At 11:30 a.m., all 12 dishes were served.
"Pork rib and lotus root soup, steamed fish, boiled shrimp, braised pork meatballs, braised fish chunks, roast chicken, braised duck, stir-fried sausage with garlic sprouts, stir-fried cured pork with garlic, dumplings, stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried beef."
Lin Wei was dumbfounded. "Besides stir-fried cabbage, there wasn't a single vegetarian dish."
"It's Chinese New Year, shouldn't the table be full of meat dishes?" Lin Yuan said matter-of-factly.
At this point, Lin Xiaomeng glanced at the other person before saying to Lin Wei, "Lin Yuan ordered all the dishes today, specifying which ones I should cook, so even if you're not satisfied, don't blame me."
There was still one soup that hadn't been served. Just as Lin Xiaomeng was about to go get it, she couldn't help but complain, "I've never skimped on your food, but ordering a whole table of meat is like I'm not letting you eat any."
"No, Auntie, I'm still growing and I feel like I can never eat enough. Meat and vegetables will fill me up more and help me last longer."
"It's sprouted? No way, it's only 11, it can't be that early."
But if the child is hungry, then they won't eat; it's not like we can't afford to.
I thought there would be some left over from the table full of meat dishes, but after the meal, all that was left was a soup and a meatball dish.
“Although we Southerners usually serve smaller portions, it shouldn’t be this small, enough for you to finish in one meal.” Lin Xiaomeng argued in front of Lin Wei, “Yuanyuan, tell your sister right now that I really didn’t mistreat you.”
However, this isn't really a matter of abuse or not; it's just that Lin Yuan really needs to eat a lot.
After Lin Xiaomeng got busy with her business, Lin Yuan basically ate at Aunt Liu's place.
If Aunt Liu saw this, she would only sigh and say that there was indeed a lot of food eaten today, but only today. If everyone ate like this every day, her little canteen would go bankrupt.
Now they finally understood how much Lin Yuan could eat.
"So what if you ate it? Just be careful. If you want to grow taller, be careful if you want to grow wider."
However, eating this much will increase the cost of meals.
“I’ll increase your living expenses by another hundred from now on, so you won’t go hungry.” After saying that, Lin Wei seemed to realize something and hurriedly asked, “You’re not embarrassed to say that you don’t have enough money for food, are you? That’s why you’re trying to earn money.”
Lin Xiaomeng immediately denied it, "No, this child has money. Besides his living expenses, I occasionally give him some pocket money, and you sometimes give him some pocket money too. Although it's not enough, it's definitely enough for him."
They would be given several hundred yuan at a time for pocket money. Although it wasn't every month, it was definitely enough for food.
"No, no, I've eaten enough. I'll let myself go hungry. It's just that my appetite has increased recently. I never used to eat this much. Okay, stop bringing this up with me."
it's out of the question.
When parents get together, they naturally talk about their children's grades.
"So, I haven't seen your report card yet. How are your grades?"
Lin Yuan said with a proud look, "My grades aren't the best in the class, but they're definitely not bad either, around 80 or 90 points. Don't worry, I know my grades well. If I fall behind, I'll tell you and ask the teacher to tutor me."
“You seem to know what’s going on, but what about the Su family’s child? He got beaten again the other day, didn’t he? I saw Zhang Min chasing the child all over the neighborhood with a clothes hanger, hitting him.” Lin Xiaomeng was speechless when she thought of that scene. “I told her that the child is old and has self-esteem, and that she can’t be hit like that.”
“But Aunt Zhang just can’t control herself,” Lin Yuan said with a smile. “Su Sijin’s grades are better than mine. He gets almost full marks in every subject except English. But Su Si’an fails almost every subject.”
Lin Xiaomeng added, "They're targeting Su Sijin."
"Wait a minute, Si'an failed, shouldn't we punish Si'an?" Lin Wei asked hurriedly.
"The younger brother did so poorly on the exam, and the older brother didn't help. The younger brother had already beaten him beforehand, so much so that he couldn't run away from home. That's why what we saw was the scene of Sijin being beaten."
I'm speechless.
But it's also kind of funny.
"Didn't Uncle Mulin stop him?" Shen Jize asked curiously.
"We can't stop them, we can't stop them at all." The aunt and niece said in unison, and as soon as they finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.
The little one in her arms didn't seem to understand, but when they laughed, she laughed along with them.
"hehe."
"You laugh, do you understand?"
As soon as Lin Wei finished speaking, Shen Xi's face hardened, as if to say, "I understand, I understand."
"Okay, okay, you understand, I admit I was wrong, alright?"
In the blink of an eye, she had a radiant smile on her face again.
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After the New Year's Eve dinner, it's time for everyone to visit each other and exchange New Year's greetings.
The first family we visited was the Zhang family, who lived in the same neighborhood.
I really didn't expect that Su Si'an was so badly injured that she couldn't get up from the bed.
Zhang Min was a little embarrassed, "Sister Meng, you're older. In previous years, we would visit your house first to wish you a Happy New Year. This time, it's you who came first."
“I know the situation is special this year, so I came over first. Let’s not talk about this. What’s wrong, Si’an? Haven’t you been in bed for several days already? You still can’t get out of bed?”
Su Si'an said aggrievedly, "Aunt Meng, Happy New Year, but it's all my mom's fault. She went too far."
Su Anjin kicked him in the butt, "You still have the nerve to say that? Your grades are terrible, and you made me get beaten up along with you."
Su Si'an screamed in pain, which made the group laugh for a while.
However, in order to receive red envelopes, the Su brothers still staggered to their feet and followed the adults, slowly moving out to offer New Year's greetings.
After receiving several red envelopes, they dispersed and went about their own business.
In the past, Lin Wei didn't need to receive red envelopes during Chinese New Year, even though she had been dating for a long time but hadn't gotten married.
But ever since she got married last year, she has been preparing a separate red envelope for the children.
Lin Wei is rich and generous; her red envelopes are much larger than others'.
But after only a year, she started putting away the red envelopes again after having a child.
Lin Wei smiled and stuffed the red envelope into her bag before saying to her daughter, "Mom will keep the red envelope for you. I'll give it to you when you're older."
Whether it was actually given or not remains to be seen.
-
It's already the fifteenth in the blink of an eye.
Once the Lantern Festival is over, the children will go back to school, and those who should be at work will have already gone back to work.
It must be Lin Wei.
"Ji Ze, can I go back to work? I've been resting for a full six months, and I've fully recovered. My child is all grown up now, so..."
"Go on, go on, you're still upset that I let you stay home and play, aren't you?"
"What are you talking about? I may not be a career-driven woman, but I would never give up my career, okay? This long break is already my limit. Shen Jize, I'm informing you that whether you agree or not, I'm going back to work."
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