Ning Xiyue was wrapping dumplings in her hands. She moved closer to Shen Qingxia and asked curiously, "What secret is it? Can you tell me now?"
"Let's make dumplings first. I'll tell you slowly after dinner."
Shen Qingxia looked up and gave Ning Xiyue a mysterious smile, shaking the dumplings in her hand, but kept it a secret for the time being as she still needed to tell this secret in conjunction with other things.
"Aunt Chen is teasing me." Ning Xiyue sat up straight again and smiled cheerfully, not minding it. "Okay, let's make dumplings first. I'm waiting for Aunt Chen to tell me the secret."
Ning Xiyue quickened her pace in making dumplings. In fact, she was only a little curious about this secret, but not much. When chatting with elders, of course she had to follow their words. She acted very eager and urged her second brother beside her.
"Brother, write faster and roll out some more dumpling wrappers. We don't have enough."
"Okay, I'll be right there." Ning Qingyuan filled out the form in his hand with a pen, washed his hands and continued to roll out the dough to make dumplings.
With Ning Qingyuan joining in the rolling of the dough, Ning Xiyue and Shen Qingxia only needed to make dumplings. Xiaohe also learned from the adults and made them quite well.
Ning Xiyue and her brother completely relaxed after finishing their work. The three adults and one child made dumplings and chatted together, and the yard was filled with laughter.
Considering that her two children had to go back to the countryside, Shen Qingxia started cooking dinner after making dumplings, and the meal was ready at 4:30 in the afternoon.
Ning Xiyue and her brother originally wanted to leave, but they could not refuse the kind invitation of their elders, so they had to continue to sit down and help with the fire, and get a free meal.
When dinner was ready, the little boy who was first seen at the door went out with a spinning top and came back with a toy iron ring. He rolled the iron ring as he walked and opened the door and came in, shouting:
"Mom, I'm back. Is dinner ready? Let me help light the fire."
"Hey, it smells so good! Are the dumplings cooked? Why do I smell bacon?"
The little boy sniffed the air, threw away the iron ring in his hand, threw the iron hook to the ground with a clang, and ran into the house with a happy smile on his face.
"Yeah, I'm back just in time. Delicious dumplings and bacon, here I come."
"Brother, you're back," Xiaohe, who was standing next to Ning Xiyue, ran towards her brother happily.
Shen Qingxia was putting a few pieces of chopped bacon into the lunch box when she saw her son running towards her in a hurry. She pressed her hand on his forehead to make him stop.
"Why are you running so fast? You're so reckless." Shen Qingxia scolded him, then released her hand, took out a net bag and stuffed it into her son's hand. She pointed to the packed lunch box beside her and said:
"You've indeed returned at the perfect time. Here, your father's dinner is ready. Hurry and send it to him."
The boy stood on tiptoe and looked at the plate of bacon on the stove and swallowed his saliva. His eyes moved to the steamer of dumplings next to him. His lips moved slightly. He pulled the net bag in his hand, looked at the lunch box on the table, and then looked at his mother.
Finally, he made up his mind to look away and quickly put the lunch box on the table into the net bag in his hand, saying, "You have to wait for me to come back to eat, or save some meat and dumplings for me."
"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back for dinner, don't worry."
Seeing that her son couldn't wait to run away, Shen Qingxia grabbed his arm and turned his body to face Ning Xiyue and his sister who were standing in the kitchen.
"Say hello before you leave. This is your sister Xiyue and brother Qingyuan. Call someone."
"Hello Sister Xiyue, hello Brother Qingyuan, I'm Li Xiaodong, I'm twelve years old, you can call me Xiaodong."
Li Xiaodong patted his chest and called out without hesitation. After calling out, he looked at the two of them curiously, with a hint of envy in his eyes. These two brothers and sisters were really tall.
"Hello Xiaodong." Ning Xiyue and Ning Qingyuan greeted in unison.
After saying hello, Shen Qingxia ruthlessly let go of her son: "Okay, you can go now. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."
"Okay, you must wait for me to eat." Li Xiaodong came back to his senses and rushed out with the lunch box in his hand: "Sister Xiyue, Brother Qingyuan, I'm leaving first. I want to ask you something when I come back."
Before the last word was uttered, the man had already rushed to the gate of the courtyard.
"This child is always in a hurry. I'm sorry to embarrass you." Shen Qingxia smiled embarrassedly.
"What's the big deal? Children should be lively." Ning Xiyue shook her head and didn't mind. It was obvious that the child was a community expert and not afraid of strangers at all.
"It's just that he has too much energy. It makes me mad every day."
Although Shen Qingxia was complaining, she was still very proud of her two children. She never took her eyes off them when she talked about them, and she quickly poured the last dish into the pot and stir-fried it.
Li Xiaodong had just been out for a while, and before the dishes were even cooked, he came back and shouted at the door: "Mom, I'm back, can we have dinner now?"
"Hey, didn't we ask him to deliver the meal? How come he's back so soon? It hasn't even been five minutes." Shen Qingxia scooped up the scrambled eggs and celery in the pot with a spatula: "Xiyue, Qingyuan, stop lighting the fire. Let's go, wash our hands and eat."
"good."
Shen Qingxia took a basin of warm water from the tin pot at the back to wash her hands, and called out, "Li Xiaodong, has your meal been delivered? Come in and wash your hands and eat."
Li Xiaodong skipped into the kitchen carrying his lunch box. He put it down and saw his older brother and sister washing their hands with his younger sister. He rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands, his face full of smiles.
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