Yu Sui muttered to herself, moved aside, and took Xia Xiao'e to the guest room first.
After all, she was Xia Linsheng's sister. For Xia Linsheng's sake, Yu Sui didn't get angry right away. She pointed to a stool next to her and said gently and patiently:
"Come in first. Put your hat on the stool and take off all your outer clothes and put them there too. Don't move around until I get you some clean clothes to change into. Then wash your hands and face before you sit down. It's not that I dislike you, but the environment here is very different from back home. You might not be used to it at first, and you've come a long way, so you might have brought all kinds of germs with you. You have children at home with weak immune systems, so please pay attention to hygiene. This applies to everyone who comes here; it's not just you. Do you understand?"
Xia Xiao'e raised her eyes to look at her and replied softly, "Oh."
Yu Sui walked back to her side and took a lot of things, including clothes, shoes and socks.
There was no way. Xia Xiao'e didn't carry or bring anything except the clothes on her body, so she obviously didn't have any spare clothes.
When I walked out of the room, I met Xia Linsheng standing in the living room with his hands on his hips, his chest heaving.
Yu Sui stuffed the child into his hands and said, "If you have anything to say, wait until I give her the clothes."
Xia Linsheng had no choice but to hold the child and wait.
In the guest room, Yu Sui put down the clean clothes, and then brought in water, towels, and a brand new washbasin: "Try to wash yourself as clean as possible and change all your clothes. If you still want these clothes, you have to wash them yourself later. If you don't want them anymore, I will help you throw them away."
Xia Xiao'e bit her lip and said, "I'll wash it myself."
Yu Sui said nothing more and walked out.
Xia Xiao'e whispered from behind, "Sister-in-law, don't, don't despise me. I've already worn so many of your good clothes for me. I can still wear them after washing them."
Yu Sui turned around and looked at her.
Her face flushed crimson, and she opened her mouth several times before she continued, "I, I think, I'm quite annoying. I won't eat if I don't. I'm here to help you take care of the children!"
Yu Sui raised an eyebrow and said, "Change your clothes first before you come out to talk. It's cold, the water will get cold easily, don't get cold."
Outside the room, Xia Linsheng was still standing there.
Yu Sui sat down at the dining table, and Xia Linsheng quickly came over and sat down too, reporting impatiently, "I asked her on the way, and she said Li Afen insisted she come, saying she was here to help take care of the kids. She didn't have a letter of introduction, and it was Li Afen who got someone to get her on the train!"
Yu Sui's anger was bubbling up from the bottom of her heart. Looking at her son who was sucking his fingers obediently in Xia Linsheng's hands, she couldn't bring herself to speak loudly: "Don't you think it's strange? Your stepmother knew I was pregnant and had a child a long time ago. Why didn't she say she would come to take care of the child for us? Now I just wrote a letter back and Xia Xiao'e is here?"
Xia Linsheng: "Could it be that our mother told Li Afen?"
Yu Sui: "Impossible. My mother favors me and knows that I don't like Li Afen. Li Afen is not a hassle-free person. If she can avoid contact with them, she wouldn't want me to contact them. How could she possibly tell Li Afen about this?"
"But, our family already knew we had a son. Even if it wasn't our mother who told us, how could Li Afen not know about it once the news spread within the brigade? And now that farming is slack, they probably sent Xiao'e."
"Why didn't you tell us first?"
“…” Xia Linsheng was speechless.
No matter how you look at it, Li Afen's approach to Yu Sui's problem was wrong.
The couple was speechless for a moment.
The phone at the dining table rang.
Xia Linsheng took it and said a few words, then looked at Yu Sui awkwardly: "The regiment has something going on, I have to deal with it."
Yu Sui took the child in her arms and said, "You hold it."
"Xiao'e's matter... no matter what, let's talk about it when I get back from get off work."
"Don't worry, I will take care of her food and drink, but I won't kick her out."
Xia Linsheng: "That's not what I meant."
Yu Sui smiled bitterly: "That's what I meant. Thinking about the face of her mother who forced her to come here, I don't like her anymore. If you want to drive her away, it's not my turn. After all, she is your family, and you have to step in. I definitely won't drive her away if you don't want to. But I have to trouble you to find a way to call my mother and ask her if she knows that Xia Xiao'e is here, and what their plans are."
"……OK."
Xia Linsheng felt a little helpless. He reached out and touched Yu Sui's head before putting on his coat and going out.
Xia Xiao'e stayed in the room for a long time and didn't come out.
Yu Sui thought about it and knocked on the door: "Are you ready?"
Only then did Xia Xiao'e come to open the door.
She was wearing a light yellow hand-knitted sweater by Yu Sui, which made her dark face look a little brighter.
Yu Sui bought the clothes in the space. Although they were hand-knitted, I didn't know who knitted them, so it didn't matter. The main thing was that the clothes were thick and made of wool. One piece was equivalent to two pieces, so it wouldn't give Xia Xiao'e too many clothes.
Xia Xiao'e held her clothes with one hand and held the door with the other: "Sister-in-law...you, such nice clothes, I...am embarrassed to come out..."
Yu Sui: "Come out, the noodles your brother cooked for you are already rotten. If you don't eat them, it will be a waste. Take them from the stove and wash the dishes yourself after you eat. I'm holding the child and can't help you with this."
"OK."
Xia Xiao'e ate very quickly, and Yu Sui didn't even see her eating. Three minutes later, she heard the sound of washing dishes in the kitchen.
Yu Sui was worried that she might have washed the pot without eating, so she hurried over to check, only to find the bowl was empty: "You... are done eating?"
Xia Xiao'e blushed a little: "Yes. I was so hungry that I ate it all at once."
"Didn't you eat on the train?"
"...I brought a few steamed buns. Then someone came to check my ticket, and I hid...and the buns were lost."
Yu Sui thought of the dirty clothes she was wearing when she arrived, and understood: "Okay. I'll cook dinner when your brother gets off work. If you're still hungry, you can eat more then."
Xia Xiao'e smiled, with a girlish look on her face: "...Sister-in-law, you, you are pretty good."
This compliment came quite suddenly.
Yu Sui, however, turned cold: "Don't say that. We're not familiar with each other, so it's hard to say whether we're good or bad. Besides, I don't have any plans to ask you to take care of my children. I'll discuss the specific arrangements for you after your brother comes back."
Xia Xiao'e's face froze a little: "Sister-in-law, you really don't want me to take care of the child?"
Yu Sui didn't explain any more.
She could be aggressive towards Li Afen, but Xia Xiao'e was still a minor after all, so there was no need for her to argue with her. It would be better to let Xia Lin solve the problem herself.
But there are only two people in the room, so we have to talk.
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