In the two rooms upstairs, both chose not to ask. Han Yi holds the excited Little Star and looks out at the heavy rain through the window.
Lin Yinghui and Mu Qing cuddle inside, with the sound of rain in the background.
...
The air after the rain is fresh, and the morning chill lingers. Lin Wan and Little Star don’t want to get out of bed.
Han Yi cannot afford to be lazy. After getting up, she tucked them in, "You two continue sleeping. Wait until the sun cos out and it’s warr to get up. I’ll go down and take a look."
"Mm."
At twenty-seven, quite a few are having weddings at the end of the year. Besides Ah Zhi’s family, there’s another family in the village hosting a wedding.
It rained last night, otherwise, if the weather turns bad tomorrow, it would be troubleso. Luckily, their yard is paved with bricks, so there’s no need to walk around with muddy shoes.
Being a big family, they need to prepare food for the New Year, and Liang Hongi started bustling early in the morning.
Mu Qing doesn’t understand the food around here but diligently helps Liang Hongi.
Liang Hongi was busy at her own place all morning and then went to the front yard to help.
With her father there, they don’t need so many people. Mu Qing stays to look after Little Star, and the household veggies and at are entrusted to Lin Wan.
Actually, they didn’t prepare much, just so marinated at. Her father, Han Yi, and Saozi are from the North, so Liang Hongi specially chopped dumpling filling and stead at buns. Last night, listening to Li Fugui, it seed he held back the letter from that year, and now it’s gone without a trace. This matter is a thorn in Lin Guozhi and Liang Hongi’s hearts, as if fate is mocking them.
It’s been years. If it was really Li Xinghua who took it, Li Fugui would have discovered it long ago. It seems no one actually took it.
Back in the day, Lin Guozhi put three hundred yuan in there. He didn’t have that much himself, so he borrowed so, fifty yuan from i Shuqing included. That three hundred yuan would’ve provided a prosperous few years for a family.
If they had those three hundred yuan, maybe father-in-law could afford treatnt, and mother-in-law wouldn’t have starved to death...
Thinking of father-in-law and mother-in-law, Lin Guozhi’s heart aches.
The last ti they returned, Lin Guozhi specially invited elderly villagers to help erect a tombstone for his in-laws. Originally, leaving to be a soldier, he wanted them to live better, never foreseeing such a separation by life and death!
This year, during New Year’s, the family must properly pay their respects, and speak to the parents, letting them know they are living well now.
....
When Ye Weijun arrives ho, it’s already afternoon.
At this ti, Ye Rong and Fang Qiao are at ho gnawing on bones. Seeing Ye Weijun return, they are both stunned.
"Why are you just standing there staring? Hurry and get so at, I’m starving." Ye Weijun feels annoyed seeing them like that.
Yesterday, he spent most of the day traveling by car, arriving in the county town when it was already dark. He had no choice but to stay at a guesthouse for the night.
He drank a little before sleeping, unexpectedly sleeping until mid-day.
On his way back, he didn’t encounter a single vehicle from the town to the village. Ended up walking back by himself. Now, he’s both hungry and thirsty.
"Ah. Dad, why did you co back at this ti?" Ye Rong quickly asks Fang Qiao to get Ye Weijun so bones, while he gets up to move a chair for him.
"If I don’t co back now, when do you want to co back?" Ye Weijun has a bellyful of grievances from outside. Now back ho, he’s upset and has no outlet for it.
"Did you see my mom?"
Ye Weijun takes the bone handed over by his daughter-in-law, eats a mouthful, mumbling that he did.
Ye Rong breathes a sigh of relief, smiling, "Why didn’t mom co back with you?"
Unexpectedly, the previously fine Ye Weijun suddenly turns cold, snorting, "Why are you hoping for your mom to co back; my mom can give money, can you? You do nothing all day, why do you bother thinking about her? When I left, you only gave those few dozen yuan, and now I’ve been gone a month or two, don’t you wonder how I’ve been managing all this ti?"
Ye Weijun’s shout makes Ye Rong dare not utter another sound.
Fang Qiao, however, is fearless, laughing awkwardly, "Didn’t dad find mom? Haven’t these days away been spent with her?"
"n’s affairs don’t need a woman’s intrusion. Go back and cook, or do you want your father-in-law to starve?"
Ye Weijun’s fury upon returning makes Ye Rong and Fang Qiao’s New Year rather unenjoyable. Inside, both wish for Ye Weijun to perish outside.
However, their curses remain silent complaints. In the Ye Family, Ye Weijun is always the boss.
....
Ye Qing, that day, barely persuaded a pregnant woman during a hospital checkup, claiming she was on official leave. Only by coaxing did the person agree, altering the na on the checkup to hers. She managed to get the examination slip back, conveniently matching her own tiline with Hua Hua’s.
When she arrives in the Capital City, it’s already the twenty-eighth.
She doesn’t know what happened with i Langchi for him not to greet her upon arrival.
eting her in-laws for the first ti, Ye Qing doesn’t skimp. Regardless of their dislike, she prepares everything thoroughly.
It cost her dozens of yuan.
As the saying goes, one doesn’t hit a smiling face. She planned that no matter how they belittle her once she’s there, she wouldn’t get angry, only present an appearance of ekness, a skill she’s had since childhood.
Ye Qing, carrying her things, arrives at the military headquarters. In the courtyard, she happens to see a military car. In the car, sitting inside is i Langchi.
On the twenty-eighth, Old Mr. i utilized connections, having a son from the Sha Family stand in, just to settle the matter. However, the position of deputy regint commander is unreachable, demoted directly to battalion commander.
This ends the severe reprimand case.
Today, i Shuping just returned from the troop to pick him up.
"Ah Qing." i Langchi, who was in despair, imdiately perked up at his wife’s silhouette, promptly asking i Shuping to stop the car.
"Langchi." Seeing i Langchi relaxing inside the car, Ye Qing feels unpleasant, but outwardly maintains a worried and aggrieved deanor. As i Langchi approaches, her eyes quickly redden.
"What happened? I was so worried about you."
i Langchi glances back, furrows his brow, "It’s resolved. Co, I’ll take you ho."
With that, he introduces Ye Qing to i Shuping, "Dad, this is Ye Qing, my wife."
Ye Qing shyly smiles beside him, bashfully calling out to i Shuping, "Dad."
i Shuping looks displeased, rely glancing at Ye Qing, ignoring her completely.
Ye Qing is imdiately embarrassed.
i Langchi knows his father is in a bad mood due to his affair, saying nothing, pulling Ye Qing into the car.
Once ho, Old Mr. i and Old Mrs. i, along with Xie Lingzhi, warmly greet their child upon his return, expressing concern.
Especially Xie Lingzhi, tearfully and lightly hits i Langchi, "You fool, where did all your usual smarts go? How could you act so thoughtlessly now, causing us all to worry about you?"
"Mom, alright, I’m back safely."
Old Mr. i, hearing this, angrily hits the ground with his cane, "Are you still talking about being safe? Do you know, because of your mistake, my old face has been completely disgraced by you, you useless thing. Look at your elder brother, completing missions, he earns military rits; and even you, not only lack achievents but instead have setbacks. If not for those Sha Family children, do you think you could have gotten out?"
"Grandpa, I’m sorry for disappointing you." i Langchi feels rebellious inside, but he indeed stumbled this ti, causing his family to exhaust themselves over him. He knows he must apologize sincerely, even though he is not being honest about it, he and Ye Qing are truly a pair.
"Hmph."
"Alright, alright, the child has been contained in the troop all these days, probably reflecting endlessly. He knows he’s at fault; don’t reprimand him anymore. Let him rest, eat, scolding can continue then. Lingzhi, prepare so food for the child." Feeling her grandson had significantly slimd down, Old Mrs. i urges leniency, glossing over the incident.
Xie Lingzhi promptly suggests i Langchi head inside to freshen up, herself moving towards the kitchen.
During this ti, the family entirely treated Ye Qing at the door as if she were air, not asking her anything.
Noticing i Langchi also seed to forget her, she was about to head into the house alone. Without Ye Qing calling him, they probably would have continued treating her like air.
i Langchi finally reacts, quickly turning back to pull her into the hall, "Grandpa, grandma, dad, mom, this is my wife, Ye Qing."
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