"Lili?" Suddenly, someone called out uncertainly from behind.
Song Lili turned her head and saw Lin Mu looking in their direction from not far away, with a puzzled look on his face.
Lin Mu only rushed out of the kitchen after hearing from the store staff that Song Lili had arrived.
But after coming out, I saw several girls standing outside, and I became a little uncertain.
They said Lili came, but where's Qinghua? I haven't seen him. And the two children, I haven't seen them either.
"Grandpa Lin, let's eat..." Song Lili said with a smile.
"It really is you? I heard from them that you were here, but I didn't quite believe it." Seeing that it really was Song Lili, Lin Mu's face immediately turned into a chrysanthemum.
"These are my roommates. We're here for dinner today," Song Lili said with a smile.
"Where's Qinghua? Where's the child? Didn't you bring him?" Lin Mu looked again, but still couldn't see him, so he asked.
"Oh, today is a girls' gathering. I didn't bring them. I told them to go home and have fun by themselves."
After hearing this, Lin Mu laughed and said, "Okay, I'll cook you some of my signature dishes today."
"Then thank you in advance, Grandpa Lin. We'll go to the private room. You go ahead with your work." Since Liang Yulin and the others were there, Song Lili didn't want to talk to Lin Mu any more.
"Alright, you guys go upstairs, I'll do it myself, I guarantee you'll be satisfied." Lin Mu instructed the staff to provide excellent service before entering the kitchen with a smile.
Inside the private room, Liang Yulin looked at Song Lili curiously. "Do you know that person from earlier?" Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be one of the chefs here.
Song Lili nodded, "Yes, he is one of my grandfathers." She didn't say anything more.
"No wonder you seemed so familiar with this place, you've been here before!" Liang Yulin's doubts were finally resolved.
The others who were still feeling uneasy, upon hearing that Song Lili knew people here, suddenly felt relieved for some reason.
It felt like I had someone backing me up, which made me feel much more at ease.
It feels like this place isn't so far away after all.
"What would you like to eat? Let's order." Song Lili pushed the menu towards them.
The menu here was suggested by Song Lili and is shaped like a notebook.
After browsing for a while, the group ordered five dishes, a soup, and rice, and then waited.
Finally, Song Lili added braised pork to the order before she started talking to them.
The group chatted about all sorts of things, saying whatever came to mind, with Liang Yulin being the most active among them.
She was just chatting away with Song Lili, and it seemed that Wang Mei was the only one who interacted with the others.
About half an hour later, the dishes started to be served, and they stopped talking and started eating.
"Mmm...it's so delicious! No wonder everyone says this place is so good, it truly lives up to its reputation." Liang Yulin said, his eyes immediately lighting up after taking a bite.
The others nodded in agreement; the food here really was delicious.
Hearing their praise, Song Lili felt a sense of pride, as if they were praising her.
She ate with a smile, listening to everyone praise her after each bite.
After eating half of it, everyone stopped praising it, but judging from how quickly they ate, you could tell the food was really delicious.
Finally, when the braised pork and Kung Pao chicken arrived, Liang Yulin was a little stunned. "Hey, we didn't order these dishes."
The waiter was also confused. "Didn't you order anything? Then why was it served?"
Song Lili quickly grabbed Liang Yulin, "It was me who ordered it, it was me who ordered it." It was just that there was one extra dish.
Just then, the door to the private room opened, and Lin Mu waddled in with his chubby body. "How was it? Was it alright?" he asked Song Lili.
"Delicious as always." Song Lili nodded politely, then pointed to the Kung Pao Chicken and asked, "So what's this?"
"Isn't this your favorite food? You haven't been here in a long time, so I brought it for you." Lin Mu squinted his eyes.
Song Lili smiled helplessly before saying, "Then thank you, Grandpa Lin." She knew she couldn't refuse.
"You're welcome, you can enjoy your meal. I won't disturb you any longer."
When Lin Mu came in, he was just saying hello to Song Lili.
He doesn't know anyone else, so he definitely won't stay long.
She went out with the waiter, leaving only Song Lili and a few others behind.
"Since it's already served, let's eat." Seeing that everyone was staring at her, Song Lili picked up her chopsticks and started eating Kung Pao Chicken.
She particularly liked the peanuts in it; Lin Mu remembered clearly that there were quite a lot of peanuts in it.
Liang Yulin didn't stand on ceremony and picked up his chopsticks to eat as well. "It seems that following you really has its benefits."
"These two dishes are the signature dishes here."
However, because the prices were so high, none of the group dared to order anything else, and instead opted for vegetarian dishes.
The two meat dishes were ordered by Song Lili herself.
They were all afraid of eating Song Lili out of house and home.
Now, seeing that the two of them had eaten, I finally picked up my chopsticks.
That's meat!
These days, meat is scarce everywhere; being able to eat it a few times a year is considered good.
Therefore, everyone is craving it.
Therefore, although everyone thought they had eaten enough, the two meat dishes were still finished.
Song Lili only ate a few bites and then stopped. She didn't lack meat, so she wasn't that craving it.
Zhao Honghong, Dong Xiaocui, and Fan Lijuan ate more.
After all, the three of them don't usually have many opportunities to eat meat.
Fan Lijuan took the most care of her daughter Yan'er, putting several pieces on her plate. Watching the child's greasy little face as she ate, she smiled and then tears welled up in her eyes.
Then he quietly wiped it off, and everyone else pretended not to see it.
After finishing their meal, everyone rested with their bellies full.
"I definitely want my dad to bring me here next time. It's so delicious, I'm addicted. I feel like I'll be eating here all the time from now on, what am I going to do?" Liang Yulin said pitifully.
Song Lili was both amused and exasperated. "Then come on over." With Liang Yulin's family background, it shouldn't be difficult.
"Too expensive." Liang Yulin wrinkled his nose.
Song Lili shrugged; there was nothing she could do about it.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content and paying the bill, Song Lili parted ways with everyone and slowly made her way home alone.
Finally, the autumn harvest was over. After National Day, Song Lili couldn't wait to write to Zhang Shengtian, asking him and Lin Xue to bring Xiao Zhe to the capital.
After sending the letter, she began to wait anxiously.
She didn't know whether she was waiting for Zhang Shengtian's reply or for him to surprise her by coming over directly.
Anyway, she just couldn't calm down and seemed a bit anxious all day, which made the Zhang brothers, Qinghua and Zhang Qinghua, a bit restless as well.
It's true, her own bad mood made the whole family feel bad too.
Zhang Qinghua was truly helpless about this! But what could he do? He could only give in, since she was his wife. He had to indulge her.
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