"Oh my god!"
Aunt Wang was startled by the eldest daughter-in-law's shouting. Her hand that was pouring oil into the pot trembled, and she poured half a spoonful of oil into the pot too much. She was so distressed that she quickly took the spoon and scooped it back.
"Why are you so jumpy? You scared me." Aunt Wang complained.
"Mom, were these things given to me by Song Zhiqing who came from overseas?" Li Dani stared at the snacks and cigarettes in the cloth bag with shining eyes, calculating in her mind how much to take to send to her mother's family.
Aunt Wang glanced at her daughter-in-law and put the vegetables she had cut on the chopping board into the pot. "Song Zhiqing gave it to me. What's wrong?"
Li Dani took out the Guixi Cake wrapped in a wrapping paper with a Guixi Cake pattern from the cloth bag and drooled greedily. "Mom, this snack looks delicious. Can I have a piece?"
Only then did Aunt Wang realize that the cloth bag did not contain canned food. She quickly stir-fried the vegetables for a few times, put down the spatula, walked over quickly, and snatched the cinnamon cake from the eldest daughter-in-law's hand, "Eat, eat, eat, you only know how to eat, why don't you light the fire quickly." This eldest daughter-in-law was lazy and greedy, and always brought things from her husband's house to her parents' house. If she let her eat, she would definitely eat more than one piece. She might not even wait until tomorrow morning, and the rest would be sent to her parents' house.
When Aunt Wang put the Guiyi cake into the bag, she discovered that there was also a bag of mung bean cake and a large front door underneath.
Who is this Song Zhiqing? Why is this casual gift so valuable? Is it acceptable?
Aunt Wang didn't dare to make the decision, so she quickly asked Li Dani to go ahead and call Liu Xiangqian over.
After a while, Captain Liu followed Li Dani into the kitchen, looking puzzled. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Aunt Wang pointed at the cloth bag on the small table while cooking. "Look for yourself, the gift Song Zhiqing gave me is too expensive."
Captain Liu stepped forward, opened the bag and looked inside. When he saw two bags of pastries, he didn't react much. But when he saw a whole strip of Daqianmen, his eyes widened.
He had smoked Daqianmen cigarettes before, and he would sometimes visit government officials and get one or two from them, but he never bought them. Cigarettes required a ticket, and even as a team leader, he couldn't get one.
He also remembered that the Daqianmen snacks from the county supply and marketing department were 40 cents a pack, so this one was four yuan, plus these two packs of snacks, the total was at least ten yuan. If the tickets were included, the value would be even higher.
Although Liu Xiangqian was not fond of cigarettes, he was a man of principles. He immediately picked up the cloth bag and left the kitchen.
When they got to the hall, there was another tug of war, but Song Yun refused to take it back.
"Uncle Liu, if you don't accept this, then I won't repair this house. We're not even related, and this is our first meeting. I can't be so shameless as to ask you to run all over the place, coordinate everything, and settle accounts. And I won't eat this meal either. Whose food comes from the wind? My sister and I don't have the nerve to ask for money from your family."
Liu Xiangqian felt embarrassed after hearing this. Seeing Song Yun like this, Liu Xiangqian had no choice but to accept it. He blushed and said, "If you call me uncle, then I will shamelessly accept it, but you have to make it clear that this is only this time."
Song Yun happily agreed, and felt that Captain Liu and his family were real people, and she liked them very much.
During the meal, Fangfang sat next to Song Yun and put the best dishes on the table into Song Yun and Song Ziyi's bowls, including braised cured fish and scrambled eggs with leeks.
If it were any other time, Li Dani would have said something sour when she saw her sister-in-law putting food into outsiders' bowls. But today, Song Yun brought such a valuable gift, and Li Dani managed to hold back the sour words that kept coming out. The meal went very harmoniously, and both the host and the guests enjoyed themselves very much.
Aunt Wang was thoughtful and worried that the two children would not even have enough water to drink when they returned home, so she not only lent her the only thermos in the house filled with water, but also lent her a clay pot that was not used at home. With the pottery pot, the brother and sister could at least cook some porridge.
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