The feeling was different from being praised by teachers, elders, leaders, or peers. When praised by those people, his mentality was very calm, but when praised by Ning Shu, he felt a little embarrassed and a little happy.

“Um…” Lin Guodong hid his inner little emotions. “It’s nothing. The doctor said you can’t touch cold water during your period, you should drink more brown sugar water.” And he also promised Sanbao to help his mother with housework and not let her get too tired.

Ning Shu smirked, “But I still think you’re.”

“It’s great.” Whether adults or children, everyone needs praise. Praise more this time, and work harder next time.

Lin Guodong had never had a deep interaction with her before.

Although they had been married for five years, they had not really been together for even a month, so he never knew her personality was so lively.

Even he, with his tough personality, couldn’t resist her colorful charm. “You’re great too.” But he wasn’t a dull person either.

When his wife praised him, he felt a little happy, so he wanted to praise her too, to make her happy.

Ning Shu listened to his serious praise, sounding like he was discussing battle tactics, and couldn’t help but laugh, “You wash the clothes, I’ll finish cooking the rest of the vegetables.” She hummed a tune, feeling very happy.

Although in her previous life, her parents’ marriage deprived her of the affection of family ties, her life was still smooth. It’s just that at that time, her career was booming, and she never thought she would transmigrate into a book and marry so early.

But it seems that her current life is happier than the previous one. Even without a phone, TV, or car, there are people here who care for her, love her. She feels that the most important things in life, she already has.

Lin Guodong heard her humming as she went to the kitchen, and he asked Sanbao softly, “Sanbao, is your mother happy?”

“Mother?” Sanbao was playing with water next to him, clapping his hands in the water, occasionally burping, his burps were a mix of milk and apple flavors.

“Yes, was your mother happy just now? She seemed quite happy, she was even singing.” Lin Guodong asked his son, but he obviously already had an answer, so was she happy because she heard his praise? If that’s the case, he should praise her more in the future.

Sanbao blinked his eyes. He didn’t know if his mother was happy, but he was happy playing with water. So, he gave his father a smile, “Play… play…”

There were two iron pots in the house. One pot had chestnuts and chicken stewing, and the other pot, after heating up the hot water, started to cook rice.

In this way, there was no pot to cook vegetables, so the stewed chestnut chicken had to be taken out.

But she was afraid that if she took out the chestnut chicken, it would cool down and the oil would separate, making it less tasty.

So, after considering it, Ning Shu put the chestnut chicken back on the steaming rack above the rice cooker, so it wouldn’t get cold. In the end, there weren’t enough pots in the house.

She could go to the county town in the afternoon to look at stoves, anyway, there were still industrial tickets left.

Then, Ning Shu made braised radish, taro soup, scallion oil omelette, and stir-fried cabbage. Adding the chestnut chicken, there were five dishes in total, not many, but enough in quantity, so it was enough to eat.

After washing and drying the clothes, Lin Guodong led Sanbao into the kitchen and saw a table full of dishes. “Is it ready?”

Ning Shu said, “It’s ready. Can you… go call your parents again? They should be finishing work soon, right?”

“Okay.” Lin Guodong took Sanbao and went to the field.

Lin Guodong grew up in the countryside after all. He knew where most people worked at this time of year, so he successfully found where Lin’s father and mother were working.

However, by this time, Lin’s parents had already come up from the field because they had finished work.

When Lin Guodong approached with Sanbao, Lin’s mother was surprised.

“Guodong, long time no see.”

“How many days can Guodong stay this time?”

“Guodong, you’re finally back. Your mother talks about you every day.”

Seeing Lin Guodong, many people greeted him warmly. Whether familiar or not, they were all very enthusiastic.

In fact, this kind of situation is very normal. Even among relatives, when someone does well, everyone gathers around them.

Lin Guodong nodded to everyone, he didn’t say much, “I’ll stay until after the New Year.”

“Guodong…” Lin’s mother hurried over, so these people wouldn’t keep her son and talk about family matters, “Why did you come?”

Lin Guodong explained, “Ning Shu asked me to come and call you and dad for lunch.”

Sanbao saw his brothers and struggled in his arms. Lin Guodong put him down, and he ran towards his brothers.

The soil in the field was soft, so even if you fell, it wouldn’t hurt. Lin Guodong wasn’t worried about Sanbao.

Yibao and the others saw their dad and Sanbao coming, and Erbao, who was originally walking behind, ran to the front.

“Dad, they’ve come to call us, and your mother and I are going to your house for lunch.” Lin’s father walked over and said. This was the third time they had gone this year, and they were no longer as restrained as they were at first.

“Dad.” Lin Guodong called out. He had been back for two or three days now, but the day he took Ning Shu to the health center, the people in the old house heard the noise and all ran over, so they hadn’t seen each other because they were in the town health center.

The three adults walked at the front, and the children walked at the back.

Sanbao was sharing the apple he was eating with his brother, saying, “Sanbao eat. Bao bao .” Sanbao’s pronunciation was still not perfect since he was still 14month old.

“I don’t eat it. I’m going to eat chicken later.” Erbao said casually, “If I eat the apple, I can only eat a little chicken later. Sanbao, you dummy.”

Sanbao was a little angry when he heard that he was called a dummy. “Bao not bad.”

“Okay.” Erbao suddenly remembered something, “Brother, do you want to eat chicken legs later?”

Yibao shook his head, “No, Mom is sick, so I’ll give the chicken legs to Mom.”

Erbao was careless, but he listened to advice. When he heard his brother say this, he thought it made sense. “Mom will eat one and a half chicken legs, Sanbao will eat half a chicken leg, and you and I will eat chicken wings. Is that okay?”

Yibao: “Listen to Mom’s arrangement.”

Erbao: “Okay… Haicai, where do you want to eat?”

Haicai thought for a moment, “Chicken neck.” He liked to gnaw on bones.

By now, everyone had finished work, and there were still quite a few people around them.

They heard them discussing how to divide the chicken in public, feeling envious and sighing, “Youth is really good.”

Someone even approached Qian Aifen and said, “Guodong’s wife is really good to your Haicai. I often see Haicai eating at her place.”

Qian Aifen smiled and said, “The third sister-in-law has always been generous.”

Qian Aifen believed this, but no one else did. So the person just smiled.

However, someone went to Zhang Qinfang and tried to sow discord, “Qinfang, I see that your family’s eldest and third rooms are good to each other, but they seem to have left your room out.”

Zhang Qinfang pursed her lips. Even though she was very jealous, she didn’t want to be laughed at by outsiders. “Which family doesn’t have conflicts between sisters-in-law? It’s like your mother-in-law only spoils her daughter and doesn’t care about her son.”

Yes, this woman’s mother-in-law, using modern terms, favored her daughter.

Like Lin’s mother, she had sons in the front and only had a daughter later, so she cherished her daughter to the heavens and didn’t care as much about her sons.

As a result, several daughters-in-law had to help their younger sister-in-law wash clothes.

Sometimes, they even had to wash the pants stained during menstruation.

“Humph, kindness is taken for granted.” This woman was also angry.

Which daughter-in-law washes clothes stained during menstruation for her younger sister-in-law? But the men listened to their mothers.

If these daughters-in-law didn’t listen, they would rather divorce.

How could this woman live after divorcing? So they had no choice but to wash for their younger sister-in-law.

…

On the way, Lin’s mother talked about the trivial matters at home, including the changes in Ning Shu during this time, the day she got the meat buns, what she heard outside, and the matter with the clothing factory.

“I think your wife has changed for the better. She used to be just a bit lazy, but she never did anything else bad.” Speaking of bad things, it reminded her of the incident where her daughter-in-law drugged her son.

She continued, “She was only 16 when she married you, she didn’t know any better. Since she’s better now and the past is in the past, don’t dwell on unhappy things. Looking forward is the most important.”

Lin Guodong naturally understood what his mother was saying. He nodded, “She’s doing very well now.”

Seeing his mother defending Ning Shu, he was even more convinced that Ning Shu must be good enough now for his mother to defend her.

However, what surprised him was that Ning Shu had actually gotten a job at the clothing factory and even sold her job.

Lin’s mother was surprised. She didn’t expect her son to praise Ning Shu so much. She felt relieved. “By the way, last Saturday when your sister came back, she mentioned something.” Last Saturday was the day before Lin Guodong came back.

“What happened?” Lin Guodong asked.

Lin’s mother looked around and saw that everyone had walked away, heading home.

She whispered, “That day, your wife took the three kids to the county town and then took Xiaojing to the state-run restaurant for a meal…” Lin’s mother also mentioned the job.

This surprised Lin Guodong. He didn’t expect Ning Shu’s relationship with Xiaojing to improve. But it made sense. They were family, after all.

Otherwise, how could Ning Shu have convinced Xiaojing back then? He just didn’t expect Ning Shu to have the ability to get a job and sell it to Xiaojing.

He could probably guess the reason for selling it to Xiaojing. It was probably because she felt a bit indebted for what happened in the past. But mainly, it was probably because she was lazy and didn’t want to go to work.

If Ning Shu knew, she would probably say, “You guessed right.”

“Guodong, is this true?” Although she heard it from her daughter, she wasn’t sure. She was originally going to ask her daughter-in-law, but since her son had returned, she decided to ask him first.

“I don’t know. I’ll ask Ning Shu after dinner,” Lin Guodong replied.

“Well… well…” Lin’s mother agreed.

While they were talking, they had already reached the front door. Ning Shu was standing at the entrance of the yard. When she saw them coming, she went inside. After she brought all the dishes to the table, everyone washed their hands and came in.

“Dad, Mom, please sit down.” Before regaining her memory, Ning Shu was polite to Lin’s parents, just because she thought they were nice people, but it was only a matter of politeness.