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Chapter 29 When the Man Returns, There's Meat to Eat

In the end, it was Lu Xiao who pulled out the chicken feathers.

He cleaned up the two pheasants.

Qiao Nian put it away and planned to take it out to cook in the afternoon.

After cleaning up the pheasants, Qiao Nian showed Lu Xiao the wound on his shoulder. Only after confirming that the wound hadn't reopened did she pull his clothes down.

"Near."

Lu Xiao stopped Qiao Nian, who was about to leave the room, and wanted to talk to her.

Qiao Nian glanced at Lu Xiao, then turned back and sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"What do you want to say?"

"Is the child being obedient? Has he been causing you any trouble?"

Lu Xiao asked.

Qiao Nian...

"They're still little sprouts, right? What's there to talk about being obedient or disobedient? Didn't I call you during early pregnancy?"

For Lu Xiao, they had been separated for five years, but for Qiao Nian, it had only been a little over a month.

She still has the same temper she had five years ago.

Lu Xiao let out a low chuckle.

Qiao Nian glared at him, annoyed.

She also started to interrogate him.

"Tell me honestly, have you done anything to betray me in these past five years?"

"No."

"Hmph, you better not lie to me, or you're finished if I find out."

Qiao Nian threatened Lu Xiao in a harsh tone, then turned to ask him what happened to the injury on his arm.

"Why didn't you wait until your injury healed before coming?"

"want to see you."

Lu Xiao reached out and pulled her into his arms, burying his chin in her shoulder, his voice deep and full of emotion.

"I think about you every day. The moment I received your call, I wanted to come see you right away."

His voice touched Qiao Nian.

She no longer wanted to laugh at him, but she couldn't bring herself to tell him that she missed him too.

"Hmph, I'm so great, it would be strange if you didn't miss me."

Lu Xiao was amused by her again.

He gently stroked her lower abdomen with one hand, "If it doesn't snow tomorrow, we'll go to the county for a prenatal checkup."

"It's far from here to the county seat, and I don't want to walk there."

"I'd like to borrow a bicycle from the brigade leader."

Lu Xiao didn't intend to let the pampered girl walk.

Even if she could leave, he wouldn't be able to bear to part with her.

"Ok."

That evening, the aroma of chicken soup wafted from the Qiao family's house.

Nian Yunci brought a bowl of chicken soup to the neighbor's house, which also contained two chicken legs and two pieces of meat.

Looking at the chicken soup that Nian Yunci had brought, Wang Xueqin was so nervous that she didn't know what to say.

"Girl, we really can't have this chicken soup."

Wang Xueqin refused to accept the gifts and instead asked Nian Yunci to take the chicken soup home, saying, "Ever since Niannian came, we've been eating all the good food from your family."

"We really can't accept this chicken soup."

"Take this back to Niannian and Xiao Lu to help them recover."

One of them was a pregnant woman, another was wounded, and Nian Yunci and Qiao Guowen were also very weak.

Chicken soup and chicken meat are such good things, they should eat them themselves.

Nian Yunci smiled and said, "Big sister, don't be so polite with me. It's just a little soup to warm up, nothing serious."

"We can only share with you if we have the means; otherwise, we wouldn't be able to share with you."

That's what she said, but Wang Xueqin was still too embarrassed to accept it.

She turned to look at her husband beside her.

Li Ruihua also sighed heavily.

"My husband and I have always been taken care of by you, but we have no way to repay you..."

"Professor Li, you don't need to say that. Thanks to your medical skills, Old Qiao and I haven't been sick or suffered much over the years. It's all thanks to you."

"Since we have the opportunity to become neighbors, we should naturally help each other."

As Nian Yunci spoke, she placed the large bowl of chicken soup on the table.

"Big sister, professor, please drink the chicken soup while it's hot. I'm going back to eat now."

After saying that, she turned and left, giving Wang Xueqin no chance to refuse again. Wang Xueqin watched Nian Yunci flee as if running away, and then looked at her husband.

Li Ruihua sighed softly.

"Take it."

My wife is too thin and really needs to eat more.

And throughout the year, they rarely get to eat dishes with meat.

He wanted to refuse the Qiao family's kindness, but he couldn't.

Since I accepted the malted milk powder from last night, I'll shamelessly accept this bowl of chicken soup today as well.

Li Ruihua lowered her eyes, thinking about what she could give to the Qiao family to repay their kindness.

The Qiao family next door.

The fragrant pheasant soup, served with white rice, is so delicious you'll want to swallow your tongue.

Qiao Nian ate a large chicken leg, a chicken wing, and a large bowl of white rice.

Her belly was round and bulging.

Lu Xiao wanted to give her more rice.

"Are you raising me like a pig? To fatten me up for the New Year?"

"Pah, pah, pah, don't talk nonsense."

Hearing her daughter's nonsense, Nian Yunci quickly told her to spit it out.

Qiao Guowen also sided with his wife, telling his daughter not to say anything out of line.

Qiao Nian looked at her parents, who were huddled together tightly, and touched her slightly protruding belly with great 'sadness,' complaining to her babies who were still tiny bean sprouts.

“Baby, your maternal grandparents are in cahoots.”

With a slight smile, Lu Xiao placed a piece of chicken in his wife's bowl.

“I’m with Niannian.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Nian glared at him again.

"Is not this nonsensical?"

She wouldn't marry him if he wasn't on her side.

The family finished their meal chatting and laughing.

After finishing her meal, Qiao Nian paced back and forth slowly in the not-so-large room.

Hot water was boiling in the pot, and the fire in the hearth was burning brightly, so even though it was snowing heavily outside, it wasn't cold inside.

A gentle knock was made on the courtyard gate, accompanied by Li Ruihua's voice.

"Brother Qiao, are you asleep?"

"No, Brother Li, come in and warm yourself by the fire."

Qiao Guowen went to open the door.

When Qiao Nian saw Li Ruiwen and Wang Xueqin and his wife, she greeted them with a smile.

"Uncle Li, Aunt Li, come in and warm yourselves by the fire."

Li Ruihua and Wang Xueqin didn't stand on ceremony; they nodded and walked in from outside.

In Wang Xueqin's hand was the bowl of chicken soup that Nian Yunci had sent over.

The bowls were washed clean, and Wang Xueqin returned them to them.

At the same time, she asked Qiao Nian to extend her hand, and took out a jade bracelet from the sleeve of her cotton-padded jacket and put it on Qiao Nian's hand.

The Qiao family used to be a wealthy family.

I've seen plenty of good things.

The jade bracelet that Wang Xueqin put on Qiao Nian's wrist was a bright green, with excellent translucency and no impurities.

Qiao Nian and Nian Yunci knew at a glance that the jade bracelet was very valuable.

She glanced at her mother and quickly took off the bracelet on her wrist.

"Don't refuse to think about it."

Wang Xueqin held her hand tightly, preventing her from moving around.

“My aunt fell on hard times, and all her valuables were smashed. All that’s left is this bracelet, which my mother gave me a long time ago…”

She originally intended to leave it to her daughter-in-law... but then those things happened...

Wang Xueqin felt a chill in her heart when she thought of the past.

He became even more determined to give the jade bracelet to Qiao Nian.

“Auntie, this bracelet is very valuable, and it was given to you by your mother. I really can’t accept it.”

"Yes, Sister Xueqin, this is too valuable. It's really not appropriate to give it to a child."

Nian Yunci has seen many good things.

The items in Qiao Nian's grandmother's safe were all similar to the bracelet Wang Xueqin was wearing.

They are all priceless.

(End of this chapter)