After lunch with the leaders, Xiao Jincheng and Jiang Xiaoli returned home and exclaimed at the same time, "Is there any more food? We're starving!"
Xu Feng and Li Guizhi were speechless. "Stop shouting! We're getting ready for you two!"
Jiang Xiaoli slumped against Li Guizhi, rubbing her stomach, "I'm so hungry if I don't eat!"
Li Guizhi wondered, "Is the reception lunch really that bad?"
She shook her finger, "I don't know, I didn't even have time to touch my chopsticks."
Xiao Jincheng was similar to her, saying, "They don't intend for anyone to be full on occasions like this!"
Xu Feng brought the dishes she had saved for them to the table. "Come and eat! It's okay if you're hungry for a while. I think Xiao Li's head can still grow a little taller!"
Jiang Xiaoli walked to the dining table and asked with a smile, "Do you also think I've grown taller?"
Xu Feng stood up and compared herself to her, "Not much change, it's probably thanks to today's outfit that I look taller!"
Xiao Jincheng rolled his eyes at her, "You're so bad at conversation. Did Xiaoli drink all that milk for nothing? I think it's just too much!"
Li Guizhi said with a smile, "You've really grown a lot in the last two years, you must be several centimeters tall by now."
Jiang Xiaoli proudly held up a six, "I've grown a full 6 centimeters taller, almost 7 centimeters!"
Xu Feng nodded, "She really has grown quite a bit taller. My Xiaoyu probably grew early; she seems to have grown two centimeters in the last two years."
Xiao Jincheng was shoveling rice into his mouth when he heard his daughter's name and looked up, "Where's Xiaoyu?"
Xu Feng rolled her eyes at him. "Xiaoyu said at breakfast this morning that she was going to Yuan Man's house to study today. Did you have donkey hair in your ears?"
Xiao Jincheng chuckled, "I forgot, I forgot!"
After dinner, Li Guizhi and Xu Feng discussed buying some more New Year's goods, while Jiang Xiaoli ran to call Zong Jia and Zhong Yuan to help with the labor.
While shopping for ingredients with the two chefs, Zhong Yuan showed his true foodie nature, being very enthusiastic and actively discussing the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner with the two mothers.
Jiang Xiaoli and Zong Jia walked behind the three of them. She said disdainfully, "We should really take a picture of Yuan Ge's sycophantic behavior and send it to Xin Xin!"
Zong Jia chuckled and gently rubbed her cheeks, which were filled with milk candy.
He pointed to Zhong Yuan ahead and said, "Greedy Cat Number One."
Then he patted her on the top of the head, "Greedy Cat No. 2".
Jiang Xiaoli thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a reason to refute it. Then she decisively stuffed a candy into Zong Jiayu's mouth as well, "Then you're the gluttonous cat number 3!"
The two chatted leisurely in the back, while Zhong Yuan carried a bag of frozen ribbonfish he had just bought.
He turned around to find someone to share the burden, and saw a young couple chatting and laughing happily.
He walked up to the two men and said, "Gentlemen, you two have come to the countryside for an inspection, hands behind your backs?"
Jiang Xiaoli nodded. "Let's interview this citizen. You bought so many ribbonfish; you must have made a fortune this year, right?"
Zhong Yuan shoved half a ribbonfish into Zong Jiayu's hand with a disgruntled expression, then looked at her and threatened, "If you don't work, you're not allowed to eat ribbonfish during the New Year!"
She immediately took Zong Jiayu's arm, "My secretary got to work!"
Zhong Yuan rolled his eyes, then turned and chased after Li Guizhi and the others.
After wandering around the market for a long time, each of the five of them had their hands full of things.
Li Guizhi nodded in satisfaction, "That's about right now."
On her way home, Jiang Xiaoli looked at the ingredients in her hand and started to connect them.
Soon Zhong Yuan joined in, and the two of them recited the menu one after another like reciting a list of dishes.
Li Guizhi looked at the two of them with amusement, "Okay, okay, I'll make it for you! But you have to help us out, you hear me?"
Zhong Yuan nodded immediately, "Auntie, no problem, I'll be there whenever you call!"
He couldn't hear Jiang Xiaoli's response, so he turned his head to look at her. She looked up at the sky and pretended not to hear him.
Standing on his moral high ground, Zhong Yuan asked her, "Little Pear, are you really comfortable just lying there and watching us work so hard?"
Jiang Xiaoli's eyes darted away, "Um... this..."
Zhong Yuan sighed deeply, "Brother Zong, I really sympathize with you."
Zong Jia kicked him, "Mind your own business, we're both equally bad!"
Jiang Xiaoli suddenly burst out laughing, "Haha, right, Brother Yuan, you don't expect Xin Xin to be a hardworking little bee who loves doing housework in the future, do you?"
Zhong Yuan paused for two seconds and then said, "Xin Xin doesn't know how, but I do. Besides, we can hire a housekeeper later."
Jiang Xiaoli raised her eyebrows smugly at Zhong Yuan, "So Comrade Xiao Zong is my representative, is there a problem?"
Zhong Yuan is filled with regret now, pure and simple!
Why did he try to reason with these two people?
Having figured this out, Zhong Yuan left without looking back, his feet moving as if he were riding on wheels of fire.
When they arrived home, Xiao Muyu had also returned.
Jiang Xiaoli put down what she was holding and asked, "Hey Guobao, can you start resting for two days starting tomorrow?"
Xiao Muyu shook her head. "We've discussed it and decided to rest from New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."
Jiang Xiaoli could only offer her respect, giving her two thumbs-up with both hands, "Go for it, girl! I support you in spirit!"
From that night onward, the kitchens of both their houses were filled with an irresistible aroma.
All sorts of dishes prepared for the Lunar New Year period are on display, including frying, boiling, and cooking.
Jiang Xiaoli and Zhong Yuan were helping out while secretly eating, which resulted in them not being able to eat lunch or dinner. As a result, Li Guizhi pinched their ears and gave them a lecture.
Finally, it was New Year's Eve. On this day, Li Guizhi asked them to call over the lonely Dafu and his son.
Now they were all divided into several groups.
The kitchen team consists of Li Guizhi, Xu Feng, and Dafu.
The mahjong group consists of Xiao Jincheng, Fu Baba, Zong Jia, and Zhong Yuan.
Jiang Xiaoli and Xiao Muyu belong to the mobile team.
The kitchen is missing something, "Xiaoyu!"
Someone at the card table went to the restroom. "Little Pear!"
Anyway, everyone has a suitable place, and no one is idle.
Until 7 p.m., the Xiao family's large round dining table was full of people.
Xiao Jincheng raised his glass, about to speak, but Xu Feng stopped him, saying, "Alright, who wants to hear you talk during the New Year?"
Xu Feng smiled and said to everyone, "My sister-in-law and I have been busy all day preparing this New Year's Eve dinner, so please do us the honor of eating more! Let's start eating!"
During the meal, Xiao Jincheng and Fu's father drank some wine and seemed to have hit it off immediately. If Xu Feng and Dafu hadn't stopped them, the two would have sworn brotherhood on the spot.
This scene made the others laugh until they cried.
Jiang Xiaoli rubbed her stomach and said, "Uncle Xiao and Uncle Fu are such kind-hearted people!"
Zhong Yuan said with a smile, "Fu Zi, if you ask me, you should just stop interfering with your elders' friendships, okay?"
Xu Feng laughed when she heard this, and shook off Xiao Jincheng's arm. "Fine, do whatever you want, I don't care anymore, you big drunkard!"
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