Before her younger sister returned, Chen Hong quickly moved the tea, dried seafood, dried fruit, and honey into the storage room.

It will be harder to do anything once my sister comes back!

Once all the ingredients were in the kitchen, she started cooking dinner.

Yu Yang went to the backyard to pick various green vegetables, scallions, ginger, and cilantro for Chen Hong, and then sat at the kitchen door to help clean them.

This sped up Chen Hong's cooking time. She first steamed a pot of rice and then prepared a grouper with cloud patterns to steam.

The lobsters and snow crabs were cleaned with a brush and then steamed. The grouper was marinated for ten minutes and then steamed as well.

Chen Hong was most satisfied with the kitchen because it had two large stoves, two large iron pots, and the ability to burn firewood.

Having gotten used to a wood-fired stove at home, I still feel that food cooked in a big pot tastes better!

You can make three dishes in one pot, which is very fast!

I also stewed some beef ribs in a pressure cooker. This dish allowed the two kids to enjoy the ribs to their heart's content.

Shrimp salad with cucumber, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and fish ball soup.

Six dishes and a soup were enough for the four of them—two adults and two children!

It was just past six o'clock when my younger sister came home from get off work carrying my niece.

As soon as she entered the door, she happily headed straight for the kitchen. "Sister, you've stewed beef, haven't you? I can smell the aroma of beef coming from our house as soon as I walk into the alley!"

After wiping the stove, Chen Hong washed her hands and then lifted her apron to wipe them dry.

She took her niece from her sister's arms and hugged her, saying, "Junjun, did you miss your aunt? Your aunt missed you so much!"

Looking at the soft and cuddly little girl in his arms, he couldn't help but kiss her little face repeatedly.

This is real baby skin, so white and tender, it feels so good, like soft and bouncy jelly!

My niece looks like her mother, but she also has about 70% of her aunt's features.

With fair and delicate skin, large and dark eyes, an oval face, and a high nose bridge, she was definitely a beauty in the making.

When she grows up, she'll definitely be more beautiful than her mother and aunt!

Chen Hong knew her niece was pretty, but she developed a face full of acne after growing up, which wouldn't go away for many years.

She inherited her father's height, only 1.6 meters, which is a bit short!

My child is almost two years old now, and has excellent language skills; he can already talk a lot.

"Auntie, Junjun misses you too! Auntie, Junjun wants some dried fruit!"

Chen Hong couldn't help but kiss her twice more: "What do you mean you miss your aunt? I think you miss your aunt's dried fruit!"

"So young and already knows how to make her aunt happy! When she grows up, with that chatterbox, she could be a diplomat!"

The child didn't understand any of the diplomat or instructor talk; all he remembered was that his aunt's dried fruit was delicious. "Auntie, do you have any dried fruit? We don't have any left, and I want some!"

She spread her two small, tender hands, sighed, and stared intently at Chen Hong's face, observing her aunt's expression.

That little face looked so adorable, it was heartbreaking. "Oh, my little darling wants to eat this? Well, Auntie definitely has some! I know you love it, so Auntie brought a lot!"

"Let your brother take you to the living room to eat some dried fruit, and I'll bring you a big bag to take home when we leave, okay?"

Little Junjun was overjoyed and hugged Chen Hong's neck, showering him with kisses on the cheek. "Thank you, Auntie! I love you so much, Auntie! I love my brother too!"

She had sharp eyes and saw Yu Yang coming over to take her to eat something delicious, so she quickly mentioned her brother in her conversation.

The two children went to the main living room to eat dried fruit, and Xiaoyun washed her hands and helped her sister carry the food to the dining room.

"Xiaoyun, your Junjun is really amazing. He's so young, yet he has such high emotional intelligence. He's so smart, he'll definitely be very successful when he grows up!"

She was also very happy when talking about her daughter and younger sister: "It was all in kindergarten that my colleagues played with her, and that's how she learned so much."

This kid is so talkative! Sister, I think he's just like you when you were little. He's got high emotional intelligence just like you.

His dad is quite eloquent, but his emotional intelligence is lacking. It's a good thing the child didn't take after either of us; I'm also bad at talking and have low emotional intelligence, otherwise the child would be doomed.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Just do whatever you want? Of our three children, you're the most successful and the most educated."

Although you might not be the most quick-witted, you're reliable and capable in your dealings with others—aren't those your strengths? Your child really takes after you; they'll definitely be a good person too.

The two sisters chatted as they set out the food. Chen Hong then called out to the main living room:

"Xiao Bao, bring your sister over for dinner! Keep an eye on her, don't let her fall!"

Xiaoyun chuckled at her sister's loud voice.

"Sister, you don't want to walk an extra step, do you? It's still your old habit from back home. You even shout at the kids to eat."

Chen Hong said nonchalantly, "I've been like this for half my life, I'm used to it. I can't fake being elegant!"

By the way, why didn't Junjun's dad come tonight?

"He's on duty tonight. His job is unpredictable; when he's busy, he might not be home for several days."

When he's not busy, he goes home on time every day. I don't understand, and I never ask.

"Have people come to Grandma Junjun's house again?"

"The person didn't come, but called asking for money. They said they wanted to buy a house in their hometown's provincial capital and asked for 300,000 yuan right off the bat."

Last year when we bought a house, we borrowed 20,000 yuan from his brother. After receiving our year-end bonuses during the Spring Festival, I paid the money back in January.

His brother knew perfectly well that we had a lot of foreign debt and bank loans, yet he still opened his mouth.

In their hometown, houses cost a little over 2,000 yuan per square meter, and a whole house would cost no more than 300,000 yuan.

Are they trying to get us to buy their house? I really don't know what they're thinking.

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