C18 (1/2)

Listening to Xu Hui talk about her family's situation, Xiao Da Yong thought of his own family and said, ”I'll send you home tomorrow, and then send you back to my house so that you can go back to Camp to report. Yesterday, Camp also sent me a message, telling me that I must report back before nightfall.

”Close the doors and windows once the sky is dark, and remember to lock the small door at the back of the market. Give you the key and pack it properly, and if you need to go in and out of the small door in the future, save yourself the trouble of asking; also, I've asked someone to send you water and firewood every day, so just stay at home with Niuniu and don't go out too far. If it makes things difficult for you, you have to bear with yourself first, and wait for me to come back!” The more Xiao Da Yong spoke, the more worried he became. He felt that there were too many things he needed to explain to them. He wished that he could stay at home and look after Xu Hui and Niu Niu, but he had no choice.

The needle and thread in Xu Hui's hand danced. After hearing Xiao Da Yong's words, she smiled and replied, ”I'll remember what you said. Don't worry, I'll take good care of Niuniu and wait for your return!”

After Xu Hui finished her speech, she saw Xiao Dazong and Niu Niu sitting on the brick bed, not sleeping. She smiled and said, ”Sleep with Niu Niu first. I'll make the clothes and then sleep.”

”Why don't you stop? I distribute clothes twice a year in Camp, including clothes, shoes and socks. You've also been tired today, so don't stay up late and carefully injure your eyes.”

”Can the clothes be the same as the ones you make? ”Go to sleep. I'll make it fast. After you sew up your clothes, you'll go to sleep.” ”

Xiao Dayong could only lay on the brick bed obediently, but he could not bear to close his eyes. He laid on the pillow and watched Xu Hui sewing his clothes.

Niuniu followed his example, laying on her pillow with her head tilted as she looked at Xu Hui.

Xu Hui finished using his thread and tied a knot. When she went back through the thread, she saw that the two of them had the exact same posture and couldn't help but laugh. She glanced at them reproachfully and said: ”You two really are siblings. You two are exactly the same!”

That coquettish gaze made Xiao Dazong's heart beat faster. However, due to Niu Niu, Xu Hui was sewing again, so she could only bear with it.

Unknowingly, Xiao Da Yong and Niu Niu slowly fell asleep. Xu Hui helped them pull up their blankets, picked up the lamp wick and continued making clothes.

The next morning, Xiao Dazong changed into clothes that Xu Hui had made overnight and showed them to Xu Hui and Niuniu.

Xu Hui was very satisfied with her handiwork. Niu Niang pulled on Xiao Dazong's clothes enviously and turned to Xu Hui, ”Yes, yes!”

Xu Hui smiled and hugged Niuniu, ”I know, once sister-in-law knits the flowery cloth, I'll make Niuniu a set of the most beautiful flowery clothes.”

This was the first time he had worn such a good outfit. Xiao Dazong looked deeply at Xu Hui and smiled as well. He must win the battle and return alive, so that he could earn a lot of money for his wife, who would be good to him for the rest of her life.

When New daughter-in-law came back in three days, his family would usually prepare gifts for him. However, Xu Hui could not guarantee whether the Xiao family would give gifts or not.

Xu Hui looked at the four-colored gift that Xiao Li's disease brought (a piece of pork, a pot of wine, a chicken and a bag of steamed buns.

Xiao Dazong was very happy to see that his family had prepared such a lavish gift to return home. Earlier, he was worried that if the gift prepared by his family was too inappropriate, or if he just didn't prepare the gift, wouldn't he have to use his wife's dowry to prepare it? How could a man like him lift up his head in front of his daughter-in-law's family?

Xiao Da Yong didn't expect his father's milk to be so good and that the gifts he prepared for his family would be even more sumptuous than he thought. He couldn't help but feel grateful towards Xiao Pao and Xiao Li's disease.

Xu Hui glanced at Xiao Da Yong's face and sighed to herself. Although Xiao Da Yong had realized that the Xiao family was cold and merciless, after all, they had lived together for almost twenty years, he still more or less held some expectations for them. As long as they treated him slightly better, they would look forward to the warmth of their family.

It was just that Xu Hui knew that Xiao Da Yong's wish would turn into pain in the end. Xiao Pao and Xiao Li's disease would not get up early and prepare so many things for him.

Sure enough, Xiao Pao opened his mouth: ”Dazong's daughter-in-law, this is an essay by your Third Uncle. Go back and let your father take a good look at it.

Initially, Xiao Pao had planned to let Xiao He meet with his relatives so that it would be better to ask them for guidance than to simply read the essays. However, Xiao He was shy and was embarrassed to come straight to his doorstep, hence Xiao Pao had no choice but to ask Xu Hui. Due to this reason, returning home was naturally not as easy as bringing a few big buns of bread as Xiao Li's disease had originally planned. Although Xiao Li's disease was very stingy, he was never sloppy when it came to his youngest son's studies.