Chapter 58 Good things have happened

Li Yiqin held a large bag of dry goods and placed it in front of Zhang Juexia, "Everything is here, you can use it as you like!"

Zhang Juexia flipped through the recipes and went through them in his mind. "Braised rabbit, stewed chicken with mushrooms, braised pork, stewed meat with dried beans, stir-fried pork slices with wood ear mushrooms, stewed meat with dried eggplant, stewed meat with cabbage, and finally scrambled eggs with green onions."

Li Yiqin sighed, "I think you'll have to do all the cooking in our house from now on. Why can't I come up with these kinds of dishes?"

In those ancient times when material resources were scarce, it was really difficult for her to come up with these dishes.

Zhang Juexia didn't explain and just focused on cooking.

Li Yiqin was washing vegetables at the side. "Today's dishes are a bit disappointing. It would have been nice if there was a fish. The Zhao family came in such a hurry. If we could prepare it earlier, your eldest brother would have definitely gone to the mountains to catch some fish."

Seeing how much importance Li Yiqin attached to this matter, Pang Xiujuan couldn't help but say, "Even if this dish is placed in the county, it will be enough to entertain guests."

"Aunt San, have you ever been to the county town? Or have you ever been a guest there?"

Li Yiqun had long noticed that Pang Xiujuan looked unhappy, but she had been enduring it for the sake of family harmony.

Pang Xiujuan felt bad after being suddenly rebuked by Li Yiqin. "Isn't it just someone from the town proposing marriage? What's so great about it? If someone didn't know, they would think you were marrying into the town."

"I'm not destined for that. My home in Beishan is fine, and I don't have that desire. Could it be that Third Aunt has that desire?"

"you......."

Pang Xiujuan's face flushed and she had nothing to say.

Seeing Pang Xiujuan being humiliated, Zhang Juexia was overjoyed, feeling like he was enjoying the fun.

"Aunt, please don't talk about yours and mine. I am the eldest sister-in-law in this family. Today is Suyun's good day. We should pay attention to it and do our best to give her the best.

In the future, I will do the same on good days in Beilin, Beili, and Beifeng.

You are lucky. You married your third uncle, the eldest in the family, so you may not have to worry about these things.

But you are an elder after all, and an elder should act like an elder."

Zhang Juexia reached out and pulled Li Yiqun, signaling her not to be angry.

Li Yiqin blinked at her, indicating that she knew her limits, "Aunt, if I don't say something, I might feel unhappy.

My grandparents are very concerned about Brother Beixiu's marriage, and our family is busy running around. You didn't participate much, and we don't blame you.

But if someone from Beili or Beifeng came to propose marriage today, what would you do?

Do you have to take out the best things in your home, for fear that if this thing goes wrong, it will affect your children? "

Pang Xiujuan lowered her head in shame. "That's not what I meant. I just think that today's meal would satisfy even the shopkeeper Zhao sitting in the room, not to mention us country folk."

"I hope they will be satisfied and Suyun can find a good marriage.

Third Aunt, you have to understand that marriage is not something that can be achieved just by one person pursuing the other.

Although the Zhao family has a shop in the town, our Suyun is also good. If they don’t value Suyun, grandpa and grandma would not agree to this marriage.

Then again, if Suyun hadn't chosen Zhao Xin, no matter how good the Zhao family's life was, grandpa and grandma wouldn't have agreed."

Li Yiqin rattled off a lot of words, and Zhang Juexia understood. It turned out that she had heard everything she and Pang Xiujuan had just said.

She secretly gave Li Yiqun a thumbs up.

Li Yiqin signaled her not to be complacent.

Pang Xiujuan became completely obedient and sat in front of the stove, quietly burning the fire.

Li Yiqin slapped her forehead and said, "Xia'er, we were so busy planning what dishes to make that we forgot what to eat."

She hurriedly opened the cupboard and rummaged through it. "We don't have much white flour left at home, and the steamed buns we already have are made with mixed flour. I'm afraid it's too late to steam more white flour buns. What should I do?"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry. Ask your brother to go to my house and get some rice. There's still time to steam it."

"How can I be so embarrassed!"

"What's there to be embarrassed about? We are all doing this for Suyun's benefit."

Zhang Juexia turned around and called Ye Beishan, giving him some instructions. Li Yiqin nodded, and he went out.

"So, big brother also listens to his wife!"

Li Yiqin raised her hand, pretending to hit him, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll hit you, don't you believe it?"

Zhang Juexia dodged it cleverly.

Lunch was divided into two tables for men and women. Ye Jishun asked Ye Yunsheng to take out the good wine he had collected for many years and let Zhao Xiang drink it.

Zhang Juexia and Li Yiqun accompanied Ye Suyun and sat at the women's table.

Wang Guilan was asked to sit in the upper seat, Zhao Xiang's wife Li Ju sat in the lower seat, Ye Suyun was arranged to sit next to Li Ju, and Zhao Baofeng and Pang Xiujuan sat down next to her.

Li Yiqun and Zhang Juexia were responsible for pouring wine and serving dishes.

Wang Guilan looked at the dishes on the table, which were all delicious and full of color. She was very satisfied and modestly offered food. "There's nothing good for us mountain people to treat you to. Please make do with what you have."

Li Ju smiled and said, "Aunt, you are joking. This dish would be praised even if it was moved to Manfu Restaurant in town."

Everyone at the table laughed.

Wang Guilan raised her chopsticks and said, "Then let's start eating. Please don't be polite, niece-in-law."

Since Li Ju runs a shop in the town, she usually has guests coming and going, so naturally she is more cheerful than everyone else.

She was relaxed, and the people eating with her at the table also relaxed.

Li Ju thought every dish was delicious and praised them repeatedly, "After my headmistress came back from your house, she often mentioned to me that your food is delicious.

This way, it tastes really good.”

"If it tastes good, eat more."

Halfway through the meal, everyone became more familiar with each other and talked more.

Li Ju took off a silver bracelet from her hand and put it on Ye Suyun's hand. "I liked it the first time I saw my niece. This bracelet is a gift for her."

Ye Suyun blushed and looked at Zhao Baofeng and then at Wang Guilan.

Zhao Baofeng nodded slightly.

Wang Guilan then said to Ye Suyun, "Good child, this is a gift from your cousin, if you like it, just accept it!"

Ye Suyun blushed, stood up, and respectfully knelt down to Li Ju, "Thank you, cousin."

Li Ju smiled and put the silver bracelet on Ye Suyun's hand. "Our Suyun is fair-skinned, so she looks good in anything she wears."

At the men's table, Zhao Xiang was absent-minded. No matter how much he liked the food, he didn't want to pick up his chopsticks. But when he saw Ye Suyun accept the gift, he felt relieved.

Zhao Xiang stood up with a smile and toasted everyone at the table.