Chapter 153: This is not the right time to be caring
The weather was still cold and there were many people, so eating hot pot was very delicious.
Jiang Mingyue bought spare ribs, beef, a two-pound sea bass, two pounds of shrimp, and some vegetables.
Gu Dongqing held them all in his hands.
She just had to pay for it.
After buying some vegetables and coriander, she walked to the tofu stall and bought two pieces of tofu.
"Is that about it?"
Jiang Mingyue looked at the dish in Gu Dongqing's hand, thinking that she could just kill a chicken when she got home.
After they moved to the city, in order to make the old lady and the old man feel more comfortable, they built a wooden cage in the backyard and fed seven or eight chickens in it.
We killed two of them during the Chinese New Year, and now there are five left, all big chickens that can be killed and eaten at any time.
Kill it at home and use it to cook hot pot.
Gu Dongqing nodded and said, "My wife has the final say."
“…”
This man really doesn't give any advice at all!
She curled her lips and looked towards the vegetable market. After a round she didn't find anything special, so she just left it at that for now.
Carrying the vegetables to the outside of the vegetable market and placing them in the box at the back of the motorcycle, Jiang Mingyue sat down in the compartment on the right.
Gu Dongqing was on the left side, responsible for riding.
Today's motorcycles are still the three-wheeled type, which is a two-wheeled motorcycle with a small cabin on the right side that can seat three people, and can also easily squeeze in four people.
It was no longer raining when I came out of the vegetable market, so I didn't need to hold an umbrella, just wear a hat.
Gu Dongqing started the car and arrived at his home on Wutong Street in about five minutes.
Both the Feng family and the Pei family were quiet, and their home was also quiet. I wonder if everyone was taking a nap?
Jiang Mingyue opened the door and Gu Dongqing drove the car into the yard.
"Go tell your elder brother and the others to come over for dinner."
"Well..." Gu Dongqing helped her carry the dishes and said in a low voice, "Wife, you can eat later. Big brother and the others may not get up so soon."
“…”
These were the most serious words, but when Gu Dongqing said them, he made faces.
This made it impossible for Jiang Mingyue to think seriously.
"Come into the house quickly. I'll boil some water while you kill the chicken."
"Yeah, okay!"
Gu Dongqing entered the house carrying the dishes. Jiang Mingyue changed her clothes and went to the kitchen to boil water.
Not long after, everyone in the house who was taking a nap woke up. Seeing that Gu Dongqing had already killed the chicken, the old lady came over with a smile to help wash the vegetables.
"Grandma, your favorite TV show has started, why don't you come and watch it?" Jiang Manyue called the old lady in the living room.
The old lady paused when she heard this.
Jiang Mingyue smiled and said, "Grandma, go watch TV. There are so many people at home. You don't have to work with me."
"That's fine, your milk and your grandfather are waiting to eat."
The old lady came out of the kitchen with a smile, taking with her two little great-grandchildren who were babbling and waving their hands as they walked towards the kitchen.
"Wife, do you think this size is okay?"
Gu Dongqing was already chopping the chicken.
After cutting a piece, he asked Jiang Mingyue if it was the right size. Jiang Mingyue tilted her head to take a look and it was the right size.
Signal him to continue.
Jiang Xinyue also came over at this time, took the vegetables from her hands, and took them to the faucet in the backyard to wash.
Jiang Mingyue washed the ginger and asked Gu Dongqing to cut it into slices. She heated up the oil in a pot and poured the chopped chicken into the pot and stir-fried it.
Although it is a hot pot, because there are elderly and children at home, it is better to cook the meat and vegetables softer.
She stir-fried the chicken in the pot for a while until it became fragrant, then added boiling water to cook it.
Wash another pot clean, add water to the pot to blanch the ribs, then put them in the casserole and start stewing.
After an hour, the ribs that had been stewed over high heat had become soft and rotten.
Jiang Mingyue asked Gu Dongqing to go next door and invite people to come for dinner.
Gu Dongqing nodded and asked Yaya and Manyue to go call Feng Yujun and the others, while he went to call Pei Che.
They went to call people, and Jiang Mingyue and her sister, together with their grandmother, placed all the dishes on the large round table in the restaurant.
Because there were many people in the family, Gu Dongqing specially made a large mahogany round table when he ordered the furniture.
In the middle of the table were two steaming copper hot pots, one filled with chicken soup and the other with pork ribs.
The charcoal was burning brightly underneath, and the soup in the pot was boiling, emitting steam and bursts of fragrance.
Pei Che followed Gu Dongqing into the house. The first thing he did when he entered the door was to call people, calling them Grandpa, Grandma, and Second Sister in a very sweet voice.
Seeing Jiang Xinyue getting her meal, he immediately went over to take over.
"Xinyue, I'll come."
Jiang Xinyue was not polite at all and gave the rice spoon to Pei Che.
She was used to watching her brother-in-law work at home, and didn't think there was anything wrong with a man working.
After the meal was ready, Feng Yujun and his friends came over.
Because of Gu Dongqing's inappropriate words in the afternoon, Jiang Mingyue subconsciously looked at her elder sister.
Although she quickly looked away, Jiang Meiyue still felt embarrassed.
She raised her hand to tuck the hair by her ears and tried to walk over quickly to help with the work, but the moment she took a step, her leg obviously twisted.
Feng Yujun held her in place.
"Be careful and go slower."
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Yaya, the caring little girl, hurried forward and asked.
But this time, she was actually not that considerate, and was even better.
Jiang Meiyue felt as if she was trying to hide something, so she stood there with a slightly blushing face, looking down at the innocent-looking girl in front of her who was looking up.
She smiled awkwardly and patted her daughter's head. "Mom is fine."
"Is mommy hungry? Yaya can't walk when she's hungry."
“…”
Jiang Meiyue didn't know how to answer her daughter.
Feng Yujun held her hand and squeezed it, then said to Yaya with a smile, "Our Yaya is really smart."
Being praised by her father, Yaya smiled like a flower.
Seeing this, Jiang Mingyue, who was standing by, interrupted and asked the older brother and sister to sit down and eat.
Young and old sat down next to each other and started eating.
Grandpa and grandma were given a soft-cooked chicken leg each, while Mumu and Duoduo each had a chicken wing.
As for Yaya and Manyue, they ate the wings and legs.
The temperature dropped in the evening and it was a bit cold outside because of the wind, but we were eating hot pot around the table inside. The TV in the living room not far away was still on, and the news broadcast was playing.
Laughter rang out from time to time at the dinner table.
The old couple looked at the people at the table and felt very comfortable.
If Meiyue and Yujun had another child, and Xinyue got admitted to university and married Pei Che, then they would really have nothing to worry about.
Some people may ask, what about Jiang Manyue? She is only ten years old now, don’t the old couple worry about her future?
In fact, grandpa and grandma are really not worried.
Because Man Yue has three older sisters and three very reliable brothers-in-law.
They believed that Jiang Mingyue and the others would take good care of their little sister Manyue.
Just when the old couple thought that it would be okay for them to meet their eldest son and daughter-in-law now, Duoduo's childish voice was heard beside them.
"Tai, Tai, drink, drink."