Chapter 104 He, he, he, he can’t hold her anymore!
"younger brother?"

Lingxi felt like there was something wrong with her ears.

OK!

Little Minghui didn't think there was anything wrong.

His grandfather, his father, his second uncle, and his third uncle all told him that after his aunt and uncle got married, they would give birth to younger brothers and sisters for him, or they would be like his aunt's brothers and sisters.

Little Minghui remembers it very clearly.

He looked at Lingxi with admiration and his eyes sparkling.

"Aunt, you are so awesome!
I am so grateful for giving Minghui such a big brother."

Little Minghui had never seen Pei Yanning, but when he saw her going home with her aunt and uncle and looking so much like her aunt, he knew that she must be her aunt's child!

But, at this age, he still has to call me brother... Is it okay to call me brother like that?

Little Minghui has a lot of confusion in his little head.

Lingxi, Gu Si and Pei Yanning couldn't help laughing.

Pei Yanning picked up Minghui and pinched his face amusingly: "I look like your aunt, don't I?"

Little Minghui nodded, "Brother, how can you hug me? I have to hug you..."

He was a little unable to continue, feeling that he could not bear the disparity of the world at such a young age. Why was his younger brother so big?
He, he, he, he’s a little bit hard to hold!
Hahahaha, Lingxi almost laughed to tears.

"What brother?"

Pei Xuan came out to find Minghui, and when he saw them coming back, he said something casually.

He never expected that after he asked this question, everyone in front of him, except Minghui, started laughing.

Little Minghui didn't really understand at all, but he happily introduced him to his uncle: "Uncle, uncle, this is the little brother that my aunt gave birth to for me!
She really looks like my aunt!"

Pei Xuan: “…”

!!!

This time it was Pei Xuan who laughed out loud.

Minghui didn't understand why. His smile was so strange, and it didn't seem like he was very happy to see his brother.

Lingxi wiped away her non-existent tears and stuffed a piece of chocolate into Minghui's mouth. "This is not my brother. This is my aunt's father. Minghui has to call him Fourth Grandpa."

Minghui widened his eyes in shock.

"Can my aunt give birth to a father?"

Everyone: "..."

"puff--"

Hahaha!
The whole family joined in the effort, and it took Minghui a while to figure out that this child was not his aunt's. However, he was still shocked that after his aunt got married, he had a grandfather in the family.

A group of people entered the yard. Pei Yaning carried Minghui to find Uncle Pei. Lingxi and Gu Si returned to the house, and Pei Xuan brought over a charcoal basin.

Lingxi has something to ask!

"I just saw that Minghui didn't seem very happy."

The little one squatted at the door with a sad face, looking...

At the age of four or five, he is very sentimental, which makes people feel sad, but also a little funny.

Pei Xuan knew what Lingxi was asking as soon as he heard it, and felt helpless.

"My eldest sister-in-law came back from her parents' home. My eldest brother has been cold for two days. Minghui may have sensed something and got a little scared."

Lingxi suddenly realized.

In Pei Jin's eyes, the eldest cousin's wife has always been caring for her younger sister-in-law and always thinks of her younger sister-in-law when she gets any good things.

When the old lady said she wanted to divide the family property that night, she did not avoid telling others and directly told them that the eldest cousin's wife was interested in Lingxi's room.

Pei Jin didn't know about it before, but now that he knows, he can't help but argue.

Pei Xuan was afraid that Lingxi would worry, so he reassured her, "Brother can handle it. This is not the first time. Just pretend you don't know. No one will tell you about it."

But it wasn't as serious as this time.

In the past, the eldest sister-in-law would occasionally make some sarcastic remarks about what good things Lingxi had eaten or taken. At that time, the eldest brother would only lecture her a few times, but seeing that the eldest sister-in-law could always get away with it and pretend to love her younger sister-in-law, she would let it go.

This time, he watched coldly, and it seemed that his elder brother had no intention of letting it go easily.

But this is normal.

They only found out in the past two days that their eldest sister-in-law was beaten by their father before she returned home.

It was unclear whether he felt ashamed to be warned by the good-tempered Uncle Pei, or whether he was unwilling to accept the warning. In any case, he took Minghui away for just a few days.

I came back this time because I heard that my family had split up.

Taking all these into consideration, it’s normal for my brother to be angry.

Lingxi nodded. She was just a sister-in-law, and a married sister-in-law at that. There was no reason for her to get involved, especially since the cause was all about her house.

"I'll get Minghui something delicious later. With food, he won't think too much."

Minghui is still young and easy to please.

Pei Xuan laughed out loud. Indeed, Minghui was still thinking about asking his aunt for cakes.

"Take this, it's still hot." Gu Si took out a large oil paper bag from the backpack and put it on the kang table. The kang was on, and there was some temperature on the kang table, which cooled down slower than if it was placed outside.

He handed two to Pei Xuan and said, "Eat them first and share them later. They are delicious while they are hot."

This was freshly cooked this morning.

The other pastries were cold.

Pei Jin and Pei Yu came in at this time.

"I just heard from my uncle that you guys are staying home for the New Year?" Pei Yu picked up a twisted dough stick and handed another to Pei Jin.

Lingxi explained: "Didn't our family split up? The Gu family felt that they gave me a share because they treated Fourth Brother as their own, so they did that."

Pei Jin and Pei Yu were very happy.

There was a hint of surprise in Pei Xuan's eyes when he looked at Gu Si.

"I didn't expect that dividing the family would bring such a good thing."

If they had known this, they would have broken up long ago.

Gu Si was frightened by his gaze and hid next to Lingxi, saying with disdain: "I only like Lingxi, please take that look away."

"puff--"

Lingxi, who had just taken a sip of hot tea, spat out a mouthful of water.

Pei Xuan was choked.

Pei Jin Pei Yu: "..."

Hahaha!-
Make the dough rise on the 28th, steam the buns on the 29th, and stay up all night on the 30th.

It’s not 30th this year, the New Year will be tomorrow.

Therefore, grandma and the second and third aunts steamed buns and dumplings, and the wheat fragrance wafted for most of the day.

The fire was also lit in Lingxi's kitchen. Gu Si and his three brothers went into the mountains and caught a wild boar. They prepared everything and put it in the pot in the afternoon.

Pig heads, pig offal, pork ribs, and some braised pheasant and rabbit eggs.

Together with some fried foods made by the old lady and my second and third aunts these days, this year can be said to be quite sumptuous.

Bright red window decorations, blessing characters, couplets, and the occasional crackling of firecrackers, along with the aroma of food floating in the air, the white little mountain village seems to be suddenly filled with the flavor of the New Year.

During every festival, the whole family celebrates together, naturally including Pei Bok Joo.

Pei Bok Joo is now looking at Ling Xi. When she sees her standing next to her uncle, she subconsciously wants to run away. It's almost become a conditioned reflex.

But, thinking about what she had been worried about these days...

While Lingxi was alone, she glanced at Pei Yanning, who was standing and talking with a few brothers not far away, and went up to Lingxi, who was directing Gu Si to paste window paper-cuts, to ask.

"Why did my uncle come back this year?"

It was clear that the previous life would not come back until the end of next year, or it was because of a disaster at home.

(End of this chapter)