"It's okay," Lin Xiangyi didn't care, and was not surprised by Sun Lanjun's cold attitude. From some of the words and subtle expressions of Xie's father, mother and aunt Xie, she had already prepared herself that this sister-in-law she had never met might not be easy to get along with, so she said calmly, "Work is important. You are Xiao Ni, right? I am your aunt."
Lin Xiangyi said the second half of the sentence to Xiao Ni. Xiao Ni looked very cute and she liked her looks so much that she wanted to ask her if she wanted some candy because she had some.
Who would have thought that Xiao Ni would say something shocking in her babyish voice: "You are not a good person! I don't want to pay attention to you!"
Lin Xiangyi was stunned and glanced at Sun Lanjun.
How can such a young child know who is good or not? Moreover, this is the first time they meet. Unless there is an adult to teach her.
Sun Lanjun was inevitably embarrassed and hit Xiaoni lightly: "Xiaoni, what are you talking about?"
"Mom, it's not you... umm?"
In order to prevent Xiaoni from talking nonsense again, Sun Lanjun covered Xiaoni's mouth to prevent her from saying anything shocking.
She didn't want to be too close to Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi, and of course she didn't want her daughter to be too close to them.
But a child like Xiaoni's age could not understand her painstaking efforts. She could only simply and rudely tell her that her uncle and aunt were bad people to prevent Xiaoni from getting close to Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.
But she never expected Xiao Ni to say it so bluntly.
Sun Lanjun was embarrassed: "Sister-in-law, don't mind it, children just like to talk nonsense."
"By the way, sister-in-law, I bought some bones and they are in the kitchen. You can make soup with them later. I originally wanted to buy some pork, but the price of pork has gone up in the past two days, and we don’t have much money, so I didn’t buy anything." Did you hear that? We are so poor, so please don’t come to our house to ask for money in the future.
"Sister-in-law, I'm a little tired after just coming back. I'll go back to the room and rest for a while. Call us when you've finished cooking."
After saying that, he pulled Xiao Ni and pushed the door open and went into the house.
Lin Xiangyi looked confused.
Apart from anything else, it’s just too natural for this sister-in-law to order people around.
But no matter whether Sun Lanjun asks her to do it or not, Lin Xiangyi has to cook tonight.
She did not go out to do business, nor did she work in the fields with Xie's father and mother. It was impossible for her to let Xie's father and mother go out to work, come back exhausted, and then cook for her.
She went to the kitchen.
Sun Lanjun really bought two bones. Nowadays, bones are shaved cleanly without much meat on them. In the eyes of people nowadays, meat is the best. Bones are meatless and heavy, so bones are much cheaper than meat.
Lin Xiangyi steamed the rice first, then went to the vegetable garden behind the house to pull out two white radishes and stewed them with the bones.
Then she took out the chicken that Xie Qingxiao had brought back in the morning - now every day Xie Qingxiao would bring back some meat when he went to get the goods, pork, chicken, duck, beef and so on, and he paid according to the market price without having to give a ticket.
Their family now has meat to eat almost every day.
Xie's father and mother felt that the current food was like a dream. It seemed luxurious but delicious at the same time. But they no longer said anything to Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.
The main reason is that this couple are both very opinionated. When they were not working before, they had no say in the matter. Now that they can support themselves with their own business, they probably will be even less likely to listen to them.
They didn't make trouble for themselves.
Lin Xiangyi took out some dried mushrooms and planned to make a chicken stew with mushrooms.
In the room, she was teaching Xiao Ni not to tell anyone what she had said to her, when she suddenly said, "Mom, it smells so good, what is this delicious food? I want to eat it!"
"What's so delicious about it? What delicious food can there be in this crappy countryside? Be good, and mom will buy you something delicious when we return to the city... Eh? It really smells good," Sun Lanjun finally smelled the tempting fragrance.
"That aunt is cooking," Xiao Ni leaned over to the crack of the door to see, then ran back and said to Sun Lanjun, "Mom, let's go out and take a look..."
"Wait a minute, don't worry," Sun Lanjun stopped her daughter. If she went out now, wouldn't she have to help with the housework? It was already very reluctant for her to come to this country, but she didn't want to help with the housework at all, it was dirty and tiring.
"She is probably cooking the bones we bought... Really, didn't I tell her to make soup with them?" Sun Lanjun muttered, somewhat unhappy that Lin Xiangyi didn't listen to her and took the bones she bought and cooked other things with them without her permission. However, they did smell delicious... So she wouldn't bother with her.
"It's probably not ready yet. She'll ask us to go out for dinner when she's done," Sun Lanjun comforted her daughter. "Don't worry, Xiaoni. We'll be able to eat when we go out."
At this time, Lin Xiangyi was busy in the kitchen, sweating profusely. The weather was too hot, especially the kitchen, which was as stuffy as a stove.
It was okay for her to cook lunch because Xie Qingxiao was at home and fanned her.
I'll have to buy an electric fan someday, Lin Xiangyi thought. She wiped the sweat off her face with a towel, and there was another sound outside the house, Xie's mother's voice -
"Xiangyi, are you making dinner?"
"Yes, mother," Lin Xiangyi replied loudly, covered the pot, and walked out.
"Hey, why are you sweating so much? Your hair is wet. Is it because it's too hot in the kitchen? Then you take a rest, and mother will cook," Xie's mother said hurriedly.
"No need, Mom, I've almost done it," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile.
"Why is there a bicycle here?" Xie's sharp-eyed father saw the bicycle under the eaves and asked in confusion.
"Oh, that's my sister-in-law's. She came back with Xiao Ni," Lin Xiangyi said.
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