Chapter 478: Still the Same Dishes
Li Le nodded. His elder brother would be leaving tomorrow and he didn't know when they would meet again. He would always remember his elder brother's kindness in subsidizing the family over the years.
"Hey, where's Cheng Qiao? Why hasn't she come yet?"
Mother Li looked around and didn't see Cheng Qiao, so she looked at Li Le and asked. Li Le shook his head, she didn't know either. The second sister-in-law said she was going to pick someone up, but she didn't know who to pick up.
There was a sound at the door. Cheng Qiao came with Zhu Qingde, Shen Sanleng and Shen Ying. There were bear paws today. Last time, Shen Sanleng and Shen Ying didn’t get to eat them and they complained about her for a long time.
"Sit down, everyone sit down, smokers at one table, non-smokers at one table, and children at one table."
When Li Huan saw Cheng Qiao coming, he immediately made arrangements. Ye Jun and Cheng Liguo sat on the left of Qin Daqiang, while Uncle Niu, Yang Jun and others sat on the right.
Qin Guoqing and Xiao Troublemaker also sat down next to Li's mother with their wives, but neither Li Le nor the girl was willing to sit next to Jiang Meili, which made Jiang Meili a little angry.
"Second sister-in-law, come quickly, there is a place reserved for you here."
Li Le was sitting in a seat separated from Li's mother. Seeing Cheng Qiao waving vigorously, Li's mother also stood up and asked Cheng Qiao to sit over. Cheng Qiao nodded, pointed at the children, and indicated that they should settle the children first.
"Cheng Li, since Xuhui is not here, you are the eldest brother among the children and you have to take care of your younger brothers and sisters."
When Li Cheng saw Li Ming, he ran away from Jiang Meili and came to Li Ming. Li Ming sighed helplessly, wondering why this little brother was so clingy.
"I'll sit here with the kids."
Whenever Shouhou saw Qin Daqiang, he always felt an indescribable tremor in his heart. He just wanted to have a good meal and didn't want to be frightened. Li Huan accompanied Shouhou and pulled the driver to sit down together.
"Oh, Dad is having dinner with me. The big hero is having dinner with the little hero."
When Li Cheng saw Li Bing, he no longer stuck to Li Ming. He ran to Li Bing and climbed directly on him. Li Bing looked at his son in surprise and asked, "Who told you there are big heroes and small heroes?"
Li Cheng pointed at Li Huan and answered the question seriously. It was his second uncle who said that his father was a big hero and he would be a little hero in the future. The big hero would definitely accompany the little hero for dinner. What his second uncle said was so accurate.
Li Bing looked at Li Huan, his Adam's apple shaking up and down. This was his younger brother. With such a younger brother and sister-in-law, Li Bing no longer felt wronged.
Seeing that Li Huan, Li Bing and the skinny guy were sitting with the children, Cheng Qiao sat down next to Li's mother. Li's mother quickly leaned towards Cheng Qiao. She felt at ease with Cheng Qiao around.
"Commander Qin, please say a few words."
Shen Sanleng looked at Qin Daqiang with a smile. Since Cheng Qiao came to Liangzhou, not only a medical school and a military hospital were established, but now there will be a family farm soon, which will solve their big problem of having difficulty getting meat.
"Come on, today we have two happy events to announce. First, congratulations on the opening of a new store here. It will be more convenient for everyone to buy cigarettes, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc."
Everyone applauded. This was really good news. They all saw a big truck loaded with goods driving over. The business would open tomorrow and they were all ready to show their support.
"The second thing is that I want to congratulate my son and daughter-in-law. They are going to be promoted and become parents. I also want to congratulate myself on becoming a grandfather."
"This is really good news. The Qin family has a successor. Come on, come on, let's celebrate. Fill your cups and drink three times in a row. Both father and son should drink."
Everyone nodded and the applause became even louder. Everyone stared at Qin Guoqing and Qin Daqiang, their eyes telling them to be more self-conscious, and they poured themselves three glasses of wine.
Qin Guoqing stood up, walked to Qin Daqiang, took six small wine cups, filled them all up, and then he and Qin Daqiang drank each cup, one at a time.
"Well... you are worthy of being a soldier, you drink well, Guoqing, you are so brave, you will definitely give birth to a son."
"Thank you Uncle Niu for your kind words. I will send you cigarettes when you give birth to a son."
"Really? I want a Pegasus cigarette."
"In a word, it will definitely be delivered."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. Uncle Niu is in high spirits now because of good things happening to him. His son has recognized him as his father and is learning a craft from him. His granddaughter is also very attached to him. It's a pity that he doesn't have grandchildren, but he will have them soon.
Boss Deng came out holding a large plate, which contained his specialty, "Steamed Bear Paw". When Qin Daqiang saw the plate, his eyes lit up, and he stood up and asked everyone to start eating.
As soon as the three pots of steamed bear paws were placed on the table, no one spoke and all their chopsticks were stretched towards the plates. Li Cheng quickly looked up and saw Han Tong sitting with her mother, and he finally felt relieved.
Han Tong keenly felt that someone was looking at him. He knew who it was without turning around. "Little brat, I must catch a living blind bear and scare you to death."
Jiang Meili felt a little sad. When Qin Daqiang announced the good news just now, she knew that Lele was pregnant. She quickly glanced at Li's mother and Cheng Qiao, and seeing that they were very calm, she knew that she was the only one who didn't know the good news.
She is Lele's sister-in-law, but she also treats her like an outsider. She just received this good news. What does this mean? They don't treat her as their own.
Li Bing had no idea what Jiang Meili was thinking. He had originally wanted to tell Jiang Meili the good news when he returned home in the evening, but there were so many things to do that he actually forgot about it.
But there are so many people here and they are sitting separately, so it’s impossible to go over and explain. Let’s talk about it after we finish eating. I believe Meili won’t think too much about it.
When Cheng Qiao saw the steamed bear paw coming, she quickly picked up a piece and put it into Li's mother's bowl.
"Mom, eat quickly. This won't taste good if it gets cold."
Mother Li picked up the chopsticks and started eating. The bear paw was delicious, but it seemed a little greasy. She had been eating light food recently and was not used to the heavy taste all of a sudden.
"Mom, this piece is big. I'll pick it up for you."
Jiang Meili also followed Cheng Qiao's example and picked up a piece of bear paw for Li's mother, but Li's mother couldn't eat it anymore, so she put the bear paw into Jiang Meili's bowl and let her eat it herself.
Jiang Meili's face really didn't look good. They were both daughters-in-law, so why did she eat the second wife's instead of the first wife's? Cheng Qiao saw that something was wrong and quickly explained:
"Sister-in-law, my mother's spleen and stomach are weak now. One piece is already her limit. I didn't let her eat it. Why don't you give me that piece? I'm really greedy."
It was only then that Jiang Meili realized that she had misunderstood her mother-in-law. With an embarrassed look on her face, she quickly picked up the bear paw in the bowl and gave it to Cheng Qiao, thanking her sister-in-law for helping her out again.
It was only then that Mother Li realized that her unintentional action had hurt Meili's heart. She wanted to explain something, but Cheng Qiao had already said everything she wanted to say, so there was nothing else for her to say.
She could only point to a plate of rabbit meat a little further away from her and say that she wanted to eat that. Jiang Meili quickly stood up with a smile and picked up a piece of rabbit meat for Li's mother.
Li Le was sitting opposite and saw it all clearly. There was obvious disdain in his eyes towards Jiang Meili. "If your mother hadn't stabbed my mother, my mother would have been able to eat a few more pieces."
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