Guests from all sides

  The Lu family's banquet was not set up in the city, but at the old Lu residence.

  Where is Lu's old home?

  In Shandong.

  Moreover, it is said that planes cannot fly there and you have to take a train.

  Can't take high-speed rail, have to take that slow train.

  When this information reached Wen Haoyue and other members of the Wen family, they were all stunned.

  It's ridiculous for the Lu family to hold a banquet in such a remote and desolate village.

  "Does Lu Jia really want to treat Manman's sister well?"

  Just based on this family dinner location, it is enough to make the Wen family re-examine Mianmian's position in the hearts of the Lu family.

  Anyway, for the sake of possibly meeting excellent men like Wen Haosheng on the scene, they still want to join in the fun.

  Manman called home and had a phone call with Chuyi Xia in early summer, saying that she would return to her hometown for a few days and might not be able to help with work.

  At the beginning of summer, Yuanshen thought she was going back to her hometown and said: "Didn't your elderly family member fall ill last time? Have you been back since then?"

  "No, it's my grandfather's old home." said Manman.

  "When are you going? Do I need to send you off?" Chū Xià and the Wēn family thought alike, thinking of the airport, sending them off wouldn't be difficult.

  "No need, we're taking the train tomorrow, and the train station is crowded. Aren't you having morning sickness now? Besides, I'll be back in a week at most."

  Train?

  Yes.

  "Why is it a train?"

  "My grandfather's hometown can only be reached by train."

  "Your grandfather's hometown won't be the same as my husband's hometown, will it?"

  Early summer, she only went back to her husband's hometown with him once, and the impression was very deep. They took a two-day and one-night train ride, and the train derailed twice in between. She was so tired that after going once, she refused to go again unless the transportation to her husband's hometown improved.

  "Is Shīgē's hometown in Sichuan?" Màn Màn recalled the complaint her best friend had once shared with her, and touched her lips.

  Shixiong Du Yu's Mandarin, the accent should be Sichuan dialect, but after getting along for a long time, they all came out as university students who learned standard Mandarin, and Manman couldn't tell Du Yu's local accent apart.

  "Your grandfather's hometown is Shandong, so that means your ancestral home is in Shandong?" Chu Xia was quite surprised by this realization. "But I've always thought you were a true southerner."

  Manman grew up slender, since childhood in the south, physique, language, demeanor, accent, none of which are like those of a northerner.

  "It's too amazing. You're completely in the style of a southerner, and they can actually tell that you're from their family lineage." Chū Xià was amazed by Lù Jiā rén's sharp eyes and exclaimed "My God".

  The little girl's eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

  "Where is your husband from?" Having already brought up the topic of ancestry, Xia asked directly.

  "A Yan's old home is Tianjin." If it weren't for the Lu family's old house being brought up, Manman wouldn't have thought of investigating her husband's ancestral hometown. Besides, she didn't even need to investigate, just ask Xiao Dongzi.

  "Dog doesn't care about steamed buns", "Exploding doughnuts for ears and eyes", "Eighteen Streets' fried dough fritters".

  All are food, fortunately she usually loves flipping through cookbooks, and guessed it at once: "Tianjin's."

  "Aunt is clever!" Xiaodong gives Manman's little wife a thumbs up.

  Tianjin people are humorous by nature, and her husband Jiang Yan comrade is a pure manifestation of this.

  In early summer, what comes to mind first is: "Ah, a genuine city dweller."

  A native city dweller is different from someone whose ancestral home was in the countryside but later moved into the city.

  The Chinese people place great emphasis on tradition.

  That is to say, Comrade Jiang Yun, he is a pure and simple petty aristocrat, while the Lu family is a successful rural tyrant who has made it from the countryside to the city.

  The blinking eyelids reminded Comrade Early Summer of something, but it felt a bit confusing.

  "My husband and I didn't think much of it. After marriage, the two families were equal from the start." Manman reiterates her and her husband's stance.

  Whether her maiden home was Wen's family or now Lu's family.

  "Alright." Early summer strongly disagreed with her opinion, "Look at my mother-in-law now, she doesn't dare to give me any trouble, just because I am a genuine city girl, your brother is from the countryside."

  "But you and your senior brother have a good relationship, can it be so clear-cut?"

  So, it can be said that the difference in experience between a wife who has been married for many years and one who has just gotten married lies here.

  "You and I are both being protected by our families now, so our mothers-in-law don't dare to give us a hard time. You and your mother-in-law don't get along well, do you? My relationship with my mother-in-law isn't good either. Let's make a bet, do you believe that once you give birth to this child, your mother-in-law will start making trouble again?"

  "How did you know?"

  "My mom taught me."

  Early summer had a fierce mother Tan Mu hand in hand teaching.

  Man Man didn't think that Mrs. Lu would first discipline her for speaking ill of her mother-in-law behind her back, because Mrs. Lu herself had never encountered a bad mother-in-law and therefore had no experience to draw from.

  "Uh, your mom has a good temperament, raised in luxury, unlike my mom, who fought her way through the family and outside, came from the fire and rain, and walked out of a bloody battle."

  Meng Meng can't say anything wrong about her two mothers' evaluation of early summer.

  Actually, after being with Mrs. Lu for a long time, Manman can feel that Mrs. Lu is one of the few leisurely wives who don't care about external things, doesn't need to worry about family finances, doesn't need to worry about her son being unfilial, and doesn't need to worry about her husband having an affair. Now that her daughter is back, she has nothing to worry about at all. And the men in the house also don't give her any worries.

  Mrs. Lu can be said to be a canary raised in a cage, and her easy-going personality makes her not have any rebellious thoughts about any environment.

  Manman is not used to Mrs. Lu's way of life, and can be said to be very unaccustomed to it. Because she grew up following her adoptive father Wen Shi Xuan in poverty, every day worrying about food, oil, rice, salt, and money being tightly grasped in her hands, yet still fearing a day without money. Therefore, she must earn money, work hard to earn money, and feels uneasy if she doesn't earn money for a single day, because she understands a truth in society: everywhere in life requires spending money.

  And unlike Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu doesn't worry about money issues at all, she's used to asking for money from her family members.

  Manman is not, even if Manman spends her husband's money, she still feels uneasy at heart.

  Early summer at home is also in charge of finance minister, for old public Du Yu may exist small gold warehouse strict supervision.

  "Although the two of you have a good relationship, when it comes to money issues, you can't be unprepared." Chuxia, with her years of experience as a married woman, advised her close friend who had just entered the marriage hall, "You should think not only for yourself but also for your children. Men don't think about money problems like women do; they always assume that as long as they earn it, they can make more. We need to be prepared and save up. Moreover, a man's secret stash is often the source of mistress problems - you can't ignore this."

  "What did your aunt teach?"

  That is.

  Husbands and wives should be like this, full of suspicions, Manman thinks it's meaningless, but can't deny that Tan Mu's teachings to Chunxia are not non-existent in reality.

  "Women, be good to yourself, it's not wrong."

  Chu Xia summarized and asked her, "This time you return to your hometown and have a banquet at your natal home, will your husband follow?"

  "Yes."

  "My mom told me to tell you that whether he returns to his hometown or follows you back to your hometown, pay attention to details."

  "Details?"

  "It's just a matter of different local customs."

  Sweat and sweat, waterfall sweat: At first, her husband followed her back to the old house in Wen's hometown. Because she grew up in the south, she was very considerate of her husband. However, now they are returning to Lu's old house, a northern rural area that is completely unfamiliar to her. She teaches her husband, or rather, it should be said that her husband who grew up in the north teaches her?

  China's vast territory, now, there are many cases of southern women marrying northern men and northern women marrying southern men.

  Don't worry too much about it.

  The train tickets were booked by Lujia early in the morning. Everyone, including busy Commander Lu, took a long vacation.

  The night before departure, everyone packed their luggage.

  Lu Huan ran back and forth as a liaison, only then did Manman realize that this time the Yao family would be walking together with the Lu family.

  Thinking of the hot weather, it's approaching the sweltering season, so Mianmian didn't pack thick clothes in her luggage.

  These trivial matters in life are usually handled by his wife, and Jiang Yan does not interfere.

  The things were almost packed up, and Lu Huan was sent over by Mrs. Lu to ask if they needed any help or if anything was missing.

  In her heart, she and her husband have been worried about one thing: that is, after arriving there, they will see the gift that Lao Ye wants to give them.

  Lu Lao Ye Zi lives in Jiang Jun Building, a first-class retired cadre, with everything he needs. Whatever they send him, it's nothing special to Lu Lao Ye Zi.

  Giving gifts to elderly people has become very particular.

  Man Man and her husband asked for opinions from many parties, in the end, it was Man Man herself who personally wrote a calligraphy piece, which was then mounted by her husband Ah Yan under the guidance of his senior fellow apprentice Du Yu.

  The scroll was rolled up and placed in an old-fashioned tube, tied with a red silk ribbon. Manman put it in her suitcase, worried that it would be crushed, so she only packed some soft clothes beside it.

  Now that this most important matter has been settled, Manman thinks everything is ready and they can set off at any time.

  Lu Huan received her OK gesture and went back to report.

  At half past six the next morning, Lu Huan came knocking on the door and said they were setting off.

  The capital city is vast, and it takes more than an hour to get to the train station by car. The train departs at around 9:20. They need to enter the station in advance. Manman rarely takes trains, and the last time she took one was when they went to Beijing with Chuxia in early summer, taking a long-distance direct sleeper ticket.

  This time Lu's family also booked sleeper tickets.

  This morning, we went our separate ways after parting at the train station and bumped into each other.

  The feeling is: like going home for Chinese New Year and rushing to the fair.

  Arrived at the station, many people gathered together, and they started chatting before even boarding the train.

  Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Lu were good sisters, as soon as they met, they would be together. But Mianmian couldn't recognize them, except for the two of them, what was the identity of the other middle-aged women standing with them?

  Moreover, at this time, it is generally impossible for her to be with her husband. Soon, her husband was called away by Commander Lu to meet some male elders who were friends and relatives.

  It was Jiang Mei's arrival that relieved her from the awkward situation.

  This time the Lu family invited the Jiang family, but only invited Mr. Jiang and his wife Mei's family. As a result, it is said that Mrs. Jiang made a fuss at home again.

  "Auntie, this is my dad." Little Dongzi dragged a man in military uniform to stand before Mianmian.

  Lu's family this time set a grand table, even Cheng Si Quan who has not returned home for a long time in the army was invited and couldn't make excuses to be absent.

  The fingers turned the military cap, and the young soldier's shoulder badge had two bars and two stars, which was recognizable as the same rank as her husband.

  Jiang Mei's husband, Cheng Si Quan, was younger and more handsome than she had imagined. His face, which had been tanned dark by the sun under his military cap, had a hint of melancholy and a forced smile, with a bit of stubble on his chin.

  Manman calls Jiang Mei "Second Sister", and thus also starts calling Cheng Si Quan "Second Brother-in-law".

  "When did Second Brother-in-law come back?" asked Manman.

  Cheng Si Quan didn't answer, and Xiao Dong Zi hastily said: "Dad came back last night."

  Missing his father dearly, it's all too clear on this little boy's face.

  Jiang Mei, standing behind her father and son, couldn't help but look gloomy.

  Jiang's father looked at his second daughter and her family, frowning deeply between his eyebrows, mainly at his second son-in-law.

  Sticking to one's post in the army is not wrong, but it doesn't mean not keeping in touch with family.

  Jiang Mei deceived again, as a father, he could see that Cheng Si Quan rarely contacted his family and didn't know what was going on.

  "What about Ah Yan?" Cheng Si Quan asked, obviously avoiding Jiang's father's gaze.

  "He was taken away by my dad," said Manman apologetically.

  Cheng Si Quan said: "Nothing. It's just been a long time since I've seen Ah Yan, and I wanted to see him and chat with him."

  It can be seen that Cheng Si Quan and her husband have a pretty good relationship.

  The ticket has been checked and I have entered the station.

  Jiang Yan rushed back to help his daughter-in-law with the luggage, only then realizing that his family members had arrived. He greeted them one by one: "Dad, Second Sister, Second Brother-in-law, which car are you sitting in?"

  The votes for the Jiang family were certainly not ordered by the Lu family.

  Jiang Mei told her brother not to worry: "We've all booked sleeper tickets, it's not hard to go visit you. You take care of your wife first, she's pregnant."

  "Your sister-in-law is pregnant." Little Dongzi explained to his bewildered father.

  "Didn't you guys get on the bus first and then buy tickets?"

  Jiang Yan and Manman shook their heads in unison: "No!"

  It's said that getting married and having children right away will also raise suspicions.

  A whole body of sweat.

  Jiang Yan held his wife in one arm, and on the other hand chatted with Cheng Si Quan whom he hadn't seen for a long time: "You came back last night, why didn't you give me a call? I could have gone to your place too."

  "Rushed over, leaving today, thinking of not disturbing you and your wife's rest."

  "Your brother-in-law's unit is so busy, I heard from your second sister that you can't take time off to come back and visit. Even after Xiaodong's eyes have recovered, you still can't come?"

  Upon hearing this, Cheng Si Quan suddenly froze, lowered his head and looked at the little boy holding his hand, as if he had just noticed that the child was not wearing glasses on the bridge of his nose.

  Xiao Dongzi and his mother Jiang Mei didn't say a word, silently paying attention to their own footsteps.

  "Second sister, didn't you tell your husband about Xiaodongzi's matter?" Jiang Yan, who had already taken in the expressions of all three family members, asked Jiang Mei.

  Xiao Dongzi rushed to speak again: "Mom and I wanted to give Dad a surprise when he came home, but Dad didn't notice."

  He didn't even notice that his own young son wasn't wearing glasses, how can he be a good father.

  Jiang's father, who was walking ahead, could be imagined to be furious in his heart.

  "Dad may have been away from home for a long time and forgotten that I wear glasses." Xiaodong defended his father, seeing the unusual silence of the adults.

  In Xiaodongzi's heart, Dad is still a good dad.

  Manman could hear the little boy's heart voice: Don't want anyone to question whether Dad loves him or Mom.

  Then, she pulled her husband who wanted to continue asking questions: "There are children here."

  Jiang Yan closed his mouth, and his starry eyes stopped on his nephew's small face, becoming even more gentle.

  They went through the ticket gates and platforms and got on their respective carriages.

  When her husband was stuffing his luggage under the bed, Manman received a text message:

  Manman sister, I'm Haosnow, we are in car 8, you can come find us.

  In an instant, I was shocked and speechless.

  "What's wrong?" Jiang Yan asked, seeing her frowning.

  "There's nothing." The sound of the train whistle was heard, and it wasn't wise to drive away the Wen family from getting off the train. Moreover, no matter how they were driven away, these people would not give up following them as long as there was an opportunity.

  ……

  The train journey wasn't as long as two days and one night as mentioned in the early summer, but I was drowsy all the time and wanted to sleep once I got on the train.

  Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Yao came over to see her and said to their son-in-law Jiang Yan, "It's a good thing she wants to sleep, it means the baby is growing."

  Her husband heard this and didn't dare disturb her, letting her sleep.

  And soon after, someone called my husband over for a chat again.

  Manman slept drowsily, the air-conditioned car was on, it was a bit cold, so she pulled up the quilt.

  It was probably at some point that someone came over and saw her shivering, so they put something on her.

  The shadow was blurry and could only be identified as a slender figure. She vaguely tried to open her eyes to see who it was, but her eyelids were pressed shut and wouldn't budge.

  After sleeping for a while, I woke up and sat up, only to find that there was a military overcoat on top of the quilt.

  The clothes she brought for her husband did not include this one.

  Wondering whose it might be, I first took a cup and walked to the hot water dispenser at one end of the carriage to pour some water.

  Wen Haosheng and Liao Shuya were both crawling over from the other end of the carriage.

  "Are you sure, Sister Manman is in this carriage?" Liao Shuya became worried after searching for several berths and not finding the Lu family.

  "What I heard in the dining car is that those ladies are all in the dining car now, so you won't be able to see anyone here." Wen Haosheng must have been staring at this place for a long time.

  "Didn't Wanwan Jie go with you?"

  "No. I heard them say that Manman Jie was sleepy and fell asleep." Wen Haosheng said.

  "Car sick?" Liao Shuya had never heard that Manman was prone to carsickness.

  "Yes, Manman's sister is pregnant." Wen Haosue thought that just getting this news made the trip worthwhile.

  I'm really pregnant.

  Liao Shuya blinked her eyes and suddenly thought: Now, Wang Yunyun has an extra trump card, isn't she going to be overjoyed?

  Two people crouched down and crept forward, seeing a shadow similar to that of a soldier in front of them. Wen Haosheng thought it might be Jun Ye, so he hastily pulled Liao Shuya towards the window.

  The soldier brushed past them from behind and didn't notice them.

  Not you, sir.

  Wen Haosheng wiped out a cold sweat: She almost forgot, the process of finding Manman was the process of fighting against Jun Ye, and she would be cut off by Jun Ye.

  "What are you afraid of soldiers doing?" Liao Shuya asked in confusion.

  "Haven't you heard me say that before? Mianmian's brother is a soldier." Wen Haosue looked around like a thief, pulling her, "Hurry up, find Mianmian before they discover us."

  Liao Shuya followed behind her, grumbling: "In my opinion, what's so scary about the Lu family? They're just relying on their power to bully others. What right do they have to stop us from meeting with Manman?"

  "What's the big deal?" Wen Haosheng turned his head and glared at her, his eyes wanting to poke into her nose, this silly girl. "They have a lot of things to rely on. Unless you and your mom aren't afraid of being caught by the Lu family and kicked back to your hometown, or ending up like Third Uncle's family in prison?"

  "My mother and I have never done anything illegal. They can't catch us even if they want to." Liao Shuya said with confidence.

  Wen Haosheng said something unclear to her, and now was not the time for debate. He felt his way to the middle of the car, found the bed number he had overheard, lifted the curtain and looked inside, only to find it empty with no one in sight.

  The bed that Lu's family booked for Manman was the lower berth, and her husband slept on the opposite lower berth. The two upper berths were occupied by Lu Huan and Yao Zibao, and above them was an empty berth that had been booked but not used. Knowing that his sister needed to sleep undisturbed, Lu Huan and Yao Zibao, the two young men, shouldered each other and went off to find another place to have fun.

  Wen Haosheng could tell that it was where Manman slept, as he saw the small suitcase that Manman had used for many years without replacing, placed at the head of the bed.

  "This bag is Mengmeng's. Has Mengmeng left?" Liao Shuya also recognized the bag and saw the military coat on the quilt at the same time.

  Then, Wen Haosheng squatted down and pulled out a large trunk from under the bed.

  "What are you doing? Aren't we waiting for Manman Jie to come back?" Liao Shuya asked in surprise.

  "Before Manman comes back, can we take a look at her stuff? Anyway, she's my sister and won't mind." Wen Haosheng said as he prepared to pry open the trunk.

  Wen Haosheng is the most fond of snooping among her sisters, and whenever she visits someone's home, she likes to rummage through their belongings without asking for permission. She doesn't steal, but rather is driven by curiosity. Liao Shuya and other sisters often complain about Wen Haosheng's habit, which she refuses to change. However, now they are delighted to see Wen Haosheng snoop around because they too are curious about the scandal that has been exposed.

  "Meimei wants to give her grandfather a gift, but I don't know what it is, probably hidden in this suitcase."

  "I heard you say that her grandfather used to be a high-ranking official, and the things Mianmian's family sent to Grandfather weren't expensive enough to meet his expectations, could they even fit in a suitcase?" Liao Shuya asked doubtfully.

  "Are you crazy? Do you think Manman's sister would give her grandfather gold and silver jewelry?" Wen Haosheng gave her a white eye.

  Liao Shuya thought so too: Manman, who had been trained by Wen Shixuan and Xu Yu'e to be thrifty, would not possibly give away gold, silver, or jewels.

  After all, they are sisters who have grown up together for many years, and some of each other's temperaments are clear at a glance.

  Wen Haoxue guessed the password set by Manman without much effort, and easily opened the suitcase.

  "Wow, you're really something, Haoyue! How did you guess Mengmeng's phone number?" Liao Shuya patted her on the shoulder.

  "You can guess too." Wen Haosheng didn't think much of it.

  That is, the number set by Manman, first and foremost, must be Wen Shixuan's birthday. The other little thieves will definitely not guess it, but these Wen sisters are actually the easiest to guess.

  Opened the suitcase, looking for Mengmeng's birthday gift, it was not difficult at all.

  The rolled-up scroll was revealed before them.

  "I heard that Manman's paintings are now worth a lot of money, one piece can sell for several thousand yuan." Liao Shuya stared at the calligraphy, feeling a strange itch in her heart. Manman's art gallery was burned down, and along with it, she didn't even have the chance to see Manman's works.

  Two people, coincidentally, started dismantling the cylinder.

  The lid was opened because of the urgency to pull out the scroll inside, and with both hands pulling simultaneously, it was torn open, revealing a small opening.

  "What should I do?"

  The faces of both people turned white in an instant.

  "Put it back." Wen Haosheng had done this kind of sneaky thing many times, more than Liao Shuya could calm down. "Don't worry, Mianmian knows she won't do anything to us, after all we are her sisters."

  After finishing packing, they closed the suitcase and pushed it back under the bed. The two sat on the messy bed, one holding their chest, still feeling a lingering fear.

  In this case, it's obvious that if Manman comes back and finds out they've been here, she'll inevitably put her suspicions on them.

  Two people with tacit understanding, quickly retreated together.

  On the road, Liao Shuya complained again: "We came to see Weiwei, it's good now that we haven't seen her and have to leave, all because of your clumsiness."

  "How did it become me? You used too much force and tore the painting, not me." Wen Haosheng was extremely displeased.

  Two people quarreled all the way back to their seats and stopped when they saw someone else there.

  This time, accompanying them were Wen Feng Jie, Zhang Qiuyan and Wang Yunyun. Wang Shaohan was too young to come, so Wen Feng Mei didn't follow, instead sending her own daughter Wang Yunyun as a representative. Wang Yunyun had asked for several days off from the Jiang family.

  There is Wen Feng's sister here, thinking of booking a sleeper ticket, it's impossible to save money. The whole group had no choice but to book all hard seats.

  Wen Feng's sister likes to play cards, and the guests sitting around her formed a circle. As soon as they got on the train, they started playing cards. Zhang Qiuyan found it noisy and hadn't slept well last night due to tension, so she went to find a place to sleep. The three Wen sisters sat together.

  Wang Yunyun, who was idle and flipping through a book, saw the two of them return and raised an eyebrow: "You guys went to the bathroom for so long, I thought you both fell into the pit."

  Wen Haoxue didn't invite two people together, just afraid of trouble with many people. Now it's proven that she was right, something went wrong, but only the two of them know.

  "The toilets were all crowded, and Shuya and I searched everywhere until we finally found an empty one." Wen Haosheng said, sitting back in his seat and wiping the sweat with a tissue.

  Liao Shuya also hastily picked up a cup to drink water.

  Wang Yunyun saw the two of them like this, and couldn't help but mock: "You go to the toilet once, get thirsty, want to drink water, and then you have to go to the toilet again, vicious cycle."

  The two of them were already guilty and nervous in front of her, and they couldn't hear what she was saying.

  Listening to them without refuting, Wang Yunyun suddenly felt uninteresting, raised the book in her hand, but did not miss observing the anxious look on the faces of the two people opposite.

  "I wonder where Weiwei has gone?"

  Liao Shuya wanted to shift attention and sighed at Wen Huan.

  Wen Yu didn't leave with them, claiming that someone would send her there, making it all mysterious.

  "I heard she's taking a plane, but after landing, she still needs to drive into the mountains on a not-so-good road. Who knows, maybe she'll arrive later than us." Wen Haosheng said this to show that Wen Huan didn't have anything to be envied about and to balance his mind.

  "Has Jiajing come or not?"

  This is what Liao Shuya and others are most concerned about.

  However, up until now, Lin Jiajing has indeed been quiet.

  "She's going to class, but she can pretend in front of Manman." Wen Haosheng was convinced that Manman must have invited Lin Jiajing, and Lin Jiajing pretended to be a good student, refusing Manman's invitation. So maybe she really hooked up with a rich second generation, no need to cling to Manman anymore.

  Wang Yunyun first heard them say that Lin Jiajing had a boyfriend who looked rich, and in her heart, she finally realized that she was anxious. If even little Lin Jiajing, who is so young, has already found someone, what about their group, which still hasn't gotten any news? Aren't they all going to become like Mengmeng from before, getting moldy?

  ……

  Before getting on the train, she had sewn her valuables, bank cards and ID into her clothes or hidden them in her socks, so when leaving her seat, she didn't feel like there were any important things left behind and wouldn't think of asking someone to watch her luggage.

  She picked up a cup of water and came back, sat on the bed to drink some hot water, feeling that the edge of the bedding was hot and humid, as if someone had just sat there.

  She looked around and found signs that someone had lifted her quilt, which made her feel suspicious.

  "Meimei." Lu Huan walked back from outside and called out when she saw that she was awake.

  He saw him carrying a backpack and asked: "Where are you going?"

  "I slept on top of you. Bao'er slept on top of my brother-in-law." Lu Huan said, putting down her personal travel backpack on the bed above hers, "Just saw that you were sleeping and didn't dare to wake you up, so Bao'er and I went to my brother's place to kill some time."

  Man Man thought she wasn't sleeping with anyone on top of her, but now that she saw it was her little brother who was asleep, she felt at ease and asked: "Where's Bao'er?"

  "It's still at my brother's place. He likes watching others play cards. I find it boring."

  Jun Ye was sleeping in their next room, but a group of people were playing cards in another carriage where Gao Daxiao was staying.

  "What's wrong with you?" After being together for a long time, Mianmian didn't understand much about the personality differences between these two young men.

  "Manman, if you go there and watch them play cards for a while, you'll understand. Bao likes this kind of brain-twisting intellectual game, I don't." Lu Huan laughed, pointing to his head with his finger.

  "Isn't playing cards supposed to be brainless?"

  Sister is indeed a simple girl, even her brother-in-law is not as simple as her.

  Lu Huan took her innocent sister to learn and study.

  Manman suddenly remembered the military coat on her bed and said, "I don't know who put it here, I should return it to its owner. Huaner, can you recognize whose it is?"

  The military coats are almost identical, Lu Huan looked left and right, and really couldn't tell them apart: "Could it be the one my brother put up?"

  Has your husband been here?

  Manman was taken aback: How come I don't have this impression?

  Holding a big coat in his arms, he and his younger brother walked to where everyone was playing cards.

  A group of young people playing cards, all relatives and friends of two uncles. The tall, handsome and entertaining host is the banker. The two uncles did not participate, standing aside watching.

  When Manman arrived, she didn't plan to disturb anyone. Lu Huan whispered to her how to play this card and why some people looked like they won but actually lost. Manman listened, her face gradually turning red: Indeed, I didn't think of it, others are using playing cards to build relationships.

  After standing for a while, I found that there was a line of sight stopping on myself. Turning back to look past, I saw Mr. Yao standing on one side, holding a book in his hand, as if he was concentrating on it with his head down.

  Another cold voice beside her saw her and spoke out: "How did you get here?"

  "Brother." Lu Huan hastily replied on her behalf, "Sister has come to return your coat."

  She caught sight of the big coat in her hand, and the light in her icy eyes flickered back and forth several times, making it unclear what she was thinking.

  "Brother?" Seeing him not responding for half a day, Lu Huan was puzzled.

  Brushing past another person on the scene, in a tone used to educate younger brothers and sisters: "Go back wearing this. The air conditioner in the car is cold, take out the thicker coat from your luggage and wear it, so you won't catch a chill."

  "Overcoat?" asked Manman, blinking her eyes.

  "Sister, didn't you bring a thicker coat?"

  "It's so hot outside, what jacket should I wear?" Watching TV news, the weather in various places is approaching scorching heat, Shandong is no exception.

  It turned out to be the biggest April Fool's Day prank she had ever made since becoming a daughter-in-law.

  The difference between north and south mentioned on the phone in early summer has been verified on her now.

  The northern mountain village is different from the southern hills, with a large temperature difference between day and night. When it rains or dew falls, you have to wrap yourself in a thick quilt at night.

  There was someone, unfamiliar to Mengmeng, sitting next to Gao Dali, holding a deck of cards, looking like a spoiled brat. Hearing her words, he smiled at Lu Jun and said: "Lu Jun, your sister is really from the south, if you didn't say she's your sister, I wouldn't have recognized her."

  This sentence has a hundred meanings, one is that she doesn't look like her handsome brothers, and her appearance is ordinary. Two is that she doesn't have the style of the Lu family's ancestral home at all, and she doesn't even understand the geographical habits of northerners.

  "Hey, what are you talking about? They just got home, how can they understand everything?"

  "You misunderstood, I wasn't saying that Lu Jun's sister is pitiful?"

  Pitiful, raised by others like this, even their own family doesn't resemble them.

  Man Man silently lowered her head and turned away.

  "Ah, sister—" Lu Huan took off after her, not forgetting to give that sharp-tongued person a glare.

  There was no one like her younger brother, who would immediately flare up and then calm down. Instead, she had left a deep impression on his slender back: these words, he would definitely continue to hear afterwards. How to deal with it was something he himself had to learn.

  Jiang Yan, who had hurried back after hearing that his wife was being talked about, returned to the car and saw his wife sitting on the bed, drinking water and chatting with her younger brother Lu Huan, without any unusual emotions.

  Lu Huan saw him return and let out a big sigh of relief.

  Although Manman doesn't show it on her face, she must be choked with rage in her heart.

  The baton was passed to his brother-in-law, and Lu Huan walked out for a stroll.

  "Vines." Sat down beside his wife, just about to ask carefully.

  "Let me pour you a glass of water." Manman gets up and pours water for her husband.

  The sound of water gurgling, Ying's eyebrows furrowed, thinking about where to start: "This isn't your fault, I didn't think to remind you, the northern climate is different from the south."

  "What's wrong with that?" Yue Er raised an eyebrow, "Aren't we all Chinese? North and South, must they be divided so clearly?"

  Surprised, I looked at my wife's face and saw a calm and confident smile.

  Wife, this isn't being hit, it's losing face.

  Manman hates being categorized by people using certain things. Yes, she is a poor girl brought up by the owner of a grocery store, but this absolutely cannot represent anything.

  She is in no way pitiful, she absolutely doesn't make people feel any pity for her at all.

  Seeing his daughter-in-law's enthusiasm and eagerness to try, Jiang Yan closed his mouth, not wanting to disturb her excitement.

  Lu Huan walked out to take a stroll and soon discovered that his brother, Yao Zibao, had slipped away from the card game while he was not around. He found him at the connection between two train cars and patted his shoulder: "What are you sneaking off to do?"

  He patted him on the back, Yao Zibao turned his head to look at him with a bit of displeasure, putting away his phone: "Making a sound won't cost you your life."

  Lu Huan rolled her eyes and followed him from behind.

  Yao Zibao just sent a text message to Lin Jiajing, saying he was going into the mountains.

  It's said that Lin Jiajing, who is going to enter the Lu family's old house, naturally sent him a few more texts back and forth to ask.

  The result was ruined by Lu Huan.

  The train entered a small station in the mountains at around 3 or 4 o'clock on alternate mornings.

  Knowing that Manman and they didn't bring thick clothes, Junye asked his mother to take out two thick coats, and let Manman and them wear them in the night.

  As for the military coat from before, Manman had folded it up neatly and placed it back on Junye's bed.

  The train stayed at the small station for a short time, and everyone hurriedly got off with their luggage.

  The Wen family didn't dare to be discovered by the Lu family, so they hastily got off the car and found a place to hide. As for this sneaky way of doing things, both Madame Wen and her daughter were displeased. She said to Zhang Qiuyan, "Second sister, we're not thieves, what are you afraid of?"

  Zhang Qiuyan raised her finger and whispered, "Shh, shh, shh", seeing a row of cars parked at the station entrance, apparently all coming to pick up Lu's family members and their guests.

  Several old men in military uniforms got out of a jeep.

  The Wen family sisters looked at each other: Which one of them is Mianmian's grandfather?