Soon, the dishes were served one after another.

The dishes include sweet and sour pork ribs, braised chicken pieces, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, hot and sour shredded potatoes, cucumber salad, stir-fried greens, and winter melon soup.

There were also two small bowls of longevity noodles and a plate of red bean buns.

This is quite a bountiful harvest for this era.

Because of her weak spleen and stomach, Hu Tao pays great attention to her diet, which includes ingredients like "Dian Dian" and "Fan Xing".

The two children have hardly ever eaten outside food since they were little.

Seeing so much delicious food, Dian Dian smacked her lips several times, her mouth watering.

Seeing this, Lu Rongde said, "Let's wait five more minutes. If they haven't arrived by then, we'll stop waiting."

There are 60 seconds in a minute, and Dian Dian quietly counts them in her mind.

Just as Lu Rongde was about to call everyone to eat, Lu Xiaomei came in, panting.

"I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting."

She was taken aback when she saw He Yinhua.

Lu Rongde introduced He Yinhua: "This is my little granddaughter, Xiaomei. Xiaomei, this is your sister Xuanxuan's mother."

Lu Xiaomei sat down. "So it's Auntie. I was wondering why you look so much like Sister Xuanxuan. When did you come to Ningzhou, Auntie?"

He Yinhua said with a smile, "I just arrived yesterday."

"Then I'll take Auntie for a walk around the area later."

"Oh, right, Grandpa, my dad said he had something come up and can't make it, so let's eat first."

Lu Rongde nodded, "Alright, let's eat then."

We can finally eat.

Dian Dian knelt on the bench, straightened up, and took a piece of pork rib.

He was just about to eat when he lost his balance and the stool tipped over.

His hand grabbed Wang Yingqiu's skirt.

Wang Yingqiu exclaimed "Ah!"

That brat.

She subconsciously picked up the hem of her skirt and looked at it; the light green skirt was stained with rib juice.

Her heart was bleeding.

This dress was a gift from Lu Pei-an for her birthday last month.

I bought it at Feitian Shopping Mall; it cost over a hundred yuan.

It was destroyed just like that.

She instantly lost all interest.

Dian Dian's forehead hit the floor, and she winced in pain.

"Ah, Diandian, are you alright?" Jiang Xuan quickly walked over, helped Diandian up, and began to check his head and face.

A red patch appeared on his forehead.

"Does your forehead hurt a lot?"

Dian Dian touched his forehead, took a breath, and shook his head. "It's okay, I'm a man, it doesn't hurt at all."

Lu Rongde nodded, "Yes, a real man should be brave. It just so happens that your great-grandfather has prepared a gift for you to be a man."

As he spoke, Lu Rongde took out a delicate little wooden sword from his pocket.

The wooden sword is about ten centimeters long and comes with a scabbard. The hilt is adorned with a beautiful red tassel.

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" Dian Dian quickly ran over and took the wooden sword. "Thank you, Great-Grandpa."

“There are stars too.” Lu Rongde then took out a brightly colored mechanical wooden figure from his pocket.

He pressed the button and placed it on the table.

The little wooden figure began to move.

"Thank you, Great-Grandpa."

Fanxing politely left her seat and gave Lu Rongde a very imperfect salute, which made Lu Rongde stroke his beard and laugh heartily.

Hu Tao took out two fairy tale books from her bag. "My darlings, these are your birthday gifts from Grandma. I hope you study hard and make progress every day."

Seeing everyone taking out their gifts, Wang Yingqiu was about to take out her own gift when she saw He Yinhua stand up.

She looked unwell and spoke weakly, "Excuse me, everyone, I'm not feeling well. I'll have to go out for a bit."

Jiang Xuan quickly stood up. "Grandpa, you guys eat first. I'll take my mom out for a bit."

Lu Shengye also stood up. "I'll go take a look."

"What's wrong? What's going on?"

Jiang Xuan said, "My mom is having some trouble adjusting to the new environment."

"Xiao Ye, go and get some medicine for your aunt."

"knew."

Wang Yingqiu disagreed.

She glanced at their backs; what did "acclimatization issues" mean? They clearly hadn't prepared a birthday present.

She's a really good actress.

However, since the maternal grandmother didn't prepare a birthday gift, it's understandable that the paternal grandmother didn't either.

Adding to the fact that her dress had been soiled by Dian Dian earlier, Wang Yingqiu didn't want to take out her birthday present.

Wouldn't it be better to keep it for your own child?

She ate her meal with a clear conscience.

After a while, He Yinhua and the others came in.

Lu Rongde said, "How are you? If you're not feeling well, go back and rest."

"Much better, Uncle Lu."

He Yinhua returned to her seat, took out two exquisite red boxes from her pocket, and said, "My darlings, these are your birthday gifts from your grandma. I hope you will grow up healthy."

Wang Yingqiu was taken aback.

Judging from this box, it's clearly jewelry.

She actually prepared such an expensive birthday gift.

Jiang Xuan helped open the box and said, "Come here, babies, let Grandma help you put them on."

Seeing He Yinhua put the glittering silver bracelets on the arms of the two children, Wang Yingqiu regretted it.

I regret why she came today.

Just then, Dian Dian spoke up, "Grandma Wang, what gifts did you prepare for us?"

Hu Tao glanced at Wang Yingqiu.

Wang Yingqiu couldn't bring herself to say it, so she took out two pairs of gloves from her pocket and said with a smile, "Grandma thought that winter was coming soon, so she bought each of you a pair of gloves."

Dian Dian was a little disappointed.

He has three or four pairs of gloves.

He had initially thought it would be something good.

Hu Tao smiled and said, "It's only the beginning of autumn, how come it's already winter?"

Wang Yingqiu's face stiffened. "Sister, things are different here than in the south. It gets cold as soon as autumn arrives. The children need to protect their hands when they write. For example, when Tingting was little, she got chilblains because she didn't wear gloves, and now her hands swell up every winter."

Lu Xiaomei nodded, "What you said is right, but lying is not a good thing."

"What lie?"

"Did you really buy these gloves?"

Wang Yingqiu's expression changed.

"I think the old woolen pants I used to hang out to dry in the yard were this color too."

Wang Yingqiu's face turned bright red. "What does this have to do with wool pants?"

"Don't tell me you didn't knit these gloves with old yarn from your torn wool pants."

Hu Tao already disliked this woman who stole her sister's man, and now she took the opportunity to say, "It's fine if you don't have money, but you clearly have plenty of money and buy the best of everything, yet you give the child such cheap things. You might as well not give them at all."

"No, I..."

Before Wang Yingqiu could finish speaking, Lu Rongde interrupted.

He was saying this to He Yinhua.

“Yinhua, now that you’re here, let’s have a proper discussion about the child’s marriage. We asked Xuanxuan’s uncle and aunt for their birth dates and I also consulted a fortune teller. He said that there are only two auspicious dates left for the wedding this year, in mid-October: October 16th and October 19th. What do you think?”

Mid-October in the lunar calendar.

He Yinhua felt she wouldn't live that long.