Liu Meifen was amused by herself and didn't notice the awkward expressions on Chang Kun and Cheng Min's faces.

Chang Kun quickly changed the subject: "Mom, it feels like something's missing from the yard. There's a tree in the middle, fish on the east side, but nothing on the west side."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Min blinked as she looked at Chang Kun. They were thinking the same thing. Could this be what they call telepathy?

She had noticed that there were only two trees in the yard and felt that it was lacking in flowers and plants.

"I also think it would look nice to plant some flowers on the west side. In spring there would be forsythia, in summer roses, in autumn chrysanthemums, and in winter... bamboo would be the best."

Running to the west corner, Cheng Min excitedly arranged which varieties to plant, as she loved flowers and plants the most.

When I move in, I'll be surrounded by all sorts of flowers and plants every day, and I'm sure I'll be in a great mood.

Liu Meifen opened her mouth, but no words came out.

She had originally planned to plant some fruits and vegetables, such as green beans and loofah, which grow quickly and produce a lot of fruit.

Anyway, since it's in the city and it's my own yard, I doubt anyone will report me for planting illegally.

Xiaomin's fiancée wanted to grow flowers, and it was difficult for the mother-in-law to object, since she wasn't the kind of wicked mother-in-law who would cause trouble for no reason.

"Sister Xiaomin, let's plant some morning glories, I love them the most."

"You can't die from planting it, you can't die from planting it..."

Several little girls jumped up and down, saying what kind of flowers they wanted; they were all flowers commonly found in their hometown.

"Portulaca grandiflora" is a flower with extremely strong growth and reproduction capabilities. It can survive as long as there is a little soil. The flowers come in various colors. Its scientific name is Portulaca grandiflora. There are many of them outside the fence in my hometown. I don't know where the seeds came from. They bloom very well every year.

"Okay, let's plant them together then."

Seeing that Sister Xiaomin agreed to plant flowers with them, the little girls grabbed Cheng Min's hands and jumped and skipped happily.

That's how kids are; they become close to whoever plays with them.

After laughing and joking for a while, Liu Meifen went back inside to help Chang Dashan tidy up.

The little girls chattered away, lying by the fishpond eating dates and feeding the fish the date pits...

Chang Kun chatted with Cheng Min for a while, packed some large red dates, and then got up to take her home.

Her mother asked her to stay for dinner, but Cheng Min was too shy and felt embarrassed to stay since she was the only outsider there.

After dropping Cheng Min off and returning to the courtyard, Chang Dashan moved a deck chair under the jujube tree and lay down, swaying leisurely.

Xiuer was lying face down, being held down on her knees by her mother who was picking lice off her. After picking one off, her mother pinched it with her two fingernails, making a snapping sound.

After pinching her, he showed it to her, pretending to feed her, which made Xiuer giggle.

"Mother, why does Xiuer have lice again?" Chang Kun remembered that he had been bathing and washing the girls' hair with soap a while ago, and thought that the lice had been eliminated.

"Who knows, as long as there's one left, a whole bunch of these things will pop up in no time."

That's true. Chang Kun thought back to the post-70s and post-80s generations, who used to wash their hair with dichlorvos to get rid of lice when they were kids. It was no easy feat for them to grow up healthy and active...

Xiaoqing and Xiaomu were tired from playing, so they lay down on the stone bench under the persimmon tree, crossed their legs, and talked about what toys they would bring to school in a few days.

They finally decided to bring firecrackers to play on the first day; the other kids would definitely be envious...

Chang Kun was overjoyed to hear this. He couldn't bear to discipline his younger sisters, so he let them go to school and get scolded instead.

After dinner, my mother brought out the radio, and the whole family listened to it quietly.

"Hey, it's so quiet here, there's no one to talk to." Liu Meifen felt very uncomfortable without the villagers listening to the radio together.

"Heh, back in our hometown, you complained that too many villagers came and it was so noisy it gave you a headache."

Liu Meifen glared at the old man: "Now you're talking again?! You're usually so quiet you wouldn't utter a word!"

"Go back to sleep, everyone. Behave yourselves on the first night!"

After a day of playing, the little girls were so tired that their eyelids were drooping.

The parents and the little girls slept in the main room on the north side. There were two rooms in the main room, and Chang Kun slept in the east wing room.

Having slept on a kang (a heated brick bed) since his rebirth, Chang Kun was not used to sleeping on a bed after suddenly moving to the city. He tossed and turned for a long time before finally falling asleep.

The next morning, before he was even fully awake, Chang Kun heard a series of cries.

"Mother, it wasn't me who peed, it was..." It was Xiuer's voice.

"You dare to lie? Who else could it be but you!"

When Chang Kun arrived at the main room, Xiu'er was being spanked with her bottom while being held down on his knees. The loud "smack, smack" sounds indicated it was a real beating…

Standing by the door frame, Chang Qing and Chang Mu watched this scene with horrified expressions, not daring to breathe.

The old man chimed in, "Alright, what child doesn't wet the bed? She peed in my shoes a couple of years ago, and I didn't even scold her."

Liu Meifen slapped him hard again, rolling her eyes: "What does a one-year-old know? He's three now and still wets the bed. He wet the bed on his first day here, so the beating wasn't enough!"

Chang Kun quickly stepped in to stop her: "Alright, Mom, let it go this time. We'll discipline you next time you pee. Eat something and go to work."

"You're just going to protect her!" Liu Meifen said angrily, taking the bed sheet to the pool to soak it.

With Chang Kun's intercession, Xiu'er was finally rescued and rushed into her elder brother's arms with tears in her eyes.

"You can't wet the bed next time. If you need to pee, get up and pee in the chamber pot, understand?" Chang Kun scolded the little girl.

Unexpectedly, she looked up and whispered, "Big brother, I need to pee..."

Chang Kun: ...

You've already wet the bed, why are you going to wet it again?

"Xiao Qing, Xiao Mu, come out for dinner."

To everyone's surprise, the two shook their heads: "Brother, we're not hungry yet."

It's strange. Xiao Mu is one thing, but Xiao Qing is always the biggest glutton. Why won't she go to eat when we call her?

When Chang Kun walked up to the two girls and looked them up and down, he immediately sensed something was wrong. The two girls shrank back and didn't dare to look at him, clearly looking guilty.

Turning back to see Xiuer pouting and looking aggrieved, he understood a little.

"Who wet the bed?!" Chang Kun suddenly asked, and sure enough, he got the answer.

"It's Xiao Qing!"

"It's Xiao Mu!"

When disaster strikes, everyone flees for their lives; the two sisters decisively betray each other.

Chang Kun's eyes darted between the two sisters, and he could hardly believe it. Pointing at them, he asked, "You two...you both wet the bed?"

The two sisters lowered their heads, fidgeting with their fingers, not daring to utter a sound.

Last night, lying in the new bed, the two sisters couldn't fall asleep, so they secretly got up to eat some jujubes, and after that, they ate some peaches.

Later, I drifted off to sleep and dreamt in the middle of the night that I was looking for a chamber pot everywhere. When I couldn't find one, I just found a haystack, hid behind it, and relieved myself.

To my surprise, I saw this when I woke up this morning...

"You two are really something!" Chang Kun tapped their foreheads hard. "How did Mother know it was Xiu'er who wet the bed?"

Chang Qing cautiously looked up at her older brother and stammered, "We... when we got up this morning, Xiu'er wasn't awake yet, so we moved her to the spot where she had wet herself."

Chang Kun: ...

No wonder Xiuer looked so innocent. She's still young and doesn't know if she wet the bed or not, so she's just taking the blame for this.

These two are such good older sisters!

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