Well, upon hearing the fourth child's voice, the high wall that Yue Jiuyue had just built in her heart collapsed again.
Yue Jiuyue always showed more tolerance towards her fourth son, a child who was either naive or simply lacking common sense.
Perhaps it's because he wasn't like the eldest son, who was already married and knew how to consider his own family; nor was he like the third son, whose presence was often overlooked; and Liu was just a daughter-in-law, so no matter how well he treated her, there was always a distance between them; and Xiao Man'er didn't make Yue Jiuyue feel the affection between grandparents and grandchildren, which might be due to her own reasons—she didn't like taking care of children and was afraid of not being able to take good care of them…
Therefore, only Lin Chaobei could make her feel a little bit of family affection, although it was a mother-son relationship, and she was still that old mother.
"mother!"
Lin Chaobei ran all the way down and arrived at the front. He stood there with a hoe on his shoulder, grinning at Yue Jiuyue with his eyes crinkled.
He really is a child who hasn't grown up yet.
"Why!"
Yue Jiuyue had no choice but to agree.
"Mom, are you exhausted these days? I told you before, there's no need to rush the land. Once the houses in the village are all built, the three of us will come back to work on it. You can also take a good rest at home!"
Lin Chaobei put the hoe down, rolled up his sleeves, and without caring that the water in the basin was used by Yue Jiuyue, he scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on his face after he finished speaking.
The water in the basin became murky, so Lin Chaobei casually splashed the water into the yard, then scooped up another half basin of water and continued washing.
"I've been resting at home for two months now. If I don't get some exercise, my old bones will start to rust."
Even Yue Jiuyue herself felt uncomfortable with what she said. She didn't think being in her thirties or forties was old, but according to online information from modern times, the average lifespan was eighteen years in the Xia and Shang dynasties, twenty years in the Qin and Han dynasties, twenty-two years in the Eastern Han dynasty, twenty-seven years in the Tang dynasty, thirty years in the Song dynasty, and thirty-three years in the Qing dynasty. She was already considered long-lived.
Ancient medical conditions were relatively backward, and coupled with natural disasters, man-made calamities, and wars, people's lifespans were generally shorter. The old saying goes, "It is rare for a person to live past seventy," which means that very few people lived past seventy. Her goal was to live past one hundred and become a centenarian. It is unknown whether this goal can be achieved.
"I'm not old at all! Look at all the young women and wives in our village, none of them are as beautiful as my mother!"
Lin Chaobei chuckled, which made Yue Jiuyue both amused and exasperated. She lightly patted his shoulder.
"Who taught you to be so glib?"
"Mother! What I'm saying is all true!"
Lin Chaobei was unhappy. What he said was clearly true. Not to mention the whole Linjiagou Village, but even the entire Huandong Town, there was no woman whiter or cleaner than his mother. He had already decided that when he got married, he would definitely find a fair-skinned and tender girl so that the children born would be fair-skinned and chubby.
He had seen what the little girl looked like when she was first born—dark-skinned, wrinkled, and incredibly ugly!
However, girls really do change as they grow up. Although the little girl is still dark-skinned, she looks quite pretty. But he still prefers chubby, fair-skinned children, because they are blessed!
Yue Jiuyue had no idea that because she didn't want to look dark and old, she worked hard on skincare and sun protection despite the villagers' strange looks. After finally getting fairer skin, it even affected her youngest son's views on choosing a partner.
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