Although he knew that Song Jinxiu was most likely pretending, Liu Ankang still went forward to check.

"Is it here?" Liu Ankang asked, pressing Song Jinxiu's belly.

"No, a little below, on the left, on the right, and on the top." Song Jinxiu said while stealing a glance at Liu Ankang.

Then he quickly reached out and pinched his face and said smugly, "It hurts here."

Liu Ankang did not dodge, allowing her to pinch his face, and even considerately helped her pull up the quilt.

"Alright, alright, your face is red from all the pinching. Lie down quickly. You're moving around all the time and you might catch a cold."

Liu Ankang's hands helped her hold the quilt behind her back, and it felt like he was hugging each other.

"Don't you have me? Tell me, do you dare to pinch my face next time? You are my younger brother, and I am the only one who can pinch you, do you know?" Song Jinxiu said while pinching his face.

"I understand, I understand." Liu Ankang replied.

Even though she knew it, she would pinch it again next time. No wonder she always likes to pinch her face. It feels really good.

"Okay, kneel down and pay your respects. I'm going to bed." Song Jinxiu let go of Liu Ankang. It was time to go to bed after eating and drinking enough.

While Song Jinxiu was sleeping, Liu Ankang was reading in his room.

After the New Year, I will officially start helping Uncle Xue with acupuncture, and it must be foolproof.

He went over all the information again to make sure there were no omissions.

The afternoon passed quickly as I read and slept.

Liu Ankang got up and stretched his body, and before he knew it, he had been sitting for the entire afternoon.

Looking at the time, I think it’s time to wake everyone up so that they don’t oversleep and can’t sleep at night.

After they had packed up, they prepared to head to the village chief's house.

Song Jinxiu was holding a bottle of white wine and a jar of red wine in her hands.

"I want to have a couple of drinks with my aunt tonight," said Song Jinxiu.

"Have you forgotten that you got drunk last time? Why do you dare to drink again?" Liu Ankang said.

"When have I ever been drunk? Don't talk nonsense. I can drink a lot, and the wine is not strong. How can it make me drunk?" Song Jinxiu retorted.

As for the time when I was with my little sister before, I got drunk just because I mixed it with some wine.

"Uncle, look what I brought you." Song Jinxiu said, shaking the wine in her hand.

"This is Moutai that can only be purchased with a special ticket. You are in for a treat today," said Song Jinxiu.

"Oh, then I really have to try what the special wine tastes like today." The village chief took the wine and looked at it.

"An'an, go and ask Mr. Jin to come over and have a couple of drinks together." The village chief said to Liu Ankang.

"Okay." Liu Ankang agreed and walked out to call people.

"Then I'll go help my aunt and ask her to make two more side dishes." After saying that, Song Jinxiu ran into the kitchen.

Entering the kitchen, Song Jinxiu took out a plate of braised pig ears and braised pig offal.

"Aunt, I brought some braised food. Just heat it up and serve it to uncle as a snack. And fry some peanuts." Song Jinxiu said with a smile.

"Okay, you put it there. Come, you must be hungry, take this out and eat it first." Aunt Cuihua handed the fried potato chips to Song Jinxiu.

"Okay." Song Jinxiu picked up one and fed it to her aunt. "Aunt, try it first. I'll take the rest."

"You kid, how can you cook while leaving the chef hungry?" Aunt Cuihua smiled and bit the potato chip into her mouth.

"It tastes better when I feed it." Song Jinxiu walked out with a smile.

"Dinner is ready." Song Jinxiu shouted.

"No need to shout so loudly, there are only a few of us at home," said the village chief.

"Where is peace?" Song Jinxiu asked.

"I just went out, but it's about time I come back." said the village chief.

He took out a few dusty cups and washed them clean. These were brought by Song Jinxiu.

In the past, they used to drink wine from bowls. Song Jinxiu thought it was not proper for them to drink good wine from bowls, so she brought over a few cups.

She went to wash two more red wine glasses: "My aunt and I will also have a couple of drinks later."

Soon, Liu Ankang arrived with Mr. Jin, followed by Uncle Gao and Uncle Laohei.

"They just happened to hear it and followed us here," said Liu Ankang.

"We just happened to steam some white flour buns today, and thought of bringing them to share with you." Uncle Hei said as he carried the buns in his hand into the kitchen.

"Sister-in-law, Lao Gao and I are here to have a free meal." Uncle Lao Hei's voice came from the kitchen.

"We're here now. How can we possibly need you to eat something? Why are you bringing anything with you?" Aunt Cuihua said.

"Hehe, I heard that fried steamed bread slices are also a good dish to go with wine, so I brought them here to try." Uncle Lao Hei said with a wry smile.

"Okay, put it down. I'll blow it up together later." After Aunt Cuihua said this, Uncle Laohei came out.

He sat next to Uncle Gao consciously.

Uncle Gao was quite embarrassed, as he was dragged here by Uncle Laohei.

"Village chief, I brought some food with me, so I can't be considered eating for free." Uncle Lao Hei said to the village chief.

The village chief rolled his eyes at him and poured everyone a glass of wine.

"Uncle is biased. Why am I the only one who doesn't have it?" Song Jinxiu protested.

There were several grown men at the table, and Song Jinxiu was the only girl, so naturally there was no place for her.

"Come on, let Uncle Hei pour you a glass." Uncle Hei took the red wine and poured Song Jinxiu half a glass, and also poured some for his aunt.

"It's good for girls to drink red wine, it's good for beauty and skin care. White wine is too spicy and not suitable for you." Uncle Laohei said.

"Hey, it's too little." Song Jinxiu exposed Uncle Laohei's lie.

My aunt came out with pig ears and interrupted Uncle Hei from telling another lie.

"You guys eat first, the steamed buns will be ready soon." Aunt Cuihua said.

"Thank you, sister-in-law. It smells so good. Your cooking skills are getting better and better." Uncle Lao Hei praised.

"Hahaha! If it's delicious, eat more. There will be big bone noodle soup later, as much as you can eat!" Aunt Cuihua said with a smile, and continued to work in the kitchen.

Song Jinxiu took a big bowl, picked up some of each, and ate with her aunt.

"Just sit at the table and eat by yourself, why come in?" Aunt Cuihua said.

"The kitchen is warm, I'll keep you company." Song Jinxiu said. "I've got the chopsticks, let's eat together."

Song Jinxiu handed the chopsticks to her aunt, and the two of them started eating in the kitchen.

When her aunt was busy, Song Jinxiu would feed her.

The two of them talked and laughed while eating happily.

Outside the door, Jin Heping also came back, joined the men's army, and was also given a glass of white wine.

Brother Dazhu will not be able to come back until the New Year comes with Xia's mother and the others.

Soon, everything in the kitchen was ready. In addition to frying steamed bread slices, my aunt also fried a lot of fruits, which were fried using dough.

Song Jinxiu also twisted a few small dough twists into the dough and fried them. After all, they were all noodles, so any shape could be fried.

Two people came out with a pot of fried food. There was more in the kitchen, so they could come in and get more after they finished eating.