"Haha, this commotion on the second day of the Lunar New Year has definitely brought some popularity to Old Zhou's courtyard." Political Commissar Hu said to Zhou Yan before leaving, "Comrade Zhou, don't blame your grandfather. He's been busy with national affairs every day. Alas, it's mainly because you weren't by his side before. Now that you're here, no one dares to worry about his little money."
Zhou Yan smiled and said nothing.
Political Commissar Hu suddenly felt that although this kid was not in the same business as his Zhou family, he was worthy of being a member of the Zhou family. His demeanor and expression were exactly the same as Old Zhou's.
If this is to inherit the family business...
Forget it, Old Zhou had already reported it long ago. His grandson doesn’t want to do his business and just wants to be an ordinary person.
"Uh, I still have to go see Old Li, so I won't disturb your family reunion." Political Commissar Hu felt that he would make mistakes if he spoke too much, so he left quickly. When he reached the door, he suddenly remembered something. He fumbled in his pocket and took out two big black tens. He quickly walked over to Xiao Yu and stuffed one into each of the two babies in his arms. "Grandpa forgot to bring red envelopes today, so this is Grandpa's red envelope. Oh, I didn't notice just now, these two girls look so much like Xiao Zhou. They will definitely be beauties in the future!"
Seeing that he wanted to touch his great-granddaughter with his calloused hands, Mr. Zhou slapped him and said, "Go back to your business. Old Li has a lot of problems. Don't touch my great-granddaughter with your calloused hands. Don't scratch her face."
Commissar Hu was reminded of this and found that his hands were indeed covered in calluses and old skin. He said embarrassedly, "Tomorrow I'll use my wife's vanishing cream to rub them before entertaining our lovely granddaughters. Hey, goodbye, my two babies."
"Yaaaa!" When the two girls saw someone greeting them, they immediately raised their hands with extremely enthusiastic expressions.
Xiao Yu-_-||: What kind of personality is this? No one in their family is this awesome?
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If you eat late in the morning, you definitely won’t be able to eat much at noon.
Old Master Zhou had sent Xiao Liu out to get some food and meat. He couldn't let Xiao Liu's mistake lead him to eat the food of his newly adopted grandson, could he? If word got out, Zhou Weiyong would lose face.
Xiao Liu went out for a walk and came back around noon. Rice, flour, and vegetables were all fine, and he even took two fruit gift boxes. However, he did get some meat, but it wasn't good quality meat.
Grandpa Zhou opened the bag of meat. Most of the meat in the bag was gone, except for a large piece of lard that could be used to make oil. The rest were just two pig's trotters that were worth looking at. The rest were pig intestines, pig lungs, pig hearts, and not even a liver.
"Chief, um, they said they won't slaughter pigs during the Chinese New Year. These are the ones that were not sold before and are stored. There are only three pairs in total. I'm afraid they will be gone soon." Xiao Liu felt that he had embarrassed the chief. The chief's grandson had just returned, and the two of them were shamelessly eating his food.
No wonder the chief’s grandson said at the gate: My grandfather didn’t recognize me because he was afraid that I would spend all my money.
At that time, he thought Comrade Xiao Zhou was just speaking in anger, but he was slapped in the face so quickly!
"Okay, this is not inedible." Grandpa Zhou was also embarrassed. Before Xiao Liu came back, his grandson and his wife went to the utility room to clean up. He stood at the door for a while holding the child and found that his grandson brought not only chickens, ducks, fish, and sheep, but also half a head of fat pork.
"What did you bring back?" Zhou Yan pretended to be ignorant as he came out of the kitchen. After seeing the contents of the bag, he said, "It's not good enough for making dumplings. But it's okay for making braised meat. Xiaoyu also mentioned that she needed some small intestines to make sausages."
Really? Grandpa Zhou's eyes lit up: "That's perfect for me." It would be nice to help my grandchildren and their wives.
Xiao Liu quickly said, "I'll help wash it."
Zhou Yan had no objection to this.
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So, in the afternoon, Grandpa Zhou was coaxing his granddaughter, who had just taken a short nap; Zhou Yan and Xiao Yu were quickly stuffing sausages; and Xiao Liu was making dumplings with the dough and fillings Comrade Xiao had mixed. The kitchen was filled with the aroma of steaming, the fragrant aroma of braised meat wafting ten miles away.
In order to avoid failure, Xiao Yu used the power of incense again when braising the meat.
As a result, many of Mr. Zhou's neighbors couldn't help but come out of their houses to take a look.
"Old Zhou, this is incredible! His grandson just came back today, and the whole yard is buzzing with activity."
"This braised meat is even more delicious than the one in the big kitchen."
"Why do you think of braised pork?"
"Hey, I know that. The nanny took away Lao Zhou and Xiao Liu's share. Xiao Liu went to the supplies department to buy more, but they only had some pig offal. That stuff is inedible if it's not handled properly."
"Pfft, Old Zhou has completely lost face in front of his grandson! He comes to force a marriage in the morning, and he still has to rely on his grandson for food in the afternoon."
"Yes, no wonder his eldest grandson said that to him. He deserves it."
"But you know what, this meat smells really good!"
"Hey, how about we bring some wine over later to celebrate for Old Zhou?" Several old men across the yard began to exchange glances.
"What are you celebrating?"
"To celebrate the return of his eldest grandson."
"Then I'll bring some peanuts to go with the wine."
"Sure, sure. I happen to have a fruit gift box at home."
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Zhou family.
After Grandpa Zhou passed the kitchen door for the fifth time, holding his granddaughter in his arms, he said to Xiao Liu, "Xiao Liu, please help me close the door. The smell is so good, don't think it will attract a group of wolves and tigers."
Xiao Liu swallowed, put down the dumplings he had just wrapped, and said, "I'll go now." A group of old leaders usually had some dignity. During Chinese New Year, if someone had something nice, they would bring their grandchildren over to eat. It was almost a custom in the courtyard. They only had that one pot of meat, so they didn't want it all to be divided up.
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