Chapter 157 Returning Home
Li Luo smiled lovingly at Ling Xiaoguang: "How could mom be angry with you? Mom loves you so much that I can't wait to love you. When you were hurt, mom was more anxious than you were."
"You must take good care of yourselves in the future, otherwise mom will be sad."
Li Luo put Yaya down, squatted down, and warned the three siblings seriously.
Ling Xiaoguang nodded vigorously, and Ling Xiaolei quickly agreed: "Mom, I'm a good boy, I won't let myself get hurt, and I will help you take care of my brother in the future."
"Little boy, when you go back home today, mom will make you some pig's trotter soup."
The smile on Li Luo's lips widened. Ling Xiaoguang and Ling Xiaolei looked at Li Luo and smiled. They were also infected by their mother's smile and started laughing. Yaya didn't quite understand what was going on, but seeing her mother and brothers laughing happily, Yaya also giggled.
"Why are you all so happy so early in the morning? Did you know I would come to pick you up?"
A familiar voice came, Li Luo raised his head and saw Ling Zhuoqun with a slightly raised mouth corner, one hand on the handlebar of the motorcycle, wearing a serious black Zhongshan suit, walking towards them.
"Dad!" Ling Xiaolei ran to Ling Zhuoqun first and hugged Ling Zhuoqun.
Li Luo was a little surprised. Ling Zhuoqun had clearly written on the note that he had gone back to the farm, so why was he in the hospital again?
"I came back with all these injuries, and Yuejin said that it would damage the reputation of our farm, so he sent me back. I was told to recover from my injuries and then go back to work properly."
"I rushed back because I thought Damao would be discharged from the hospital today." Ling Zhuoqun explained this to Li Luo.
Sure enough, after listening to this, Li Luo's brows relaxed.
"So that's how it is. When I woke up in the morning, I didn't see Dad, and I thought he didn't want us anymore." Ling Xiaolei said in a coquettish tone, "Dad is still injured, can't he take care of himself first?"
"How is that possible? Our children, Da Mao and Xiao Mao, are so outstanding, how could dad bear to give you up?" Ling Zhuoqun asked back.
Ling Xiaolei scratched his head sheepishly and laughed: "Hey, that's not the case!"
"But Daddy has to take good care of himself in the future! Mom just said that if anyone doesn't take care of themselves, Mom will be sad. We are not going to make Mom sad, and you can't make Mom sad either!"
Ling Xiaolei's words made Ling Zhuoqun's gaze fall on Li Luo. Li Luo was a little embarrassed. These words were just used to scare children. Who knew that Ling Xiaolei actually put them into practice and used them on Ling Zhuoqun.
Unexpectedly, Ling Zhuoqun just smiled gently: "Okay, Dad will take good care of himself in the future and won't make Mom sad."
"Really?" Ling Xiaolei asked doubtfully.
"Of course it's true. A man of honor should stick to his word." Ling Zhuoqun's tone was firm, and his eyes never left Li Luo when he said this.
When Li Luo looked up, she happened to meet Ling Zhuoqun's eyes, causing her to bury her head in her chest again. Ling Zhuoqun's pair of peach blossom eyes looked foul when he smiled!
"Dad, let's go back quickly. Mom said she would make pig's trotter soup for us today!" Ling Xiaolei thought of food and immediately ignored everything else.
"Okay." Ling Zhuoqun responded quietly, "That's great. When we pass by the farm later, let Yuejin bring us some pig's trotters and pork shanks."
"Then let's go to the vegetable market and buy some soybeans and kelp!" Li Luo responded immediately.
Ling Zhuoqun's eyes became more gentle and he nodded at Li Luo.
"Da Mao, you sit behind Dad and hold Yaya, while Mommy rides the bike back." Li Luo looked at his bike parked nearby. Leaving it at the hospital was not an option, so he would feel more at ease if he rode it back. "When the time comes, I'll ask Jiawang to drive to the hospital and bring the bike back, so don't worry."
Ling Zhuoqun's proper arrangements made Li Luo feel relieved. Although Wu Jiawang sometimes spoke in a weird way, he was still very reassuring when doing things.
So Li Luo happily sat in the back seat, holding Yaya in her arms, while Da Mao and Xiao Mao sat in the front, just enough not to block Ling Zhuoqun's sight.
We passed by vegetable markets and farms along the way, and all the vegetables we were going to buy were prepared.
After returning home, Li Luo rushed into the kitchen. He first put on an apron, then washed his hands, took out the kelp and soybeans from the bag, and started washing them.
Da Mao and Xiao Mao were not idle either. They picked up the broom and feather duster and cleaned every dusty corner of the house spotlessly. Ling Zhuoqun went into the kitchen and took the kettle to boil water so that he could make milk powder for Yaya.
The whole family was busy, and even Yaya helped her brothers move benches, wanting to contribute her own strength.
When several people were busy, the doorbell suddenly rang outside.
"Brother Ling, I'm here to bring you some pig's trotters!" Chen Yuejin's voice came from outside the door. Ling Zhuoqun wiped his hands and ran out wearing an apron.
When Chen Yuejin saw Ling Zhuoqun cooking, his jaw dropped.
He rarely sees Ling Zhuoqun who is so family-oriented on weekdays.
"Brother Ling, you're injured, but your sister-in-law still asks you to cook." Chen Yuejin smiled at Ling Zhuoqun teasingly.
"You don't speak, but no one thinks you are dumb." Ling Zhuoqun responded with a serious expression.
"Well, I delivered the wrong pig's trotters." As he spoke, Chen Yuejin shook the two pig's trotters and two pig's shanks hanging in his hands.
"Thank goodness my brother was thinking of you and sent you this freshly slaughtered meat." Chen Yuejin pretended to be disappointed.
Li Luo walked out and planned to use the water from washing beans to water the vegetables, but unexpectedly he happened to see Ling Zhuoqun being frustrated.
The apron that Li Luo was wearing was the same as Ling Zhuoqun's. This made Chen Yuejin, who was originally gloating, suddenly feel sad.
"No wonder Brother Ling wears an apron. It turns out he and his sister-in-law are wearing couple outfits." Chen Yuejin's words were full of sourness.
"Yuejin, why don't you stay for lunch? I'm cooking right now, so you don't have to prepare food when you go back." Li Luo greeted Chen Yuejin openly.
Chen Yuejin wanted to agree, but seeing Ling Zhuoqun's warning eyes, he could only give up awkwardly: "No need, sister-in-law, there is still a lot of work in the factory, and I can't leave without someone right now. After I deliver the pig's trotters and your car, I will rush back now."
"The car was sent back so soon?" After watering the plants, Li Luo quickly put the basin back, wiped his hands on his apron, and walked over.
"In the morning, Jiawang went to the town to deliver meat, and he happened to be able to return the cart to my sister-in-law." Chen Yuejin handed the pig's trotter to Ling Zhuoqun with a smile, and then helped Li Luo to take the cart off the tricycle.
"I'll take the pig's trotter into the house first." Ling Zhuoqun took the pig's trotter and responded.