Zhou Mingli, who had just finished cooking and turned the stove down, heard the door open and went out.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao ran even faster than him, disappearing into the doorway. "Mom!"
"Huh?"
The two children made puzzled noises again.
When Zhou Mingli opened the door, he found that Jiang Ci was followed by a young boy.
He felt rather uncomfortable being stared at by the three people in the room. "What are you looking at?"
"We bumped into each other on the way," Jiang Ci said to Huang Zheyue as she walked inside. "Come in."
Huang Zheyue didn't move.
His nose twitched, but he smelled an indescribable fragrance.
It smells like vegetables.
It was indeed mealtime, and Huang Zheyue's stomach was rumbling, but she knew she shouldn't come over when others were eating.
"I'll wait for you downstairs."
After saying that, Huang Zheyue was about to leave.
"What are you going down there for? Aren't you hungry?" Jiang Ci asked him.
Huang Zheyue's face flushed red and then turned pale, but Jiang Ci pretended not to notice. "Come in. Didn't you say you were going to help me?"
Huang Zheyue's eyes suddenly lit up, "Really?"
Jiang Ci responded, and Huang Zheyue glanced at Zhou Mingli before silently walking inside.
The house wasn't very big to begin with, only about 40 square meters, and it felt a bit cramped when there were many people.
Fortunately, two of the five people present were little kids.
Jiang Ci asked each of them what they had learned in kindergarten, and then told Huang Zheyue to wash her hands and face and eat.
Huang Zheyue was a little embarrassed, his gaze constantly sweeping between Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli. Seeing that they looked normal, he pointed out the location of the bathroom for him.
Huang Zheyue slowly moved towards the bathroom.
Zhou Mingli brought out the food, walked to Jiang Ci's side, and asked in a low voice, "Did he block you?"
Jiang Ci said, "He was there as soon as I went out. I figured I had to tell him about this anyway, so I had him come with me."
"Was the trip smooth?" Zhou Mingli looked at Jiang Ci seriously. "I can go with you this afternoon."
Jiang Ci nodded, "It's alright, everything went smoothly. I'll go talk to those tenants again tomorrow. I also drew some diagrams, so I can show them to them when I get back."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingli fell silent.
After seeing the photo of the jade seal that Huang Zhiyuan had taken last time, Cheng Huasheng secretly pulled him aside and complained in a way that was hard to put into words, "Is your wife's painting always this...unique?"
Zhou Mingli, who always sided with Jiang Ci, spoke righteously and sternly about how beautiful his wife's paintings were.
Cheng Huasheng's gaze towards him became strange, and he even suggested that his family visit the Forbidden City.
"Okay, be careful when you go," Zhou Mingli reminded him.
Jiang Ci responded with another "Okay".
Huang Zheyue had a meal with Jiang Ci's family.
He looked at the food on the table, thinking that he was an outsider and shouldn't eat too much, so he quietly ate a little.
But Zhou Mingli's cooking was so delicious that Huang Zheyue unconsciously picked up more and more food, and by the time he came to his senses, he had finished the whole steamed bun.
Zhou Mingli handed him another one.
Huang Zheyue blushed, but in the end he still took it and ate it in big bites, finishing both cornbreads completely.
Jiang Ci watched him eat silently, thinking to herself, "This half-grown boy is really going to bankrupt me."
After the meal, Jiang Ci washed the pots and pans and wiped the water stains off the stove. Zhou Mingli had already sent Zhou Miao and Zhou Yang to their bedroom to stay and talk to Huang Zheyue about his father.
"Do you know where your father went for archaeological research?" Zhou Mingli poured water and handed it to Huang Zheyue.
"I don't know the exact location, I only heard him say it was in Linyun City." Huang Zheyue shook her head and vaguely mentioned a place name.
He didn't seem as rebellious as before, his eyes filled with urgency and hope. "Is my dad still in Linyun City? Can I go see him? I'll get my dad to give you money!"
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