As soon as she finished speaking, the three sisters-in-law came out together. When Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li saw their own mother coming, their faces suddenly showed smiles, and they asked in surprise: "Mom, why are you here?"
"I'm here to give your mother-in-law a share of the money. I haven't been able to get free time. I just found the time to deliver it today."
"How is my father and the others? Is the workshop busy?" Mrs. Zhang asked.
"They are fine! Your father and the others are devoted to the workshop, and there are workers in the workshop, so we just have to manage it, it's not tiring."
"That's good. Mom, do you plan to stay for lunch?" Ms. Zhang asked.
"Yes, your mother is staying here for lunch with us." Mrs. Wang's answered.
"Okay, I'll go to the kitchen now to prepare some of my mother's favorite dishes for lunch." After Mrs. Zhang said that, she took Mrs. Li to the kitchen with her, and Mrs. Lin also went to help.
"This girl, it's true, she's so hot-tempered and hasn't changed at all." Ms. Chen said with a smile.
"It's a rare time for you to come here. They must be trying their best to show their filial piety. You should be happy." Ms. Wang said with a smile.
"Happy, I'm naturally happy, I see that Chunmei and Wenxiu and Honglian not only look good, even their skin is whiter than before, and they all look a lot better. Even you, sister, are in better spirits than before, and you're a bit younger." Mrs. Zhao spoke.
"You all know that our Xu family used to have a lot of people. Without food and clothing, people must have looked lethargic. Now that life is better and food is good, the body will naturally have nutrition. Of course it is better than before." Mrs. Wang said with a smile.
"That's right! Now our family often buys meat to eat. My Niuniu and Huba have both gained weight!" Mrs. Zhang said.
The three women were chatting in the main hall.
When it was almost noon, the old man came back with Qibao. Seeing guests coming to the house, the old man asked: "How come no one bothered to let me know that my in-laws was here today?"
"Hai! We're all family members, why do you need to be so courteous. Older sister was trying to have her servant go and notify you, but we just didn't let her, your family is just busy right now." Mrs. Chen laughed.
"Hello, Grandma Chen, hello, Grandma Zhao." Qibao greeted sweetly.
"Good, you are such a good girl. I haven't seen Qibao during this period of time. She is now plumper and fair. She looks really good-looking." Mrs. Zhao poke.
Qibao twitched the corners of her lips, and Mrs. Wang laughed and said: "You're a child! You look good this way. You keep shouting about losing weight everyday. How can such a young child lose weight!"
"Qibao, what kind of kid wants to lose weight? You didn't grow fat, you're just a bit sturdier, it's the time to grow your body, if you eat less, you won't grow!" Mrs. Chen exclaimed.
"Grandma Chen, I haven't lost weight. I eat a lot every meal. I'm just joking. Only Fifth Brother always says I'm heavy." Qibao said.
"Xiaowu that child is really something too, next time I'll give him a good scolding, what kind of person talks about his own sister like that." Mrs. Zhao said.
After saying that, Mrs. Jin from the kitchen came to the front hall and asked: "Old madam, the food is ready. Can it be served now?"
"Well, serve it!"
Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li helped put the prepared meals on the table. Everyone chatted while eating, and Mrs. Chen asked: "I heard that your family is going to build a school in Xujia Village? Is this true?"
"Yes, the children in the village are now at the age of studying. Being more literate will be good for their future. They cannot stay in the dirt all their lives and have no chance of getting ahead." The old man said.
"Your Xu family is truly righteous! Not only do you let them go to work and have a chance to make money, but now you're organizing the villagers to remodel, and you're even building a school at your own expense, so it's no wonder that the villagers in Xujia Village are all willing to listen to your family." Mrs. Zhao said.
"This is nothing. I can't watch everyone eating bran-thick vegetables. I have a lot of fish and meat. We are all members of the same village, so I should help a little." The old man said.
Mrs. Chen said: "In-laws I have a favor to ask."
"What are you talking about? Just say it, if I can do it, I won't say no, we're all family members, why are you so polite?"
"Hai, it's like this, we heard Fugui come back before and say that Xujia Village is going to build a school. So I was wondering if I can send my family's Huwa over here as well?" Mrs. Zhao asked.
"I thought it was something! Just send him!" The old man said.
"Okay, thank you in-laws! This makes me feel relieved!" Both Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li nodded happily.
After the meal, the old man arranged for Xu Dabo to personally send the two in-laws back.
...
Qibao returned to her room and entered the space. She saw Xiaoling holding grapes in one hand, lying on the bear's belly, not to mention how comfortable he was.
There was also a large bowl of various fruits in front of Xiong Er. The juice of the fruits he ate was flowing out, and he had to stick out his tongue to lick his mouth from time to time.
Qibao said: "Good for you, Xiaoling, didn't I leave the Twelve Guards to you for training? How dare you slack off!"
Xiaoling replied: "How can I be lazy! I can see every move they make, and they all perform well. But that boy named Yue Lang is really good, like me, he has perseverance."
Qibao rolled her eyes. Xiong Er grinned when he saw Qibao. He immediately stood up, took out a large watermelon from the big basin, squeezed it open with his bare hands, grabbed a handful of the pulp and handed it to Qibao.
Qibao twitched the corner of her mouth and looked at the broken watermelon meat in Xiong Er's hand. The red juice was dripping down the bear's paw. She patted Xiong Er's big belly and said: "Eat it yourself! Did you wash your hands, are you being courteous?"
The second bear understood that his master didn't want to eat, so she let him eat by himself, so he was not polite and started to eat the watermelon with his hands.
Xiaoling glanced at Xiong Er lightly and said: "What a shame!"
Qibao asked: "Xiaoling, can I go and see their training?"
Xiaoling replied: "Wait until their trip is over before you go, otherwise that girl Yue Jiao will cry again when she sees you!"
"Does she cry often? Isn't it you who bullied her?" Qibao asked.
"In your mind, am I such a fox? Oh, it really makes me sad." After speaking, he pretended to wipe the corners of his eyes, and then continued: "But what's pretty good is that she's crying but never giving up, even though she's at the bottom of the list every time, her spirit is still commendable."
Qibao said: "Of course, the life they lived before was a kind of hardship for them, so their characters must be much stronger than ordinary children. I also like this about them, so I am willing to accept them."
"They are about to finish. Go and see them! They have been talking about you all this time! They thought you didn't want them anymore." Xiaoling said.
Qibao could understand that they were originally a group of insecure children, and the time difference between the space and the outside was different. In fact, they hadn't seen her for a long time, so she ducked to the top of the mountain where they were training.
Seeing the twelve people panting, probably because they had just climbed to the top of the mountain, sweat was still dripping down. Yue Xuan saw Qibao's figure with sharp eyes, and immediately ran over happily and said: "Miss! You finally came to see us! I thought you had forgotten us!"
Yue Jiao looked like she was about to cry when she saw Qibao. She ran over and grabbed Qibao's arm and said: "Miss, why did you come here? I miss you so much!"
Qibao touched her head and said: "Okay, how have you been training recently? Your master Xiaoling just praised you!"
"Really? Miss?" Yue Xuan asked in surprise.