She also tried calling her parents' workplaces, but probably because there were too many people using the phones there, she couldn't get through. So Wenxi gave up and decided to stop contacting her family for the time being. When she was able to take a vacation, she would go straight home and catch her older sister off guard.
Seeing Wenxi's mood suddenly drop, Lin Yihui asked worriedly, "Wenxi, how are you?"
Wenxi shook her head and continued processing the crayfish.
Many hands make light work, and several hundred kilograms of crayfish were processed in no time. However, Wenxi's fingers were stiff because she had removed a lot of the shrimp veins.
"Give me your hand," Lin Yihui suddenly said.
In this era, men in military uniforms are very trustworthy. Although Wen Xi was puzzled, she still extended her hand. Lin Yihui calmly took Wen Xi's hand and then helped her stretch her fingers. "How do you feel now?"
Wen Xi moved her fingers, and the stiffness from before was gone. She said happily, "Brother Lin, I'm all better now, thank you."
After Wen Xi, Shen Jiaojiao, and the other two left, Lin Yiwan pushed Lin Yihui aside and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, do you really not like Xiaoxi?"
"I really don't like it," Lin Yihui said seriously.
"Brother, what are you worried about?" You're even going to miss out on the person you like.
"I really didn't have any concerns. I just treated her like a little sister!" Lin Yihui emphasized.
"Then why don't you treat Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue like little sisters? Why do you treat Xiaoxi like a little sister? If you like someone, you should bravely pursue them and fight for them. Keeping them in your heart silently is meaningless."
It's rare to meet someone she can talk to, someone with a similar temperament, someone who suits her perfectly. She wishes they could become family.
"You're making such a good point. Have you been secretly dating someone behind our backs?" Lin Yihui's gaze towards Lin Yiwan turned serious.
Lin Yiwan immediately waved her hand, "No, absolutely not."
Although she liked Xia Minglei quite a bit before, she originally planned to wait until after the college entrance examination was reinstated and she got into university before dating Xia Minglei. Little did she expect that Xia Minglei would break up with his wife so early and fail her test!
"That would be best." Lin Yihui pointed at Lin Yiwan, "If you dare to date someone behind our backs, I'll break your legs."
Lin Yiwan laughed and said, "Big brother, if you don't like Xiaoxi, don't do anything that could cause misunderstandings, lest Xiaoxi falls for you and you can't give her a happy ending."
"I understand," Lin Yihui said calmly.
He even broke the leaves of the jujube tree at home for Wenxi's sake, and just now he helped her stretch her fingers. You can tell from his behavior that he likes Wenxi, but he tries his best to deny it. So is he just being ambiguous?
However, Lin Yiwan has already made things clear, so Lin Yihui will probably restrain himself in the future. If you don't like someone, don't do things that could cause misunderstandings, let others get caught up in it, and then just walk away. That's very irresponsible.
Back home, Wen Xi went straight to her room to pick out a birthday gift for Lin Yiwan. Something too expensive wasn't suitable for the moment, and something too cheap didn't do justice to their current friendship.
After much deliberation, Wenxi finally chose a summer outfit for Lin Yiwan: a military green outfit, the most popular style of the time, something everyone dreamed of owning.
After preparing the gifts, Wenxi went to the kitchen to cook. She made braised flounder, cold dishes, and fried chive and egg pancakes. To ensure everyone could have a bite, she made the portions very large, enough for each person to eat a few bites.
"Today is actually Lin Yiwan's birthday." While cooking, Wen Xi told Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue about this, so that they wouldn't feel embarrassed if they heard others wishing Lin Yiwan a happy birthday during dinner.
"Huh?" Shen Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, then immediately felt embarrassed. "Then let's not go out for dinner, shall we? We didn't prepare a birthday present for Lin Yiwan either."
She would never do something like freeloading.
"I've already made preparations. We can just give it to Lin Yiwan in the names of the three of us." The outfit itself is already quite expensive, so we can just say that the three of them jointly funded it.
As darkness fell, the three of them carried the dishes toward Lin Yiwan's house. On the bamboo bed in Lin Yiwan's yard, there were already bowls of bright red, fragrant, and brightly colored crayfish, which looked so appetizing that they made one's mouth water and whet one's appetite.
Wen Xi placed the three dishes she brought on the bamboo bed and went to Lin Yiwan's kitchen with Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue. Lin Yihui was sitting behind the stove lighting a fire, while Lin Yiwan and her mother were cooking crayfish. They had processed a lot of crayfish today, and it would take a long time to finish processing them all.
Seeing that Lin Yiwan and her mother were covered in sweat and their clothes were soaked, Wen Xi knew they had been working for a long time. She smiled apologetically and said, "Yiwan, Auntie, you've worked so hard. Go outside and get some fresh air. Let me cook the rest of the crayfish!"
"Okay, then I'll teach you how to cook crayfish, so you can cook crayfish yourself from now on." Lin Yiwan first pushed her mother out so that her mother could wash up and change her clothes, while she stood next to Wenxi and taught Wenxi how to cook crayfish.
There were so many crayfish that Lin Yiwan's family used both stoves. Since it was hot and everyone was taking baths in the sun, it didn't matter if the iron pot got oily, because they didn't need to use it to boil water for the time being. When they needed to use it to boil water, they could wash it more thoroughly and the oil would definitely come off.
Everyone took turns cooking, and it took another two hours to finish processing all the crayfish. After that, everyone sat down by the bamboo bed and started eating dinner.
It was already quite dark by then, but the bamboo bed was placed at the entrance of the main room, and the light from inside the room could shine on the bamboo bed, so the area where they ate was not very dark.
Although Lin Yiwan's aunt and uncle didn't come, all of her cousins did. Lin Yiwan is very happy; she has three older brothers and six other cousins. Those who work in the city all came back. Everyone took their holidays to celebrate Lin Yiwan's birthday, which shows how much they value her.
Of course, everyone is where they are today because of Lin Yiwan, so we should naturally value Lin Yiwan. We should be grateful for what we have and never forget the source of our blessings!
"Xiaoxi, Jiaojiao, Jiangyue, you guys should try the crayfish, it's really delicious. If you can't eat spicy food, then try the garlic flavor."
Lin Yiwan simply picked up a bright red crayfish with her bare hands, peeled the meat off the tail in front of them, and then sucked it into her mouth without even having to peel the whole tail off.
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