"Sister-in-law, where did my brother go?"
Tie Dan had been sleeping with his older brother for some time now, but without his brother around at night, he suddenly found it hard to fall asleep.
Ning Jing patted his little head and patiently explained, "Your older brother needs to go on a business trip to another city. He will come back when he finishes his work."
Upon hearing this, Tie Dan frowned and said dejectedly, "Jian Guo is telling everyone that our eldest brother left and won't come back. He says that our eldest brother thinks we are a burden and is afraid that we will drag him down."
Upon hearing this, Ning Jing's expression turned serious, and she said to Tie Dan earnestly, "Do you think your older brother is that kind of person?"
Tie Dan shook his head firmly.
Ning Jing then asked, "So you think we're a burden, that we'll drag your older brother down?"
Tie Dan looked up at his sister-in-law, then hesitated, biting his lower lip without nodding or shaking his head.
Seeing him like this, Ning Jing suppressed the bitterness in her heart.
"Tiedan, neither you nor we will be a burden to your elder brother."
And your older brother would never consider us a burden to him.
In each other's hearts, the other is an indispensable member of family.
Your older brother goes out to work; he's working hard for this family. We, too, should work hard at home, understand?
Tie Dan nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
"Besides, do you really think you can believe what Fu Jianguo says?"
When Ning Jing thought of Fu Hongxing's uncle's family, she couldn't help but frown.
Upon hearing this, Tie Dan immediately shook his head.
He certainly didn't believe what Fu Jianguo said, but hearing what the village children were saying made him feel uneasy.
"Next time, if he dares to talk about your older brother and our family like that again, just go up to him and slap him across the face."
Let him understand that our family is not a place he can speak of casually.
Ning Jing said to Tie Dan with a long face.
Don't blame her for setting a bad example for children; some people are beyond reason with.
Only by using force can we make them understand, in a profound and painful way, that they are not to be trifled with.
Tie Dan nodded vigorously after hearing this.
My sister-in-law is definitely right.
"Alright, take out the homework I assigned yesterday, let me check it."
Seeing that Tie Dan had taken her words to heart, Ning Jing changed her expression, reached out her hand, and said to him.
Tie Dan's slightly down mood was immediately thrown to the winds.
He said nervously, "Sister-in-law, I haven't finished yet."
Ning Jing sneered and said, "You've gotten too bold. You didn't finish your homework and went out to play. You even gave me depression."
After you finish your homework, you'll have to copy the newly learned vocabulary words 500 times.
Tie Dan felt as if struck by lightning and couldn't help but let out a wail.
Xiuhua and Xiuchun couldn't help but feel a tightness in their chrysanthemums, and then they remembered that they seemed to have finished all the homework their sister-in-law had assigned, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.
After Fu Hongxing went on a business trip, Ning Jing stayed at home composting earthworms and guiding the children in learning to read and doing their homework.
In these ordinary days, Ning Jing always felt as if something was missing.
What exactly is missing?
As Ning Jing drifted off to sleep that night, she still carried this question with her.
Then, in the middle of the night, she suddenly sat up straight on the kang (a heated brick bed).
She remembered what was missing.
Fuqiang, how could she forget about Fuqiang?
"Fuqiang...are you there? Are you alright?"
Ning Jing hugged the blanket and cautiously asked in her mind.
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