The two older children understood what the serving chopsticks were used for and started using them to pick up food.

The two men first scooped two spoonfuls of egg custard into Jin Xiaoyu's bowl, and then added some vegetables and meat, until her bowl was full and could not hold any more, and then they each ate their own meal.

The two children picked up the food very quickly, especially Jin Xiaobao. His chopsticks left afterimages. Before others had even taken two chopsticks, the food in his own bowl had piled up into a small mountain. And yet, he kept his eyes on the food on the table while eating.

He ate the meal like a hungry wolf snatching food.

Jiang Tingxia picked up two grains of white rice and put them into his mouth with an unpleasant look on his face. The others at the table also fell silent.

Jin Xiaowen sensed that the atmosphere was not right, so he put his hand under the table and pulled Jin Xiaobao. Jin Xiaobao was concentrating on eating, ignoring his sister and slurping his rice.

It would be fine if they were just fighting over the food, but the key is that they smack their lips while eating.

The smacking sounds were deafening. Jiang Tingxia felt more and more uncomfortable the more he listened, and he put down his chopsticks after only a few bites of food.

Li Changpu took a look and asked, "I don't want to eat anymore. I'll just eat this little."

Jiang Tingxia said unhappily, "I don't want to eat anymore. I'm full."

An Xi and Zhang Ming looked at the scene in front of them. They were so embarrassed that they wished they could disappear from the spot, for fear that the couple would start quarreling.

After finishing this particularly difficult meal, Jin Xiaowen secretly pulled Jin Xiaobao aside and said with a complaining tone, "Didn't I tell you to eat less?"

"Don't you see she's unhappy?"

Jin Xiaobao touched his round belly and said, "If you're not happy, then you're not happy."

He said matter-of-factly, "With such a good meal in front of you, you'd be a fool not to eat it."

The young child spoke with a rascally tone, "Even if she wants to drive us away, she has to fill her stomach first."

Jin Xiaowen was a little unhappy. She didn't want to be driven away, and the three siblings had nowhere else to go. But she couldn't resist Jin Xiaobao's twisted logic.

Li Changpu found several mattresses and quilts, including the one he used to sleep on and the ones he prepared in advance when he and Jiang Tingxia got married. However, Jiang Tingxia had always used the ones she brought with her, so these mattresses and quilts were put aside. Now they were just right for the children to use.

He spread out the quilt and mattress and arranged for his two nieces, "Xiao Wen, you and your sister sleep over here."

Li Changpu looked around and thought that there were enough places for the women and children to sleep. He then looked at Jiang Tingxia and asked, "Where will you and An Xi sleep?"

Jiang Tingxia held the cat in her arms, stroked its fur, and did not respond to him.

Li Changpu looked at An Xi, Zhang Ming and the three children in the room, then looked at Jiang Tingxia and whispered, "There are so many people here."

Jiang Tingxia pursed his lips, knowing that Li Changpu wanted him to save some face in front of outsiders.

Then he said reluctantly, "I know."

When leaving, Li Changpu saw that no one was looking at her, so he patted her on the back, and was glared at by Jiang Tingxia.

He stood beside Jiang Tingxia and said, "I'll take Xiaobao to live in the dormitory."

He said tentatively, "That's it, let's go."

Jiang Tingxia only uttered a sound from his throat, "Hmm."

Li Changpu asked, "You won't send me off?"

Before he went back to the dormitory, Jiang Tingxia would at least send him to the gate of the courtyard.

Today, Jiang Tingxia looked uninterested. "I'm sleepy and want to go to bed."

Li Changpu looked at Jiang Tingxia who didn't give him a good look, so he didn't force it anymore and went out with Jin Xiaobao and Zhang Ming.

An Xi walked to Jiang Tingxia and said, "Sister Tingxia, your brother-in-law wants you to send him off. He keeps looking back at you."

Jiang Tingxia saw the military green figure with the child out of the corner of her eye, and she simply turned around, out of sight, out of mind.

An Xi added, "Your cold attitude is quite intimidating."

"Are you really angry with your brother-in-law?"

Jiang Tingxia snorted, "A little bit."

She muttered, "He didn't even discuss it with me, and brought back three children at once, forcing me to accept them. What good face does he want?"

Jiang Tingxia said in annoyance, "Don't mention him."

"It's annoying to mention him."

An Xi made a hushing gesture and said, "Listen, Sister Xia, please keep your voice down. The children are still here. What if they hear us?"

"The children are old enough to understand what you say. They will feel bad if they hear that you, their aunt, don't like them."

Jiang Tingxia glanced at the two little girls huddled together, and her big black and white eyes blinked at her.

Jiang Tingxia pursed her lips unnaturally and said nothing more.

Instead, he said, "I'm sleepy. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."

After she came back after washing, An Xi took Jin Xiaowen and Jin Xiaoyu to the bathroom to wash their faces and feet. Jiang Tingxia got into bed first.

She looked at the ceiling, and Li Changpu's hateful face seemed to appear in front of her. Jiang Tingxia threw a pillow at it in frustration.

She doesn't know how to take care of children or get along with them. Most importantly, she doesn't like children very much. The annoying Li Changpu brought back three children at once. What should she do?

Jin Xiaowen brought Jin Xiaoyu back, and Jiang Tingxia immediately closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. She had nothing to say.

Jin Xiaowen climbed onto the kang with his sister, took off her coat and shook it casually.

As soon as Jiang Tingxia opened her eyes, she saw dense dust flying under the warm yellow light. Before she could turn around, she coughed twice because of the dirt on her coat. She covered her mouth and nose and sat up.

How long has it been since this clothes were washed?

However, the two children looked at her timidly.

Jiang Tingxia's face flushed from coughing. Looking at the two little kids, the words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat. In the end, he just said awkwardly, "Then... go to sleep."

Seeing that Jiang Tingxia finally spoke to her, Jin Xiaowen immediately replied, "Aunt, we'll go to bed now."

Jiang Tingxia said awkwardly, "Okay."

She stretched out two fingers and pulled the curtain in the middle of the kang, saying, "I... want to pull this curtain up."

Afraid that the child would think too much, Jiang Tingxia said, "Always draw the curtains when you sleep."

Jin Xiaowen nodded heavily, "Okay."

The girl said sensibly, "Aunt, please draw the curtain."

With a swish, Jiang Tingxia pulled the curtain and lay back in bed, cursing in her heart, "Li Changpu, you bad guy, you brought the child back and didn't care about him anymore, you hid outside and left a mess here."

"Bad guy! Bastard!"

Li Changpu was making his bed in the dormitory when he suddenly sneezed loudly.

He didn't take it seriously, rubbed his nose, and said to Jin Xiaobao, "The bed is made, go to sleep."

Jin Xiaobao didn't say a word. He took off his shoes, lay on the bed, rolled up the quilt, closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Li Changpu took off the watch from his wrist and placed it on the table. Looking at the silver dial, he felt a little worried and anxious. He wondered how Jiang Tingxia was doing.

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