When Mr. Long and his family came back from get off work, cooking was still going on in the kitchen. Yun Huaying and Jiang Yuan were cooking in front of the stove, with Long Wei helping them. The two grandmothers were sitting in front of the stove, adding firewood and chatting.
Mother Long changed her shoes and walked into the kitchen with a smile on her face. Seeing three young people cooking, and many delicious dishes already on the table, she smiled broadly: "Huaying, Xiao Jiang, I originally invited you to come over for dinner, but ended up asking you to cook and prepare the food. Thank you for your hard work."
"Aunt, it's not hard. Grandma and the others have prepared the dishes. You just need to stir-fry them simply." Yun Huaying continued with a smile.
Grandma Long slowly stood up and asked her daughter-in-law, "Are you all back?"
"I just asked Xiaohan to go buy some roast duck. He should be back in ten minutes. Everyone else is back."
"Okay, let Long Gan invite Old Han and the others to come for dinner." Grandma Long said and went to serve the dishes.
As soon as Mr. Long got home, he took a shower and changed into clean clothes. He was holding a bottle of Moutai liquor given by his son-in-law. He took a few small wine glasses and planned to have a few drinks tonight.
Grandma Long helped set the table, her face beaming with joy. "Huaying is such a well-behaved, capable, and filial child. I was planning to cook a few dishes for them, but she immediately started helping out. She wouldn't let me do anything, insisting I rest. She took care of everything herself. She's also a great cook. She can make even ordinary dishes look like beautiful flowers, and they taste amazing. You're all in for a treat tonight."
Long Wei came up with the dishes and just heard what grandma said. He smiled and asked, "Grandma, after meeting Hua Ying, do you want to kick me, your granddaughter, out even more?"
"It's already been kicked out. No need to kick it anymore." Grandma Long said with a smile.
Elder Long pulled the corner of his mouth, pretending to dislike his granddaughter. "Other girls get married and only come back once every ten days, half a month, or even half a year or a year. You come back all day long to eat for free. You really have no shame."
"I'm married and a daughter-in-law of the Han family, which means I'm a member of the Han family. Of course, I have to prioritize the Han family in everything. I deliberately go back to my parents' home all day long to eat and drink for free. I'm helping the Han family save food." Long Wei answered with confidence.
"Ha ha..."
Grandma Han, Grandpa Han who had just walked to the door, and others all laughed.
Long Lao was both angry and amused, and didn't bother to pay attention to her. Seeing Han Bingyu still twisting two poles in her hands, he glanced at her and said, "Bingyu, what are you holding? Are you bringing us two clothes drying poles?"
Han Bingyu smiled and said, "Uncle Long, this is yam. An old classmate gave it to me. I'm going to make soup for my aunt."
Yun Huaying came out with a large bowl of dumplings. Seeing that the yams her aunt had brought were wild, she said to the elders, "Grandma Long, these yams are good. You can make a soup with pork shanks, yams, and carrots. First, put the bones on the stove and simmer for an hour. Then, chop the yams and carrots and add them to the soup. It will nourish the kidneys and prevent osteoporosis. It's perfect for middle-aged and elderly people."
"Okay, we'll stew it and drink it tomorrow." Grandma Long liked her attentiveness and filial piety more and more. She smiled and pulled her to sit down. "Huaying, we'll take care of the rest. You sit down."
The Long family has a rich meal tonight. Grandma Long bought beef, beef offal, beef ribs, etc. in the morning, so in addition to dumplings and spring rolls, the main dish tonight is beef. Yun Huaying processed these good ingredients into a variety of flavors. The beef was boiled and stir-fried, the beef ribs were braised spicy, the beef offal was used to make a heavy-flavored hot pot, and small pieces of beef brisket were stewed with tomatoes and potatoes.
"Well, Huaying's cooking skills are really good. It's delicious."
Father Long had just eaten spicy beef ribs. He thought the taste was spicy but went well with rice. He picked up a piece for each of his father and Mr. Han, and said, "Dad, Uncle Han, try it. This dish is good and goes well with wine."
The men all liked to drink, and salty and spicy dishes were the best to go with wine. Now they all focused on the heavy-flavored hot pot and beef ribs.
After a satisfying meal, Yun Huaying still had to give acupuncture and medication to several elders tonight. After the meal, she sat for a while and then went back to prepare.
Perhaps her performance at the Military General Hospital yesterday was heard by the old leaders, and several powerful old leaders came in person tonight. They were old and had some health problems, so they all came to ask her for help with diagnosis and prescription of medicine.
Although Yun Huaying's consultation speed is fast, she is very thorough and prescribes the right medicine for the patient. She tries not to prescribe medicine for patients who can be cured by food supplements, and never arranges surgery for patients who can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. She is very detailed when giving medical instructions and medication.
It was another busy night. It was almost eleven o'clock before I took a shower and went back to my room to rest. I fell asleep on the comfortable big bed.
The next morning, after having breakfast at home, everyone else went to work. Grandma Han also had to attend a special tea party with her old sisters in the morning. Yun Huaying rode her bicycle and took Jiang Yuan to see her wedding room.
The bridal chamber was not far from the military compound, only about ten minutes' bike ride away. Han Zheng had already hired someone to renovate the house inside and out, so he felt refreshed when he came here today.
Jiang Yuan followed her around and said with a smile, "Huaying, the decoration is very beautiful. The garden is well maintained. The evergreen trees you like have been planted. The furniture has also been bought. Now we just have to wait for him to come back and get married, and then we can move in."
"Um."
When Yun Huaying bought this house, it was in a dilapidated state and had been messed up by the previous residents. This time, she put a lot of effort into renovating it and restoring the quaint traditional courtyard style. She is very satisfied with it.
I looked in each room and wrote down the things that needed to be purchased in a small notebook, planning to come back and buy them later.
The two of them didn't stay here for too long. They locked the door and continued riding their bicycles to Huailuo Hutong.
When they came over, the newlywed couple Li Bin and Lin Shan were also there. They had agreed to go out for an outing today. After everyone was ready, they locked the door and went out together.
We played outside for a whole day and took a lot of photos. Not only the young people, but even Lin's parents had a great time. Every time they arrived at a scenic spot, they took the initiative to take photos as souvenirs. They didn't mind spending money on developing the photos and shot two rolls of film in a row.
Yun Huaying played with them for a day and did not go the next day. Jiang Yuan had nothing else to do, so she continued to travel around with the Lin family.
"Huaying, you are going to the ancestral land to worship today. Please be careful and try not to go into the deep mountains or dense forests."
When Grandpa Han left home in the morning, he gave his granddaughter-in-law some instructions and arranged for a guard to drive her there. He also wanted to send two people to accompany her to pay her respects, but she insisted on not going, so he let her go.
"Okay, I'm just going to confirm the location of the ancestral land, pay a simple tribute and then come back."
Yun Huaying wanted to explore the secrets of her ancestral land today, but she couldn't tell outsiders about this, so she also lied to her elders.
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