Chapter 261: Acquaintance Bureau

Ning Xiyue was wrapping dumplings in her hands, and she moved closer to Shen Qingxia, and asked curiously, "What secret is it? Can you tell me now?"

"Let's make the dumplings first. I'll tell you slowly after we finish eating."

Shen Qingxia looked up and gave Ning Xiyue a mysterious smile. She shook the dumplings in her hand, but kept it a secret for the time being as she still needed to tell this secret along with other things.

"Aunt Chen is trying to keep me in suspense." Ning Xiyue sat up straight again and smiled cheerfully, "Okay, let's make dumplings first. I'm waiting for Aunt Chen to tell me the secret."

Ning Xiyue quickened her pace in making dumplings. In fact, she was only a little curious about this secret, but not much. When chatting with elders, of course she had to follow their words. She acted very anxiously and urged her second brother beside her.

"Brother, write faster and roll out more dumpling wrappers. We don't have enough."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Ning Qingyuan filled out the form in his hand with a pen, washed his hands and continued to roll out the dough to make dumplings.

With Ning Qingyuan joining in the rolling of the dough, Ning Xiyue and Shen Qingxia only needed to make dumplings. Xiaohe also learned from the adults and made them quite well.

Ning Xiyue and her brother completely relaxed after finishing their work. The three adults and a child made dumplings and chatted together, and the yard was filled with laughter.

Considering that her two children had to go back to the countryside, Shen Qingxia started cooking dinner after making the dumplings. The meal was ready at 4:30 in the afternoon.

Ning Xiyue and her brother originally wanted to leave, but they could not refuse the kind invitation of their elders, so they had to continue to sit down shamelessly and help with the fire, and get today's dinner.

When dinner was ready, the little boy who was seen at the door at the beginning went out with a spinning top, and came back with an iron ring to roll around with. He walked and rolled the iron ring, and while opening the door he came in, shouting:

"Mom, I'm back. Is dinner ready? I'll help you light the fire."

"Hey, it smells so good, are the dumplings cooked? Why do I smell bacon?"

The little boy sniffed the air, threw away the iron ring that was rolling in his hand, threw the iron hook in his hand to the ground with a clang, and ran into the house with a happy smile on his face.

"Yeah, I'm back just in time. Delicious dumplings and bacon, here I come."

"Brother, you're back," Xiaohe, who was standing next to Ning Xiyue, ran towards her brother happily.

Shen Qingxia was putting a few pieces of chopped bacon into the lunch box when she saw her son running towards her in a hurry. She pressed her hand on his forehead to make the child stop.

"Why are you running so fast? You're so reckless." Shen Qingxia scolded him, then let go of her hand, took out a net bag and stuffed it into her son's hand. She pointed to the lunch box that had been packed next to her and said:

"You really came back at the right time. Here, your father's dinner has been prepared. Send it to him quickly."

The boy stood on tiptoe and looked at the plate of bacon on the stove, swallowed his saliva, and moved his eyes to the steamer of dumplings next to him. His lips moved slightly, and he pulled the net bag in his hand to look at the lunch box on the table and then looked at his mother.

Finally, he made up his mind to retract his gaze, and quickly put the lunch box on the table into the net bag in his hand, saying, "You have to wait for me to come back for dinner, or save some meat and dumplings for me."

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back for dinner, don't worry."

Seeing that her son couldn't wait to run, Shen Qingxia grabbed his arm and turned his body to face Ning Xiyue and his sister who were standing in the kitchen.

"Say hello before you leave. This is your sister Xiyue and brother Qingyuan. Call someone."

"Hello Sister Xiyue, Hello Brother Qingyuan, I'm Li Xiaodong, I'm twelve years old, you can call me Xiaodong."

Li Xiaodong patted his chest and called out without hesitation. After calling out, he looked at the two of them curiously with a hint of envy in his eyes. These two brothers and sisters are really tall.

"Hello Xiaodong." Ning Xiyue and Ning Qingyuan greeted in unison.

After saying hello, Shen Qingxia ruthlessly let go of her son: "Okay, you can go now. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."

"Okay, you must wait for me to eat." Li Xiaodong came back to his senses and rushed out with the lunch box in his hand: "Sister Xiyue, Brother Qingyuan, I'm leaving first. I want to ask you one thing when I come back."

Before the last word was uttered, the man had already rushed to the gate of the courtyard.

"This child is always in a hurry. I'm sorry to embarrass you." Shen Qingxia smiled embarrassedly.

"What's the big deal? Children just need to be lively." Ning Xiyue shook her head and said she didn't mind. It was obvious that the child was a community expert and not shy at all.

"It's just that he has too much energy, and it makes me angry every day."

Although Shen Qingxia was complaining, she still cared about her two children in her heart. She never took her eyes off when talking about her children, and quickly poured the last dish into the pot and fried it.

Li Xiaodong had just gone out for a while, and he came back before the dishes were even cooked. He shouted at the door: "Mom, I'm back, can we have dinner now?"

"Hey, didn't we ask him to deliver the meal? How come he's back so soon? It hasn't even been five minutes." Shen Qingxia scooped up the scrambled eggs and celery in the pot with a spatula: "Xiyue, Qingyuan, stop lighting the fire. Let's go, wash our hands and eat."

"good."

Shen Qingxia took a basin of warm water from the tin pot at the back to wash her hands, and called out, "Li Xiaodong, has your meal been delivered? Come in and wash your hands and eat."

Li Xiaodong jumped into the kitchen with his lunch box in hand. He put down the lunch box and saw his brother and sister washing their hands with his sister. He rolled up his sleeves and put his hands in to wash, with a smile on his face:

"Mom, no need to send me off. My dad is back, and my second uncle is here too. I met him on the road. He came to give us some beef. It was a big piece. I heard from him that a cow from a team near their county town fell to its death, and he bought some after seeing it. Haha, we have meat to eat again."

"What about them?"

"A little later, it will be here soon. I ran back to tell you to prepare two more sets of bowls and chopsticks." Li Xiaodong shook off the water droplets on his hands and consciously brought the food from the kitchen to the table.

Ning Xiyue felt a little hesitant when she heard the news. She wondered if the two siblings were being too rash.

She suddenly felt a little regretful that she had rashly agreed to stay for dinner. As strangers meeting each other for the first time, it would be too much of a disturbance for the whole family to stay.

There were other family members coming, which was a bit awkward.

But now that we are here, we should make the best of it. You have to come over more often in the future and treat each other as relatives. You can't let others think that you only come to ask for a favor. You must not leave such a bad impression.

They not only represent themselves but also Aunt Lin.

Ning Qingyuan had the same idea. The two siblings looked at each other and gave Ning Xiyue a firm look.

Then they helped to serve the food and get the bowls and chopsticks. Since it had come to this, they just tried their best to do their best. With the personalities of these two siblings, they were not afraid.

It's just a relative coming, they must make sure the meal isn't awkward, make sure the guests enjoy themselves and leave a good impression.

Shen Qingxia was also worried that the two of them would be too shy, so she took out the food from the lunch box and said with a smile:

"Don't be so reserved, his second uncle is a very nice person, and you two are not that far apart in age, maybe you can become friends."

"Aunt Chen, don't worry about us. We are not reserved. We two siblings are going to enjoy such a sumptuous meal from you. There is nothing to be reserved about." Ning Xiyue said jokingly.

"It's good that you are not restrained. You must come to Aunt Shen's house for dinner often in the future. Today's meal is still a blessing for you two brothers and sisters. You helped me roll out the dough, made dumplings, and helped me light the fire."

Shen Qingxia pointed at the two plates of bacon on the table and said with a smile:

"Even this bacon was brought by you. Don't mind Auntie Shen using the meat you brought to treat you. This meat smells so good that I can't help but want to cook it and taste it first."

"Auntie Chen, if you like it, I'll bring it to you next time. I still have one or two pieces here. They were given to me by my sister. But the taste is a little different from this one. It's spicy bacon. I don't know if you like it."

Ning Qingyuan spoke sweet words. Shen Qingxia was very happy after hearing this, and her whole face was smiling.

"I accept your kindness, but you should keep it for yourself. It's the time for you to grow up, so you need to eat more nutritious food. Life in the countryside is harder than in our town, so you need to eat more good food. Don't treat yourself badly, understand?"

"I understand, Aunt Chen." Ning Xiyue and Ning Qingyuan responded with a smile.

At the entrance of the main room, Li Xiaodong and his sister were lying on the door, looking into the yard. As soon as they lay on the door, they saw movement at the gate. When they looked closely, they saw the person they were waiting for.

"Mom, Dad and Uncle are home, we can have dinner now."

"Qingxia, I'm back."

"Sister-in-law, look at how to deal with this piece of beef."

A deep voice and a slightly lighter young voice sounded at the same time.

Ning Xiyue felt that the voice sounded familiar, and subconsciously looked up, and saw a very familiar person walking in with a piece of bright red meat in his hand.

Oh my god, I thought it would be an awkward situation, but it turned out to be a meeting among acquaintances.