Chapter 152 Thatched Hut
"Pingping, An'an, Mother, come out quickly! Big brother and third brother are back!"
When Chen Yongxing saw the three people at the door, tears welled up in his eyes.
After the Tang Qiwen incident, the family hadn't been able to get together for more than ten days! Now that everyone is safe and sound, it's a good thing.
Chen Yongnian jumped off his horse and reached out to take Wan Qiqi's hand, but saw that she was clinging to the horse's back, her hands tightly gripping the reins, and she didn't move at all.
Pingping and An'an ran out, and someone grabbed one of Chen Yongnian's legs, looking up and shouting, "Father!"
"Go, go, make them stay away, lest they get kicked by the horses. Yongxing, go get me a stool."
Wan Qiqi gave instructions from horseback, which caused the crowd on the ground to burst into laughter.
Wang's expression immediately changed, and she slapped Chen Yongxing on the back, "Still laughing? Go get a chair, don't let your sister-in-law fall!"
Chen Yongxing made a face, hurriedly ran into the house, carried out a tall stool, placed it next to the horse, and held it tightly, saying, "Sister-in-law, you can step on it!"
Wan Qiqi then grabbed Chen Yongnian's hand and carefully left the horse.
With her feet firmly planted on the high stool, she let out a long sigh of relief, jumped off the stool, and regained her usual composure.
Then, she put her hands on her hips and angrily asked, "Who was laughing at me just now?"
Chen Yongliang hurriedly waved his hand and pointed at Chen Yongxing, saying, "It's not me, it's my second brother."
When Chen Yongxing was mentioned, he quickly waved his hand, saying, "And Big Brother, Big Brother smiled too!"
A hint of guilt appeared on Chen Yongnian's face as he honestly replied, "It was me!"
He never expected that his wife, who wasn't afraid of heights even when collecting honey, would be afraid of riding a horse.
Wan Qiqi rolled her eyes. "You're so honest, everyone knows you're easy to bully!" Before Chen Yongnian returned, she headed towards the vegetable garden. "Yongxing, have you finished the task I gave you today?"
"Then it definitely has to be done." Chen Yongxing said with a confident expression.
He put a lot of thought into building this thatched hut today, not only using rice straw but also specially cutting thatch, all to make it satisfactory to his sister-in-law.
Wan Qiqi looked at the thatched shed that had been erected. It was rather simple and completely different from modern sheds, but it was the best shed that could be built in this era!
She nodded. Chen Yongxing had really made progress during this time! In the past, after a day's business, she wouldn't even be able to set up the shed properly, let alone the scaffolding.
It's already quite impressive that we've achieved this much!
The sky darkened and a cold wind rose.
Seeing everyone gathered in the courtyard, Wang hurriedly said, "Come inside and rest. There's a brazier inside; it'll keep you warm."
Knowing that her eldest daughter-in-law was most afraid of the cold, she walked to Wan Qiqi's side, took the other's icy hand, and said, "Let's go inside and talk!"
Wan Qiqi didn't feel cold at the moment, but because of the original owner's own condition, her hands and feet were always icy, which made others think she was cold. But if she didn't go in, these people would probably follow her outside, so she listened to Wang Shi and obediently went inside to rest.
Inside the main room, Yunniang was peeling pomelos by the brazier. When she saw the people coming in, she immediately stood up and made way for them. "Yongnian and Yongliang are back? Please sit down."
Chen Yongliang frowned slightly, pulled Wan Qiqi to the corner of the wall, and asked in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, what's your cousin's wife doing here? Did Second Aunt do it again?"
He muttered, "Do you think my house is a charity? You keep dumping people here!"
Wan Qiqi glared at Chen Yongliang, silencing him. "My cousin-in-law is someone I hired to make honey grapefruit jam. I wasn't home, so she was the one making the jam."
Chen Yongliang looked terrified, barely able to contain his anxiety. He said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law! If Second Aunt finds out, won't she sell the prescription?"
Wan Qiqi looked slightly helpless and gently patted Chen Yongliang's shoulder. "There's no recipe. If anyone really wants to know how to make it, they'll figure it out after a few tries! Besides, we're from the Chen family too, we can't just watch them go hungry in the winter..."
When Wang saw Chen Yongliang return, he didn't even greet her before pulling Wan Qiqi to a corner. She was somewhat displeased and said, "Yongliang, what are you saying to your sister-in-law? Come and sit down, her hands are getting cold!"
Chen Yongliang was stunned by what Wan Qiqi said, and then by what Wang Shi said, his face showed some reluctance, like a child.
He is indeed still a child, 15 years old and not yet an adult.
However, in ancient times, by this time, it was already possible to start arranging marriages and choosing a suitable girl to marry!
Wan Qiqi had just sat down when, after a short while, footsteps came from outside the courtyard, followed by a familiar voice.
"Yongnian, has your wife come back?"
Chen Yongnian, of course, couldn't stay idle. While everyone else was sitting by the fire, he had already gone to the yard and was chopping firewood with an axe.
For him, only such activities are enough to warm his body up.
Chen Yongnian looked up at Chen Lizheng at the entrance of the courtyard. Seeing him examining the newly built thatched shed in the vegetable garden, he put down his axe and walked over. "My wife said that the vegetables are easily frozen to death in the cold weather. Building a thatched shed can help alleviate this."
Chen Lizheng was stunned for a long time.
He wasn't stunned by the vegetable shed, but by Chen Yongnian's current behavior, which seemed completely different from before.
Before he could even speak, Chen Yongnian had already answered the question that had been bothering him.
The changes in the Chen family were surprising; it wasn't just the three brothers, but even Wang Shi seemed to have changed a lot.
She used to be so amiable, always tolerating whatever others said, almost like she was afraid of trouble. But now it's different. Just two days ago, he saw Wang arguing with someone in the village, and she looked quite formidable!
These changes all seem to originate from Wan Qiqi, as if she possesses some peculiar power that subtly alters everyone.
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