Chapter 262: Shallow Relationship with Family (Page 1/2)
Huo Qingci rode his bicycle back home, while Huo Junshan and Xiao Ya walked to work.
Huo Junshan suddenly said to Xiao Ya, "Xiao Ya, Qing Yan is such a dishonest person! He didn't even consider Xiao Man's perspective. Si Jie is also..."
"When Qingyan introduced Lin Jing to Sijie at first, Sijie hesitated, but she fell in love with him at first sight.
She thought that marrying into the family would help reconcile the relationship between the Lin family and Manman. Unexpectedly, Manman decided to never have any contact with the Lin family again. Alas... from what Ci'er said, Manman has a problem with Qingyan and Sijie?
"Don't talk nonsense. Manman had a problem with them and she wouldn't let Ci'er come to help. She even prepared two wedding quilts for Sijie.
Today, Si Jie also received a betrothal gift of 488. She also has her own salary, so she will use the money to buy her dowry.
"My sister only has this one daughter, so as her aunt, I must give her the gifts I deserve. I'll buy her a pair of pillowcases and a blanket, and I'll also give her fifty yuan as a gift."
Huo Junshan nodded, "It's already very good, I gave you enough."
When Xiao Ya heard her husband say this, she did not refute. When Huo Qingci returned home, he found that his younger brother was there too.
He carried a bag of mutton and gently placed it on the table, saying, "Qinghuan, why are you here?"
Huo Qinghuan put down the review materials in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother, come back. Our school is on vacation for half a day, and my sister-in-law asked me to come over and play."
"Si Jie may not come back tonight, so you can sleep in her bed."
"Okay, big brother, is this bag of mutton on the table? Grandpa said we're having mutton hotpot tonight."
Huo Qingci nodded. "Well, we're having mutton tonight. Where are An'an and Ningning? Where's your sister-in-law?"
"An'an is asleep. Sister Ningning took him to the toilet."
Huo Qingci carried the mutton to the backyard. Lin Man wiped the fat boy's butt and pulled up his pants. When she looked up, she saw her man coming back.
"Qingci, you're back."
Huo Qingci smiled and nodded, "Well, I just got back. I'll put the mutton back to the kitchen first."
"Go ahead, I'll take Ningning to wash her hands."
Huo Yining stared at the bag of mutton and said, "Dad, are we having mutton tonight? We had bacon and eggs for lunch."
"Well, we'll have mutton stewed with radish tonight."
"Dad, can we have mutton stew? I don't want to eat radishes."
Huo Qingci did not reply to Huo Yining, but carried the mutton into the kitchen. Lin Man scooped water for Huo Yining to wash his hands while explaining:
"Adding some radish can not only remove the mutton smell, but also reduce the greasiness. It is said that radish is good in winter and ginger is good in summer. Mutton is dry and radish is cold, so stewing them together is just the right way to reduce internal heat."
Radish has a diuretic effect. You children should eat more of it to prevent bedwetting."
Huo Yining raised his head, his neck stiffening, "My brother wet the bed last night and soaked my pants, but I didn't wet the bed."
Lin Man smiled. This kid was actually lying with his eyes open. She took them to sleep in the space and put diapers on An An at night. How could he wet the bed?
"Okay, okay, it's my brother who wet the bed, okay!"
Huo Yining lowered his eyes and smiled secretly, "Mom, I was just kidding. I actually peed in my dream and I pooped on the bed."
“Pah!”
Huo Qingci slapped Huo Yining on the butt, "You kid actually learned to lie and trick your mother, you deserve a beating."
Huo Yining, who was suddenly attacked, looked displeased. He stared at Huo Qingci and snorted coldly, "I hate Daddy, I hate Daddy. I'm going to tell Grandpa that you hit me."
"You kid have learned to complain. Come here and let daddy spank you twice more."
Huo Yining was unwilling to do anything and ran away without a second thought. Lin Man shook her head and said, "Why are you acting like a child? Why are you teasing him? Ningning will definitely go to complain to grandpa by now."
Huo Qingci took Lin Man's hand, blew a few breaths of warm air gently on her palm, then rubbed it gently with his palm, and said with a smile:
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"Just let him go. This brat is really getting more and more dishonest. Not only has he learned to lie, he's even learned to tell tales."
"Children are all like this. Of course they dare not admit when they do something wrong! By the way, how is the betrothal gift negotiation going for Sijie in your family?" Lin Man asked curiously.
"The Lin family gave a betrothal gift of 488 yuan, and Lin Jing also bought Si Jie a beautiful ladies' watch.
Sijie said she would prepare a sewing machine, and we prepared two thick quilts.
My mother prepared a blanket for her, and my aunt also prepared a quilt for each of them.
"Once she can buy some bedding, a kettle, a bucket, and other daily necessities like pots and pans, she'll have almost everything she needs." Huo Qingci explained to Lin Man in detail.
Hearing this, Lin Man couldn't help but sigh that Liao Sijie was so lucky.
Although her parents are no longer around, so many relatives are working together to prepare her dowry.
Unlike when I got married, I had nothing and no relatives to help me with the arrangements. I even had to prepare the wedding quilt by myself.
She has a shallow bond with her relatives in this life, and that's it. She won't force anything anymore.
Lin Man sighed, "Si Jie is a very lucky girl. Your brother acted as a matchmaker for them, but didn't he think of giving Si Jie anything?"
"You're talking about Qingyan. He asked me how much I wanted as a gift. I said fifty. He said he would give fifty too, but he wouldn't buy anything.
Because he wants to save money to buy clothes for his wife and children. Ling Fei is now four and a half months pregnant, and her belly is bigger than others who are six or seven months pregnant.
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"My brother helps her walk. Si Jie promised them that she would go over to help look after Ling Fei during the day."
Lin Man's mood suddenly darkened. "What if Si Jie doesn't come back tomorrow? There are still ten days of winter vacation left. What will happen to the two children?"
"Well, I've already told Si Jie that we won't be involved in whether she moves to the Lin family or stays with her parents to take care of Ling Fei.
But for these ten days, she must stay at our house to take care of Ningning and Anan, and we will calculate the expenses for these ten days separately."
Lin Man sneered, "I never realized your brother is actually a henpecked husband and loves his wife so much.
When school is over, I plan to move directly to the courtyard with Grandpa and the children."
"Manman, are you going to let me stay in the army alone?"
"It's only a little over ten days. Won't you be back for the New Year?"
"Manman, you have to buy New Year's goods, do the cleaning, and take care of the kids. It must be very tiring. Why don't you stay? I'll help you when I get home from get off work."
"No, I plan to ask Qinghuan to live in the courtyard. Not only can he help take care of the children, but he can also do some work for me."
Seeing Lin Man say this, Huo Qingci could only nod in agreement. He thought that if he missed his wife and children, he would take a bus back after work. At worst, he would have to get up at five in the morning.
When Lin Man and Huo Qingci returned to the living room, they saw Huo Li sitting on the sofa and warming himself by the fire with Huo Yining.
As soon as Huo Qingci sat down, Huo Li said, "Qingci, why are you beating the child for no reason? Ningning said you beat his butt so hard that it was swollen, and you didn't even let him eat dinner."
Huo Qingci glared at Huo Yining and said, "Huo Yining, when did I not allow you to have dinner?"
Huo Yining's neck shrank. "Grandpa, I'm sorry! Dad didn't tell me not to eat dinner. You misunderstood. He told me not to eat mutton stewed with mutton, but to eat mutton stewed with radish. I hate eating radish."
Huo Li finally understood what he meant. He smiled and comforted Huo Yining, "It's okay. Ningning likes to eat mutton stewed with mutton. Let's have mutton stewed with mutton tonight without the white radish."
Huo Qinghuan was shocked to see how much his grandfather indulged his eldest nephew. This kid became so smooth-talking, probably because he was indulged by his grandfather.
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