In addition to the old lady's laughter, she seemed to hear Lin Xiaoxi's voice.
Could it be that Lin Xiaoxi came to visit?
Just as Ning Jia was thinking about it, the door to the north room opened and his third sister-in-law Liang Lanlan came out with a smile on her face and a small bag of White Rabbit milk candy in her hand.
Seeing Ning Jia standing in the yard, he subconsciously put his hands behind his back and asked, "Is your sister-in-law back?"
No matter how quickly she hid it, Ning Jia could clearly see what was in her hand.
Tsk tsk.
What a pity.
Ning Jia thought, if only Li Yao were here, he should see how devoted he was to this big family. On the other hand, others would hide their possessions and eat secretly behind closed doors.
"Sister-in-law, what's going on in this room?"
Liang Lanlan: "Old Seventh Brother and his wife are here, making a fuss in the old lady's room."
"Oh." Ning Jia nodded, turned around and went back to his room.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard Old Lady Xu shouting at her, "My dear wife, it's almost noon, you should prepare lunch. The Seventh and his wife are coming today, make something delicious to entertain the guests."
"Sure!" Ning Jia readily agreed, "Wait for me to change my clothes and then I'll come."
She took out a set of clean clothes from the closet and changed into them. She also prepared some clothes for Li Yao and folded them on the head of the kang.
When she entered the north room, she found that the fourth son's wife, Xuejiao, was also there.
She sat on the kang with her bulging belly, holding Lin Xiaoxi's hand and talking affectionately.
Old Mrs. Xu sat beside the shabby old eight-immortal table, looking at the gifts Lin Xiaoxi brought her, her old face smiling like a chrysanthemum.
Ning Jia took a quick look and saw malted milk, pastries, canned hawthorns, and a bag of glutinous rice sticks.
No wonder the old lady was so happy that her eyes disappeared.
The White Rabbit candy that Liang Lanlan was holding just now should have been given by Lin Xiaoxi. Looking at the side of Xuejiao, there was also a bag of candy.
Ning Jia remembered that the original text wrote that Lin Xiaoxi prepared gifts for all the other sisters-in-law except for her and An Ye, and everyone liked her very much.
It seems that the plot is what is happening right in front of us.
Seeing her eyes wandering over the food, Old Lady Xu hurriedly picked it up and went into the inner room, wanting to lock it up quickly.
He was afraid that if he was a step late, Ning Jia would snatch it away.
Lin Xiaoxi also saw it and stood up from the kang: "Sister-in-law Ning Jia is back! It's raining today and Auntie said she would prepare dinner and invite me to her house. It just so happened that my parents sent some things from the capital, so I gave some to the sisters-in-law. It's a pity that there aren't many things, and they were gone by the time they got to Sister-in-law An Ye and Sister-in-law Ning Jia."
Ning Jia chuckled twice: "That's quite a coincidence."
Lin Xiaoxi smiled: "The eldest sister-in-law, the third sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law are all parents with children, so I gave them some candies to coax the children. Sister-in-law Ning Jia won't mind, right?"
Ning Jia: "I don't mind."
"I thought that Sister-in-law Ning Jia couldn't snatch food from the children." Lin Xiaoxi smiled, and her soft tongue pricked her.
The smile in her eyes clearly meant to say to Ning Jia, let's see what you can do to me?
Ning Jia was not annoyed or angry, but instead had a warm face: "I don't mind at all. No wonder mom has you in her heart and thinks about you everywhere. She saved up eggs and secretly gave them to you, because you are sensible and likable! I have to learn from you in this regard!"
When talking about eggs, Lin Xiaoxi couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.
Those two eggs brought her so much embarrassment that she still remembers it vividly.
"Sister-in-law Ning Jia is joking."
"No!" Ning Jia immediately looked serious. She pretended to be enthusiastic and took Lin Xiaoxi's hand, then turned to Xuejiao, "Not only does our mother like Lin Zhiqing, but even our old seventh son likes him. He is such a stingy person, yet he is willing to buy peach cakes for Lin Zhiqing to eat."
Speaking of peach pastry, Lin Xiaoxi's face became even uglier.
"Peach cakes!" When Xuejiao heard these two words, her expression suddenly changed, "When will Old Seven buy some peach cakes?"
In the past two days, the fourth brother Li Heng has been working with the seventh brother, and he has no time to go out shopping during the day.
There is no supply and marketing center in Laohuaishu Village. If you want to buy things, you have to go to a town more than ten miles away.
Lao Qi works during the day, where does he find the time to go shopping?
Unless it was the box of peach cakes she brought from her mother’s home… Could it be that the old lady gave the peach cakes to the seventh child without their knowledge?
When Old Lady Xu heard Ning Jia mention the peach cake, she was startled and hurried out of the house and stuffed four eggs into her hand: "Grandma's wife, make something delicious for lunch today and fry a few more eggs."
Ning Jia saw the white eggs in her hand and agreed readily: "Okay, listen to mom, I'll make delicious food for lunch today."
"There's a fish in the kitchen. Stew it for lunch and add some pancakes. I'll give you another pound of meat ticket worth 80 cents. When your husband comes back, go to the supply and marketing office and buy a pound of meat to stir-fry."
"No problem." Ning Jia happily took all the things and said to Xuejiao with a smile, "Sister-in-law, we are so lucky. We are all blessed by following Lin Zhiqing. The old lady has spent a lot of money today."
She deliberately emphasized the words "took away all the money from Lin Zhiqing" and "invested a huge amount of money".
Seeing that Xuejiao's smile gradually became stiff and disappeared, he turned around, took his things and went out, leaving her sitting on the kang to think about it slowly.
As soon as she went out, she bumped into An Ye and Li Xu coming back. Ning Jia shouted into the house: "Mom, my sister-in-law is back. I can't cook alone, right?"
"You are really a fool! Okay, old wife, you and your grandma's wife go to the kitchen to cook together!" shouted Old Mrs. Xu.
An Ye yelled angrily: "Ning Jia, you just can't stand seeing me doing well, right? You'll be exhausted cooking for yourself!"
"Why should I cook alone? If you don't do it, I have to rest too."
"Stop arguing." Old Mrs. Xu was annoyed by the two of them quarreling. "If I don't cook it, you can't eat it! You are not allowed to touch the fish or meat at all!"
When An Ye heard that there was meat involved, he immediately agreed: "Let's do it, it's just a meal! I'll go with you!"
"We have so many delicious dishes today thanks to Mr. Lin." Ning Jia turned around and asked Mrs. Xu with a smile, "What kind of food does Mr. Lin like? Let's follow Mr. Lin's taste for lunch today."
"Okay, okay, let's do as she says." Old Mrs. Xu agreed without hesitation. She specifically asked Lin Xiaoxi, "What flavor do you like?"
Lin Xiaoxi said: "Spicy food, I like spicy food."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Ning Jia and An Ye went into the kitchen, one lit the fire and the other cooked.
Li Yao returned home, changed into clean clothes and went to the kitchen.
"Go to the supply and marketing department and buy a pound of meat." Ning Jia wiped the vegetable washing water on her hands and fished out the meat coupons and money from her apron. "Lin Zhiqing is here. Mom said that we should cook a good meal to entertain the guests at noon today."
Li Yao frowned slightly, but still responded in a deep voice: "Okay, I understand."
As soon as he left, Ning Jia closed the kitchen door.
"We have to treat Lin Zhiqing well today." An Ye rubbed his fists, ready to show his skills.
Ning Jia reached out and picked a bunch of chili peppers from the wall, and slapped them on the chopping board: "Let's start from here!"
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