Han Lu Shi squinted at him, "Do you think you're so great that you have the right to pick a father?"
Zhou Yulin's little finger poked Han Lu Shi's shoulder, "You're the great one."
Han Lu Shi nodded faintly, "Yes, I am very great."
"You're just a naughty child, why should I, a great person, be your father?"
"Do you have the right to be my son? It's only because Zhou Chengbin doesn't dislike you that you're disliking him."
Zhou Yulin was stunned and looked at his little finger, "My grandpa and grandma both like me very much."
Han Lu Shi's tone remained faint, "That's because you're their grandson. Do other people's grandparents like you very much?"
Zhou Yulin thought for a long time before shaking his head.
"That's all there is to it?" Han Lu Shi asked, "Do you have the right to be my son?"
This time, Zhou Yulin thought for even longer, "When I'm very powerful, I'll be able to be your son."
Han Lu Shi nodded, "Then let's talk about it when you've learned real skills and become powerful. For now, I'm your aunt's husband."
Zhou Yulin quickly and obediently called out, "Aunt's husband."
"Good. We're leaving. Say goodbye to your grandma and mom."
Zhou Yulin waved his little hand towards the courtyard, "Bye bye Grandma, bye bye Mom."
"Bye bye."
"Bye bye."
After Han Lu Shi and Lili left, Zhou's mother asked, "Is that Lili's husband?"
Xiao Mai nodded.
Zhou's mother said, "He doesn't look like an ordinary person."
"Mm," Xiao Mai replied faintly.
Zhou's mother glanced at her daughter-in-law and went upstairs to continue dusting.
Walking west from Village Road Two,绕 around the end of the village back to Village Road One, they went towards the clinic.
Da Mai was drying medicinal herbs with her son. Seeing Lili and Han Lu Shi, she quickly got up.
"Lili, Lu Shi, come in and sit."
Yuan Fang was arranging the herbs and looked up, calling out, "Aunt Lili, Uncle Lili's husband."
Li Weili responded crisply, "Yes!"
Han Lu Shi responded faintly, "Mm."
Li Weili shook her head at Da Mai and said,
"We won't come in to sit. Grandma wants you to come back for dinner, along with Dr. Yang."
Dr. Yang, in the consultation room, raised his voice, "Okay, I'll be there shortly."
Da Mai smiled, "I'll watch the herbs at home. I'll go after Yuan Man gets back. You guys take Yuan Fang back to play with Yulin first."
Yuan Fang finished arranging the herbs in his hands and got up to run towards the consultation room.
"Grandmaster, can I go to the courtyard first?"
"Go, go," Dr. Yang waved his hand, "When we collect herbs this afternoon, I'll lecture you on their medicinal value."
Yuan Fang nodded, "Okay, I'll leave with Aunt Lili now."
Han Lu Shi squinted at Zhou Yulin in his arms, "Compared to Yuan Fang, do you feel useless?"
Zhou Yulin frowned, "He wants to be a doctor."
"Yes," Han Lu Shi nodded, "He wants to be a doctor, and he has to learn medicine from such a young age. What about you?"
Zhou Yulin looked up at the sky, "I want to fly big planes."
"Very good," Han Lu Shi nodded, "I'll wait. When you can fly big planes, then you can acknowledge me as your father."
Zhou Yulin nodded, "I'll fly a plane to pick you up."
Han Lu Shi nodded faintly and asked, "Don't you think you should get down and walk with Yuan Fang?"
"Okay."
Zhou Yulin slid from Han Lu Shi's embrace and extended his hand to Yuan Fang, who was running over.
"Brother Yuan Fang, let's go find Great Grandma."
"Let's go," Yuan Fang took his cousin's hand and walked ahead.
Han Lu Shi shifted the basket to his left hand and took Li Weili's hand with his right.
"I wonder what kind of personality our child will have."
"These two children, one mature and one mischievous, are both likable."
Li Weili touched her belly. She hoped her child would be a mix of the two children.
"Then why did you say that to Yulin?"
Han Lu Shi squeezed her hand in his palm, "A child who dislikes their parents should be taught a lesson early on."
"If my child dislikes me, I'll be very sad."
"How dare they?" Li Weili pouted, "If they dare to dislike us, I'll beat them with a broom."
"Okay," Han Lu Shi chuckled, "I'll help you stop him, won't let him run away."
...
Returning to the courtyard, they found that two iron buckets for firewood stoves were already boiling water in the open space outside the courtyard, and various bowls and basins were placed on the prepared tables.
Yu Ziyu was pulling Li Weibao to prepare the washing basins. Upon seeing Li Weili and Han Lu Shi return, she called them in to rest.
Li Weili pointed at the bowls and basins, "Isn't it a bit early?"
Yu Ziyu shook her head, "Not at all. Washing them a day in advance avoids any last-minute rush or panic."
Li Weili said, "Can't we hire someone to wash them?"
Yu Ziyu stuck out her tongue and whispered, "That was before. Now we've already married daughters-in-law into the family."
"We still have so many young juniors at home. If we wait until tomorrow for the aunties who come to help to wash these bowls and basins, even if the aunties don't mind, they'll think that the daughters-in-law of the Li family are really lazy, don't you think?"
Li Weili was stunned for a moment, then said to Han Lu Shi behind her,
"Give me the basket. You help me wash these bowls and basins."
"No, no," Yu Ziyu waved her hands anxiously,
"You are the newcomers, you can't do these things. I, as your sister-in-law, will do them."
"If you want to help, do it after the wedding banquet."
Li Weibao glanced at his sister, "Your second sister-in-law is speaking from her heart. There's no hidden agenda."
"What are you arranging? Lead Lu Shi inside. If you want to help, go busy yourself in the kitchen."
"I didn't," Li Weili explained, "I just felt that our matters have burdened Second Sister-in-law..."
Han Lu Shi, along with the hand holding the basket, picked up Li Weili.
"Don't cause trouble. Listen to your second brother and second sister-in-law."
Yuan Fang shook his head and sighed, "Alas! More people, more troubles!"
Li Weibao splashed some water on him, "Little child, don't learn to speak like your grandmaster."
Yuan Fang's hand twitched, pulling Zhou Yulin behind him, and he faced the splashing water directly, "Enraged with shame."
Li Weibao cursed with a laugh, "Scram!"
Yuan Fang raised his hand to wipe the water from his face, "You're in the wrong."
"Yuan Fang Fang!"
Li Weibao raised his fist, "Believe it or not, I'll beat you into a square and make your name literal."
Yuan Fang still looked calm and composed, "If you can beat me into both round and square, that would be real skill."
Li Weibao stood up, took two steps forward, and picked them both up, sending them to the second entrance.
"Scram quickly. A child who makes a face and acts shamelessly makes one's hands itch."
...
Li Weili was carried into the living room by Han Lu Shi. Tian Jing stood up in a panic, "What's wrong?"
Li Weili waved her hand, "It's nothing, it's nothing, Mom, don't be nervous."
Han Lu Shi placed Li Weili on the sofa and went out of the living room with the basket, "Lili, you play with Mom."
Li Weili "..."
Tian Jing asked her daughter, "What's wrong? Lu Shi seems a bit off?"
"It's nothing," Li Weili shook her head, "It's just that my second brother said something to me, and he couldn't retort or fight back, so he's holding it in."
Tian Jing asked, "What did your second brother say to you?"
Li Weili then recounted the conversation at the door.
Tian Jing frowned. The family had just welcomed two newcomers, and already there were conflicts due to misunderstandings in their words?
Among siblings, no matter how they spoke, fought, or argued, it was over in a flash.
With more people involved, even if there wasn't a conflict, it could escalate into one.
"Go and tell Lu Shi that if he feels your second brother was wrong to you, he should challenge him directly to a serious fight, instead of sulking."
"I'll go and talk to your second brother. He's not allowed to break up fights casually. Disputes between women should be resolved by women themselves."
"It's not that serious, is it?" Li Weili felt her mother was making a mountain out of a molehill.