Chapter 134 : Meeting the In-Laws

Aunt Wu, the neighbor of the Fang family, called out, “Xiaoluo, are you going back to your mother’s home?”

Fang Xiaoluo led everyone over and said, “Yes, we’re here to help harvest the corn.”

Aunt Wu had heard from the Fang family that Fang Xiaoluo was coming back to help harvest corn.

“This is…?”

Fang Xiaoluo introduced her to everyone, “This is my mother-in-law. She treats me better than her own daughter.”

The old ladies at the entrance of the village hurried over to greet Zheng Lanhua.

Zheng Lanhua hadn’t expected that the people in Honghe Village would be so enthusiastic. She was quite nervous at first, but now she was much more relaxed.

“Everyone has seen my two sons and my daughter. These two children are from my brother’s family whom I adopted in the compound. They are my nephews.”

The villagers were truly surprised.

Fang Xiaoluo had recognized a brother in the compound?

This was really amazing.

As usual, when Fang Xiaoluo came back, a large group of children gathered around.

Fang Xiaoluo took the candy out of her pocket and shared it with the others.

Some of the older children didn’t eat the candy, but instead gave it to Shen Haiping and the others.

A little boy handed the candy in his hand to Shen Jinxia. Yu Xiaopang rushed over and took the candy. “She doesn’t like it, but I do. Thank you.”

The little boy stared and saw the candy go into Yu Xiaopang’s mouth.

The little boy pouted and said, “I didn’t give it to you.”

Yu Xiaopang said, “Ah? I thought you were giving it to me.”

The little boy screamed “Wow” and cried loudly.

Yu Feixu quickly found a piece of candy and stuffed it into his hand, “I’ll give it back to you, don’t cry.”

The little boy stared at the candy in his hand with sobs, then stuffed the candy into Shen Jinxia’s hand and ran away.

The adults nearby saw this and laughed.

“Oh, why is the boy from Old Zhao’s family crying again?”

“This little fat boy has a future, hahaha.”

Shen Jinxia stared at the candy in her hand, not knowing what to do for a long time.

She thought for a while, peeled off the candy wrapper, and stuffed the candy into Shen Haiping’s mouth.

“Second brother, is it sweet?”

Shen Haiping nodded, “Sweet.”

Zhang Xinyan and the others knew that Fang Xiaoluo would bring the child back today. They had just finished their housework and came in a hurry to pick them up, but they were still a step late.

Except for Fang Jie, a high school student who didn’t have a holiday, Fang Yamei and Fang Yating were both on vacation.

They all came out to pick them up at that moment.

Fang Xiaoluo introduced Zhang Xinyan and Zheng Lanhua to each other.

Zhang Xinyan took Zheng Lanhua’s hand and said, “Sister, this is your first time in our village, right? Let’s go. It’s hot here. Let’s go home and cool down.”

Zheng Lanhua felt Zhang Xinyan’s enthusiasm and smiled, “Okay, this is the first time we are meeting as in-laws, so let’s go home first.”

The group of people walked toward Fang’s house in a mighty manner.

After entering the house, Fang Xiaoluo introduced Yu Feixu and Yu Xiaopang to everyone.

Zhang Xinyan was very surprised, “How come you have another brother?”

“It’s a long story.” Fang Xiaoluo said with a smile, “I’ll tell you slowly later.”

She pointed at the things on the table and said, “My mother-in-law said this was her first time coming to our house, so she insisted on bringing so many things. If it weren’t for Haifeng and Feixu helping to carry them, we wouldn’t have been able to carry them to the car.”

Zhang Xinyan and the others felt that there were really a lot of things when they were carrying them.

They never thought that all of these were brought by Zheng Lanhua.

“Sister, the younger generations are starting a family and living together. We are relatives, so there’s no need to be so polite.” Zhang Xinyan said.

Zheng Lanhua didn’t know what to say now. She hadn’t spent a penny on the things, they were all prepared by Fang Xiaoluo. Now, everything had become hers.

To be honest, if you have a daughter and daughter-in-law like this, your family will be harmonious, and everything will be fine.

Fang Xiaoluo winked at Zheng Lanhua.

Zheng Lanhua said, “The two children got married in a hurry, and we didn’t have time to sit down and talk. Now that I’m visiting, it’s only right that I bring some gifts.”

“Xiaoluo is a good child. It is a blessing for Shen Zheng and also for me that she can marry him.”

Zhang Xinyan sat down and said, “To be honest, it’s a blessing for us that Xiaoluo can come back.”

Fang Qiang cut the watermelon and brought it over, and Fang Xiaoluo neatly cleared everything off the table.

Fang Qiang called out, “Come, everyone, eat some watermelon. It’s chilled with well water and is especially good for cooling off.”

Then, the Fang family saw the children brought by Fang Xiaoluo. Each one was more obedient than the last.

While other children were fighting for the watermelons, the children brought by Fang Xiaoluo were passing the watermelons to everyone one by one and were very considerate.

“Dad, brother, please help us figure out how we are going to stay tonight,” Fang Xiaoluo said to Fang Shijun and Fang Qiang.

Fang Shijun said, “You, your mother-in-law, your mother, and Xiaxia will sleep on the kang in this room at night. I’ve already told the neighbors that Yamei and Yating will stay at Aunt Wu’s house. You can set up another hard bed, but it’s not very comfortable.”

Shen Haifeng said, “Grandpa, I can sleep on a hard bed.”

Yu Feixu raised his hand, “I can too.”

Fang Shijun smiled and said, “Okay, we are all men, so we’re not afraid of anything.”

Zhang Xinyan looked at the room full of people and smiled, “It’s really lively with so many people here.”

It’s lively, but people eat a lot when they gather.

The same meal tastes better when everyone eats it together.

Before Fang Xiaoluo and the others arrived, Zhang Xinyan had already stewed two chickens in a pot and prepared two large bowls of noodles.

Fang Xiaoluo and Zhang Xinyan made lunch together, which filled the entire table. By the time they finished eating, there was nothing left.

After dinner, Shen Haifeng and Yu Feixu ran to wash the dishes together.

Fang Yamei walked over and said, “Let me wash them.”

Shen Haifeng said, “Aunt, we’ll wash them.”

Yu Feixu also nodded and said, “You have to work hard and not eat for free.”

Fang Yamei laughed, “You know a lot.”

The children were sleepy at all at noon, so Fang Xiaoluo and the others took a nap for a while.

After waking up, Fang Shijun and Fang Qiang started making the beds, and Shen Haifeng and the others also joined in, busying themselves.

Zheng Lanhua noticed that Zhang Xinyan had made two new bowls of noodles.

She have to say, the noodles Zhang Xinyan made were really good, and they were definitely different from what she made.

How do they make noodles so well?

“Girl, what are you making for dinner tonight?”

Zhang Xinyan came back from the garden with a basket of chives. “Big sister, let’s make steamed buns with chive and egg filling tonight. Is there anyone among you who doesn’t eat chives? If so, I’ll make something else.”

Zheng Lanhua said, “We eat everything. I’m not picky, and neither are the children.”

Zhang Xinyan started picking the chives, and Zheng Lanhua also found a small stool to sit down on, picking the chives while chatting in the shade of the yard.

After a while, Shen Haiping came over, sat on the ground, and started picking chives.

Zhang Xinyan was pleased to see Shen Haiping getting better and better. “Haiping, go and have fun. You don’t need to help. Your grandma and I will finish picking soon.”

Shen Haiping raised his head and smiled shyly, “Grandma, Mom said that when it comes to family matters, it’s not just one person’s job to help another. It’s everyone’s responsibility.”

As they were talking, Shen Jinxia pulled Yu Xiaopang and sat on the ground.

Shen Jinxia had very small hands. She took a handful of chives and handed them to Yu Xiaopang. “Put them neatly after picking them. Otherwise, they’ll be hard to wash and cut.”

Yu Xiaopang took a handful of chives, his eyes full of admiration, “Xiaxia, you really know a lot.”

Shen Jinxia’s expression froze for a moment. She had been scolded before for picking chives. How could she forget that?