Chapter 1533: Coming Home

Wang Menglin understood this feeling the most. But she loved this position. She liked being a soldier.

"Alright, go take a nap."

Li Manjiang smiled; with his beloved wife in his arms, he really couldn’t sleep.

Li Yungui took his two grandsons out to play, and Qu Xiaoli went to visit someone else with her shoe soles.

Hearing the commotion outside, Li Manjiang couldn’t restrain himself anymore.

Wang Menglin missed him too, so the couple had a moment together.

It was an hour later when Wang Menglin calmed down.

Looking at her sleeping husband beside her, she had already seen the scars on his body earlier.

It’s a normal thing, but as a wife, it’s still distressing. Quietly getting up, she cleaned up. Only then did she sit to read a book.

Qu Xiaoli returned after checking the time; they still needed to prepare for dinner, two tables in fact, so it had to be prepared early.

Upon returning home, she saw her daughter-in-law stewing chicken.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were both skilled workers, so two tables were easy to manage. The cold dishes were previously marinated offal, Wang Menglin was responsible for cutting them up and plating.

Another pot was for scooping rice and steaming meat.

There were no green vegetables, just sauerkraut, vermicelli, and frozen tofu. There was also stir-fried Chinese cabbage with garlic and potato slices fried with meat.

Li Manjiang was awakened by the aroma. It’s truly hard to eat well outside, being full was already quite good.

He lingered in the warm bed for a while before getting up.

He came out wanting to help start the fire, but it was already done.

"Manjiang, go set the table, put one in our room, one floor table, and one bed table."

Once they finished setting the tables, Li Yungui returned with his grandson. Behind them were Lv Beiguang and his wife.

The two of them shook hands, "Uncle Lv, you haven’t changed a bit."

Lv Beiguang laughed, "Old now, how long can you stay this time when you return?"

"I can stay home for a month."

"That’s really nice. Tomorrow evening, come to the distillery for dinner, let your aunt fix you some good southern dishes."

Li Manjiang nodded with a smile. Toward this aunt who was even younger than himself, he had no barrier calling her that.

At this moment, Li Yunqiang and his family also came, it was the first time for Li Manjiang to see this youngest brother, who was even a year younger than his sons, he was a bit shy.

Li Manjiang hadn’t brought anything back this time, but the house had candy, so he grabbed a handful and put it in his little brother’s pocket.

Shuxin came alone. Shuwen came with his spouse.

The young couple was in the honeymoon phase, they looked very affectionate.

Men and women sat at separate tables, children were at the women’s table.

Li Manjiang took a sip of the wine Lv Beiguang brought, "Good wine, Uncle Lv, is this your brew?"

"Yes, it’s a secret family recipe from your aunt’s side. This wine is selling especially well in the capital now."

"It’s truly good wine. Uncle Lv, I’ll take a few jins with me when I leave."

Lv Beiguang nodded with a smile, "No problem, the distillery has glass bottles, we’ll pack a few for you."

Li Yungui and Li Yunqiang rarely get to drink such wine usually, let alone Shuxin and Shuwen.

Li Manjiang didn’t ask about Shuxin’s wife. But his wife had already told him, looking at this brother, he really didn’t know what to say.

If that’s the case, why did you marry initially? They’re still newlyweds too.

"Manjiang, come to our house for dinner tomorrow."

"Fourth uncle, go to Uncle Lv’s house for dinner tomorrow."

"Haha, Yunqiang, you got me there."

"Then come to our house for dinner on the first day of the New Year. It’s not proper to eat at someone else’s house on New Year’s Eve," Li Yunqiang said without minding it.

In the capital, Jiang Xinyu was also on holiday. Wei Kaiyun had almost finished the New Year’s goods preparations. She was busying herself in the kitchen, frying, and cooking.

During the New Year, the house was crowded and when those four young fellows came over, they had to prepare a bit more.

In addition to learning piano, Feifei helped out in the kitchen.

"Feifei, weren’t you planning to learn guzheng? Why haven’t you found a suitable teacher?"

"Teacher Zheng said it would be after the New Year, the guzheng teacher is a friend of Teacher Zheng, I’ve met her once, she’s a classic beauty, with a special temperament, already in her forties, she looks barely in her thirties."

"As long as you approve, is Tingting also learning from this teacher?"

"Yes, I’ve already spoken to the teacher. Mom, you don’t oppose Tingting becoming an actress?"

Jiang Xinyu shook her head, "I don’t like it, she’s still young, her thinking is immature, but if she still has this ideal when she grows up, I won’t oppose it either."

Feifei gave a thumbs up, "Mom, you really are open-minded."

In truth, neither mother nor daughter believed Tingting could succeed, both knew about the aftermath of being an actress. Tingting’s looks were just slightly above average.

The mother and daughter were busy in the kitchen when Yang Run Tai came over. He brought a lot of seafood.

Thick-skinned, he entered the kitchen too, "Aunt Wei, your cooking is the best, ever since I came back from your place, I’ve felt everyone else’s is too lacking."

Jiang Feifei secretly scoffed, truly a flattery.

Currently, they were frying dough twists, "He Run, have a taste of the dough twists, take some home for your parents."

"Sure, my mom will surely love it."

"He Run, aunt hasn’t congratulated you yet."

"Thanks, Aunt Wei."

"Feifei, shall we have a game later? I don’t have any worthy opponents. I’ve been waiting to play chess with you for fun."

"You two go ahead then." Jiang Xinyu could see that Yang Run Tai liked her daughter, but Feifei was only fifteen, it’s really not appropriate. Besides, whether he could get past Wei Kaiyun was another matter.

She didn’t object to her daughter having a boyfriend. As for who it would be, her father and Han Xiangjun, Old Yang, could judge that.

Feifei hadn’t played chess in a while either, so she didn’t refuse.

"Brother Yang, Go or Chinese chess?"

"Go then." Go takes longer, providing more time with the little girl.

Feifei had no objections and found the chessboard.

"This is a good thing."

"A gift from Uncle Han."

"Uncle Han probably wishes he could snatch you as his daughter."

Yang Run Tai placed the chess table on the couch, and the two sat cross-legged without shoes.

In fact, both hadn’t played in a long time. Initially, they were a bit rusty.

At noon, when Wei Kaiyun returned, hearing from his wife that Yang Run Tai and his daughter were playing chess, he immediately went to the study.

Entering, he saw a serene scene.

The two were engrossed in their game.

Feifei heard the movement and upon seeing Wei Kaiyun enter, she smiled, "Dad, you’re back?"

"Yes, it’s almost time for lunch."

Yang Run Tai immediately got up, "Uncle Wei."

"Hmm. You both continue, but pick up the pace; lunch is almost ready, I’ll go help your mom."

Yang Run Tai breathed a sigh of relief; the way Wei Kaiyun looked at him was truly intimidating. This was definitely him being wary. Interestingly, why wasn’t this person around in the past life?