"Well, the hospital isn't very busy today, so come back early." Song Zhiyao said cheerfully.

I've heard from other people before that doctors are very busy during holidays. I thought that Song Zhiyao is also a doctor, so she might come back very late today.

But no matter how late she comes back, I will wait for her to have the reunion dinner together tonight.

Song Zhiyao was also very happy to get off work early today. New Year's Eve was the day for family reunion. If it was a boring New Year's Eve at Luo's house, it wouldn't matter how late she came back.

It was different at the Song family. The three of them were all looking forward to her return. Someone was waiting for her to come home, so naturally there was more anticipation. When Song Zhiyao received the notice that she could go home, she did not show any joy on the surface.

In her heart, however, she was elated, and the familiar bus driver saw her joyful face.

I couldn't help but tease, "Doctor Song, you must be happy to get off work and go home so early?"

After asking this, I couldn't help but murmur in my heart. After all, they are still young people. Even if they are smart and capable, it will be different if they can go home earlier to celebrate the New Year.

The younger brothers and sisters were very happy to see their sister come back so early. They wore their new clothes and showed off in front of her. Two of them vied with each other to ask her which one looked better.

It is a very happy thing for children to have new clothes to wear during the Spring Festival. The conditions of each household in the textile factory seem to be okay, but some families have several children and it is impossible for everyone to have new clothes.

A lot of money is spent on the Chinese New Year, and most of it is spent on socializing. There is also money to buy food and drinks for the family, so there is not much money left to buy clothes for the children.

Anyone who has new clothes at this time will receive envious looks when going out. In the past, the two siblings would envy others at this time, but this year Song Zhiyao bought them new clothes with beautiful designs and good quality.

After lunch, the two of them rushed to take a shower, just wanting to show off outside in their new clothes. Looking at their expressions, Song Zhiyao laughed.

"You two are both equally good-looking, okay?" As an elder sister, Song Zhiyao would not favor one over the other. They were indeed both equally good-looking.

Even though they knew their sister's words were a bit perfunctory, the two siblings were still very happy and said in unison, "Mom, sister, let's go out for a walk and come back to help with cooking later."

Without waiting for their answer, the two siblings looked at each other and quickly filled their pockets with melon seeds. Seeing that they were in such a good situation, they would definitely finish all the melon seeds before going home.

Lai Yanling is a good mother who doesn’t have such a strong desire to control. They also wanted to go out for a walk, and she understood the children’s thoughts, so she waved her hand and let them go.

Then he looked at Song Zhiyao and said, "Zhiyao, you got up so early today, go and have a rest. You can't help with these."

Lai Yanling also discovered that her eldest daughter was not very proficient in kitchen matters, and sometimes helping her would actually make things worse, so it would be better to let her not be busy from the beginning.

Song Zhiyao knew what she meant as soon as she heard it. Thinking of how she had helped but ended up doing more harm than good several times before, she felt a little embarrassed for a moment and nodded.

Lai Yanling attached great importance to this year's New Year's Eve. It was the first time that it was so grand since Song Yuanzhou left home.

There are goose meat, stewed chicken soup, braised pork feet, braised fish, fried tofu meatballs, stir-fried beef with sour radish, braised abalone, and shredded cabbage.

The goose meat was prepared a few days ago, so today we just need to process and fry it. The chicken soup also starts to simmer slowly in the coal stove early in the morning, and it will become even more delicious if simmered for a few more hours.

The pig's trotter is not stewed but braised. First, put the pig's trotter in the braising liquid, then put the chili, ginger and onion in the pot, stir-fry continuously until fragrant, and then put the braised pig's trotter in.

The braised pork trotters were chewy and had the aroma of the marinade and a spicy taste. When Song Zhiyao came out, she saw a large pot of bright red and tempting pork trotters.

Lai Yanling, who was cooking other dishes, turned around and saw her greedy look. She pretended not to see anything and smiled, "Zhiyao, help mom taste this pig's trotter to see if it's tasty enough. I have to cook so many dishes today that my mind is a little confused. I don't even know how much salt to put."

Song Zhiyao was concentrating on the pig's trotter and didn't hear any other meaning. She picked up a small piece of pig's trotter and started to chew it.

It is soft, sticky and spicy. After being braised, it is fried over high heat without being greasy. The chili dipped on the pig skin is also very fragrant. Song Zhiyao was immersed in this delicious taste for a while.

I completely forgot to tell Lai Yanling how salty the food was. After I finished eating, I found that Lai Yanling was busy, so I didn't feel embarrassed.

"Ahem, this pig's trotter tastes just right."

Lai Yanling responded while cutting vegetables, "Luckily there were no mistakes, otherwise it would be embarrassing to send you to your teacher's house."

Then he made a dish and asked Song Zhiyao to taste it. It was made into meatballs with tofu and minced meat. They were fried until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The tofu was crushed and added with minced meat. Some dried shrimps and chopped green onions were added and mixed together. The resulting dish was fresh and fragrant.

Song Zhiyao couldn't help but eat two. If she wasn't afraid of not being able to eat at night, she would have wanted to eat another one.

The stir-fried beef with sour radish is also sour and spicy. The homemade sour radish, paired with tender beef and fried with chili peppers, tastes really good.

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Song Zhiyao did not try the braised fish and abalone because the whole fish was difficult to separate, but the taste looked very good. Lai Yanling made eight dishes.

It is considered a good idea for most families to have two meat dishes during the Chinese New Year. However, except for one green vegetable, all other dishes in their family are meat. This proves that Lai Yanling attaches great importance to this New Year's Eve reunion day.

Song Zhiyao also felt warm in her heart. It was because he valued her as his daughter that he spent so much money and bought so many tickets and things to bring her back.

There was so much meat on the table, probably more than they had eaten in the previous year.

Before the dishes were served, Lai Yanling took out a lunch box and packed some of them. Their family had two lunch boxes, and now there were two more, which she must have borrowed from outside.

Each lunch box contained two dishes, and she quickly wrapped them in cloth after they were ready.

Then he ordered, "Zhiyao, send it to your teacher's house right now and let them eat hot food."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the other two children and said, "Ruyun, Zihao, who of you will go with your eldest sister?"

It was so cold and it was getting dark soon. Lai Yanling was worried about Song Zhiyao going alone.

"I want to go!" They both rushed to follow.

Song Zhiyao wanted to refuse, but when she saw Lai Yanling's worried face, she swallowed the words she was about to say again, "No need to struggle, both of you come with me."

The two siblings were very happy to hear that they were going together. Song Zihao even took the lunch box directly from Song Zhiyao. Seeing this, Song Ruyun went to get the things that had been prepared.

Seeing how enthusiastic they were, Song Zhiyao saved herself the trouble.