After the confinent period, An Lixia went back. After all, she lived with her son, and her son’s household chores were quite a few.
But she would co over every now and then to have a look and bring so food, so her daughter didn’t have to do it.
Zhao Xiaojing gained quite a bit of weight during this confinent period. She looked much calr and prettier because of her good mood.
Zhao Yanli and her sister were planning to take the children back ho together this ti.
The main reason was because of what happened to Zhao Xiaojing, it was hard to explain over the phone or through letters.
This year was still quite good, there was only one snowfall and it wasn’t heavy, so Zhang Fusheng and Zhou Yongbing decided to wait for the children.
After finishing their exams, the children ca back on a truck.
By the ti they arrived at the farm, it was already the twelfth lunar month.
This year’s load of fertilizer still belonged to the Zhao Family, and the other load was for the farm.
Feng Baoshan and Zhang Fusheng were chatting on the side.
"Thanks to Director Feng for taking care of things."
Feng Baoshan quickly shook his head, "I really didn’t take care of anything."
Both of them knew this was just a matter of mutual understanding. In recent years, because of the fertilizer, the Second Farm handed in much more grain than the First Farm.
Feng Baoshan had also received a lot of praise and was looking to move up like them.
When the children ca back, they surrounded their parents, but as for Zhao Xiaojing, seeing her eldest son looking at her so calmly, she felt very uneasy.
Haijun didn’t know anything. Zhao Yanli and the others wouldn’t tell him. He was just very surprised; he didn’t even know his mom had another little brother.
He absolutely felt sothing was off. But he couldn’t pinpoint what it was.
"Haijun, Haifeng, this is your little brother."
Haifeng sat on the kang, curiously looking at the little brother in his mom’s arms. Haijun didn’t know what to say.
Anyway, there was just this awkwardness between the mother and her sons.
Zhao Xiaojing had been pregnant this year and didn’t think much about her two sons. Now, looking at the sons right beside her, she didn’t feel much either. They were actually very estranged, unlike the closeness they once had.
"Haijun, how were your exams this year?"
"Mom, I got a perfect score in all my exams this year."
Zhao Xiaojing smiled; she hoped her children would do well in their studies. Mainly, she hoped they could benefit from Su Yuanyuan.
Her sons would certainly take care of her, so her later life was settled.
"Haijun, Haifeng, what do you want to eat? I’ll fry so at for you. This was brought by your eldest aunt and second aunt.
Today we’ll eat like this. Tomorrow I’ll have your uncles co over to butcher a pig. By then, Mom will cook so at for you."
The eldest son was tall and skinny, but no matter how estranged they were, he was still her son. She wanted to make sothing good for the kids.
At Zhao Qingxiang’s ho, the three girls were revolving around their father.
Zhao Yanli and her sister were telling their parents and elder sister-in-law how considerate Xiao Ling and her sisters were.
"Little Hong can write quite a bit already. Such a good child, I even wish she were my daughter. Now, at ho, she watches over Haifeng and even cooks for her older siblings."
An Lixia listened with a full smile. She really liked her three granddaughters and didn’t think they were any less than Zhixue just because they weren’t boys.
"Xiao Ling and the others are really well-behaved, all thanks to Big Sis for knowing how to raise kids," Zhao Yanping said with a smile, mostly intending to complint her elder sister-in-law.
Sun Yun felt a bit embarrassed, really, she hadn’t managed the three girls much, Xiao Ling was better, being the first child.
When she had Xiao Le, she was quite disappointed, at that ti she wholeheartedly thought she had a son in her belly, but it turned out to be a girl, you can imagine how disappointed she was then. So, she was quite uncaring towards Xiao Le.
Even more so with Little Hong. By that ti, Xiao Ling was already sensible. Little Hong was taken care of mainly by her, she really didn’t do much.
How could the family not know this situation?
"Xiao Ling and Xiao Le, the two sisters, will go to middle school after the autumn. They’ll be in the sa class as Hai Yan. Those sisters always co first in the exams, there’s no one who isn’t envious of them."
Sun Yun felt happy listening to this; recently she had been getting anxious, her sister-in-law had given birth to another son, why couldn’t she get pregnant?
Hearing the praises for her three daughters today, she felt a bit more relieved.
"In the future, they will definitely be able to get into college. Yuanyuan told to make sure they’re studying well so they can go to her in the future. With such an aunt, how could they not have good jobs?"
Sun Yun was pleased about this. She had thought long ago, she would definitely have a son, and in the future, she would let his three sisters take care of him, and her and her husband’s old age would be their responsibility too.
But she hadn’t told this to anyone.
Zhao Qingxiang, smiling brightly with his three daughters. The children only co ho in the winter for New Year’s. In the sumr, they would want to co ho to work, but during their vacation, all there was to do in the fields was weeding, so they didn’t want to waste money on the train tickets.
"Xiao Ling. Xiao Le. You two must study hard and find a job working in an office in the future.
This ti I saw a job like that. It’s especially easy, great food and drink, and the pay is high."
"Dad, we definitely will. Dad, after the autumn, Little Hong should go to school too. She should be able to start first grade."
"Alright, they’ll all go to school. No matter what, Dad will make sure the three of you go to school."
The two older ones knew how difficult things were at ho. But even so, their dad still supported them going to school. The two sisters were determined to be filial to their dad in the future.
Zhao Yanping and her sister went to Zhao Xiaojing’s house. It was inconvenient to talk at their eldest brother’s place, especially since it included Zhang Fusheng, Zhou Xiaobing, and the kids.
Haijun and Haifeng were still closer to their two aunts. Zhao Xiaojing felt quite uncomfortable watching.
"Haijun, take Haifeng back, your grandpa is making shuttlecocks, one for each of you. Tonight, we will eat chicken."
Xu Haijun, after this incident, beca very sensitive, he realized his aunt was trying to get rid of him.
The older sister had already told him, the adult’s business was none of his, he just needed to study well, and Haifeng would depend on him in the future. So he took his brother’s hand and went to their grandma’s house without hesitation.
Now there were only the three sisters left in the house and the child lying on the kang.
Zhao Yanli had the most impatient temper, "Tell us, what’s going on? Haijun is still young and doesn’t understand, but what if he asks you when he’s older?
Aren’t you afraid, what if sothing happens to you, what will you do? Have you thought about the two kids?"
Zhao Yanping held back her little sister, though it was agreed not to get impatient, just to ask nicely. "Xiaojing, if you’re unwilling to say we won’t ask, but we just want to know if that man could implicate you?"
Zhao Xiaojing shook her head, Tang Yiqing was just a worker, and they only had a vague knowledge of each other. They never really asked for more information, so even if Tang Yiqing got into trouble, he couldn’t find her.
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