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Chapter 13 Someone Wants a Wife

Qiao Nian finished eating and went to wash the dishes.

Nian Yunci didn't let her get involved.

"Water-cooled".

"Didn't Dad boil water?"

Qiao Nian asked.

Nian Yunci smiled and said, "That's for you to soak your feet."

My daughter came all the way from the warm city of Shanghai to this incredibly cold place; she must not be able to sleep well tonight.

They boiled some water and let their daughter soak her feet so she could have a good night's sleep.

Seeing that her father was really going to wash the dishes with cold water, Qiao Nian immediately became unhappy.

She filled a ladle halfway with water and used it to wash the dishes for her father.

"Niannian, it'll be more comfortable to soak your feet in more hot water."

Qiao Guowen spoke up.

Qiao Nian hummed in response, "I know."

"But if I had to watch my dad wash dishes with cold water in the snow, the hot water I was soaking my feet in would be colder than ice."

She knew that her parents had always doted on her and wanted to give her the best of everything.

But things are different now than before.

She also wanted her parents to have a more comfortable life.

Nian Yunci's eyes were a little moist.

“Our Niannian has grown up and become sensible!”

“Mom, I’ve always been very sensible!” Qiao Nian disagreed with her mother’s words. “So you and Dad, stop treating me like a child.”

After she finished speaking, she unilaterally declared that she would be the head of the household from now on.

When it comes to family matters, you should listen to her.

Seeing this, the couple could only smile and agree without any further objections.

And so, Qiao Nian successfully seized the 'power of the household'.

After washing the dishes, when it was time to soak their feet, she, as the head of the family, gave orders that everyone had to soak their feet neatly.

Anyone who doesn't seduce her is seen as challenging her authority as the head of the household.

Qiao Guowen and Nian Yunci were amused by their daughter.

I had no choice but to go along with her.

Three pairs of feet of different sizes were placed in the wooden basin. Dad's feet were the biggest and the least afraid of getting hot, so they were naturally placed at the bottom.

Then it's Mom's turn.

Then there's Qiao Nian's.

My mother's feet are about the same size as Qiao Nian's, but my mother is getting old and has suffered a lot over the years, so her feet are not as white as Qiao Nian's.

Even her feet aren't as smooth and tender as hers.

However, this did not stop them from soaking their feet together.

After soaking their feet, Qiao Nian took out malted milk powder and made a bowl for each of the three of them.

Qiao Guowen didn't want to drink; he wanted his wife and daughter to share his portion.

"Dad, please don't make me offer you gold bars."

After Qiao Nian finished speaking, a gold bar appeared in her hand.

“Mom, I still have several boxes of these gold bars, they were all left by Grandma.”

"And antiques and jewelry."

She blew on the malted milk powder while talking to her parents.

Nian Yunci smiled and told her to quickly take the gold bars back.

"Don't scare your father."

After saying that, she made her husband drink the malted milk powder.

"Since Nian Nian is the head of the family now, we should just follow her arrangements."

After his wife said that, Qiao Guowen picked up the malted milk powder and drank it.

After finishing their malted milk powder, the three chatted for a while longer. Qiao Nian yawned, feeling a little sleepy.

Qiao Guowen suggested that Qiao Nian and Nian Yunci sleep in their room tonight.

"It's warmer for you and Mom to sleep on this kang (heated brick bed)."

"Dad will go sleep on the kang (heated brick bed) where you and your son-in-law are."

"Dad, you sleep with my mom."

Qiao Nian wouldn't let her father and mother separate. "You're getting old, and you're more likely to get cold. You and your mother can sleep on the warmer kang (heated brick bed)."

As for her?
She went to sleep on the kang (heated brick bed) that Lu Xiao had been sleeping on.

Although it might not be very warm, as long as it wasn't too cold, she could bear it. Thinking of this, she felt a pang of regret; she had set off too quickly and hadn't had time to buy cotton and mutton!

If she had come from Shanghai two days later, she could have brought a thick quilt with her.

I regret it so much!

Even as Qiao Nian lay on the hard kang (a heated brick bed), she was still filled with regret.

Some even gritted their teeth and wanted to curse Lu Xiao.

"Niannian, are you cold?"

Nian Yunci's voice came from the house across the street.

Qiao Nian quickly replied, "Mom, I'm not cold. Don't worry about me. I have something to keep warm."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was distracted and went into her spatial dimension to search for supplies for a while.

I found the wool coat that Qiao Guowei had bought for me in Shanghai.

Take it out and cover yourself with it, then cover the wool coat with a thin blanket.

The kang (heated brick bed) beneath me was not hot; it felt like lukewarm water at around 30 degrees Celsius.

If it continues until dawn, then it's okay to sleep.

I'm afraid that if it gets chilly in the middle of the night, I'll catch a cold.

Thinking of this, she went to browse through her personal space again.

Persistence pays off; she actually found a sack of cotton in an inconspicuous corner.

The moment Qiao Nian saw the cotton, she was so happy she almost shouted out loud.

Realizing that her parents were asleep, she quickly covered her mouth.

He carefully sat up and took the sack out of his spatial storage.

Judging from the appearance, it's like this year's new cotton, a tightly packed sack, weighing about ten to twenty pounds.

Qiao Nian didn't notice it when she was packing things up before.

It was mixed in with the pile of fabric in the corner, and it's really easy to miss if you're not paying attention.

Now she has cotton.

Qiao Nian happily pressed the cotton ball to her cheek; it was soft, light, and gentle.

With this cotton, I can make two thicker padded jackets for my parents.

Padded jackets, cotton-padded trousers, and quilts all need cotton...

And when the baby is born, they'll need cotton to make cotton clothes...

Thinking of this, Qiao Nian felt that even twenty catties of cotton didn't smell so good anymore.

Not enough, far from enough.

She gathered the cotton inside and continued searching, trying to see if there was anything else she had overlooked.

The result was disappointment.

There were dozens of bolts of fabric inside, in various patterns.

Chen Guoqing's fabrics are of poor quality; the best he makes is non-breathable polyester.

But the cloths her grandmother left behind were all top-quality silks.

Qiao Nian counted the fabrics and sighed. Why didn't her grandmother think of leaving some cotton in the basement?

Qiao Nian turned over and felt that her wool coat and the blanket made her feel a little chilly.

Not warm enough.

She simply took out a whole bolt of Dacron from her storage space.

Open it up and spread it on the kang (heated brick bed).

This kang (heated brick bed) isn't very big; it's about 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters long.

A piece of Dacron is over thirty meters long.

They were spread back and forth on the kang (a heated brick bed), fifteen layers in total.

After the kang (heated brick bed) was made up, Qiao Nian lay down again.

Hmm, it's warmer lying down this time.

It was only because she had space, and so much fabric in that space, that she dared to be so extravagant as to use a whole bolt of polyester to make the bed at this time.

Qiao Nian lay on the pillow that Lu Xiao had slept on, her hand resting on her lower abdomen, thinking about her next plan, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

Lu Xiao, who was on a mission outside, had no way of knowing what was happening here.

He remained silent as always, and none of the team members could discern his thoughts or know what he was thinking.

Everyone assumed he was thinking about his next plan.

But this usually hard-working, relentless trainer was unusually distracted at this moment.

He was thinking about his wife.

(End of this chapter)