Chapter 050 The Army Has Sent Someone

Chapter 050 The Army Has Sent Someone

"Mom, did Second Uncle leave by himself? He’s not taking his wife?"

Li Da's wife sidled over, licking her lips and asked in a low voice, her eyes gleaming strangely.

Mrs. Li glanced at her and frowned. "What are you so happy about? If he doesn't take his wife to the army, what does it have to do with you?"

Can't you see she's upset? Do you have no sense!

Second son left without taking his wife!

This news...

Li Da's wife felt she could smile until her face split open.

She had said it, how could someone like him be worthy of living in the military quarters?

Tsk!

Dream on.

"Mom, I'll serve the dumplings. How many will you have?"

Mrs. Li glared at her. "How many? I’ll eat until I’m full! These are dumplings I made myself, and I have to count them to eat? What do I owe you people!"

You made them?

Apart from kneading the dough, did you do anything else?

If this were said earlier, Li Da's wife would have retorted with a bunch of unpleasant remarks.

But now, Li Da's wife wasn't angry at all and smiled sweetly, asking, "Should we give some dumplings to Second Aunt? If we don’t let her eat, Second Uncle might tear the house apart..."

"Let him tear it down! Even if he were here, I wouldn’t give his wife any dumplings."

When mentioning Li Wenfeng not being home, Mrs. Li's spirits visibly drooped.

She cursed, "Brat, married a wife and forgot his mother, always favoring his wife in everything!"

Grumbling, she went to the kitchen.

A moment later, she came out with two full bowls of dumplings, glanced at the second family, and deliberately called out, "Old man, come eat dumplings."

She also called Boss Li and Li Laosan's families to come eat.

Just not the second family.

Li Da's wife watched this with great satisfaction.

Li Laosan came out with an empty bowl, took two large bowls of dumplings from the kitchen, and returned to the third family.

Li Da's wife suddenly realized something, exclaimed inwardly, and ran to the kitchen. Indeed, there were only a few dumplings left in the pot!

She cursed loudly, "Are you reincarnated as starving ghosts? Why didn’t you chop up the pot and eat that too!"

While cursing, she scooped the remaining dumplings into her bowl, but even then, it was barely a level bowl.

They were a family of three!

One strong laborer, one half-grown boy.

It wasn’t nearly enough!

She stood between the two houses, cursing for a long time, but no one from the third family paid her any attention.

"What’s all the noise?" Boss Li looked at her expressionlessly.

Li Da's wife felt wronged. "I worked hard all morning making these dumplings, and I haven’t eaten a single one. There’s only this bowl left. You and Yuanbai won’t have enough. They took all the rest!"

Boss Li glanced at the third family, his emotions flickering in his eyes.

"Go eat."

Li Da's wife pouted. "With just this bowl, you won’t be full."

"Send Yuanbai to eat at his grandparents’ place," Boss Li said calmly.

Li Da's wife’s eyes lit up, and she handed the bowl to Boss Li. "You eat first; I’ll go call Yuanbai."

In the second family.

Li Zhenzhu patted her small belly. "Sister, I'm hungry."

Li Liuli looked at Fan Qingyi. "Mom, I’ll go check with Aunt Song to see what food she has. You and Sister rest for a bit."

Li Zhenzhu wanted to go too.

The sisters left shortly and returned with Aunt Song.

Aunt Song carried a basket into the house and started taking out food.

"Today is tight, and there wasn’t time to make chicken soup. Just make do with this for now. Tomorrow, I’ll stew the wild chicken Wenfeng caught and make chicken noodle soup and cold shredded chicken with the meat."

To the mother and daughters, what Aunt Song considered "making do" was already quite sumptuous.

Garlic steamed eggplant, bell pepper skewers, tomato and egg, a large bowl of cucumber soup, and several fragrant scallion pancakes.

"Wow!"

The two little girls looked delighted. "So much delicious food, thank you, Aunt Song."

"Go ahead and eat."

Aunt Song patted the twins' heads and looked at Fan Qingyi. "Is Little Shanshan still asleep?"

Fan Qingyi nodded with a smile. She had fallen asleep before the jeep arrived and hadn't woken up since.

"This little one is so well-behaved, not crying or causing trouble." Aunt Song also smiled.

Fan Qingyi agreed, lowering her head to touch the child's face.

"Very well-behaved."

The younger daughter was reborn into this book, always saying they lived in a story from a certain era, and after being thoroughly used by Li Yuanbao, she was killed, leaving no one in the family with a good end.

She was here as a little angel to save their whole family.

"A well-behaved child makes life easier for the mother."

As Aunt Song spoke, she moved the table closer to the bed.

Li Liuli and Li Zhenzhu helped, tiptoeing to lift it.

Aunt Song smiled with warmth again. "Boys and girls are the same, as long as they are filial. Even if you have many sons, one filial daughter is better than all of them."

Aunt Song wasn't sure if Li Wenfeng had told his wife about her possibly not being able to conceive again, so she didn't mention it directly.

"Yes, children are the same," Fan Qingyi said gratefully, taking the chopsticks to start eating.

As soon as her palm was exposed, Aunt Song stopped her. "What happened? Did you pinch yourself with your nails, Wenfeng's wife, you...?"

Fan Qingyi felt embarrassed.

"It was my first time meeting an officer from the army. I was nervous and worried I would embarrass Brother Wenfeng, so..."

"You..."

Aunt Song sighed, touched by the mutual concern between the two.

"I'll get some water to wash your hand. It's too hot to bandage it, and you can't use scissors during your confinement period. Be careful not to do it again."

"Thank you, Aunt Song."

Aunt Song left, fearing that staying might make them uncomfortable, planning to come back later to collect the dishes.

Villagers whom Li Wenfeng had asked to help heard that Fan Qingyi hadn't gone along, so they came in groups to see what was happening.

Aunt Song dismissed them one by one, continuing to cook chicken soup and egg custard to take care of the four of them for two days.

After calculating the time, by the third day, no one from the army had shown up, even though they were supposed to arrive within two days.

Aunt Song murmured to the village chief's wife, "Could the people from the army be lying?"

"They wouldn't lie. Let's wait a bit longer; maybe they're just busy and need to find time to come over."

Aunt Song thought this made sense.

After a few more days, more villagers started asking questions.

By the seventh day, there was still no sign of anyone.

Sister Li mocked in the courtyard, "Some people just don't have that fate. They spread it around so much that everyone in the village knows, but in the end, nothing happened. How embarrassing! They've lost all face!"

"Do you know what the village is saying? Say it..."

"Mom, Mother Yuanbai is cursing you!" Li Zhenzhu said angrily.

Fan Qingyi glanced at the window, seeing Sister Li with her hands on her hips, mocking them.

She thought for a moment and called out to Li Liuli, "Stand at the door and ask her this..."

Li Liuli's eyes lit up, nodding vigorously.

After Fan Qingyi finished speaking, she quickly walked to the door, opened it, and said to the smug Sister Li, "My mom asked me to tell you this: Your eldest branch bullies your sisters-in-law, and your heart is rotten. Soon, everyone in the surrounding villages will know. How embarrassing! Who is more embarrassing?!"

Sister Li was stunned for a moment, then nearly exploded with anger.

"Ungrateful brat, born but not raised! You dare to talk back to your elders? Watch me beat you!"

She rolled up her sleeves to grab a broom when a cold voice suddenly sounded from outside, "Is this Li Wenfeng's house?"

Sister Li and Li Liuli both turned to look, their faces changing simultaneously.

It was someone from the army!

Someone from the army had arrived.