Girls do seem to be a bit smarter than boys when they are young.

Wenhui can already say many reduplicated words, but she still can't say two separate words together. She's only one year old, which is already very impressive.

Wenxuan is different. He can only say "daddy" and "mommy". He doesn't want to learn anything else. If you get annoyed with teaching him, he will cry.

Moreover, Wenhui seems to have become more sensible. Now she hardly cries anymore. She will shout or point when she wants something, and she will even roll on the ground, but she rarely cries.

"Zhu Zi, the date is set, it's National Day. I came here today to ask you to bring out the recipe so I can prepare it for you."

He Yuzhu took a piece of paper from the table drawer and handed it to Li Chu: "The menu is ready. Should we prepare dishes for two tables?"

Li Chu nodded: "Okay, let's prepare enough for two tables. We don't know how many people will come over there. It's not a problem if there are too many, but it's a problem if we don't prepare enough."

siluke.

"Then what I wrote is enough. Just prepare according to this. Do you need to heat the stove?"

"No need, I have two stoves and a honeycomb briquette stove in my kitchen, that should be enough."

"Then there's no need for a separate dish. I'll go over on the 30th to check on the prepared dishes, and then I'll go over early on the 1st. I'll bring another person with me, otherwise I might not be able to handle it all by myself."

“I don’t care how many people you bring, but Zhu Zi, let’s get this straight: the dishes you make for me must be made with plenty of ingredients. You can take the leftovers with you. I understand that rule,” Li Chu said with a smile.

He Yuzhu patted his chest: "Xiao Chu, don't worry, I still have professional ethics, I wouldn't do something like deliberately using less ingredients."

"Hey, I'm confused by your back-and-forth conversation. Brother Chu, what kind of banquet are you preparing?" Xu Damao finally understood after listening for a while.

"My younger brother is getting married during the National Day holiday and is planning to have guests at my place."

"Brother Chu, you have a younger brother?" Xu Damao found it a bit strange. He Yuzhu was also looking at Li Chu. He only knew that there would be a feast on National Day, but he didn't ask any other questions.

"Yes, I have three younger brothers, my uncle's children."

Xu Damao nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but he still felt a little strange. Everyone in the courtyard knew that Li Chu was a brother and sister, but they had never heard that he had an uncle, and they had never seen any elders come to visit him before.

After chatting for a while, Li Chu saw that it was getting dark and said goodbye.

When they reached the backyard, Li Chu didn't rush into Xu Damao's house. Instead, he pulled him aside and whispered, "Didn't I ask you earlier? Have you settled everything with your father-in-law?"

Xu Damao looked gloomy when the matter was brought up: "It's been settled, but he insists that one of the boys must take the surname Lou."

"What... what if all the next babies are girls?" Li Chu felt that this request was really absurd.

Xu Damao scoffed, "I don't care about him. If it weren't for Xiao'e and the child, I would have turned against him long ago."

"Sigh," Li Chu sighed inwardly, patting Xu Damao on the shoulder: "Don't make things difficult for your wife; after all, they are her parents."

Xu Damao lit a cigarette, knowing Li Chu didn't smoke, so he didn't offer him one: "I only talked to him properly because I felt sorry for my wife, otherwise... hmph!"

Li Chu knew that, no matter what, this incident had already planted a thorn in Xu Damao's heart, and no one could say for sure how things would develop in the future.

He only hoped that Xu Damao would not go too far for Lou Xiao'e's sake.

After all, his wife had a pretty good relationship with Lou Xiao'e.

Don't underestimate Xu Damao just because he's an ordinary projectionist. He's quick-witted, resourceful, and capable of getting things done.

Such people do indeed live better than ordinary people in turbulent times.

Don't be fooled by the fact that your Lou family is a wealthy family. When the time comes, any random person could take him down.

Chairman Lou seems to genuinely be unable to grasp the situation. Good heavens, this year has become incredibly tense. In the first half of the year, five measures and four measures came one after another, and recently, ten measures were even introduced.

Does he still think this is the pre-liberation era, where people still ride in cars all day?

Without saying anything more, she went into Xu Damao's house, chatted with his mother for a few words, and then called Ding Qiunan and left.

On the way back, Xiao Hei led the way, Ding Qiunan held a flashlight, and both children were held in Li Chu's arms.

Originally, each person was supposed to hold one of them, but for some reason, Wenxuan insisted on being held by his father, and Wenhui also didn't want to be held by her mother.

Li Chu had no choice but to put up with it. The two little ones were quite quiet in his arms, and Wen Hui even gave the candy in her hand to her younger brother.

“I was just chatting with Xiao’e, and she’s also unhappy with what her dad did this time, but she can’t say anything yet,” Ding Qiunan suddenly said.

After thinking for a moment, Li Chu subtly said to his wife, "Next time you chat with her, tell her to ask her dad to find all the newspapers from this year and read them carefully."

Ding Qiunan turned to look at her husband: "Li Chu, what does this mean?"

He shook his head: "Wife, don't worry about what it means, just tell her that. Ask her to remind her dad that it's a daily newspaper that was already published this year, and to make sure he reads it carefully, word by word."

Ding Qiunan carefully memorized what he said, intending to remind Lou Xiao'e next time.

She knew her husband went to work there every week, so he must know more than others. He must have his reasons for saying that.

"Woof woof woof!" the little black dog leading the way suddenly barked.

Ding Qiunan shone her flashlight over and saw Xiao Hei standing at the corner of the alley, looking back at them.

Xiao Hei usually doesn't bark randomly unless his wife is not allowed to go over; it must be because something is wrong.

Li Chu placed the two children in Ding Qiunan's arms, took the flashlight, and had his wife follow behind him as they slowly walked over.

Xiao Hei has run back and is following Ding Qiunan.

Li Chu walked to the corner and shone his flashlight over it, only then did he see clearly that there was a man lying on the ground.

His face was covered in stubble, making it impossible to guess his age, and he was covered in dirt.

Li Chu slowly walked to the man's side, and first gently kicked his leg with his foot. The man lying on the ground did not move. Then he slowly squatted down, grabbed the man's wrist with his left hand, and took his pulse.

There was still a pulse, so at least Li Chu knew the person was still alive, which put his mind at ease a little.

The pulse indicated that the person fainted due to an imbalance of Yin and Yang, which in modern terms means malnutrition, or simply put, the person fainted from hunger.

Li Chu turned to his wife, who was not far away, and said, "It's nothing, she probably just fainted from hunger."

Chapter 179 Fainting from Hunger