Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Chapter 166 Chen Qiao's Response

After coming out of the steel mill, Li Bowen and Fox each rode a tricycle loaded with rice brought from the yard.

The reason why Lin Dong and Zheng Xiangqian were not brought back this time was because rice needed to be transported and it was not convenient to take them along.

So Li Bowen arranged for the two of them to deal with some of Lin Dong’s previous relationships first, and then meet up with them in Changping two days later, and the four of them would go together to explore new areas.

Li Bowen was exhausted from the journey.

In the past, when he left the city, he would wait until there were fewer people around and put his belongings into the space, and take them out when he was close to home. Sometimes he even put his tricycle into the space and hailed a bus on the road to the county town.

But now with the fox, Li Bowen could only pedal the tricycle with great effort. Fortunately, after this period of training, Li Bowen's physical strength was still good, otherwise he would have been really exhausted.

As they were getting closer and closer to the village, they turned a corner at the intersection and had to go to the fox's village first to unload the food and wait for Lao Zhu and Er Gou to transport it away in the next two days.

After unloading, Li Bowen got on his bike and rushed home.

The New Year had just passed, and the family didn't know when Li Bowen would come back. When he got home, he found the door locked. Grandpa, grandma, and Chen Qiao must have gone to work.

The village now implements a work point system, and everyone must participate in labor. Although grandparents are old and Chen Qiao is pregnant, they cannot do heavy physical work even if they go to work, but they still have to go, just to do less work and get fewer work points.

However, this was not a problem for them, because they had Li Dahe and Li Bowen at home, so they would not starve even if they had fewer work points.

I took out the house key from under the stone at the corner of the gate, inserted it into the lock to open the gate, and pushed the tricycle into the yard. I glanced at the watch on my wrist, and the hands pointed to more than four o'clock in the afternoon. It was almost time to make dinner.

Li Bowen rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen, washed some rice, lit a fire to steam the rice, then took out the marinated meat from the clay pot, got some cabbage, vermicelli, frozen tofu and so on, and prepared to make a pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew. Finally, he cut some roast chicken and sausages he bought from the city and heated them up.

By the time he was almost done, it was getting dark and voices were heard outside the door.

"Grandma, Bowen is back!" Before Li Bowen walked out of the kitchen, he heard Chen Qiao's surprised voice.

"Ouch, slow down, watch out for your stomach!" Grandma's voice followed.

Li Bowen had just wiped the water stains on his hands with his apron when he heard footsteps. A figure ran happily into the house. The jumping figure didn't look like a pregnant woman at all.

Chen Qiao threw herself into Li Bowen's arms like a happy little bird, and he was so scared that he quickly opened his arms and hugged her tightly, fearing that she would get bumped.

"Why are you so happy?" Li Bowen asked with a smile.

Chen Qiao said happily: "Of course I am happy! How can I not be happy that you are back!"

Then he raised his nose to smell the air: "It seems so! Did you make something delicious?"

"Steamed rice, big pot dishes, and some delicious food I bought from the city especially for you! Go wash your hands and get ready to eat." Li Bowen patted her on the back gently, then took her hand and walked out of the kitchen.

Chen Qiao went through a period of morning sickness and now has a good appetite, and everything she eats tastes delicious. It was also Chinese New Year, so her family prepared a lot of food. In addition, Li Bowen brought her various nutritional supplements through his friend Wu Lei, and her physical condition has greatly improved.

Not only did the originally damaged body gradually recover, but the person also became plump and radiant with health.

After dinner, the couple returned to their east room.

Chen Qiao waited on Li Bowen diligently as always. After he finished washing up, she returned to the bedroom, lit the kerosene lamp, and began to make clothes for the child. Li Bowen sat aside, smoking a cigarette, and concentrating on reading a technical book.

Suddenly, Chen Qiao blurted out, "Uncle San has arranged a marriage for you!"

The voice was not loud. Li Bowen was immersed in the world of books at the moment and did not hear the words clearly. He asked in confusion, "What?"

Chen Qiao repeated once again: "Uncle San has arranged a marriage for you. She is from Shenjia Village in the west. I think her name is Shen Zhaodi!"

This time, Li Bowen finally heard her words clearly. He looked up in surprise and his eyes fell on Chen Qiao's face: "Why did Third Uncle think of this?"

Chen Qiao rolled her eyes at him: "Why are you looking at me? Do you think I'm angry? If I were angry about this, I would have died of anger a long time ago!" Then, she added: "Seeing that Yu Li and I have both moved in, his family still hasn't found a place to stay. I guess Third Uncle is also worried."

"You can't do that at this time! You're still pregnant!"

Li Bowen knew that women are prone to mental fluctuations during pregnancy. So when he and Yu Li got married, he still had some concerns. Fortunately, they got along well during the Chinese New Year. Now this happened again. If she is unhappy, it may have a bad effect on the fetus.

"I'm going to marry her sooner or later anyway. When my third uncle came to discuss this matter with grandpa and grandma that day, he didn't avoid me and even asked for my opinion. Why should I be reluctant to have one more person to accompany me and take care of you? Besides, after she gets married, she will live with my third uncle, not in our house." Chen Qiao acted very calmly.

She knew the situation when they were dating and was prepared for it. Her family never avoided her when discussing the matter, so she didn't feel jealous or dissatisfied, she just felt that she had one more person to chat with.

Now Li Bowen felt much more relieved: "Okay, as long as you are not angry. Let's wait and see what Uncle San says about the specific situation. I still have a lot of things waiting for me here."

Li Bowen really couldn't think about these things now. The factory's purchasing had not been finalized yet, and Lou Xiaoe's matter also needed to be dealt with quickly. Now there was an unknown daughter-in-law. How could he have so many thoughts? It gave him a headache just thinking about it!

Seeing his reaction, Chen Qiao was very satisfied. She smiled and continued, "I heard from my third uncle that the girl is pretty and capable, but her family is relatively poor. She has an old father, two younger sisters and a younger brother. She is the eldest daughter and will probably have to support a large family in the future."

Hearing this, Li Bowen nodded: "Just delay it, as long as the person is nice and respects you, it's fine. I don't care. It's nothing more than a few more mouths to feed!"

Chen Qiao also felt that it was a big deal. She knew her husband's ability to make money. Since they got married, the family had never worried about food, and she had saved a lot of money.

Then she nodded and said nothing more, picked up the needle and thread and continued sewing the clothes in her hands.

After a while, Chen Qiao finished sewing the last stitch, bit off the thread, picked up the finished dress, and showed it to Li Bowen: "Come over here and help me see if this dress is okay?"