Fat Mama's Good Deeds: The Grand Wedding Night Volume 1 Chapter 110 Husband's Reflection

  "A Yan. Shu Can Zuo Xia." In the courtyard, next to a small mound of sand where children were playing, there was a wooden bench, and Lu Siling asked his son-in-law to sit down together.

  At the command of his father-in-law, Jiang Yan sat down.

  "I let Nannan and you move to the house opposite mine first, I admit that my brother and I were a bit selfish." With a pat on the thigh, Lu Siling said hesitantly, "I hope it won't cause trouble between you and Nannan."

  "Father-in-law, what are you talking about?" Ying Mei frowned and lowered her head, gazing at the long, slanted shadow of herself under the setting sun.

  To put it bluntly, he and his wife didn't have much to do with each other, but to say that there was no one who had any misgivings would be impossible. For example, his second sister Jiang Mei had complained about this before, thinking that the Lu family interfered too much in their family's affairs and didn't trust them at all.

  Marrying a daughter-in-law with such a family background, to say that he has no pressure at all is self-deception. However, since his wife married him back then and didn't blame his mother for being difficult, overcoming it bit by bit, with his wife as an example, this husband of hers can't complain about these trivial matters.

  Every family has its own difficult-to-recite scripture.

  His marriage with his wife is a typical one.

  Previously, when my wife was with the Wen family, people said that her natal family was not well-off. Now that she is with the Lu family, they say that her natal family interferes too much and bullies others relying on their power. In short, other people's mouths are always on her, and there is no way to satisfy them.

  The most important thing is to adjust your mindset.

  "A Yan, my wife and I have discussed you several times in private. She really likes you and says you're more pleasing to her than our own son or adopted son." Lu Siling said this, praising his daughter-in-law's words, but in fact, he also thought of his son-in-law as a pleasing person.

  "My father-in-law, I'm glad to have won your mother's favor," Jiang Yan said, lifting his head.

  Mrs. Lu is a good mother-in-law, there's no fault in this regard.

  "But, Ah Yan, as Nian Nian's father, I have a few words to say to you." Lu Si Ling said, his tone was particularly serious and heartfelt.

  Jiang Yan's ears perked up as he listened intently, his palm subtly clenched into a fist in his pocket, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his skin.

  "Take this time when you were sick, for example. I know that getting sick is something everyone experiences and there's nothing special to say about it. But according to what your superior told me later, you volunteered to help someone with their shift and that's how you caught a chill that night."

  "Father-in-law——"

  A big hand was placed in front of Jiang Yan, and two stern eyes with a strong sense of oppression stopped him from speaking.

  "I'm Nangnang's father, and you're Nangnang's husband, the man I entrusted to protect my daughter for her whole life. I can understand your desire to achieve something and help others with a sense of pleasure. However, the premise is——" Commander Lu paused, "Not just for you, but also what I often teach my two sons: If you think that joining the army and becoming a soldier means your only duty is to sacrifice, then that's wrong, terribly wrong!"

  The old leader didn't speak, but once he did, his sharp tongue was enough to make people's hearts tremble with fear.

  His father-in-law, a man of great prestige in the army, had a reputation for being strict and severe. He hadn't interacted with him much before and didn't quite understand him. But today, his father-in-law's words finally gave him a taste of what it was like.

  Compared with his own father Jiang Bo, Lu's strictness is a strictness that is rich in the spirit of the times, and cannot be compared with ordinary generals.

  "Soldiers, don't always think that sacrificing is the way to get everything, that's wrong. Because in this era, sacrifice can't get you everything, the enemy is very cunning and uses their brain, soldiers should consider how to win a comprehensive victory. This requires you to remember at all times to use your brain to think and measure your own abilities. A unit cultivates an officer with thoughts and abilities not for them to sacrifice themselves but to reduce sacrifices, understand?"

  Jiang Yan wanted to stand up and make his ambition clear.

  Lu's commander's large hand once again heavily patted his shoulder twice: "Sit, I'm letting you sit. Today, our identities are equal - one is Niang's father and the other is Niang's husband. Our conversation is equal, and so is our discussion. If there's anything you disagree with, feel free to bring it up."

  "Father-in-law." Commander Lu's words made the hot blood of a soldier in his veins surge, and he raised an eyebrow. "I understand what you mean, Father-in-law. You want me to preserve myself as much as possible when my abilities are insufficient. I admit that I forced myself that night to obtain the data. But as a soldier, one's responsibility is to complete the mission."

  "Your thoughts are just like those of a little girl."

  One of them: Why mention that his wife is not a military dependent?

  "Niang Niu is just like you, straightforward in her thoughts. What's right is right, what's wrong is wrong." Commander Lu's deep eyes under his thick eyebrows gazed at the setting sun, with a profound and lingering tone, "Do you think that if you were to sacrifice yourself, Niang Niu should raise your children for you and live out the rest of her life in widowhood?"

  He really hadn't thought about this issue, perhaps because he had always avoided thinking about it. Although, he knew that this should be a problem that all soldiers should think about when they get married.

  "What's wrong? Can't answer?" Commander Lu has been seeing his daughter sleeping restlessly for the past two days, staring at the wall that blocks her and her husband. As a father, he can't help but feel a pang of sadness in his heart. "If you can't answer, I'll answer for our daughter. Our daughter is thinking, being a military wife is like this, she should have had this determination when she married you."

  His lowered eyebrows were a hint of his heavy heart. He knew what kind of person his daughter-in-law was, crystal clear, otherwise he wouldn't have been so fond of her.

  "But——" Commander Lu looked at him, his eyes conveying not just the identity of a father, but also the heart of a man who was also a soldier. "If all women who marry soldiers must make sacrifices without compensation, do you think that's fair to them? Why should they only be able to think about their husbands' sense of justice every day, while they themselves have to sacrifice everything? Is this the kind of thinking a modern soldier should have? What exactly are we supposed to protect as modern soldiers?"

  "Father-in-law, what are you thinking?" asked, inquiringly asking, anxiously asking.

  "I——" patted his chest, Lu Siling's thick eyebrows and sharp eyes showed no hesitation. "If the national interest requires me to sacrifice myself, I will not hesitate for a moment, this is a soldier's oath. But what exactly is the national interest that makes it necessary for me to sacrifice myself?" His hand pointed to his own head again, "I need to think carefully about this, because I have my wife and children who need me to take care of them."

  "Think?"

  "Yes, helping others is not a problem, completing tasks is not a problem. The problem lies in that you must be skilled in your craft. If one person can't do something, don't think about achieving great things, and don't think that you can do it alone. Seeking help from others is not shameful." Commander Lu looked at him with a serious gaze, "If you only think about sacrificing two words, based on your performance this time, I will question whether you truly love my daughter or have any consideration for her future. Loving someone, if it's just to satisfy one's own needs, even if it means dying first, is the most selfish behavior. Do you understand?"

  He hadn't even thought about these problems.

  Loving someone means thinking of the consequences...

  It's not just giving love to each other, it's not just getting married and having kids, that's what they call love.

  What is selfless love and what is selfish love?

  What does a marriage need most?

  "I know these issues are a bit complicated for you young couple who just got married, but since the problem has arisen, as your father, I have an obligation to remind you." Lu said, "Not only to you, but also to Nangnang, I want to say something about her. After all, I and your mother-in-law hope that you two will always be harmonious and peaceful, even if one day we pass away before you, you can still hold hands and spend the rest of your lives together. Marriage is simple, yet it's also difficult."

  "Dad." This intimate term of respect was filled with gratitude.

  Lu Shangxiang smiled: "I'll ask you a very simple question. Some people say that after marriage, the feelings between husband and wife will change, some people say that love cannot last long, so marriage is the tomb of love. Isn't it often said that now we should get married first and then fall in love? That's what young people like to say these days. But even if you do it this way, the feelings after marriage will still become indifferent one day. What do you think about this?"

  Her eyebrows raised, and she already had the answer in her heart: "Dad, Mianmian and I didn't know each other for long before we got married, it was a flash marriage, our feelings weren't deep, not even the so-called love at first sight. But my idea is definite and absolute, a marriage without love is not a marriage. A marriage without love, I won't have. As for what others say about family hardships, Mianmian and I are both experiencing them, we haven't experienced less than others. The thing about the feelings between husband and wife being lukewarm, I haven't even thought about it."

  "I never thought of it." Lu Siling couldn't help but laugh at her son-in-law's answer, covering her mouth with her fist.

  Chiang Yanke was not afraid of others laughing at him, even if it was his father-in-law laughing at him. His character is straightforward and sunny, speaking directly: "Dad's words today also gave me a lot of inspiration. I want to give my wife a loving result, a result that can be expected to come true, rather than being an empty idealist. From now on, I will definitely be more cautious in doing things, so please don't worry, Dad and Mom."

  There's a son-in-law who made this promise, not wasting himself. Today, he said so many words and wasted so much saliva that his mouth is dry. Commander Lu nodded in satisfaction: "Go back, your mother-in-law has probably cooked food and is looking for us everywhere."

  As the two of them turned back, the small disturbance that had occurred at home had just passed. Mrs. Lu returned to the kitchen to cook, and Lu Huan was helping her mother in the kitchen. The only sign was that both grandfathers were sitting in Manman's room.

  Lu Siling and his son-in-law walked in and saw the medicine box on the table, and hastily asked: "What's wrong?"

  Mr. Yao was the first to wake up from his trance, hastily stood up, closed the medicine box and handed it to his younger brother to take back, saying: "Nothing's wrong. She just had a bit of an allergic reaction to the medicine earlier, go find some antihistamines."

  "What about now?" Commander Lu asked again, looking at his eldest son who remained silent.

  "Get up, don't face father, just said: 'Go back and let her sleep for a while.'"

  Jiang Yan listened to them talking, walked past the group of people, went to the bedside, bent down, touched his wife's forehead and face, looking like nothing was wrong.

  The vines that were disturbed slightly nodded on the pillow, and Yue'er's eyebrows tightened.

  She must have been sleeping soundly and didn't like to be disturbed. Lu Siling put her mind at ease, walked out with her son, and called out to her daughter-in-law's husband who was lingering by his wife's bedside: "A Yan, eat first after you're done."

  After all, as a member of the teaching team, he had learned some first aid and felt his wife's pulse, which seemed to be faster than when he left. A doubt suddenly arose in Jiang Yan's mind.

  His finger accidentally applied a bit too much force and unintentionally pinched his wife awake.

  Manman tilted her head, opened her eyes and recognized the blurry shadow in front of her: "Mom?"

  "Woke you up." Jiang Yan felt extremely guilty, seeing several displeased glances shooting towards him from behind, all of whom were his wife's relatives.

  "Ayuan, are you okay?" As soon as I heard my husband's voice, I immediately wanted to get out of bed.

  Lu Siling turned around and shook his head: "A big girl can't stay in a girls' school, a big girl can't stay in a girls' school."

  "Dad, what did you just say to him?" Junye asked cautiously as he followed his father's footsteps.

  "I've already told him everything that needs to be said, so you don't need to say anything more to your brother-in-law," Commander Lu told his eldest son, who was in a hurry to have a word with his daughter's husband, also to avoid any conflict between his own son and daughter's husband. His own son's words were not as artfully polite as his own.

  "It's good if Father's words can be taken in." Jun Ye's tone was as usual, without any expectation for this matter.

  "You——" turned back to point at his son's nose, seeing the two brothers from the Yao family nearby, he withdrew and coughed, "Like your uncle and grandfather taught you, try to win him over, pull him into our big family. After all, he is the one Cangcang chose."

  Mentioning his sister, a displeased expression appeared on Yichen's face, especially after seeing the intimate look between his sister and brother-in-law.

  "Don't say that, kiddo." As if seeing through his son's mind, Commander Lu reminded him, "It's a good thing they're husband and wife who love each other. But you, you and Bai Lu, that's what's really hard to figure out."

  "Even after marriage, no matter how much you love, you can't forget your own flesh and blood relatives." Jun Ye has his own principles, the principles that Lu's family taught him since he was a child.

  Director Lu couldn't refute this point, so he could only rub his temples like his young son and sigh: Young people's emotional affairs are for them to handle themselves.

  ……

  The daughter and son-in-law's bodies are gradually recovering, and the day of this family banquet is approaching.

  On this day, people from the tailor's shop brought over a suit.

  Mrs. Lu invited her daughter and son-in-law to change into new clothes.

  The two cheongsam dresses I showed Mrs. Yao last time, in the end, Manman chose the white one herself, because she felt it looked like a wedding dress.

  She and her husband got married in a hurry, there was no wedding banquet, let alone a single wedding photo.

  Accompanying his wife, Jiang Yan chose a white suit from the tailor shop.

  The couple were changing their clothes when Mrs. Yao came over and said that she had brought new clothes for her two sons, who were trying them on.

  "I'm not worried about Zi Ye, but I worry that Bao Er has too many opinions." Mrs. Yao was concerned for the tailor who made new clothes for her youngest son.

  "Bao'er's clothes rack is like his brother, there's no problem with wearing clothes." Mrs. Lu comforted her, "Acne, this will naturally go away after puberty."

  "This year, Bao's acne has improved a lot compared to last year. However, the girls in school nowadays like to mock people for no reason." Mrs. Yao sighed helplessly, thinking that her own son was also entering puberty and would start liking girls; if he were rejected by a girl he liked, wouldn't his heart be greatly hurt?

  "Don't get any ideas, I think Bao'er's attitude is quite good. Besides, he's like his brother, it's hard for him to take a liking to a girl." Madam Lu said with a smile.

  This is actually the truth. Don't look at Yao Zibao, who doesn't have his own brother's good looks or Lu Huan's handsome appearance since childhood, but he has a similar arrogant personality. There isn't a single girl that can catch his eye until now.

  However, Lu Huan knew that the girl who was slapped by Wen Huan didn't count.

  After hearing two mothers talk about this matter, Lu Huan again worried about how to help his brother find out the girl's information from Manman.

  Manman hasn't changed her clothes yet, first helping her husband tie his tie.

  Tying a tie is a skillful job. In the past, before becoming a daughter-in-law, it was unthinkable to think about tying a tie, because my father, Wen Shixuan, had never worn a suit or tied a tie.

  I got married. My husband is a soldier, and the number of times he wears this kind of formal attire can be counted on one hand. There's only one tie at home, and my husband said it was bought by his second sister Jiang Mei for him to use as a spare many years ago, but he has never used it.

  I don't remember which book I read it in, but it said that a wife who has never tied her husband's tie is not a qualified wife.

  I've got it down pat when it comes to tying a tie.

  Now she sees a gift from the formal wear store, a gold-edged striped tie, which is extremely beautiful. She never thought that men's small accessories could also be made to please women so much, no wonder some women love giving ties to men.

  Rushing to dress her husband, following the instructions in the book, Wanwan successfully tied a tie for her old man.

  Jiang Yan Yuan originally didn't think to ask his wife if she knew how to tie a tie, but when his wife was pulling the tie around his neck like she was strangling him, he hurriedly held her hand: "Man Man, who did you learn this from?"

  "You don't have to learn from anyone." said the young wife proudly.

  The problem is, if he continues like this, his neck will be as long as a goose's.

  Luckily, Lu Huan happened to see her coming in and called out: "Sis, are you sure this isn't a murder plot but rather just tying a tie?"

  Manman's face turned red, and she let go, which was when Jiang Dashi's neck was finally freed.

  Jiang Yan himself was also unable to tie a tie, and it should be said that his craftsmanship was even worse than his wife's, almost turning a good-looking tie into something picked up from a garbage heap.

  At this point, Lu Huan, the younger brother-in-law, couldn't bear to watch anymore and walked over: "Brother-in-law, I think you're going to strangle yourself to death, let me do it."

  "Really?" Both Manman and her husband were shocked.

  "My brother taught me. He said that a man who can't tie his own tie will be taken advantage of by women, so I learned how to do it." Lu Huan said as she deftly removed the tie from her brother-in-law's neck, adjusted it, and retied it.

  Jun Ye's point of view has always been strange, and Man Man didn't take it to heart.

  But it was the tie that the second young master of the Lu family gave to her husband, which was obviously much better than hers and her husband's, feeling deeply ashamed, she asked without shame.

  Poor Jiang Yan became a model, being tossed around by her two younger siblings, and wasn't even allowed to make a sound in protest.

  Finally, under his brother's guidance, he managed to pull off a satisfying fancy move, which made Mianmian very happy. Suddenly, he heard his brother's voice in his ear:

  "Sister, I want to ask you something in private."

  It seems like little brother wants to make some small moves, and Mianmian is quite cooperative. Taking advantage of when her husband goes to change his pants, she walks to the side with little brother and asks: "What's going on?"

  "I and Bao'er met a girl on the road, who knows Wen Huan, but I don't know if you know her or not? She's tall and slender, about 1.7 meters high, quite eye-catching, I want to ask if you know who she is." Lu Huan gestured with his hands to describe Lin Jiajing's appearance to Manman.

  No need for him to say it so clearly, she heard everything when she stood at the door listening to them talk that day. Now that Huan'er mentions it, it didn't occur to her before, but indeed, as Junye said, those two young men have taken a liking to Lin Jiajing.

  "She is the daughter of my younger uncle's wife, named Lin Jiajing." said Manman.

  "Is that the daughter of Xiao Jiu's husband? Isn't she...?" Lu Huan thought for a moment and clarified the relationship, and as expected, her face immediately darkened. "The daughter of the Wen family?"

  "Yes." Manman nodded.

  Lu Huan fell silent, her eyes changing from the cautious probing of earlier to a sudden chill, like the icy gaze of Jun Ye.

  Seeing his expression, she knew that saying more would be useless. She tightly closed her mouth and wouldn't mention Lin Jiajing's name again in front of him.

  Lu Huan felt a pang of regret in his heart: Why didn't he and Bao'er think that the person would be Wen Jia's daughter? Because she didn't look like Wen Huan, but had a good temperament, and looked very much like her sister.

  But now that I know it's the daughter of the Wen family, everything is over, no need to worry about it anymore.

  Turned around and went upstairs to find Yao Zibao to discuss this matter.

  Yao Zibao was upstairs, just having changed into new clothes, and letting the tailor make some alterations to certain details on them.

  Lu Huan pushed open the door and came in, looking for him and saying: "Don't think about that person anymore, it's impossible."

  "What are you talking about?" A pointless opening remark, Yao Zibao gave him a sideways glance.

  Walked up to good brother, glanced at the new clothes worn by good brother, and was stunned: "This dress is not bad, but why did you choose white?"

  "Why can't I wear white? My brother's tuxedos have always been white." Yao Zibao looked at his own clothes, not seeing anything wrong with them.

  Lu Huan didn't understand the underlying meaning, but felt something was off in his heart, yet couldn't put it into words. He patted his brother's shoulder and said, "Let's not think about Lin Jiajing anymore, she's a daughter of the Wen family."

  Yao Zibao didn't make a sound.

  "What's wrong?" He tapped his brother's collar with his finger, and Lu Huan raised an eyebrow, saying bluntly, "I'm telling you, if you dare to choose a daughter of the Wen family, I won't let you off easily."

  "Who would look up to me? You're overthinking." Yao Zibao brushed off his fingers.

  Lu Huan wanted to say something else. Yao Ziye tried on clothes and came out from the door, with a tie still wrapped around his finger, sticking his head out: "Huan'er, what are you guys talking about?"

  "A guilty conscience: 'I, I'm helping Baoer tie his necktie.'"

  As he heard footsteps approaching beside him, Yao Ziye's low and deep voice said, "Did your sister choose a white wedding dress?"

  "Yes." Lu Huan said.

  Yao Ziye said nothing, took off the white dress on his body and threw it to the tailor beside him: "Change the color."

  "Time may be running out—" The tailor was flustered and didn't know where he went wrong, wasn't his family always making white ones?

  "If it can't be done in time, then don't do it." Mr. Yao was humble and polite, but also had a temper, and after saying this, he slammed the door shut.

  Lu Huan and Yao Zibao stared at each other in dismay.

  Yao Zibao furrowed his brow, also took off the formal attire on his body and handed it to the tailor: "Change the color, any color is fine, just not white."

  Lu Huan knew she must have done something wrong and ran back home.

  In Lu's family, Manman and her husband put on new clothes and came out. The two madams took a look and thought they looked very pleasing to the eye, really good-looking.

  "The dress Nannan chose, although not as luxurious as the other one, has a new and trendy style, full of vitality, making Nannan look more spirited." Mrs. Yao's curved evaluation was in praise of Mannan's own gaze.

  Mrs. Lu was delighted when her close friend's comment hit the nail on the head: "Niang Niang's taste is naturally good, after all, she has an artistic background."

  Which mother would not love her daughter being praised by others?

  Madam Yao smiled.

  It was the two young masters who returned from the entrance and saw the newlyweds in their white wedding attire, but they didn't say a word.

  "What's wrong? You both look so gloomy. Is it because your mother is being unfair, making clothes only for your sister and not for either of you?" Madam Yao teased them.

  "Yes, mom is a bit biased." Lu Huan murmured in response, afraid of revealing his true thoughts.

  "Who chose the evening dress?" asked Jun Ye.

  "Niang Niang herself." Mrs. Lu replied without much thought.

  Knowing that his mother had forgotten everything, as for his aunt, Mrs. Yao, she was a person who didn't bother with trivial matters. The young master was simply helpless and didn't say anything as he entered the house. If he had to say something, it would only be to ask his brother to be more considerate and change into clothes of a different color.

  "See, I told you that you're being biased as a mother and would definitely be disliked by others." Madam Yao took the opportunity to tease Madam Lu again.

  Mrs. Lu was anxious for a moment, and quietly went to pull her little son's hand: "Mom didn't not help you do it, I told the tailor, if you change your mind, just make it right away."

  Manman heard this and discussed with her husband: "A Yan, why don't we pay for it and get a set made for Huan'er and the others?"

  He patted his wife's head and Jiang Dashi shook his head with a smile: I know it's not what she thought this time, it must be the dress and something clashed.

  However, Manman has been feeling uncomfortable since coming over here, as everything they eat and use is paid for by the Lu family. It's not that it's impossible for her daughter and son-in-law to come back home to eat without spending a dime, but if even medical expenses are all paid for by her brother, Manman thinks it's a bit excessive.

  Today, the body is better, her husband sent her to Fang Min's place for examination. Although she has been recuperating at home in recent days, there are two grandfathers taking care of her, and Fang Min is very relieved. However, after all, it was a bit of a close call, and it cannot be taken lightly. After the examination, several boxes of medicine were prescribed for her.

  Manman asked the head nurse where to pay the medical expenses.

  "You don't have to pay." The head nurse rejected it outright. "The department head has given instructions, your expenses will be borne by the department head himself."

  Manman didn't say anything and directly pushed the medicine back in front of them, saying: "If you don't let me pay for the medicine, I won't take it."

  Unexpectedly, Jun Ye returned home on the same day he received the news and exploded.

  "Where's Nannan?"

  As soon as the eldest son returned, he immediately found his sister with a fierce attitude, probably because he was angry again somewhere. Mrs. Lu hesitated for a moment and didn't know whether to speak or not.

  "She came back and immediately told her to come find me." After finishing speaking, she went back to her room and poured herself a cup of tea.

  Madam Lu wanted her son-in-law to take her daughter and escape, but this was a case of hiding from the first day of the month only to be unable to hide on the fifteenth. The seriousness of this matter in Master Jun's heart could not be solved by evasion.

  After Meimei got better, she remembered what her brother-in-law had told her and asked her husband to take her to see Wen Shi Xuan in secret after he had seen Fang Min for treatment.

  Xu Yu'e refused to leave the original house, thinking of the many years of husband-and-wife relationship and also because Xu Yu'e really had nowhere else to go. Wen Shi-xuan decided to live with Lin Jia-jing for the time being, which would also make it easier for him to fulfill his promise to take care of Lin Wen-cai's daughter.

  When they arrived, Lin Jiajing's household registration had been handled and she had transferred schools smoothly to attend classes. Wen Shixuan was tidying up things in the house.

  "Dad." Manny called out as she stepped inside.

  "Oh, how did you come?" Wen Shixuan, seeing the couple, was overjoyed and hastily threw away the plastic water bottle in his hand, rushing to walk over.

  "Dad, you've planted flowers?" Mianmian saw a row of beautiful flowers and plants on the balcony, knowing that her father's life was going well, and she felt a little relieved.

  "Your aunt and Jiajing's good nature, I just help them water the flowers." Wen Shixuan smiled with a wide open mouth, squinting his eyes to look around at his daughter and son-in-law, finding that nothing had changed, and feeling reassured in his heart.

  To Jiang Yan, who was standing aside listening to the conversation between the father and daughter, since Manman returned to the Lu family, today was their first day meeting, but it was completely like usual, without any awkwardness, emotions were not affected, nothing had changed.

  Jiang Yan sighed in his heart: If the Lu family knew about it, I wonder if they would be jealous again?

  "Dad, what are you doing now?" Jiang Yan clearly knew that his daughter-in-law was coming and was mainly worried that Wen Shixuan didn't have enough money to spend, so he took the opportunity to ask on behalf of his daughter-in-law.

  "I'm now at home helping someone make picture frames and have earned quite a bit of small change, I should thank your older brother, Manman."

  It's too professional for Wen Shixuan to do the framing work, but as a craftsman, he is absolutely fine with making frames. He has a stable personality and his craftsmanship is definitely excellent and meticulous. It should be said that his senior fellow apprentice Du Yu was kind-hearted, after the gallery burned down, he didn't forget to find Wen Shixuan something to eat first.

  "Dad, don't worry about this, I'll thank Shifu Ge properly for you." said Manman to her father.

  "And you?" In comparison, Wen Shixuan was more worried about his daughter. The gallery had burned down, where would his daughter find food?

  Indeed, Manman is now unemployed at home, but not because the gallery was burned down. Even if the gallery was burned down, she could find something to do. It's just that she's worried about the chemical pigments affecting her fetus, so she stopped painting first. Fortunately, she had some savings from the good days before, and then there were expenses paid by her husband.

  Jiang Yan was very pleased about this: because his wife couldn't earn money for the time being, she finally agreed to spend his money.

  "I, I and Chunxia are discussing, maybe we'll open a restaurant." Manman said with a bite of her lower lip.

  As soon as he heard his daughter's words, Wen Shixuan knew that she was short of money. Without saying another word, he went into the inner room and took out a package of money: "I'm quite well-off now, Manman. Expenses in Beijing are high, you take this first and use it."

  "Dad!" Mengmeng and her husband exclaimed in unison.

  "Isn't Yanyan supposed to pay tuition?" Hurriedly stuffed the money back into her father's rough palm. This money, no matter how much it looked like, must be several thousand, which scared both her and her husband.

  A few thousand may be a small amount for the ordinary people in Beijing, but for Wen Shi Xuan, this kind of migrant worker, it is absolutely a large sum of money that has been saved from everyday frugality and thriftiness, not knowing how long it has taken to save up this hard-earned money.

  "I'm now making a few hundred yuan per day by drawing frames. Wenchang asked me to take care of the house and doesn't allow me to pay for water, electricity, or rent. Jiajing and I eat very little, and she doesn't let me spend any money on food, saying she wants to use her own scholarship money, which her dad gave her too much of and it's all unspent."

  Wenshuan explained the situation in detail to his daughter and son-in-law, trying to get them to accept it. "As for Yuanyuan, I can no longer spoil her like before, letting her spend freely. So every month, I only give her the most basic expenses. The school hasn't collected a single cent of tuition from her yet. Adding this to the money saved from running errands for your brother-in-law, even if Yuanyuan goes to college now, it's still enough."

  "Dad, neither I nor Yan have a lack of money to spend—" Manman sighed, how could she say that they were all better off than their father?

  Wen Shi Xuan pulled her to one side and said, "Silly child, you're always spending your husband's money, can you feel at ease in your heart? I know you're not like my wife."

  It can be said that no one knows a daughter better than her father.

  What kind of temperament and thoughts Nian Girl has, Wen Shi Xuan had already understood clearly.

  "And besides, this money was saved from what you gave me in the first place. To say it's still your own money. You must have some on hand for yourself, so when you don't need to use your husband's money, you can take out your own."

  Wen Shi Xuan's last sentence really hit Meng Meng's heart.

  Those who live on others' charity will always be at their mercy.

  She understood this principle very well, having been poor since childhood. Having a good relationship with her husband didn't mean she could take his money and spend it freely, even if he didn't say anything, others would still gossip. She took the money from her father as temporary storage for him, in case of emergency.

  At noon that day, Wen Shixuan had them two stay for lunch. Lin Jiajing didn't come back because she was eating at school due to the long commute. The three of them ate some home-cooked dishes. Wen Shixuan personally went into the kitchen to cook for the two of them and wouldn't let his adopted daughter help.

  Jiang Yan was fortunate enough to have a taste of his father-in-law's handmade dish, and he couldn't help but be amazed. He looked at Wen Shi Xuan's honest and smiling face: It turned out that his wife wasn't just praising her own father, but his cooking skills were indeed exceptional.

  Seeing the questioning expression on his son-in-law's face, Wen Shixuan pointed to the dish of fish on the table and said: "Does Mianmian like fried food? Actually, this is what I came up with together with her. When fried, the fish bones are crispy and very fragrant, but the meat needs to be handled a bit. Pan-frying isn't good either, it's easy to burn. Peeling off the fish and stir-frying it with non-spicy red peppers, the color combination is great and it's also very refreshing. You can give it a try."

  Jiang Yan listened while seeing the father and daughter continue discussing the kitchen issue.

  Wen Shixuan and his adopted daughter have a good relationship, and they also share common interests, which makes him feel inferior as a husband.

  It's said that Mrs. Lu and Junye's culinary skills are not bad either, so why didn't Manman discuss with them? Manman respects Mrs. Lu, so she wouldn't go and challenge her cooking skills. As for the arrogant Junye, Manman thought it was better to just let it go and didn't bother arguing with him.

  Anyway, since they didn't come back home for lunch that day, Jun Ye knew about it. That night when they returned home, the bombshell dropped.

  Mrs. Lu saw that she couldn't avoid her eldest son's wrath, but didn't dare to go and persuade her daughter-in-law to make peace, fearing that her daughter-in-law would quarrel with her eldest son in order to protect her daughter. So she secretly found her daughter and said: "Your brother is in a bad mood and wants to ask you some questions, just humor him a bit, and after he's vented his anger, everything will be fine."

  The moon's eyebrows were raised, and her thoughts were tangled: What was this Lord getting angry about again? Why did he always take out his anger on her?

  Walked to your room and knocked.

  "Come in." The master's voice inside was somewhat low and didn't sound too enthusiastic.

  Man man pushed open the door and closed it behind her. She walked up to the desk where Jun Ye was sitting: "Mom said you wanted to see me?"

  The lord who was writing with his head down, actually didn't know what he was writing himself. He furrowed his brow and tore off the paper on top: "I heard Fang Min say that you don't take medicine?"

  "Why didn't I take medicine? I didn't say I wouldn't take medicine." said Manman.

  "Why did you push the medicine back to her?"

  "I have no relation with Dr. Fang, how can I get her medicine for free?"

  He walked around and said to her, she really walked around to pick up his words. Pen, slap, put on the table: "You tell me clearly, why refuse my reimbursement for your medical expenses?"

  The moon's eyebrows were slightly furrowed: "I don't understand, why do you have to pay for my medical expenses? I'm not Huan'er, I'm not a child, I'm an adult who can earn money now."

  "Aren't you currently unemployed? Aren't you spending your husband's money now? If you can spend your husband's money, why can't you spend this brother's money?"

  "It's different."

  "What's different? You're a Lu first, then his wife." A pair of sharp eyes like knives looked at her under cold eyebrows.

  Manman only felt that things were getting more and more complicated, and she said with a bitter smile: "If it's like you said, I'm the one who should be spending his money, not my family's money, right?"

  Dazed, a ripple appeared under his cold gaze.

  Thinking about it, what she said is also correct.

  Nothing more to say. Moon's eyebrows rose: "I'm going back."

  "Wait a minute." Her finger rubbed against her brow, and she felt defeated by his sudden departure.

  But before he could speak, she first said with a military tone: "Dad and mom both said that you and Bai Lu sister haven't met for a long time. On the day of the family banquet, at least on my face, you can't not go pick up Bai Lu sister?"

  After a moment, her cold eyes settled on his face: "I understand."

  ……

  Dew point unit

  "Dew. Look, someone has sent flowers again today."

  A pot of fresh and delicate jasmine flowers is placed on the front desk where gifts are received.

  Bai Lu could hear people passing by talking about it, and in her heart, this fire was unbearable.