Her father Li Pingwang wanted to help, but said, "I have never touched a stove in my life. It's only in these few months that your mother seemed to be ill and could not cook when she wanted, so I boiled water and steamed some buns."

"How do I know how she makes sesame cakes?"

Li Hongyan was really at her wit's end, so she asked, "Dad, then you don't know anything? We live in the same room, so you should be able to hear a few words, right?"

Li Pingwang shook his head: "I don't know."

Li Hongyan was disappointed. How could she know nothing?

Just when he was feeling disappointed, Li Pingwang suddenly remembered something: "I know about egg-filled pancakes."

"What?" Li Hongyan asked hurriedly.

"I've seen it. You just flatten the dough, poke a hole in it, and pour an egg into it. It's called egg-filled pancake." Li Pingwang explained it quite carefully.

Li Hongyan thought hard and realized that it was called egg-filled pancake. So this is what it is.

"Dad, do you know what that seasoning is?" This is the key.

Li Pingwang shook his head: "I don't know. I'm just too lazy to watch them struggle."

Li Hongyan was heartbroken: "Why don't you go and take a look?"

Li Pingwang had no idea anyway, so Li Hongyan made the trip in vain.

Chen Xiaoying's fried skewers and hot vegetables restaurant is doing well in the county town. It's a small shop that serves students, is clean and hygienic, and does good business.

In less than half a year, I actually made some money.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Day. Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, the village was filled with the joy of the New Year.

This was the first time that all the people in Old Li's family gathered together.

The eldest couple, Li Hongwei and Liu Lanxiang, brought their thirteen-year-old eldest daughter Li Yutong and ten-year-old youngest daughter Li Yuhan.

The second couple, Li Hongjian and Wang Xiaoqin, brought their nine-year-old son Li Chaochao.

The third couple, Li Hongqiang and Zhao Xueyan, brought their eight-year-old daughter Li Yujie.

The fourth couple, Li Honggang and Yang Xiaoyan, bring their five-year-old daughter Li Yumeng.

The two unmarried twin daughters, Li Hongli and Li Hongxia, are both 20 years old this year and will graduate from school in one semester.

It was a big reunion, with two tables set up and the food was more sumptuous than in any other year.

Li Hongli was smart and asked her mother Chen Xiaoying: "Mom, it seems that you have really made a fortune. You can eat chicken, duck, fish and meat on the table."

Chen Xiaoying glanced at her and asked, "Didn't you and Hongxia work to earn tuition? How much did you earn?"

Li Hongli's eyes flashed: "Mom, why are you asking this?"

"If I don't ask this, how do I know how much tuition you still owe?" Chen Xiaoying asked.

Li Hongli is also a scheming person, but she is not as smart as her elder sister Li Hongyan. Li Hongyan is really smart and shrewd. She is full of schemes and knows how to calculate everything. If she doesn't, she can turn black into white and white into black just by opening her mouth.

You can be greedy for cheap things and still make it sound righteous by finding an excuse.

But as for Li Hongli, it’s really hard to say.

"Hongxia, what exactly do you two do and how much money do you earn?" Chen Xiaoying asked Li Hongxia.

Li Hongxia is really honest.

Li Hongxia looked at Li Hongli, and Li Hongli immediately winked at her, and Li Hongxia didn't dare to say anything.

Although the two are twins, they don't look much alike. Li Hongli also likes to dress up. She has her hair permed, wears new clothes, and wears black leather shoes. She looks like the only daughter in a working couple's family in the county town.

Li Hongxia was still the same as before, with her hair in a big braid, her clothes old, and her face clean.

Chen Xiaoying took a closer look and found that Li Hongli's eyebrows had been shaved and it seemed that something had been smeared on her face.

This is cosmetics.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Chen Xiaoying asked Li Hongxia.

Li Hongxia then said, "I work as a waiter at the restaurant in front of the school, earning 120 yuan a month."

"Oh, quite a lot. Where's the money?" Chen Xiaoying asked.

Li Hongxia looked at Li Hongli and said, "My second sister got it for me and said she would give it to me when she got back."

Chen Xiaoying just looked at Li Hongli.

Li Hongli said, "Mom, I put it in a credit union."

It was Chinese New Year, and Chen Xiaoying didn't want to argue with her about this matter: "Then the total is 240 yuan, the hotel includes food and accommodation."

Her experience from her previous life told her that Li Hongxia’s salary was definitely not 120 yuan, and Li Hongli took a cut of it.

Li Hongxia nodded.

Chen Xiaoying calculated and said, "After the Chinese New Year, when you go to school, I'll give you another 500 each, and living expenses are separate."

"Mom, it's not enough. Tuition is 500 yuan, and living expenses are 100 yuan per month." Li Hongli knew that her family's fried skewers shop was profitable: "Mom, your fried skewers shop has made a lot of money, can you increase our living expenses? Give us 150 yuan a month, okay?"

One hundred and fifty is just a month's salary for an ordinary hotel waiter. She really dares to ask for it.

"You two are already twenty years old. Our family has supported you to go to college. Now that you are adults, we should not care about you. I continue to give you living expenses because I want you to study hard and not fall in love and spend money indiscriminately like others." In her previous life, Chen Xiaoying was badly cheated by this second daughter and was very angry.

But Li Hongli's scheming was far less drastic than that of her elder sister Li Hongyan. Li Hongyan's scheme had taken over two generations of the family and drained the hard work and future of three generations of the Li family. Compared to hers, Li Hongli's scheming was nothing.

"Mom, it's fine that we didn't have money before, but you don't let me spend it now that I have money." Li Hongli was very dissatisfied.

"The money was earned by your eldest brother and his wife and I together. So, we will use this money to lay the foundation and build a house for your third brother. There is no spare money there," said Chen Xiaoying.

"Mom, you are biased towards boys over girls." Li Hongli frowned.

Chen Xiaoying glared at her: "If I favored boys over girls, would you still be able to study for more than ten years?"

Li Hongli stopped talking but was still very angry.

"Your hair is permed like a chicken coop. I wonder how much it cost?" Li Pingwang couldn't help frowning as he looked at his second daughter's curly hair.

Liu Lanxiang and other sisters-in-law knew that this was a fashionable style. Liu Lanxiang's elder sister and second sister had their hair permed, but she didn't want to spend the money.

Almost everyone knew that Li Hongli was not honest and she did not tell the truth about how much money she and Li Hongxia made.

After the reunion dinner, the families dispersed and went back to their own rooms.

Chen Xiaoying called Li Hongxia alone and asked her, "How much money does your second sister have on deposit with you?"

Li Hongxia said, "About three hundred and sixty."

Chen Xiaoying knew it in her mind. Li Hongxia was rather honest and dull, unlike Li Hongli who was very cunning.

When Li Hongli just started school, she found a job outside the school. The job was not only for her, but also for Li Hongxia. However, Li Hongxia was not good at talking. She had agreed on a certain salary with the boss, and when the time came, she would take Li Hongxia to ask for it. The money passed right under Li Hongxia's nose and finally reached Li Hongli's hands.

Therefore, the three hundred yuan was not only earned by serving dishes as a waitress, but also by washing dishes and doing cleaning work in her spare time.

Li Hongli loves to dress up, draw eyebrows, put on makeup and perm her hair, and she spends a lot of money.

In the previous life, the two suddenly quarreled in the middle of the night, and only then did they realize that Li Hongli had spent Li Hongxia’s money.

Li Hongxia had no choice but to cry uncontrollably.

Li Hongli also cried out of grievance: "I am poor, and if I don't dress up nicely and wear nice clothes, people will look down on me. What can I do?"

Chen Xiaoying was extremely angry, but the money had already been spent and there was nothing she could do even if she strangled Li Hongli to death.

"I guess she spent it," she said.

Li Hongxia was stunned: "Mom, no way."

"Then ask her for it." Chen Xiaoying said, and then asked Li Hongxia: "Is Hongli dating someone?"

Li Hongxia nodded: "Yes, she told me not to tell my family."

"Who is he? What's his name? What does he do at home?" Chen Xiaoying asked, to see if it was the second son-in-law she remembered.

Li Hongxia said a name, and Chen Xiaoying's heart skipped a beat. It turned out to be Xu Xiaodong.