Chapter 242: Guests Come, Li Rong Acts Like a Master at Home
"Is Lianqiao's hand okay?"
Luo Xinxin let someone into the house and asked about her second daughter with concern.
"It's not a serious wound. I've bandaged it."
He smiled at his second sister, put the kimchi on the table, and said, "I pickled the kimchi myself, and it tastes pretty good."
"Thank you, I'm craving this."
Luo Xinxin picked up a pickled radish and ate it. It was sour and spicy, very refreshing, and also very delicious.
"It's delicious. Sister-in-law Xiang, you are such a great cook."
After Luo Xinxin finished eating one, she took another one to eat. This kind of sour radish is delicious when eaten raw, and it is especially delicious when cut into cubes and stir-fried with meat.
"I'll get you some more."
Xiang Ermei was very happy and went back to get a big bowl full of pickles, which was piled up to the top.
"It's too much. Don't give it all to me. You won't have anything to eat." Luo Xinxin said with a smile.
"I pickled several jars, enough for us to eat. Just tell me when you're done. Don't be polite." Xiang Ermei smiled.
She had been merely polite to Luo Xinxin before, but now she sincerely wanted to make friends.
True character is revealed in times of adversity. Since Luo Xinxin stood up for her and her daughter, she decided to make her her friend.
"Then I'm welcome."
Luo Xinxin accepted the kimchi generously. She really liked to eat it, but she didn’t know how to pickle it. Fortunately, she had a neighbor who was very skillful.
I didn't mention what happened at noon to my second sister, and Luo Xinxin didn't ask much either. The two of them talked about other things.
"Sister-in-law, didn't you go to work at the sheet factory?"
Luo Xinxin felt strange. Many family members in the staff building worked in the bed sheet factory. Xiang Ermei had been with the army for five years, so why hadn't they made any arrangements for her yet?
Xiang Ermei gave a bitter smile and said, "I won't hide it from you. My husband is unwilling to use his connections. The jobs at the sheet factory are all in high demand, so it's not my turn."
Luo Xinxin understood and became even more disgusted with Peng Shuangcheng.
"Sister-in-law, forgive my intrusion, but I don't think you have any feelings for Comrade Peng anymore. Why don't you divorce me?"
Luo Xinxin could see that Xiang Ermei looked at her husband without any emotion, and the couple slept in separate beds, their relationship was colder than ice.
"If I leave my children, they will have to go back to the countryside with me. Our hometown is in the mountains and there is no car. I have to walk more than 30 miles to the commune primary school for school, and the teachers are not very good."
She told her second sister her true thoughts. When people asked her why she didn't want to divorce, she always said that she couldn't bear to leave Peng Shuangcheng and never mentioned the children.
But in front of Luo Xinxin, she felt there was no need to hide it.
Luo Xinxin understood that Peng Shuangcheng was cold to his three daughters and would definitely not want them in a divorce. Xiang Ermei had no job and had to return to the countryside, so she endured it for the sake of her children's future.
“You’ve suffered so much.”
Luo Xinxin admired her very much. She thought that her second sister was sacrificing her entire life to support her three daughters. She might not be able to do it.
She can't stand any anger and won't think too far ahead.
"People are born to endure hardships. No matter how hard life is now, it's not as hard as it was back home. I'm quite content."
He smiled at his second sister, without a trace of resentment on his face, but rather a carefree and hopeful look towards the future.
As soon as her three daughters grow up, she will divorce Peng Shuangcheng, return to her hometown to live alone, and never again be bullied by this man.
After that, Luo Xinxin and Xiang Ermei became closer, and Yuan Xiaojie would also come to visit, but she was busy with work and came less often.
Luo Xinxin's reputation became even more famous in the military district. Not only did she dare to beat military wives, she even dared to scold men. She also had such long arms that she interfered in other people's family affairs.
Everyone summed up that she was lazy and gluttonous, had a bad temper, liked to meddle in other people's affairs, and was very smooth-talking. Ten people could not scold her more than one person.
"Just wait and see. We'll be disbanded in three months at most. Deputy Battalion Commander Li is just still excited about the novelty of it. Once that wears off, we'll definitely be arguing every day!"
Everyone shortened the breakup date for the two to three months and discussed it heatedly.
The parties involved didn't know yet that they were preparing meals to entertain the guests, and Li Rong invited his brothers to dinner.
He and Luo Xinxin started working in the afternoon. They were ten young and strong men with big appetites, so they had to make sure the guests were well fed.
Li Rong lit another stove and stewed a large pot of mutton on it. The dishes they prepared were not many in variety, but large in quantity.
Stewed lamb, braised beef in soy sauce, pork stewed with cabbage and vermicelli, and most of them are fatty meat. People nowadays are short of oil and water and like to eat fatty meat.
There are only these three meat dishes. Luo Xinxin also fried a large bowl of peanuts and mixed a large bowl of kelp shreds. The staple food is steamed buns from the cafeteria. If that is not enough, they will cook noodles. The main thing is that the portions are large and filling.
The stove was placed in the corridor, with big pots on each. One pot was stewing mutton, and the other was stewing pork with vermicelli. The aroma filled the entire family building, making many people drool.
Isn’t it said that Deputy Battalion Commander Li’s wife can’t cook?
How do you make the dishes so fragrant?
Luo Xinxin was frying peanuts in the corridor and her cooking skills were very skillful. The people who were also cooking next to her were dumbfounded.
"Xiao Luo, can you cook?" someone came over and asked.
"Did you make these dishes?"
Luo Xinxin retorted that this woman had once said in the bathroom that she was lazy and gluttonous, and she heard it.
The woman who was being scolded changed her expression and said with a wry smile: "I've never seen you cook before, and I thought you couldn't do it!"
"I haven't seen you speak human language, but I didn't say you're not human!"
Luo Xinxin rolled her eyes, scooped out the fried peanuts, and poured boiling oil over the cold seaweed.
With a sizzling sound, the hot oil scalded the chili powder and minced garlic, emitting an enticing aroma, and people nearby couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Xiao Luo, you are such a ruthless person."
The woman who was being criticized gritted her teeth and dared not get angry. Fan Yiku still had to spend three hours cleaning every day and her back could not even be straightened.
She can't afford to offend!
"I'm very gentle now. I used to be very aggressive."
Luo Xinxin snorted softly and brought the peanuts and cold seaweed into the house. There were already stewed lamb and pork stewed with vermicelli on the table, both in large pots, as well as a large plate of braised beef in soy sauce and two more dishes. The table was full.
"When will the guests arrive?" she asked.
If you don’t add it soon, the food will get cold and you will have to reheat it, which is troublesome.
"Five more minutes."
Li Rong looked at his watch. His appointment was at six o'clock, and there were still five minutes left.
He just went to the cafeteria and got a full basket of steamed buns, about sixty or seventy of them. Each person eats six to seven. Add to that all the meat and the wine, and he thought it would be enough.
"Brother Li, we are here."
Zhou Xiaohong's loud voice could be heard from afar. He and Niu Bajin were walking in the front, followed by a group of people, most of whom were young and strong men, but there were also some who looked older. Li Rong said that they were all married in their hometown, but they had not yet reached the qualification to accompany the army, so their wives and children were in their hometown.
Luo Xinxin stood at the door and greeted him with a smile, "Come in, there's not much food, just some home cooked food."
"Sister-in-law, you are too polite. There is so much meat and you still say there is no vegetable."
Everyone saw two large basins full of meat, as big as washbasins, with the meat sticking out, which looked very tempting.
"It's rare for you to come for dinner, so we must make sure you eat your fill. Hurry up and sit down to eat. Li Rong, you accompany the brothers for a drink."
Luo Xinxin was busy running around, taking cigarettes and wine, while Li Rong sat there like a big boss, not moving a finger.
"Brother Li, why don't you help your sister-in-law with her work?"
Zhou Xiaohong looked at him with disdain and stood up to help.
"I don't do this kind of work as a man, and your sister-in-law won't let me do it either. I just eat ready-made food at home."
Li Rong boasted proudly, and a few people followed suit, but everyone looked at him with disdain.
Everyone knows that you do housework every day, wash clothes and braid pigtails for your wife, and you can't wait to feed her the food. But now you are pretending to be with them. How shameless!
Everyone was secretly complaining, but they were too lazy to expose Li Rong and just watched him perform.
【The third update is finished, good night】
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