Strangely enough, in the past few years, while taking care of her three grandchildren, Elaine Chao has not only never looked disheveled or unkempt, but she has also become increasingly youthful.
She now has short, ear-length hair and dresses smartly, showing no signs of fatigue typical of someone in their forties. In fact, many people who see her mistake her for a mother.
She looks at least ten years younger than her peers.
A gentle breeze caused her hair to flutter backward, and her high, straight nose was silhouetted beautifully in the sunlight.
Han Dongsheng felt that his skills were really good, so he took on the job of developing the photos.
Around noon, the group returned to Grandma Han's house.
After visiting the park, we have a meal together. Basically, this is the pattern every weekend when we have time.
After arriving home, Han Dongsheng went into the kitchen. He was in a good mood today and wanted to show off his cooking skills.
Lin Ye wanted to help, but was stopped by Grandma Han.
She shook her head at Lin Ye, then smiled and looked at Zhao Xiaolan:
"Xiao Lan, your godmother wants to eat your stir-fried pickled green beans with dried tofu. Go help your brother out!"
Lin Ye sat down on the sofa with a sullen expression and watched TV with the three little ones, wondering what Grandma Han was up to.
Lu Wanqing leaned close to his ear and whispered:
"You didn't even realize that Grandma hasn't given up and still wants to match Mom and Uncle up!"
"What siblings? They're not related by blood. If they're truly in love, they can just issue a statement to dissolve the relationship later!"
Lin Ye then belatedly realized and exclaimed in surprise:
"Is this how you just let things go between my mother and Captain Liu?"
"What else can we do?"
Lu Wanqing sighed softly, recalling her return to Yushan County last summer.
At that time, they took their three children back to their hometown. After arriving in the county town, they first went to see Mu Chengyi.
After all, he was Lin Ye's father, and they had always treated each other like relatives.
He is now the manager of a printing factory and also helped Lin Ye publish that construction manual, which brings Lin Ye several hundred yuan in income every month.
Unexpectedly, Mu Xiaoting had already divorced Luo Hao, moved back to her parents' home, and started helping Tiger with his reselling business again.
Although reform and opening up have begun and the individual economy has begun to emerge, speculation and profiteering have not been eliminated, and their buying and selling are still in a semi-public state.
After leaving Mu Chengyi's house, they went to Liu Zhengfeng's house.
A middle-aged woman opened the door; she identified herself as Liu Zhengfeng's nanny.
Liu Ying has married Wang Xu and joined a construction team as an accountant; she is very busy every day.
Unfortunately, Liu Zhengfeng suffered a broken rib while on a mission and needed to rest at home for two months.
Liu Ying had no choice but to hire a nanny for him.
In recent years, Elaine Chao and Liu Zhengfeng have kept in touch, but she was unaware of his injury.
However, when she saw that he was injured, Zhao Xiaolan was not particularly distressed. Instead, she was very gratified to see the nanny taking such good care of him.
She realized that the nanny seemed to be deliberately trying to impress her.
Liu Zhengfeng, on the other hand, was very easygoing and accepted the care of the nanny, seemingly quite satisfied with her.
Zhao Xiaolan finally resolved her inner conflict, and before leaving, she slipped ten ten-yuan bills into the nanny's hand.
"Take good care of Captain Liu," she gently instructed.
Liu Zhengfeng needs someone who can take care of him meticulously, but she can't do that.
During her years in Beijing, she gained more experience and broadened her horizons.
She realized that women could live in many different ways.
You can be like Lu Wanqing, striving tirelessly for your dreams, or you can be like Grandma Han, tending to flowers and plants every day, living a carefree and unrestrained life.
She enjoys spending her days in Beijing taking care of her children, making clothes, and occasionally going out with her grandmother.
Therefore, her ambiguous relationship with Liu Zhengfeng has come to an end.
At this moment, Zhao Xiaolan, who was cooking in the kitchen, was calm and was cutting dried tofu with a knife.
"Leave it there. I'll stir-fry the dried tofu after I've steamed the fish," Han Dongsheng said in a deep voice.
Zhao Xiaolan smiled and said, "It's okay, Mom likes the taste of my cooking."
Han Dongsheng had no choice but to remain silent.
The kitchen was small; the two of them were back to back, and they could bump into each other with just a slight turn of their heads.
He only started cooking other dishes after placing the fish on the steamer.
Ever since they learned that Elaine Chao liked to eat fish, fish has become a staple at every family gathering.
We have a water tank at home, specifically for keeping various kinds of fish.
He, who used to rarely cook, is now getting better and better at cooking.
After he finished preparing all the ingredients, Zhao Xiaolan started stir-frying pickled green beans and dried tofu.
However, perhaps because Han Dongsheng had been watching her the whole time, she was a little nervous, and suddenly a bean-sized piece of oil splattered onto her wrist.
She suddenly felt a sharp pain and cried out, but she didn't stop cooking.
When Han Dongsheng saw that a large blister had formed on her wrist, he panicked and quickly pulled her hand into the water tank.
"You stay in the water, I'll go get the medicine."
The food was still on the stove, and it would burn if it wasn't turned over soon. Zhao Xiaolan's hand wasn't hurting as much anymore, so she quickly ran over to turn the food over.
When Han Dongsheng came in with a potted aloe vera plant, he saw her still cooking.
"Didn't I tell you to stay in the water?" His voice was stern and trembling slightly.
Zhao Xiaolan shuddered and immediately bit her lip, looking somewhat aggrieved.
Han Dongsheng rushed to find burn ointment, but couldn't find it. He was already very anxious, but she didn't seem to care about herself at all.
He plucked a leaf from the aloe vera plant, broke it open, took Zhao Xiaolan's hand, and began to carefully apply the aloe vera cream to her skin.
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