Su Mian went back to the house to check Xiao Gao’s wife, and prescribed Chinese medicine to Xiao Liu Zi.
After working non-stop for the morning, Xiao Gao’s wife was finally settled.
During lunch, the two uncles of the He Family and the two uncles of Su Mian both arrived. Adding up the three aunties of Su Mian, He Qin made two tables of food, one for the men and the other for the women.
Su Mian washed her hands, entered the room, and saw her two uncles staring at her and smiling.
Su Mian’s mother’s surname was Liu. Eldest and Second Uncle Liu hadn’t seen their niece for more than a year, and they almost didn’t dare to recognise her.
Su Mian looked like her mother, even prettier than her mother when she was younger.
“Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, have a seat, my mother will serve the last dish, then we will start eating dinner!” Su Mian liked these two uncles from her heart. This was called being related by blood.
The two uncles were bricklayers, and the moment they heard that Su Mian was going to get engaged, they both refunded the previously bought train tickets.
Their eldest sister only had one such daughter, they had to watch her getting engaged and married.
“Our niece is really grown up, and sensible!” The eldest uncle pulled the carrot with Su Mian again like he did when she was a child.
Su Mian grinned with pain.
Fortunately, she was now in good physical condition. If she had been in her previous life, he would probably have broken her neck.
Whenever adults liked the children, they would pull the carrot.
It was to hold the head with two hands and pull the person from the ground abruptly.
Su Mian clutched her neck, “Uncle, I’m eighteen, and I’m 1.7 meters tall, why are you still pulling me.” The rural people were afraid that the children would not grow tall, so they had to pull the carrot since childhood…
Looking at Su Mian’s aggrieved look, Eldest Uncle Liu laughed. He was so happy that he almost forgot that Su Mian was already a grown up.
Su Jiang Hai brought in two bottles of wine from the outside, “Okay, let’s move to the table and eat!”
He Qin felt bad for Su Mian, she put the dishes on the table, and went to look at Su Mian’s neck, “Xiao Mian, does it still hurt?” After talking, she lifted Su Mian’s hair and looked at it carefully for a long time.
“It’s okay, it doesn’t hurt, mother, my Eldest Uncle didn’t use much strength.” Su Mian didn’t want He Qin to worry. To be honest, she could still feel the pain now.
“Look at you, you will be engaged tomorrow, but you are still busy today. Does the newly-made padded jacket fit? Mother will change it for you if it doesn’t fit.” Su Mian had been busy for the past two days, and He Qin hadn’t even been able to talk to her.
He Qin made the padded jacket over the past five to six days, and Su Mian had never had the time to try it, “Mother, I will try it later at night, there are so many people now. Anyway, how can it be unfit when you are the one that made it?”
The cotton-padded jacket was bright red, and Su Mian was embarrassed to wear it. It made her feel like a newlywed bride.
“Don’t forget to try it out later. Don’t do anything anymore this afternoon. How can someone who is getting engaged tomorrow still give people a medical examination today?” Su Mian was too busy and got up early these days, so there were dark circles around her eyes.
There might still be one thing in the afternoon.
She would need to go next door later, to discuss Grandpa Liu’s illness with his family.
In the bushes at the northern station, the air was cold and the ground was chilly. On the other hand, the soldiers were doing field training in full swing. They hadn’t eaten a grain of rice nor drank a sip of water for a day. They were so tired.
But looking at the back of that tall and stout man under the tree, all of them endured it and no one dared to voice out.
That man was aiming with a pistol. He was wearing a tidy military uniform, along with his upright nose and sturdy chin, he revealed an overbearing aura of restrained/desire.
“Why are you still here?” Wu Feng approached, smiling so hard his eyes were crescent moons. “You are getting engaged tomorrow, still don’t want to go back at this time? Aren’t you afraid that sister-in-law will be upset?”
On the ground, the soldiers hiding in the bushes all pricked their ears.
Sister-in-law… will be upset? What was the situation?
