"Sister-in-law, which vegetables are unwashed?" Gong Xiaoyun asked as she looked at the baskets placed next to the sink.
"It's all washed, Xiaoyun, what's wrong with your face?" Su Jinyue asked. As soon as she saw Gong Xiaoyun, she noticed the bruises on her face. That's why she pulled her in to ask about it. As for the vegetables, she only needed to use a few water-clearing techniques to clean them, which was much cleaner than washing them by hand.
"Huh?" Gong Xiaoyun looked at Su Jinyue in surprise. She had looked in the mirror when she came here, and the bruises on her face weren't very obvious unless you looked closely. She hadn't expected Su Jinyue to notice them.
"I bumped into him." Gong Xiaoyun lowered her head and said. She was touched by Su Jinyue's concern for her.
Su Jinyue sighed in her heart, "Since you call me sister-in-law, tell me if you have any grievances in the future." It was obviously a slap mark, but since Gong Xiaoyun was unwilling to tell her, she didn't ask.
Gong Xiaoyun sniffed, raised her head and forced a smile to look at Su Jinyue, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Su Jinyue shook her head and smiled, "Help me put the dishes on the plates."
"Okay!" Gong Xiaoyun nodded, walked to the cupboard, took out a stack of plates, and put the washed vegetables into the plates with Su Jinyue.
As the lights came on, everyone sat around the table and started eating hot pot.
"This way of eating is really fresh. It's the first time I've seen it." Wang Meizhen imitated Su Jinyue and picked up some vegetables and put them into the pot.
"It's warm and simple to eat this way," Xu Tiansheng said with a smile. This was also his first time eating hot pot.
"This is how people in Sichuan eat. They like spicy food, so they always put a lot of chili peppers in their hot pot. The spicier the better. I was afraid that you can't get used to spicy food, so I made white soup as the base. This can of chili sauce is the one I made. You can try it when you eat it." Su Jinyue pointed to a can of seasoning on the table.
"Then I have to try it." Zhan Yilin reached out and dipped some hot sauce with his chopsticks into his mouth. Immediately, his face wrinkled and he started coughing. "Cough cough cough... It's so spicy!"
Su Jinyue couldn't help laughing. "That's not how you eat hot sauce. You have to dip it in vegetables." She reached out and picked up the spoon from the hot sauce, scooped a little into her bowl, mixed it with the sauce in the bowl, picked up a cooked vegetable, dipped it in the sauce, and put it in her mouth. "That way it won't feel spicy."
Zhan Yilin took a few gulps of soda before he felt better. "Sister-in-law, why didn't you tell me earlier? It's so spicy that it's killing me."
"Who can you blame for your stupidity?" Zhan Yifeng reached out and scooped some hot sauce into his bowl.
"You are the only one who is smart, huh!" Zhan Yilin rolled his eyes at Zhan Yifeng.
"It does taste better this way." Wang Meizhen tried Su Jinyue's method.
"Jinyue, where did you buy this set of cookware? I don't see them sold at the supply and marketing cooperative?" Zhan Yifeng asked. While he was grocery shopping today, he and his eldest brother went to the supply and marketing cooperative to order some wedding candy and bags to hold it in. His parents were already planning his and Xiaoyun's wedding, and wedding candy and bags were definitely essential.
"I custom-made this." When she and her elder brother were in Beijing, they both liked to eat hot pot, so they specially ordered two sets of hot pot utensils.
"No wonder I haven't seen it before. Sister-in-law, I have good news for you. Xiaoyun and I are planning to get married on the sixth day of the first lunar month." Zhan Yifeng couldn't help but feel happy when he thought about it. They discussed it during lunch and decided on a date.
"Congratulations!" Su Jinyue smiled and congratulated. She had a few doubts in her heart. She remembered that in her previous life, Zhan Yifeng didn't get married until three years later, and the person he married wasn't Gong Xiaoyun. She was out of town at the time, and because her master had passed away and she had no family here, she hadn't returned.
"I originally wanted to do it later, but since you and Yihan wouldn't be back in Beijing by then, we decided to do it on that day," Wang Meizhen said with a smile. The sooner Yifeng got married, the sooner she could have her grandchildren.
Su Jinyue nodded in understanding. After she finished her New Year's Eve dinner, she and Yihan would go to the Medical Valley. They would stay there for a day and then come back to help with the preparations. They should be able to make it in time.
"Have you prepared all the clothes for the wedding?" Su Jinyue looked at Gong Xiaoyun and asked.
"I'll just buy him a red cotton-padded jacket." Gong Xiaoyun smiled shyly. As long as Yifeng married her, she wouldn't ask for anything else.
"You can't get married casually. When I come back, I'll take you to the city to buy something." Su Jinyue said.
"No need, sister-in-law, I can wear anything I want." Gong Xiaoyun quickly shook her head and refused. Her sister-in-law had already given her a down jacket, so how could she bear to let her sister-in-law spend money again?
"It's decided." Su Jinyue decided with a smile.
"Thank you, sister-in-law! Thank you for being so kind to me." Gong Xiaoyun couldn't help but shed tears. Apart from Yifeng, Su Jinyue was the first person who treated her so well.
Su Jinyue reached out and patted Gong Xiaoyun's shoulder, saying with a smile, "You're already this old and still crying."
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Gong Xiaoyun blushed and wiped away her tears. She smiled embarrassedly at Su Jinyue, "Sister-in-law, I will help you take care of Uncle Xu in the future." She knew that she could not help Su Jinyue with anything, but she could do this one thing.
"Okay." Su Jinyue smiled and nodded. Her impression of Gong Xiaoyun improved a bit.
"Excuse me, is Xiaoyun here?" A voice came from outside.
"It's my eldest brother." As soon as Gong Xiaoyun heard the voice, she knew it was her eldest brother who came to see her. Her eldest brother was the only one who treated her well in that family, but her eldest sister-in-law kept him very strict, so he couldn't help her much.
"Let your elder brother come in and have something to eat with us. We will also discuss your marriage with him." Zhan Dafeng said.
"Okay." Gong Xiaoyun stood up and walked outside.
Su Jinyue was a little surprised. From what Uncle Zhan said, Gong Xiaoyun's family didn't know that Gong Xiaoyun was going to marry Zhan Yifeng.
After a while, Gong Xiaoyun walked in with a middle-aged man with a simple and honest look.
"Everyone is here!" Gong Zhengyao greeted everyone with a smile. He saw Xiaoyun was late in coming home, and he came to find her anxiously. When he went to the Zhan family's house, he saw only Zhan Yeping at home. He asked her and found out that Xiaoyun was there.
"Xiaoyun's brother, please sit down and have something to eat with us. We have something to tell you." Wang Meizhen greeted him.
"I don't want to eat anymore. I'll just stand there for a while." Gong Zhengyao waved his hands embarrassedly.
"Brother Gong, it's okay, just sit down and eat something." Su Jinyue brought a square stool and placed it next to Zhan Yifeng.
"Then I won't be polite." Gong Zhengyao sat down next to Zhan Yifeng stiffly.
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