Chapter 25, Wooden Floor
"Yes, grandma is old now. It doesn't matter if she looks good. Comfort is the most important thing. If summer clothes are not comfortable, she will feel very uncomfortable."
The two became good friends as they chatted. Lixia knew that she would have to go home tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so she asked Meixue to go to her house to play.
Of course Mei Xue agreed and said, "Don't go, we'll talk about it later."
It was not until lunch time when Grandma He came over to call people that Mei Xue and Li Xia stopped talking.
Mei Xue didn't expect that she could talk so much, and several hours passed by.
"Grandma, what time is it? Is it time for lunch?" Mei Xue said with some meaning in her voice.
"Child, don't you always ask for dinner early on weekdays? What's wrong today? Aren't you hungry?" When Grandma He came to Aunt Meilian, she saw Xiaoxue and Lixia talking and laughing there. She was happier than anyone else.
Xiaoxue is much more open-minded than when she first arrived, but who knows if she is deliberately deceiving herself to be happy?
After all, it had only been so long since her parents passed away, so it was inevitable that she would be sad. She just couldn't bear to make Xiaoxue sad.
"Grandma." Mei Xue felt a little embarrassed.
There is no trace of the previous image at all in this look, they are completely two different people.
"Okay, okay, grandma won't say anything." Grandma He nodded at Xiaoxue who was holding her hand, then looked at Meilian and Lixia, "Let's go home and have dinner."
"We won't go to see Third Grandma. Dad and An Liang will be back soon. We can just cook something at home." Lixia was a little afraid of this Third Grandma, mainly because she was too fierce.
My mother always asks me to learn more from my third grandmother, but I dare not do that.
"When your father and others come back, let them come over to eat. After they have dinner, I won't give your mother any money. It will be used to pay her wages." After saying that, Grandma He laughed.
Aunt Meilian also smiled and said, "That's great, we can get a free meal." She knew that Third Aunt was a man of her word, and if she didn't go after being called, she was afraid that Third Aunt would be angry.
"Lixia, take the child, let's go to your third grandmother's house for dinner. The food there is so delicious." Aunt Meilian joked.
"You have a good nose."
The fact that Meilian's family went to Grandma He's house for dinner was soon known to other families. They also knew that Xiaoxue took cloth to ask Meilian to make clothes for Grandma He.
Everyone praised Xiaoxue for being filial, and Grandma He was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
The dishes on the table were not the best, they were all home-cooked. There was an egg soup, and because Lixia had to breastfeed her baby, she made two poached eggs and let her eat it alone.
I also fried the eggplant, cowpea, and the remaining bone soup, and each person got a bowl of it. I didn't fry the beef jerky because it was not ready yet and it would be a waste to fry it. There was still half a bowl of oil residue at home, which Grandma He took out and fried.
It’s a simple farm dish, but the portion is quite large and is enough for six people.
"Eat quickly. I'll save some food for Zhengcai and Anliang." Grandma He took out a large bowl from the cupboard and left out half of the oil residue.
There are also eggplants and cowpeas, and one third is reserved in another bowl.
Seeing Grandma He like this, Aunt Meilian felt embarrassed, "Third Aunt, there are too many, too many, they can't eat them all."
Grandma He rolled her eyes at Meilian and said, "They all do hard labor, how come they can't eat? If I say they can eat, then they can eat."
Mei Xue didn't say a word. She sat with Lixia and waited quietly for her grandmother to sit down.
"We have to chop down so many trees every day. If we don't eat well, how will we have the energy to work in the afternoon?" Grandma He is very nice to her younger generations.
Except for one or two troublemakers, the other major families get along very harmoniously.
"An Liang is still growing, you can't neglect his food and drink on weekdays. If his body doesn't grow well, you will have no place to cry in the future."
Aunt Meilian felt very warm when she heard the instructions from her Third Aunt.
When she got married, her mother-in-law never kissed her like this.
"Well, I'll listen to Aunt San."
"Just listen to me. If you listen to me, send Lixia back home. What's the point of her living in her parents' home all the time? Why only stay for a month or so?" Grandma He is a person who speaks tough words but is soft on the inside.
Lixia knew that she had gone too far this time, and she admitted her mistake in a very good manner, "Don't worry, Third Grandma, I will go back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and I guarantee that you won't see me for half a year."
"Humph, I don't want to see you. Stay at home and take care of the child. When the child is older, adjust your body and have another one. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. Two is enough. Don't try too hard. It's not good for a woman's health."
Listen, listen, these words are really heartwarming.
Mei Xue now understood why her grandmother had a bad reputation, but everyone respected her.
Just because she has a good heart.
"Okay, I'll listen to Third Grandma." She had never kissed her grandmother since she was a child, and the only person she called her dear was Third Grandma.
When she was a child, she got a lot of delicious food from her third grandmother.
"You shameless fellow, drink up the soup quickly, drink up both bowls of soup, don't let the child starve."
Mei Xue couldn't bear it anymore. Her grandma didn't care about her anymore. "Grandma."
Seeing her granddaughter-in-law's fierce and aggressive look, Grandma He glared at her unhappily, "She is your sister, she is ignorant and you are also ignorant?"
That's what I said.
Lixia was speechless, "Grandma, I'm the older sister, I'm more sensible than Xiaoxue."
The four of them got along very happily. Lixia had to hold the child while eating, so she ate slowly. Everyone was not in a hurry and waited for her so that she wouldn't feel embarrassed sitting alone at the table for a while.
After all, this is not her home.
While eating, Grandma He talked to Aunt Meilian.
Mei Xue didn't understand what was being said and didn't want to ask more. After she finished her meal, she helped Sister Lixia hold the baby.
Finally, when Mei Xue heard Aunt Meilian say that she liked wooden floors, she raised her child's head and looked at her grandmother.
Grandma He glanced at Mei Xue and nodded, "We have wood at home, and they are in a hurry to get married, otherwise they would have to renovate the two rooms on the west side."
Speaking of this, Grandma He felt sorry for Xiaoxue again.
Marriage is the biggest event in a woman's life, but it has been delayed by her own grandson.
No one has returned yet.
"It's okay, grandma. It's the same for us now. If there's not enough wood, I'll go to the mountain to cut it tomorrow. I'm strong, so it won't take long."
Looking at her grandmother's loving eyes, Mei Xue felt warm in her heart.
"There's no need for you. These things have been prepared a few years ago. If you like, I'll ask someone to come to your house and install them for you in a couple of days. It's a good opportunity to renovate those two rooms so that you can have a comfortable living space when you have children in the future."
Grandma thinks really long-term.
However, Mei Xue did not object. She was not against having children, but the target might not be He Anze.
If she is not satisfied, she will... divorce her husband!
"Then grandma, please wait a little longer and do it after the New Year. Don't do it this year." Mei Xue thought that it would be better to wait until she had money to renovate all the houses. This way, she would not feel sad.
(End of this chapter)
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