Chapter 40 Let your wife sleep with you tonight

An Haitang couldn't say much about their big villa, but if she and Wen Wu worked hard, they should be able to build a modern villa on the homestead in less than two years.

Wen and Wu helped her get firewood and returned to the kitchen together. Wen and Wu sat in the stove to light the fire, making the fire in the stove burn brightly. Li Xiumei was frying fish. Half of a grass carp had been fried until golden brown on both sides. She added onions, ginger, and garlic and stir-fried for a while, then added a spoonful of mountain spring water and simmered.

"Haitang, go to your room and take a rest. The fumes are strong and you smell bad." Li Xiumei said.

"It's okay, I'll prepare the bowls and chopsticks." An Haitang hummed an ancient song to explore old friends and prepared the bowls and chopsticks briskly.

Wen Wu listened carefully and saw that her voice was melodious and her singing was quite pleasant, but she didn't know what she was singing. He also liked singing in the army, but they were all sonorous military songs, and he had never heard anything like this before.

An Haitang waited for the pig's trotter soup and fish to be served, then went into the room to call Wenwen and Wen He to eat. The brother and sister were doing homework at a square table. Wen Wen was scribbling with crayons, and Wen He was copying English, writing a lot. It's a big page of practice paper.

"Wen He, you learn so quickly! Are you planning to skip a grade?" An Haitang was shocked. An eight-year-old child was only in second grade at that time and had not yet learned Pinyin, so how could he know English!

Wen He put the book away and ignored her.

An Haitang felt that he might be a child prodigy and said, "You don't have to hide it. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."

The corners of Wen He's mouth moved, with obvious disdain. An Haitang was known as a bad student in Maplewood Village. She didn't pass the high school entrance examination, but she recently went to train a barefoot doctor, and she was so shameless.

An Haitang saw the disdain in Wen He's eyes and smiled slightly. This little kid might not be convinced if he doesn't speak in a few London accents.

She cleared her throat, said what she just said fluently in English, and tilted her head to look at Wen He.

Wen He was stunned, stared at her and asked in English: "Why do you know English?"

An Haitang asked in English: "Then how could you?"

The two of them stopped talking and stared at each other, each with their own questions, but An Haitang saw the unconcealed admiration in his eyes.

"It's time to eat! You all come out!" Li Xiumei shouted outside.

"Here we come!" An Haitang replied crisply and stretched out his hand to Wenwen. Wenwen suddenly looked at her with big eyes for a few seconds and put his little hand in hers.

An Haitang happily led her out, told her and Wen He to wash their hands, then carried her to a stool and sat down next to her.

Wenwu and Li Xiumei sat down. Li Xiumei talked about how they went to find Aunt An and An Xiaocha just now. Wenwu listened silently, his face as dark as water.

Li Xiumei said to him warmly: "This matter is over. You should go and rest early after dinner. Don't worry anymore."

Wenwu nodded: "Yes."

Suddenly, Shen Laopu's scolding came from the house next door. Li Xiumei went to look under the window and whispered: "Little Tea Girl is back."

Wen Wu raised his head and said, "You go ahead and eat, mind other people's affairs!"

Li Xiumei quickly returned to the dining table and immersed herself in eating.

An Haitang said nothing, focusing on picking fish bones for Wenwen.

As Li Xiumei ate, she couldn't help but say: "What does An Xiaocha mean? She doesn't prove her innocence and is still vague. It seems that Wenwu really did something to her and she deliberately made it difficult for our family."

Aunt An and Shen Laopo were yelling at each other from the other side. Aunt An said in a loud voice: "You old pig woman, you have wronged our little tea. You said she had a swab. Let's go to the health center for a checkup tomorrow." The doctor told her she was innocent!" An Haitang felt funny in her heart. There was nothing she could do with Wenwu, so he picked up the tricks she used to deal with her and came back to shut Shen Laopo's mouth.

Wen Wu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Li Xiumei said: "Haitang is still smart, otherwise An Xiaocha's dirty water will be blamed on Wen and Wu. He will not be able to hold his head up in the village in the future, and it will be boring to see Shen Yongjun in the future."

Wen Wu said in a muffled voice: "Stop talking about it. Don't mention this matter again in the future."

He gave An Haitang a bowl of soup and said, "Eat more, it's nutritious."

"Thank you." An Haitang took the bowl he handed over.

Wen Wu glanced at her: "Don't say thank you for everything in the future. The family doesn't have to be so different."

"I know!" An Haitang smiled sweetly.

Li Xiumei looked at them quietly and smiled happily. She had completely fallen into despair in this family. She never imagined that there would be such a turnaround. Her son and daughter-in-law could live a good life, and this family could prosper, and she would be worthy of her husband who died young.

She quietly wiped away her tears, stood up, put down the dishes, squatted in the stove and lit a fire, pretending to be smoked.

After the family had finished eating, Wen Wu got up and quickly helped clear the stove. Wen He obediently helped clear the dishes. An Haitang asked him to look after his sister while she filled a basin of hot water and prepared to wash the dishes.

"I'll do it, you go and wash up early." Wenwu took the job from her hands.

An Haitang didn't fight with him. She filled the basin with hot water and called Wenwen and Wenhe to wash their faces and hands.

"Wipe the fragrance." She sat down, held Wenwen in her arms, and wiped Yu Meijing on her face and hands.

Squeezing a little more fragrant powder on his hand, he called Wen He over and wanted to rub it directly on his face, but Wen He shyly dodged away.

He scraped the excess powder from her hands with his fingers and rubbed it on his face and hands.

Li Xiumei has a lot of things to do every day, so she probably doesn't take care of her grandchildren that carefully. Both children's hands and faces are a bit chapped. Wen He also has frostbite on the back of his hand, and one of the chilblains is rotten.

When soaking their feet, An Haitang discovered that Wen He's feet were also frozen, and a rotten frostbite was still stuck to his socks. She melted them with warm water before taking off his socks.

"Wen Wu, remember to buy some gauze and chilblain cream tomorrow. It's too cold. Wen He's hands and feet are frozen."

"Oh, okay!" Wen Wu agreed in the kitchen.

Wenwen lifted his feet from the bucket, looked at them for a while, and said in a sweet voice, "Wenwen doesn't have frostbite."

She rarely spoke, but suddenly she spoke, and everyone looked at her.

An Haitang held her fleshy little feet, which were warm. The little girl was in good health. She tickled her and the little one giggled.

Wen He also had a smile on his face. Ever since his parents died and An Haitang came in, his sister has been following him closely like a frightened bird every day. She has never said a few words and almost never smiled. This angel The same laughter made his nose sore and his eyes red.

After the family washed up, An Haitang hugged Wen Wen and sent her and Wen He to Li Xiumei's room. Li Xiumei avoided him, pulled Wen Wu aside, and whispered: "You let your wife sleep with you tonight. She really means it." Change, and don’t compare her faults with each other. Family and everything will be happy, you hear me.”

 Happy New Year~~
    
   
  (End of this chapter)

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