Chapter 788: Complaining (Page 1/2)
"What's too extravagant?" Huo Qingci's cold voice suddenly sounded, breaking the original tranquility in the kitchen.
Song Jingjing, who was standing nearby, had never imagined that her eldest brother would hear what she had just said casually. For a moment, she was at a loss, with an awkward smile on her face.
Song Jingjing smiled awkwardly and stammered, "Brother...Brother, I was just saying that my sister-in-law's birthday party was really well organized and the food was delicious, too."
After she finished speaking, she secretly glanced up at Huo Qingci's face and found that he was looking at her indifferently, and her heart couldn't help but tighten.
However, Huo Qingci just glanced at Song Jingjing lightly and ignored her, as if he felt that being too concerned with a woman would make him appear to be very ungraceful.
Then he turned to look at his two sons beside him and began to assign tasks in an orderly manner.
"Yining, go get some ginger and clean it. I'm going to use it to make chicken soup later."
As Huo Qingci spoke, he took out the killed chickens one by one from the bag.
Then he said to his other son, "Yian, you'll be responsible for peeling some garlic seeds. Be quick."
At this time, Huo Qinghuan couldn't help but interrupt: "Brother, what can I do?"
Huo Qingci looked at his younger brother, thought for a moment, and then replied, "As for you, go wash the vegetables that need cleaning first."
After receiving the order, Huo Qinghuan immediately responded happily, then turned around and started to get busy.
While everyone was busy, Song Jingjing, who was standing in the corner, saw that Huo Qingci had not paid any attention to her. She felt bored and quietly left the kitchen. She didn't want to continue being annoying here.
After Song Jingjing left, Huo Qinghuan leaned over to her brother and whispered, "Brother, my second sister-in-law left the child with mom and the nanny and ran into the kitchen. I thought she was really going to help with the work!
Who knew she would just say a few sour words and then walk away. You must not take what she said to heart! "
Huo Qingci whispered back, "Why should I care so much about her? She's not my wife... She's your second brother's wife, so let your second brother worry about it!"
Huo Qingci put four whole chickens in a large pot and began to stew them. Then he filled a large pot of litchi charcoal with a faucet pot, and put the marinated geese and goats on the rack and slowly roasted them.
As soon as Song Jingjing came out of the kitchen, she saw the table in the living room filled with fruits and snacks.
Song Jingjing cast her eyes towards the slightly green lychees in the fruit bowl and asked curiously, "Hey, lychees are already on the market? Why does it feel so early?"
Xiao Ya, holding the child beside her, smiled and explained to her, "This is not an ordinary lychee, this is the early-ripening variety of Feizishao!"
Hearing this, Song Jingjing blinked and said in confusion, "Oh, I didn't see any of these lychees for sale when I went to the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday."
Xiao Ya shook her head slightly and replied, "Maybe they haven't started selling them in Jing City yet. These lychees were brought here from Guangnan by Qingci's friends."
Song Jingjing nodded, then walked to an empty seat and slowly sat down. She reached out without hesitation and grabbed several lychees from the fruit bowl.
She first put one into her mouth and chewed it carefully, then said with a surprised expression: "Wow, I thought this green-shelled Concubine's Smile would be sour, but I didn't expect it to be so sweet!"
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At this moment, Song Jingjing noticed that Huang Lianying was looking at her with gentle eyes.
So she quickly grabbed three or four more lychees from the fruit bowl, walked quickly to Huang Lianying, stuffed them into her hands, and said enthusiastically: "Sister Huang, you usually take care of the children so hard, come and try these delicious lychees!"
However, just as Huang Lianying was about to peel the litchi, Huo Anyan suddenly reached out and tried to take the litchi from her hand.
Song Jingjing looked at her daughter's playful and adorable appearance with a smile on her face, and suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud: "Oh, my baby Ranran is such a clever girl!
You little one, do you also know that lychees are sweet and delicious? Come, come, mommy will peel one for you to taste right away."
At this moment, Xiao Ya, who was standing by, was shocked to hear that her daughter-in-law was actually planning to feed lychees to her granddaughter, who was not even a year old yet. She quickly spoke out to stop her, saying, "Jingjing, Ranran is still so young, you can't feed her lychees..."
Song Jingjing waved her hand nonchalantly and replied with a smile, "Mom, don't be too nervous. I only fed her a tiny bit of fruit pulp."
However, Xiao Ya shook her head firmly and said seriously, "Even just a little bit is absolutely not allowed. What if you accidentally choke?
I'll find some free time later and steam a bowl of fragrant, smooth and tender egg custard for Yanyan and Ranran. As for these lychees, please don't give them to Ranran anymore."
Faced with such strong opposition from her mother-in-law, Song Jingjing had no choice but to give up the idea.
Xiao Ya carefully picked up Huo Anyan, slowly stood up, and gently placed the child in Song Jingjing's arms. She whispered softly, "Jingjing, take care of Yanyan first. I'll go help out in the kitchen."
Song Jingjing really didn't expect that her mother-in-law had only held Huo Anyan for more than 20 minutes, and then hurriedly stuffed the child back into her arms. This made her feel very unhappy.
So, she grumbled a little complainingly: "Mom, today is my sister-in-law's birthday, why doesn't she come over to help with the work?"
Xiao Ya was slightly stunned, a look of surprise on her face, and said, "Jingjing, you may not know this yet, but today is your sister-in-law's birthday, so Qingci specifically told her to relax."
Hearing this, Song Jingjing couldn't help but sigh with envy, "Sister-in-law is so lucky to have a husband as considerate as my brother."
Xiao Ya nodded, "Qingci is indeed very considerate, and Qingyan is not bad either."
When Song Jingjing heard her mother-in-law talking about her man, she shook her head repeatedly, "Mom, Qingyan is not as considerate as my eldest brother.
He doesn't even wash his own underwear and waits for me to do it. The food he cooks is not as good as my eldest brother's.
My eldest brother wishes my eldest sister-in-law didn't have to do any work, Qingyan wishes I could have ten pairs of hands, and he always complains that I can't raise the children well..."
Xiao Ya didn't want to listen to her second daughter-in-law complaining about her son, so she turned and went to the kitchen. No matter how bad Huo Qingyan was, he was still her son.
What's more, her second son's situation is not as bad as she said. Not only does he have to hand over all his salary, but he also has to help take care of the children every day and listen to his wife's nagging.
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