At first sight, Shuying was quite fond of the kind old lady in front of her. How could she accept anything from her? It was only after Fang's mother repeatedly asked her to try her pickled sour beans that Shuying finally accepted the sour beans from her hand.

"Thank you, Auntie!"

This was the first time that Fang's mother met the young daughter-in-law from the Chen family next door. These days, she had heard her daughter-in-law scolding the neighbors at home many times.

She thought the people next door were so unreasonable, but when she actually met the young wife, she realized how pretty she was. Look at her white face and black hair. She would believe someone said she was a fairy. She had never seen such a pretty young wife in her entire life.

Fang's mother exclaimed in her heart and looked around. She saw that the other party was holding a child of four or five years old in his left hand. The child was very good-looking, with a chubby face and it seemed that he was very smart.

This child doesn't look like his mother but probably looks like his father. The old lady who has lived in the countryside all her life doesn't even know what mixed-race is, but she thinks that the mother and son look really good.

Fang's mother was gossiping in her mind, and the two talked for a while. Before Shuying wanted to go back and bring some vegetables to Fang's mother, Fang's mother hurried back to Fang's house to make lunch.

When Xia Lina found out that the pickled beans Fang's mother had given to the Chen family next door, she looked very unhappy and cursed the old fool in her heart for wasting the family's money.

However, her husband was filial, and Xia Lina did not dare to divorce him or say anything. She also heard Fang's mother praising Yang Shuying for being so good-looking and polite, and for raising good children, and that the men in the Chen family next door were blessed.

Xia Lina, with jealousy in her heart and a green face, blurted out: "Mom, you don't know that some people are superficial and do not know their true heart. They pretend to be good people on the outside, but do dirty things on the inside."

While talking about this, she brought up the previous incident of 'abusing' the child, saying that the child was Chen Tuan's nephew, not the baby she was born from, and there was no way she could raise the child as her own. This even alarmed Political Commissar Liang, who had the child summoned to the interrogation room.

Fang's mother was startled: "What did you say?"

Xia Lina continued to slander Yang Shuying, saying that she relied on her good looks to seduce men and had even wanted to seduce her man before.

Mother Fang: “…”

"Mom, if you don't believe me, go ask other people if this is true. Otherwise, why don't I like to be with the neighbor next door? I would rather feed our vegetables to pigs than give them to the foxes, crickets, and spirits next door." Xia Lina sighed again and pretended to be serious: "Chen Tuan is also unlucky to marry such a daughter-in-law. When Chen Tuan was on a mission, I often saw her flirting with other men!"

Fang's mother had just arrived and she had never lived next door to anyone, so she didn't know who the young wife next door was.

But Fang's mother was not stupid. She had just seen that the child next door was well dressed and had a rosy complexion. He did not look like he had been abused at all.

Fang's mother spoke out, and Xia Lina said that because Yang Shuying was invited to the interrogation room by Political Commissar Liang, she did not dare to abuse the child during this period.

Fang's mother was half-believing and half-doubting, but when she saw her daughter-in-law speaking so convincingly and even swore her to ask outsiders, how could she really ask outsiders? For a moment, she actually believed her daughter-in-law's words. She was originally very dissatisfied with Xia Lina as a daughter-in-law.

Look, after making the comparison, Fang's mother's dissatisfaction with her daughter-in-law Xia Lina has decreased a little. She used to think that Xia Lina was unfilial and conscienceless, but now she thinks there is nothing wrong in her daughter-in-law taking care of her own family, at least she is devoted to her youngest child.

Fang's mother, who originally wanted to spend more time with her neighbor, also gave up the idea.

Shuying was just about to go back to the house with the pickled beans when Mrs. Gao came over and started nagging her.

Fang's mother gave each of them a handful of sour beans. Mrs. Gao said, "This old lady is really easy to get along with. Even though Xia Lina is not a good person, she is blessed with a lot of luck! I just hope she doesn't ruin her own luck!"

Deputy Colonel Fang is an outstanding person and is good to Xia Lina. This mother-in-law who came to the military district also seems to be easy to get along with. She just said a few words to Fang's mother. The old lady is kind, knowledgeable and knows how to behave. Having lived for most of her life, Mrs. Gao knows very well the importance of having a good mother-in-law.

If her parents-in-law were not so partial, she would have no complaints about sending money every month. But her mother-in-law took advantage of her eldest wife's status and was partial to her younger uncle to the core.

There is a kind father-in-law and mother-in-law, Shuying, who don't say anything and patiently listen to Gao Dasao's complaints.

"Speaking of blessings, Sister Yang, you are luckier than Deputy Tuan's family!" Not to mention the good fortune that Sister Yang had picked up wild boars and rabbits before, just talk about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Although she has never met Chen Tuan's parents, she knows very well that Father and Mother Chen are very thoughtful and often send packages to Sister Yang.

Mrs. Gao just complained a few words and then asked her how to make the pickled beans.

"Sister-in-law, stir-fried sour beans with minced meat is delicious. It's okay to put less minced meat. You can also add some mushroom meat sauce!" Shuying replied.

"Okay, I'll do it this way later. We also bought a lot of meat at home." Mrs. Gao was still boiling pork fat. It was almost done. She was asking her eldest son to help watch the fire, and she took a break to come out and chatter a few words.

Before Mrs. Gao returned to the yard, Shuying said that noodles with sour beans and minced meat, noodles in soup, or fried noodles would be fine.

When Mrs. Gao returned to the kitchen, the lard had already been cooked. The kitchen was filled with the special aroma of lard and oil residue.

Today, the family was boiling pork fat, and the three Gao Zhi brothers did not go out to play, especially Gao Yuan, who kept clamoring to eat the fat residue.

Mrs. Gao gave each of them two pieces of oil residue, which were hot and fragrant. Mrs. Gao also gave two more pieces of oil residue to the third child and asked him to give them to Chen Yi to taste, and asked him to go and come back early. She used the other oil residue to cook dishes for the New Year.

"I understand, Mom!" Gao Yuan took the oil residue and ran out.

The door to the Chen family's courtyard was not closed, and Gao Yuan ran in and shouted, "Big Boss, we have some fried dough sticks at home, they are delicious, my mother asked me to give you two pieces!"

Chen Yi also likes to eat the burnt and fragrant oil residue. The two children chewed it outside the yard and it was crunchy. The burnt and fragrant oil residue was so delicious that the two children wanted to swallow it with their tongues.

After eating the oil residue in his hand, Gao Yuan prepared to go back.

Chen Yi left a piece of oil residue in the kitchen and stuffed it into Shuying's mouth. Shuying let him eat it by himself because she didn't like eating oil residue.

Chen Yi was sure that his aunt would not eat the oil residue, so he stuffed it into her mouth and ate it, which tasted very delicious.

Shuying had just made a dish of blanched shrimps, which were especially delicious when dipped in sauce. Shuying specially picked up three blanched shrimps, dipped them in the sauce, and took them out of the kitchen and asked Gao Yuan to hold them. The three brothers each took one to taste it.

"Thank you, Aunt Yang!"

Gao Yuan had never eaten shrimps before, but he thought the dishes cooked by Aunt Yang were delicious. Gao Yuan happily ran back home and shared the shrimps with his two brothers.

Gao Zhi and Gao Xiang had never eaten shrimps before, but the blanched shrimps with sauce were very delicious. The three brothers loved them very much and were still not satisfied. They envied Chen Yi.

For lunch, Shuying didn't make pickled beans with minced meat. Instead, she made blanched shrimps and a bowl of fried sweet potato vines.

An adult and a child sat in the main room to have lunch.

Chen Yi and Shu Ying both love blanched shrimps.

It was just a bit troublesome to peel the shrimps. Chen Yi's hands were greasy when he peeled them. He was too lazy to peel the shrimp shells and just stuffed them into his mouth and ate them randomly. Shuying couldn't bear it, so he peeled a few for the child and put them in his bowl to eat with rice.

"Auntie, Xiaoyuan's fried dough sticks are so delicious!" Chen Yi swallowed the rice in his mouth, squinting his eyes and said expectantly, almost asking when we would have fried dough sticks to eat.

Oil residue is an incredible delicacy for today's children. The burnt oil residue is particularly fragrant, no wonder children love to eat it.

Seeing that the child was very greedy, Shuying also said that she would fry some fried dough sticks for her in the evening. Chen Yi was very happy. She rarely thought of her uncle and asked him when he would come home.

Shuying also missed her man, and couldn't give the child a definite answer, she only said it would be soon.

Chen Yicai happily continued to eat his meal.

After lunch, before washing the dishes, Shuying told her child not to dirty his clothes again. If he did, she would really let him wash his clothes by himself.

Asking him to wash clothes was not a strong punishment, so Chen Yi was a little reluctant to try. Shuying didn't want the child to get his clothes wet, so he said that if he got his clothes dirty again, he would not make any delicious food for him. Only then did Chen Yi honestly say that he would not climb trees or dirty his clothes anymore.

The weather was exceptionally cold and it was getting dark quickly, so Shuying took the children to have lunch early, wash up, and go to bed.

Before going to bed, Chen Yi did not forget to drink milk.

In the past few months, Shuying has asked the child to insist on drinking milk. The milk now is real milk without any water. The effect of drinking it for several months is very good.

Even the child's complexion has improved a lot, he is fair and tender, completely different from most of the skinny and malnourished children nowadays. He is also a little taller.

After giving the child a bath, she almost couldn't hold the child because it was too heavy.

Chen Yi buried her face in the crook of her aunt's shoulder, not wanting to show her face. She managed to utter a few words, "I'm not heavy, aunt! I'm too light!"

Shuying thought to himself, if this kid isn't heavy, who is? He patted the kid's butt and told him to get into bed and go to sleep.

Chen Yi took the initiative to say in a baby voice: "Auntie, I'll warm the quilt for you! It will be so hot when you sleep later!"

The New Year is coming soon, so she didn't assign any homework these days to let the children have a good rest.

Shuying watched the child rolling around in the quilt while drying her hair. By the time the child fell asleep, her hair was almost dry.

Putting on a coat and applying skin care products dripping with nectar is her daily routine. She does not neglect her body, neck and face.

While applying skin care products, Shuying looked at the mirror. She had indeed seen a big change in the past few months since she had turned her skin into fair skin.

It is said that whiteness can hide three uglinesses. She was white before, but not as white as she is now.

As her skin became transparent and cool white, her facial features seemed to have undergone a drastic change, and her appearance also underwent a qualitative change. Her facial features became much more delicate and beautiful, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that there was no major change.

Shuying was particularly satisfied. Not only was she satisfied with her improved looks, but also that over the past three months, her skin had become white and tender, with a light press leaving red marks. She also had a head of thick, black hair.

Shuying looked at herself in the mirror for a while. It was too cold, so she went to bed soon after.

Not to mention, there is a warm little guy, and it feels warm when I crawl into the quilt under the shadow of the tree.

The wind was blowing at night, and the adult and the child were sleeping soundly.

Early in the morning, Shuying prepared breakfast and called the children to get up. Chen Yi can now dress himself, and the little guy does it very well.

Get dressed, wash up and have breakfast.

After breakfast, Shuying put on a hat and gloves for the child, let the child play nearby, and went to Li Hongqi's house to see if Li Hongqi's wife could help make some tofu.

As soon as she walked out the door, she ran into Deputy Director Fang from next door and greeted him politely.

Deputy Commander Fang, who went out early and came back late every day, had not seen Commander Chen's wife for several months. When he saw her this time, he was stunned at first, and then he was a little afraid to recognize her: "Sister-in-law...sister-in-law?"