Chapter 100: Understanding Means Learning Self-Sacrifice

During dinner, Jiang Wanying was still lying in the room. Xu Hongping knocked on the door and said softly, "Yingying, come out for dinner soon. I made your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs tonight."

Jiang Wanying, who had no appetite at first, jumped out of bed as soon as she heard this, put on her shoes and opened the door, "I'm coming!"

Xu Hongping looked at her anxious expression and her messy hair and couldn't help laughing. "Slow down, no one is competing with you for it! Look at you, your hair is all messed up. Come, let me comb it for you before you put it down."

Having said that, she ignored Jiang Wanying's anxiety and dragged her back into the house. She picked up a wooden comb on the table, took off her hair tie with ease, and then braided her hair into a bun.

There was a bronze mirror in Jiang Wanying's room. She sat on a stool and looked at the person in the mirror. For a moment, she felt itchy in her heart. The way her aunt combed her hair reminded her of her mother.

When she was young, her mother was also like this. She would patiently comb her hair and braid it into various braids every morning. When she was in school, she was always envied by many classmates.

Later, when she grew up, she learned how to perm and dye her hair and pursued fashion. She no longer looked down on her mother's craftsmanship and thought it was childish. But later... wanting her mother to comb her hair again became a luxury that could never be fulfilled.

Jiang Wanying felt a little sour in her nose. If she had a choice, she would rather go back to her childhood. This time, she would cherish her mother no matter what, accompany her, and become the daughter she hoped for.

Xu Hongping's skills were also very good. She finished two hemp braids in just two or three strokes. She patted Jiang Wanying's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Okay, come on, let's eat."

She took Jiang Wanying's arm and walked into the main room hand in hand.

Sitting at the dining table in the main hall were the brothers Jiang Dongfang and Jiang Qiebei. Since the two of them didn't come, they didn't pick up their chopsticks.

As soon as Jiang Wanying saw him, Jiang Xibei immediately and attentively came over and served her a bowl of soup. "You said a few days ago that you wanted to drink corn and pork ribs soup. Come and try it."

In the evening, he made the girl angry. In order to please her, he immediately ran to the supply and marketing department to buy some meat, but it was too late and the better meat and ribs had been sold out.

Unexpectedly, he ran into Liu Honggen on the way back to the village. After learning about this, he immediately gave him all the meat and ribs left over from the New Year at home.

Jiang Xibei insisted on giving money, but Liu Honggen refused to accept it, saying that it was a filial piety to his master. In fact, he just wanted to use this method to secretly treat Jiang Wanying well.

Jiang Dongfang is young and will retire sooner or later, so when Liu Honggen first came to the village, he chose this young man as his successor.

Jiang Xibei accepted it with some embarrassment. He planned to find another opportunity to return the money and meat coupons to him. If all else failed, he could get up early tomorrow and go to the supply and marketing department to buy some to pay him back.

Jiang Wanying took the bowl of soup expressionlessly, whispered "thank you", and then set her eyes on the sweet and sour spare ribs on her table. Both the color and the aroma were enough to make her greedy.

She had mentioned this dish to her aunt before. Xu Hongping had never seen "sweet and sour spare ribs" before and had no idea how to make it, so Jiang Wanying taught her how to make it. She didn't expect Xu Hongping to be so good at cooking!