After Cheng Zhenzhu left, Wen Simei's face turned pale above the blue sea. Just now, the thing they had finally fished out had vanished right in front of so many of them!

So ghosts really do exist! And they are very scary, ghosts that she has no way to deal with.

This was completely unexpected for her. Although she had a certain ability to perceive, she could only see a vague shadow. She had no idea whether it was old or young, male or female.

She had no way to give an explanation to the old man.

Could it be a water ghost that came out of the sea? Even if she could learn to exorcise water ghosts, what about the thing? The old man always wanted only things...

After robbing another batch of goods, Cheng Zhenzhu worked diligently on the system tasks for a few days, because her informants, the sea turtles, told her that those people had not gone to sea recently, but were doing some strange things on the boat.

As for what strange things there were, seeing as the boat was covered in yellow paper, was it perhaps a ritual? To subdue this "unclean thing"?

Then their work would be in vain! Cheng Zhenzhu was too lazy to care about these things. She offered a generous reward and told the turtles to wait for the other party to bring the fish ashore before notifying her...

After waiting for a while, it was already December.

On Sunday, the seven dolls stayed at home, including the eldest, second and third dolls.

Cheng Zhenzhu saw that the weather was cold, so she got some red dates, red beans, longans, peanuts, etc. and made a pot of eight-treasure porridge with plenty of ingredients.

The porridge was cooked, steaming hot. Cheng Zhenzhu took a bowl and gave one to each child.

The eldest and second child looked at the porridge in the bowl with beautiful color and sweet fragrance, and they felt a little greedy, but they restrained themselves, shook their heads hard and said no, no.

When Sanhai saw his two brothers say no, he nodded his head twice, but soon nodded happily again.

Because his brother Jiujo told him to eat... hehe~

"Eat it, it's okay. You can scoop more after you finish eating. Auntie will give you enough." Cheng Zhenzhu greeted the eldest and second sons.

Enough! The eldest and second kids looked at each other and couldn't help blowing. They blew a few times and started to "snort loudly".

When leaving, Da Wa washed the dishes of his brothers and theirs before taking his two younger brothers home. After his mother's earnest teaching, Da Wa learned the truth that "you must not eat for free"!

He still couldn't pay it back, so he could only work harder...

As soon as You Yumei returned home, she heard her second son talking about what delicious food he had eaten at Aunt Zhenzhu's house again. It was supposedly eight-treasure porridge, filled with red dates, red beans, longan, peanuts, millet, and more. It was sweet, fragrant, and incredibly delicious...

"Invite your Aunt Zhenzhu and the others to come over to our place for dinner on New Year's Day. We must treat them well." You Yumei said as she looked at her two sons and nephew who had bulging bellies.

"Mom, what's good to eat?" Erwa asked curiously.

"Get two bones and some meat when the time comes, and arrange the rest of the fish, shrimps, and shellfish!" You Yumei said with a wave of her hand.

Thanks to Sister Pearl, their family has gained some income, and their lives are gradually getting better. They can now afford two meat meals a month. If Sister Pearl comes, they can combine the two meals into one...

"Rou Rou." Xiao Sanhai was interested and immediately followed.

"Are you making braised pork?" Big Brother was a little excited when he heard the word meat.

"Braised pork? How can one pound of meat coupons be enough to make braised pork?" You Yumei looked at her eldest son speechlessly, almost asking him what he was dreaming about.

She knew how to make braised pork; Pearl had even shared the recipe with her. But with such a small amount of meat for a whole family, plus a few half-sized strips, it was not a good idea to do that! Otherwise, no one would get a piece of meat...

"But Yitiao's family makes braised pork! They make braised pork every New Year's Day. And this year they may eat something else. I heard it tastes better than braised pork!" Erwa said, and couldn't help licking his lips.

He has never even tasted braised pork! He wonders what tastes better than braised pork.

Well, the food at Pearl's house was beyond their reach. But the food was less important than the thought. Let's treat them first! You Yumei thought it over and went to invite them in person the next day.

Cheng Zhenzhu was in a dilemma, as she couldn't refuse such a generous invitation. Besides, Daming's wife had also invited them to come over for New Year's Day...

"How come Sister Daming got ahead of me?" After hearing what Sister Zhenzhu said, You Yumei was silent for a while.

"Well, this New Year's Day, you go to Daming's wife's place first, and then come to my place for dinner next New Year's Day. Oh! Don't wait until next New Year's Day, come to my place for dinner during the New Year! By the way, are your family members coming this year?"

"Come on!" Rokujo said cheerfully. He knew the answer to this question.

"Then your family members can all come to my house for a meal. It's settled!" You Yumei was a quick-tempered and cheerful person. After she said that, she was afraid that Cheng Zhenzhu would refuse, so she grabbed a handful of the nine strips of rice that were wrapped like a round ball and ran away quickly.

Cheng Zhenzhu watched the disappearing figure and burst out laughing. Sister Yumei really couldn't stand being rejected...

"Mom, are we really going to Aunt Daming's place on New Year's Day?" Er Tiao asked, supporting his head.

"Well, go ahead." In fact, she didn't want to bother her, and was afraid of causing trouble to Daming's wife, but she couldn't refuse the kindness.

"Mom, where's the hot pot? Don't you want to eat it?" Six eyes widened. He was already heartbroken because the braised pork was gone, and he couldn't let the hot pot go away too! If he did, he would lose his appetite and could only eat two small bowls of rice!

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