Lin Lishan looked at Jiao Jiao amusingly, Huang Cuilan seemed thoughtful, and Lin Juhua cheerfully looked at Shi Tou. Xiao Zuo shouted loudly, "I understand, there are bad guys secretly looking for adults. When we grow up, we can catch the bad guys ourselves." After shouting, he covered his mouth, looked at Zhou Jiao’s face, and only felt relieved when he saw she wasn’t blaming him, laughing cheekily. Zhou Jiao looked at this little boy, who seemed quite clever, and nodded in her heart. Little Stone scratched his head and said to Zhou Jiao, "Auntie, I want to wear a little military uniform and at the same time want a tiger, what should I do?" Lin Lishan looked amusingly at this child, waiting to see how her Jiao Jiao would answer. Zhou Jiao smiled and nodded at Little Stone, praising him, "Our Little Stone, although the youngest, always asks when he doesn’t understand something; that’s very good. We adults also have many things we don’t understand and will ask others. Little Stone, this is a great question. How about this, Auntie will sew a tiger onto your little military uniform?" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⚫𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵 Little Stone thought for a moment but then shook his head, "I’d rather not, I want to be like my brothers. Next time my mom makes clothes for me, Auntie, you can make me a little tiger then." "Alright, all the kids in our family are good kids, Auntie will surely remember. Once Auntie can go to town, she’ll buy cloth, and before the New Year, you all can wear the little military uniforms." The four little fellows giggled and played around, saying goodbye to everyone before running off, and Huang Cuilan hurriedly said, "Jiao Jiao, don’t listen to the children. Cloth tickets are very scarce nowadays, where would we find so much cloth? Last time, Auntie gave us quite a bit of cloth, and we’re waiting till the end of the year to make clothes for them. They aren’t short on clothes, so don’t waste the cloth tickets." Lin Juhua nodded repeatedly, "Big sister is right, kids grow fast, and by next year they won’t fit. We shouldn’t just make clothes because they ask for them." Zhou Jiao looked at them amusingly and said, "As their Auntie, I’ve promised, so I must deliver. Four little ones won’t waste much cloth; don’t worry, I have it under control. Mom, it’s getting late, let’s tidy up and sleep early. It’s too cold, you all should have a cup of brown sugar water before bed." Huang Cuilan and Lin Juhua quickly tidied up and left in a hurry, not even drinking the brown sugar water. Zhou Jiao and her mom exchanged a smile, and Zhou Jiao served two bowls of the bird’s nest stew she cooked today, and sat down with Lin Lishan, "Mom, try it and see how it is? I also have some bird’s nest. When you go back, take some and cook it for yourself when you have time. Bird’s nest is good for beauty and nourishment. I spent a lot of favors to buy it, so remember not to give it away." Lin Lishan shook her head decisively and said firmly, "You should eat this yourself. I see there is not much. I also want to try to see if I can find more; if you were abroad, it would be easier to buy. Nowadays, everyone in the country hoards it, only Ah Jiao is easier to buy. Don’t bother asking around, there’s none in the country, even money can’t buy it." Zhou Jiao looked at her helplessly, "Let’s just finish this, then silver ear fungus is also good." Lin Lishan patted herself and hurriedly stood up to bring out a food container from the inner room, "Look at my forgetfulness, this is what Xiao Wu specially asked the Imperial Chef to make tonight. Let’s see what kind of soup it is." Zhou Jiao took it and opened it to look; they all had medicinal ingredients for nourishment, "This is pigeon soup, and that one is sweet soup. I’ll drink the sweet one tonight. Recently, it’s been chicken soup every day, with noodles either in chicken soup or pig trotters soup, it’s overwhelming. Mom, just prepare some rice for me, nothing else is needed, don’t buy anything else. Money can buy them, but rice is refined grain and is very scarce. Every day I look forward to eating rice, even just with plain water." Lin Lishan chuckled and shook her head, "Your dad went to the provincial city today to specifically ask about rice and flour, and people squeezed out only 50 pounds of rice. I heard that at the end of the year, surplus grains are distributed, and many rural people will sell them at the market. I’ve arranged with Zhao Yuanyuan’s mom, your Aunt Cheng, to wait and see at the market. Don’t worry, Mom knows you can’t stand coarse grains." "It’s not that I can’t eat coarse grains, soft sweet potatoes are okay, fine cornmeal is okay too, but how do you eat the grit? Isn’t Friendship Mall selling rice? The remittance coupons you gave me last time are still here, you can take them back. I haven’t used them." "Your dad exchanged 1000 yuan today, it’s convenient to have it on hand. There’s no fine grain at Friendship Mall. Once your certificate is moved to the county town, you won’t have to eat cornbread anymore. If there’s really no other way, just eat at a restaurant. Mom will send you grain coupons." Zhou Jiao laughed aloud, "Mom, you’re such a spendthrift wife, planning to raise a little spendthrift wife too. Who eats out and doesn’t eat at home all the time? Wouldn’t people criticize behind our backs? I’ve planned it out, for these two months until the end of the year, every market day, big or small, none will be missed, just buy and store in the county town regardless of the price, as long as there is food, buy it. How about that?" Lin Lishan watched her laugh leaning left and right, and looked at her with disdain, "How much can you buy? I’ll sort things out tomorrow, and the day after, I’ll go with your dad to see if we can find some. I just won’t believe it can’t be found." Zhou Jiao looked at her worriedly and advised, "Mom, it’s not yet time for the surplus grain distribution, looking now is useless and too tiring. Once we’re in the county town, aren’t you worried that your son-in-law can’t find fine grain? Don’t tire yourselves out, it’s exhausting to take the train. Why not take good care of yourselves? Last time Xiao Wu was going to find someone, but there was too much fine grain and nowhere to store it here; it’s not convenient. Now there’s a yard, right? You and Dad don’t need to tire yourselves out. If you’re still worried, can we ask Xiao Wu when he comes in, okay?" Lin Lishan looked at her concerned expression and sighed inwardly; her Jiao Jiao is really filial. She knows she can’t eat coarse grain, but if it can’t be bought, she wouldn’t let them tire themselves out, afraid they’ll get exhausted. "Okay, let’s ask Xiao Wu later." Speak of the devil; here comes Zhang Guoqing and her dad. Lin Lishan glanced at them and saw no one else behind them, so she asked directly, "Xiao Wu, can you find a way to buy fine grain? Jiao Jiao can’t eat coarse grain." Zhang Guoqing had already been thinking about this issue, and he said quietly, "Once the separation happens, we’ll have fine grain, I’ve already found the way. Living together, if we buy fine grain, my mom won’t cook it for them. Haha, the fine grain you brought last time, she said it was ours and wouldn’t allow them to touch it." Zhou Xiaozheng watched them whispering and listened to Zhang Guoqing, then looked at Zhou Jiao, who nodded at him and mouthed silently, "Biased." Zhou Xiaozheng’s eyes filled with amusement, and he secretly chuckled. No wonder only Jiao Jiao’s room is filled with wild game at home, with chicken soup stewing every day. Seeing the roasted venison makes Xiao Wu think of his parents. The mother and son really have a deep bond. Zhou Xiaozheng saw Lin Lishan nodding in satisfaction and said, "Alright, put your minds at ease, we’ll sleep early and prepare to tidy up the courtyard and move in early. Your in-laws also agreed." Zhou Jiao eagerly looked at Zhang Guoqing, and when Zhang Guoqing noticed, he laughed, "We already checked it out; the quilts are warm, and the kang is hot. Your mom even prepared hot water for you." "That’s good. Dad, didn’t you drink tonight? How are you feeling? By the way, bro, I’ll make dad some honey water; it cures hangovers. Drink it, and you won’t have a headache tomorrow. You should join him," Zhou Jiao said and hurriedly went to get the honey from the room. "Slow down, what’s the rush? Dad is here and won’t leave without you," Zhou Xiaozheng said worriedly as he watched his precious daughter run quickly, afraid she’d bump into something and get hurt. After speaking, he raised his eyebrows smugly at the two in the room, see, his daughter cares for him. Zhang Guoqing thought to himself, he also wants a caring little girl; look how pleased his father-in-law is. He glanced at his mother-in-law, and they exchanged smiles.