Chapter 460: Birthday Banquet

I saw Jiang Cuihua wanted to make two pieces of clothing for the baby in Huang Xiaoyue’s belly.

Liu Yinyin told her that she could take back all the clothes the triplets wore when they were born.

Anyway, she didn't plan to have any more children, so there was no point in keeping those clothes.

Huang Xiaoyue was delighted when she heard this: "That's great, if you don't need it, I can keep it all."

The sister-in-law gave the children all the good things, and Huang Xiaoyue couldn't refuse.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "You can keep it. I won't be able to use it anyway."

There are quite a lot of clothes, it’s a big bag.

Huang Xiaoyue couldn't stop smiling when she saw this.

It was almost noon, and Liu Yinyin followed Jiang Cuihua to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Huang Xiaoyue was in poor health and could not work well. The vegetables had been washed but had not yet been put into the pot.

It was inconvenient for her to cook with her big belly, so Jiang Cuihua didn't let her cook.

We are all family, there is nothing to be particular about.

Huang Xiaoyue prepared quite a few dishes. She must have informed everyone in advance, as the people at home had bought some food in the morning.

Pork belly, spare ribs, fish, bacon, eggs, and some vegetables.

As there were so many people, Liu Yinyin prepared eight dishes, six pickled mustard greens, braised pork, sweet and sour spare ribs, boiled fish fillet, chopped pepper fish head, stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts, and scrambled eggs with chili peppers.

Two vegetarian dishes, Chinese cabbage with garlic sauce and eggplant with potatoes.

The staple food is mixed-flour steamed buns.

After dinner, Liu Yinyin went back to the end of the village to clean.

Liu Lai Fu had to go to work in the afternoon, so he didn't go with him and just told her.

"Your third brother and I went over there yesterday afternoon and cleaned the place inside and out. You can just go back and dry the quilts and make the bed."

There was no way. As a grown man, he just couldn't do the washing job.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "I understand. Thank you, Dad."

The triplets stayed at Liu's house to be taken care of by Jiang Cuihua, while Liu Yinyin and Gu Cheng went back to clean up the house.

Liu Laifu and his sons often went to the end of the village, where there was a school nearby.

So, even though Liu Yinyin was not at home for a long time, the house did not look damaged.

Not much different from before.

When I was almost home, I ran into Jiang Zhiqing.

Gu Cheng stopped and exchanged a few words with him.

Liu Yinyin went in first. The vegetable plot in the yard was not empty, as Liu Lai Fu had planted a batch of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are easy to care for and have a high yield, so most villagers grow them in their private plots.

At this time, the villagers were busy with the autumn harvest and had no time to dig up the sweet potatoes from their private plots.

In addition to sweet potatoes, there are also two fruit trees planted by Gu Cheng in the yard.

A peach tree and a date tree.

Liu Lai Fu had written in a letter before saying that the two fruit trees in his home had produced more and more fruits every year in the past two years.

Peaches are ripe in June and July, and we picked about 100 kilograms of peaches.

There were a lot of fruits on the island, so Liu Yinyin didn't ask for any, and let the people in the Liu family pick them and eat them.

There were about 100 kilograms of peaches, and the Liu family ate half of them.

The other half was sold by Liu Lai Fu, and the money was sent to Liu Yin Yin.

There is still one date tree left. Dates bear fruit relatively late. Now, the tree is full of red dates, which are quite large.

The wall of Liu Yinyin's house is very high, so no one would sneak in to pick dates.

However, some of the dates on the top of the tree were eaten by birds, which was a pity.

We will have to pick all these red dates soon. The ones we can’t finish can be dried into red date sticks to avoid wasting such good things.

Liu Laifu and his son cleaned the rooms very well, so there was no need to scrub them.

Liu Yinyin opened the closet and took out a few blankets to wash.

The sun is strong outside, so the blanket will dry out in the afternoon.

However, there is another problem: there are not enough beds at home...

The bed in the master bedroom was a bit small to begin with, and with four children in it, there was no room for them.

There was only one stroller at home, which was not enough for several children to sleep in.

I'll have to borrow a crib from Huang Xiaoyue later.

After washing everything that needed to be washed at home, the couple had nothing to do, so they started digging sweet potatoes.

Liu Yinyin thought of something and asked Gu Cheng, "Do we really need to hold a birthday party for these children?"

Gu Cheng had said before that he would go back to his hometown this time to hold a one-year-old party for his children.

"Of course I will." Gu Cheng said, his hands on his hips, "I'm going to go to the mountains tomorrow to see if I can catch some pheasants or rabbits. In two days I'll set up a few tables for a banquet to liven things up."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "The weather has been good over the past two years, so there must be a lot of prey in the mountains."

If you want to hold a banquet, then do it. It's not easy for you to come back, so it's only right to liven it up a bit.

Jiang Cuihua followed Liu Laifu and learned that the couple planned to hold a first birthday party for their children, and she agreed very much.

Liu Laifu laughed heartily and said, "It's time to hold a birthday party for the kids. As for the triplets, you can't find one like them anywhere in the country."

Don't you have to show it off?

Jiang Cuihua thought more realistically: "You don't live at home, you don't have any food, vegetables, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. How much will it cost to hold a banquet?"

You have to buy things you don't have, and everything costs money.

Gu Cheng told her: "Mom, I will go to the mountains tomorrow to see if I can catch some prey. Then I will exchange some food with the villagers..."

Jiang Cuihua's eyes lit up when she heard this: "That's a good idea. It's harvest time in the village, and we all have food on hand."

Going up the mountain to hunt is indeed a good idea. In this way, the two major problems of food and meat are solved.

The rest are small things that don't cost much.

Liu Laifu nodded: "Let Mingyuan go with you."

In case anything happens, the two of them can take care of each other.

The house is tidied up, and Liu Yinyin is thinking about going to the county town tomorrow to buy some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar so that she can cook for herself.

As for food...after dinner, Liu Lai Fu sent two bags of food to the end of the village.

A 20-jin bag of rice, a 20-jin bag of flour, a basket of eggs, a basket of vegetables, and a piece of bacon.

Before leaving, Liu Laifu told them: "We have planted a lot of vegetables in our private plots. If you want to eat them, just pick some from the fields. Don't spend money to buy them."

It is a sheer waste to spend money on vegetables when living in the countryside.

Liu Yinyin sighed, "Dad, I understand."

Liu Lai Fu walked away with his hands behind his back.

Gu Cheng put away the stroller he had borrowed from Liu Mingyuan and said, "Dad looks good."

What he said was a bit conservative. Liu Lai Fu had recuperated well in the past two years and looked younger than before.

"That's right." Liu Yinyin said cheerfully, "His hair has turned black. I heard from my third brother that people in the village are saying that he has turned old and looked like a child again."

This may be a bit exaggerated, but thanks to eating well and sleeping well in the past two years, Liu Laifu's complexion is indeed much better than before.