After dinner at Zhou's house, Shuying took the children to sit on the sofa and talked with Ye Shuning and Zhou Shengtian while peeling peanuts for the children.
After Chen Yi finished his meal, he whispered in Shuying's ear that he wanted to go home to eat his candied haws.
Shuying had no choice but to turn to her man who was talking to Commander Zhou and Political Commissar Ye.
Zhou Shengtian smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, Chen Tuan is right in front of you, why are you still reluctant to let him go?"
From the time you just had dinner until now, the couple should not be too clingy.
Chen Tuan had such a cold personality back then, but now he loves his wife so much. I can’t believe it.
It seems like getting married is a good idea.
Zhou Shengtian looked towards Ye Shuning consciously.
Tree Shadow: “…”
"By the way, sister-in-law, you really got 100 points in the recruitment exam. Will you teach in a junior high school next Monday?" Zhou Shengtian asked.
Ye Shuning also looked at her curiously. Mrs. Gao promoted her so widely? Shuying hurriedly replied modestly: "Good luck! Good luck!"
"Auntie, I'm thirsty!" Chen Yi suddenly said.
Shuying stood up to pour water for the child, but Ye Shuning stood up first and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to see if there's any water! Wait a minute!"
Shuying didn't want to bother Ye Shuning, but seeing that Zhou Shengtian had something to say to her, she had to thank Ye Shuning.
When Ye Shuning entered the kitchen, Zhou Shengtian sat closer and immediately said, "Sister-in-law, you have a good relationship with Comrade Ye!"
Shuying blinked, and then heard Zhou Shengtian say, "Do you know why my parents asked you to come over for dinner tonight?"
Zhou Shengtian immediately said, "My parents think Chen Tuan has a very good eye. Otherwise, how could he marry such a good wife like you? I also think you have a good eye. You are so close to Comrade Ye. Comrade Ye must be a good comrade!"
Tree Shadow: “…”
Not far away, Chen Xi, who was talking to Commander Zhou and Political Commissar Ye, accidentally saw that his wife was very close to Zhou Shengtian, and he frowned slightly.
The two of them didn't notice, Zhou Shengtian continued: "I am very satisfied with Comrade Ye, sister-in-law, you have to say good things for me every day! I am not young anymore!"
Shuying twitched her lips and thought that before she went on a blind date with Political Commissar Ye's daughter, she didn't realize that Zhou Tuan was in a hurry to get married.
"Say what?" The man's steady and powerful voice came from above their heads.
Zhou Shengtian saw Ye Shuning coming out of the kitchen and said hurriedly, "Nothing! Nothing!"
The man always had a blank expression on his face. Shuying didn't think much about it. Seeing Zhou Tuan stand up and politely take the enamel cup from Ye Shuning's hand, she pursed her lips and smiled.
Chen Xi held the child in his arms. Shu Ying took the boiled water handed to her by Zhou Tuan and fed the child a few sips.
Chen Yi continued to whisper in Shuying's ear that he wanted to go home. Shuying gave him some water and put the enamel cup on the table before asking the tall man in front of him, "It's getting late, shall we go home first?"
Seeing that it was getting dark, Chen Xi took his wife and children to say goodbye to Commander Zhou, Aunt Zhou, and Political Commissar Ye.
"So soon?" Auntie Zhou came over and said to Chen Xi, "Ah Xi, can you bring your wife to sit with you for a while?"
As Aunt Zhou spoke, she took a handful of candies and peanuts and stuffed them into the child's pocket. She also gave a handful to Shuying and asked her to sit down and eat slowly.
Teacher Zhou also asked the family of three to stay at Zhou's house for a while.
Chen Xi told Teacher Zhou that the child was sleepy. Seeing Chen Yi burying her head in Chen Xi's shoulder with a sullen look, Teacher Zhou and Aunt Zhou didn't keep her.
When the Zhou family was seeing the family of three off, Zhou Shengtian suddenly said in a loud voice, "By the way, sister-in-law, I heard that you threw Xia Lina to the ground a few days ago. Was it Chen Tuan who taught you this skill?"
Zhou Shengtian's loud shout drew everyone's attention to the couple. Shuying choked and almost slipped.
Chen Xi quickly helped the man, and Shuying steadied herself. She waited for the curious glances from Commander Zhou, Political Commissar Ye, and Aunt Zhou. She certainly couldn't let her man take the blame, so Shuying gritted her teeth and brought up her four brothers, and also used the words she had used to fool her man.
Commander Zhou, Political Commissar Ye, Aunt Zhou and the others believed it without giving it much thought.
Commander Zhou and Political Commissar Ye happily praised Chen Xi, "Ah Xi (Chen Tuan), your wife is amazing!"
Aunt Zhou also had a cheerful smile. She was worried if Axi's wife really wanted to be with her because she looked weak. She liked men with a straightforward personality who could handle things well.
When he met Ye Shuning and Zhou Weihong's unanimous surprised looks, Shu Ying wanted to cover his face.
Chen Xi took in his wife's expression and the corners of his thin lips curled up.
Zhou Shengtian was a little disappointed. He was quite interested in this matter: "I thought it was Chen Tuan who taught it?"
Chen Xi glanced at him with a warning look, and Zhou Shengtian stopped talking. He said goodbye to the Zhou and Ye families and left with his wife and children.
Political Commissar Ye and Ye Shuning stayed at Zhou's house for a while, but left soon after.
However, the two families got along quite smoothly. Political Commissar Ye and Teacher Zhou's wife Zhou were both sensible. They did not rush the two children to get engaged, but instead allowed the two children to have more contact with each other.
After Political Commissar Ye and Ye Shuning left, Commander Zhou and Aunt Zhou first asked their boss what he thought of Ye Shuning.
"Comrade Ye is fine!" Zhou Shengtian replied while peeling a peanut.
The boss finally gave in, and Master Zhou and his wife were also very happy.
Auntie Zhou hadn't eaten her string of candied haws yet, but now she was eating one while sitting on the sofa. The sour and sweet taste was really good. Zhou Weihong wanted to eat more, so Auntie Zhou gave her one and said, "Axi's wife is really skillful, but it takes a lot of sugar to make these candied haws. This child is really generous and sensible, bringing gifts every time."
Nowadays, Tanghulu is a rare thing and very hard to get.
Teacher Zhou also tasted one, and found the sweet and sour taste particularly good. He also said, "This child is sensible and is really good to Chen Yi!"
Aunt Zhou also agreed, "Axi made the right choice to marry this daughter-in-law. Look at how happy the child is with Axi and his wife. Most people would consider it a favor to give their nephew enough food, let alone treat him as their own child."
Speaking of this matter, Aunt Zhou scolded Liu Shujuan's niece and Comrade Xia from Deputy Tuan's family for being dishonest, and asked her own daughter to stay away from Liu Jiao in the future.
After that, he said to Teacher Zhou: "Axi's wife just had a good chat with the daughter of the old Ye family. She should be a good person too!"
Aunt Zhou now trusts the vision of Axi and his wife, and so does Teacher Zhou.
Ye Zhengwei and his daughter were walking home, and Ye Shuning was talking about how good Shuying was to his nephew.
She didn't mean to flatter Political Commissar Ye, but she really admired Chen Tuan's wife. She had never seen anyone treat a child who was not her own so well.
Ye Shuning said a few words casually, which reminded Political Commissar Ye of how his wife had slandered Commander Chen's daughter-in-law for abusing their child.
As soon as they entered the Ye family, Political Commissar Ye immediately asked Liu Shujuan whether she had delivered the meat to the Chen family. When he heard that Liu Shujuan had not, Political Commissar Ye frowned and told Liu Shujuan to remember to deliver the meat tomorrow.
As soon as Political Commissar Ye returned to the study, Liu Shujuan immediately cried out, "Oh, I can't live like this anymore!"
Chen Xi, Shu Ying and their family of three just arrived home. Shu Ying gave the child a string of candied haws and asked the child to sit on a small stool at the entrance of the main room to eat the candied haws. The child was very happy.
Shuying had just taken a shower and was washing her hair. Chen Xi was helping her. The sister-in-law from the Gao family next door brought over some meat-filled steamed buns that she had made in the evening.
They gave us six steamed buns stuffed with meat, which were still hot. Mrs. Gao saw that Chen Tuan was actually helping Miss Yang wash her hair. Oh, how come this couple has such a close relationship?
She had just married her husband, Lao Gao, and he had never washed her hair.
After washing his hands, Chen Xi went to the kitchen to get a bowl without changing his expression.
Shuying quickly wrapped her hair with a towel and talked to Mrs. Gao in the main room.
Mrs. Gao said, "Sister Yang, this is the meat bun I tried to make tonight. I'll give it to you, your Chen, and your children to try. It's not as good as yours, but you can try mine. You'll have dinner at Teacher Zhou's house, so I can't bring it here first. It's still hot and you can eat it! Hurry up and try it!"
Mrs. Gao said this and took one for Chen Yi to eat.
Chen Yi holds a string of candied haws in one hand and a meat-filled steamed bun in the other, and she looks so happy while eating them.
Seeing the candied haws in the children's hands, Shuying also remembered the candied haws she had prepared. She asked Mrs. Gao to wait and went to the kitchen to get fifteen strings of candied haws, asking Mrs. Gao to take them back for the three children.
Mrs. Gao had just poured the meat bun into Chen's bowl when she saw Sister Yang giving her so many red candied haws.
She took a closer look and saw that it was covered with sugar. She didn't know how much sugar Yang Meizi had spent. How could Gao Dasao dare to take it and quickly declined.
Shuying said, "Sister-in-law, these hawthorns were picked by the three Gao Zhi brothers and me on the back mountain. Without them, how could I have picked so many hawthorns? I still have half a basket here!"
She didn't lie. Today the three brothers climbed trees and picked hawthorns for her, and they picked a lot for her.
"What's the value of hawthorn? There's sugar all over it! No, I'll just take two or three strings!" Mrs. Gao said hurriedly.
Shuying said, "I made a lot of these Tanghulu, and there are still quite a lot at home. My family can't eat so much."
Shuying stuffed fifteen strings of candied haws wrapped in oil paper into Gao Dasao's hands. Gao Dasao couldn't refuse and had to take it. However, after taking it, Gao Dasao said that if she wanted to make something else with the remaining half basket of hawthorns, there was no need to give it to her family, as these strings of candied haws were more than enough.
Several of her children went to the mountain to pick hawthorns, and the remaining candies were all provided by Yang Meizi. How could she let her children take advantage of Yang Meizi every time?
After Mrs. Gao left, Shuying passed a meat bun to her mouth. She took a bite and found the meat a little tough and salty, but overall the taste was okay. After all, it was meat and there were a lot of spices in it.
After Chen Xi and Chen Yi tasted the food, they said in unison: "It's not as delicious as ours!"
"It's not as delicious as what my aunt made!"
Shuying pursed her lips and smiled. It seemed that she had spoiled the appetites of both her two children, one big and one small.
Chen Yi was still thinking about the spicy rabbit meat. After eating the candied haws, she tried to grab the corner of Shuying's clothes, but Chen Xi quickly grabbed her claws and said in a baby voice, "Auntie, I want to eat spicy rabbit meat! Shall we go to the back mountain to catch rabbits tomorrow?"
Chen Xi was a little greedy when it came to spicy rabbit meat, but it was not easy to catch rabbits. His wife was lucky last time. He had to train these days and had no time to go to the back mountain, so he might as well ask his wife to buy a chicken or duck at the next market.
When it comes to chicken and duck, Shuying thinks of beer duck and chestnut stewed chicken. However, buying a chicken and duck is really a big deal.
If Mrs. Gao from the neighboring Gaotuan knew how they lived, she would definitely criticize them. Also, if her mother knew that she lived so lavishly, she would definitely scold her for wasting money.
Shuying pursed her lips and smiled, imitating her mother's tone and said to her husband: "Why are you such a spendthrift?"
Chen Xi: “…”
"But this is a good idea, I like it! I'll see where it's for sale at the next market!" Shuying looked at her man with sparkling eyes.
When Chen Xi heard the last half of his wife's sentence, his cold brows turned into a smile.
"Aunt, let's go up the mountain tomorrow and I'll catch rabbits! Spicy rabbit meat is delicious!" Chen Yi said with dissatisfied eyes.
It seems that this kid is really obsessed with spicy rabbit meat. However, this rabbit is really hard to catch. It seems that her system was lucky last time and gave this kid an illusion, thinking that the rabbit can really be picked?
Shuying gently pinched the boy's cheeks. Instead of refusing immediately, Chen Xi raised his thin lips and said, "Don't pay attention to this kid. Let him go to the back mountain to catch rabbits by himself! If he can catch one, it's his own skill!"
Shuying pursed his lips and smiled.
Chen Yi didn't understand what his uncle said, but he felt that he was being looked down upon. He angrily puffed up his cheeks and said to Chen Xi: "My aunt and I caught a rabbit last time! Rabbits don't run fast!"
"Let's talk about it tomorrow. Eat your meat bun first!" said Shuying.
After the children finished eating the roujiamo, there were still a few roujiamo left. Chen Xi put them in the cupboard and took the children to wash their hands.
Shuying washed her hair and took a bath, and she was too lazy to make the hawthorn sauce. There was still half a basket of hawthorns left, and she couldn't make that much tonight.
She went to the front yard to pour the chestnut balls on the ground and stepped on them, while the three brothers from the Gao family next door were excitedly celebrating the candied haws that Mrs. Gao brought over.
From here, Shuying could still hear the three brothers' loud and happy voices. Even the oldest one, Gao Zhi, screamed in joy, "Mom, what is this? Is this the candied haws made by Aunt Yang?"
"I want to eat! I want to eat!"