When Little Star heard that Ye Weiwei had woken up, she quickly ran to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), tilted her little head up to look at her aunt, and asked worriedly, "Auntie, have you rested well? Uncle said you were too tired and that's why you fell asleep."
Ye Weiwei's face flushed, and she glared at Huo Xiao with annoyance. Why did this guy tell the child everything?
Who's to blame for her being so exhausted!
That scoundrel has absolutely no chivalry towards women.
She had clearly told them to stop, but she stubbornly refused to let them go.
I seriously doubt that his usual gentleness and easygoing nature are all an act.
Huo Xiao looked a little guilty. He was a young and vigorous man who had been by his wife's side for so many days, only able to look but not eat. Now that he was finally home, he had to be allowed to eat his fill.
After sending the two men out of the house, Ye Weiwei got dressed, washed up briefly, and sat down at the dining table.
That's when she realized that the table in her house was different from the one before.
The style is the same as before, and the color is also similar, but it's much newer than before, and it looks like it was made recently.
Seeing her looking at the dining table, Huo Xiao explained, "It was made by Dad and my eldest brother recently. They also added a few cabinets and a dressing table. Because of my second brother's accident, the wardrobe isn't finished yet."
The wood for making furniture at home was prepared well in advance; we didn't have time to do it before because we were in a rush.
During their trip to the Northwest, there was some free time at home, so Old Man Huo and his eldest son made some furniture.
Ye Weiwei touched the dining table and felt that the surface was very smooth from polishing. She said happily, "Dad and my older brother are really good cooks."
Huo Xiao immediately replied, "My cooking skills are pretty good too. What else would you like? I'll make it for you."
Ye Weiwei thought for a moment, "Then make me a desk, a big one."
She and Little Star can use it together then.
Huo Xiao nodded, "Okay, then you pick a room, and I'll turn it into a study for you, and also make a bookshelf and a few chairs."
"Um."
For dinner, I made rice porridge. The rice was taken from Ye Weiwei's space and stored in the rice container at home. The rice had a strong aroma and tasted especially good with pickled vegetables.
The staple food was a large meat bun brought back from the county town, and Huo Xiao also stewed a cabbage with a few slices of cured meat.
It must be said that Huo Xiao is also impeccable in terms of cooking skills. His skills are better than Ye Weiwei's and second only to his mother-in-law Liu Guilan.
Does that mean she won't have to worry about the family's meals anymore?
Little Xingxing ate very quickly, finishing half a bowl of porridge in no time. Ye Weiwei reminded her with a headache, "Little Xingxing, what did your aunt say about how to eat?"
Little Star paused in her grip on the bowl, then whispered, "You have to chew slowly and carefully, you can't rush it."
Huo Xiao laughed and said, "It must be because you and Xiaoshan and Xiaochuan played outside too late today and got hungry, so you ate a little too fast. Don't worry, Xiaoxing, there's more after you finish eating."
Ye Weiwei gave Huo Xiao a look: Don't let him eat too much tonight.
These past few days, she and Huo Xiao have been paying close attention to Xiao Xingxing's diet, trying to help him get rid of some bad habits. However, Xiao Xingxing was deeply affected by the more than six months he spent on the farm, and he can't control his mouth when he encounters food, so he eats until he's stuffed.
She was really afraid that if the little one didn't change this habit, he would ruin his stomach.
When Little Star heard there was more, he slowed down. By the time he finished his portion, his tummy was full and he couldn't eat any more.
Seeing Huo Xiao finish all the remaining rice porridge, Xiao Xingxing's face was full of envy.
My uncle is amazing! He can eat so much and not get sick.
The day after we returned to the village, it started snowing heavily.
The heavy snow fell for a whole day, and the entire village looked as if it were covered with a thick white blanket.
Fearing that the heavy snow would block the door, Huo Xiao went out and shoveled snow three times, clearing a path in front of his house.
Ye Weiwei and Xiaoxing played in the snow in the yard for a while and built three snowmen. The small one in the middle was Xiaoxing, and the two larger ones on the sides were Ye Weiwei and Huo Xiao.
When Huo Xiaoqing returned from the snow, he saw the snowmen in the yard and couldn't resist the urge to make them. He built three more small ones next to the three snowmen and whispered in Ye Weiwei's ear, "Wife, how about we have a few little ones to play with Little Star?"
Ye Weiwei: ……
Since getting married, Ye Weiwei has found that Huo Xiao is like a beast unleashed, and she has a vague feeling that she is no match for him.
"Ye Weiwei! Ye Weiwei!"
An urgent shout came from outside the door.
Ye Weiwei recognized Xu Meijun's voice and immediately ran to open the door, where she saw Xu Meijun running outside, panting heavily.
Upon seeing Ye Weiwei, Xu Meijun excitedly stepped forward and grabbed her hand, "Thank God, I've finally met you!"
Ye Weiwei stepped aside to let Xu Meijun into the house to talk, but Xu Meijun waved her hand and said, "No need, I came to ask for your help. Chen Jiali is sick, could you go and take a look at her?"
"Wait a minute, I need to get something." Ye Weiwei hurriedly ran back into the house to get her things.
When Xu Meijun saw the little star at the door, she reached out to touch its head, but the little star was so frightened that it turned around and ran behind Huo Xiao to hide.
Xu Meijun awkwardly withdrew her hand.
Huo Xiao explained, "The child is a little shy."
Xu Meijun smiled, then patted her pockets and realized she hadn't brought any food, making her even more embarrassed.
If I had known Ye Weiwei had children at home, I would have brought some candy and snacks with me when I came out.
Chen Jiali was quite ill, with a high fever of 39 degrees Celsius. She was sweating profusely, shivering from the cold, and rolling around in the blankets, feeling a bit delirious.
"When did the fire start? How did it get so serious?"
Xu Meijun smiled wryly: "I really didn't notice. I was playing in the snow outside today, and I think I was fine this morning."
Ye Weiwei took Chen Jiali's pulse and frowned, asking, "Has she encountered anything recently?"
Xu Meijun thought for a moment, "Her family sent a letter the day before yesterday. I saw that she was in a bad mood after reading the letter and even went out to cry alone, so I didn't dare to ask any more questions."
Ye Weiwei roughly understood what was going on.
Previously, Chen Jiali's family asked her to send grain home after she received her share, but the little grain she received wasn't enough to eat. If it weren't for the fact that she led a few of them up the mountain after the autumn harvest to get a lot of mountain products to sell to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy some grain from the village, Chen Jiali would probably have gone hungry this winter.
"Didn't she send some mountain produce home?" Ye Weiwei remembered that it was quite a lot, and the postage alone cost more than a dollar, which made Chen Jiali feel very distressed.
“They complained that I sent too little, wrote me a letter scolding me, and said they wanted to sever ties with me and disown me as their daughter.”
Chen Jiali woke up at some point, her voice hoarse and her face covered in tears.
Xu Meijun slammed her hand on the table in anger, "What the hell! Are you even their biological child? Or were you picked up off the street?"
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