The entire village shakes their heads at Zhuang Qingning - an orphaned girl who, after recovering from illness, stubbornly registers as a female household head instead of living with her uncle.
...Chapter 395 What are you doing?
"Go play in the backyard first, and we'll eat together when the food is ready."
"Yeah!" The three of them went to the backyard excitedly.
The three little girls were laughing and playing in the backyard, and soon it was noon.
The steamed noodles that Liu cooked herself came out of the pot, smelling fragrant and greasy. She also stewed a pot of tofu and fish soup and invited everyone to have lunch.
Today is August 15th. The workshop has stopped working and the shop is no longer allowed to deliver goods in the afternoon. Cao and Zhang Xiangrong discussed closing the tofu shop and the hot and sour noodle stall completely in the afternoon so that they could take a break and have a good August 15th.
The whole family, including Zhuang Qingsui, was in the backyard, chatting and laughing while eating steamed noodles and drinking tofu and fish soup.
"My aunt's cooking is really good. I'm craving the taste." Zhuang Qingsui said as he stuffed the noodles into his mouth and chewed them with big bites.
After eating the steamed noodles he had been craving for days, Zhuang Qingsui’s face was full of smiles.
"If you want to eat something else, I don't dare to tell you here, but if you want to eat this steamed noodle, that's the best thing to do. Whenever you want to eat it, just come to my place, and I promise to let you eat as much as you want."
Liu smiled and said, "Today we are steaming bean sprouts with meat. Later I will steam beans and meat or celery and meat for you. Both are delicious."
"Then I'll come here tomorrow when I'm free and eat for free. I'll eat until my aunt gets annoyed with me." Zhuang Qingsui smiled.
The little girl was sweet-mouthed and good at talking, which made Liu and Cao laugh.
The backyard was filled with laughter and joy, and it was very lively.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.
Moreover, the knocking sounded quite strong and rapid, and it was obvious that the other party had something urgent to do.
"Could it be that Miss Ning is back? You guys eat first, I'll go take a look." Cao put down the bowl in her hand and walked to the front.
The knock on the door was still quite urgent, and Cao answered, "I'm coming."
"I'm sorry, we're closed now. We've sold out all the stuff in the shop. If you want to buy anything..."
As Cao was speaking, she took down the door panel. When she saw the person at the door, the person was stunned for a moment. He didn't even want to say the following words "Come early tomorrow morning". Even the smile on his face disappeared completely.
"Hello, sister-in-law."
When the tall and thin Zhang Xiangrui saw Cao, he immediately smiled and said, "So you are doing business here, it's really easy for me to find you."
"Why are you here?" Cao really couldn't like this brother-in-law who had been so aggressive, taken all the things, and taken advantage of her and Zhang Xiangrong when the family was divided before, and even scolded her and Zhang Xiangrong for leaving the family extinct.
When answering, the tone was cold.
"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival now, and it's time for the family to reunite. Even though we have separated, we are still brothers after all, so we have to visit each other and have a good reunion dinner."
"So I came to town, to visit my elder brother and his wife, and to see our mother. I want to see how she is doing these days. Is she still healthy?"
Zhang Xiangrui's face was all smiles at the moment, but because he was naturally thin, there was not a pound of flesh on his face, and the smile seemed forced. He didn't look friendly at all, but instead looked quite powerful and ferocious.
Cao rolled her eyelids up, not wanting to even look at Zhang Xiangrui, and snorted coldly, "My uncle is really concerned about my mother's health, but he just said he was coming to visit. This is the first time I've seen him come with two hammers when visiting relatives, and he came during dinner time."
This was a mockery of Zhang Xiangrui for not bringing anything with him and yet still wanting to get a free lunch.
Cao usually didn't have any nice things to say, Zhang Xiangrui had long been accustomed to it, so he didn't get angry at this moment, he just smiled and said, "Where's big brother? I'll go in and have a few words with him."
Cao was not easy to get along with, but Zhang Xiangrong was a good old man who would not retaliate when scolded. This kind of person was the easiest to deal with. As long as you coaxed and deceived him, and said some complaints and impolite words, then whatever he said would be the truth.
As Zhang Xiangrui was talking, he was about to rush in.
Cao was a woman and was not as strong as Zhang Xiangrui. She failed to stop him and was pushed to the ground by Zhang Xiangrui. When she saw Zhang Xiangrui walking inside, her heart sank and she hurriedly chased after him.
But in the blink of an eye, Zhang Xiangrui was already in the backyard.
Looking at the people eating steamed noodles in the backyard, Zhang Xiangrui narrowed his eyes.
The pure white noodles were shiny with oil, showing that a lot of pork belly was put in. There was also white and sticky fish soup in the bowl next to it.
With plenty of fish and meat, it’s a pretty good life.
Thinking that there had been no meat at home for ten days or half a month, Zhang Xiangrui looked at the steamed noodles, his mouth was full of sourness. He swallowed twice and smiled, "Mom, big brother."
"What about eating?"
"Oh, you see, I rushed from home to town and spent most of the day looking for it. It's already this late and I'm very hungry. Mom, brother, this..."
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Zhang Xiangrui didn't say anything else. He just waited for either Liu or Zhang Xiangrong to stand up, go to the kitchen, and serve him a bowl.
But after waiting for a long time, no one present took any action.
Cao, who rushed over, also looked on coldly.
"They are all my family, so I won't be polite."
Since others did not agree with what he said, Zhang Xiangrui could not afford to lose this advantage. He did not care about the so-called face and stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
Seeing this, Cao went to block the kitchen door.
Zhang Xiangrong put down the bowl with a gloomy face, "What are you doing?"
Cao's face suddenly turned pale.
My man, would he not fall into his old habit again and just let Zhang Xiangrui take advantage of him?
Zhang Xiangrui straightened his back immediately after seeing this, crossed his arms, and glanced at Cao, "That's right, sister-in-law, what are you doing? We are all family, it's just a bowl of noodles, and you're being so stingy..."
"I'm asking you what you are here for?" Zhang Xiangrong pushed Zhang Xiangrui's shoulder.
Although Zhang Xiangrui was about the same height as Zhang Xiangrong, he was like a little chick in front of the strong Zhang Xiangrong. He was defenseless and staggered after being pushed by him. He took two steps back before he could steady himself.
"Brother, what are you doing..." Zhang Xiangrui was quite surprised.
He knew his elder brother's character best. This guy was too honest and should be easy to deal with.
It's been a long time since we last met. Normally, Zhang Xiangrong would never say or do anything too much. Even if I didn't agree with what he said, I would still take care of the meal. But now...
Zhang Xiangrui looked at Zhang Xiangrong in disbelief, "Brother, don't be angry. I came here just to talk to you and... to see mom."
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