But everyone else said that if she couldn't come up with anything else good, they wouldn't take her out to eat today.
Although Meng Zhenzhen was very resentful, there was nothing she could do; she really didn't have anything good to offer.
In the end, in order to be able to have this meal, she took out 2 yuan.
"I can come up with two yuan, is that enough? If not, I'll just eat cornbread myself."
After discussing it with the others, Zhang Hongmei agreed, saying that although there was nothing of value, money would suffice.
Meng Zhenzhen finally got to eat the dumplings.
The people at the educated youth settlement made dumplings; they didn't have as many things as the Huo family, so they could cook several dishes.
They were content to be able to eat dumplings.
Lin Mengmeng and Zhang Qiang also made dumplings, but both of them came from well-off families, especially Zhang Qiang, who was not short of money.
The two of them had dumplings, braised pork, braised fish, stir-fried potatoes with meat, and a hot and sour cabbage dish.
One plate of dumplings and four dishes per person.
The two of them ate to their hearts' content.
Let's look at Liu Zhijun and Hu Haiquan.
The food they made was similar to what Lin Mengmeng and Zhang Qiang made; they were imitating Lin Mengmeng and Zhang Qiang in this way.
Since neither of them was good at cooking, they just copied whatever Lin Mengmeng did.
Although it doesn't taste as good as others', it at least has meat, vegetables, and dumplings.
This year's New Year was pretty good!
Yun Ningyan ate the most today. This is her first New Year here. Huo Junshan told her to eat more because there would only be dumplings for dinner.
And there are night watchmen.
I was afraid she would go hungry.
She ate too much at lunch, so by evening she only ate a few dumplings; she really didn't want to eat anymore.
My stomach feels uncomfortable after eating too much.
After Li Xiangyun tidied up the kitchen, the Huo family sat together and chatted. Even Huo Changlan and her daughter didn't cause any trouble.
Li Xiangyun brewed Yun Ningyan a cup of chrysanthemum tea, which contained chrysanthemum, hawthorn, and rock sugar. It was sweet and sour and tasted very good.
The whole family sat in the main room, talking and drinking tea.
Little Tiger and Big Girl were also very happy, as they would have meat to eat during the Chinese New Year.
Li Xiangyun went inside, wrapped up several red envelopes, and prepared them for use the next day.
Li Xiangyun came out of the house and instructed her sons, "Tomorrow you all go and visit your uncle's house. It doesn't matter if you bring anything or not, just go and take a look!"
Huo Changgen chimed in, "That's right, the point of the New Year is to be happy and visit the elders to pay our respects."
The group nodded.
Sitting there like this was too boring, so Yun Ningyan took out two decks of cards.
Huo Jianshe and Huo Jianjun were both very excited; this was their first time playing this game!
Huo Junshan said, "Let's play Upgrade!"
He made a direct decision: "If you don't know how to build, then we won't play. There are four of us, you watch, and you can play again after we go back."
Huo Jianguo and Huo Jiandang had only met before, but had never played the game, so Huo Junshan explained the rules to them.
Then the group started fighting.
Everyone found it fascinating, and no one went back to sleep.
They just played for fun, without gambling, and besides, they could only play at home.
Huo Junshan led a few people in a few rounds of play, and Huo Jianshe felt itchy to join in.
He kept waiting for his third brother to come back, asking several times along the way, "Third brother, when are you coming back?"
Huo Junshan: "I'll be back in a bit."
Huo Jianshe: "Third Brother, you should go back quickly, let me try too."
Huo Junshan: "Don't rush, we'll be leaving soon."
Huo Jianshe asked several times, but Huo Junshan just wouldn't get up.
Huo Changgen, who was standing nearby, was also looking at Huo Junshan. He wanted to play too, so he couldn't help but say, "Third brother, you should take Ningning back quickly. Look how sleepy Ningning is!"
Yun Ningyan waved her hands repeatedly: "I'm not sleepy, I'm very energetic. I have to stay up late tonight, so I can't go to bed so early."
Li Xiangyun watched the group play cards with a smile.
Huo Changlan and her two daughters also wanted to play, but they had never played before and didn't know how.
Huo Changlan chuckled and said, "Ningning, do you have any more? Let a few of us try too?"
Yun Ningyan shook her head: "That's all. These are the only two sets. I had someone else buy them for me."
She has plenty of this stuff in her storage space, so why should she let these mothers and daughters play with it?
Fearing further trouble, Li Xiangyun said, "These things are very precious now. It would be amazing to get even two sets, let alone so many."
Huo Changlan nodded and said nothing more.
Huo Junshan played a few rounds, and Huo Jianshe was getting extremely anxious.
But if his third brother doesn't come down, he can't go up either.
Huo Changgen simply sent Huo Jianjun away and played with his sons.
Li Xianglan pouted at him: "Shameless old man!"
Huo Junshan finally stopped playing and instructed Huo Jianshe, "Put the cards away after you're done. It wasn't easy to get these two decks of cards, so don't break them."
Huo Jianshe patted his chest and assured him, "Third Brother, don't worry, there won't be a single one missing! Don't worry!"
Huo Junshan got up and took Yun Ningyan back.
As soon as the two entered the yard, Big Black started barking wildly.
Yun Ningyan exclaimed in surprise, "Huo Junshan, we forgot to feed Dahei! It's probably starving!"
Huo Junshan patted Dahei's head: "Wait, I'll make you something delicious."
Big Black barked twice, and Huo Junshan walked to his rice bowl, reaching down with his large hand. Roast chicken, roast duck, and fruit rained down.
Big Black had already gotten used to it.
He had been hungry all day and thought his master had forgotten about him.
As soon as it got food, it wagged its tail and started eating.
Yun Ningyan instructed, "Huo Junshan, the first thing you must do when you get up is to make sure Dahei is well-fed, otherwise how will people guard the door for you?"
Huo Junshan: "I won't forget it in the future."
The two returned to the house, and Yun Ningyan turned around and went into her private space to wash up.
After the two washed up, Huo Junshan pulled the other person into his arms and lay them down on the kang (a heated brick bed).
He muttered to himself, "Yanyan, I'm so happy to have met you! I never thought that a country bumpkin like me could marry such a wonderful wife!"
Yun Ningyan: "Then you'd better treat me well in the future, or I won't want you!"
"Don't worry, I won't give you that chance."
Huo Junshan rolled over, pinning her beneath him, and lowered his head to kiss her lips, sucking hard on them a few times.
Yun Ningyan Yingning let out a sound.
Huo Junshan then bit her earlobe, and Yun Ningyan began to tremble all over.
Having been together for so long, Huo Junshan knew exactly where her body was most sensitive.
The two of them didn't fall asleep until late at night, and Yun Ningyan was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open.
She was completely unaware when Huo Junshan carried her to take a bath.
This also caused her to get up very late.
After she got up, Huo Junshan was in the house. He had just come back from the front, and his brothers had already gone to wander around the village.
Only the two of them hadn't gone yet. He had been waiting in the house for Yanyan to wake up. He had worked very hard last night, and he really couldn't bear to wake her.
Seeing him sitting so calmly beside her, Yun Ningyan was so angry that she threw a pillow at him.
"Huo Junshan! Look at all these marks on my body, how can I go out and face people?"
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