The mother and daughter drove home fully loaded with their purchases and then went to cook dinner.

Once home, Yu Yang started strumming his guitar, producing tinkling and booming sounds. The sounds were crisp yet chaotic!

Chen Hong ignored him and started making lunch for the mother and son. She steamed rice, braised eel, stir-fried lamb tenderloin, and made a pickled vegetable and shredded pork soup.

The mother and son ate heartily. While eating, Chen Hong instructed Yu Yang, "Xiao Bao, living in an apartment building is different from living in a villa."

You need to be mindful of the time when you practice piano at home. You can't play in the morning, during your afternoon nap, or after 9 p.m.

If we make too much noise, it will disturb the neighbors upstairs and downstairs, and they will come to our house to complain.

I noticed that our neighbors don't have babies, so playing the piano during your work hours won't be a big problem.

When school starts, please make sure to close the doors and windows when you practice the piano, and try not to disturb the neighbors.

Yu Yang nodded in agreement, indicating that he had remembered, but after thinking for a moment, he asked a question: "Mom, don't the neighbors in Jinan visit each other?"

Chen Hong smiled and explained to him, "People in the city don't like strangers coming to their door."

We just moved here and don't know anyone. This is a new community; all the residents are new residents, having moved in six months before us.

We're not from the same place and don't know each other. There's no rush now. As we stay longer and meet more often, we'll get to know each other better.

After you finish eating, take a nap. When you wake up, I'll take you to visit some neighbors.

I've already called Grandma Liu and Grandma Wang. I'll visit their families this afternoon.

After dinner, Yu Yang sat on the sofa with his guitar, constantly stroking and studying it, but obediently dared not pluck the strings or make a sound.

After playing with the guitar for a while, I carefully put it away, put it in my bag, and went back to my room to sleep.

Chen Hong didn't take a nap either. After cleaning up the kitchen, she started packing gifts for visiting relatives.

None of them were outsiders, and Chen Hong prepared very casual things, such as dried fish, dried shrimp, dried scallops, dried meat, durian, lychee, rambutan, and two large bottles of honey for each family.

After looking at it, it seems pretty good. I'll be living in Jinan long-term from now on, so I can deliver anything I need whenever I think of it.

After packing and sealing the cardboard box, Chen Hong checked the time and it was only one o'clock in the afternoon. She leaned back on the sofa, watched TV, and took a nap.

The mother and daughter finally left the house together at two o'clock.

We went to Aunt Liu's house first, but there was a section of the road closed for maintenance on the way, so we had to go around in a big circle before we finally arrived at the Public Security Bureau dormitory compound.

Fortunately, it was during working hours and there were still empty parking spaces in the community. After parking the car, the mother and daughter carried the cardboard box and climbed up to the fourth floor.

As soon as the door opened, Aunt Liu grabbed Yu Yang's little hand and wouldn't let go. "Oh my, you must be Yu Yang! You're so good-looking and tall!"

Chen Hong, you've raised this child so well! Will he be going to school in Jinan from now on?

"That's wonderful! If you ask me, you should have brought the kids back long ago! This is the provincial capital, after all; the educational resources here are far superior to those in the fishing villages of Jiaodong."

While talking, she pulled the child to sit down, ignoring Chen Hong and only focusing on giving the child delicious food.

"Eat up, this is fries, this is shrimp chips, this is beef cubes, this is dried mango, and this is yogurt."

I've put the ice cream in the fridge; Grandma will get it for you later.

Eat whatever you want, the supermarket salesperson said, these are all snacks that kids love.

Grandma doesn't know if you like it or not. You just pick what you like to eat and leave the rest.

When you come to Grandma's house, please don't pretend. This is your mother's second home in Jinan.

Seeing that Aunt Liu was only focused on entertaining Yu Yang, Chen Hong was not surprised at all that she extended her affection to Yu Yang's family.

She had already thought of this; she felt very comfortable at Uncle Liu's house and never acted like an outsider.

Aunt Liu and Yu Yang were kissing in the living room when Chen Hong, ever the friendly type, carried a cardboard box into the kitchen.

Organize the dried goods into categories, putting those that should be in cabinets in cabinets and those that should be in the refrigerator in the refrigerator.

Then I took out the fruit, placed the durian on the counter, and soaked the rambutan and lychee in lightly salted water to kill any insects.

Then he carried the honey out of the kitchen and said, “Auntie, I’ve brought you two more bottles of honey. You can put them away.”

This stuff is hard to come by, so keep it for yourself and don't give it away. It's good for your health!

Aunt Liu quickly got up to take it, then took it into the study and locked it up. "Chen Hong, this honey is really good. After drinking it, I feel much better."

Your uncle saw that it worked for me, so now he drinks it with me. At first, the stuff that came out was black, smelly, and awful.

He's feeling much better now; he says he feels much better. This honey is really effective. Your uncle says it might even have absorbed some of the magical energy of the immortals of Laoshan.

We won't let you down. You've come all this way and still remembered us, finding such good things for us. We can't bear to give them to anyone else.

By the way, it must have been tough for you to make this. Your uncle prepared 10,000 yuan for you, I'll give it to you later.

It's not easy for you to raise a child alone. We've already asked you to do favors, we can't let you spend money on top of that.

Chen Hong shook her head, "I can't get too many either, you can drink these two bottles first!"

My dad started drinking it last year, and now he's in much better health. He called yesterday to say he's back to work.

"Yes, I saw your dad. He came over to drink with your uncle last week. He's definitely in much better health than before."

Your dad said that your brother has a job now; he bought a minivan and drives a taxi!

Your dad is so happy now. Your brother has a proper income, and at least he can finally put his mind at ease.

As the mother and daughter chatted, Chen Hong brought out some fruit. "Auntie, try the fruit I bought, it tastes really good."

There are still two durians in the kitchen. I'll open them when my uncle gets back! They're very nutritious, but the smell is a bit strong.

Those who love it will absolutely adore it, while those who dislike it won't even want to smell it; it's a bit like stinky tofu and rotten salted eggs.

I remember my uncle loved that bite the most; he must have liked the taste of durian.

Aunt Liu smiled and pointed at Chen Hong, saying, "I could smell it a long time ago. Your uncle has always loved eating all sorts of random things."

The weirder the taste, the more he likes it. I've lived with him my whole life, and I'm used to it now.

You're the only one who spoils him. No wonder you and your uncle are so compatible!

Your sister says you should be your uncle's real daughter.

Chen Hong chuckled, ignoring the remark. Uncle Liu's daughter had always been an elegant and quiet beauty, unlike Chen Hong, who was a tomboy who climbed walls and trees.

Uncle Liu treated Chen Hong very well, which often made his daughter jealous. She always said that Chen Hong was the real child of the Liu family.

Chen Hong believed it to be true. Every time she was beaten by her mother when she was a child, she became even more convinced that she was not her biological child and that Uncle Liu must have sent her to the countryside to avoid the one-child policy.

Recalling the funny things that happened when she was a child, Chen Hong felt a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject. She was afraid that Aunt Liu would reveal her past in front of the children.

Chen Hong sat at Aunt Liu's house for more than two hours, and it was almost five o'clock before she was ready to leave.

They agreed that after Uncle Liu rested, the elderly couple would go to Chen Hong's house to get acquainted with the place. Chen Hong declined Aunt Liu's offer to stay for dinner and led Yu Yang out of Liu's house.