Bai Shuixian sat back on the bed and said, "Linglong, go to the state-owned store later and buy two bottles of good wine and some suitable gifts. Go over early to help prepare dinner and send your mother's best wishes to Comrade Song."

"Okay, wait until the public security comrades come, and then I will go with Brother Jing to prepare the meal." After Gong Linglong said this, she scooped a lychee and stuffed it into Lu Jingchuan's mouth.

Lu Jingchuan opened his mouth and bit it, his eyes smiling: "Comrade Gong Linglong, be gentle."

"The word gentle doesn't exist in my dictionary."

Gong Linglong grinned and roughly stuffed another one into his mouth, pretending to be fierce: "Open your mouth and eat quickly. If you keep hesitating, I'll beat you up."

Lu Jingchuan chuckled, and the image of her spanking that scumbag bitch came to his mind. He said faintly, "You can spank people, but don't spank their butts, and don't sprinkle salt on them after spanking them."

Gong Linglong: "...When have I ever done such a thing? You are slandering me."

"hehe."

Seeing that she didn't admit it and had selective amnesia, Lu Jingchuan couldn't help laughing. She was really so cute and funny, and so likable.

Bai Shuixian watched them playing with a smile. After spending these days together, the more she got to know Lu Jingchuan, the more she was convinced that her daughter had good taste. This son-in-law was indeed a good man chosen from thousands.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the public security comrade came over. Gong Linglong asked her to help look after the child for half a day, and then she followed Lu Jingchuan to buy things.

When they arrived at the Song family, Song Tao was preparing food at home. He was not very good at cooking, but he had been helping his mother since he was a child, so he was quite good at preparing food. At this time, he had already processed the chicken he bought in the morning.

"I'll cook the dishes tonight, and you two can help me." Gong Linglong took the initiative to take the job.

"That would be great."

Song Tao handed his mother an apron and pointed at the dishes on the chopping board. "All the dishes are here. You can cook them as you like."

"OK."

There are chickens, eggs, fish, meat, a big pig's trotter, and several kinds of vegetables. There are enough ingredients to easily make a table full of delicious dishes.

At around six o'clock, Song Jinyao and Zhou Lanping came back from get off work at the same time. As soon as they opened the door and entered the house, they smelled a rich fragrance. They both kept sniffing, "What a nice smell."

"Dad, Mom, you're back."

Song Tao walked out of the kitchen and reported with a smile, "You are in for a treat tonight. My cousin's wife personally cooked a table full of delicious dishes for Dad's birthday. She is a great cook, and the dishes she made were so delicious that Brother Jing and I were drooling."

The meal was already prepared, even the last vegetable had just been taken out of the pot when Lu Jingchuan and Gong Linglong came out of the kitchen together, saying in unison, "Uncle, Aunt."

"Linglong, thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Lanping had originally thought about coming back to cook two delicious dishes for her husband to go with the wine, but when she saw her nephew's wife had helped prepare the meal, she said with a smile, "I have to taste Linglong's cooking tonight."

"It smells delicious." Song Jinyao's stomach began to react.

Song Tao was already hungry, so he took the initiative to go to the kitchen to serve food, shouting, "Dad, Mom, wash your hands quickly, and then eat."

"Okay, you guys serve the dishes first."

The couple brought the briefcase to the study, changed their coats, washed their hands, and came over to sit down.

Seeing the abundance of dishes on the table, each one even more exquisite than those in state-owned restaurants, Zhou Lanping's eyes changed as she looked at her nephew's wife, and she was very surprised: "Linglong, did you make all these dishes?"

"Yes, is it okay?" Gong Linglong asked with a smile.

"Oh, it's more than okay, it's very good."

Zhou Lanping was drooling at the sight. There were quite a lot of dishes on the table, many of which she had never tasted before. She looked at the man with a smile and said, "Jin Yao, thanks to your nephew's wife, you had such a sumptuous meal for your fiftieth birthday today. I'm jealous."

"Haha, eat more today and consider it as celebrating with me in advance." Song Jinyao was very happy today.

Song Tao brought over some wine and a few small glasses. As he poured the wine, he smiled and introduced the delicious dishes to his parents: "Pickled pork with salted vegetables, spicy fish fillets, braised pork trotters, chicken pot, vinegar-fried potato shreds, minced meat and egg custard, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, and the longevity noodles that my cousin's wife prepared specially for Dad."

There are two golden fried eggs on the light longevity noodles, and a "Happy Birthday" carved out of carrot.

Gong Linglong brought the longevity noodles to her uncle and gave him a blessing with a bright smile: "Happy birthday, uncle, may your career go smoothly, and may you live a long and healthy life."

"Haha, thank you Linglong, uncle is very happy."

Song Jinyao laughed happily and greeted her: "You've worked hard to prepare so many dishes. Come and sit down."

Zhou Lanping was very happy for her nephew to have found such a capable wife. She was also happy for her second sister. "If her second sister knew Linglong prepared such a large table of delicious food for you, while she, as her mother-in-law, could only eat steamed buns and pickled vegetable porridge at home, she would probably rush over and kidnap her daughter-in-law overnight."

Song Jinyao was very happy today and laughed non-stop. He picked up his chopsticks and picked up a chicken leg for his nephew's wife. "Come, Linglong, eat some vegetables."

"Thank you, uncle." Gong Linglong also picked up the bowl and chopsticks.

"Eat quickly, you guys eat too."

Song Jinyao also greeted his son and nephew, and picked up a piece of tempting braised pork for his wife. "Come, try it. It looks delicious from the color. I'm already drooling."

"You're the birthday boy, so have a piece first." Zhou Lanping also picked up a fatter piece for him.

Lu Jingchuan was also picking up some braised pork for Gong Linglong, picking out a piece that was both fat and lean. "Linglong, eat quickly."

"Mmm, it's delicious."

Song Tao took a bite of half a piece of meat, and the taste was so delicious that he was bubbling.

"Yeah, it's delicious."

Song Jinyao and his wife nodded repeatedly. It was neither too soft nor too mushy, steamed just right, with the right amount of spiciness and saltiness. The pork skin was fried until crispy and fragrant, just what they wanted.

This was the first time Lu Jingchuan ate food cooked by his wife. He didn't say anything, but from the speed at which he picked up the food, it was clear that he liked it very much.

A bowl of braised pork belly was packaged with two pieces for Bai Shuixian and the other two, and the remaining five people shared it equally. Song Tao was still not satisfied after eating it: "Sister-in-law, I will go buy meat tomorrow. Please help me make a few more bowls. I want to take two bowls to school to eat."

Song Tao has a limited vacation and will return to the provincial capital the day after tomorrow morning. Thinking that he doesn’t know when he will see them again, he must pack two bowls of delicious braised pork this time.

"Okay, you can buy pork belly. The one with fat and lean parts is the best." Gong Linglong agreed readily.

Lu Jingchuan just poured the wine and raised the small wine glass to toast the elder: "Uncle, I toast you a glass. I wish you good health and everything goes well."

Song Jinyao raised his glass and clinked it with him, smiling gently: "I accept your blessing, young couple. I also wish you all the best and a life of love and happiness."

Zhou Lanping invited everyone to eat and also took a few sips of wine with the younger generations. Everyone at the table happily finished the sumptuous birthday banquet and also talked about the trivial things that happened at Qin Menglan and Bai Jianren's wedding banquet this afternoon.