"Are you home?" He Tingchuan asked.
Yun Jin nodded.
He Tingchuan then asked, "When are you coming to the base to see your man?"
"I won't look. My man isn't going anywhere. I trust the country with him!" Yun Jin said decisively.
He Tingchuan felt a warmth in his heart, but said aloud, "Aren't you afraid that your husband will forget what his daughter and daughter-in-law look like?"
"Don't worry, we'll send the photos tomorrow so he knows what our daughter and daughter-in-law look like. They're not ugly, anyway." The couple teased each other. After chatting for a while, when Xiao Niangao came out of the shower, Yun Jin's phone was in her hands.
Little Niangao sweetly called him "Dad" and said she had sent him a gift, which made He Tingchuan very excited. He wanted to know what the gift was, but Little Niangao smiled and said, "I won't tell Dad. You'll find out when the time comes."
He Tingchuan received the package. Besides food, clothes, and underwear, there was also an envelope containing photos taken during his trip to Gangcheng, including group photos and photos of him and his mother.
There was also something wrapped in a handkerchief. When I opened it, I found a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant, and it seemed like it could be opened.
He Tingchuan opened it and saw a family photo of the three of them, and another photo of Little Niangao pouting and kissing someone, which was extremely cute.
He Tingchuan really liked the gift. He immediately tried it on around his neck and thought it looked great. He would wear it during training afterwards.
He would take the photos with him when he went on missions, and when he missed his daughter and daughter-in-law, he would look at them and look happy.
After returning, Yun Jin delivered the milk powder and pink stroller she had brought for Li Aimei, and also gave Li Aimei a gift.
Li Aimei is still on maternity leave. She will start working after this month. She has been on maternity leave for more than 100 days, and her leave is almost over. Her baby is also almost four months old, so she can leave the baby in Zhang's care.
Yun Jin brought Xiao Niangao over. Li Aimei was home. When she opened the door and saw the mother and daughter, she warmly welcomed them in and made them some sweet soup: "When did you get back?"
“Yesterday.” Yun Jin handed the things to Li Aimei and asked, “Where is your mother-in-law?”
"I'm going to buy groceries. I'll be back soon. We'll have lunch at home," Li Aimei greeted warmly.
Yun Jin nodded and gave her the things she had bought, including chocolate and coffee: "When you're not breastfeeding, drink coffee when you're working the night shift to stay alert."
"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Li Aimei accepted the gift with a smile.
When Zhang's mother came back from grocery shopping, there were only some potatoes and cabbage; no meat or eggs.
Upon seeing Yun Jin and the others, he politely said, "You've arrived. I'll go buy some more groceries. I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't buy any meat."
Yun Jin nodded without hesitation: "Okay, thank you, Grandma Egg Tart."
She thought Yun Jin wouldn't eat today either, and would just sit for a bit and leave, so she thought she was just going through the motions. But Yun Jin readily agreed, almost catching Zhang's mother off guard.
Knowing Zhang's mother's character, Li Aimei gave her ten yuan: "Buy some chicken, buy some ribs, and if there's roast duck, buy a whole roast duck."
Upon hearing this, Zhang's mother frowned and said, "So much food, can we finish it all?"
Yun Jin smiled and said, "Grandma Egg Tart, don't worry, I love meat and I definitely won't waste any."
As soon as Zhang's mother stepped out, her face darkened. She thought to herself, "How can someone so rich still be thinking of eating other people's meat?"
Li Aimei said, "My sister-in-law eats at home, so I can eat something better. My mother-in-law is usually very hardworking. Even when we give her money, she won't buy meat. She only gets some green vegetables, cabbage, and potatoes. There's no meat at all. If it weren't for the eggs you gave me, I'm afraid I would have had to breastfeed long ago because I didn't have enough nutrition."
Yun Jin advised, "The money is in your hands; buy whatever you want to eat."
Li Aimei nodded: "That's right, so when she's not selling meat, I just buy cooked food, either roast duck or chicken legs, and cook it for myself. If she wants to eat it, I just use her excuse to appease her."
“Tell me, Mom didn’t say that eating too much meat is bad. Mom should eat less so it won’t be bad for her health.”
“I remember Mom doesn’t like chicken drumsticks, so I didn’t buy you any.”
"Mom said that roast duck is too heaty, so I bought a few pieces of roast duck for myself to eat, so that Mom wouldn't get too heaty from eating it."
Yun Jin laughed heartily upon hearing this: "That's exactly how it should be treated. I'm relieved to see that you're not being bullied in this family."
Li Aimei smiled and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. As long as Zhang Qingwei is willing to stand on my side, he will side with me when I have conflicts with his mother. This fault-finding and cunning mother-in-law won't be able to act arrogantly."
“Thanks to Brother Chuan for beating up my wife and child when I was giving birth, they don’t dare to really offend me now. With you guys backing me up, in this family, no one dares to make me suffer except me, who is willing to be wronged.”
"That's good!" Yun Jin said with relief.
At noon, Zhang's mother prepared a table full of dishes. All the dishes that Li Aimei asked her to buy were bought. In front of Yun Jin, she still had to give Li Aimei some face.
Zhang's mother's cooking skills are so-so; the food was too salty, and Yun Jin and Xiao Nian Gao couldn't handle that much salt.
Li Aimei knew what was going on as soon as she tasted it. She glanced at Zhang's mother and said, "We still have some seaweed at home. Let's make a seaweed and egg drop soup for Nian Gao."
The little rice cake nodded.
Yun Jin had no objection.
Li Aimei personally cooked a seaweed and egg drop soup, which Yun Jin and her son ate with rice porridge, finally filling their stomachs.
Yun Jin knew what was going on, but she didn't say anything. It was strange that Zhang's mother would waste so much salt just to make them eat less meat.
They certainly know how to scheme.
After Yun Jin and Xiao Niangao left, Li Aimei coaxed Xiao Dantart to sleep, then found Zhang's mother and asked, "Mom, is this really necessary?"
Zhang's mother pretended to be clueless: "What?"
"Don't tell me you didn't do it on purpose with the lunch." Li Aimei said angrily, "How much can my sister-in-law and Nian Gao eat? Do you know how expensive the things she bought for me were?"
"I didn't do it by accident," Zhang's mother insisted, refusing to admit it.
"There won't be a next time, or don't blame me for giving you the cold shoulder." Li Aimei threw all the overly salty meat at the door in front of Zhang's mother. Soon, the nearby dogs came to eat the meat because of the smell. They didn't care whether it was salty or not, they just drank more water.
Seeing that all the barely touched meat had been fed to the dog, Zhang's mother slapped her thigh in anger: "You'll be struck by lightning for this! Wasting food! That's meat! How could you throw away so much meat?"
“If you won’t eat it, I will. It’s fine if it’s a little salty!” Zhang’s mother was heartbroken.
Li Aimei is someone who makes Zhang's mother feel sorry for her.
When Zhang Qingwei returned home after get off work, he noticed that the atmosphere at home was a bit off and asked, "What's wrong?"
Just as Zhang's mother was about to add fuel to the fire with her complaints, Li Aimei said, "Honey, come here, I have something to tell you."
Ignoring his mother's complaints, Zhang Qingwei went straight to find his wife and son.
Seeing the stroller and formula box in their room, Zhang Qingwei knew Yun Jin had arrived. He asked, "Did my mother do something to upset you again?"
When Li Aimei mentioned that Zhang's mother had deliberately cooked the meat too salty, Zhang Qingwei's expression darkened: "I know, I'll talk to her about it later. Next time, my husband and I will treat my sister-in-law and the others to a meal out. Our salaries will be paid soon this month."
Li Aimei was quite satisfied with her husband's reasonableness and nodded in agreement. As long as he thought his mother was right, even if it annoyed people, he felt that he had gotten a great deal!
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