Wu Yucheng finished his water in one gulp, and when Sheng Yunfei reached out to take the cup, Wu Yucheng grabbed her hand.
"Yunfei, do you really not have me in your heart?" Wu Yucheng tried to open his eyes wide and tilted his head to look at Sheng Yunfei.
"I came all the way to Northeast China just for you, are you really going to refuse me?"
"Are you talking nonsense because you've had too much to drink? What do you mean by 'yes' or 'no'? What do you mean by 'rejecting' you?"
You're my third sister-in-law's brother; we're relatives, nothing more. If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll kick you out.
Sheng Yunfei broke free from Wu Yucheng, took her water glass, and walked out of the west room.
As a result, as soon as they stepped out of the west room, they saw Zhou Qinglan standing in the middle of the outer room.
"Sister-in-law." Sheng Yunfei's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly ran to the east room with her water glass.
Zhou Qinglan was left standing there in surprise, glancing at the west room and then back at the east room.
What's going on? Was she seeing things?
Zhou Qinglan returned to the east room without a word. At this time, Sheng Yunfei was sitting at the end of the north kang, her head down, seemingly lost in thought.
Sheng Xiping sat diagonally on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), leaning against the partition wall, listening to Zhang Shuzhen talk about Liu Hongxia.
Sheng Liancheng had drunk quite a bit today, and now, with the effects of the alcohol kicking in, he lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and fell asleep.
"Xiping, Yucheng probably drank quite a bit. Why don't you go to that room and keep him company?"
"If you're really sleepy, you can take a nap. We're not eating dinner anyway," Zhou Qinglan reminded Sheng Xiping.
Sheng Xiping nodded, got up and went to the west room, where he found two pillows and two quilts in the cabinet.
Neither of them took off their clothes; they just lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and fell asleep.
"Mom, there's a lot of leftover food today. We have to go back to Songjianghe tomorrow, so I don't think we'll need to cook anything new for the next couple of days."
Zhou Qinglan chased Sheng Xiping away and sat down next to her mother-in-law, seemingly chatting with her, but her eyes were always on her sister-in-law.
"Oh dear, what can you do? We haven't even finished eating what was left on New Year's Eve, plus yesterday's and today's food."
I just checked, and the cupboard is full of leftovers, quite a lot.
"Since you're all out, we can just use up the leftovers for the next few days."
These days, there's no such thing as leftovers being inedible. During the Lunar New Year, leftovers represent abundance and are considered auspicious.
Especially in Northeast China, people eat leftovers from the first day of the Lunar New Year until the seventh.
That's true; they'd cook one meal hot and then stir-fry the next, never making anything new until all the leftovers were eaten.
"Okay, then I'll put the rest of the fish and meat in the warehouse to freeze, and save them for a few days later."
As Zhou Qinglan spoke, she stood up and said, "Fifth brother, come here and help your sister-in-law with some chores."
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