Wei Yuyan stir-fried the leftovers from lunch together, making a small portion, and served a bowl to each of her four older brothers and sisters-in-law.
"Kids, I'm taking you to see the fireworks and have some delicious food."
Wei Yuyan led Xiaoru and Qianqian by the hand, and told Xiaolei and Xiaoxuan to follow.
The group headed towards the river, and just like during the Dragon Boat Festival, they almost couldn't squeeze in.
Wei Yuyan bought sesame cakes, malt candy, and sugar paintings for the children, who were satisfied, but Wei Yuyan herself didn't know what to eat.
The children love sweets, while Wei Yuyan prefers savory ones. In the end, they bought a fried dough stick and a sesame seed cake. Only after they were full did they take the children to see the fireworks.
"Bang~~ Bang~~".
The brilliant fireworks painted the sky, captivating all who watched.
"Wow, it's so beautiful."
The two girls watched the fireworks, their eyes glued to the screen.
The two boys were discussing the delicious food they were holding.
After about 15 minutes, they stopped releasing the fish, and then a boat came along the river.
Someone is performing acrobatics on the boat; the difficulty level is truly astounding.
The boys were particularly interested in this and chased after the boat, so Wei Yuyan had no choice but to hold Xiaoru and Qianqian's hands and follow behind them.
The four children reluctantly headed back after the performance ended.
Wei Yuyan wondered if her older brothers and sisters-in-law had eaten enough, so she bought a bag of snacks from a roadside vendor to take back to them.
"Have you sold out?"
As soon as Wei Yuyan entered the door, she saw several older brothers and sisters-in-law kneading dough to prepare the dumpling wrappers for tomorrow morning.
"Yes, thank goodness. If we had prepared more, we wouldn't have been able to sell them all."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua didn't expect the performance to be so short. Anyway, as soon as the performance ended, everyone scattered. Fortunately, all the meat pies were sold out.
"That's good. Come on, you all rest for a while, have something to eat, and the children, go take a bath and go to bed."
Wei Yuyan opened the snacks for them to eat, and then told the children to hurry up and take a bath. They were all sweating profusely from playing.
After the children went to the backyard, Wei Yuyan started to get busy.
"After you finish eating, go and rest. I'll take care of the rest."
I'll go to bed later and get up later tomorrow. You guys go to bed early, because you need to get up early tomorrow.
There's not much else to do; just chop the mushrooms and peppers, knead the dough, and that's about it.
"Alright, then we won't stand on ceremony with you. Let's go to sleep."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua and Brother Lifu have been busy since lunchtime and are exhausted.
Wei Yuyan prepared the materials she would need for tomorrow morning before taking a shower and going to bed.
When I got back to the room, I saw that the two women were sleeping on the floor and the two children were sleeping on the bed, clearly leaving the bed for themselves.
Wei Yuyan felt a mix of emotions she couldn't quite describe—was it gratitude or warmth?
The next morning, Wei Yuyan woke up naturally, and the sun was already high in the sky.
Wei Yuyan got up, washed her face, and without even having breakfast, went to see if she needed any help.
"Sister-in-law, you're awake. You don't need any help. The guests arrived late today, probably because they stayed up late last night to join in the fun and got up late this morning as well."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua put it another way, saying that business wasn't very good today.
"No need for help, then I'll go prepare lunch for everyone."
Last night, we didn't even have a proper family reunion dinner, so I must make sure to prepare one properly for lunch today.
Wei Yuyan was going to the market to buy some ingredients to make up for the missed family reunion dinner the night before.
"Sister-in-law, how about we have our family reunion dinner at your house tonight? My sister-in-law is in a hurry to go home and take care of the old man."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law suggested that her father-in-law had been home alone since last night, as he had difficulty cooking due to his mobility issues.
In the morning, you might simply heat up some steamed buns and eat them, but if you eat the same thing at lunchtime, it's really hard to swallow.
Therefore, Sister-in-law Zhang doesn't eat lunch here; she goes back to cook instead.
"Oh, okay, since you put it that way, then it'll be tonight. I'll go back after I buy the groceries. You all have to come over tonight."
Wei Yuyan nodded. That makes sense. It's really not good for an elderly person to eat dry food alone at home. Changing it to the evening wouldn't be inconvenient.
"No problem, I've been craving this delicious meal for ages."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law joked.
"Xiao Lei, Qian Qian, let's go, let's go with your sister-in-law."
Wei Yuyan thought that after buying the groceries, she would take the children and walk home.
"They've arrived."
Xiao Lei and Qian Qian soon emerged from the backyard.
Wei Yuyan went to the market and bought three catties of pork belly. She also told Zhang Dasao and her husband that she would bring the children over for dinner that evening.
After buying the pork belly, Wei Yuyan wanted to see what other dishes were available.
I didn't see anything particularly fresh, just some wild animals, pheasants, wild rabbits, and the rest were just ordinary farm dishes.
"How much is this fish?"
Wei Yuyan thought the fish looked good and wanted to ask about the price.
"Sister-in-law, we can catch them ourselves."
Xiao Lei quickly tugged at Wei Yuyan's clothes.
"It's so sunny here."
Wei Yuyan glanced at the weather and didn't really want to go to the stream to catch fish.
"I'll go, I'll go as soon as I get home."
Xiao Lei was excited and thought he should hurry back and call Xiao Pang to go fishing together.
"Alright then, if you want to go fish, then go ahead, I won't buy any."
Wei Yuyan wasn't interested in the other dishes, so she took a few pounds of meat home.
Back home, before he could even sit down properly, Xiao Lei couldn't wait to grab his basket and head out to catch fish.
"Wait, if we don't catch any fish, we can catch some snails too."
Wei Yuyan thought that stir-fried snails would be delicious, no less so than fish.
"Okay, I understand."
Xiao Lei was like a chick that had been locked up for several days, suddenly released, and extremely excited.
"Sister-in-law, I'm going to check on Xiaoya."
Qianqian still visits Xiaoya every few days. Xiaoya is her best friend, and no one can replace her at the moment.
"Okay, if they have any difficulties, just tell your sister-in-law, and she will do her best to help."
Wei Yuyan still gave a brief explanation.
Qianqian nodded and left.
In the afternoon, Wei Yuyan chopped two pounds of pork belly to make fried meatballs.
There's also a pound of pork belly; use half a pound to stir-fry bamboo shoots and half a pound to stir-fry dried green beans.
There were also fried small carp. Xiao Lei caught quite a few fish, but they weren't very big.
It was only about half the size of Wei Yuyan's palm. Wei Yuyan decided to fry it and then braise it; it would taste good that way too.
In the late afternoon, Sister-in-law Xiuhua and Sister-in-law Zhang came to help.
"So many dishes, this is even more lavish than what we ate during Chinese New Year. You've really gone to great lengths, girl."
Sister-in-law Zhang, looking at all this meat, and the fact that it's meant to be eaten in one meal, it's quite a lot.
"Yes, sister-in-law, you've made my husband's mouth so fat, really. Now he often says that my cooking doesn't taste good."
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