CHAPTER 392: CHAPTER 385: TIAN LILI COMPETES WITH SISI

Tian Lili was picking leeks, feeling utterly miserable. She hated picking leeks the most, the pungent scent causing her forehead to ache. Yet, if she didn’t, there would be no dinner because Granny always meant what she said.

Once, when she skipped work, she indeed had no dinner and returned to school hungry. After she complained to Xu Qianwen over the phone, Tian Aiguo found out and scolded her fiercely on the phone, even telling her to visit her grandparents’ house less often.

Despite fearing her father, Tian Lili still frequently visited Old Man because Xu Qianwen had said, "Go, why not? You are a direct granddaughter of the Tian family. Why shouldn’t you?"

The smell of leeks making Tian Lili uncomfortable, she felt uneasy seeing Sisi getting along affectionately with Granny. Granny never had a welcoming expression for her and always made her work. But seeing Sisi, Granny’s smile bloomed like flowers, clearly being biased!

Granny Zhao: "Yes, I am biased! Nana is the child I raised from scratch. If not biased towards her, then towards whom?"

Sisi: "Granny, can we not mention ’from scratch’? I surely didn’t just urinate anywhere when I was little."

Granny Zhao also heard Tian Lili’s huffs and glared at her, whispering to Sisi, "Ignore her, she is upset about having to work. Let’s go inside. Granny made you a rib and lotus root soup; have it and nourish yourself. Look how pointed your face is, you surely haven’t been eating well."

Sisi touched her plump chin, it wasn’t sharp at all! Why do these elders always say she had lost weight?

Old Man was also joyfully waiting inside for his granddaughter. Sisi, being adorably coquettish, cheered up Old Man, and only then quietly began sipping her soup.

Because of Sisi’s Qiong Wine, Old Man’s health was exceptionally good; radiant and robust, his voice loud and clear. At seventy, he moved as quickly as if flying. According to Granny Zhao, last month at the market, Old Man even subdued a thief, who cried for his parents as he was beaten.

For this, Sisi gravely reprimanded Old Man, advising him not to show off like that anymore, in case the thief had accomplices.

Though Old Man obediently agreed to her face, behind her back, he continued as usual, becoming a renowned lone ranger in the area. When people spoke of Old Man Tian, they referred to him as Hero Tian.

At dinner, Tian Shouhua and his wife also returned from work. Since Mo Xiaomi became pregnant, the couple moved in with Old Man to better care for Mo Xiaomi.

Mo Xiaomi’s belly was still frighteningly large, her whole body considerably heavier, her feet swollen enough to need much larger cloth shoes, and the butterfly rash on her face was especially noticeable, entirely losing her past grace as a young woman.

Seeing Mo Xiaomi now, Sisi genuinely feared marriage and childbirth. What if she also became so unattractive during pregnancy? What if she couldn’t slim down after having the baby? She knew many women became overweight simply because of childbirth.

"Sisi, what are you looking at?" Mo Xiaomi shook her hand and asked with a smile.

Sisi, realizing she had been staring at Mo Xiaomi’s belly for a while, smiled awkwardly, "Nothing much, just thinking how tough it must be for Sister Xiaomi."

"It’s not tough. Brother Shouhua taking care of me is tougher. He only sleeps a few hours at night, and sometimes he has to massage me while I sleep to prevent cramps. He has lost weight over these past two months. I just think about having the baby soon, otherwise, Brother Shouhua might not hold out." Mo Xiaomi looked at her husband’s gaunt face with heartache.

"Sister Xiaomi has it tougher, but Brother Shouhua looking after you is as it should be. It’s right to let men realize how hard it is for women."

Sisi didn’t think so, men even though they work hardest don’t endure the physical torments, hardly comparable to half the hardships of women.

Tian Shouhua came over to help his wife to dinner, hearing Sisi’s words, rolled his eyes, "Mind your own business, and see if Xinhua will be as considerate as me?"

"Would Xinhua dare to treat me poorly? I’ll have Grandpa and Granny discipline him." Sisi said with confidence, seeing Tian Shouhua’s appearance of forgetting his sister once he is married, she couldn’t resist making another jab:

"Sister Xiaomi, if Brother Shouhua doesn’t treat you well, just tell me, I’ll have Grandpa and Granny teach him a lesson too, spank him."

After finishing, Sisi happily ran to the kitchen to help Granny Zhao with the dishes, leaving Tian Shouhua gnashing his teeth in anger, if it weren’t for the fact he had to help his wife, he would have really loved to spank that damn girl, she’s always known how to annoy him since she was little.

Mo Xiaomi found it amusing, she could tell, although Shouhua said harsh things, he still really cared for Nana, this sister-in-law cum younger sister. Every time Lili picked on Nana, Shouhua always stood up for Nana.

"Lili, how’s school going? Any difficulties with your studies?"

At the dinner table, Mo Xiaomi took the initiative to ask Tian Lili, she didn’t have much against this cousin-in-law, although a bit temperamental and lazy, she wasn’t a bad person, just a bit spoiled by her third aunt, she has improved a lot under Big Aunt’s guidance recently, unlike her own cousin?

Thinking of Zhou Nana, Mo Xiaomi felt a stifling in her chest, shook her head slightly, and mentally threw Zhou Nana out of her mind, not wanting to think about her.

Tian Lili got along quite well with Mo Xiaomi, and she should say, aside from her bad relationship with Sisi, Lili’s emotional intelligence was quite good in interacting with others, also an outspoken and pretty girl.

"It’s fine, Sister-in-law, there’s a new young male teacher in our department, he’s really handsome, even more than Brother."

Tian Lili thought of the new Mr. Chang at school, her heart thumping uncontrollably, how could there be such a good-looking person?

Tian Shouhua’s face darkened, what does it mean by someone being more handsome than him? What is there to compare in looks?

As Sisi focused on nibbling chicken feet, she also found it amusing, Tian Lili really didn’t know how to speak, luckily it’s just between family members, no need to take it to heart.

Unnoticed, Tian Lili continued excitedly, "I heard Mr. Chang is a top student from Tsinghua University and also a Party Member, his classes are always packed, many female students flock to his lectures, sometimes if you arrive late you just have to stand."

Mr. Chang—Tsinghua University—Party Member—Handsome

Sisi’s mind stirred, at this moment Granny Zhao scolded: "Going to school is for serious studies, not for ogling men, if the teacher is handsome you go listen, if not, you won’t?"

Tian Lili pouted in grievance, "It’s not just me, all students are like this."

"I don’t care about others, but the Tian Family doesn’t tolerate such behavior, if I find out you disgrace our family’s reputation at school, see if your mother doesn’t break your legs?" Granny Zhao brought out the sternness of the Iron Lady from her past.

Tian Lili trembled with fright, hurriedly nodding her agreement, under Granny Zhao’s fierce roar and without Xu Qianwen to back her up, her courage was waning, how could she still afford to entertain romantic fantasies?