Under the guidance of Uncle Zuo, Su Yaqin started drawing the design again.
I have to say that Uncle Zuo’s skills are not just “not very knowledgeable” as he said, but are very impressive.
Su Yaqin had never heard of many professional terms, but Uncle Zuo could pronounce them fluently.
Every time when Su Yaqin felt confused, Uncle Zuo would just give her a few casual pointers and make her feel as if she had suddenly come to her senses.
In this afternoon, Su Yaqin learned a lot from Uncle Zuo.
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When Song Shishi brought Xu Li and Li Haoyang home, as soon as they entered the yard, they saw Zheng Peilan squatting there teasing Xiao Shiwu.
Zheng Peilan heard the noise, stood up and asked in surprise: "Why are you back?"
Song Shishi and Zheng Peilan talked about the matter between Li Chengde and Su Yaqin.
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So Zheng Peilan thought that Song Shishi and the others would have dinner outside today.
At noon, she called Song Zhenhua and said that they would have dinner together in the evening, and she specifically asked Song Zhenhua to come back early to accompany her.
"Today is Lantern Festival, so of course we have to come back and eat glutinous rice dumplings with you."
Song Shishi took Li Haoyang's hand and walked over. "Mom, Xiaobao will live in our house these days. When I'm at work, please help take care of him. Sister Qin and the others are in trouble now. Brother-in-law hasn't been discharged from the hospital yet. They still need to spend their time and energy to solve the problems in the factory..."
"I understand. Xiaobao is so cute. I am very happy to have him accompany me."
Zheng Peilan understood what Song Shishi was worried about and interrupted her.
Some words were too clear, and Zheng Peilan was afraid that Li Haoyang would be sad after understanding them.
Although he looks like a six-year-old child, he is sometimes very smart.
"Hello, grandma."
Li Haoyang called out obediently after Zheng Peilan praised him.
"Hey, our little treasure is so well-behaved and sweet-mouthed."
Zheng Peilan pulled Li Haoyang over, took a candy from the plate on the coffee table, peeled off the candy wrapper, and stuffed it into Li Haoyang's mouth.
When Xiao Shiwu saw Song Shishi and Xu Li coming back, he wagged his tail, ran over in small steps, and lowered his head to rub Song Shishi's ankle.
Song Shishi squatted down and touched Xiao Shiwu's head.
Xu Li's mouth corners slightly raised. She picked up the package containing Li Haoyang's luggage, turned around and went into their room to make the bed.
Since Li Haoyang came, he must have slept with them.
Children have fair and sensitive skin, so it is natural that their bed sheets and quilt covers should be changed to clean ones.
Song Shishi chatted casually with Zheng Peilan for a while. Seeing Li Haoyang and Xiao Shiwu playing together, she went into the room silently.
Looking at the changed bed sheets and quilts, Song Shishi smiled and said, "You are becoming more attentive and caring now."
"No way, Xiaobao is a child after all, he must be taken care of more."
Xu Li has become much less talkative since coming to Beijing.
Apart from chatting more with Song Shishi, I hardly talk at other times.
Song Shishi sat on the chair in front of the desk and asked casually, "By the way, didn't Shitou say he would come to Beijing? Why haven't I heard any news these days?"
Speaking of Shi Tou, Xu Li's cheeks turned red unconsciously. "I don't know. I sent him a letter the day after I arrived in Beijing, but I haven't received a reply yet."
Seeing Xu Li's shy and angry look, Song Shishi covered her mouth and laughed.
"How could this letter be sent out so quickly? Maybe Shitou has just received the letter."
Xu Li was stunned when she heard this. "Is that so? I thought..."
In fact, she didn't think anything of it, she just felt a little uneasy.
"Don't think too much. You've found a job now. Just follow Miss Qiao and learn the craft. Your life will only get better and better. Besides, Shitou's craft is pretty good. He's so smart. When he comes to Beijing, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself."
Song Shishi's comfort made Xu Li feel warm in her heart, and she nodded.
“Boom boom boom…”
"Pretty auntie, Auntie Lili, grandma wants you to come out and eat."
Li Haoyang's voice sounded outside the door.
Song Shishi got up to open the door, picked up Li Haoyang, pointed at the made bed and said, "Xiaobao, look how good Aunt Lili is to you. She specially changed the sheets and quilts for you."
Li Haoyang blinked his eyes, "Can I sleep with my pretty aunt and Aunt Lili tonight?"
"Yeah, are you happy?"
"happy!"
In the afternoon, Song Shishi took Xu Li and Li Haoyang to make dumplings. Zheng Peilan wanted to help, but Song Shishi was afraid that she would not be able to handle it. However, Zheng Peilan insisted on watching over her on the pretext of helping to look after Li Haoyang.
Fortunately, I have all the ingredients for making dumplings at home.
The kitchen was too small and really inconvenient, so Song Shishi simply took the things to the dining table in the living room.
"My pretty aunt, what kind of fillings are we going to make for the dumplings?"
Song Shishi gave everyone an apron, and Zheng Peilan tied it on Li Haoyang personally.
Li Haoyang was sweet-mouthed. He turned around and grinned at Zheng Peilan, and said in a soft voice, "Thank you, mother-in-law."
"Be good." Zheng Peilan's heart melted when she saw his little appearance. She smiled and gently stroked Li Haoyang's head.
"Today I'm going to make two kinds: brown sugar and sweet potato. Which one do you like, Xiaobao?"
Song Shishi replied loudly while steaming the washed sweet potatoes.
"I like them all. As long as they are made by my pretty aunt, they are all delicious."
Zheng Peilan and Xu Li covered their mouths and laughed.
"You have such a sweet mouth. If you fall in love with a girl in the future, won't you coax her around?" Zheng Peilan joked with a smile.
Song Shishi came out of the kitchen, "Mom, how old is Xiaobao, and you're just talking about this."
"Let me tell you, kids nowadays are very smart and they understand everything. Didn't the Chen family's eldest son have a son a few years ago? He's only five years old, but he can speak very fluently."
The compound is not big, but not small either. As long as something happens in the compound, basically every household will know the news on the same day.
"Yesterday, the eldest son of the Chen family came back with his wife and son.
As a result, not long after, the youngest son of his family started quarreling with the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family. As a result, the five-year-old son of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family put his hands on his hips and started scolding Jiahe.
Jiahe's face turned green with anger and she raised her hand to hit the child.
The Chen family couple loved their grandson so much that they pushed Jiahe down without even waiting for her to touch the child. "
Zheng Peilan's words were very convincing, and Song Shishi smiled, "Mom, when did you start to like joining in on the fun?"
"How could I dare to join in the fun? With my body, it would be a shame if I was pushed down by them. It was Lu Xiaoxiao's mother next door. I ran into her when I went to buy groceries this morning. She pulled me aside and talked to me for a long time. I had no choice but to listen."
Zheng Peilan looked helpless.
"With Chen Jiahe's personality, it's impossible for her to give up so easily, right?"
"You know that girl's personality well. Her father kicked her, and she got up and kicked the eldest grandson of the Chen family, then turned around and ran away. She hasn't come back yet."
At this point, Zheng Peilan shook her head and smacked her lips. "She's so young, and she's had such an ugly quarrel with her family. Now she's not coming home at night. You don't know what everyone in our hospital is doing behind her back."
Xu Li, who had been silent the whole time, couldn't help but say, "That's what she deserves. She wasn't a good person to begin with. She even tried to harm Sister Shishi on purpose last time."
"Hurry? What did Chen Jiahe do?"
Hearing that someone wanted to harm Song Shishi, Zheng Peilan couldn't stand it anymore, "Why have I never heard you talk about this?"
Li Haoyang also chimed in, "Those who bully my pretty aunt are all bad people."
Song Shishi kicked Xu Li lightly under the table, "It's okay, Mom, Uncle Chen beat her at that time. I'm smart and I won't be bullied by others."
Zheng Peilan calmed down a little when she heard that Chen's father had beaten Chen Jiahe.
After all, Zheng Peilan has a bad heart and is easily excited. Song Shishi doesn't want her to be troubled by these things.
If Zheng Peilan gets so angry that she goes to the Chen family to ask for an explanation or something, Song Shishi is not afraid that Zheng Peilan will do anything to her. She is afraid that the people in the Chen family will make Zheng Peilan sick due to anger.
"Mom, let's make the dumplings quickly."
Li Haoyang was very perceptive. When Song Shishi gave him a look, he immediately turned around and took Zheng Peilan's hand, shouting, "Grandma, Xiaobao doesn't know how to do it. Please teach me."
"Okay, okay, grandma will teach Xiaobao."
Because the sweet potatoes were still steaming in the pot, Song Shishi and her friends made brown sugar dumplings first.
Under normal circumstances, Zheng Peilan would definitely not allow Song Shishi to waste brown sugar and white sugar like this.
But today is the Lantern Festival after all, and Li Haoyang was there too. Zheng Peilan said nothing, but joined in the fun and made dumplings with Li Haoyang.
She took out half a bag of glutinous rice flour, poured it into a porcelain basin, then added less than half a bowl of boiling water, stirring constantly.
She added water while stirring, about three times.
Keep stirring until the glutinous rice flour starts to feel sticky, then you can start kneading it into dough.
Xu Li has strong hands and is the one who rushes to knead the dough.
Seeing that Xu Li was in high spirits, Song Shishi simply gave the job to her.
Li Haoyang was watching eagerly from the opposite side, looking eager to try.
Song Shishi met his direct gaze and simply tore off a small piece of the dough for him to play with.
Zheng Peilan played with Li Haoyang throughout the whole process and would occasionally lend him some guidance.
After Xu Li kneaded the dough into long strips, Song Shishi took a knife and cut the dough into small squares.
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