The mother and daughter-in-law went into the kitchen, not to talk about the scenery, which Li's mother had long since seen.
She just hadn't made the trip herself.
"Those two young men really had impure intentions."
Li's mother treated the beans as people, picking them vigorously.
Tian Jing quickly asked, "Did those two boys do anything inappropriate?"
"How dare they!" Li's mother threw the broken beans into the basin:
"Hmph! I still have to cook for them, I'm really unwilling. The two young men kept asking all the way, 'How much is this?' 'How much is that?' and 'How are the profits distributed with the village?'"
Tian Jing frowned, "Ask Village Chief Li to check where those two classmates' families are from. Perhaps they aren't after Lili."
Her daughter, with her hairstyle changed, looked much softer, but it wouldn't make two people fawn over her at the same time.
Unless the target was someone who didn't need to strive.
"I knew it!" Li Weili walked in from outside:
"I knew Grandma was a traitor. Hmph! Their family is also from the mountainous area. I heard them say that even if they got into university, they wanted to go back to serve their hometown after graduation. So I brought them to see." Read books.
"They were a bit attentive because they wanted to curry favor with me, asking me to beg my dad to help them with their village chief."
"You've disappointed me so much, am I, Li Weili, such a superficial person?"
Tian Jing quickly soothed her daughter, "Yes, yes, yes, Mom was wrong. Isn't it because my daughter is growing up and I'm worried?"
Li's mother awkwardly continued picking beans, "Lili! Raising children for a hundred years, worrying ninety-nine, that's a mother's heart. You can't stop your mother from caring about her child, right?"
"Grandma~" Li Weili squatted beside her grandmother and helped pick beans:
"I won't have a puppy love, no, I refuse to have a campus romance, they are all immature brats."
Grandma Li tapped her lightly, "I've remembered what you said."
Li Weili responded, "Grandma, don't worry, I know what I should be doing right now."
Tian Jing also breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt a little disappointed. Why wasn't her daughter a soft and cuddly little cotton-padded jacket?
From childhood to adulthood, her temper was so strong that she was troubled.
Li Zhengguo came down on the third day and told his wife it was a false alarm.
Tian Jing also told her husband everything her daughter said.
Li Zhengguo shook his head helplessly, "This girl, why couldn't she just say it directly? She had to bring them to see first, making us nervous. Sigh! The child is grown up, it's hard to coax."
Tian Jing glanced at him, "Was she easy to coax when she was little? Who did she take after?"
Li Zhengguo quickly took the blame, "She took after me, she took after me, it's my strong personality."
"Go!" Tian Jing spat at him, "Go back to your office. Your daughter will definitely look for you when she comes back from playing."
A few days later, Li Zhengguo had two old students by his side.
The old students were accompanied by those two male classmates.
Li Zhengguo complained to his wife after a busy day, complaining that his daughter couldn't stand him being idle and found him things to do.
Tian Jing pinched him unceremoniously, "Isn't it good that your daughter is enthusiastically helping the poor?" Read books.
Li Zhengguo admitted his mistake, "Okay, okay, I didn't say it wasn't good."
...
Li Zhengguo was busy until October 1st, and the two old students were still unwilling to leave, saying that it hadn't snowed yet and they would wait.
The expanded hundred buildings had already sealed the roofs of three floors, with only half a floor of balconies remaining.
All the idle hands were put back to work on the construction site.
Afeng and Zeng Jingliang came down the mountain.
Seeing Afeng's big belly, Tian Jing blamed Zeng Jingliang, "So, you let Afeng work through the entire tourist season with a pregnant belly?"
Zeng Jingliang responded, "It's my fault, it's my fault I didn't learn Yuan's cooking skills."
Afeng glanced at her husband:
"Team Leader Tian, the baby in my belly is doing well. Aman comes up every month to check my pulse."
Tian Jing was unhappy, "Yuan Man knew? And kept it from us?"
Afeng explained, "I didn't mean to hide it from you. My body is normal, and I eat, drink, and sleep normally. All the chores were done by Jingliang, and I just stir-fried and did prenatal education."
"Now I've come down to give birth. This will trouble Team Leader Tian and Dama."
Tian Jing quickly got up to tidy up the backyard:
"You rest assured and stay here. I'll go organize a room for you. Dama is also pregnant, she just got pregnant."
"But don't worry, we're all free now. Meihua, Xiaomai, and my mother will help out casually, and your confinement will be very easy."
Dama is also pregnant? Afeng was surprised and tearful. Their Yuan family was finally like a home.
Zeng Jingliang quickly comforted her.
Tian Jing shook her head and went out to tidy up the room. The emotional fluctuations of pregnant women were best soothed by their husbands.
Ouyang Meihua came uninvited, "I heard Afeng came down the mountain with a big belly? How stupid can this woman be?"
Afeng's tears flowed again. Many people cared about her.
Ouyang Meihua poked her angrily, "What are you crying for? Stop crying, don't give birth to a crybaby. We're here, don't worry."
Li's mother, who had brought wild chicken soup to her eldest granddaughter, also returned:
"Afeng, don't worry, we'll all lend a hand, and we can raise the child. Children grow up fast when they're exposed to the wind, don't worry."
"Mmm, mmm," Afeng nodded vigorously, "Thank you."
Li's mother put down the basket, "Silly child, why are you being so polite? We're family. I'll go tidy up your room."
Afeng told her that Team Leader Tian had already gone to the backyard, but Li's mother still went to the backyard:
"I'll go catch a wild chicken. This year, the wild chickens I've raised are the best. They've been broody repeatedly, and there are dozens of them. I'll go catch one and stew it for you."
Ouyang Meihua followed, "I'll go help you catch it. You don't even look at what Team Leader Tian makes you as chicken feed. If the villagers knew, they'd definitely go to the nursery yard to get some."
Li's mother was indifferent, "Isn't it just your rotten vine stalks from when you abandoned your garden and pulled up the plants? Sell them."
Ouyang Meihua agreed, "That's right, tell Team Leader Tian to sell the rotten vine stalks as feed."
The mother and daughter-in-law's voices faded away.
Zeng Jingliang held Afeng's hand, "Afeng, I've wronged you."
He had called his mother, and his mother said she wouldn't care and would never come to Kushan again.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Afeng glanced at him:
"We just need to live our own lives well. If she doesn't come, Team Leader Tian will feel more at ease. I'd rather the child grow up crawling on the ground than need her help."
Zeng Jingliang nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, listen to you, don't get agitated. Now that we're down the mountain, I feel at ease."
Yuan Man came to check her pulse, "Cousin, I'm relieved that you're staying here with Team Leader Tian."
Afeng asked reproachfully, "Dama is pregnant, why didn't you tell me?"
"It hasn't been three months yet. She's been vomiting a lot and is lying in bed. My child is not as well-behaved as your child."
"Hmph! Watch what you say, all children have their temperaments."
"Yes, yes, your child has no temper, all the temper has gone to you."
"Go!" Afeng pretended to be angry, "Hurry back and take care of Dama."
"Don't you need me to stew some soup or something?"
"No, Grandma Li went to catch wild chickens, and I have people looking after me."