After entering the house, Ye Weiwei carried the child and walked around the house.
This house is a large courtyard house with two and a half courtyards. Because it was a reward given to my maternal grandfather by the higher authorities, the house was not damaged and was well preserved despite the incidents that had happened to the family.
Ye Weiwei remembered that the original owner's favorite places were the small pond and pavilion in the backyard, especially in the summer when she loved to read and play in the pavilion.
The pond used to be planted with lotus flowers and had many fish, but now it's completely bare and almost dry. There aren't a single fish left; I wonder who ate them.
All the flowers that my mother used to grow were gone, not a single one was left. Even the wooden stand where the flowers used to be was gone. The room looked rather empty and desolate compared to how it looked in the original owner's memory.
Seeing Ye Weiwei looking around the house, her mother knew what she was thinking and sighed, "Don't bother looking anymore. Ma Shenglian sold or gave away all those flowers. Not a single one is left."
Ye's mother was the one she felt most sorry for.
Many of these flowers are rare varieties left by her father, which he cherished and loved, and are now hard to find on the market.
Especially those few orchids; someone secretly offered several hundred yuan to buy them, but she refused, wanting to keep them as a memento. Sigh…
Knowing that her mother was upset, Ye Weiwei quickly said, "We can buy and plant more flowers and plants, as long as everyone is alright. If Grandpa knew, he definitely wouldn't blame us."
Thinking of the days in the Northwest when they couldn't even get enough to eat or wear, Ye's mother was instantly comforted. "You're right. As long as everyone is safe, nothing else matters."
Mother Ye quickly led Liu Guilan and Weiwei to see the room.
When the house was taken back, she had already asked her third son to call home and tell them to clean up all the rooms.
Ye Weiwei and Huo Xiao's room was created by combining two adjacent rooms that were originally Ye Weiwei's bedroom, and adding a single bed inside.
This single bed was made by Ye's mother, based on the one in Ye Weiwei's house. It took a lot of work, and it was only finished and delivered yesterday.
"In-law, you'll stay in this room. It's closest to the young couple's room. Is there anything else you need to add?"
Liu Guilan: "Why did you prepare a separate room for me! You've already made it all so complete, what more could you want? This room is even bigger and brighter than the one I live in at home."
Seeing that Liu Guilan was satisfied, Ye's mother was also very happy. She pulled Liu Guilan aside to talk and inquired about how she had been staying at the Qin family's place for the past two days.
Hearing Liu Guilan say that everything was fine, and hearing that Old Master Qin had asked Weiwei to manage the household, she laughed and said, "How could she possibly manage a household?"
Liu Guilan: "It takes time to learn, and Weiwei is doing very well."
Mother Ye agreed with Liu Guilan. After all, she was married and no longer a girl at home; she needed to learn some things. Moreover, the situation with the Qin family was somewhat complicated. If she didn't understand anything and lacked shrewdness and resourcefulness, she would suffer.
Mr. Ye and Huo Xiao surrounded the three children. After Huo Xiao told them their names, Mr. Ye praised Huo Xiao for choosing good names, especially for Xiao Yunshu, whose name sounded grand and elegant.
Huo Xiao gave a vague "hmm," which almost made Ye Weiwei burst out laughing.
"Dad, he didn't give Yun Shu her name."
Mr. Ye was taken aback, a little embarrassed. "Who came up with that name?"
"Old Qin came up with the name." Ye Weiwei didn't hide anything and told the embarrassing story of how Huo Xiao had come up with a long list of names for the children but couldn't decide on one. The children had been born for many days and still hadn't been named. Then Old Qin beat her to it and named Xiao Yunshu first. He was so angry that he dragged her to discuss it until midnight before finally deciding on the names for the two children. Ye's father laughed along with her.
Huo Xiao coughed awkwardly, trying to save face: "This is my first time being a father. I'm both nervous and excited. I don't know what to do and I'm always afraid that I won't do a good enough job."
Deeply moved, Ye's father patted Huo Xiao on the shoulder: "You've done very well! It's Weiwei's good fortune to marry you."
Ye Weiwei feigned dissatisfaction: "Dad, you're just like Mom, always favoring Huo Xiao! I'm not close to you anymore! My mother-in-law is much better to me!"
As she spoke, she went over and took Liu Guilan's arm, threatening Huo Xiao.
Liu Guilan burst into laughter, amused by her words: "That's right! My Weiwei is the best, she's our family's lucky charm!"
Ye Weiwei said proudly, "Did you hear that! Did you all hear that? I'm the Lucky Baby!"
"Who's bragging at home again? I was wondering why the sky was all gloomy outside. You've really blown my promise!"
As soon as Ye Huaiyu entered the room, he heard Ye Weiwei's words and couldn't help but tease her.
Ye Huaiming and Xiao Xingxing, who were behind her, saw Liu Guilan and quickly went up to greet her.
Little Star climbed off Ye Huaiming and jumped into Ye Weiwei's arms, "Auntie, you're finally back! I missed you so much!"
Huo Xiao, standing beside him, coughed lightly in dissatisfaction, "You only think about your aunt, not me?"
Little Star grinned and buried her head in Huo Xiao's arms, "I miss Uncle Huo the most! Uncle Huo, I want to sit on you high up."
Then he grabbed Huo Xiao's clothes and climbed onto him. Huo Xiao lifted him up and put him on his shoulder. Little Xingxing clapped his hands excitedly, "Uncle, let's go catch sparrows! I saw sparrows fly into the side room yesterday..."
Huo Xiao, guided by Xiao Xingxing, walked outside: "Where?"
Ye Huaiming quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't listen to this brat's nonsense."
After saying that, he looked at Little Star and said, "Come down quickly!"
Little Star disagreed, "I really saw the sparrow go in..."
He wanted to catch sparrows for his younger brothers and sisters to play with.
Seeing that Ye Huaiming was still going to stop them, Ye Weiwei smiled and said, "Big brother, you don't need to worry about them. These two are always like this."
Ever since Zhao Lingdang gave him two sparrows, Xiao Xingxing has been obsessed with sparrows. After Huo Xiao helped him catch sparrows in the side room, Xiao Xingxing paid special attention to whether any sparrows entered the side room, and then became particularly enthusiastic about catching sparrows.
Ye Huaiming smiled helplessly, "Huo Xiao has too good a temper, he's spoiled this brat! He's caused you a lot of trouble."
Just by looking at how the two of them interacted, he knew how good Huo Xiao was to Xiao Xingxing.
In the past two days, whenever they asked him what he did at his aunt's house, he mentioned his uncle more often than his aunt.
“We’re all family, why are you saying these things? Little Xingxing is very sensible; all the children in the family and the village like to play with him.”
Ye Huaiming laughed and said, "Isn't this all thanks to his uncle? Huo Xiao's little wooden toy is really well made."
Thinking about how his son would put the little wooden gun next to his pillow when he went to sleep at night and tell him that his uncle taught him kung fu to fight bad guys, Ye Huaiming couldn't help but feel emotional.
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