"Sigh, you can't force matters of the heart. If you have to blame someone, blame him for being blind. If he misses out on this one, it will be hard to find someone like Xiao Lin again."
Lin Qingyan and Grandma Lin took a basket of meat home. An hour later, they returned. By then, all the villagers had received their meat, leaving only a few educated youths.
After the educated youth had received their meat, Lin Qingyan noticed that the bucket of pig offal was still there, so she spent three yuan to buy it from the brigade leader. Grandma Lin picked it up and went home.
When they arrived home, Grandma Lin asked Lin Qingyan to boil water, while she was responsible for cleaning the pig offal.
When Lu's mother and Li Qinqin returned home, Lu's mother immediately went to find Lu Zhengting.
"Zhengting, Mom is asking you, what kind of girl do you like? You used to say you couldn't meet the right one, but you never interacted with girls. What's wrong with Xiaolin, the educated youth? Why don't you like her?"
"Mom, it's not that I don't like it, I..."
"So you like her? Then go after her! If you're shy, Mom can help you."
"No." Lu Zhengting had to keep his mission a secret, and he couldn't tell his mother anything. "Mom, this kind of liking isn't that kind of liking. Does liking someone mean you can be husband and wife?"
"If you like someone but can't be husband and wife, what more do you want? You finally meet someone you feel good about, and you're not going to seize the opportunity and wait for someone else to take her away?"
Lu Zhengting was irritated: "Mom, you shouldn't worry about this. Don't say anything nonsense in front of Lin Zhiqing. I have my own plans."
Mrs. Lu sighed, "You're such a strong-willed child. You've grown up so much that I don't have to worry about anything. But how can I not worry about your marriage? Oh well, you can't force things. I'll listen to you this time."
When Lu's mother came from Beijing, she brought many local specialties. In the evening, she took out a roast duck from Quanjude and two catties of donkey rolls, intending to give them to Lin Qingyan.
Since they didn't know where Lin Qingyan lived, they asked Li Qinqin to accompany her.
When they arrived at Lin Qingyan's house, Lin Qingyan and her mother-in-law had just finished braising the pig offal.
As soon as they entered, they smelled the delicious aroma of meat. Li Qinqin knew that Lin Qingyan must have braised pork offal again. However, Lu's mother did not smell it, but she was still captivated by the aroma of meat.
Smelling the mouthwatering aroma, she suddenly felt that the roast duck in her hand didn't smell good at all. Lin Qingyan's braised meat was so delicious, would she even care about the roast duck in her hand?
While they were hesitating about whether to go further inside, Granny Lin, who came out of the kitchen, spotted them first.
Li Qinqin often came to visit Lin Qingyan, so Grandma Lin was also very familiar with her.
"Girl, you've come to see Qingyan?"
"Yes." Li Qinqin pulled Lu's mother forward: "Grandma, this is my aunt. We've come to find Sister Qingyan."
Mrs. Lu smiled at Grandma Lin and nodded, "Hello, Auntie."
"Hello to you too." Grandma Lin was very polite, giving a curtsy to Mama Lu. "May you be blessed!"
Mrs. Lu said awkwardly, "Auntie, this is not appropriate. You are the elder, and I am the junior. I should use a respectful title for you."
Grandma Lin waved her hand: "I dare not accept that. It's the New Year, and you say I'm an elder, so you must want me to give you lucky money. Let me tell you, I don't have any money."
She acted like she was saying, "Do whatever you want, I don't have any money anyway, and even if I did, I wouldn't give it to you."
Lu's mother suddenly smiled: "Auntie, I won't ask you for New Year's money, don't be afraid."
"I don't have any." Granny Lin simply turned both pockets on her clothes inside out and shook them: "Look, look, I have no money."
Lu's mother found it even funnier; this auntie was hilarious.
Lin Qingyan came out of the kitchen and saw Lu's mother and Li Qinqin: "Auntie, you and Qinqin are here."
"Hmm." Mother Lu handed over the roast duck and donkey rolls she had brought: "Young Lin, thank you for treating my illness. It's the New Year, so I brought you something."
"Auntie, you don't need to be so polite."
Lu's mother glanced into the kitchen again, worried that Lin Qingyan might dislike what she had given her.
"Young Lin, this is roast duck and donkey rolls that I brought from Beijing. If you don't want them, it means you think the things I bought are not good."
"No, Auntie, why would I mind?"
"Then quickly accept it." Mother Lu stuffed the things into Lin Qingyan's arms.
Unable to refuse the other party's hospitality, Lin Qingyan could only accept it. "Auntie, why don't you and Qinqin go inside and sit for a while?"
"No, no," Mrs. Lu waved her hand. "Let's go back."
Lin Qingyan wanted to give something back to Lu's mother, so she said, "Auntie, I cooked some pig offal. If you don't mind, please take some back with you."
"So you're cooking pig offal?" Mrs. Lu was quite surprised. "I thought you were cooking meat. This tastes much better than the braised offal in Beijing."
"Auntie, let me serve you some."
Mother Lu was embarrassed to accept it, but she couldn't resist the temptation of pig offal.
Lin Qingyan served them a bowl and told them to take it back with them.
After they arrived home, they naturally wanted everyone in the family to try it. Lu Zhengting was in the inner room when he smelled the familiar aroma and followed the scent out.
"Mom, you went to see Comrade Lin."
Lu's mother really wanted to praise her son for having a nose even better than a dog's. She nodded and said, "That educated youth, Xiao Lin, helped me with my medical treatment. I wanted to thank her, so I gave her a roast duck and some donkey rolls. I didn't expect her to insist on giving me something in return. I didn't expect you to be able to smell who made it right away."
Li Qinqin said, "Last time, Sister Qingyan invited my cousin to her house for dinner, and this was the dish she made. I went along because of my cousin, and he's probably been craving that taste ever since."
"So you've already eaten what Xiao Lin, the educated youth, made." Mother Lu smiled, then suddenly put on a stern face: "Since you've already eaten it, you don't need to eat it this time. Let others who haven't tried it have a taste. Come on, Qinqin, go get the chopsticks and call your grandma, dad, mom, and brother out. Let's all eat together."
Lu Zhengting's initially cheerful mood instantly turned cloudy and gloomy.
"Mom, you're so biased! You let my cousin eat but not me."
"Hey, why are you, a grown man, arguing so much with your cousin?"
Lu Zhengting went to get chopsticks himself; he was determined to eat whatever Lin Qingyan had made.
When Lu's mother saw his shameless behavior in order to get some food, she made a connection to what he was thinking.
The mistress must be interested in that girl, so why doesn't she dare to admit it or pursue her?
Since Gu Mingzhou's marriage application with Lin Sisi had been approved, he took the application and the letter of introduction from the brigade leader to the county civil affairs bureau the next day to get their marriage certificate.
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