Chapter 225
"Mom, I'll go with you to take a look."
Lu Huaijing had a gloomy face. He probably knew why his elder brother and sister-in-law came.
My mother has been here for nearly half a year, and my eldest brother and his wife have been urging her to come back in letter after letter.
These were all handled by Lu Huaijing and Wang Dani, so Tang Wan had no idea about them.
Unexpectedly, they found the troops.
Tang Wan sensed Lu Huaijing's low mood and said hurriedly, "Come back and tell me if you have anything to say.
Don't make too much noise at the door, or you'll make people laugh at you."
There are many people in this compound who want to make fun of their family, but Tang Wan doesn't want that.
Hearing this, Lu Huaijing calmed down a little, and he and Wang Dani went to the gate.
Tang Wan went into the house and packed up all the important things, locking all the valuables in her closet.
She even locked up the fine grains and flour in the cupboard, and as for tonight's dish, she only left some fish soup.
Everything else was replaced with salted vegetables, and the staple food was changed from rice to coarse flour steamed buns.
It's not that she is on guard against people from her hometown.
But she knew Li Cuihua better than anyone else and knew how to take advantage of others.
In addition to these, Tang Wan also changed clothes for the two babies.
When Lu Huaijing and Wang Dani brought Lu Huairen and Li Cuihua in with dark faces.
The whole house has changed.
Wang Dani secretly gave Tang Wanshu a thumbs up, saying that this daughter-in-law was quite smart.
Don't show your wealth.
"Hey, Third Sister-in-law, I finally see you."
Li Cuihua went straight to Tang Wan's room, her eyes rolling around, staring at Tang Wan with red lips, white teeth and rosy complexion, and said enviously:
"The women in our brigade become as white as ghosts after giving birth. My sister-in-law is so lucky. She is well-fed."
Her mother must have used her own money to subsidize them.
"Sister-in-law."
Tang Wan spoke in a faint voice, ignoring her malicious gaze and closing the door of her room.
"Brother and sister-in-law came at the right time. We were just about to eat. Mom, please add some more food."
"My sister-in-law is really from a wealthy family, and she even knows how to call her mother."
Li Cuiying's sarcastic words made Wang Dani angry, and she slapped Li Cuiying.
"If you don't spank him for a day, will he forget who is the master of the house?"
After not being home for so long, Wang Dani felt that everyone at home had forgotten her prestige.
"Mom, we came all the way here, how can you say that?"
Li Cuiying was a little dissatisfied, she said with a fierce look, "Letters from home are sent here one after another.
It's because my mother didn't come home, and my family was worried, so they asked my husband and I to come and check on the situation."
"Didn't I reply?"
Wang Dani's face darkened. "The third daughter's family gave birth to twins. She can't bring them here by herself. I have to help her take care of the children."
"What about the children in that family?"
Li Cuiying was so angry that she had to rely on Wang Dani to take care of everything at home.
She, on the other hand, just stays here and refuses to go back. An elder sister-in-law is like a mother. She is almost dying of exhaustion.
"The children in the family are all older and can at least take care of themselves."
Wang Dani frowned, "Why rush? I will go back when the child is older."
She took the black steamed bun out of the pot. Although she was shocked how Tang Wan did it.
But whether it was her or Lu Huaijing, they cooperated with Tang Wan silently.
"Mom, is this what you guys eat?"
Li Cuihua was a little disgusted. She thought the food in the army was very good, so she eagerly grabbed the opportunity to come to the compound.
That's the result?
"What else do you want?"
Wang Dani's eyes widened. "Eat it or not, we usually eat this. If we don't eat it, we'll be hungry."
As she was about to take the steamed bun away, Li Cuihua quickly said, "Mom, I'll eat it."
She was about to pick up the fish with her chopsticks, but Wang Dani held her back with the chopsticks.
"The third daughter is in confinement after childbirth. Why are you so greedy? Isn't this pickled cabbage enough for you?"
Li Cuihua, who originally thought she could be very powerful, gradually realized that her mother was still her mother.
No matter how long we haven't seen each other, I can still control her.
She smiled awkwardly, "I just came such a long way with Lu Huairen.
Riding the train and driving backwards, are you tired?"
If she hadn't copied the address on the letter, she might not have been able to find this place.
Her mother is also a smart one.
"Mom, I remember there is still some meat left in the cupboard. Let's take it out and give it to my brother and his wife as a snack.
It’s not easy for my elder brother and his wife to come here.”
Wang Dani was full of praise for Tang Wan's sensible and considerate words, but she was displeased with Li Cuiying's greedy look.
"My sister-in-law is sensible."
Li Cuihua was excited. There was meat to eat, so it was worth her trip!
I have to bring my mother back this time.
Wang Dani stood up and opened the cupboard. Under the excited eyes of Li Cuihua and Lu Huairen, she took out a small piece of bacon from the cupboard.
The reason why it is called a small piece of bacon is because the piece of bacon is only as big as a thumb.
Li Cuihua's eyes widened, "Mom, why is it just this little?!"
"How much more do you want to eat?"
Wang Dani was shocked. "I left this specially for the Chinese New Year because I was worried that the third child would have no meat to eat during her confinement.
We have been reluctant to eat it. If you hadn’t come, I would not have been willing to take it out.”
She deftly cut the bacon into very small pieces, then washed some cabbage and fried it.
When Li Cuihua came to her senses, Tang Wan had already finished the fish soup in the bowl. She smiled as she watched Wang Dani bring a bowl of cabbage with almost no meat on it.
"Hey, eat quickly."
Wang Dani had a sullen face. She cared more about the work points for her family than this little bit of meat.
If these two can't figure it out, the trip back and forth will be delayed for at least four or five days, and that's four or five days' work points for two people!
commit a sin!
"tasty!"
Even though there was only a little bit of meat, it was still delicious to Li Cuihua.
She and Lu Huairen acted as if they had never eaten meat before, and they quickly put food into the bowl with their chopsticks.
Wang Dani has been accustomed to a "good life" with Tang Wan and would never behave in such a rude manner.
Even Lu Huaijing ate slowly.
The couple did not realize their indecent behavior until they finished eating. Li Cuihua simply wiped her mouth with her sleeve.
"We didn't want to buy food on the train, we were hungry."
"Um."
Wang Dani cleaned up the dishes with a sullen face and didn't let Li Cuihua get involved, which made her somewhat happy.
However, the next second, Lu Huaijing's words made her heart skip a beat.
"Brother and sister-in-law have already eaten, let's talk about our mother's problem."
Lu Huaijing's indifferent voice made Lu Huairen, who had been silent all the time, feel a little uncomfortable.
"Third brother, I'm not saying anything bad to you, but I'm the eldest brother, and when mom gets old she'll have to live with me.
But she's always here with you, and we need her as a family."
"Mother has explained the matter clearly."
Lu Huaijing said directly and decisively: "I have two children at home and I am rarely at home.
My wife can't take care of two kids by herself, so you came all the way here.
Rest here for a day, I will buy you tickets later so you can go back early."