The first day's exams were on politics and Chinese. During the lunch break, Qin Hanshu went back home for lunch.

Zhou Weiguang is getting busier and busier now. He usually has no time to cook at noon, so both father and son get their meals from the cafeteria.

Zhou Weiguang and Zhou Chi were eating. When they saw Qin Hanshu coming back, they asked in surprise, "Didn't you say you wouldn't come back to eat?"

Qin Hanshu said: "That was my original plan, but I found that I had a lot of time at noon, and I didn't know where to go after eating at the restaurant."

Zhou Weiguang looked at his and his son's almost empty lunch boxes, stood up and said, "I'll go to the cafeteria and get some for you."

As soon as the voice fell, Liu Ercui's voice was heard outside, "Sister, come to my house to eat."

After opening the door, Liu Ercui smiled and said, "I saw you back on the balcony, and I guessed that your family didn't cook, so I hurried down to call you."

Qin Hanshu turned around and said to Zhou Weiguang, "No need to get food. I'll go to Sister Ercui's house to eat."

Liu Ercui pulled Qin Hanshu upstairs, "I made dumplings with pork and vermicelli today, and also cooked millet porridge. Lao Zhang has already finished eating and left, so you don't have to feel uncomfortable."

Qin Hanshu smiled and nodded.

As soon as I arrived at Liu Ercui's house, I met Pei'er coming out.

"What are you doing? Have you finished your meal?"

Pei'er called out "Aunt Qin" first, "After eating, I'm going to play with little brother Xiaochi."

Liu Ercui said with a smile: "You like playing with little brother Xiaochi, but you haven't caught up with his enthusiasm for studying at all."

Qin Hanshu asked Pei'er to go quickly, and then said to Liu Ercui, "The child is only in kindergarten, it's the right time for him to play. My child is an outlier, he is so lifeless at such a young age. I hope Pei'er can make him more lively."

Liu Ercui laughed twice, then went to get buns for Qin Hanshu.

Yue'er walked up to Qin Hanshu, called him obediently, and then hesitated.

Qin Hanshu took the initiative to ask: "What do you want?"

Yue Er then said, "Auntie, I also want to go downstairs and play with little brother Xiao Chi."

Qin Hanshu nodded, "You go."

Yue'er didn't move, she bit her lip and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Yue'er is much taller than Pei'er. She is thin, with long hair braided in a braid, and her clothes are clean and tidy.

If Pearl is still a tomboy rolling around in the mud, then Yue'er has begun to show signs of becoming a grown-up girl.

"But..." Yue'er looked at Qin Hanshu pitifully, "I'm afraid Sister Pei'er won't welcome me...Auntie, can you take me down?"

Although Yue'er was asking, she was very polite, and the pitiful spirit that emanated from her inside out was such that anyone else would probably not be able to refuse her.

Qin Hanshu was unmoved and said, "Yue'er, you haven't even gone yet, how do you know that Sister Pei'er doesn't welcome you?"

Yue Er paused for a moment and said, "Auntie, you don't know, Pei Er, Pei Er doesn't like to play with me..."

"What's wrong?" Liu Ercui poked her head out of the kitchen. "Yue'er, I just heard you ask Aunt Qin to take you somewhere to play. Just go wherever you want to go. Aunt Qin has to take an exam after dinner. Don't waste her time."

Yue Er hesitantly said: "I know, I know, Mom..."

Liu Ercui's tone was not harsh, but Yue'er still walked away with her body shrunken as if she was frightened.

Qin Hanshu frowned as he watched.

I don’t know if Yue’er is really like this or if she does it on purpose.

What good would it do for her to pretend to be pitiful? Even if she didn't pretend to be pitiful, Liu Ercui would not treat her badly given her character.

All in all, having such a child at home makes Liu Ercui very tired.

"Here, you can eat now." Liu Ercui came out with the buns, "I heated them up again."

After putting down the buns, Liu Ercui brought over a plate of cold dishes.

Qin Hanshu felt bad, "Just eat the buns."

Liu Ercui laughed and said, "It's okay. It's not a big deal to make some cold dishes."

Qin Hanshu thanked him sincerely.

"Tsk, you look so good that even when you eat, you look better than others." Liu Ercui rested her chin on her hand and looked at Qin Hanshu.

Her appearance reminded Qin Hanshu of the way Pei'er watched Zhou Chi eat.

Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Ercui, you are not bad looking either."

Liu Ercui blushed and waved her hands, "I'm an old woman now. I don't care about what's good-looking or not."

Qin Hanshu: "You don't look old at all, you are thirty... thirty-three this year?"

Liu Ercui nodded and said, "Almost thirty-four."

However, Liu Ercui had a lot of housework and no awareness of maintenance and dressing, so she looked older. When they first met, Qin Hanshu thought Liu Ercui was already in her thirties, but later learned that she was only twenty-nine when she gave birth to Pei'er.

"Being in your thirties is not old at all. On the contrary, you don't need to worry too much about taking care of your children at this age, so you can do what you like."

"Something you like?" Liu Ercui was a little confused. "I don't know what I like. I just want to do my housework well, so that my husband and children can have hot meals when they come home and clean clothes when they go out."

Qin Hanshu brought up the matter of work again.

Liu Ercui was visibly moved.

Since the twins were brought to the city, the money sent back to their hometown has been reduced by half, and the family’s living expenses have become much more abundant.

But as the children grow older, there are more and more places to spend money, and she also wants to save more for the family.

Liu Ercui thought for a long time, until Qin Hanshu finished her meal, she said: "Wait until Lao Zhang comes back, I will discuss it with him."

Because of Yue'er's schooling, the relationship between the couple became a little strained. Liu Ercui wanted to ease the situation, so she took the opportunity to talk about work to create a way out.

After eating, Qin Hanshu returned home, rested for a while, and then went to the examination room again.

When she came out after the afternoon exam, she found Zhou Weiguang standing there waiting for her.

Qin Hanshu asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"

Zhou Weiguang said, "I went to the military district to do some work. Since the time is right, I came to pick you up and go back together."

Qin Hanshu took his arm and snorted deliberately: "I thought you came all the way to pick me up!"

Zhou Weiguang looked around in panic and slowly pulled his arm away. "This is a public place, be careful of the impact."

I thought Qin Hanshu would be angry with him like before, but unexpectedly, Qin Hanshu's expression was calm, as if nothing had happened.

Zhou Weiguang began to feel awkward.