After buying clothes, Lin Lu passed by a cake shop and suddenly remembered something.

——Song Chen’s birthday seems to be coming soon.

Today is the 16th, and there are only four days left, but I haven’t prepared a gift for him yet.

For him, if she didn't prepare well, he would definitely call her an ungrateful person, and he might even turn his back on her and get angry, asking her to coax him.

If you don't prepare carefully, he will say that you don't love him anymore and start to be perfunctory towards him.

There were no customers in the cake shop, but the window was filled with beautifully prepared pastries.

Although the economic level has improved a lot compared to those years.

But not many people are willing to spend money to buy such a small amount of things.

When I pushed open the wooden door, the doorbell on the eaves rang. The boss was a very romantic woman.

"Welcome." She put down the newspaper in her hand.

Lin Lu asked, "Excuse me, can I order a custom cake here?"

"sure."

The two sisters, who thought their aunt was just there to buy snacks, were surprised and asked, "Who's having a birthday?"

Over the years, Song Chen only celebrated his birthday with his family last year, so it’s not surprising that the two of them didn’t know about it.

Lin Jingbei remembered immediately, "My dad."

Since their uncle's birthday is coming, they naturally have to prepare gifts for him. His uncle is very nice to them.

The clerk handed Lin Lu a booklet of cake patterns and said, "You can take a look and see which ones you like."

Lin Lu chose a style covered with fruits, "This is it."

The boss asked, "How many people are eating here?"

Now that the sisters knew about it, it was hard to say it was just their family, "Probably fifteen people."

The boss flipped open a notebook in the window and said, "How about 12 inches? That should be just enough."

Lin Lu nodded and wrote down his name, phone number, home address, and birthday on the notebook pushed by the boss.

Finally asked: "Do you want to pay a deposit?"

"Yes, I usually sell this cake for 35, but today I'm giving you a discount. It'll be 30. Pay a 10 deposit first, and the balance will be paid on the day you pick up the cake."

Lin Lu was also straightforward and too lazy to bid. He took out ten dollars from his wallet and handed it over.

After leaving the cake shop, Song Xixi asked, "Aunt, what does my uncle like? I want to prepare a birthday present for him."

Lin Lu: "Why would you buy a gift for a kid like you? Just come and have dinner."

Song Xixi: "No, that won't work. Let's buy it tomorrow. I'll bring money over tomorrow, buy my clothes, and then go pick out a gift for my uncle. What do you usually give to your dad, Xiaobei?"

Lin Jingbei: "I plan to give him an electric bicycle this year."

Song Xixi: You are awesome, okay?

"What does my uncle like?" Song Xixi was troubled.

Lin Jingbei: He likes my mother.

Song Jiajia: "Let's talk about it tomorrow. Whatever you buy is your intention. My uncle will definitely not say anything to you."

Lin Lu: "Jia Jia is right, a little token of appreciation will do. It's okay if you don't give anything. Your uncle just likes to eat and drink, so giving him anything else would be like playing the lute to a cow."

"Ha ha ha ha."

There were a lot of people on the street, and the sounds of hawkers calling out were heard everywhere. Lin Lu bought a pound of brown sugar cake for Li Xianglian, as she liked to eat it.

When we got home, she was already cooking. She asked, "How are things going? Haven't the kids arrived yet?"

On the way, Lin Lu received a call: "We've arrived at the station. The Xixi sisters are here to pick us up."

The timing was just right. As soon as the food was served, several children arrived. Each of them had a smile on their face and held gifts in their hands to visit Lin Lu.

Song Chen and Lin Changchun also came back one after another.

Song Chen parked his motorcycle in the yard, washed his hands under the water pipe, and as soon as he entered the living room, he heard bursts of laughter.

Some of the children were particularly interesting. When they came to take tutoring classes, they had dinner at home twice and kept calling Song Chen "Master".

"They're all here."

In order to accommodate more people for dinner, the Lin family replaced the dining table with an extra-large one that can seat more than a dozen people.

Everyone was scrambling to sit next to Lin Lu.

"Master is here, Li Yi, you should stand up quickly and let Master sit down. Is that the seat for you? This is extremely disrespectful." Lu Xue, the girl sitting opposite, said.

The boy named Li Yi smiled and changed his seat, "Master, you take your seat. Xiaobei and I will sit together."

Song Chen sat down next to Lin Lu and said, "It seems like you all did well in the exam."

Lu Xue, who had just spoken, continued, "We all passed the exam, thanks to Teacher Lin. My parents are going to hold a graduation banquet for me next Tuesday. Teacher Lin, Master, Grandma Li, Grandpa Lin, Jingbei, you can come too."

Li Xianglian waved her hand: "I can't go. Just take care of yourself and take care of yourself when you go to college."

Li Yi also said: "Grandma Li, come and play, I want to do it too, on Tuesday night, Teacher Lin, are you coming?"

Lin Lu also refused: "I can't leave because of the factory work. Just have fun."

Song Chen asked: "Where did you all get the exam results?"

There were five children, three boys and two girls. The three who hadn't spoken much were relatively introverted, but they also told one by one about the schools they had been admitted to.

Including the Song Jiajia sisters, many people passed the exam, and only two stayed in the local area.

Everyone is longing for the outside world. When filling out their applications, they think about running as far as they can to see the scenery they have not seen in the past ten years.

When Lin Changchun heard that the boy named Xue Qiangqiang had been admitted to Northeast China, he was curious: "Why did he go so far?"

The boy smiled and nodded. "I have a relative living there. I heard the scenery there is very beautiful, so I wanted to go and see it."

Lin Changchun nodded, "Very good, it would be good to go out and explore more."

——

After dinner, everyone played in the yard.

Li Xianglian built a melon shed in the corner of the wall, which was full of cucumbers and loofahs. The vegetables in the small yard grew lushly and the harvest was abundant. The tomatoes were full of fruits, which was very pleasing.

Lin Changchun would often bring back some good fruits from home to share with his family and to entertain guests.

When summer came, Song Chen spent a huge amount of money to buy a refrigerator. He put ice cream on the lower layer and leftovers and a row of juice on the upper layer.

The children ate their meals, drank juice, and had ice cream.

Li Yi asked: "Master, can we go to the orchard? I also want to buy a few pounds of fruit to take home. The fruit in your garden is so juicy, sweet and delicious."

Song Chen: "Of course you can, pick as many as you want. I won't charge you any money. It's considered my master treating you."

Song Chen glanced at the things they had just brought, but they were not cheap.

Therefore, since ancient times, most of the children who can study well are from wealthy families, of course, there are exceptions for talented people like his wife and son.

The children had not experienced much social interaction, so after their master said so, they did not say anything else. After all, in their eyes, how much money could a few pounds of apples be worth?