Ye Li walked out of the room and went to Zhao Xingmei's room, where he saw Jiang Hao and Jiang Li helping Zhao Xingmei pick vegetables.
"Your dad went to the hospital again?"
Zhao Xingmei just saw Guan Shipeng leaving the house. She glared at Guan Shipeng with a stern face.
"Well, I'm going to take care of Hao Ying."
"Your dad is really interesting. He doesn't care about his own daughter but takes care of other people's daughters." Zhao Xingmei said angrily.
"Mom, my dad has his own difficulties. After all, he is entrusted by others."
"Oh, forget it. Let's not talk about them. They're too annoying. How about we have leek and egg dumplings tonight? Fang Ning said she doesn't want to eat meat after she got pregnant." Zhao Xingmei changed the subject and immediately felt less upset.
"Okay. Then let's have some dumplings with chives and eggs."
"Aunt doesn't want to eat meat, but I want to eat meat-filled dumplings. Pork and green onion ones are the best!" Jiang Hao protested while picking leeks.
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"Brother, why are there no more vegetables after you picked them?"
Jiang Li discovered that there was only one leaf left of the leeks her brother had picked, and the rest of the leaves had all been thrown away by Jiang Hao.
"Jiang Hao, my little ancestor, why are you picking leeks like this? I was so busy being angry with your grandfather that I didn't even notice you. Your mother is here, so go out and play with her." Zhao Xingmei snatched all the leeks from Jiang Hao's hands to stop him from wasting them.
"Picking vegetables is not something boys should do..." Jiang Hao said this, feeling aggrieved in his heart. He thought he was picking the vegetables very carefully, removing all the dirty leaves, and the remaining leek leaves did not even need to be washed.
"Come on, go out and play with mom. I don't have to go to work today, so I can take you around."
Ye Li pulled Jiang Hao and Jiang Li out, and suddenly Aunt Liu walked towards Ye Li and the others with a grin on her face.
"When Grandma Liu comes, it's bound to be bad news." Jiang Li whispered to her brother.
"Ye Li, are you taking your child out?" Aunt Liu greeted warmly.
"Okay, I'll take the kids to play for a while." Ye Li replied politely and was about to leave.
"Don't worry, my son Zhou Xuan is inviting all the neighbors to dinner tomorrow night. It will be lively and festive. Remember to come!" Aunt Liu said as she put the wedding invitation in Ye Li's hand.
"good."
Ye Li didn't even look at it and put the invitation directly into her bag. She thought that everything would be fine after Aunt Liu delivered the invitation, but Aunt Liu pulled Ye Li aside and said stealthily: "Ye Li, I heard from Zhou Lin that you are now the deputy director of the weaving factory?"
"Well, what's wrong?" Ye Li did not deny it.
"Ye Li, I was right about you. I told Zhou Lin at the beginning that Ye Li is a man who can do great things! You are so young and yet you can become the deputy director of a weaving factory. You are really young and promising!" Aunt Liu racked her brains and dumped out all the complimenting words she knew.
Looking at Aunt Liu's exaggerated expression and hypocritical words, Ye Li could only think of two words: "awkward".
"No, Aunt Liu, do you have anything else to say? If not, we'll leave first."
"Don't leave in a hurry. I just bought two kilograms of apples. They are very delicious. I'll go back to the house and get two for Jiang Hao and Jiang Li. You must not leave!" Aunt Liu said as she ran back to the house and picked out two big red apples from a bag.
"Mom, Grandma Liu must have something to ask of you, otherwise she would be so attentive!" Jiang Hao narrowed his eyes, as if he could see through everything.
"You can see that. It seems that Aunt Liu's acting skills are a bit too poor." Ye Li couldn't help laughing when he heard Jiang Hao's words.
"Mom, let's go quickly. Grandma said that the things from Grandma Liu's house in this yard are the most worthless. If she gives you an apple, she must be thinking of asking for a watermelon from you!" Jiang Li said as she pulled Jiang Hao and Ye Li to leave.
"Well, Xiaoli is great too! You know all this, let's go."
Ye Li took the two children and quickly left the courtyard.
Aunt Liu came out with two big apples in her hands and saw that there was no one in the yard. She immediately shouted angrily: "Ye Li! Where is he?"
After shouting twice but no one answered, Aunt Liu angrily took a big bite of the apple in her hand and started chewing it with a crunching sound.
"This Ye Li, what's so great about being the deputy factory director! If it weren't for my son Zhang Hui's job, I wouldn't bother with you!" Aunt Liu said as she spat the remaining apple peel in her mouth onto the ground and turned to go back to the house.
"What kind of quality is this! I just swept all the garbage on the front yard today, how could there still be someone so blind as to spit apple peels on the ground!" Zhao Xingmei was carrying the selected leeks to wash, and happened to see Aunt Liu spitting apple peels on the ground, so she condemned her out loud.
Aunt Liu was thick-skinned. When she heard what Zhao Xingmei said, she turned around without blushing or beating her heart and went straight into the house.
"With your character, it would be best for you to marry a strong wife who can cure your problems!" Zhao Xingmei stomped her feet in anger when she saw that Aunt Liu didn't even turn her head.
The next night, the neighbors who received Aunt Liu's invitation gathered in the courtyard. Everyone moved out the big table from their home and lent it to Zhou Xuan for the banquet.
Aunt Liu followed Niu Dazhi's example last time and hired a chef from outside to cook for everyone, but when the dishes were served, everyone was dumbfounded.
"They are too frugal. Look at the dishes on the table. There is not a single piece of meat. They are all vegetarian, just carrots and potatoes!"
"Of course, we all gave them gifts. The gift money can be used to buy two meat dishes when we dine out."
"Everyone please be quiet. Next, let us invite our protagonists of tonight to say a few words to everyone. Zhou Xuan, Zhang Hui. You two come to the middle and say a few words to everyone." Aunt Liu clapped her hands and motioned for the two to come forward and speak.
Zhou Xuan was a man of few words, and he thanked everyone for attending his banquet. But Zhang Hui was different, she was very sweet, first thanking everyone, then expressing her joy that she would soon be integrated into this big group, and finally hoping that everyone could tolerate her and help her.
Zhang Hui has a sweet voice and speaks nicely, leaving a very good impression on everyone that night. They all said that Aunt Liu had found a sensible daughter-in-law and would definitely enjoy a happy life in the future.
"Mom, I don't want to eat these dishes. They are too disgusting. They are not as delicious as my grandma's."
"Sister, don't say that. Comparing grandma's cooking with this dish is an insult to her cooking skills." Jiang Hao said even more bluntly. He took a look at the twelve dishes on the table, three of which were made of potatoes, namely, shredded potatoes with vinegar, fried potato cubes, and stewed potatoes with pork belly.
"Jiang Hao, eat it or not! I think the food is delicious!" Xiaohu immediately yelled at Jiang Hao when he heard what Jiang Hao said.
"Sister, let's go! Ignore him!" Jiang Hao took his sister back to the room and ate the tongue biscuits that Ye Li bought for them.
"What are you eating?"
Zhou Zhou also felt that the food tonight was unpalatable. When she saw the tongue biscuits in Jiang Hao and Jiang Li's hands, she immediately went over to eat them.
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