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Chapter 36 Who should I call brother?

That evening, Qiao Guowen cooked a very sumptuous dinner.

Lamb stew with radish, a pound of braised pork, and a pot of white rice.

Li Ruihua and Wang Xueqin are having dinner here.

The two were initially unwilling to come, but the Qiao family insisted that they come.

Li Ruihua had no choice but to agree to come over for dinner tonight, but he couldn't invite them over for dinner again, nor could he allow them to send anything to their house without permission.

By taking Qiao Nian as his apprentice, he was actually getting a good deal. If the Qiao family had continued to subsidize him, he wouldn't have taught Qiao Nian medical skills.

Li Ruihua spoke so seriously that Qiao Guowen and the others didn't know what to do.

Qiao Nian, with a smile, agreed.

Anyway, Master said that they were not allowed to be invited to meals or to be given gifts indiscriminately. She would give them some rice and flour instead of gifts indiscriminately, which would not be against the rules.

She is deliberately misinterpreting Li Ruihua's meaning.

Li Ruihua is unaware of this.

As darkness fell, the Qiao family's sumptuous dinner began.

Outside, snow was falling heavily, but inside, the fire in the hearth was burning brightly.

Sitting by the hearth, with the door closed tightly, I didn't feel cold at all.

As they ate the fragrant white rice, with braised pork and tender mutton constantly being added to their bowls by their apprentice, the elderly couple's eyes welled up with tears again.

Tears rolled down into the rice.

"Master, eat more."

Qiao Nian used a spatula to put some more meat into Li Ruihua's bowl and some more into Wang Xueqin's bowl.

Li Ruihua nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."

"Nian Nian, don't worry about me, just eat. You're pregnant, so you need to eat more and get enough nutrition so your baby will be healthy."

"it is good."

A lively dinner has come to an end.

Li Ruihua didn't get sleepy so quickly, so she sat by the fire pit and explained some simple traditional Chinese medicine concepts to Qiao Nian, and also taught Qiao Nian to recognize acupoints.

He was completely open and honest with his apprentice, sharing everything he knew without holding back a single word.

Qiao Nian also studied very diligently.

She is very smart, has a naturally good memory, and learns things very quickly.

That evening, Li Ruihua explained the acupoints on the human body, and after she repeated them, she remembered most of them.

After Li Ruihua and Wang Xueqin went home to sleep, Qiao Nian finished washing up and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), reading a book while trying to find the acupoints on her body.

"Near."

Lu Xiao took a shower and walked in from outside.

He closed the door, his body still damp with sweat, and walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). "The candlelight is too dim tonight. Shall we check again tomorrow?"

"No."

Qiao Nian was engrossed in reading and wouldn't put it down so quickly.

Lu Xiao had no choice but to sit down next to her and read a book with her.

After Qiao Nian finished reading and wanted to sleep, Lu Xiao helped her put the book away.

It was carefully placed aside.

"Lu Xiao."

Qiao Nian lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), her hand resting on her slightly protruding belly, reciting the contents of the book she had just been reading while chatting with Lu Xiao.

Is your arm alright?

"Ah."

"Hmm what?"

Qiao Nian sat up and went to check the man's arm herself.

"There was no bleeding, and the wound didn't reopen."

"Master is amazing. His hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder is like a miracle drug."

After confirming that Lu Xiao was alright, Qiao Nian lay back down.

Her quick movements were nothing like those of a woman three months pregnant.

On the contrary, Lu Xiao was somewhat apprehensive.

"Did you blow out the candles?"

Lu Xiao asked.

Qiao Nian nodded without saying a word; she was busy memorizing her lessons.

Lu Xiao blew out the candles, lay back in bed, and the first thing he did was to pull the girl next to him into his arms.

"Don't interfere with my memorization."

In the darkness, Qiao Nian glared at the man behind her, signaling him to behave.

Lu Xiao was somewhat wronged.

"Niannian, I didn't do anything."

I just held her while she slept.

Qiao Nian hummed twice. With such a hot body pressed against her, even if nothing was done, she would still be distracted. So she simply decided not to recite it.

She turned to speak to Lu Xiao.

"Do you think I should call my parents? If I don't call, and Lu Cheng tells them I'm back, won't they think I'm being rude?"

It's okay to call her in-laws; they've always loved her dearly since she was little.

She just didn't know how to tell them.

Lu Xiao's hand rested on her waist, and even through her pajamas, Qiao Nian could feel the calluses on his fingertips.

She pinched his thumb, somewhat annoyed, and pulled it away from her waist.

He muttered to himself, "There's really no part of him that isn't rough."

Lu Xiao chuckled.

He pulled his hand away from her grasp, lifted her chin, and kissed her lips. "Then, Comrade Qiao Nian, could you please check if your tongue is also rough?"

"No, Comrade Qiao Nian refused and was very disgusted."

"Refusal is ineffective, and dislike is also not acceptable."

"You tyrant, oh my..."

Qiao Nian was unable to utter the rest of her words.

The only sound that could be made was a muffled whimper that escaped from between her lips after they were sealed...

That bastard Lu Xiao always kisses her until she's almost breathless.

When Qiao Nian was released, she gasped for breath, her hands and feet feeling weak.

But that scoundrel still held her close, chuckling softly in her ear.

"Niannian is so cute, she still hasn't learned how to breathe properly after all this time."

Mentioning this, Qiao Nian couldn't help but pinch the dog man's thin waist.

"Do you think everyone is like you, exceptionally talented at these frivolous things?"

"My brain is for learning."

Her limbs were weak, but she was very stubborn.

Lu Xiao was amused by her and laughed even harder.

He spoke close to her ear, his breath tickling and astringent against her skin.

"Good girl, call out 'Brother Xiao' and I'll teach you how to breathe, okay?"

"Get lost."

I won't call him that, he's shameless.

Lu Xiao is a pain in the neck.

He wouldn't let it go if his own wife called him "Brother Lu Cheng" but not "Brother Lu Cheng."

His way of tormenting her was very simple: he would kiss her.

Kiss her until she cries.

Qiao Nian...

What an immature man.

"Little brother."

She was out of breath and deliberately misinterpreted his name.

Lu Xiao was satisfied.

He fell asleep holding his wife.

If he didn't go to sleep soon, he was afraid he would have to do push-ups in the snow.

The young couple fell asleep in each other's arms.

They hadn't been asleep long when more and more snow began to fall from the sky. Large, fluffy snowflakes fell from the sky and quickly covered the ground with a thick layer.

The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and the temperature was dropping lower and lower.

Fortunately, Qiao Guowen heated the kang (a traditional heated brick bed) enough to keep it warm, and with a human-shaped heater next to Qiao Nian, she didn't wake up from the cold in the middle of the night.

However, the sound of snow breaking off a nearby tree branch and falling to the ground woke Lu Xiao from his dream.

This snowfall was quite heavy.

With such heavy snow, I wonder if the houses in the village will collapse under the weight?

The girl in my arms was sleeping soundly.

The long, drawn-out breathing pulled Lu Xiao back to reality.

He kissed her cheek and held her as they continued to sleep.

The snow that fell last night hadn't stopped by the next day.

When Qiao Nian woke up, the sky outside was gloomy and the snow was falling heavily.

She looked around the yard, where the ground, which had just been shoveled, quickly turned white again. In no time, the snow had piled up to the thickness of a thumb.

Qiao Nian was somewhat worried.

"Mom, has it ever snowed this much before?"

"Won't there be a snowstorm?"

(End of this chapter)