The second sister-in-law jumped up and down on the spot, "Dad, you are not giving us a way to survive. We are taking care of our two children."
Old man Li looked at her and said, "Don't shout. We'll take care of Da Mao, and you can just take care of Er Mao. This way, every family will have a baby. What else is there to say?"
"Dad, you are so confused. How can there be a baby in the third brother's family?" Li Nanhai said.
"Isn't Beibei a doll?" Li Nanshan said immediately.
"Third brother, I'm not saying anything to you, but how could you raise someone else's child and develop feelings for him? Be careful not to raise an ungrateful person."
"Stop talking!" Old Man Li kicked the hoe in his hand and got angry. "Just say it, we'll divide it tomorrow."
Seeing that Dad had spoken, no one dared to object, except Mrs. Li, who covered her mouth and cried.
This New Year, the Li family spent an especially lonely time because they had just split up and everyone had some grudges in their hearts, so they decided to celebrate the New Year separately.
Li Nanshan came over to ask his parents to go celebrate the New Year, but the old man waved his hand and said, "Your mother and I are not going anywhere."
Although the family has been divided, the eldest and second eldest brothers' families still live in the original place because they have nowhere else to go. This inevitably leads to them seeing each other every day, and they compete to see who is thicker-skinned.
Apart from cooking, the eldest sister-in-law never goes out. Otherwise, she takes Mo to the fields and takes some dry food with her and doesn't come back for lunch, so as to avoid meeting the second sister's family as much as possible.
Tao Xiaoxi saw her sister-in-law staring blankly in the fields several times. After experiencing several blows in life, this woman had completely given up and accepted her fate.
That day, she went to the river to wash clothes. Her sister-in-law was also there. When she saw Xiaoxi passing by, she smiled.
"Are you still taking that medicine?" Tao Xiaoxi asked as he put down his clothes.
"I'm eating." The sister-in-law replied in a low voice, afraid of being heard by others.
"Come back for more when you're done eating."
"Okay, but I think it's useless even if I eat it." said the sister-in-law dejectedly.
"How could that be? Didn't you enjoy it the last time you ate it?"
"I don't know why, but this time it feels different from last time, and the medicine doesn't taste right either."
"I changed the prescription. It's normal that the taste is a little off." Tao Xiaoxi didn't explicitly say that this prescription was to regulate the body's acid-base balance. The purpose was to fulfill his sister-in-law's dream of having a son.
The eldest sister-in-law was relieved. She looked at Tao Xiaoxi and reached out to take her laundry. "You are pregnant. Take care of yourself. Why are you still here to wash clothes?"
"It's still early for me. I know my limits." Tao Xiaoxi said with a smile.
Mo Yatou was playing with a red string on the stone nearby. Tao Xiaoxi called her several times, but she didn't respond.
"Sister-in-law, can Mo girl understand what you say normally?"
Zhou Lan thought for a moment, "Sometimes she looks over at me. Her father said she'll be a bit of a taciturn person when she grows up."
"I still say the same thing. Take her to see it. If you don't have money, I can lend you some first."
"What are you looking at? He can eat and sleep, what's wrong with him? This child is just slow to catch on." The sister-in-law said, not taking it seriously.
Tao Xiaoxi harbored doubts, and these doubts only grew more intense as time went by. However, her elder brother and sister-in-law ignored her, and no amount of reminders would do anything to stop them.
As soon as the Lunar New Year was over, Li Nanshan was ready to leave for the provincial capital. He didn't rest during this time, even during the Lunar New Year holidays. After the wall was repaired, he built a toilet for his wife. Tao Xiaoxi had always complained about the stench of the old pit, so she described the flush toilets used in the city to him. To her surprise, he actually built one.
"I've already told my eldest brother about the water needs at home. If there's no water, have him come and help fetch it. As for the firewood, don't use it. Use the coal stove. I've already bought 200 coal briquettes. Don't wait until they're all burned before buying more. Stock up in advance. Also, have your eldest brother take care of the medicinal fields. If we're short of manpower, we can hire someone else. My childhood friend also farms at home. He's pretty good and works very efficiently. And then there's Beibei. This is also the most important thing. Don't delay Beibei's studies. But don't worry, I'll be back during the holidays and take Beibei to sign up then."
Tao Xiaoxi listened to him arrange one thing after another without saying a word, just listening to him talk.
"Think about it, is there anything missing?" Li Nanshan thought hard.
"Comrade Li Nanshan, you are just going there to study, not to stay away from us. Besides, we can still write letters or make phone calls. Why do you make it seem like we are parting forever?" Tao Xiaoxi said with a smile.
"Don't talk nonsense." Li Nanshan scolded, "Also, you are two people now, don't try to stay cool in the hot weather."
"Okay, got it."
"Don't eat anything too spicy, it's bad for your stomach."
"knew."
"Leave the shipment to Zhao Bin. Forget it. I'll talk to him about this myself."
"No, I can handle it myself." Tao Xiaoxi didn't want Zhao Bin to think she was useless.
"It's your business." Li Nanshan ended the topic domineeringly.
After a quick look around, he asked, "Where's Beibei?"
"He went out to play." Tao Xiaoxi guessed.
"The girl is getting older and older, so I need to keep a closer eye on her. I'll go find her." Li Nanshan's worrying image has been deeply rooted in people's minds recently.
But Beibei didn't go out to play. She was led by Mrs. Sun to her original home, where Sun Wangcai now lives.
Sun Wangcai knew that if he came alone, Beibei might not follow him, so he sent her mother.
When Beibei saw that her grandmother brought her here, she was a little scared and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Sun Wangcai who came out.
"Beibei, I am your father. You little ungrateful bastard, don't you recognize your father?" Sun Wangcai scolded.
Beibei shrank her neck and stared at him warily.
"Don't be afraid, look what this is?" Sun Wangcai opened his palm, and there were two candies lying on it.
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