Chapter 99 - 097: Whose Joy, Whose Sorrow is Undecided [The Heirloom Jade+]
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Xie Jingchen was busy exchanging the latest dynamics and mission details of the military with his colleagues. He also had to prepare for applying for family members to join the Suirong Guard and allocate dormitories, among other things, keeping him quite occupied.
But no matter how busy he was or how tight his schedule, the first thing he remembered to do during his noontime break on the day after returning to the military was to write a letter to his parents and little wife at home.
Meanwhile, Zhang Shanni, after a tiring day, came back and cooked a meal. Just as she finished, she saw Xie Tiesheng and Zhou Xiuhua making their way home together, followed by little tail Xiao Liu, while Xiao San had already headed to the edge of the back mountains to gather branches after having a sip of water upon returning home.
Before Xie Jingchen left, he had filled more than half of the woodshed. Nevertheless, several of the eldest grandsons in the younger generation at home were taught by Xie Tiesheng to always pick up firewood from the mountain whenever they had free time. This habit was ingrained in them and didn’t change simply because the woodshed was full, nor would the children be allowed to stay at home and play.
Moreover, almost all children in the village grew up this way, so Xiao San did not feel any sense of being ’abused’. Instead, Zhang Shanni felt extremely tender-hearted seeing that Xiao San, at just nine years old, was already capable of working on his own like a little kid!
Ying Ying~ Xiao San is so well-behaved!
Zhang Shanni found that her little nephews were all very good, which made her even more expectant of her future little one! As she saw Xiao San leave through the back door with his little basket on his back, she watched his small figure with hope, her hands also full of anticipation as they covered her lower abdomen.