"Where are Xinhua and Xinyu? What are they doing?" Zhou Qinglan asked after looking around and not seeing her two sons.
"They went out to play. These two go wild as soon as they get a holiday. They run out right after dinner and don't come home until dark."
Zhang Shuzhen loves her child dearly and can't bear to discipline him.
Moreover, Sheng Xiping and his wife are both busy, and the two children are not loved by their father or mother. If Zhang Shuzhen, the grandmother, beats and scolds the children, what will the two children think?
If word got out, people would say these two children were pitiful, wouldn't they? So Zhang Shuzhen could only reason with the children and at most scare them a little.
Originally, the two children were somewhat wary of Sheng Xiping's return.
But Sheng Xiping only stayed at home for one night and left yesterday. When the two kids saw this, they started showing off again.
After lunch, Zhang Shuzhen warned them not to go out, as their parents were coming home today. The two children readily agreed, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Fine, wait until they get back tonight, and see how I deal with them," Zhou Qinglan said through gritted teeth.
"Wife, you don't need to do this, I'll do it." Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping quickly stopped his wife, saying that he should take care of playing the bad guy.
"Come on, you two should put away your skills. You don't take care of the kids normally, but now you're showing off your abilities?"
I know you're busy and can't take care of the two older kids, so I'll keep an eye on them for you. What child isn't playful?
"How old are these kids? You want to clean this up, and do that? You think you're so capable now?"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Shuzhen got angry when she heard this and glared at her son and daughter-in-law.
"So what? What else do you expect the child to do?"
Even without you guys around, Xinhua still got perfect scores on her final exams, and she didn't fall behind in her studies. Xinyu can now write quite a few characters and do math problems, so what more could he want?
When their mother got angry, Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan immediately wilted.
Mom is right. They haven't fulfilled their responsibilities as parents, so why should they punish the child now?
"Mom, it was our fault. I won't punish them anymore, okay?" Sheng Xiping quickly apologized to his mother and tried to make her happy.
Zhang Shuzhen rolled her eyes at her son, said nothing more, and turned to play with her granddaughter.
When the daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and youngest son come back, the family will definitely cook something delicious.
At any other time, Zhang Shuzhen would definitely make dumplings without hesitation, but tomorrow is the Little New Year, so the dumplings have to be made tomorrow.
So, Zhang Shuzhen stewed a pot of sauerkraut with big bones, and then added some cabbage, pork belly, and frozen tofu stew.
Needless to say, the meat was brought back by Hua Hua a few days ago. Zhang Shuzhen wasn't very good at cleaning it, so she managed to pick it off.
The meat was trimmed into small pieces, leaving only meat on the bones, perfect for stewing with sauerkraut.
Just as we were about to start cooking, Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu returned, both covered in snow.
When Zhou Qinglan saw that her two sons were covered in snow from head to toe, she immediately felt a surge of anger rising from the bottom of her heart.
If her mother-in-law hadn't just scolded them, Zhou Qinglan would have loved to grab a broom and give those two brats a good beating.
"Hey you two, what have you been doing? Why are you all covered in this mess?"
"Quickly, brush yourself off! Your clothes will get wet when the snow melts!"
Seeing his wife's gritted teeth, Sheng Xiping quickly took two towels from behind the door, handed them to the children, grabbed a broom, and led the two children to the doorway.
Sheng Xiping brushed the snow off the children, while Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu used towels to wipe the snow off their heads and necks.
"How did things get like this? Oh my god, I'm so worried about you two."
Zhang Shuzhen, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw this and was also overwhelmed with problems.
"We were building snowmen, digging castles and tunnels with them, and then they wanted to have a snowball fight, and that's how it ended up like this."
The two children were completely unaware that danger was about to befall them, and were still laughing and joking.
Sheng Xiping deliberately made his movements a little heavier.
"You two are such a handful every day. Xinhua, have you finished your winter break homework? All you do is go out and cause trouble. I think you need a good beating."
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