jdhmnovel Chapter 328 Our family isn't so poor that we can't afford to eat, why should we be greedy
Chapter 328 Our family isn't so poor that we can't afford to eat, why should we be greedy
Thinking this way, one can only say that Xia Zhao was narrow-minded.
However, if it weren't explicitly stated, who would have thought that Qiao Manman not only made achievements in medicine, but also steadily improved her scientific research capabilities?
The car moved slowly forward, and soon arrived at the Lu family's gate.
Qiao Manman got out of the car and took the initiative to help the old man.
Lu Qihua chuckled and slapped her hand away: "I don't need your help, I'm perfectly healthy!"
"I know, I know, I just haven't seen Grandpa in a long time and I miss him!" Qiao Manman shamelessly coaxed the old man into a big smile.
Aunt Zhou came out of the kitchen and greeted them happily: "Manman is back! Go wash your hands and have dinner. This must be Comrade Xia. Welcome to the Lu family."
"Thank you, Auntie!" Xia Zhao said, placing the items in the corner.
Qiao Manman took her to the bathroom to wash up and to the guest room to change clothes. She also went up to the third floor to tidy up.
Half an hour later, Qiao Manman was wearing a floral long-sleeved dress, looking as radiant as a lotus emerging from the water.
Xie Susu pulled her to sit at the dining table and asked her if she was adjusting well to life in Northeast China and if Lu Yuan treated her well.
Qiao Manman naturally praised Lu Yuan repeatedly, but didn't mention the messy things in the family compound at all.
Lu Qihua served her some food: "We can talk about it tonight. Manman must be exhausted from the long journey in a hard seat. Let her finish her meal and go back to her room to rest."
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever Dad says!"
Xia Zhao buried her head in her food, trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible. Xie Susu noticed and picked up a piece of green beans for her: "Comrade Xia, you should eat too, don't be shy!"
"Thank you, Auntie!" Xia Zhao smiled and continued to keep her head down, not daring to meet the old man's gaze at all.
Lu Qihua snorted, thinking to himself that with such a cowardly attitude, how could he protect Manman? He'd better train him properly when he gets back to the army!
After the family finished eating, they went about their own business. Qiao Manman settled Xia Zhao in and then went to sleep on the third floor.
Lu Yuan's room was as bright and clean as ever. Qiao Manman lay in the sun-scented blankets, and couldn't help but think back to the time when they had just gotten married.
It was both exciting and heartwarming.
Lost in thought, I fell asleep. When I opened my eyes again, it was already evening.
When they came out, they found Xie Susu sitting on the sofa. Xia Zhao had gone out to buy groceries with Aunt Zhou and hadn't returned yet.
Xie Susu beckoned Qiao Manman to her side and whispered about Meng Peiyu's instigation.
Qiao Manman held her hand worriedly: "Mom, you and Grandpa didn't eat the things Meng Peiyu gave us, did you?"
"No, her little schemes are too easy to expose. We're not so poor we can't afford to eat, why would we be greedy for her little advantage? It would be beneath us!"
Qiao Manman breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good. You can't get involved with Meng Peiyu, and you definitely can't touch the things she gives you. I'll make everyone a soup in a bit to cleanse your bodies of impurities."
Xie Susu chuckled: "It's not that exaggerated!"
"I'm serious. Meng Peiyu has some methods you can't even imagine. It's best to keep your distance."
Seeing her serious expression, Xie Susu's own expression grew a little more solemn: "Don't worry, Mom knows what she's doing!"
Qiao Manman took her hand, exchanged several talismans from her spatial storage, and tied them to Xie Susu's wrist before Xie Susu could react, concealing the marks.
Xie Susu was stunned. She felt something in her hand, but when she reached out to touch it, she couldn't feel anything.
Qiao Manman went back to the third floor, got some ingredients, and went to the kitchen to stew a pot of mushroom and pork rib soup.
Not long after, Aunt Zhou returned, chased her out, and left Xia Zhao to help out.
Qiao Manman chuckled as she watched TV with Xie Susu. A little while later, Lu Qihua and Lu Jingchuan followed them in.
Qiao Manman stood up and greeted her father-in-law: "Dad, you're back. How's work going lately?"
"It's alright!" Lu Jingchuan smiled and asked a few words of concern before going to the bathroom to wash his hands.
Qiao Manman went into the kitchen to get the soup, and while she was at it, she added some pills. There were all sorts of pills, like lung-clearing pills, eye-brightening pills, and soul-nourishing pills, a total of seven or eight of them.
They even used the same trick again while they were drinking soup, putting two amulets on each person's wrist.
Lu Jingchuan and Lu Qihua both noticed the anomaly, but they trusted Qiao Manman and neither of them said anything.
Of course, it's also possible that the "Unity Pill" was at work, causing the group to subconsciously help her keep the secret.
After dinner, Xia Zhao went back to her room to rest, while Qiao Manman, at Lu Jingchuan's prompting, followed the old man to the study.
"Grandpa, what's the situation with the Meng family?"
"Their house was in chaos for quite a while..."
Lu Qihua held a high position and didn't take the Meng family seriously. If Meng Peiyu hadn't provoked him last time, he wouldn't have bothered to keep an eye on them.
Hearing that Meng Hongsheng had vomited and had diarrhea after eating Meng Peiyu's food, Qiao Manman couldn't help but laugh out loud. She asked, "Grandpa, what do you think of Meng Hongsheng's character? Is he safe to move?"
Lu Qihua's expression hardened: "If anything is to be done, it can't be done by our family!"
Qiao Manman understood, it can move!
The old man moved closer to Qiao Manman, his gaze lingering on her stomach for a moment: "Still no sign of pregnancy?"
Qiao Manman touched her nose: "Soon!"
The old man rolled his eyes at her: "I heard Qiao Lingyue is your biological grandfather?"
"Ah, yes! Grandpa, you're not angry, are you? It's just that my grandfather has a special status, and I'm afraid that if it gets out, it will implicate the Lu family."
"Damage my ass! You're just petty. If you had said so earlier, you would have gotten your grandpa out of trouble."
Qiao Manman said coquettishly, "I know, but the Wang family had just fallen at that time, and there were other people eyeing us covetously. We should keep a low profile as much as possible."
Besides, my grandfather was exonerated through his own abilities, so from now on, as long as someone needs fertility pills, no one will dare to touch him. Millions upon millions of infertile patients rely on him.”
"It was you who gave me this support!"
Qiao Manman flattered, "It was the Lu family that gave me the confidence to act recklessly and use the fertility pill to restrain Commander He. Grandpa, thank you for mediating!"
Lu Qihua smiled and said, "It's good that you know. It would be even better if I could hold my great-grandson a day sooner."
Qiao Manman giggled: "Yes, yes!"
Lu Qihua waved her away. Qiao Manman went back to the third floor to rest for a while, then passed a note to Lu Yuan: "I've arrived in Kyoto, don't worry."
Lu Yuan didn't reply, so Qiao Manman closed her eyes to sleep. But at one o'clock in the morning, there was suddenly someone in her bed.
Startled, Qiao Manman sat up abruptly. Upon seeing the people beside her, she stuck an invisibility talisman on both of them and slipped out of the military compound under cover of night.
From the corner, Qiao Manman asked, "Why did you suddenly come back?"
I miss you, and luckily I have some time tonight!
"Then come and do bad things with me!"
Lu Yuan had no objection and asked, "What bad thing?"
"Go and cause trouble for the Meng family!"
Without saying a word, Lu Yuan brought Qiao Manman to the Meng family.
The two stood by the window, listening to the intimate sounds coming from inside, and their ears burned with embarrassment.
"That Meng Hongsheng, he's quite the romantic, huh? So late at night with his wife..."
Before Qiao Manman could finish speaking, a girl's voice came from inside the house: "Brother Hongsheng, we can't go on like this. If Auntie finds out, she'll kill me!"
"What are you afraid of? Her foot isn't healed yet, she's sleeping like a log, how could she possibly come and catch you! Wanwan, let's do it again, you smell so good!"