073, Longevity Noodles

073, Longevity Noodles

After the last day of class in Dongyue, the teacher reminded them again to study hard when they got home, and then their private school began to have holidays.

The next day after returning home, Lu Mingfei heard noises coming from the kitchen outside in the middle of the night, so he got up from the bed, put on his clothes and shoes, washed his face and rinsed his mouth with hot water in the copper kettle, put on his scarf and hat, and went out of the room.

"Dad, Mom." Seeing his parents washing meat and vegetables in the yard, Lu Mingfei came over to help.

"Why are you up so early? Why don't you go back to the room and sleep for a while? Your father and I are here." Liu Sanniang said with some heartache when she saw her eldest son getting up so early to help them with work on the second day of vacation.

"I went to bed early last night and had a good sleep." What Lu Mingfei said was true. He knew that he had to get up early the next morning to help with housework, so he went back to his room last night, washed up, and went to bed.

Zhao Lang hasn't come to see him recently, and he doesn't know what the young master is busy with.

He has been helping with these chores at home since he was a child, so there is nothing to be squeamish or disgusted about. He just rolls up his sleeves and gets to work.

When he put his hand into the basin, the water was slightly warm, so he knew his mother had poured hot water into the basin. Otherwise, if he washed vegetables with cold water in the middle of winter, his ten fingers would be frozen after washing.

Fortunately, when they built the fireplace in their home, they had taken into account the need for hot water in the winter. They had a large stove connected to the main room's fireplace. As long as the fire in the stove was burning, the water in the stove would always be hot. This hot water could be used to wash meat and vegetables the next morning, saving them from having to boil water separately.

Now that they have two braised food stalls, the amount of braised meat and vegetables they need to make every day is about the same as when business was at its peak. If business was booming at both stalls, they would probably make a much larger amount of braised food than they do now.

The family gets up at one or two in the morning to make braised food, and it takes until around four or five to finish preparing two large pots of braised meat and vegetables, as well as four large steamed baskets of rice. They used to only steam two large baskets of rice, but now that they have an extra day to run the stall, they have to steam two more.

Today, Lu Mingfei also received a bowl of longevity noodles specially cooked for him by his mother. On top of the noodles was a large spoonful of braised pork and two braised eggs.

"After today, our Mingfei will be one year older." Liu Sanniang placed a bowl of longevity noodles she made for her son in front of her eldest son and congratulated him on his birthday with a smile.

"Thank you, mother." Lu Mingfei stood up with some emotion, and took the longevity noodles that his mother brought him. After putting the noodles on the table, he turned around and hugged the mother who gave birth to him in this life, "Mother, you are so kind. Thank you, mother."

"No need to thank me. You are my child. It is my duty to be nice to you." Liu Sanniang patted the child's back and said with a smile.

At this time, Lu Youtian, who was watching the mother and son hugging each other, said sourly, "Is only mother good? Is father not good at all?"

Lu Mingfei was immediately amused by his father's words. He then let go of his father, turned to look at him and said, "Haha, Dad, you're great too." As for a hug with his father, he felt that it was unnecessary. Why would two grown men hug each other!

He couldn't finish such a big bowl of longevity noodles by himself, so he gave some to his father and mother, and the three of them finished it together.

Because noodles would clump together if left for too long, they didn't leave any noodles for the two younger brothers who were still sleeping.

There was also steamed millet porridge and egg custard in the pot, which was the breakfast left for the two younger brothers.

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After eating the longevity noodles, Lu Youtian first helped his wife load the things for the stall onto the donkey cart, and then loaded the things he needed for his own stall onto his own cart.

Since he started setting up a stall elsewhere and couldn't accompany his wife to South Street, Lu Youtian bought a donkey and brought it home to help his wife pull her goods to South Street every morning. As for himself, he used a cart that he could push to set up his stall on another street.

After the couple packed up their stall items, they prepared to go out.

Because the two children were still sleeping in the house, they were worried that something might happen to them at home, so someone had to stay at home to take care of the children. So they didn't let the eldest son go out with them to set up the stall early in the morning, but let the eldest son stay at home to take care of his two younger brothers.

Before leaving, Liu Sanniang instructed her eldest son, "Wait until Mingcong and Mingrui wake up, then prepare some food for them. After they're full, teach them to read for a while, and then bring them to the store to see us at noon."

"Okay, Mom, I understand. Be careful on the road." Lu Mingfei walked his parents out to the door.

After watching his father and mother leave, he turned back into the house and closed the yard door.

He went to the main house and took a look at the two boys who were still sleeping in the room. Firewood had just been put in the fireplace and the room was still very warm. He simply went back to his room to get the paper that Zhao Lang had given him and came to this room to look at it.

By the way, I also need to keep an eye on the two kids sleeping in the bed. Otherwise, if they wake up and find that the adults are not here, they will run out to look for someone without even putting on their clothes.

It's so cold today, if these two kids get sick from the cold, it would be a fatal thing.

A few days ago, he had agreed with the parents of both families that he would be responsible for taking care of his two younger brothers during his vacation, as well as teaching them how to read and learn. Because the parents of both families were busy and had no time to care for the two boys, they had agreed to his suggestion to send the two boys to a private school next year.

The small tuition fees for private school were not a lot of money for either family; both families could afford it. Rather than locking the two boys up in the backyard to play, it would be better to send them to private school. Perhaps they could even learn a few words while playing there, which would be a good thing.

"elder brother?"

Just as Lu Mingfei was absorbed in studying the paper, a voice tinged with surprise rang out in his ears. He looked up and saw that it was Lu Mingcong who had woken up. No wonder he was so loud when he woke up.

"Are you awake? Do you want to pee?" Lu Mingfei put down the test paper in his hand and reached out to pick up the boy who had just woken up from the bed.

"Yeah, pee!" Lu Mingcong hugged his brother's neck with both hands and smiled happily.

"Silly." Seeing the boy's silly smile, Lu Mingfei also found it funny. He found the urinal under the bed, made the boy stand on the ground and take off his pants, and then he pointed the urinal at the boy's penis.

This time, before he could shout to pee, a ding-dong sound came from the urinal.

Before the boy finished peeing, he heard a voice calling "Brother" again.

"Brother, I need to pee." Lu Mingrui sat on the bed with a messy head of hair, looking at his brother with a cute face.

"..." Lu Mingfei looked at this innocent boy. If he didn't know that this boy was actually a bad boy at heart, he would almost believe that this boy was in a hurry to pee and was not deliberately trying to compete with Lu Mingcong for favor. "Wait, it will be right away."

After picking up the boy who had just finished peeing, he put him back on the bed. Then he picked up his younger brother who was crying out for peeing and took him down to pee.

This time, when being held in his brother's arms, little Lu Mingrui had an expression of success on his face.

"Little rascal." Lu Mingfei noticed the smile on his brother's face and pinched the boy's face angrily.

After helping the second and third young masters to drain the water, they had to help them dress and wash. After that, they had to go to the kitchen to bring breakfast to the two young masters. After the two young masters finished their breakfast, they began their study.

But this kid Lu Mingcong was like a stool with nails growing on it. He just couldn't sit still. Not only did he keep moving, he even stood up and wanted to run.

It's over, it's over. This is another one that can't sit still! Lu Mingfei could almost imagine sending this kid to a private school. The teacher's ruler would definitely hit the kid's palm. In order to prevent this kid from going to private school and being beaten by the teacher next year, he could only think of a way to make this kid sit on the stool for a while longer.

"Don't move." Lu Mingfei quickly pulled the boy who couldn't sit still and negotiated with the two children, "If you can sit on the stool for a quarter of an hour, I'll take you to the tool shed to play for a while, okay?"

"I'm going now." Lu Mingcong said and wanted to run.

It’s a pity that he was being held by his brother’s hand and couldn’t run away at all.

"No, you must sit on this stool for a quarter of an hour and learn everything I teach you before I can take you to the tool room to play." Lu Mingfei stretched out a hand and waved it in front of the boy. Seeing that the boy was about to change his face, he warned him: "Don't cheat. If you cheat, you can't go over there to play."

“Bang!”

At this moment, Lu Mingrui reached out and slapped his second brother, and said to him fiercely with a fierce face: "Listen to your brother."

Lu Mingfei thought that the boy would cry after being beaten by his younger brother, but he didn't expect that the boy's facial expression just changed. He pouted and sat back on his little stool without making any more noise.

Suddenly he began to understand how difficult it was for the teacher who taught Class B, because he felt a little tired after taking care of two children, but it was really not easy for the teacher in Class B to take care of a group of children!

Fortunately, his younger brother was there to keep him in check, so Lu Mingcong didn't get up even though he was restless. Later, he was even able to study with them.

And he also fulfilled his promise. After studying for a quarter of an hour, he took the two boys out of the tool room to select some small tools and brought them to the main hall to do small handicrafts. After playing for a while, he continued to take the two boys to study. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support. Kisses! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.