Chapter 232: Going to Uncle's House for Dinner
"If it's a happy event, then let's go." Xu Yue'e changed Xiao Suisui's clothes, braided her hair, and dressed her up carefully. She also instructed her, "Go to your uncle's house for dinner. Be good and don't run around." "I'll be obedient." Xiao Suisui nodded vigorously.
Chen Guilan helped Xu Yue'e hold Xiao Suisui and went to urge Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan: "You two should get ready. We are leaving now."
Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan didn't have much to prepare. They just changed their clothes, washed their faces and went out.
Xiao Suisui was in a mess. She had just combed her hair and messed it up herself. Chen Guilan and Xu Yue'e hurriedly pressed her down on a stool, combed her hair again, and then carried her out the door.
As soon as she went downstairs, Xu Yue'e remembered that she had forgotten to bring Xiao Suisui's bottle, so she went upstairs to get the bottle. However, she took the bottle but didn't bring the milk powder. She did this three times and it took her more than an hour to finally reach Chen Guichang's house.
Wang Yunying and Chen Mei welcomed them in with smiles on their faces. Chen Mei, in particular, held Su Jiaojiao's hand tightly and said, "Oh, Jiaojiao has grown so tall. I didn't even recognize you when I saw you on the street. You are getting prettier and prettier."
"My cousin is prettier." Su Jiaojiao also followed suit and praised her. She had come to terms with it now. Since they couldn't avoid the interaction, she would just go with her mood. She would come when she was in a good mood.
After praising Su Jiaojiao, Chen Mei praised Chen Juan. She originally wanted to praise Chen Juan for growing taller, but Chen Juan was less than 1.6 meters tall and it seemed that she could not grow any taller. She really could not praise her, so she praised her good skin.
Chen Juan smiled awkwardly: "How can my skin be as good as yours?"
After Chen Mei finished praising, Wang Yunying continued to praise, and Su Jiaojiao thought she was really a fairy who had descended to the earth, and you all were just ordinary people.
Even Chen Juan felt embarrassed by the praise, and wondered in her heart what on earth did their family need their help for... She knew that she was not that good.
Wang Yunying often laughed at her behind her back for being short, and Chen Mei even gave her a nickname, calling her Little Jumping Bean.
They even praised her, a little kid, so there must be something going on.
Chen Jiang and Chen Ju were cooking in the kitchen. The brother and sister were busy. They took some time out to say hello to them and told them not to feel restrained and to just feel like they were at home.
Chen Juan was diligent. After washing her hands, she went to the kitchen to help peel onions and garlic.
Su Jiaojiao didn't cook at home, so she certainly couldn't cook when she came to their house. Chen Mei pulled her to sit down and told her about their Fenghua Textile Factory: "We don't have many layoffs. A group of contract workers expired and didn't renew their contracts. But we still need temporary workers."
"Lao Pu hasn't been back since he returned to China. Now Li Mingrui is in charge of the factory's management and business." Chen Mei told Su Jiaojiao, "He often asks about you and says that if you need any fabrics in the future, just go to the factory to negotiate. You don't have to worry about the quality or price."
"I'm making leather jackets now, not knitted fabrics." Su Jiaojiao said calmly, "I heard that Jiali Garment Factory has been using your fabrics for pajamas. Your factory is a big customer."
"They don't actually use much." Chen Mei and Huang Jiajia chatted very enthusiastically at the beginning, but Huang Jiajia was a profit-driven person. Seeing that she was just a small foreman and even faced the crisis of being laid off, he lost interest in her.
He invited Li Mingrui to dinner many times, but he just said hello to her and left.
Chen Mei lamented the fickleness of the world, and told Su Jiaojiao openly and secretly that Huang Jiajia was far less generous than Qin Shuang and only knew how to be clever.
Su Jiaojiao just smiled and passed it off.
She came to visit relatives, not to listen to her talk. What does their factory's affairs have to do with her?
Chen Jiang is worthy of being a chef and he quickly prepared a table of dishes.
All the dishes were served like an acrobatic performance.
Except for Chen Guichang's family, everyone else was stunned.
There is a carved radish in the middle of each plate, either carved into a rose from the heart-shaped radish, or carved into a lifelike roc with spread wings from a carrot. The fried vegetables are evenly placed around the carved radish.
"Xiao Jiang, when you were learning to cook, were you learning to cook or to carve?" Chen Guisheng couldn't help but ask, "It looks good, but the serving size is too small."
The same is true when Chen Jiang's restaurant serves food to customers.
You will be beaten.
"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll have enough to eat." Chen Guichang poured wine for Chen Guisheng. He has been transporting and delivering goods at the Qimei Garment Factory this year. His job is stable, his income is decent, and he is in a good mood.
"If you don't know, you might think we're eating radishes!" Xu Yue'e laughed a few times and poked the big radish in the middle of the plate with her chopsticks. "It looks really good. Can we eat it?"
"You can eat it, you can eat it." Chen Jiang felt very embarrassed by what Chen Guisheng said. "Just eat the food. There's more in the kitchen. When you're done, I'll get more."
He thought everyone would praise his carving skills and cooking skills, but they were more concerned about the quantity of the dishes than his cooking skills.
"Now that our living conditions are better and it's the Lunar New Year, let's try something different and eat something light." Wang Yunying felt very proud and kept inviting Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan to eat. "Eat quickly, don't leave any leftovers. Jiaojiao, is your brother's cooking delicious?"
"Delicious..." Su Jiaojiao picked up a fried mushroom. The dishes in their restaurant are indeed varied and light.
Fried mushrooms, fried shrimp chips, fried lotus root chips, fried peanuts, stir-fried rapeseed, cold cucumber salad, cold tomato salad, stir-fried meat with mushrooms, cold jellyfish salad, ham sausage, black fungus dipped in vinegar, and a seaweed soup.
There are quite a few dishes, but the quantity is too small.
Chen Jiang cooked twelve dishes. If the big radish in the middle was removed, the normal amount of food would be six at most.
Including Xiao Suisui, there were eleven people eating together.
If one person takes two bites, the plate will be empty.
"Are they feeding their rabbits?" Chen Juan whispered to Su Jiaojiao, "Twelve dishes, and they only used eleven radishes. I don't dare eat them anymore."
"Just try it. Do you really want to be full?" Su Jiaojiao took a piece of each dish, put down her chopsticks, and said she was full.
"Why are you eating so little? Don't be embarrassed." Wang Yunying saw that Su Jiaojiao hadn't eaten much, so she asked Chen Guilan to serve her some food. "Little girls love fried mushrooms, so give her more."
There were two fried mushrooms left on the plate. Chen Guilan picked one up for her and said, "Your cousin's fried mushrooms are quite delicious."
Xiao Suisui grabbed the rose carved out of the heart-shaped radish in the middle of the plate and ate it with relish.
"It's good for the children to eat some radishes." Chen Guilan also put down her chopsticks and said to Xu Yue'e, "It's quite troublesome to carve these radishes."
"That's right. It took an hour just to carve the radish, otherwise it would have been cooked long ago." Wang Yunying felt that Xu Yue'e and Chen Guilan were both from the countryside and didn't understand art.
When rural people cook, they only know to use large plates and fill them up. They never know that plates can be decorated in this way to make them more pleasing to the eye.
After dinner, Wang Yunying told them that Chen Mei was getting married on May 1st and asked both families to come to her house for the wedding banquet. She wanted to show Chen Mei's in-laws that the relatives on their side were getting along very well.
Both Chen Guisheng and Chen Guilan said they would definitely come when the time comes.
It is also appropriate for uncles and aunts to attend their niece's wedding.
Then Chen Mei said that she hoped Su Jiaojiao and Chen Ju would be her bridesmaids. Su Jiaojiao made it clear that she was preparing for the college entrance examination at that time and had no time, so she asked her to find someone else.
Chen Mei knew Su Jiaojiao's temper and didn't want to force her, so she said to Chen Juan, "Then it's Juanjuan. You wear a pair of high heels when the time comes."
Chen Juan: “…”
Do they dislike her being short?
Before leaving, Wang Yunying touched Xiao Suisui's face and said with a smile: "The little girl is getting more and more beautiful. You can tell at a glance that she is not from the Old Chen family. The Old Chen family's skin is not so white, and the eyes are not so beautiful."
Everyone in Old Chen's family: "..."
Is it necessary to praise one and criticize a bunch of others?
"Sister-in-law, don't say these things in front of Sui Sui anymore. I raised her and treat her as my own daughter." Chen Guisheng was unhappy. "She's getting older and can understand what I say. I don't want her to know her life story too early."
"I understand. I didn't mean anything else. I was just saying it casually." Wang Yunying said awkwardly, "I won't mention it again, never again!"
Chen Juan, who suffered two rounds of attacks, was even more depressed. She was short, dark-skinned, and had ugly eyes. Was it so obvious?
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