Chapter 416
"Mom, this is Sigui, my eldest son!"
"Sigui, this is grandma, call her grandma."
Sigui stepped forward and shyly called out, "Grandma."
Li Yueniang looked at his face, which was 70% similar to Su Jindong's. With a loving expression on her face, she pulled his hand and looked him up and down. "Is your name Sigui? Come here and let me see you. How old are you? How many books are you reading now?"
Sigui smiled sheepishly, "Grandma, I'm sixteen now, I don't want to go to school anymore."
Compared with Su Jindong who was fair and plump when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, Sigui can be said to be dark and thin, with a bit of adult firmness between his brows.
It's obvious that he left society early...
Su Changzhi saw Li Yueniang turning her head away to wipe her tears, and quickly pulled the second and third daughters over, "Mom, this is the second daughter Sixiang and the third daughter Sijia."
"Call me grandma."
"Grandma~"
"Grandma~"
Li Yue Niang nodded with tears in her eyes, "Oh, they are all good children, good children."
"Come sit down and talk."
"By the way, let me get you something delicious."
Li Yue Niang ran to the kitchen cabinet on her bound feet, opened it, and took out all the pork jerky, crispy dried fish, spicy fish, and various dried fruits and nuts that Su Qingci had sent back but was reluctant to eat, and put them on the table.
"Eat, children, eat."
Sigui and his friends felt a little awkward in front of this enthusiastic old lady, and they looked up at their father at the same time.
Su Changzhi nodded, "Grandma told you to eat, so just eat."
Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Song Jingzhou and Su Jindong quickly changed the subject and asked about Su Qingci's experience in finding her relatives.
Li Yue Niang listened to Su Qing's humorous story without taking her eyes off Su Changzhi. She laughed out loud with everyone from time to time. She was unbelievably calm.
Liao Fengmei, her mother and her two children were originally very nervous, but when they saw the warm and harmonious atmosphere, they slowly relaxed.
Sixiang and Sijia, the siblings, looked very happy and ate snacks without restraint. Liao Fengmei also joined in with a few words. Su Changzhi watched his wife and children quickly integrate into this new family, and the worry that had been hanging in his heart slowly settled down.
For a moment, the laughter coming from the house could be heard throughout the yard.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Yue Niang arranged for Song Jingzhou and Su Jindong to cook dumplings.
Liao Fengmei quickly stood up and said, "Mom, let me do it, I'll do it."
Li Yueniang held Liao Fengmei and said, "Just sit down and let them go. You just stay with the children."
"Qingci, stay with your aunt. Your grandmother Guo and I will go get some of her pickled eggplant and sword beans. I remember you like them the most."
Su Qingci looked at her grandmother's hurried steps and nodded worriedly, "Hey, get more. I've been thinking about this for a long time."
"Changzhi, you guys sit down first. You can look around if you have nothing to do. I've already cleaned the two rooms inside. You can decide how to divide them between you and the children. I'll be right back."
Su Changzhi nodded honestly, "Okay."
After leaving her yard, Li Yue Niang could no longer hold back. She covered her mouth and tears fell out.
Guo Xiaomao quickly pulled her into his room, twisted her handkerchief, and said angrily, "If you want to cry, just cry. Why do you have to hide and cry? You are so stubborn."
"I'll just suffocate you to death."
Seeing my best friend's grief, I couldn't bear it. "You didn't cry when everyone else was crying, and you kept on laughing when everyone else was laughing."
"This is a good thing, why are you crying?"
Li Yue Niang wiped her tears and lowered her voice, "I begged God before, as long as my Changzhi can come back, no matter if he is sick or disabled, as long as he can come back, I am willing."
"But, today, my heart feels like it's been stabbed with a hole. It hurts so much that I can't breathe."
"The children just came back and are already panicking. It's not good for me to cry in front of them. It will scare them."
Guo Xiaomao comforted him, "Isn't this great? We have two grandsons and a granddaughter. I can't envy them enough."
"Besides, Changzhi is doing well, and the whole family is clean and tidy. This is a good thing, you should be happy."
Li Yueniang snorted and said, "Yes, I should be happy. I am happy."
Having said that, tears still flowed out like a faucet. Changzhi was only about forty years old, but with his white hair, he looked much older than his elder brother.
Although the whole family was dressed neatly, the shoes on Liao Fengmei, Sixiang and Sijia's feet were obviously much bigger.
There was also Sijia's sleeve that accidentally fell off, and Sigui dropping out of school to support his family at such a young age, and even Su Changzhi's physique was even worse than hers...
They have tried their best to present their best side to Li Yue Niang, but the embarrassment is still obvious in Li Yue Niang's eyes.
Looking at those weather-beaten faces, Li Yue Niang knew without a second thought how hard this family had lived through. They probably put on that outfit temporarily to reassure her.
Liao Fengmei's hands, which were all cracked and rough, and her dark and thin figure, clearly matched the outfit she was wearing.....
Guo Xiaomao felt soft-hearted. If he were to encounter something like Li Yue Niang, he probably wouldn't be as calm and able to control his emotions as she was.
"Forget it, forget it. If you want to cry, just cry. You'll get sick if you hold it in." Guo Xiaomao threw the handkerchief in front of Li Yueniang.
"You're crying by yourself. The people next door are having fun. If the sound gets out, you'll have endured it in vain."
Li Yue Niang actually picked up a handkerchief, covered her mouth with it, and cried.
After a while, when Li Yue Niang had vented her emotions, Guo Xiaomao brought her some water to wash her face, and he himself took a large bowl and went to grab some pickled vegetables from the jar.
After washing her face, Li Yue Niang kept patting it with her hands, hoping that the redness and swelling of her nose and eyelids would subside quickly.
When the two old ladies appeared in the yard again, they were smiling again.
When Su Changzhi saw Li Yueniang bringing in pickled vegetables, there was no expression on her face, and the tension in his heart slowly faded away.
He thought he had upset his mother again, but fortunately, fortunately...
Song Jingzhou and Su Jindong held up the large pot and kept pouring dumplings into it. "That's enough. Cook more later if it's not enough."
Su Jindong pretended not to hear and continued pouring in. "It's pork filling. I heard from Grandma Guo that my grandma was very generous and spent a lot of money to buy old nose meat from the black market. No, I have to cook it all."
"We might not be able to eat all the white flour and pork dumplings during Chinese New Year, so we won't waste them!"
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