All The Bigshots Love Me [Quick Transmigration]

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year is drawing to a close, and the busy farming season will begin.

Before planting in spring, the land must be loosened. The commune has limited cattle. The Xishan Brigade failed to obtain them this year, so they can only rely on commune members to turn them in one by one. This is work that can be done by strong labor.

Zhao Nan also went to the ground, and the cents he earned were credited to his family. But he could only do it for a few days, it would be the nineteenth of the first lunar month in a blink of an eye and he should go back to the army immediately.

That night, Jiang Rui was knitting a sweater under the lamp and there was only one cuff left. Let him wear it tomorrow.

After Zhao Nan finished washing, he sat aside and watched her.

Jiang Rui talked to him intermittently, “Have you gone to talk to Dad? You have to drive tomorrow and he will get up early in the morning to go to the field, so he may not be able to meet you.”

“Hmm, I just came from my parent’s room.”

“The younger brother and younger sister are not at home. When you pass the county town, if you have time, just go and take a look. The next time you meet them, it will take another year.”

“Okay,” Zhao Nan nodded, “Do you want to say goodbye to your father-in-law and mother-in-law?”

Jiang Rui thought for a while, and shook her head, “Forget it, I’ll go back and tell them after you leave.”

Wang Tonghua loves faces. The last time Zhao Nan saw the quarrel at home, she was a little uncomfortable. If he visits again shortly, it will only make her uncomfortable.

“Okay.” After finishing the last step of knitting, she shook the sweater, picked it up, and looked left and right. She thought it was okay, the left and right were symmetrical, and the stitches were fine. Then she said to Zhao Nan: “Wear it and see if there are some parts that don’t fit, I’ll change it again.”

Zhao Nan took off his coat, inside it was a thin sweater, which was worn next to the skin, and outlined the strong muscles of his chest and arms. With his movements, the muscles undulated and swelled, full of beauty and strength.

Jiang Rui looked at it and suddenly stretched out two fingers to pinch his chest.

Zhao Nan’s head was still covered by the sweater and his body shrank back suddenly. He grabbed her mischievous hand with one hand and pulled down the neckline of the sweater with the other hand. Finally, he showed his face and looked at her helplessly.

“Okay, okay, I’m not teasing you, just let me see when you dress up.” Jiang Rui said with a smile as she took her hand back as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Nan shook his head and tidied up the collar and hem of his shirt.

This is Jiang Rui’s first time knitting a sweater, but it fits well. Her eyesight and comprehension are naturally incomparable to ordinary people. The last time she made a cotton coat for herself, she made it in one go. She felt that she might be able to be an excellent tailor in the future.

The clothes are very warm, and after putting them on, the whole body is warm. Zhao Nan saw Jiang Rui looking around him, and suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged her.

“I’ll report when I arrive at the army.” He said this sentence a few days ago, and he said it again today.

“I know, I’ll wait for your news at home.” Jiang Rui put her arms around his waist, rubbing her face on his shoulder.

Zhao Nan stopped talking and did not let her go.

Jiang Rui raised her head to look at him and said: “The bed is messy, and the things haven’t been taken away yet. Let me clean it up first.”

“I’ll come.” Zhao Nan finished speaking, and waited again, before letting go and pressing her against the table, and quickly cleaning up the woolen scissors and other debris on the bed.

It was late at night and everyone else in the Zhao family had fallen asleep. Zhao Nan was lying on the bed, but he still did not feel sleepy. In the past, when he went home to visit relatives, although there was some melancholy of separation before leaving, he had never felt this kind of worry.

He was worried about her being at home, worried about his absence, whether she would feel uncomfortable in an unfamiliar environment, and even worried about whether his family would bully her. If possible, he wanted to take her with him when he left tomorrow.

“Why don’t you go to sleep? You have to get up early tomorrow.” Jiang Rui said in his arms.

Zhao Nan folded his arms and brought her into his arms. The body in his arms was soft and smooth. He almost wanted to rub her into his body with all his strength, but he was afraid that it would hurt her if he tried too hard.

The two were too close, Jiang Rui simply turned over, lay on his chest, and asked softly: “What are you thinking?”

Zhao Nan looked down at her, bowed his head, and kissed her on the forehead, then said, “Don’t be restrained at home, just treat it as your own home.”

Jiang Rui probably guessed his thoughts and chuckled softly: “Don’t worry about me. Our family is very good. My parents love me, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law are also kind. But you, take care of yourself when you are alone. Obediently wait for me to find you.”

“Yeah.” Zhao Nan nodded.

“Can you sleep now?” Jiang Rui yawned and was about to get off his body, but his slender waist was firmly held by two big palms.

“Huh? Do you have anything else to say?” She raised her head and looked into Zhao Nan’s dark eyes.

“Go to bed later tonight…” The two palms stroked slowly up and down.

The next day, when Zhao Nan woke up, it was still dark. He turned his head and looked at Jiang Rui’s sleeping face. He wanted to lean over to kiss her, but worried about waking her up. So he just stared intently for a long time before lightly getting up.

Zhang Liyun has already woken up and is lighting a fire in the kitchen. The orange flames danced, and she saw it with a dazed expression on her face until a cry of Mom woke her up.

She raised her head and saw Zhao Nan walking in. Through the door of the kitchen, she could see that the sky outside was still dark.

“Why don’t you sleep a little longer? You will be on the road for the next two days and you will not sleep well.”

“I’ve had enough sleep.” Zhao Nan moved a bench and sat beside her.

Zhang Liyun looked sideways at this son. He left home for the first time more than ten years ago. She also got up before dawn, boiled egg pancakes, and asked him to take them on the road to eat. He also sat quietly like today. By her side, in a blink of an eye, the slightly immature boy has become an upright man.

“Away from home, take care of yourself, don’t worry about family affairs. Baoqin is a good girl, diligent and sensible. With me watching, she won’t be bullied.”

“She’s young, please take care of her, Mom.”

Zhang Liyun glared at him, “You still need to tell me? She is my daughter-in-law, who cares if I don’t? You brat, are you worried that I will bully your wife, huh? After living for almost thirty years, the first time you said polite words to your old lady, just for the new daughter-in-law. In your heart, am I an evil mother-in-law?”

Zhao Nan didn’t understand why his mother got angry with just one sentence. Based on the principle of saying more words and making more mistakes, he just shook his head and remained silent.

Zhang Liyun said a few more words, remembering that her son would be leaving soon, she felt uncomfortable and gradually subsided.

“Mom, you and Dad must take care.” Zhao Nan said suddenly.

Zhang Liyun turned her head away, wiped the corners of her eyes, and said in a rough voice: “You still need to say. Your father and I can count on you guys to serve us until we are a hundred years old!”

Zhao Nan nodded, “I will.”

After breakfast, Zhao Nan left without letting his family see him off.

Jiang Rui stood on the dam of the reservoir, watching him carrying a luggage bag, walking farther and farther until she could no longer see him, and then turned back to go home.

There were only Li Xiaoe and Zhao Xiaobo in the room. The children felt a lot, Zhao Xiaobo just got up and learned that the second uncle had left, so he was eating sullenly.

“Sister-in-law, where’s Mom?” Jiang Rui looked at the room but did not see Zhang Liyun.

Li Xiaoe pointed to the room and whispered: “Every time my second brother leaves home, Mom is in a bad mood. So let her relax by herself.”

It was almost noon before Zhang Liyun came out of the room and she looked about the same as usual.

She called Jiang Rui and said, “Ah Nan didn’t tell his mother-in-law before leaving, Baoqin, you can go home this afternoon.”

“Okay.” Jiang Rui agreed and went to Du’s house after lunch. When someone asked her why she was alone, she smiled and said that Zhao Nan had already returned to the army, and when someone asked her why she didn’t go with her, she also answered one by one.

Du Youfu and Du Baoqiang both went to work on the farm. Du Baozhen went back to school. In Du’s house, only Wang Tonghua, Zhang Xiaohua, and Xiao Shanzha.

When Jiang Rui came in, Wang Tonghua was feeding the rabbits in the yard, “Mom, I’m back.”

“Come back? Have you eaten yet?” Wang Tonghua looked behind her, saw that she was the only one, and asked, “Why didn’t Ah Nan come together?”

Jiang Rui took over the job of feeding the rabbits, “I have eaten. Ah Nan has already set off to return to the army in the morning. Because it was too early and it was not yet dawn, so he didn’t come to tell you.”

“He left so early? You have only been married for a few days.” Wang Tonghua frowned slightly, “He said before that you can join the army, when will it be fulfilled?”

“He needs to report back to the army first, Mom. How about Xiao Shanza? Is the cold better?”

Wang Tonghua fed the last blade of grass to the rabbit and patted the ash on her hands, “Well, she hasn’t been crying much for the past two days. She is sleeping in the house now and your sister-in-law is with her.”

Jiang Rui glanced at the room and asked in a low voice: “Sister-in-law and brother have not quarreled these days, right?”

“No quarrel. She is tired to death every day and there is no energy to quarrel.”

After watching for a few days, Wang Tonghua almost understood. Her daughter-in-law was arguing there, in fact, it was not necessarily because she was given too much work, but she was so angry that Baozhen did not work. These two days, Baozhen went to school and was not in front of her. There was still so much work at home, but she did not see her arguing.

She looked at the eldest daughter who lowered her head to feed the rabbit, with mixed feelings in her heart. When Baoqin was at home, why was no one making any noise? It was because she did most of the work alone. She has always known that this daughter is well-behaved and diligent, which has been regarded as a habit for so many years. Now that she has gone out, she realizes how much trivial and hard work was contained in the phrase “hard-working” that was lightly spoken on their lips before.

It’s a pity that it’s too late. Her most diligent daughter has become someone else’s daughter-in-law. Her daughter-in-law is competitive and unwilling to suffer. The other daughter, like her husband and son, only cares about her acre and three points, and can’t put anything else in her eyes, or rather, doesn’t want to pretend to have anything else.

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Translator’s Comment:

So, Mom all over the world, let’s be a fair parent. Let don’t love one child and abandon the other.

I feel bad for our Du Baoqin.