Li Min, whose cough had just been stopped by her husband, pointed at Han Lushii:
“Is he… is he joining our Li family?”
Mother Li glanced at her daughter, “What? Is that not allowed?”
“Of course, it’s allowed! It’s more than allowed.” Li Min’s attitude changed 180 degrees.
Bringing a person into the family was better than marrying off a niece. The feeling of her good cabbage being ruined by a pig that had risen in her heart upon learning of her niece’s pregnancy vanished.
“Lushii, aunt welcomes you into our Li family.”
“Our Li family isn’t a big family, nor is it small. But we’re all straightforward people, with no hidden agendas.”
“Don’t worry, once you’re part of the Li family, you’re family. If anyone in Kushan dares to bully you, tell your aunt and uncle, and we’ll beat them until they can’t find their teeth.”
The Li family members at the table all lowered their heads, embarrassed by Li Min’s words.
Town Chief Li had just said that Han Lushii was Hao Hao Yan Yan’s teammate. Who would dare to bully him? And Kushan?
Only Han Lushii, instead of feeling awkward, was moved.
Since childhood, he had envied other children whose parents spoke to them like this.
“Thank you, aunt and uncle. I’ll remember.”
Li Min was satisfied. “Good, good, good. Let’s eat, let’s eat.”
Han Lushii waved his hand, “The four of us have already eaten. Aunt, uncle, eldest aunt, eldest uncle, you should eat quickly.”
After greeting the elders, he asked Yuan Fang and Zhou Yulin if they wanted milk.
When the two children nodded, he got up and fetched a box of milk from the cabinet in the corner of the dining room.
He gave each of the two children a box, and then another to Li Weili.
Only then did he start distributing them to the people at the table.
The adults declined, not wanting milk.
Ouyang Lei reached out and took a box. “Milk is good for calcium. I’ll have one too.”
After the meal, when Dama and Xiaomai went to clear the table, Han Lushii stopped them.
“Eldest sister, second sister, you’ve had a long day of travel and are tired. Go rest early. Leave this to Xiao Yu and me.”
Li Weiyu, "..." He didn't think of him when distributing milk, but now he remembered him?
Ouyang Meihua waved to her younger son in the living room. “Go wash the dishes quickly. Are you a counting abacus bead, or what?”
Li Weiyu, "..." Too young, no rights.
Han Lushii efficiently cleared the table. Li Weiyu merely ran errands, carrying bowls and plates, then brought out a rag from the kitchen for Han Lushii. Han Lushii quickly wiped down the table.
Li Min was very pleased and praised her niece, “Not bad, not bad. He looks a bit slow, but he’s quite capable. He’s just not as good as your older brother.”
“Aunt.” Li Weiyu, who had stopped working after clearing the dishes, corrected his aunt, “That’s called cool, not slow.”
Li Min had never heard of it. “What’s cool?”
Li Weiyu thought for a moment, “It means not talking much, being unique and…”
“Not talking much is still being slow, isn’t it?” Li Min interrupted her nephew.
“What’s the use of saying these new words all day? Bring me back someone new.”
“Yes!” Ouyang Meihua, upon hearing her sister-in-law helping to urge marriage, joined in, “I’m not asking you to get married as quickly as your sister Lili, but if you can find someone, it would give me something to look forward to!”
Li Weiyu, "..." He shouldn't have come out. “I’ll go to the kitchen to help my cousin-in-law.”
Seeing her nephew escape, Li Min asked her sister-in-law, “What is a ‘flash marriage’?”
Ouyang Meihua knew the intention of Town Chief Li and Captain Tian for leaving them in Kyoto.
So, she explained very seriously to her sister-in-law, “It means after a man and woman meet, they get married very quickly, as fast as lightning.”
“For this, they even have to create a new term?” Li Min was surprised.
“In my time, after agreeing to an arranged marriage, wouldn’t we have an engagement, exchange gifts, and then get married?”
“To catch up with the farming season, some people would complete these three steps within a month or two.”
“Today’s kids, can’t they create some meaningful new terms? What’s the point?”
“These Chinese terms were created by our ancestors thousands of years ago. Why do they need to make up nonsense? They have nothing better to do!”
“Yes, they have nothing better to do,” Ouyang Meihua agreed.
Getting married after meeting three or four times was called a flash marriage.
Back then, they only met once, and then their families arranged the three-step marriage. No one even created a term for it.
At that time, they were thinking about how to earn money to fill their stomachs.
Now that their stomachs were full, they thought about doing things to attract attention and show their uniqueness.
Just like her younger son.
“Achoo! Achoo!”
Li Weiyu, who was helping to wash dishes, sneezed twice in a row.
Han Lushii waved him away in disgust, “You’ve gotten everything dirty.”
Li Weiyu retorted, “Isn’t there a disinfection cabinet?”
Han Lushii countered, “If I put a lump of mud in the disinfection cabinet and served it to you, would you eat it?”
Li Weiyu was speechless. “Can you be reasonable?”
Han Lushii washed the dishes in the sink. “Reasoning works with family, but with lazy kids, you can only use force.”
“Just you wait,” Li Weiyu pointed at Han Lushii. “When Brother Xiao Bo gets married, my older brother will definitely come. I’ll ask him to get revenge for me then.”
“Li Weiyan?”
“Yes.”
“Perfect. I haven’t had the chance to meet this man who arrogantly claimed he would take my position as squad leader yet.”
“Just you wait. I promise I’ll kick you out.”
“I’ll be waiting.”
In the living room, after chatting for a while, everyone dispersed and went to their respective rooms to sleep.
Tian Jing instructed her daughter, “Tomorrow, your father and I will go to Beisheng to arrange your second brother’s wedding. I’ll come on Saturday to accompany you for your prenatal check-up.”
“Have you checked if you need to book an appointment with a doctor at the obstetrics and gynecology department of nearby hospitals in advance? If Saturday is tight, book for Sunday.”
“Mom~” Li Weili was a bit nervous. As soon as her mother arrived, she started arranging for her check-ups, not giving her time to think.
Tian Jing patted her daughter’s hand, “With Mom here, you have nothing to fear.”
Li Weili’s heart settled at her mother’s words, “Okay, we’ll call the hospital to inquire.”
Tian Jing comforted her a few more times before returning to the master bedroom to rest.
Mother Li also couldn’t stay up any longer. Seeing that Han Lushii had finished cleaning up and come out, she gestured for her grandson to go rest.
Han Lushii wiped his hands dry and came over to help his wife back to their room.
Li Weili glared at him playfully, “Aunt and eldest aunt are here, and you’re acting like this. I’m embarrassed.”
Han Lushii escorted her into the bedroom before whispering, “What’s there to be embarrassed about? You have to work, revise your thesis, and prepare to take over the company.”
“Too many things are piling up, and the piling up time is your early pregnancy.”
“Don’t worry about the wedding anymore. I’ll prepare our outfits.”
“We’ll just host the villagers for a big banquet so they can get to know me.”
“Postpone the time you take over the company until after the graduation ceremony. Don’t do it all at once; you’ll be too tired.”
“The issue of rebuilding the villa area, I’ll supervise it once I apply for a long leave.”
“Lu Ge~” Li Weili looked up at Han Lushii, moved.
She had always thought she could be a strong career woman who didn't care about family. With her mother’s foundation, she was determined to do better than her mother.
Turns out, it was just her assumption.
After becoming pregnant, her various emotional ups and downs would surface without warning.
Especially after Han Lushii returned, she couldn’t be strong even if she wanted to.
Han Lushii lowered his head and kissed her forehead. “Good girl, go to sleep quickly. Tomorrow is another busy day.”