My brother-in-law is just a little childish, he just likes to tease the little girl until she cries, that's all...
But he didn't neglect his work; he even helped take care of the children. If you don't believe me, ask Xiaoman'er who she likes the most. I guarantee that besides Liu Shi and Lin Chaodong, only Yue Shi, the grandmother, can rank ahead of him.
Lin Chaonan: ...
Should he be glad that his second brother wasn't home?
"Just keep indulging her!"
Although Liu was speaking with a complaint, her tone was full of happiness; her eyebrows curved, the corners of her mouth turned up, and her eyes were filled with undisguised joy.
"hey-hey!"
Lin Chaodong didn't know how to respond, afraid that if he said something wrong, he would anger his wife again, so he could only use his professional skill as a simpleton—a silly smile—to deal with it.
Lin Chaodong tore off a small piece of pancake, rolled it up twice, and handed it to Xiaoman'er, who immediately started grinding her teeth happily.
"Make one for the third brother too, and one for you too, one for each of you, so you can all have a taste!"
It was rare for Madam Liu to be so generous. Although Lin Chaodong did not refuse, he rolled a pancake for Lin Chaonan but not for himself.
"What's wrong with you? Why don't you roll one up and try it?"
Liu couldn't understand what Lin Chaodong meant.
"Hey! It's nothing, we'll eat with Mom after you're done!"
He was too embarrassed to say that he wanted to wait for Man'er's mother to eat together, so he used his own mother as an excuse.
His feelings were so subtle that even Yue Jiuyue, a well-informed woman who had been exposed to all sorts of TV dramas, movies, short videos, and novels since childhood, had to use a magnifying glass to observe even the slightest clue.
Therefore, Madam Liu did not realize Lin Chaodong's true intention. She thought that Lin Chaodong did not want to skip Yue Jiuyue and eat first, so she did not pay any more attention to him, so as not to appear that she only cared about men and did not know how to be filial to her mother-in-law.
The first time she soaked grains, she didn't know the exact amount and soaked half a bucket. As a result, after grinding them into pancake batter, it turned out to be more than a whole bucket!
Yue Jiuyue made a few pancakes and went back to her room to rest on the kang (heated brick bed), leaving Liu Shi alone to continue working in front of the blazing griddle. She was busy from morning until afternoon, and didn't even have time to eat lunch. Of course, her filial son Lin Chaodong didn't eat either, and Yue Jiuyue, who was asleep, wouldn't eat either.
When Yue Jiuyue woke up rubbing her eyes, she went outside and saw Liu Shi sitting in front of the griddle, still working hard to make pancakes.
"Oh dear! Man'er's mother, why didn't you call me! My arms must be aching from all this work! Get up and rest for a bit, I'll take over!"
Yue Jiuyue didn't care whether the pancake on the griddle would burn, and quickly pulled Liu up so that she could rest for a while.
She was really feeling guilty! She ended up sleeping for almost two hours straight!
Although she intended to teach Liu how to make pancakes so that she could be lazy openly, if she only made more than a bucket of pancake batter a day, would Liu still be able to lift her arm tomorrow?
She wasn't a wicked mother-in-law. She had only planned to let Liu lie down for a while so she could warm herself up in bed, and then she would come out to relieve Liu and let Liu rest for a bit more.
She was also afraid that she might not notice the time, so before leaving she told Liu to call her if she needed anything.
Being tired is a problem, isn't it?
She wasn't a cruel mother-in-law who tormented her daughter-in-law, nor was she a lazy mother-in-law who only ate and did nothing. Why didn't Liu call her? Was she asleep and didn't hear her?
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