Li Hanting straightened his expression, and seeing Liu Yang nodding and shaking his head, he gave him a sharp rebuke.
"Is it because we haven't been training enough?"
Liu Yang covered his head, his will to survive was very strong.
"Commander, just pretend I didn't say that. I'm going to train now."
After saying that, he took off running. Just kidding, the commander's devilish training was real; it would be strange if he didn't get skinned alive.
Watching Liu Yang's rabbit-like ghostly steps, Li Hanting fell into deep thought. Was he really that obvious?
As soon as training ended, he couldn't wait to rush to the family compound.
Just as Su Jingjing finished tying her daughter's hair, the man stormed in.
Their eyes met, and Su Jingjing's smile froze. They had shared a bed last night, so it was inevitable that she would blush upon seeing each other again today.
Li Yuanyuan was completely unaware of the subtle misunderstanding between her parents. Her eyes lit up, and she ran over to hug her father's leg. "Daddy, Mommy braided my hair into princess braids. Isn't it pretty?"
Li Hanting looked down at his daughter's round eyes; his daughter's eyes really did look a lot like his.
"Daddy..." Her father ignored her, and the little girl became dissatisfied, shaking her father's hand vigorously.
"They're all beautiful."
Li Hanting's words were pointed; he not only praised his daughter but also his wife for her skillful hands.
At this moment, Su Jingjing finally cleared up and realized that the man was talking about her.
Avoiding the man's gaze, she quickly changed the subject, "Let's take Yuanyuan to wash her hands first, breakfast will be ready soon."
Everyone knows perfectly well who he was referring to.
Li Cheng'an stood upright to the side, and whether it was his imagination or not, he felt that his parents were closer than ever.
After dinner, Li Hanting wanted to talk to his wife for a while, but Liu Yang came over and said he had something important to discuss.
He had no choice but to swallow his true feelings.
After the man left, Su Jingjing patted her chest. She wasn't thick-skinned enough; she didn't know how to deal with the man today.
Su family
People in the countryside finish their meals early and go to bed to rest. There's no need to worry about not being able to sleep because the intensity of their work during the day ensures that they fall asleep as soon as they lie down at night.
Of course, they also got up and started working when the sky was still gray.
The night outside was bright. Dong Qin opened her eyes the next second, laughed at her husband's snoring, and then carefully stepped over her husband, got out of bed and put on her clothes.
After a quick wash, I went into the kitchen to make breakfast. My mother-in-law had already laid out the ingredients on the table and covered them up: a few sweet potatoes, corn, and a little rice to make porridge, along with pickled vegetables. This was their family's breakfast. Actually, this was a pretty good standard meal in the village, but they could only eat such a hearty meal during the busy farming season.
There is a cabinet in my mother-in-law's room that is always locked. Only my mother-in-law has the key, and no one is allowed to touch it except my sister-in-law.
My mother-in-law arranges all the meals for me every day; all I have to do is cook them.
To save electricity, Dong Qin only lit a kerosene lamp, which was dim but still bright enough to see clearly.
Just as I was about to take the sweet potatoes to wash, I saw my mother-in-law walking towards me.
Dong Qin asked in surprise, "Mom, why are you up?"
My mother-in-law always waits until she's almost finished cooking breakfast before getting up.
Yan Ling glanced at the dimly lit kitchen, a worry creeping onto her brow. What if someone bumps into something?
Thinking of this, her voice softened. She walked over and took the sweet potato from Dong Qin's hand, saying, "I'll cook breakfast from now on. You can go back and rest."
The other person seemed stunned; it seemed the only solution was to shout.
"Getting up so early? My grandson hasn't had enough sleep yet. Let him go back to sleep a little longer."
Dong Qin snapped out of her daze and thanked her mother-in-law, "Oh, thank you, Mom."
She didn't dare ask why; ultimately, she was still afraid of her mother-in-law.
Since yesterday, my mother-in-law seems like a completely different person. Could it really be for the sake of her grandson?
Her mother-in-law kept calling her grandson, which made her a little uneasy. What if she gave birth to a daughter? Would her mother-in-law tear her apart?
Even after returning to her room and sitting on the edge of the bed, Dong Qin was still in a daze.
As if sensing something, Su Dashan opened his eyes and saw his wife sitting blankly on the edge of the bed. He got up shirtless and asked, "Wife, aren't you making breakfast at this time?"
Dong Qin looked up at her husband and recounted the whole story.
Su Dashan mentally processed the information, then asked incredulously, "You mean, Mom is making breakfast now? And she's letting you come back to rest, so you don't have to get up early anymore?"
Since my wife got married, my mother has rarely cooked breakfast. So what does today mean?
Dong Qin voiced her worries, "Hmm, does Mom think I'm carrying a grandson, which is why she hasn't made me do any work? But what if it's not a grandson? Will Mom...?"
Seeing his wife so anxious that tears were about to stream down her face, Su Dashan quickly comforted her, "Honey, it's alright. Mom was just saying it casually. You see how much she loves Jingjing? It shows that she also likes her granddaughter very much."
"is that so?"
She was afraid that her mother-in-law only liked her sister-in-law and that it didn't mean she liked other girls as well.
Su Dashan immediately took off his wife's coat and helped her lie down. "Really, since Mom wants you to rest, let's sleep a little longer."
Dong Qin listened to the sounds coming from the kitchen, and she wasn't sleepy at all.
When it was almost time, she and Dashan left the room.
Just then, I saw my mother-in-law bringing out the food. "Awake?"
"Honey, Mom's talking to you."
Dong Qin immediately snapped out of her daze, "Hey, Mom, I'll go get the bowls and chopsticks."
Her mother-in-law actually smiled at her?
At the dinner table, in order to get back to work in the fields as soon as possible, the family of four ate quietly, with only the clinking of bowls and chopsticks and the slurping of porridge.
Dong Qin was silently biting into her sweet potato when an egg was placed in front of her. She looked up in shock.
Su Dashan hadn't swallowed the sweet potato in his mouth yet, and asked his mother indistinctly, "Mom, is this for my wife?"
Yan Ling nodded proudly, "Mm."
After handing it to Dong Qin, he continued, "There's not much nutrition at home, so try to eat an egg every day from now on."
"By the way, you're so skinny, let's kill a chicken tonight to help you recover."
Under everyone's astonished gazes, she dropped another bombshell, "Dashan, come back early this afternoon and help kill the chickens."
As soon as she finished speaking, Dong Qin dropped her chopsticks, looking at her mother-in-law with fear, "I'm sorry..."
"It's alright, honey, I'll pick it up."
Su Dashan hurriedly picked it up, washed it briefly by the sink, and then handed it to his wife.
"Mom, are we really having chicken tonight?"
He was practically drooling as he spoke; he could only catch a small wing of their chicken when his sister came home.
Today, neither New Year nor other holidays, yet they're killing chickens—what an extravagance!
"How could I possibly lie?"
Yan Ling's imposing presence was immediately aroused, and she retorted with a question.
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