.
This little body is plump and full of flesh, the type that mothers-in-law love most nowadays. No wonder her mother can talk about the future without considering her personality. She must have some ulterior motive.
"Mother-in-law, has your eldest daughter-in-law been staying at home all the time?" Li Qingmei asked casually while helping to clean up the dishes.
"Well, she can't stay for many more days. My son wrote to me a while ago saying that since winter is coming, we can send her and her mother over."
"Didn't Aihong's brother go on a mission?" Li Qingmei was very puzzled.
"No, what's his name? A transport soldier? He's the type who's often away from home. I thought my daughter-in-law would take the kids there, so we'd be apart more often than not.
But the young couple didn’t want to live apart like this forever. It just so happened that they mentioned some new policy or something, and since I didn’t understand it anyway, I just said I could go along.”
Li Qingmei said "Oh" and said nothing more. Her Dahe said, "Hey."
"Why are you sighing, mother-in-law?" Zhao Yunxiang had already drained the water from the bowl and put it in the cupboard. She wiped her hands while putting the gifts back.
"Nothing, I just think it's not easy for the kids. We don't know whether it's good or not out there."
"That's true. It's the same with us. We only say good things in letters and never say bad things. If you say you don't miss me, that's all fake. So I'm happy that my daughter-in-law can go there. I feel happy to have someone who understands me..."
Because of this interruption, Li Qingmei discovered that people had packed so many things for her.
"Ah, my dear relative, don't dare to pretend like this. Just give me your entire home."
They gave her half a bag of noodles, which must have weighed at least ten pounds, and half a bag of red dates, and also gave her two sugar coupons.
"We are already a family now. My daughter has been spoiled by the head of the family. If I don't coax my in-laws into doing good, you will come to your senses and not want her anymore."
Li Qingmei knew it was a joke and immediately praised, "That's not true. Aihong has often come to my house since she was little. She is a child who grew up under our noses. Whether it's her appearance or her personality, she is first-class. It's not often that you come across such a good girl. In fact, we are lucky..."
"What's the use of picking it up? It's just the kids' fate. Let's stop pushing and shoving each other..."
Wang Aihong was showing off the insoles she had made to her future sister-in-law. "My mother told me to start with the insoles. After I finish sewing them for my third brother, I'll sew them for you."
"What? Third brother, I find that you, a little girl, have a thick skin that is as strong as a wall of steel."
Wang Aihong chuckled, "If he wasn't your third brother, I wouldn't have followed him. As soon as my parents told me he was your brother, I agreed without even asking if he was your second or third brother.
This way we can play together again..."
Qiu Yuling noticed a figure flashing outside the window with her sharp eyes. It turned out that this girl hadn't figured it out at all. Someone really had a long way to go!
"You're attracted to me and not my third brother?"
Wang Aihong slapped her sister-in-law on the back and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I still like Third Brother. Forget it, you are still young. You won't understand even if I tell you. According to my mother, it is enough for you to have fun at your age."
Qiu Yuling coughed several times because of the saliva she was choking on. She wanted to ask Wang Aihong to listen carefully to what she had just said!
Just then, she heard another chuckle with her sharp ears. This chuckle was definitely from her third brother, no doubt about it.
On the way back, Qiu Yuling deliberately asked her mother, "When did you set the wedding date?"
Li Qingmei looked at the pattern on the insole in her hand without looking up. "Your third brother is almost twenty, and the Wang family's daughter is two years younger. Her family also wants to keep her for another year. When they are both a year older, they can come to choose an auspicious date. The details haven't been finalized yet."
Qiu Yuling deliberately let out a long "Oh~", and the tips of her third brother's ears seemed to turn red.
As for the fact that he secretly gave stamps to Wang Aihong, she pretended not to notice and did not expose him.
Qiu Yuling did not take a vacation. After the marriage proposal dinner, she rode her 28-inch bicycle back to the city. Qiu Dashu could stay for two more days and continue to help with the housework at home.
As soon as she arrived, she found Zhou's mother standing by the door, apparently waiting for her.
Qiu Yuling stepped on the handbrake, got out of the car, took out the packed red dates from the bag, and handed a small cloth bag to Zhou's mother.
"Aunt, these are the wedding dates for my third brother's marriage proposal. Please give them to me and ask Sister Xiaonan to bring the bag back to me later."
"What? Talking about marriage? Your third brother just came back and you're already talking about marriage?" Zhou's mother realized she had lost her composure and quickly adjusted herself. "Well, aunt just happened to get some pig offal today, and wanted to come see if you were back. She wanted you to eat with her. Let's go to aunt's house."
"I've already eaten, and we've only been on the road for an hour or so. I'm not really hungry..."
"Even if you're not hungry, eat a little. Auntie wouldn't call for others, but you. Your parents aren't around, so Auntie would worry about you a little more."
Qiu Yuling resigned herself to her fate, parked her bicycle, and followed behind to Zhou's house.
There really was some offal. Zhou's mother had made it into a stew, which she cut while it was still hot and also prepared a bowl of garlic sauce.
"Xiao Nan, go call your dad and the others."
Qiu Yuling greeted the Zhou family's brothers and sisters-in-law one by one, "Aunt, I really ate it. Just give me the bag. If I don't have food one day, I will have a bowl of noodles even if you make them, let alone meat..."
Having said that, seeing that she couldn't persuade him anymore, Wang Cuifeng let him go and asked him to go back.
She asked what she should have asked, but alas, it was a step too late. It would have been better if she had asked someone earlier.
"Mom, why are you sighing so much today?" Zhou Changde poured a cup of wine for himself and his son, thinking that his wife was asking him to drink.
"It's nothing, eat your food, and drink less horse urine. It's not a festival, you're just wasting things..." Fortunately, she didn't tell anyone beforehand, otherwise it would be fine.
It’s just a pity for such a good young man.
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