Mrs. Chen paused, stunned. What had Lan Zhi just called her?
"Mom"?
Why the sudden change in address?
True, Liu Zhuangtou's wife had brought her Lan Zhi's handkerchief yesterday, so she knew Lan Zhi had agreed to the marriage.
But it wasn't time to start calling her "Mom" yet.
She still had to give her a gift for the formal change of address.
Still, hearing herself called "Mom" made Mrs. Chen happy. She beamed and said, "It's good that you're back. But you don't need to work in the fields. From now on, you can just stay home and do your embroidery."
'How could such a delicate, pampered body handle working in the fields!'
Lan Zhi squatted down, feeding firewood into the stove. "Mom, I have to go to the fields. What you and Sister-in-law can do, I can do too."
"I might be a little slow at first, but I'll learn eventually."
Mrs. Chen and Li Chunhua exchanged a look. Lan Zhi was so different today.
She'd never even spoken this loudly before.
