Qi Boyan nodded politely and called "Sister-in-law", then ignored the startled Wu Aizhen and walked straight towards Liu Cuihua.
Liu Cuihua was sweeping the snow with a big broom. When she heard the noise, she turned her head, glanced at her son who came back, and started sweeping again.
It seems that his son is not as important as the snow on the ground.
"mother……"
"I counted the days for you to come back, and it's much earlier than I thought."
A slight smile appeared on the corners of Qi Boyan's lips. Although his tone was plain, he said sincerely, "The main reason is that I miss my mother."
How could Liu Cuihua believe Qi Boyan's words? She still knew how much weight her mother-in-law had in his heart.
She asked: "Have you met Yaoyao?"
Qi Boyan just said "Hmm", and before Liu Cuihua said anything, Wu Aizhen snorted.
"I knew my mother would go to the back of the queue!"
Wu Aizhen still held a handful of melon seeds in her hand and looked at Qi Boyan with eyes that were not eyes and a nose that was not a nose.
Qi Boyan didn't understand why his sister-in-law seemed to be very hostile to him when he came back this time. He raised his eyebrows slightly and called "sister-in-law" again in a cold voice.
Wu Aizhen was still a little afraid of Qi Boyan. She was originally fighting for her mother-in-law Liu Cuihua, but when she saw Qi Boyan's expression was wrong, she immediately shrank her neck.
"Don't pay attention to your sister-in-law. I don't know what's wrong with her these days. She keeps nagging in my ears and I don't even bother to pay attention to her."
After hearing this, Qi Boyan looked thoughtful, his eyes lightly passing over Wu Aizhen, then he reached out to take the broom in Liu Cuihua's hand and swept up the snow on the ground.
"Mom, take a rest, I'll come!"
Liu Cuihua patted the snow on her body. Seeing that a lot of snow fell on her son's body, she reached out and patted it for him.
Her son has grown so much that she can barely reach his shoulders by standing on tiptoes.
"When you come back, spend more time with Yaoyao. You've been away for such a long time, and you finally come back. Why don't you spend more time with her? You don't need to worry about the family."
"Go back later!"
Qi Boyan swept the floor slowly. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that Wu Aizhen made a lot of small moves, and asked softly: "Where is eldest brother?"
"I returned someone else's saw. I don't know how long it will rain today. I'm afraid I won't have firewood to burn it and I'll end up with a dead tree."
Qi Boyan glanced at the firewood piled under the eaves outside the kitchen and nodded.
"Has the coal not been pulled yet this year?"
Burning coal fires in winter can make the house warmer, so they will pull some coal in winter.
Liu Cuihua is reluctant to pull briquettes. She will pull some crushed coal and beat it into briquettes.
"No, it snowed suddenly, so I haven't pulled it yet, but don't worry, it's okay to wait until it clears up. Although it snowed today, it's going to be cold, so we'll have to wait for a while!"
"Um!"
Qi Boyan responded slowly, pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "That mother pulled more coal. Yaoyao probably wasn't prepared. It's cold when she goes to bed at night, and I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it."
Liu Cuihua didn't care about herself, but she cared deeply about Meng Yao. When she heard Qi Boyan say this, she immediately said "ouch".
"You didn't pull it without you, and you were still waiting for me to do it. It's been snowing today, it's frozen like this, and there's no coal. What do you want Yaoyao to do? This girl's family is the most afraid of the cold!"
Qi Boyan said softly, "Okay, I'll go get it later and get some for the family! This way, Mom doesn't have to worry about making briquettes anymore!"