Shi Shan is a surgeon and not very good at cooking, so she simply fried two eggs, added two small green vegetables, and cooked a bowl of plain noodles.
Although Yangchun noodles are simple, they are a rare delicacy in this era of oil and water scarcity because they contain lard and eggs.
Yun Qiao had been hungry for more than ten hours and his stomach was rumbling with hunger. At this moment, a bowl of Yangchun noodles with lard was so fragrant that he would not trade it for it even if a god came.
She took a big bite and gave Shi Shan a thumbs-up, "Delicious."
She had a smile on her face, a sincere look in her eyes, and sufficient emotional value, which immediately made Shi Shan smile.
"It's delicious. Mom will make it for you tomorrow." She smiled and said, "It's too late today. I didn't dare to give you too much. I was afraid that you would eat too much and feel uncomfortable when you go to bed later."
Yun Qiao nodded: "Thank you, Mom. This is enough for us to eat."
Shi Shan hummed and said, "It's getting late. Let's go to bed after dinner. You don't have to get up early tomorrow. You've come all the way from the Northeast to the Southwest. You must be exhausted from the journey. Just go to bed and wake up naturally. We're all family now. There's no need for formalities. Just do whatever makes you feel comfortable."
Shi Shan's words really touched Yun Qiao's heart.
She felt warm in her heart and felt lucky to have such a good mother-in-law.
"Thank you, Mom."
"What are you thanking me for? Didn't I tell you that we are family, there is no need to be so polite." Shi Shan pretended to be angry.
Yun Qiao quickly changed her words: "Okay, Mom, I won't say it anymore."
"That's right." Shi Shan smiled, yawned, and said, "I'm going upstairs to rest first. Remember to wash the dishes after you finish eating."
Yun Qiao: "Yeah, I know."
Shi Shan turned and left the kitchen. Yun Qiao and He Tingjun had been traveling for two days and were extremely tired. They had no desire to chat. They finished their meal one after another, washed their dishes, and left the kitchen.
Yun Qiao ate slowly and turned off the kitchen light when he left the kitchen.
Passing through the living room and going to the room on the west side of the house, He Tingjun had already opened the two bags of luggage he brought and sorted them into different categories.
The gifts I brought were placed on the table next to the bedside table, and the daily necessities were put into the bathroom. At this moment, I was standing in front of the wardrobe, hanging clothes in the wardrobe.
I have to say, it is really comfortable to marry a man who has a lively mind. You don’t have to explain anything, he will do everything on his own.
If this was a male chauvinist who only needed his wife to serve him when he needed clothes, would have been fast asleep in bed by now.
Not to mention taking the initiative to organize luggage and hang clothes, he even has to create some difficulties for his wife manually before going to bed. He takes off his socks and throws them aside, kicks his shoes out, and his wife has to pick them up and put them straight.
As time goes by like this, even the most gentle woman will become increasingly irritable and turn into a shrew.
Yun Qiao entered the house and closed the door. Just as she was about to help He Tingjun hang up his clothes, He Tingjun said, "Go take a shower first. You've been tired after two days on the road. Take a shower and go to bed early. Let's divide the work. This way, by the time you're done, I'll have finished cleaning up here, and I can wash later."
Yun Qiao nodded and agreed: "Okay."
He Tingjun reminded him, "There are towels prepared in the bathroom. Just bring a change of clothes. Don't wash your clothes yet. Leave them there. We have a washing machine here too. We'll use it tomorrow."
Yun Qiao nodded: "Okay."
The city of spring is like spring all year round. Even in the coldest months of winter, the average temperature is around 10 degrees Celsius. When the weather is good, it can sometimes even reach around 20 degrees Celsius.
Yun Qiao and his friends came at the right time. The weather was very good in the few days before and after. The temperature was about 18 or 19 degrees Celsius, which is similar to the temperature in June and July in the Great Northern Wilderness.
The room Yun Qiao and his friends are living in now has a shower head in the bathroom, which is similar to the one He Tingjun has at home in Northeast China. Outside, there is a heat-insulating water bag. During the day, the water temperature in the bag rises due to exposure to sunlight. When you use it for bathing at night, the water temperature will not get cold, which is very convenient.
Spring City is warm, so you can use sun-dried water bags all year round. But in Northeast China, they can only be used for one season. After October, the temperature drops below zero degrees, and it starts to freeze, so you can't use them anymore. If you want to take a bath, you can only go to a public bathhouse.
Yun Qiao hadn't showered for three or four days before she came, and she had been on the road for another two days. A week was almost her physical limit, so when she entered the bathroom, she washed herself up and down inside and out, and it took more than half an hour before she came out.
She was wearing the pajamas she had brought with her, and while wiping her hair with a towel, she came out of the bathroom and said, "I'm done, it's your turn."
Half an hour later, He Tingjun had packed all the luggage and folded the two large bags and put them in the cabinet.
"Okay." He nodded and rushed into the bathroom with his change of clothes.
Yun Qiao sat on the edge of the bed and wiped his hair bit by bit.
You can't sleep with wet hair, otherwise you will get a headache, so when He Tingjun came out of the bathroom, Yun Qiao was still awake, but sitting on the side of the bed reading a book.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" He Tingjun asked her, "Aren't you sleepy?"
Yun Qiao touched his hair and explained, "My hair isn't dry yet."
He Tingjun hummed and said, "It's so late, don't read. The light in this room is not very bright, it will damage your eyes."
"This is a comic book. There are only a few words in it. There shouldn't be anything." Yun Qiao unfolded the cover and let He Tingjun see it.
"Where did you find it?" He Tingjun remembered that she didn't bring the book when she came.
Yun Qiao pointed to the table in front of the window and said, "I found it in the drawer. I saw that the room was very clean and thought there was nothing else, so I looked around and thought I would put our own things there. Who knew that when I opened the drawer, I found there were still books inside."
He Tingjun said: "That's probably He Ying's. She lived in this room when she was a child."
"Then why doesn't she live here when she grows up?" Yun Qiao asked curiously: "Isn't this room nice? It even has its own bathroom."
"She thought this room was too small. She couldn't fit a large bed in it, so she moved upstairs after getting married," He Tingjun said. "She now lives in the three rooms on the west side of the upstairs stairs. They've been connected."
Yun Qiao said "Oh".
Compared with the three connected rooms, this room is indeed small.
However, Yun Qiao also got a glimpse of He Ying's status in the family.
The married daughter still lives in her parents' home and has three large rooms connected together. It seems that her parents-in-law dote on their daughter very much. I just don't know to what extent this doting will go beyond that. Will it be too partial and affect He Tingjun?
He Tingjun seemed to have guessed Yun Qiao's thoughts and took the initiative to explain, "Don't think too much. My parents are not biased by nature. It's just that there are three siblings in the family, and only He Ying is left with her mother, so it's inevitable that she is spoiled a little more."
"Tingyu and I grew up with our grandparents. We came to Spring City to live with our grandparents when we were in middle school. I left home to attend military school at the age of fifteen. After graduation, I went to the Northeast and have been in the army all these years. Tingyu's life was similar. He lived in Shanghai as a child, then went to Beijing to study when he grew up. After graduation, he stayed in Beijing to work."
"Seeing that my brother and I have moved away and won't be able to live with them in the future, my mother will definitely be nicer to the child who stays with her. It's just a matter of connecting a few rooms. Tingyu and I won't be here for years anyway, so it's empty anyway. If she wants to use it for general use, she can. It's no big deal."
"I don't mind." Yun Qiao said, "You said it too, we only come here once every few years, and we won't stay for long. Even if she opens up the whole upstairs, it's none of our business. There are so many rooms at home anyway, so as long as we have a place to stay when we come."
He Tingjun asked her: "No problem, what were you thinking about just now? I saw that your brows were furrowed."
"I'm wondering if this sister-in-law is easy to get along with," Yun Qiao said with a smile. "They say sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law are born to be enemies. I'm worried I won't be able to get along with her. Especially since this sister-in-law is the eldest daughter of the family, she's inevitably a bit...selfish."
In front of He Tingjun, Yun Qiao carefully chose a neutral word.
He Tingjun, however, smiled and directly exposed He Ying's shortcomings, "She is not only selfish, she is also willful and domineering."
"Huh?" Yun Qiao was stunned. "Then when I'm with her, should I just go along with her?"
"No need. Her temper is like a firecracker every day. Few people can stand her." He Tingjun said, "Just treat her normally and don't spoil her. If she doesn't come to you and says something unpleasant to you, just confront her directly. Don't endure it."
Yun Qiao was sensitive enough to sense something was wrong and asked, "Does your sister hate me?"
He Tingjun hummed.
Because they were far away from each other, Yun Qiao only contacted her mother-in-law. She had never called or written to He Ying. He Tingjun had never taken the initiative to tell her what his sister was like. As a result, after more than two years of marriage and their child being over one year old, Yun Qiao still didn't know that her sister-in-law hated her.
"Why?" she asked in confusion, "I haven't offended her, have I?"
"It has nothing to do with you. It's her own problem. She can't tell good from bad." He Tingjun said, "Remember Fang Hui? My family didn't move into this compound for over a decade. It was originally a family compound, and Fang Hui and I were neighbors. My sister has been following Fang Hui around since she was little. She listens to everything Fang Hui says. She's been brainwashed by Fang Hui and thinks she's the best in the world. It's mainly Fang Hui who instigated the discord. She has no judgment of her own, and because of Fang Hui's words, she misunderstood you."
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