While keeping an eye out for anyone coming in, Qin Yaxin whispered to her father, "I can tell that my older brother cares about my sister-in-law. Otherwise, he wouldn't have called me over to stand up for her."
"What do you mean your older brother is standing up for your sister-in-law?"
"Can't you talk properly, you brat?" Qin Shuhan said irritably, "Your older brother is teaching you a lesson and helping you correct your mistakes!"
"Yes, yes, my elder brother is teaching me and helping me correct my mistakes. I was just not good at speaking. Please forgive my shortcomings!"
Qin Yaxin smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Dad, let me tell you, in our family, my second brother, my fifth brother, my sixth brother, and I all listen to my sister-in-law now. We all like her very much. If my brother ever dares to do anything to betray her, I will definitely stand on her side."
"Your brother's life was given to him by your sister-in-law. If he dares to betray her, I'll be the first to teach him a lesson!"
Lanlan is such a good girl. If that brat of an older brother doesn't appreciate her and ruins his good daughter-in-law, he'll be in for a beating!
Qin Shuhan pondered to himself, and after a moment, he asked, "That's it?"
"I don't know about the others."
Qin Yaxin neither shook her head nor nodded, her face innocent: "I go to school six days a week, so I can't know more about the story between my older brother and sister-in-law."
As she spoke, she spread her hands to indicate that it wasn't that she didn't want to tell, but that she genuinely didn't know.
"Don't you come home for lunch? Don't you sleep at home at night? Don't you come home on weekends?"
Qin Shuhan asked three questions in a row.
“I go home for lunch and sleep at home at night. I stay home on weekends and don’t go anywhere. But what I see and hear most is my sister-in-law giving my brother treatment.”
Besides, as you said earlier, my older brother is extremely stern and rarely smiles. It's really difficult for your daughter to hear or see how good he is to my sister-in-law!
Qin Yaxin made a bitter face.
Qin Shuhan remained silent for a long while before speaking: "Go back and tell your older brother that I said this, and that he should treat your sister-in-law well. Also, tell him that if I find out he has wronged your sister-in-law, he can expect to be punished with a belt!"
"Dad, you're a refined man, why are you imitating my sister-in-law?"
Qin Yaxin recalled what Song Lan had said and couldn't help but shudder. She said, "On the way to visit you, my sister-in-law said that if I did something wrong and she couldn't listen to reason with me, she would whip me with a leather whip so that I would know to reflect on my mistakes, know where I went wrong, and correct my attitude."
"I support your sister-in-law."
Qin Shuhan was filled with relief. Of course, this relief came from Song Lan, not from his daughter Qin Yaxin. He said, "If your sister-in-law can say that, and if she really does it one day, it means that she truly loves you and doesn't want you to go astray."
"..."
Qin Yaxin pursed her lips and remained silent.
After not hearing Qin Yaxin speak for a while, Qin Shuhan asked, "What, do you have a problem with that?"
"No, no, absolutely not!"
Qin Yaxin shook her head vigorously, like a rattle-drum.
She had to keep her opinions to herself, otherwise, not to mention how her sister-in-law would deal with her, her father might slap her on the back of the head right now.
"It's good that you have no objections."
Qin Shuhan nodded in satisfaction.
Outside, Song Lan cooked the meal and served it directly to Qin Shuhan and Fu Wenhan's rice bowls. She then quickly washed the pots and cleaned the stove before going back into Qin Shuhan and Fu Wenhan's dormitory.
As for Song Qinghui and Song Guoqing, they are already inside.
"Why did you cook for me and your Uncle Fu?"
Qin Shuhan glanced at his and Fu Wenhan's food containers, then turned his gaze to Song Lan: "Your father and your Uncle Fu have enough food to eat, not to mention that Hai sent so much fine grain. Do you think your father and your Uncle Fu have a hard time feeding you even once?"
“I told Lanlan that we have plenty of food, but the little girl wouldn’t listen. She said that the others had eaten their fill when they came over, so they weren’t hungry now. She quickly made just enough for the two of us.”
This is Fu Wenhan's voice.
"Dad, my second brother, my younger brother, Yaxin, and I are really not hungry. You can ask them if you don't believe me."
Song Lan smiled and glanced at Song Qinghui and the other two.
"Uncle Qin, I'm really not hungry."
"Uncle Qin, me too!"
"Dad, I ate so much at home, I still haven't digested it!"
The three of them spoke one after another, and when Qin Yaxin finished speaking, Qin Shuhan was both annoyed and amused, but he was mostly moved.
"You all know how to lie to me and your Uncle Fu, two old men." His gaze swept over Song Lan and the other three, finally settling on Song Lan. "Especially Lanlan, you know you're not hungry, but how do you know Qinghui and Guoqing aren't hungry?"
"Uncle Qin, it was Guoqing and I who told Lanlan."
Song Qinghui spoke up for Song Lan.
"You're a good older brother; you know how to protect your younger sister!"
Qin Shuhan's tone sounded a bit strange. Upon hearing this, Song Qinghui chuckled sheepishly.
"Alright, your Uncle Fu and I understand your intentions. You just want to save us food. We two old folks will accept your kindness!"
“Dad, you and Uncle Fu are not old at all.”
Song Lan said with a smile.
Song Qinghui, Song Guoqing, and Qin Yaxin all nodded in agreement with what Song Lan said.
"Old Fu, did you hear that? Lanlan really knows how to make us happy!"
Qin Shuhan turned his gaze to Fu Wenhan and said with a smile.
"The child is telling the truth."
As soon as Fu Wenhan said this, he saw Qin Shuhan freeze in shock. He couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What? Are we already in our seventies or eighties? I don't agree with you if that's what you think. I think I'm in my prime."
The two old guys were only in their early fifties, and they both looked quite robust. He didn't think he had entered the ranks of the elderly at all.
Qin Shuhan opened his mouth, but didn't say anything for a long time.
Song Lan and the other three burst out laughing in unison. Song Lan said, "Uncle Fu is absolutely right. You and my dad are in the prime of our lives, and we're far from being old!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Shuhan also laughed out loud: "Alright, alright, whatever my Lanlan says goes. Old Fu, we're still young!"
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Around 1:30 p.m., Song Lan and the other three left the forest.
"Second Brother, you and Guoqing take Yaxin back first. I'll gather some herbs on the mountain before coming down." After leaving the forest farm, the group had walked about halfway when Song Lan gave Song Qinghui a wink. As he approached, she whispered something, and then raised her voice to say the same thing.
"OK."
Song Qinghui nodded.
"Sister-in-law, how about I keep you company?"
Qin Yaxin was worried about Song Lan being alone on the mountain.
"No need, you go down the mountain with my second brother and younger brother, I'll be back soon."
Song Lan shook her head and declined. Seeing that Qin Yaxin was standing still, she persuaded her, "Listen to me, you don't know herbs. If I spend time teaching you, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to find the ones I need."
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