allonlinenovel Chapter 1335: Poverty Limits Imagination
Chapter 1335: Poverty Limits Imagination
That afternoon.
The lobby of the Lin residence on the first floor.
The game of "Eagle Catches Chickens" continues.
Chen Nianlin, beaming, spread her arms wide like a mother hen protecting her chicks, moving back and forth to block "Eagle" Lin Haoyi's path, all the while shouting:
"Don't come any closer, don't come any closer! My little chicks are very fierce!"
The children ran around behind her, laughing and giggling.
Zhou Mengyao, Su Wanxing, Gu Keqing, Mu Xueman and others sat on the sofa to the side, watching the children play and chatting.
"Nianlin is such a nice girl," Zhou Mengyao said with a smile. "She gets along so well with the children."
AI-generated beautiful images of Zhou Mengyao and Su Wanxing
Gu Keqing nodded: "Yes, it's obvious that Nianlin really likes these little nephews and nieces."
Wang Xinling looked at Chen Nianlin, who was smiling brightly not far away, her eyes filled with complex emotions for a moment, before she said, "The children also really like this little aunt."
Wang Xinling leaned back on the sofa, eating strawberries, and said with a smile, "First, my mother-in-law came back to life, and now a little sister-in-law has appeared. Our Lin family is getting more and more lively."
Sun Yizhen sat down next to Wang Xinling, stroked her pregnant belly, and teased with a smile, "After you give birth in a while, the Lin family will have another little baby, which will make it even more lively."
Wang Xinling chuckled and said, "Seeing so many little darlings in the Lin family every day, calling me 'Auntie, Auntie,' I can't wait to become a mother."
Yang Mi walked over, supporting her pregnant belly, and smiled sweetly with her eyes narrowed, "I'm also looking forward to 'delivering' every day. This little rascal is in my belly, and I keep waking up when I sleep as the months go by."
Mu Xueman subconsciously touched her protruding belly and said with a smile, "You two are getting closer and closer to your due dates, but I still have a long way to go before I give birth."
Gu Keqing jokingly said with a smile, "Mengyao is so much better. She gave birth to twins directly, saving her the trouble of being pregnant twice."
Looking at her two children playing "Eagle Catches Chicks" with great enthusiasm, Zhou Mengyao said with undisguised delight, "Seeing the children grow up strong and healthy every day gives me a lot of hope."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Zhiqing came running over and jumped into Zhou Mengyao's arms, saying sweetly:
"Mother, I'm thirsty, I want some water."
"Oh my, my precious daughter, look how sweaty you are from playing!" Zhou Mengyao quickly picked up the children's water cup from the coffee table, opened the lid, and fed her daughter water.
Xiao Zhiqing gulped down a big mouthful of water.
Mu Xueman pulled out two tissues and gently wiped Xiao Zhiqing's sweat while smiling and saying:
"Qing'er, are you tired from playing? Take a rest."
"Thank you, Aunt Mu, I'm not tired."
After drinking the water, Xiao Zhiqing suddenly slumped back into her old self, muttering to herself:
"It's my turn to be the eagle this time!"
"Slow down, don't fall." Zhou Mengyao smiled helplessly and affectionately.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Zhiyue ran over with a flushed face, threw herself into Zhou Mengyao's arms, and said, covered in sweat:
"Mother, I'm tired and need to rest for a while."
"Haha..." The concubines sitting on the sofa all laughed.
Zhou Mengyao scooped Xiao Zhiyue up on her lap, kissed her on the cheek, and teased her with a smile:
"Yue'er, are you sure you haven't mistaken your mother for someone else? Look who's that?"
Xiao Zhiyue glanced at Su Wanxing sitting in the corner of the sofa, then looked back at Zhou Mengyao hugging her, and couldn't help but giggle shyly:
"I was so engrossed in playing that I mistook Aunt Zhou for my mother. You two are wearing the same color clothes today."
Su Wanxing couldn't help but laugh out loud, and opened her arms, saying:
"Yue'er, come here to your mother. I'll feed you some strawberries to cool you down."
"Okay." Xiao Zhiyue slid off Zhou Mengyao's lap and nestled sweetly into Su Wanxing's arms.
Gu Keqing chuckled and teased:
"Mengyao, you really should get a DNA test done with Wanxing. You two look exactly alike. Haven't you ever suspected that you're long-lost twins?"
Zhou Mengyao shrugged and said, "I had my suspicions, but when I said I wanted to do a DNA test with Wanxing, Lin Lang wouldn't let me."
"Why not?" Gu Keqing pressed.
Su Wanxing replied while feeding her daughter strawberries:
"Lin Lang didn't say why he wouldn't allow it, but he just wouldn't allow it."
Zhou Mengyao said sadly, "I told Wanxing that we would secretly do a DNA test, but Wanxing didn't dare to go, afraid that Lin Lang would be angry if he found out."
Upon hearing this, Son Ye-jeong interjected:
"Then Mengyao, what if Wanxing is your long-lost twin sister?"
Didn't you take Wanxing to see your aunt?
Zhou Mengyao replied, "My mom has met Wanxing and was surprised that we look so alike."
But my mother insists that she was pregnant with a single child back then.
Moreover, my maternal grandmother delivered me; there's no way I could have been a lost twin sister.
"Oh? Mengyao, your grandmother is an obstetrician-gynecologist?" Sun Yizhen asked.
Zhou Mengyao smiled slightly and said, "Yes, my maternal grandmother was the head of the obstetrics and gynecology department back then."
Su Wanxing, holding her daughter who was sitting on her lap, said with a smile:
"Before I started dating Lin Lang, I was still very conflicted about my background and really wanted to find my biological parents."
"However, after marrying into the Lin family and having twin daughters, I felt the warmth of home, and my two daughters also brought me a lot of healing."
Besides, Mengyao and I are as close as sisters, so whether or not we do a DNA test doesn't really matter, we're all family anyway~
After hearing this, everyone dropped the subject.
But Gu Keqing felt that Zhou Mengyao and Su Wanxing looked exactly alike, and since they were both twins, they clearly had twin genes.
But Lin Lang must have his reasons for not allowing them to do DNA testing.
Just then, Chen Nianlin came running over, panting, and said with a smile:
"Sisters, I'm really too tired to play the mother hen all the time. Can someone take over and play with the little ones for a while so I can rest?"
"Nianlin, sit on the sofa and rest for a while. I'm going to play with the kids." Zhou Mengyao stood up from the sofa and ran over to join the game of Eagle Catches Chicks.
Chen Nianlin collapsed onto the sofa, panting heavily. Although she was exhausted, she was very happy.
But she didn't relax for more than a few seconds. Seeing her sisters-in-law's elegant posture, she quickly straightened her back and tried to make her posture more ladylike.
Seeing this, Yang Mi said gently:
"Nianlin, sit however you are comfortable, don't be so reserved."
Wang Xinling smiled and chimed in, "Yes, Nianlin, you're still a child. It's good that you're lively and carefree."
Chen Nianlin chuckled, her gaze sweeping over her sisters-in-law sitting on the sofa, and said sweetly:
"My brother must have chosen his wives based on beauty pageant standards, right?"
Sun Yizhen jokingly said, "Your brother is a looks-obsessed person. He won't even give a second glance to a woman who isn't pretty."
Su Wanxing pushed the fruit plate on the coffee table in front of Chen Nianlin and said gently, "Nianlin, have some strawberries."
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Mengyao." Chen Nianlin smiled sweetly and picked up a strawberry.
"Haha..." Everyone burst out laughing.
"Uh... what's wrong?" Chen Nianlin hurriedly put the strawberries back into the fruit plate.
Gu Keqing said with a smile, "You mistakenly called Sister-in-law Wanxing 'Sister-in-law Mengyao'!"
Chen Nianlin's face flushed instantly, and she scratched her head, laughing awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Sister-in-law Wanxing, please don't be angry!"
Su Wanxing said with a smile, "I'm not that easily angered. It's okay if you called me by the wrong name."
Your other sisters-in-law always mistake me for your sister-in-law Mengyao.
After hearing this, Chen Nianlin smiled shyly.
Only then did she dare to pick up the strawberry again, put it in her mouth, and take a gentle bite.
The cool, sweet juice bursts in your mouth instantly, carrying a rich yet clean fruity aroma that spreads along the tip of your tongue.
The sweetness wasn't cloying at all; it wasn't the typical light sweet and sour taste of regular strawberries.
Instead, it tastes like honey that has been thoroughly dried by the sun, sweet from the tip of the tongue all the way to the heart. The flesh is delicate and juicy, with almost no sourness, leaving only a refreshing fragrance and sweet aftertaste.
Chen Nianlin froze for a moment, her eyes slowly widening as she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:
"Wow—these strawberries are so sweet! They're the sweetest and best-tasting strawberries I've ever eaten!"
As she spoke, she picked up another one and took a careful bite, as if afraid of disturbing this rare delicacy.
Looking at her charmingly naive appearance, Gu Keqing smiled and explained:
"These are not ordinary strawberries. They are the 'King of Strawberries' imported from top-quality producing areas abroad and air-freighted in. They are much sweeter than regular strawberries."
Su Wanxing picked up the conversation, adding with a smile, "This pound of strawberries costs eight hundred yuan."
"Eight hundred yuan a pound of strawberries?!" Chen Nianlin almost dropped the strawberries in her hand, her eyes wide with disbelief. "So expensive?!"
She had never seen such expensive strawberries in her life; a single strawberry cost tens of yuan, which was beyond her imagination.
Yang Mi leaned back on the sofa, gently stroking her pregnant belly, and said with a smile:
"Most of the fruits in the Lin residence are freshly imported by air every day, organically grown, without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. The best and safest fruits are selected for the children and the pregnant concubines."
"It's not just strawberries, but also cherries, grapes, and mangoes—they're all top-quality varieties air-freighted from all over the world," Wang Xinling added with a smile.
“If you eat the fruit from the Lin family’s house, the fruit you buy from the supermarket won’t taste as good.” Wang Xinling also picked up a grape from the fruit plate and ate it.
Chen Nianlin was stunned, forgetting to chew the strawberry in her mouth, feeling a deep shock and disbelief.
She finally understood what it meant for "poverty to limit imagination".
Gu Keqing handed Chen Nianlin a plump, dark cherry and said with a smile:
"Come on, try this Scarare cherry, the sweetest one ever. How does it taste?"
Chen Nianlin took the fruit and bit into it. The crisp and tender flesh burst out with sweet juice, pure and without any sourness. The fruity aroma went straight into her nose. It was truly an amazing bite!
"Wow, Sister-in-law Keqing, these cherries are so sweet! They're so delicious!"
Gu Keqing said with a smile, "How could cherries that cost 1000 yuan per jin (500 grams) not be delicious!"
"Cherry for 1000 yuan a pound?" Chen Nianlin exclaimed in surprise, her heart filled with shock, and she didn't dare to take a big bite of the cherry in her hand.