The Lu family's house is located in the middle of the village. It's a pity that it is night now, otherwise Yang Niannian would have discovered that in the entire village, the Lu family's house is the most decently built. The three large houses with red bricks and green tiles look particularly imposing.

On the other hand, other families have a one-meter-high red brick wall, which can be considered a good family in the surrounding villages.

The Lu family's door was open. Just as I arrived at the door, a big yellow dog rushed out, barking.

Lu Qingyuan shouted, "Fugui, don't shout, we are one of us."

The big yellow dog named Fugui seemed to recognize Lu Shishen. He hummed excitedly and put his legs around Lu Shishen's waist to act coquettishly.

Yang Niannian: Sao Fugui, she hasn’t even touched Lu Shishen’s solid narrow waist yet.

Lu Shishen touched Fugui's head, and Fugui went down contentedly, with his dog's tail wagging like a shadow.

"I picked it up that year." Lu Shishen explained to Yang Niannian.

"Don't stand at the door, come into the house quickly." Lu Qingyuan urged the two to enter the yard.

A woman with a sallow face, wearing a flowered sweatshirt and blue cloth pants, came out of the kitchen carrying dishes.

When he saw Lu Shishen and Yang Niannian, he immediately greeted them with a warm smile.

"Shi Shen, you're back. Hey, is this my sister-in-law? She's so pretty."

"Sister-in-law." Lu Shishen called out politely yet distantly.

Yang Niannian also called out sweetly, "Sister-in-law."

"Hey, are you hungry? Come in and eat." Guan Ailian walked happily to the main room, shouting, "Mom and Dad, Shi Shen and his sister-in-law are home."

Her shout did not call out her parents-in-law, but did call out her three chubby children. They looked at Yang Niannian with joy and curiosity, looking very cute.

Under Guan Ailian's command, the three children shouted in unison.

"Uncle, aunt."

“…”

Yang Niannian's soles were almost arched with embarrassment, and she quietly twisted Lu Shishen's waist.

"Why didn't you tell me that there were other kids at home? I didn't even bring them some candy or other snacks."

She had never been in a relationship in her previous life and had never visited a man's home, so she really had no experience.

"It's okay, I'll buy it tomorrow." Lu Shishen said in a calm voice.

"Why haven't mom and dad come out yet?"

Guan Ailian was impatient and when she didn't see her parents-in-law coming out, she ran into the east room and called the two old people out.

Ma Xiuzhu walked out of the inner room slowly with a stern face, obviously still angry about what happened in the army.

Lu Guozhi asked indifferently, "Are you back?"

Although the old couple looked unhappy on the surface, they were very happy in their hearts because their youngest son had not been back for three years.

Lu Shishen called out "Mom and Dad" and stopped talking. The atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment. Guan Ailian winked at Lu Qingyuan, asking him to put the things in the house, and then she smiled and asked everyone to sit down and eat.

The atmosphere became more lively due to her actions.

There were eight or nine large bowls full of dumplings on the table, and half a basin of dumplings in the middle of the table. Lu Qingyuan called on Yang Niannian and Lu Shishen to eat the dumplings quickly.

"This is what our mother and your sister-in-law made. You can eat more. There is still half a basin left."

Yang Niannian nodded, and just as she picked up the bowl and chopsticks, she saw Guan Ailian say "Huh" in surprise, "Why hasn't Ruoling come back yet after going out to borrow vinegar?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a girl came in from the gate of the courtyard. When Yang Niannian saw her appearance, the corner of her mouth twitched. The name and her appearance... the contrast is quite big.

Brothers Lu Ruoling and Lu Shishen don't look alike at all.

Lu Shishen's sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes are as perfect as the contours of a knife. Although Lu Qingyuan has been farming in the village for many years and looks like a farmer, his facial features are three-dimensional and good-looking. He must have been a handsome guy when he was twenty years old.

In contrast, Lu Ruoling has single eyelids, a chubby face, thick bones, and an ordinary appearance.

Lu Ruoling entered the main room and smiled innocently at Lu Shishen, "Second brother."

After Lu Shishen nodded and said "hmm", she looked at Yang Niannian again and tried to call her, "Second sister-in-law?"

"Hello." Yang Niannian smiled and waved her little hand towards Lu Ruoling, looking a little cute.

Lu Ruoling giggled twice and put the empty bowl on the table, "Second Mother is asleep, so I didn't get to borrow vinegar."

"Forget it if you can't borrow it. Sit down and eat." Guan Ailian pulled over a stool and urged Lu Ruoling to sit down and eat.

Yang Niannian had already had dinner at the train station, and the dumpling meat seemed to have gone bad and had a bit of a smell, so she couldn't eat more after just one.

The children ate the dumplings as if they were delicacies from land and sea and they tasted especially delicious.

Lu Qingyuan has three children. The eldest is a daughter named Lu Xingxing, 13 years old. The other two are sons named Lu Haitian, 12 years old, and Lu Baobao, 3 years old.

Boys are more voracious eaters, and as they are at the age of growing taller, they eat fast and a lot.

Lu Haitian finished the dumplings in no time and passed the bowl to Ma Xiuzhu, "Grandma, I want more."

Ma Xiuzhu smiled as she served dumplings to him, praising him, "My Xingxing is so well behaved. Eat more and grow taller. In the future, he will be admitted to university and marry a beautiful wife from the city. Then grandma will have a great-grandson."

Everyone seemed to be used to hearing it and their expressions didn't change much.

Lu Xingxing handed the bowl over, "Grandma, I want another bowl too."

Ma Xiuzhu, who was smiling just now, suddenly frowned, "You can't sleep at night if you eat so much, eat less. You don't work all day, but you have a big appetite. If everyone eats as much as you do, the sky will be full of holes. Who can afford to support you?"

Guan Ailian was unhappy, "Mom, Xingxing is also growing, why don't you let her eat?"

Upon hearing her eldest daughter-in-law talk back, Ma Xiuzhu's voice suddenly became louder and she spoke with her eyes wide open.

"Don't you know what kind of person your daughter is? She's lazier than anyone else when she goes to work in the fields. She eats like a pig, and I wish I could stuff it all into her stomach. Let her eat as much as she wants. This bowl of rice won't be enough for her."

After saying that, he divided the dumplings in the bowl among Lu Guozhi and his grandson, and poured the last bit into his own bowl.

Guan Ailian was very dissatisfied with her mother-in-law's preference for boys over girls, and the two often quarreled about this.

Lu Shishen just came back today. She felt uncomfortable but tried not to explode, but her face fell.

Lu Guozhi pretended not to hear anything and just lowered his head to eat the dumplings in the bowl without saying a word. Lu Qingyuan felt uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to go against his mother's wishes.

Lu Shishen frowned, pondered for a while, and still said nothing.

Lu Xingxing is 13 years old, an age with self-esteem. When she was scolded by her grandmother, her face turned red with embarrassment.

She looked at the dumplings in the bowl with tears in her eyes and was almost crying. The family only had dumplings a few times throughout the year, and when they finally had them, she was not allowed to eat her full. Her grandma was too partial.

She hates her grandmother.

Yang Niannian blinked her big eyes and looked back and forth at the family, then took Xingxing's bowl and poured all the dumplings in her bowl into Xingxing's bowl.

"I've had dinner in the city, so I'm not hungry now. If you don't mind, you can have these dumplings."

Lu Xingxing's eyes lit up and she licked her lips greedily, but she didn't dare to pick up her chopsticks.

Guan Ailian didn't expect Yang Niannian to give the dumplings in the bowl to Xingxing. She felt embarrassed. It seemed that Yang Niannian didn't even eat a few bites of the dumplings.

Seeing that Yang Niannian was dressed beautifully and fashionably, and thinking that the dumplings that had touched Xingxing's bowl and chopsticks would definitely not be taken from her to eat again, she said to Xingxing.

"Thank you quickly, Auntie."

"Thank you, auntie."

Lu Xingxing immediately smiled happily and started eating the dumplings.

Ma Xiuzhu curled her lips and snorted. It turned out that she had eaten too many delicious foods in the army and even looked down on meat dumplings.