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Lin Qiao discovered that Nian Nian was a little curly-haired girl when she was one and a half years old.

The little girl had nice hair, and after she turned one year old, her family stopped shaving her hair, so her hair gradually started to become a little curly.

By the time she was two years old, she already had a head full of soft, fluffy curls.

The little girl has inherited good genes from her parents. She is naturally good-looking, and with such curly hair, she looks even cuter and more delicate than the doll in her arms. Especially when her long eyelashes flutter and she looks at people with her round eyes, every time she is taken out, she gets a surprising amount of people turning their heads around.

When Ji Yan saw him for the first time after returning to China, she liked him very much. "If it weren't for his black hair and black eyes, he would look like a little foreign kid."

Her husband's term of office had ended and he had been transferred back to China from the embassy, ​​and she also returned with her two children.

It had been several years since they last met, and it was the first time for the two children to meet their aunt Lin Qiao. They felt a little strange, but because of Nian Nian, they gradually relaxed a lot.

Unfortunately, the little guy has grown up and doesn’t like to be held anymore. After a while, he started struggling to walk on the ground by himself.

She now has her own territory in the courtyard of Tsinghua University and the old house, where she piles up washed sand.

In addition to sand, there are also small plastic buckets and shovels that are customized by someone. Kids can shovel sand into the buckets and then pour it out, and they can play for a whole day.

If there are other people around, she will assign tasks for them and boss them around.

In the evening, Lin Qiao came from school. She stood by the sand pit, directing people to move sand from one end to the other, her chubby little face stern.

As for Ji Yan's two children, their faces turned red from trying so hard to hold back their laughter. They were just playing with her.

Lin Qiao couldn't help but glance at the man beside him, "I learned all this from you."

Ji Duo is the only one in the family who likes to have a stern face. His father can be dignified in front of others, but when he hugs his granddaughter behind others, he smiles so hard that his eyes disappear.

Especially when Ji Duo occasionally answered calls from the army, the tone of voice, except that it was a little bit more childish, the little guy had imitated it 100%.

Being teased by his wife, Ji Duo coughed lightly and called the girl who could afford to play with Jin'er over there, "Nian Nian."

"Dad!" The little girl was shocked in a second. She turned her head and saw Lin Qiao next to her. Her eyes narrowed, "Mom!"

Still holding the little shovel in his hand, he ran over and stretched out his little hands, which were still covered with sand, for a hug.

"Dad is here." Ji Duo bent over and picked up the girl, holding her in one hand and patting her body with the other.

Lin Qiao took the shovel from the lady's hand and asked, "Are you having fun playing with your brothers and sisters?"

"Yeah." Nian Nian nodded, and took off the military cap on her father's head and put it on herself. In an instant, only her red little mouth and chubby little chin were left.

Ji Yan's two children looked at this and couldn't help laughing.

She lowered her head to find the straps of her military cap, and the cap slipped down and hung on one side of her shoulders, enough to cover her little shoulders.

Lin Qiao didn’t know if other people’s children were like this, but her little girl was obviously more interested in everything about her father than her mother’s work.

She could sit on the bed and play with Ji Duo's military cap, Ji Duo's epaulettes, and even a wooden sword that Ji Duo brought home for a long time. However, as soon as Lin Qiao brought him to school, she slept in Lin Qiao's office.

It is really worry-free. No one needs to watch over it. Lin Qiao can just ask any student who has time to take a look at it.

Sometimes, even when Ji Duo came to pick her up, she was still sleeping. Lin Qiao carried her out and handed her to the man. He couldn't help but pat her on the butt and said, "You can't even be influenced by such a good academic atmosphere. Are you a bad student?"

After the photo shoot, she noticed that the man was looking at her with a serious face.

Ever since Lin Qiao mentioned the "川字纹", Ji Duo frowned less. After all, there was a living example of Brigade Commander Ding above, who had very deep "川字纹" and nasolabial folds.

But not frowning doesn't mean that his eyes won't reveal disapproval.

Lin Qiao raised her eyebrows, waiting to hear what he would say. After waiting for a long time——

"Don't wake him up."

Ji Duo still slowed down his tone, but looking at the man's expression just now, it was obvious that this was not what he wanted to say.

As a couple, there is no need to expose some things.

Lin Qiao has also slowly realized over the past few years that the reason why she and Ji Duo can live like this is because her parents in her previous life always had different opinions. On the one hand, it is the tacit understanding between the two of them, and on the other hand, one of them is willing to take a step back.

If everyone is willing to compromise a little instead of waiting for the other party to accommodate themselves, then we can live in the long run.

But she still smiled at the man and said, "Let her get enough sleep now. If she doesn't sleep at night, I won't care."

Ji Duo didn't say anything. After returning home, he went to call the little girl when it was time for dinner. The little girl hummed and didn't want to wake up, so he didn't force her and left the food in the pot.

Then at night, I turned off the lights and was about to do something with Lin Qiao when the little guy woke up.

Other children call for their moms when they wake up, but she calls for her dads first.

"Dad, I want to eat lamb kebabs."

The main reason was that she woke up because she was hungry, and the person in charge of cooking in their family was obviously her father Ji Duo.

It’s not that Lin Qiao hasn’t tried it before, but after only doing it once, the little guy never asked for his mother’s cooking again, and the same went for Ji Duo.

Ji Duo had no choice but to put on his shirt and military pants and get up to make dinner for his daughter.

Of course there was no lamb kebab. The man cut some onions, sprinkled some cumin on them, and fried some pork for his daughter.

The little girl ate a small bowl of rice happily, then took her father to the yard to look at the stars and the moon, and talked about poetry and songs and the ideal of life.

When she finally felt sleepy again, Lin Qiao had already fallen asleep. Ji Duo glanced at the time and could only undress and go to bed silently.

The next time he went to pick someone up, he shook the sleeping girl and asked, "Would you like some mutton skewers?"

"Mutton skewers?" The little girl was a little confused at first, but then her eyes lit up, "Yes! I want to eat it!"

After eating her fill, having fun, and releasing all her energy, she went to bed before eight o'clock in the evening.

Lin Qiao was still tucking in the quilt for her daughter when someone grabbed her waist and a firm body pressed against her back, followed by a warm breath on her ear.

However, after adjusting her schedule, the little girl had a new worry.

She discovered that she was curly.

The key is not that she is a little curly-haired girl, but that her father, mother, grandfather, grandmother and even her brothers and sisters are not.

In the morning, after Lin Qiao had washed up and was about to braid his daughter's hair, he found her standing by the washbasin, standing on tiptoe, dipping the comb in water, and straightening her hair manually.

The originally fluffy curls became wet after she did that. Just when her little hands straightened them a little, they curled back down as soon as she let go.

Nian Nian is not a crybaby, but after she finished crying, she looked in the mirror and felt worse than before. Her cheeks immediately puffed up, and she was obviously angry.

Lin Qiao took the opportunity to coax her, "It's okay, when Nian Nian goes to school in the future, she can study something and pull it, and it will become straight."

Lin Qiao was talking about straight hair clips. The most popular style right now is curly hair, and no one has thought of studying this.

As a result, the little girl looked up at her for a while, with a stern face, the same expression as her father, "I don't want to go to school, I want to go to war."

This made Ji Duo, who was about to leave, turn around and look at the lady. When Lin Qiao looked over, he pretended that he did not turn around, straightened his military cap as usual, and said, "I'm leaving."

Then the next Sunday he took the child to the army. The child played around until he was covered in mud and fell asleep, so he was brought back by the military.

Uncle Lin Wei found out about Nian Nian's dream of becoming a child out of school relatively late.

Mainly, he found out when his family of three came back to attend his wedding, and he had been waiting for this wedding for more than three years.

It was simply that Guo Yan ignored him for as long as he had left without saying a word. Anyway, Guo Yan had her career to attend to and was not in a hurry to get married.

A few days ago, several of their classmates had new babies, so they had two full-month banquets in a row, and then there was the wedding banquet of the youngest classmate in the class. Seeing that they all went together and had not made any moves, someone jokingly asked them when they were going to hold the wedding.

"May 1st this year," Guo Yan said calmly at the time.

But he was completely stunned. As soon as he came out of the wedding banquet, he went back to get his household registration and letter of introduction, insisting on getting the certificate first.

Now the marriage was finally concluded. After the wedding banquet at noon, Lin Wei treated Lin Qiao and her family of three to a separate meal in the evening. He smiled even more foolishly and happier than at noon.

He was just too happy and couldn't help drinking a little too much. He kept calling Ji Duo his brother-in-law and was very affectionate.

"I am where I am today thanks to you! You are half responsible for my marriage. I respect you!"

However, Ji Duo didn't want his half, "You've drunk too much."

"Not much, I'm just happy." Lin Wei's eyes turned red as he spoke, "If it weren't for Qiaoqiao, I wouldn't have thought I could still go out. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to get Yan Zi back. You two are our matchmakers, and Qiaoqiao, thank you, thank you for being willing to recognize me as your brother."

This was referring to what happened to Ma Rongliang back then. Unexpectedly, after so many years, he still felt guilty.

But if it hadn't happened, Ji Duo might never have met Lin Qiao in his life.

Because of this, Ji Duo felt much more comfortable with his nephew who pushed the marriage to him, if only his nephew didn't show up in front of his wife and daughter.

So he still raised his glass and clinked it with his brother-in-law, but just reminded him: "Drink less."

Unfortunately, it was too late to remind him now. Lin Wei nodded and said, "You have helped me so much. When I have a child in the future, I will definitely let him recognize you as his godfather."

It's not a problem that my uncle became my godfather. The problem is that he kept mentioning Ji Duo to help him...

Nian Nian finished her meal and ran to play nearby. Lin Qiao just started eating. Hearing this, she couldn't help but glance at the man with a half-smile in her eyes.

Guo Yan was more direct. She reached under the table and pinched Lin Wei, "What have they done for you?"

Lin Wei suddenly woke up, looked at Guo Yan, then at Ji Duo opposite him, and dared not say a word.

Guo Yan said nothing in front of Ji Duo and Lin Qiao, but as soon as she got home, she locked him outside the new house.

Ji Duo was much smarter than him. He first hugged Nian Nian, the life-saving talisman, and then followed his wife closely. As soon as he entered the door, he took the initiative to tell her about the matters at his cousin's house. I gave him some advice.

"How come I didn't know that you two were still in touch?" Lin Qiao looked at him and raised his eyebrows.

"Not much." Ji Duo did not look guilty. "He called you, but you were not there, so he just said a few words."

"So what advice did you give him?"

Lin Qiao was really curious because Lin Shouyi and Sun Xiuzhi had behaved too honestly throughout the entire wedding, and were even a little cautious in trying to please Guo Yan.

This is not like their character. You have to know that when Sun Xiuzhi first found out that the two were dating, she slapped Guo Yan without hesitation.

At that time, Lin Wei was just a farmer in the village, but now he is a technician and he also gets a share of the fertilizer factory's profits. Aren't they going to be very successful?

Noticing that the little girl in his arms was listening with one eye squinted, Ji Duo patted her and coaxed her to sleep before whispering to Lin Qiao, "I'll ask him to ask his family for money and say that he owed money outside."

"Debt?" Lin Qiao was stunned for a moment, then reacted and glanced at him with a smile, "You can even think of this."

This man was full of bad intentions, and actually gave Lin Wei such a bad trick, "Did you ask him to find someone to pretend to be a debt collector?"

Ji Duo did not deny it.

It is difficult to change one's nature. It is impossible to reason with people like Lin Shouyi and Sun Xiuzhi.

It was impossible to expect that they would change their character after his son had been away for three years. In order to avoid future troubles, he could only take a radical approach.

Lin Wei went back home and said that he owed money outside. He had been pretending to be rich before. He came home because he couldn't stay outside any longer. The couple didn't believe him at first. But soon the "debt collectors" came to the door. Lin Wei was so cruel to himself that he asked the collectors to beat him up.

After this beating, the couple had no choice but to believe it. Looking at the amount of the debt, they still could not pay it back even if they sold their property.

What should I do if it is not yet paid?

Lin Qiaoyuan is in Yandu and they can’t find her, but don’t they still have Guo Yan who is ready?

Although Guo Yan's mother didn't like to show off, people in the village said that Guo Yan had opened wholesale outlets in the city and town, so she must be rich.

It's a bit sad to say, but sometimes, people who can't be moved by reason or true feelings can indeed be bent by interests.

Lin Shouyi's granddaughter Xiuzhi made a 180-degree turn in her attitude. Not only did she strongly support her son in getting Guo Yan back, she also sent food and drinks to the Guo family next door in an attempt to repair their relationship.

Until now, Lin Wei still goes home every now and then to ask the couple for money.

It doesn’t matter whether you get it or not. What’s important is to let them know that their son still owes debts and to coax Guo Yan.

Guo Yan had a hot temper and never treated them well.

As for Lin Hui, the couple could not count on her anymore. It was only after Lin Qiao came back this time that she understood why Liu Yulan was always hesitant when talking about Lin Hui's partner.

Lin Hui was lazy enough. When she was a child, she pushed all the work to her original body. As a result, she found a husband who was even lazier than herself.

But the man was good-looking and good at talking, and he persuaded her to ignore her family's objections and run away with him with her bag.

When they came back, they both had a child, and the couple had to recognize the child whether they wanted to or not.

Moreover, the man coaxed Lin Hui to live with him in her parents' home. Not only did the child have to be taken care of by Sun Xiuzhi, but both of them were lazy and ate with Sun Xiuzhi and Lin Shouyi. The old couple raised the girl, but she didn't marry her off. They also had to take care of their aunt and grandson. In just a few years, they looked more than ten years older.

Lin Wei is getting married today, and this family of three also came, staring intently at the delicious food on the table.

There was a small incident after the meal, involving Lin Hui's son and Nian Nian.

Normally when going out like this, Ji Duo would not wear epaulettes, and Lin Qiao was not high-profile either, but his temperament was still very different from that in his hometown.

When Nian Nian is put together with other children, you can tell at a glance that she is different. She is delicate, pretty, and clean. She also wears a small camouflage uniform and a camouflage hat.

Lin Hui's son probably had never seen it before. After dinner, a group of children were playing together, and he opened his mouth to ask Nian Nian for her camouflage hat.

Nian Nian was usually not a pushover, but she didn’t know this little brother, and he didn’t seem to be very familiar with his parents, so she refused.

Unexpectedly, when Lin Hui's son saw that she refused to give it to him, he actually relied on his age to reach out and snatch it.

Then, just as he was about to pull it, the little girl slapped him in the face.

The sound was extremely loud and it must have hurt. Anyway, Lin Hui's son was a head taller than her, but he was beaten to tears by her.

The crying startled the adults. Lin Hui immediately came over to hug her son and said to Nian Nian: "It's just a hat. What's wrong with giving it to him? What else does your family need?"

Being suddenly accused like this, Nian Nian couldn't help but pout.

But she felt that she was right, and before her parents could say anything, she raised her head and said, "I think my aunt's watch is pretty good, why didn't she give it to me?"

He speaks clearly and quickly.

Some people were already dissatisfied with the Lin Hui family's ugly eating habits, and many people laughed when they heard this.

Lin Hui probably didn't expect that a little girl like her would fight and push people at will, so she immediately looked at Lin Qiao and Ji Duo and asked, "What's wrong with your child?"

Unfortunately, Lin Qiao is not the kind of parent who would only scold his own children in the hope of reconciling things. He immediately asked back: "What's wrong with your child?"

Ji Duo came over, glanced at the crying little boy in Lin Hui's arms, and said to Lin Qiao: "It's not the child's fault."

Lin Hui thought that although he looked sullen, he was just trying to smooth things over, so she straightened her back and said, "That's it..."

Before she finished her words, she heard the man continue, "You should blame your parents. After all, she bullied you like this when you were a child."

Lin Hui's expression at that time was so wonderful that when Lin Qiao thinks back on it now, he still wants to laugh.

Here in my hometown, we all sleep on kangs, and the same is true in the guesthouse. After the couple washed up, Ji Duo fetched some warm water to help his daughter wash her hands and feet.

The child had fallen asleep and his movements were very quiet, but Nian Nian was dishonest. Even while she was sleeping, she kicked his hand with her foot.

She kicked very vigorously. The little girl was very strong. If she jumped up now, Lin Qiao wouldn't be able to hold her.

Ji Duo, however, was reluctant to even take a photo of her. After wiping, he even put his lips on her little feet.

The room was not big, so Lin Qiao climbed onto the man's shoulders and stood behind him, watching him put the girl's feet into the quilt. "Do you like little girls so much?"

Ji Duo didn't say anything, but his eyes revealed a lot.

Lin Qiao whispered in his ear again, "What if I were her age, would it be you?"

She was a little curious about how the young Ji Duo would react when he found out that he had a child marriage.

Now Ji Duo turned his back on her and patted her legs, "If so, I will raise you as my daughter."