At this point, Wen Muxue felt embarrassed. "Heh, I can't tell either. You'll have to ask Brother Yuan."
Mo Yitao glared at her daughter, "What kind of mother are you? You can't even tell your own son apart."
"They look so alike!" Wen Moxue felt guilty; she also felt that she wasn't a good mother.
Lu Yuan taught his mother-in-law how to tell the ages of her three children: "Mom, look at their eyebrows. The eldest has a small mole on the peak of his left eyebrow, the second has a small mole on the peak of his right eyebrow, and the youngest has no mole."
Mo Yitao observed carefully for a while and actually saw the moles on the eyebrows of the two children. They were indeed small moles, the size of a pinhole. If no one had pointed them out, she definitely wouldn't have noticed them.
The son-in-law has an amazing eye for talent.
"The three children also have different personalities. The eldest and second eldest cry a lot, while the youngest doesn't cry much. When he poops or peees or is hungry, he will at most whimper a couple of times."
"The third one is easy to identify."
"It's easy to tell the eldest and the second eldest from the youngest. The eldest will always cry first. Once the eldest cries, the second eldest will definitely follow suit. If the eldest doesn't cry, the second eldest will suck his fingers even when he's starving. The second eldest is just a repeater of the eldest."
"Hehe, my three eldest grandsons are all quite individualistic," Mo Yitao praised.
Tonight's dinner was exceptionally lavish. Lu Xiaojun had heard that his sister-in-law's mother was coming over, so he went to the river to catch a couple more fish. He'd heard from the village aunties and grandmas that fish soup helps with lactation, so after Wen Moxue gave birth, he'd gone to the river to catch fish on his way home from school. Today he caught two extra fish and had his sister add some dishes to the meal, making a braised fish.
Other dishes include braised chicken with mushrooms, stir-fried celery with cured pork, stewed pickled cabbage with vermicelli, kelp and pig's trotter soup, stir-fried rabbit meat, and braised seafood.
Mo Yitao almost lost her composure when she saw so many dishes. She was secretly shocked. What kind of family could afford to prepare so many delicious meals? They were eating even better than during the New Year. No, they didn't even eat this well during the New Year.
I was very touched; it must be because she came over today that she prepared so many delicious dishes.
"Mother-in-law, don't be shy, please try Xiaoqin's cooking. Xiaoqin has been preparing all afternoon since she heard you were coming," Xiao Biyun said.
Mo Yitao thanked Lu Xiaoqin and praised her before picking up her chopsticks. Her eyes lit up after the first bite, "Your cooking is really good, even better than the chefs at state-run restaurants."
The meal was a great success, with everyone enjoying themselves. After the meal, Xiao Fan checked on the children, gave each of them a 20-yuan red envelope, and then returned to his house in the village.
Mo Yitao sighed in admiration. This person was incredibly generous. For their relatives, five or ten yuan would have been enough, but this person gave each child 20 yuan, totaling sixty yuan, which was equivalent to two months' wages for an ordinary worker.
Because of Mo Yitao's arrival, there weren't enough rooms in the house, so Su Tingxiao and Wen Gang moved out and went directly to the sanatorium. Although the house wasn't fully renovated, they could still live in two unfinished rooms. They had a layer of cement on them, which was better than the houses in the village.
Mo Yitao brought quite a few things with her this time. "These were gifts from your older brother's girlfriend. She bought them at their local department store."
It's three sets of baby clothes, including a hat, top, and pants, all made of pure cotton, and they feel quite comfortable to the touch.
“It’s too much trouble for her,” Wen Muxue said.
"Bring her some local specialties back with you later."
Mo Yitao smiled, "A Yuan said the same thing before, you two are thinking the same thing."
Wen Moxue thought to herself, that's right, she and Brother Yuan have always been on the same wavelength.
As Mo Yitao spoke, she took out all the things she had brought, including hats, clothes, and shoes for the children, as well as local specialties such as dried shrimp, squid strips, and clam meat, which made Wen Moxue's eyes light up.
"I also sent a portion of the New Year's gifts you sent back to your future sister-in-law's family. I prepared pheasants, rabbits, cured meat, and dried goods. She was very grateful when she heard it was from you," Mo Yitao added.
"I didn't even think to prepare a separate set for my future sister-in-law, otherwise I would have sent more back," Wen Muxue said.
"Oh dear, please don't. You've sent back quite a lot of things. Even if you share some, we'll still have plenty left."
Speaking of this, Mo Yitao recalled her eldest daughter and second sister-in-law coming to her house wanting New Year's goods.
She said, “I will divide the things you sent with your future sister-in-law’s family and your eldest uncle’s family. I gave each family quite a lot. Later, your sister and second uncle’s family heard about this and brought things to my door, wanting me to return the favor with those things.”
"Oh, so did you give it to me?"
"How could that be? I returned everything they were carrying untouched. I already said I wouldn't have anything to do with them anymore, but I've already abandoned all pretense of decency for the nice things you sent."
"She's shameless. Mo Lijuan's eating habits are disgusting."
“Sigh, your second uncle and aunt used to be alright, they treated you well. At first, when you went to the countryside, they would send you some things every month. But ever since Lijuan went to the countryside, the two families have been at odds.”
"Mo Lijuan is too calculating."
"Who says otherwise? That child has always been scheming."
How is she now?
Logically speaking, this person's illness should have been cured long ago.
"She recovered from her illness before the New Year and has been staying at home, unable to find a job. Your second aunt has arranged several blind dates for her, hoping to get her married. But I heard that she has very high standards. She either finds this person too short or that person not good-looking. She won't accept someone with a low salary or a poor family background."
Wen Moxue wondered if this person was looking for a partner based on the standards of Lu Yuan, Xiao Fan, Yu Shaoheng, and the others.
You know what, that little girl is right!
"She doesn't even look at herself. She doesn't have a job. If someone marries her, he'll have to support her. How could someone from a good family, tall and handsome, with a high salary possibly be interested in her? She's really got higher ambitions than she has a life of hardship," Mo Yitao complained.
Wen Moxue nodded in agreement; her mother was absolutely right.
The mother and daughter whispered to each other in the room for a long time before Mo Yitao reluctantly returned to the room prepared for her to rest. Looking at the furnishings in the room, she clicked her tongue in amazement. Who said that life in the countryside was not as good as in the city? She saw that her daughter and son-in-law's life was much more comfortable than that of people in the city.
I had a good night's sleep.
The next day, Mo Yitao asked Lu Yuan to take her to make a phone call to let her husband and son know she was safe. She also took the opportunity to show off the living conditions of her three grandsons and her daughter and son-in-law, making Wen Shengtao extremely envious and jealous.
That old hag must have done it on purpose. He went to ask his boss for leave again, but once again he failed. He was furious.
Mo Yitao was having a blast in Changhe Brigade. She and Xiao Biyun got along very well. They were always together, taking care of the children, gossiping about the village, picking wild produce in the mountains, and sometimes weeding and picking vegetables in the fields. Occasionally, they would also help Gao Weishan sort out medicinal herbs.
She was living a very fulfilling life and hadn't thought about her husband and son for quite some time.
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