Liu Guilan immediately disliked Yao Jingjing, but she still didn't forget to reprimand her son.
"Let me make this clear first: I don't care about Yao Jingjing, Zhao Jingjing, or Li Jingjing. No matter how rich or powerful their families are, I won't look down on them! I only like Weiwei as my daughter-in-law! You brat, if you dare to make Weiwei suffer, you'll be sorry!"
Huo Xiao stood ramrod straight. "I know."
After scolding her son, Liu Guilan took Ye Weiwei's hand and spoke kindly to Huo Xiao: "Weiwei, I can't guarantee anything about other mothers, but I can definitely trust your character. Don't worry, even if you gave him a hundred and twenty times the courage, he wouldn't dare to mess around with other women outside."
Ye Weiwei found it amusing; her mother-in-law really said everything. However, she also knew that her mother-in-law was worried that the two of them would have a conflict over this matter and that she was afraid that her mother-in-law would be unhappy. So she smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, I didn't think much of it. He's just an insignificant person."
Liu Guilan felt relieved. "That's right! You and Lao San are already married and have registered your marriage. No matter how much outsiders make a fuss, it's all in vain."
After delivering the rabbit meat, Liu Guilan gave Huo Xiao a look as she returned. Huo Xiao told Ye Weiwei that he was going out to see someone off and then followed Liu Guilan to the front gate.
Liu Guilan's expression was much more serious than before. She looked at Huo Xiao and said, "You have to deal with that woman's matter properly. I didn't say anything in front of Weiwei just now because she's still young and naive. I didn't want her to hear about those dirty things. But you have to be aware that I don't think that woman will just let it go after coming all this way. You have to think carefully about what to do. Remember your second brother's lesson from back then, and don't fall into her trap!"
Huo Xiao nodded seriously: "Yes, I understand, don't worry."
Liu Guilan straightened Huo Xiao's clothes, patted the snow off his shoulder, and looked at her handsome son. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and said out of the blue, "These days, whether you're male or female, being too good-looking will always attract more trouble than ordinary people. Don't blame your mother for being long-winded; I'm doing this for your own good."
Huo Xiao pretended not to notice Liu Guilan's unusual behavior and replied, "I know."
Liu Guilan quickly recovered and then instructed, "It's best to stay home for the next few days and not go to the village, so as not to upset Weiwei with those gossipy people there."
Huo Xiao frowned: "There weren't many people at the village entrance at the time, how did the news spread so quickly?"
Mentioning this, Liu Guilan said resentfully, "It's all because of that big flower from the brigade leader's family! She's so young and already has such a foul mouth, I don't know who she took after!"
If Lu Mingcai weren't the brigade leader, she would have brought a basin of ice water to give that Lu Dahua a good talking-to!
Huo Xiao comforted Liu Guilan, "Mom, don't be angry, I'll handle this!"
Liu Guilan reminded her, "Don't give anyone a handle to use against you."
Huo Xiao nodded.
After the mother and son finished their private conversation, Huo Xiao returned home to find his wife looking at him with a meaningful expression.
Huo Xiao: "What's wrong?"
Ye Weiwei: "What did Mom say to you?"
Huo Xiao smiled and said, "It's nothing, just a few words of advice."
Ye Weiwei pouted, thinking to herself, "Fine, I won't say anything then, since she heard everything anyway."
She didn't mean to eavesdrop; it's just that her senses are heightened right now, and the volume of their voices was just within her hearing range.
I just don't know what lesson my mother-in-law was referring to from my second brother's past.
Could there be some hidden story behind Sun Hongying's marriage to Huo Jiang that she was unaware of?
Thinking back to the inexplicable hostility Sun Hongying showed her when she first visited the Huo family, Ye Weiwei couldn't help but wonder if that woman, Sun Hongying, had ever had designs on Huo Xiao back then.
It has to be said, Ye Weiwei is right.
Seeing Ye Weiwei staring at his face with a complicated expression, Huo Xiao couldn't help but wave his hand in front of her face, "Wife?"
Ye Weiwei snapped out of her daze, pinched Huo Xiao's cheeks with both hands and tugged, "Huo Laosan, Huo Laosan, why is your face so attractive!"
Huo Xiao grabbed Ye Weiwei's mischievous little hand and said, "If my face wasn't attractive, would you have fallen for me?"
Ye Weiwei thought about it and realized it was true. She recalled a saying from later generations: so-called love at first sight is nothing more than lust at first sight.
The reason she felt a liking for Huo Xiao when she first woke up was simply because his face was pleasing to her and his voice was pleasant. If it were anyone else, there would be absolutely no chance of what happened later.
Ye Weiwei proudly raised her chin: "You're really getting cocky when I say you're fat. You're just so-so."
Huo Xiao knew when to stop teasing her and the two of them busied themselves starting a fire and cooking. They ate lunch with the rabbit meat that Liu Guilan had brought.
Liu Guilan's braised rabbit was delicious, and Xiaoxing ate it with great relish, even chewing the small bones several times as if she wanted to eat them whole.
Seeing how much he enjoyed eating, Ye Weiwei suggested to Huo Xiao, "How about we go up the mountain this afternoon?"
Huo Xiao glanced at the sky outside and nodded. "Then wait for me at home after dinner. I'll take Little Star to the old house."
When Little Star heard that her aunt and uncle were going up the mountain, her eyes lit up as she looked at them: "Auntie, Uncle, I want to go up the mountain too!"
Ye Weiwei chuckled: "Then what are you going to see on the mountain?"
Little Star whispered to her, "Brothers Little Mountain and Little River say there's good food on the mountain, big wild boars, lots of meat. When they grow up, they're going to go up the mountain to hunt big wild boars so their families will have more meat than they can eat. But this is our little secret; Brothers Little Mountain and Little River say we can't tell anyone else."
Thinking of the two little ones, Ye Weiwei couldn't suppress the smile on her lips. "So what did you tell your aunt?"
Little Star gave Ye Weiwei a "you're so silly" look, "Of course it's because Auntie isn't an outsider."
Ye Weiwei tapped his little nose, "Our little Xingxing is so smart!"
Upon hearing this, Little Star proudly raised her head. "My uncle also praised me for being smart, saying that I can recognize words faster than Brother Xiaoshan and Xiaochuan!"
He promised his dad he would grow into a man quickly!
"Little Star, you're great! Here's an extra piece of rabbit meat for you!"
Ye Weiwei put another piece of rabbit meat in his bowl.
Little Star's eyes sparkled with joy. "Thank you, Auntie! Auntie, I'll go up the mountain with you later. I'm going to hunt a big wild rabbit, and we'll have rabbit meat for dinner, okay?"
Ye Weiwei shook her head: "You're too young to go up the mountain. Look at Xiaoshan and Xiaochuan, they're waiting to grow up before they go, right?"
Little Star thought for a moment, then nodded her little head: "I understand, Auntie, then I'll go play with Brothers Little Mountain and Little River."
Ye Weiwei patted his little head: "We'll have rabbit meat for dinner, that's a good idea!"
Little Star cheered, "Great! Thank you, Auntie!"
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