She relied on Lu Shaotang’s good temper; as long as she didn’t agree, he wouldn’t force her, so she dared to act spoiled.

She turned away from him, avoiding the temptation of his abs. “Making clothes is really tiring. Let’s sleep.”

Lu Shaotang quietly stayed still for three seconds, then whispered in her ear, “Wife, let me give you a massage.”

He had long noticed that whenever he whispered in his wife’s ear, she had no resistance.

Lin Shu closed her eyes. Ah, this man is too charming.

How does he know so much?

Where did he learn this?

As long as Lu Shaotang seduces her, she really has no resistance and falls for it completely.

So he kindly gave his wife a massage.

Not talking while massaging felt too ambiguous to Lin Shu, and she wanted to hear his voice, so she asked him to tell her a story.

What stories could Lu Shaotang tell!

He could only tell real events.

Although he had encountered many interesting things during his missions, he couldn’t share those.

Chen Yanming did have some…

To avoid embarrassing situations and not betray his brother, Lu Shaotang decided to share some amusing stories about Lu Shaocai instead.

This brought a smile to his wife’s face, and the couple enjoyed another sweet and wonderful evening together.

The next morning, during their workout, Lu Shaotang had a smile lingering on his lips.

Meanwhile, next door, Lu Changfu, who had a habit of peeking through the wall at the second uncle’s house, happened to see Lu Shaotang’s smile.

Startled, he accidentally bumped into the wall and fell to the ground.

Terrified, he quickly retreated, fearing that Lu Shaotang might discover his daily spying.

On the 24th, Fang Dihua directed Lu Shaotang and others to clean the house inside and out.

On the 25th, when Lu Shaotang hadn’t left yet, Lin Shu asked him to grind tofu using a large stone mill.

While she usually used a small stone mill to make soy milk, this time she needed to make a small basin of tofu pudding, some fried tofu, thinly pressed tofu skins, and different types of tofu: soft and firm.

With tofu, the New Year’s meals would be richer and more varied, including dishes like vegetarian chicken, pan-fried tofu, mapo tofu, fish head tofu, sauced tofu, frozen tofu, tofu dumplings, tofu buns, and fried tofu balls.

Originally, Lin Shu hoped Lu Shaotang could stay at home for the New Year before leaving, but he was picked up before dawn on the 26th to return home for the New Year’s celebration.

The children were used to their father coming home late and leaving early, so they weren’t too surprised, but Lu Ping was quite disappointed.

During Lu Shaotang’s stay, he had been waking up early to exercise, and Lu Ping followed him to work out. Lu Shaotang even personally corrected his movements.

Lin Shu’s foot was already healed, and she used these days to finish up the clothing she was working on, aiming to have it done before New Year’s Eve for the guests to wear during the New Year visits.

According to tradition, from the New Year until the second day of February (Dragon Raising its Head), no sewing should be done to avoid poking the dragon’s eye.

Although Lu Xiuxiu didn’t know how to cut fabric or add sleeves and collars, she was very helpful with other tasks, greatly assisting Lin Shu.

Fang Dihua, Lu Ping, and even Lu An also helped, taking care of button sewing and edge finishing, making Lin Shu’s work much easier.

Lu Er wanted to help as well, but after doing little work, she became envious of the scraps of fabric, wishing to use them for making shoe parts.

She specifically wanted the leftover fabric, but Lin Shu, adhering to customer requests, refused to give away even the small scraps, keeping them for the original customers.

Naturally, Lu Er was upset about this.

Lu Er was sulking and refused to help her, thinking, “If I don’t help you, you won’t manage, and that’s your loss.”

She was waiting for Lin Shu to ask her for help, but Lin Shu would never beg her.

Why ask Lu Er when Zhao Meifeng is available for free?

She called Zhao Meifeng over through the wall to sew buttons and finish edges, leaving Fang Dihua stunned.

The third daughter-in-law was really something!

She whispered to Old Lu, “Our third daughter-in-law is quite a character. Look at how she has the big niece-in-law under her thumb.”

Old Lu laughed, “That’s true. Not only her, even our third son, who’s known to be a difficult leader to manage. Have you ever heard him say ‘no’ to his wife?”

That was indeed the case.

It wasn’t just Zhao Meifeng or Lu Shaotang; even the old couple themselves were like that.

If others asked them to do something, it wasn’t so easy.

But whatever Lin Shu said, they would immediately go do it cheerfully.

This included Lu Da, Lu Dage, Erge, and Lu Ping.

Even the neighbor Aunt Li and others would frequently ask if Lin Shu needed any help, afraid that Lin Shu might feel too shy or reluctant to ask them.

Qiu Pozi and Wang Pozi made delicious sauce.

This year, Lin Shu had them help boil soybeans and smash the sauce blocks.

The sauce blocks were still drying on the beams of the cabbage room.

Since the third daughter-in-law’s temper improved, life at home was getting better and better.

The old couple was very pleased.

On the 28th, Lu Xiuxiu finally learned how to attach sleeves.

It’s easy to watch, but hard to do.

Watching others make clothes, snipping here and there and then stitching on the sewing machine seemed so simple. But doing it yourself was incredibly difficult.

How should it be cut?

How should it be stitched?

This hand is clearly my own.

Why doesn’t it listen?

Fortunately, Lu Xiuxiu had some foundation.

Lin Shu taught her step-by-step, explaining the key points so she understood why things were done a certain way.

This way, she would be able to solve similar problems and innovate in the future.

If you only know what to do but not why, you can only copy what others do and won’t be able to solve problems or create new designs.

That wasn’t Lin Shu’s teaching philosophy.

By teaching Lu Xiuxiu how to attach collars, Lin Shu could leave the collar work to her.

Lu Xiuxiu was very diligent and responsible.

Once she learned, she truly mastered it and did it perfectly, proving the effectiveness of strict teaching.

Sister Lu Dajie and Brother-in-law Ding Runsheng arrived with their three children.

The eldest, Ding Guohua; the second, Ding Guowen; and the youngest, Ding Guowu.

The eldest is two years older than Lu Xiuxiu.

After the New Year, he will be 17 years old and is in the stage of physical development.

He has a tall and slender figure with delicate features.

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He looks like a refined and elegant young man.

The Lu family members are good-looking.

Although they don’t have strict standards for their daughters-in-law except for Lin Shu, all the children are well-proportioned and attractive, and the daughters look for partners who are also good-looking.

Brother-in-law Ding is also quite handsome and stands out in a crowd.

When they entered the house, Ding Runsheng and the children warmly greeted the family.

Eldest Brother Lu Dage, Eldest Sister Lu Da, Second Brother Lu Erge, and Second Sister-in-law Lu Er all came over, enthusiastically chatting about recent news, especially Xu Ermao.

Old Man Lu happily invited the three grandsons to the kang (a traditional heated bed) and asked Panpan to bring candy and snacks for the brothers.

“Grandpa, Grandma, where is my little uncle?” The youngest, Ding Guowu, was a lively boy who loved playing war games.

Fang Dihua replied, “He left early this morning.”

“Ah?” The three nephews clearly looked disappointed.

The second eldest showed his displeasure and glanced at Lu Dajie with a complaint.

He said that if he had known his little uncle wouldn’t come, he might as well have gone skating on the river.

He immediately called out to Lu Ping and Lu An, “The river in your village is frozen too. Let’s go ice-skating!”

Lu An replied, “Not right now. I need to help Third Aunt with sewing buttons.”

Ding Guowen looked at him with an expression of disdain, “Sewing buttons? Really, Lu Ping, is that something a grown man should be doing?”

Ding Guohua immediately gave his younger brother a look and reminded him, “What are you talking about? Lu Ping is younger than you, and he’s more capable than you.”

He then turned to look at the west room, “Where is Xiuxiu?”

Lin Shu and Lu Xiuxiu came out of the west room, greeted her Aunt Lu Dajie and her husband, and explained, “Xiuxiu is helping me with clothes. She’s halfway through attaching the sleeves, so she couldn’t leave earlier.”

Lu Dajie patted Lu Xiuxiu’s back, “Our Xiuxiu is growing up more and more beautiful. She’s becoming quite a young lady.”

Lin Shu smiled, “She’s 170 cm tall, taller than I am.”

Eldest Sister Lu said, “You’re not short either. It’s just that our family members are tall. Panpan and Tiantian will also be tall in the future.”

She then teased Lin Shu, “Shaotang’s wife, now that Shaotang is back, you must… well, you know, there must be some news, right?”

She asked in front of so many people.

Lin Shu felt embarrassed, smiling without speaking.

Lu Dajie continued, “It’s about time. Tiantian and Panpan will turn six after the New Year. They should have younger siblings by now. How about you, Ersao? No news yet?”

Lu Er’s face turned green.

Fang Dihua interrupted her, “Aren’t your in-laws at home? Didn’t your father-in-law say he was going to visit your father for a drink? Why didn’t he come?”

Lu Dajie’s attention was drawn away by the mention of her in-laws.

Ding Guohua asked Lu Xiuxiu, “You came home so early this year? I went to the tailor shop the other day looking for you but didn’t find you. Why didn’t you stay at home for a few days before going back to work? It’s usually very tiring at Master’s place. It’s okay to take a break for a couple of days during the holidays.”

Lu Xiuxiu replied, “My third aunt took on some work that she can’t finish alone, so I came back to help. She’s taught me a lot more than Master did, and she also pays me for making clothes.”

Ding Guohua was surprised, “Really?”

He thought his aunt might be making Lu Xiuxiu work for free.

After chatting for a while, Lu Dajie said, “Guohua, take Lu Ping and go call your aunt. Since we’re here, she and your uncle should definitely come too.”

Ding Guohua said to Lu Xiuxiu, “Xiuxiu, let’s go.”

Lu Xiuxiu hesitated, “You go ahead. I need to finish the other sleeve.”

After saying that, she hurried back to the west room to continue working on the sewing machine.

She had just learned how to attach sleeves from Lin Shu and was still enjoying the pleasure of mastering a new skill that her Master had said was very difficult.

She wanted to continue that joy.