Even though his cheeks and nose were red from the cold and he was shivering, he still smiled and explained to everyone who passed by: "My eldest son is back with me today, and I am here to greet him."
After waiting from 8 o'clock until almost 10 o'clock, a familiar car finally appeared in her sight, and Qin Jinlian hurriedly ran forward.
There were too many people to fit in one car, so Shen Mingzhu and Pei Yang each drove one, with Pei Yang's car in front.
Seeing Qin Jinlian running towards him, he slowly stopped the car and asked Qin Jinlian to get in.
Qin Jinlian bent down and looked around the car. She was disappointed when she didn't see her eldest grandson Shen Zilong. She didn't even bother to respond when her eldest granddaughter Daya called her.
"Where's the egg?"
"They're still behind."
Hearing this, Qin Jinlian turned her worry into joy. She waved her hand to signal Pei Yang to go home first, while she stood in the cold wind and continued waiting.
Shen Chaobei felt sorry for her and got out of the car to accompany her.
Although she was not looking forward to seeing her eldest grandson Shen Chaobei as much as she was to seeing her eldest grandson, it had been more than a year since they last saw each other. Qin Jinlian was very happy and took him to ask about his well-being.
After the mother and son chatted for a while, they saw Shen Mingzhu's car.
Qin Jinlian was so excited, "Is it Dandan and the others?"
"Yes."
"well!"
The biting cold wind added more wrinkles to Qin Jinlian's already wrinkled face, making her look particularly old and haggard.
At this moment, she was in tears because she was about to see her grandson, which made Shen Chaobei feel very uncomfortable.
On one side is his biological mother who gave birth to him and on the other side is his wife who has been with him through thick and thin. He is really torn.
"Mom and big brother are in front."
In the car, Shen Mingzhu, who was the first to see the mother and son, reminded Du Juan who was sitting in the passenger seat.
Du Juan looked up ahead, then turned to her son and said, "Dandan, call grandma when you get off the car."
Shen Zilong just turned five this year, and is at the age of being naughty and playful. He didn't pay any attention to Du Juan's reminder and was completely immersed in the fun of solving the Rubik's Cube.
Du Juan was helpless.
In recent years, she and Shen Chaobei have been busy with work, and Shen Zilong has been taken care of by his daughter and the nanny. He is usually only close to his daughter and doesn't listen to her at all.
"Dandan, Mom is talking to you, do you hear me?"
Seeing that Shen Zilong still didn't respond, Shen Mingzhu gave her son a wink through the rearview mirror.
Pei Ziheng understood and raised his hand to take the Rubik's Cube from Shen Zilong's hand.
Shen Zilong was about to make a scene, but when he met Pei Ziheng's dark and clear eyes, he immediately became obedient.
"Remember to call for help after you get off the car, otherwise..."
Pei Ziheng shook the Rubik's Cube in his hand and said, "I won't let you play with it anymore."
Shen Zilong snorted arrogantly: "If you don't want me to buy it, forget it. I'll ask my dad to buy it for me! My dad has plenty of money, who cares!"
Pei Ziheng didn't say anything, he raised his hand and threw the Rubik's Cube out of the car window.
Shen Zilong didn't expect Pei Ziheng to really not let him play. He pouted and was about to cry, but was stopped by Pei Ziheng's words: "If you dare to cry, I will throw you down too."
With tears in his eyes, he finally looked at Du Juan in front of him.
"Mother……"
Du Juan originally had some complaints about Pei Ziheng for scaring her son to tears, but when she saw her son leaning towards her, she suddenly understood Pei Ziheng's intention. In addition to being grateful, she also developed admiration and envy for Shen Mingzhu.
When Shen Mingzhu married into the Pei family, Pei Ziheng was already four years old. Even though she was a stepmother, she still managed to raise Pei Ziheng to be so sensible and outstanding.
She is still the biological mother, and her son has been with her since he was young, but the mother-son relationship is far worse than that of Shen Mingzhu and her stepmother and stepson.
After getting Du Juan's promise to buy the Rubik's Cube, Shen Zilong obediently called Qin Jinlian after getting out of the car.
From the moment the car door opened, Qin Jinlian didn't even blink.
When Shen Zilong got out of the car and called her "Grandma", tears immediately flowed out of her eyes like a waterfall.
"Dandan, my great grandson..."
She screamed and rushed forward to hug Shen Zilong, which scared Shen Zilong so much that he hid in Du Juan's arms.
"Let's talk about it when we get home. It's cold outside."
This is the first meeting between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law since the "child-snatching incident" five years ago.
During these five years, Du Juan came back to Fengcheng several times, but each time she went directly to her parents' home, and asked someone to bring the things she bought to her, and she never met them.
The eldest daughter-in-law in front of him was completely different from when she first married into the Shen family.
With neatly tied hair, exquisite makeup, a knee-length grey mink coat and long leather boots, she looks noble and fashionable from head to toe.
If we were walking down the street, she wouldn't even recognize him face to face.
"Juan, you're back." Qin Jinlian greeted her flatteringly.
Du Juan nodded slightly, "Yes, Mom."
“Hey!”
Qin Jinlian cried with joy.
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Shen Mingzhu, who was in the car, watched this scene and only thought of one sentence: If I had known this would happen, I would not have done it in the first place.
…
As soon as they entered the door, everyone was given a bowl of hot brown sugar boiled eggs.
In addition to brown sugar and eggs, the soup also contains red dates, fermented glutinous rice and ginger slices.
In the cold winter, eating a bowl of brown sugar boiled eggs can warm your stomach and drive away the cold.
"Dandan, don't just stand there, drink it quickly, and your body will be warm after drinking the sugar water."
Seeing Shen Zilong sitting there in a daze, Qin Jinlian urged him with a smile.
Daya explained for her brother: "Dandan doesn't like ginger."
"Then I'll cook him another bowl..."
Shen Chaobei stopped Qin Jinlian and said, "Mom, don't bother. I can't eat more than two bites of eggs."
"It's not too early now, let's cook and have lunch early."
Shen Jianguo looked at Shen Zilong with loving eyes and spoke to Qin Jinlian.
"Okay, I'll go cook."
After saying that, she smiled and said to Shen Zilong, "Grandma will make you chicken stewed with mushrooms," and then she happily went to the kitchen.
Pei Yang put down the bowl and said, "I'll go help Mom."
When Shen Chaobei heard this, he slurped up the soup in the bowl, wiped his mouth and went to the kitchen.
Seeing Shen Xiangnan sitting still, Shen Jianguo said, "Second brother, go and help too. Cook the meal early so that Dandan won't be hungry."
"oh."
Among all the children at the table, the old couple only doted on their nephew like the apple of their eye. Jia Yuemei couldn't help but touch her bulging round belly.
Du Juan was sitting next to her. Seeing her movements, she asked with concern: "Did the child bother you?"
"Yes."
Jia Yuemei continued her words: "Boys are much more noisy than girls."
Du Juan smiled and pretended not to notice the other party's boasting.
After hearing this, Shen Jianguo turned his attention to her.
His attitude was very kind. "Yuemei, if you feel uncomfortable, go lie down upstairs for a while. I'll bring the meal up to you when it's ready."
"No, I'll stop making trouble after a while."
…
With the help of her son-in-law and two sons, Qin Jinlian quickly cooked lunch.
The whole family sat around the big round table, filling it up with twelve seats.
Looking at the lively scene, Qin Jinlian couldn't stop smiling.
As soon as lunch was over, she took Shen Zilong out without even bothering to clean up the dishes. (End of this chapter)