To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Lin Qingping felt his warm breath brush against her forehead and couldn't help but shudder. She quickly turned around to look, afraid that her older sister and mother-in-law would come over and see.

"What are you looking at? You're shy?"

He's laughing at her!

Lin Qingping glared at him, knowing that her persona in front of him was indeed a bit unserious, but she had to defend herself, "I'm only like this in front of you..."

Forget it, it's better not to argue at all than to try to explain like this...

"How did you act in front of me? Why are you silent now?"

Lin Qingping snorted and fell silent. He was just there to mock her!

"Are you angry?" He still held her waist tightly.

"What are you trying to do?" She can't work anymore! The water's boiling, she's going to make dumplings!

“I’ve noticed…” he said slowly, “when did it start? Everyone around me has become your person.”

Lin Qingping couldn't understand, so she looked up at him.

"Zhiyuan has changed his address to call you Mom, but he still calls me Uncle Gu." His words were tinged with sarcasm. "And when did you start calling my parents so affectionately? If people didn't know better, they'd think my parents had two daughters and I was the clueless son-in-law."

Lin Qingping was taken aback.

That's right, in her past life, she was married to Gu Juncheng for five years, and she never called his parents "father" or "mother" once...

"Gu Juncheng..." She wanted to ask her if she was the worst girl in his heart.

However, as soon as he called his name, Gu Youlian's exaggerated voice came from behind him, "Oh dear, I was just saying I was coming to help in the kitchen, it seems I'm superfluous."

Lin Qingping quickly broke free from Gu Juncheng's embrace, her face already flushed. "No need for help, I'm just boiling dumplings, I just throw them in when the water boils."

Gu Youlian smiled, "Indeed, I don't need to help! You two go ahead and do your work!"

The three words "you two" were spoken with particular emphasis...

After saying that, Gu Youlian ran away.

Lin Qingping glared at Gu Juncheng and pinched his waist hard.

Gu Juncheng coughed twice. "I'll cook. You go and rest."

As he spoke, Gu Juncheng threw the frozen dumplings one by one into the pot and cooked a large pot of them.

They are all from the South. In fact, Southerners do not have the custom of eating dumplings, especially at this time of year. There is no Spring Festival Gala yet, and no TV programs mention the custom of eating dumplings from time to time. In fact, many Southerners do not even know what dumplings are.

But Gu Juncheng was provided with food in the army, and meals were also prepared for him.

These dumplings were made by Gu Juncheng and Sister Zhao. There were fillings of chives and eggs, vegetarian fillings, and pork and cabbage fillings. After they were made, there was no refrigerator to freeze them, but that didn't matter. It was cold outside, below zero. They just put the dumplings on the balcony and they froze solid overnight.

Gu Juncheng was a treasure in the Gu family. He had an elderly mother and an older sister, so he never had to do housework growing up. Moreover, in the traditional view of Gu family village, housework was done by women.

But Gu Juncheng had been in the army for so many years and was already independent. He was also very good at housekeeping, and making dumplings was no problem for him. Cooking dumplings was too easy for him.

Lin Qingping let him do the work, but she didn't leave; she just watched from the side.

I remember seeing people online saying that "men who do housework" are the most handsome. She had lived for decades in her past life and no man had ever helped her with housework...

The room was very warm, and Gu Juncheng was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt, which was a bit tight. With his movements, the texture of his muscles was highlighted under the thin fabric.

He wore very loose pants, but they still couldn't hide the shapely curve of his buttocks, and above that, his slender waist...

Lin Qingping used to read novels where the male and female protagonists would often do things they liked in various settings, such as the kitchen, living room, and study.

It seems that she and Gu Juncheng have always been very law-abiding...

She didn't know what kind of nonsense was going through her head, that she would think of such things at this moment, and, as if possessed, she walked up to him and pinched his butt.

When he turned around to look at her, she didn't dare to lift her head, but she was very bold. With a blush, she whispered, "Gu Juncheng, what do you think it's like for them to do it in the kitchen?"

"Kitchen? What for?" The innocent Comrade Gu didn't understand.

"This is it..." Just like he had done before, she wrapped her arms around his waist, her hands wandering in ways she shouldn't have.

Gu Juncheng: ...

Lin Qingping didn't hear anything, her face burning as she pressed against his back, until a cold voice rang out, "Lin Qingping."

"what?"

"Your knowledge is so extensive it's almost beyond the scope of what you're supposed to know!"

Lin Qingping suddenly realized what nonsense she had been spouting. She wanted to slip away.

But Gu Juncheng clearly wasn't going to let her off easily, and sneered, "Them? In the kitchen?"

Lin Qingping: ...

"No... not..."

"Which 'them'?" Gu Juncheng's voice became stern.

"No...they're not here...I...I'm going to get some snacks for Mom and Dad..." I should just run! There's no way to explain this now!

"Stop." He said calmly.

Lin Qingping: ...

But beneath this calm surface lies far from calm...

"Who?" He pressed her with a single word as he moved closer to her.

Lin Qingping: ...

I want to slap myself! Serves you right for being so talkative!

"It's all your fault!" she decided to argue illogically and seize the moral high ground.

"Me?" He laughed in exasperation. Did I teach you that?

"It's you!" Lin Qingping's voice rose, not caring what others thought, she believed that if she was right, she could raise her voice even louder. "If it weren't for such tempting muscles, why would I have such wild thoughts!"

As she spoke, she poked his pectoral muscles with her hand, "They're bigger than mine!"

"Lin Qingping, don't try that on me. Do you think I'd fall for your tricks?" Gu Juncheng glanced at her fingers poking around randomly and remained calm. "You need to clarify who this is today."

Lin Qingping: ...

"It's...it's not from the book..." Oh well, there's no escaping it now, might as well just give up!

"From a book again?" Gu Juncheng's gaze became even more meaningful. "Lin Qingping, the books you read are truly profound. Which one is it? Let me see it too?"

"The dumplings are cooked!" Lin Qingping quickly pointed to the pot.

It's boiling; it's time to add cold water.

Gu Juncheng poured a ladle of cold water into the pot, and when he turned back to look at her, Lin Qingping inexplicably felt a sense of danger.

"Big sister!" she said, deciding to ask for help, "Could you help me carry this?"

She heard Gu Juncheng chuckle, which probably meant he would let her off the hook for now.

Let's leave it for now! We'll deal with it later!

She dragged Gu Youlian into the kitchen, ostensibly to teach her older sister how to make sauces, but in reality, she kept making faces at Gu Juncheng.

The sauce was ready, and the first batch of dumplings was cooked. Gu Juncheng filled three large plates. The eldest sister took two plates out first, and Lin Qingping took the last plate. As she walked past Gu Juncheng, who was preparing to cook the second batch, she stared at his chest for several moments, then leaned closer and whispered, "I just compared them, and mine are still bigger..."

Gu Juncheng almost spilled all the dumplings in his basket...

Lin Qingping gave him a mischievous smile and ran away.

Outside, the parents-in-law, Gu Youlian and her husband, and Zhiyuan had been talking for a while.

When they first entered the house, my mother-in-law and father-in-law refused to take off their cotton-padded coats, but now they are so hot that they can't stand wearing them anymore.

“Bottle, this capital is really strange. It’s freezing cold outside, like an icebox, but it’s so hot inside!” Liu Fen exclaimed.

Lin Qingping smiled and put down the dumplings. "It's like this, the house is warm with the heating on. Didn't you see that Gu Juncheng is wearing a short-sleeved shirt? Zhiyuan is only wearing a single layer."

"I was worried that Zhiyuan would catch a cold!" the mother-in-law said embarrassedly. She not only took off her cotton-padded coat, but also took off Xiaomai's cotton-padded jacket. When she saw the dumplings that Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian had brought to the table, she said, "What are these? Pingzi, you always come up with new foods."

"This isn't something I just came up with; it's a northern tradition—dumplings. Here, we make and eat dumplings for the New Year! There are some with fillings, and I've made several kinds of sauces. You can try them." Lin Qingping gave everyone a small bowl, filled a bowl with pickles, sliced ​​a plate of braised beef, and brought out the prepared vinegar sauce, chili sauce, sweet chili sauce, and sweet and sour sauce, letting them dip their food in it.

Liu Fen took a bite of the pork and cabbage filling and exclaimed, "Wow, it's packed with meat! Goodness, how much meat must have been in it!"

"Just eat!" Lin Qingping said with a smile. "We made three kinds of fillings today. We can also make mutton filling, seafood filling, and fish filling. On New Year's Eve, we'll make whatever filling you like."

The Gu family, who are from the South, surprisingly love dumplings. The father-in-law is taciturn but has a big appetite, eating nearly forty dumplings. Everyone else ate at least twenty, and even Xiaomai ate fifteen!

Lin Qingping had originally planned to cook dinner, but when the Gu family saw that there were still frozen dumplings on the balcony, they tentatively asked Lin Qingping, "We still have to make dumplings on New Year's Eve anyway, so can we eat these today?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingping thought, "Why not?"

She's even more convenient!

So, we ate dumplings again that night.

Looking at the two-story house and the spotless toilet inside, the Gu family members were at a loss for words.

Lin Qingping arranged for them to stay in this house, but she and Gu Juncheng were going to go back to the house next door.

However, after spending the whole night talking with the Gu family, just as she and Gu Juncheng were about to go home, her mother-in-law Liu Fen stopped Gu Juncheng.

They only called Gu Juncheng.

Clearly, she had something to say to Gu Juncheng alone.

Lin Qingping then wisely left first.

If Lin Qingping hadn't been reborn, she would have felt uncomfortable about leaving her son behind to talk to him alone.

Actually, I'm feeling a bit unwell right now. Is there something I need to hide from my daughter-in-law?

If you're really going to keep it a secret, then keep it completely hidden. Just don't let her know that the two of them are having private conversations.

However, she doesn't intend to make a fuss about it.

It's not easy to be reborn.

She never forgot the purpose of her rebirth: to live a good life with Gu Juncheng. No matter what her mother-in-law said or did, she would just wait and see how Gu Juncheng would react.

Some people say that the most important factor in whether a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along is the role the husband plays in the relationship.

After she returned to her room next door, she took a shower and went to bed.

Gu Juncheng returned so quickly, and came straight into the room.

Seeing that he was leaving in a great hurry, Lin Qingping quickly asked, "What did your mother say to you?"