Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family - C.299 - : Familiar Faces to Meet

Chapter 299: Chapter 299: Familiar Faces to Meet

Liu Zhi’er shook her head, and it took a while for her to squeeze out a sentence: “You don’t understand…”

“How do I not understand? I’m not a kid anymore, Second Sister, do you still think of me as the old Liu Sisi?”

Liu Sisi was also a little bit angry.

“You say it so easily, but what about the three children? What are they going to do? I…I’m their mom!”

Liu Zhi’er suddenly stopped talking, biting her lip hard. After saying that, she turned her face inwards and closed her eyes to sleep.

Liu Sisi opened her mouth wide, her momentum deflated all of a sudden.

Suddenly, she remembered her past when she wanted to divorce Di Yelei, and the heartbreaking past when she saw YingEr crying.

YingEr wasn’t even her biological child, and she was so reluctant to let go of both.

If Second Sister really did get divorced, according to the customs here, she might not be able to take the children away with her. How sad she must be…

For a moment, she couldn’t say anything more.

Before going to bed that night, Liu Sisi carefully checked on Ah-Huang who was lazily lying by the brazier.

Zhang Peng had never treated an animal before, and he could only roughly judge that Ah-Huang had suffered a head injury.

“There’s no need for special treatment. Since it woke up, it means it has passed the most difficult hurdle. It’s said that cats have nine lives and dogs have seven lives. Just let it recover on its own, give it some more refined food, and it should be fine.”

At this moment, Ah-Huang was lying on its side in the temporary nest prepared for it. If it weren’t for the occasional blinking of its eyes and the rising and falling of its chest, Liu Sisi would have doubted whether it was still alive.

Di Yelei also came over, standing by her side, watching her carefully stroke Ah-Huang’s fur and gently pat its back.

“Don’t worry, Ah-Huang will be fine.”

Di Yelei’s words were very low.

“Mmm, I know. I just…I miss Ah-Hua.” Liu Sisi buried her head, still stroking Ah-Huang’s fur, not lifting her head.

Perhaps hearing the name Ah-Hua, Ah-Huang quickly raised its head, searching for something around it. Only a moment later, it lay down again, closing its eyes and not moving.

“Ah-Huang is also grieving…”

“Mmm, I can see that. It grew up with Ah-Hua after all.” Di Yelei sighed.

Ah-Huang moved its ears but didn’t get up to search this time.

It probably understood that Ah-Hua was not coming back.

For a while, the husband and wife quietly stroked Ah-Huang. Di Yelei then said softly:

“When we were eating earlier, Uncle Land Officer spoke. The gist of what he said was that he wanted you to talk to Second Sister, telling her that since Old Man Li is dead, the best thing to do is to let the matter go. After all, no matter how you look at it, this is not a glorious affair.”

Liu Sisi remained silent. She was not interested in this topic and casually kicked the issue away.

“I can’t make decisions for my Second Sister, and I’ve never heard of a younger sister making decisions for her elder sister. Let’s wait until after some time, when Second Sister’s injuries are healed before we talk about it.”

“Mmm! That’s what I told Uncle Land Officer too! Let’s wait for Second Sister to decide on her own.” Di Yelei agreed.

Liu Sisi didn’t say anything more, just watching Ah-Huang silently fall asleep.

“Come on! Letting Ah-Huang get some sleep will definitely make it feel better.” Di Yelei gently pulled Liu Sisi’s hand.

Liu Sisi didn’t refuse, she got up and scooped some water to clean her hands, “How’s your injury? Have you taken any medicine?”

“Mmm, I’ve taken it.”

“You still laugh! Don’t you ever think of me and the children?”

Looking at Di Yelei, who didn’t seem to care at all, a bitter feeling spread in Liu Sisi’s eyes.

“I’ve said before that no matter what you do, there’s only one thing I want you to do, and that’s to take care of yourself. If anything really happened to…you know, what would happen to the two kids?”

“Don’t the two children still have you as their mom?”

He leaned in shyly.

Liu Sisi felt a rush of urgency in her heart: “You! …”

Seeing her with red, teary eyes again, he finally panicked!

“Sisi, don’t cry, it’s my fault, I said the wrong thing. You can hit me! Or you can bite me a couple of times to vent! Just don’t cry, Sisi, don’t… ”

“Go away! Who’s interested in hitting you?”

Liu Sisi pushed him away, picked up the towel, wiped her hands and tried hard to blink back the tears in her eyes.

“Sisi! My little kitten -”

Di Yelei hugged her from behind, resting his head on her shoulder, his face close to hers, “Sisi, I’m sorry, I made you worry again. I really didn’t do it on purpose; the situation at the time didn’t leave me any choice. So… ”

Liu Sisi angrily brushed his hand away: “You always say that, but next time you do it again knowingly!”

“Alright, alright! My dear Sisi, I promise you! This is really the last time, okay?” He raised one hand.

Liu Sisi didn’t even glance at him.

He shyly approached her and grabbed her hand, smiling warmly, no matter how hard she tried to shake him off, he held her hand tightly.

“It’s you who said it! If there’s a next time… spit, spit, spit! There must be no next time!”

Liu Sisi realized she had misspoke and quickly corrected herself, “You’re injured, just take a good rest for now. Besides, Laba Festival is coming soon, and then it’s the Minor and Major Lunar New Years and the Spring Festival. We’ll be busy!”

“Alright, alright, as long as it’s my wife’s command, how could I not obey?”

Di Yelei kept making faces, trying to amuse Liu Sisi, “My dear Sisi, tonight your husband is injured, what should I do?”

“What should you do?” Their thoughts were not on the same wavelength.

“What do you think? My good kitten… ”

“Oh! You’re so heavy, don’t press on my shoulder.” She tried to push him away.

“Sisi – I miss you!”

He whispered softly in her ear.

Liu Sisi felt a shiver run through her entire body, almost losing her balance, “Stop fooling around! What are you thinking when you’re injured? Rest now!”

“No! Sisi, my dear Sisi, I miss you so much… ”

“Stop messing around, I have to steam the buns tomorrow morning, my dough hasn’t risen yet, and you haven’t added the night grass for the horse, let go… ”

“I won’t let go! We can do those things later. As for now! My dear Sisi… ”

Di Yelei’s low, ingratiating voice of a man courting continued to come from behind the makeshift screen.

“You, uh… you bastard, Di Yelei!”

Not long after, there was a series of barely audible rustling sounds coming from behind the makeshift screen.

Behind the door, Liu Zhi’er silently walked away.

She returned to her room and looked out at the scattered light snow falling outside, the light in her eyes becoming increasingly dim and obscure.

She seems to be living very happily, doesn’t she?

Is this what she meant by finding someone who truly loves her?

Looking back at her own life and comparing it to Liu Sisi’s current situation, Liu Zhi’er could not sleep at all.