"Be careful on the road!"
Feng's mother offered her words of advice.
Feng Xueyi nodded in response to his daughter.
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As they left the Feng family home, before Song Qingbin could say anything, Feng Yuanyuan said, "My parents said that your uncle and aunt are very nice, and that your younger brother and sister are also very easy to get along with."
"Really? And you, how are you feeling?"
Feng Yuanyuan first hummed in agreement, then glanced at Song Qingbin and said softly with a smile, "Of course I think everyone is very nice."
Upon hearing this, Song Qingbin's expression softened considerably, and he whispered, "I will be good to you."
"What? I didn't hear you clearly."
It wasn't that Feng Yuanyuan didn't hear clearly.
She just wanted to hear Song Qingbin say it again, and at the same time, she wanted to tease him.
"I said I would be good to you, always!"
His face burning, Song Qingbin suppressed his unease and repeated himself.
Feng Yuanyuan paused slightly before continuing on her way. She said, "If you treat me well, I will treat you well too. After we get married, we will discuss things together and make our lives better together."
Feng Yuanyuan was genuinely embarrassed to say these words, but she felt it was necessary to make her promise.
After all, Song Qingbin took the initiative to make a promise to her, so out of courtesy, she had to make the same promise to him as well; otherwise, she would seem too ignorant.
If things go wrong, Song Qingbin might think she's cold-hearted. If that's really what he thinks, wouldn't it create a rift between them?
If you're already feeling resistant to your partner before you're even married, how will you live together when you actually become husband and wife?
Feng Yuanyuan never considered another broken engagement, or that the marriage wouldn't be stable and the couple would end up getting a divorce.
"Um."
Song Qingbin nodded slightly and then said, "We'll live a good life together after we get married!"
Feng Yuanyuan smiled and steered the conversation toward Song Lan: "Comrade Song Lan is very beautiful, has a good temperament, and knows a lot. I feel very comfortable chatting with her."
"I'm not bragging, but my younger sister is really exceptional in every way."
Song Qingbin praised Song Lan without reservation. With a slight smile on his lips, he said, "She is very bright. She skipped grades in both elementary and middle school. When her peers were entering middle school, she was already a medical student."
While her peers were graduating from junior high school, she had already started working.
Having studied traditional Chinese medicine since childhood, and obtaining a medical license while working, she now practices in the traditional Chinese medicine department of the machinery factory's employee hospital, where her medical skills are quite remarkable.
"Comrade Song Lan is really amazing; she looks like she's not even an adult yet."
Feng Yuanyuan's tone sounded particularly sincere.
Song Qingbin: "My younger sister is an adult, otherwise she wouldn't be able to marry my brother-in-law. However, she is only nineteen years old now."
Did she often cook at home before?
As soon as she said it, Feng Yuanyuan hurriedly explained to avoid Song Qingbin misunderstanding:
"Don't misunderstand me. What I mean is that Comrade Song Lan's cooking skills are so good, she must have practiced a lot in this area."
Song Qingbin reassured him, "I didn't misunderstand, you don't need to be nervous."
"I don't."
Feng Yuanyuan denied that she was nervous or worried that her partner would misunderstand her, which would create conflict between them.
"Okay, you don't."
Song Qingbin smiled and said, "Actually, my younger sister didn't grow up in my family. On the day she was born, due to the county hospital..."
In a soft, gentle voice, Song Qingbin recounted how Song Lan and Song Jiaojiao were switched at birth.
He knew very well that he couldn't hide this from Feng Yuanyuan, because the two were currently engaged, and if Feng Yuanyuan married him later, it wouldn't be hard to hear gossip about their family in the village.
For example, Song Lan was switched at birth as a child.
For example, their family raised Song Jiaojiao, a heartless ingrate.
Moreover, Song Jiaojiao was an educated youth in Shisong Village and had a restless personality. Even if he and Feng Yuanyuan didn't live at home often after their marriage, they would still go back once a week. It was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't run into Song Jiaojiao causing trouble at their door.
The educated youth were all delicate and frail, and they simply couldn't handle working in the fields for long periods of time.
Although Song Jiaojiao grew up in their family in Shisong Village, she was pampered and spoiled by them since she was a child, and never had to do farm work in the fields.
It's not that he lacks confidence in Song Jiaojiao, but rather that it's very difficult for Song Jiaojiao to support herself through work.
Moreover, not long after Song Jiaojiao returned to Shisong Village for her rural assignment, she would frequently visit his home to try and get closer to him and ease the tension in their relationship.
It's nothing more than that he couldn't stand working in the fields, and after seeking her help to reconnect with his family, he was met with her utter disdain. The help he received from his family was the help he received from her entire family.
They really know how to dream big!
Feng Yuanyuan had no idea what Song Qingbin was thinking. After hearing Song Qingbin's account of the baby swap incident and its aftermath, she couldn't help but sigh:
"That Song Jiaojiao went too far! She went to claim relatives without even telling her aunt and uncle, and then turned her back on them. Doesn't she have a heart?"
Comrade Song Lan is a good cook; she must have cooked for her adoptive parents a lot to develop her skills.
Thinking of this, Feng Yuanyuan felt that Song Lan's adoptive parents were going too far.
If Song Lan knew, she could only say it was a "beautiful" misunderstanding.
She learned her cooking skills in the original world, when she was a young lady in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. She learned from the best cook in the mansion, all to give herself more leverage.
In powerful and wealthy families, official clans, and even merchant mansions, women were required to learn many things before marriage.
It doesn't matter whether you're an expert or not, but you should at least be able to do things like chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, or cooking, to add fun to your marriage.
Like occasionally making a nightgown for her husband, or personally cooking him a soup...
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