After they finished being intimate, they realized there was someone else in the room and hurriedly let go of each other.
Zhang Ru carefully put the money away: "With this money, we can have a peaceful New Year. Are you going to go out to work again after you come back this time?"
“It’s getting cold now, and it’s not easy to do work outside. I plan to go out again after the New Year.” Qiao Hainan wiped his face and hands with a towel, and then touched the child.
"Good boy, call me Daddy."
The father and son stared at each other, and in the end, Qiao Hainan lost and touched his son's face.
Suddenly remembering Qiao Lingling kneeling beside the coffin, he said to them, "Why is that brat back? What happened to those injuries on her face?"
Zhang Ru recounted what had happened before, concluding with, "She brought this on herself. Don't feel sorry for her and go beg everyone to let her go back to her room."
"Am I crazy?! If I asked her to come back, I would have crippled her long ago if she were my own daughter."
"They're so young and already learning bad habits. Who knows what trouble they'll cause in the future!" Qiao Hainan said angrily.
Qiao Xiaoni: "Third Uncle, it's not worth getting angry over her. You've been traveling all day. Sit on the kang for a while."
Zhang Ru pulled Qiao Hainan down to sit: "We still have to go up the mountain to see them off later, so if we can rest for a while, that's good."
Have you not eaten anything the whole way?
"I only ate two steamed buns on the way. Everyone has finished eating now, so let's eat together tonight!"
Zhang Ru felt heartbroken; there probably wouldn't be any food left outside at this hour.
The door was pushed open, and Li Meihua walked in, carrying a plate of steamed buns and a bowl of meat soup.
"Third brother, this is the food I specially saved for you. Eat it while it's hot."
Qiao Hainan quickly accepted it with both hands: "Sister-in-law, you are truly a living Bodhisattva."
"You've changed, but your words are even sweeter than before." Li Meihua had been standing outside all day, and finally sat down on the stool next to her, able to rest her feet for a bit.
As the eldest daughter-in-law, even if she did nothing, she still had to stand in front of others. Otherwise, people would gossip about her, and she could only stay outside and keep them company.
"Mom, when are we going up the mountain? Should I come with you?" Qiao Xiaoni asked.
Li Meihua shook her head: "You don't need to go with them. Stay inside. Your older brother and your father will have to come up the mountain with you."
Your third uncle has to go too, all the men in the family have to go.
Qiao Xiaoni looked at the doll in her arms, a smile on her face, completely unaware of what had happened. She thought to herself, "It's good to be a child; I don't have to think about anything."
Li Meihua wiped her hands with a towel, took off her coat, and then reached out her hand.
"Let me hold the little one for a while and see how heavy he is."
Qiao Xiaoni handed the child over with both hands: "He's quite heavy, be careful when you hold him, don't drop him."
“I’ve carried far more children than you have. You, and your two older brothers, weren’t you all raised by me?” Li Meihua looked at the child in her arms: “This little guy is really good-looking, definitely more handsome than his two older brothers.”
Qiao Xiaoni: "She is quite pretty, and she smiles as soon as she's touched. This child is really adorable."
Zhang Ru and Qiao Hainan watched from the sidelines, also delighted, as their own child was so adorable.
Li Meihua was worried that someone might be looking for her outside, so she put the child down and went outside after holding him for a short while.
Qiao Hainan went out to help after a short while, and soon there were only two adults and a child left in the house.
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