Chapter 57 I will repay you even if I risk my life

"It's delicious. What did you think, little sister? Pepper is added to this slippery chicken soup. Hehe, there is not much of this stuff. Fortunately, I know an old tree. This soup is really delicious. It's different with meat."

"Sister, your cooking is so delicious. Why haven't I seen you cook before?" Shen Xiaobin felt that he was at a great disadvantage because he hadn't eaten so many meals cooked by Shen Meng before.

Shen Meng eats little at night, but she is happy to see that the food she cooks is so popular.

"I didn't want to cook before, but my parents didn't want me to. Hey, Mom, can Dad eat alone over there?"

Wang Guizhi took a bite of the crispy fried cake and said, "It's ok. He's already this old, how can I still feed him? You eat your food. I've boiled hot water in the pot. You can take Mingyang and the other kids to wash up tonight. I'll ask your brother to take you back tomorrow morning."

"Hey!"

The food was so delicious that almost no one spoke. Even Mingyang and a few others were used to eating Shen Meng’s cooking, but for some reason, they tasted especially delicious tonight.

Knowing that the family was going to rebuild the house and make furniture, Lu Qinlan and Su Xiaomei were happy. After all, the house would be more spacious and the children would not have to sleep on the same kang with them all the time.

As an uncle, Shen Xiaobin took the initiative to help his nephews take a bath. Lu Qinlan also filled a wooden basin with water for Mingfang to wash. Shen Meng's work was taken over, so she moved a stool and talked with the Shen family in the yard.

The gentle breeze could not disperse the laughter and joy. In the evening, knowing that Shen Meng had returned, several unmarried sisters came to play with her. Seeing that her conversation and clothes were better than before she got married, they were sincerely happy for her.

Wang Guizhi went back to the room and took out the brown sugar that she had packed from the kang cabinet. The second daughter was pregnant, and drinking some brown sugar water from time to time could nourish her body, but she couldn't favor one over the other, and the eldest daughter had to give some as well, otherwise there would be resentment.

She didn't plan to take out the rest of the things. After all, these were given to her and the old man by her daughter. If she gave her daughter-in-law the things that her daughter gave her as a gift, her daughter would be sad. Unfortunately, some people just don't have this state of mind.

"There are so many good things here, and we can't finish them all, so you just took some brown sugar to share with others. Old woman, when did you become so stingy?"

"Go to sleep. These are Xiao Meng's gifts to us. We've given them candies from our grandchildren. What else do they want to eat? I wonder how much it will cost to renovate the house. Xiao Meng said she would ask if she could buy black tiles. I originally thought thatched roofs would be fine, but then I thought about it and decided to listen to Xiao Meng. Building a house is a big deal. We'll thank our son-in-law and Xiao Meng later. When the house is built, we'll prepare furniture and other things. We've already got such a great thing. What else do you want? Go out and look around. Where can you find such a good mother-in-law like me in these ten miles or so villages?"

Shen Fugui didn't say anything either. He actually knew that it would be inappropriate to give his daughter's things to his daughter-in-law, but he felt sorry for his two daughters-in-law and his grandchildren.

He looked up at Wang Guizhi's figure hunched over packing her things, and his heart suddenly tightened.

"Guizhi, why do I feel like you have more white hair?"

Wang Guizhi paused as she was locking the cabinet and turned to glance at him.

"I'm so old, it's normal to have white hair. I'll make you a bowl of milk powder later. Oh no, two bowls. I have to drink one bowl too. This is my daughter's gift to me. I've suffered for so many years, and now someone cares about me. I tell you, you can sleep with the boys at night. I'll go to the eldest son's room and sleep with my daughter." "Okay, okay, go ahead. You and your daughter can talk too. And remind Xiaomeng to communicate with her son-in-law more often. The relationship between husband and wife must not fade. Ask him if he will go home this year. If not, let Xiaomeng find someone to see if he can go to the army to visit his relatives."

For several years, the son-in-law has never come back, and his own daughter has never mentioned visiting. After such a long time, isn't the relationship between the couple ruined?
"Got it. I'll ask quietly later."

Shen Meng was watching the children playing in the room. They had no intention of sleeping at all. She just thought it was funny. Just wait, you will cry when you go to school.

"Mom, why are you laughing so creepily? What's wrong with you?" Lu Mingliang crawled over from the other end of the kang and went straight into Shen Meng's arms. He had eaten a lot of good food during this period, and he could drink a glass of fragrant milk every night, so he grew very fast.

"Ouch, little brat, be careful, the iron head almost hit mom's chin."

"Hehehe" Lu Mingliang felt sweet in his heart. That bad boy Xiaokai always relied on his young age to get into his mother's arms from time to time. But now, he came first, and the others could only watch.

Lu Mingyang looked at his second brother's frivolous smile and felt it was very irritating.

"Your uncle just gave you a bath, and you're sweating all over again right away. Be quiet for a while and go to bed early. Next time when grandma's house is finished, mom will bring you over to play, okay?"

"Okay, mom, my uncle, please catch some earthworms for me. I'll perform surgery on them, one section at a time." Lu Mingkai crawled to Shen Meng and squeezed hard into her arms, intending to push his second brother out.

Shen Meng: “.”

Sounds a bit disgusting!!!
"Oh my, you two are being naughty. You're trying to push your mother down. Go to sleep quickly. Mingyang, Mingliang, and Mingfang, both of you quickly cover yourself with the quilt and go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow. Just wait. Your grandma will have to wake you up before daybreak."

After saying this, Lu Mingyang immediately exerted his authority as the eldest brother and pressed his younger brothers and sisters down.

Wang Guizhi, holding her pillow, hesitated whether to go in. But after listening to the voices of her two daughters-in-law, she took two steps forward and stood at the door of the second room.

"Sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is really different this time when she comes back. She is very nice to our parents and is very polite to us. She doesn't treat us as outsiders."

"Yes, the children were holding candies given by their sister-in-law, and they kept saying how nice their sister-in-law was. This is how sister-in-law should live her life. Have you seen what Mingyang's children are wearing? The fabric is really good. I touched it and it was made of cotton and silk, very soft."

Lu Qinlan patted her son as she spoke, feeling very envious. If she had money, she would definitely buy the best for her child.

"Of course you feel sorry for your own children. But Mingyang's children are also sensible. Look, they brought us good clothes. Although they have some patches, they are better than our own. I heard from Xiaokai that my sister-in-law also brought a few clothes that they hadn't worn. I am very grateful and I am thinking about how I can repay my sister-in-law." Su Xiaomei was grateful in her heart and said so. She had been very inferior because of her lameness since she was a child. She never thought that someone would be really nice to her, but as long as someone was truly nice to her children, she would do her best to repay them.