After saying that, he kicked off his shoes and got on the kang. He went to the kang piano cabinet and took out a handful of fruit candies and stuffed them into Qin Anning's pockets. "Little Qin Zhiqing, have some candy."
Sugar is a precious thing in rural areas. First of all, you need a ticket, and villagers basically don’t have sugar tickets.
Secondly, no one would be willing to buy these expensive and impractical candies if they have nothing to do, and no one would serve candies to guests who are not important.
Qin Anning took it and thanked him, "Aunt Lu, you can call me Anning or Ningning."
"Okay, then I'll call you Ningning." Wang Qiufen didn't get off the bed. She sat cross-legged on the kang and started chatting with Qin An Ning.
He also instructed Lu Cheng, "Go make Ningning a cup of sugar water."
Qin An Ning quickly winked at Lu Cheng. She had no shortage of food and was not craving for sweets, and she didn't like drinking sugary drinks. She always felt her mouth was sour after drinking sugary drinks.
Lu Cheng blinked to indicate that he received it.
Wang Qiufen asked about Qin An Ning's family situation, and Qin An Ning told her everything.
Her mother died unexpectedly, her father sacrificed his life, and she had a bad relationship with her grandmother and uncle's family. She felt there was no need to hide these things.
She didn't mention anything about her grandma's family. People still pay a lot of attention to family background nowadays. Although they have cut off ties on the surface, she will definitely take care of her grandparents.
If she told the Lu family what they thought, and she and Lu Cheng would not separate because of this, it would only add to their troubles.
王秋芬心疼的不行，眼里都有泪花了，“宁宁，以后婶疼你，要是陆呈敢欺负你，你就告诉婶，婶揍他。”
Lu Cheng had just entered the house carrying water when he heard this. He looked at Wang Qiufen with resentment, "Mom, am I your biological son?"
Wang Qiufen replied coldly, "No, I picked it up from a ditch."
"Where else could you find a son like me who is so handsome, considerate, filial, and able to make money? Pick up another one for me to see."
Wang Qiufen casually threw the small broom she used to sweep the kang at him. "You shameless person, you're still bragging about melons. Go call the children back for dinner."
Lu Cheng put the small broom he received far away from Wang Qiufen and walked out muttering to himself.
For some reason, after eating the melon seeds, there was a layer of black ash on her hands. Qin An Ning was glad that she didn't crack them directly with her teeth, otherwise her mouth would be black.
Qin Anning went to wash her hands and saw Xue Jing and Tang Lijuan were busy serving dishes. She felt embarrassed to pretend not to see them, so she wanted to help, but was stopped by Wang Qiufen.
"It's just a small job. One person can take it over in one trip. You're not needed."
As they were talking, Lu Dongxue came into the room carrying the dishes. She looked at Qin An Ning, and both of them were stunned for a moment.
Qin An Ning had forgotten about her. That incident left a mediocre impression on her from Lu Dongxue.
Wang Qiufen was busy, "Come, come, sit down."
Qin Anning didn't know how to sit cross-legged and wanted to sit on the side, but Wang Qiufen didn't agree because it was more convenient to sit on the side and those who sat there would be serving people.
Wang Qiufen pulled a mattress off the pile of quilts, folded it up and gave it to Qin An Ning to sit on as a stool.
Lu Cheng squeezed in and sat next to Qin An Ning. Wang Qiufen glared at him but didn't say anything.
There were thirteen people in the family, big and small, and the two tables on the kang were put together and full of people sitting.
Qin Anning is his future daughter-in-law after all, so Lu Rongjiang couldn't say much. Before dinner, Wang Qiufen took over this task.
"Our Lu Cheng is dating Ning Ning, so today, firstly, we want Ning Ning to come and introduce us to each other, and secondly, Ning Ning has helped us a lot in the past two days, so we all want to thank her.
You know all my family members, so I won’t introduce them to you. Eat quickly, it won’t taste good if it gets cold.”
There were six dishes on the table: pheasant stewed with mushrooms, rabbit stewed with radish, wild boar meat stewed with dried beans, scrambled eggs with shallots, stir-fried cabbage with black fungus, and stir-fried shredded potatoes.
This is a high-standard reception in the village. Some families cannot even eat such delicious food during the Chinese New Year.
Wang Qiufen picked up dishes for Qin Anning, always choosing those with more chicken and rabbit meat. "Ningning, eat more."
"Thank you, Aunt Lu."
The staple food was multi-grain rice. Qin Anning's bowl was full, and no one knew who had filled it.
She looked around quietly and found that except for the children, everyone else looked the same as her.
The Lu family used two large bowls, which were the kind that could hold half more than a normal small bowl. When combined with what was served to her, the bowl was almost overflowing, and when broken down, it became two small bowls of rice. She really couldn't finish it.
Lu Cheng saw Qin An Ning's embarrassment and put some of her rice into his own bowl, which made Wang Qiufen so angry that she came over and tried to strangle him.
"You don't have enough to eat, so why are you grabbing Ningning's food?"
The arm that Lu Cheng had stretched out to block the food was hurt, and he wailed for mercy, "Mom, Mom, please don't pinch me. Ningning can't eat that much, so I helped her.
Ningning, please help me speak up for me. I might really have been picked up by my mother, and she didn't show any mercy!"
Qin Anning hurriedly stopped her, "Aunt Lu, what Lu Cheng said is true. I can't finish so much."
Wang Qiufen finally let Lu Cheng go and greeted Qin Anning with a smile, "Ningning, try this pheasant."
At first, no one started eating. Qin Anning ate the dishes that Wang Qiufen picked up, and later, all the dishes that Wang Qiufen picked up were picked up by Lu Cheng.
He also argued, "My mother doesn't love me anymore. The dishes she picks up for Ningning are the best. I have to grab them to eat in order to show my status."
Of course, this also caused Wang Qiufen to scold him.
Qin An Ning secretly gave Lu Cheng an admiring look, saying that she was being pretentious or anything else, but she really couldn't accept the behavior of not using public chopsticks to pick up food.
Xue Jing jokingly said, "Mom, you're so partial, aren't you afraid that Lijuan and I will get jealous?"
"Even food can't shut your mouth. You are grown-ups but still fighting for favor like children. Here, a piece of meat for each of you to shut your mouth." Wang Qiufen picked up a piece of meat for Xue Jing and Tang Lijuan.
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