Chapter 256: I Understand It a Little Late

Seeing that Li realized what was going on so quickly, Zhulan's eyes were filled with smiles. Li's reaction speed was getting faster and faster. Not bad, not bad.

Mrs. Dong pressed her handkerchief hard on the corners of her mouth, but she still looked smiling. She found that the conversation between her mother and her eldest sister-in-law was more interesting than the storybook!

Mingrui giggled very happily. Zhulan held Mingrui in her arms. The boy was amused by Li's wrinkled face. "Come on, call grandma, grandma."

Mingrui is a smart kid. He knows how to call you by your given name and he won’t call you that no matter how you tease him.

Mingrui just didn't say anything, clapping his hands happily. Zhulan tapped the boy's nose and said, "Your whole family is full of sperm."

Li sat aside depressed, watching her own daughter playing by herself, she became even more depressed. How come this girl has the temper of her father? It's not like she can please her mother-in-law at all? Look at the boy from the second son's family, he can make his mother-in-law laugh with just a little more care. Her mother-in-law was right, the second son's family are all sperm.

Dong held out her hand, "Mom, let me hold you."

Zhulan handed it to Dong, "It's a bit heavy."

Dong took it carefully. She liked children, but unfortunately, her nephews and nieces did not live with her and were not close to her. In fact, she was not close to her sister either. When her sister got married for the first time, she was not born yet. When her sister got married for the second time, they lived even farther away. Her sister did not come home often, so there was really no deep affection or more solid relationship between them, as they had the same parents.

Therefore, she was unwilling to go to her sister's house. Not only was her husband a white man, but also because there was a big age gap between the sisters and they could not even communicate with each other.

Zhulan watched Mrs. Dong teasing the child. Mrs. Dong was a patient person. Zhulan felt that Changlian was really lucky. His wife Xianhui and three generations of descendants had benefited from him. Changlian had really found a treasure.

Seeing that her mother liked to play with the baby, Li couldn't help but touch her belly. She didn't know whether she was pregnant after all the hard work.

At lunch time, Zhou Shuren had not returned yet. Zhulan felt relieved. If he had failed the exam, he would have gone home long ago. But he stayed.

Li became much smarter and grinned. She was finally in the mood to set up the vegetable rack.

It was getting dark in the afternoon when Zhou Shuren came back with Rongchuan and Mingyun.

Zhulan was holding a glass of hot wine. "Look, I asked Lao Er to buy some good wine. It's already heated up and I'm waiting for you to come back for dinner!"

Zhou Shuren rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let's go wash our hands first. You go inside first. It's very cold outside."

"Why!"

Zhulan put the wine on the man's table and returned to her seat. Tonight, in order to celebrate the first happy event in Pingzhou, each family took money from their own private rooms to add a dish. Li went to the restaurant to buy braised pig's trotters, Zhao asked Zhou Laoer to go to the market to buy Chinese cabbage and leeks, and Dong was the richest and spent the most generously. She bought a stewed goose, a large pot, which was shared between two tables. The meat in two small pots was also outstanding.

Zhulan swallowed her saliva reluctantly. The stewed goose smelled delicious, but it was a pity that no one in the village near her hometown raised it. Most people in the south raised goose, while people in the north were more willing to raise ducks and chickens. Of course, there were people who raised goose, but only a few of them because goose chicks were too delicate and difficult to raise. The temperature in the north changed a lot, and gradually fewer people raised goose.

Zhulan had eaten it twice in Gudai. Once was in Pingzhou, where Zhou Shuren brought it back from a restaurant, and another time was in a restaurant in the county. After moving to Pingzhou, she was still thinking about when to eat it again, but she didn't expect that Dong had bought it.

The stewed goose is very famous, but the price is also very touching, half an ounce of silver for a dish, too expensive!

Zhou Shuren washed his hands and came in. He saw the goose at first sight. He was also greedy. There were many great chefs in ancient times. The chef of each restaurant had his own specialties. Stewed goose was the signature dish. He had eaten in two restaurants and both made good dishes.

Zhou Shuren sat down and said, "Tomorrow Rongchuan and Mingyun will go to the academy to study. They came back late today. They are attending classes at the academy. Okay, let's eat!"

As he spoke, Zhou Shuren picked up some goose meat with his chopsticks. He kept staring at the piece of meat. When eating goose, he didn't like to gnaw on the bones, he just liked to eat the meat. There was so much meat on the goose, it was satisfying to eat just the meat.

After Zhou Lao Da realized that his father had a secret, he was no longer afraid when he saw his father picking up meat quickly. He picked up a piece of meat and put it in his father's bowl, "Dad, this piece of meat is very tasty, please try it."

Zhou Shuren stared at the goose bladder in the bowl. It was fresh meat and delicious, but it was hard to chew. He thought to himself, the boss has no eyesight. Didn’t he see that he only picked up the meat and ate it?

Zhou Laoer didn't know what was wrong with his eldest brother, he only knew that his father only liked to eat meat, and he couldn't save his eldest brother even if he wanted to.

Zhou Shuren took a sip of wine and said, "Boss!"

Boss Zhou, "........Dad."

His intuition told him that his father's private talk was directed at his mother and had nothing to do with him. His father was still his father, but it was a pity that he realized it a little late.

Zhou Shuren smiled, "Look, Mingyun has entered the academy. Mingteng should also go to the academy this winter. You are the father of two children. You have been studying hard for such a long time. Today, your father is happy and wants to take this opportunity to test you. Come, write a poem with goose wings."

"Ahem."

Chang Lian was drunk and would not have watched the show and drank, as it would have easily hurt himself. When he saw his father looking at him, he immediately lowered his head, fearing that his father would drag him down with him.

Changzhi looked at his father in a speechless state, it was really a pity that his father could come up with the idea of ​​using goose bladder roots to compose a poem, he would rather die than use goose bladder roots to compose a poem!

Rongchuan lowered his head and looked at the rice in the bowl. Well, today's steamed buns made my sister-in-law happy, so they contain more white flour than usual.

Mingyun opened his mouth and finally closed it. It was not that he didn't want to help his father, but his grandfather was obviously scolding his father. There was nothing wrong with a father scolding his son, but as a grandson, it would be better for him to be honest.

Zhulan continued to watch the show while chewing on a goose. Zhou Shuren didn't like chewing bones, but she did. She had to chew more while her teeth were still good!

Boss Zhou's face turned red. How could he write a poem? No, even if it was a complete goose, he couldn't write a poem. He did read a lot of books, but writing a poem was very difficult for him.

Zhou Shuren asked, "Can't do it?"

Boss Zhou: "........Yeah."

Zhou Shuren put the chicken wings in the bowl into the boss's bowl, "Eat it. Since you can't make it, just eat it. Also, watch more and observe more in the future before you start."

If Zhou Lao Da couldn't react, he was too stupid. Dad didn't like eating bladders. "Dad, I remember that."

"Oh, by the way, Daddy has one more thing for you to do. You are growing vegetables now, so start writing down everything you do every day from tomorrow. When the vegetables grow, I will record the entire growth process. Please observe carefully and write down everything because I want to read it."

Boss Zhou, "........"

Dad definitely didn't discover that he could climb up the wall again, but he was honing his observation skills. This is the dad he knows. The impression of yesterday's dad has become vague!

The food at Zhulan's table was very good. Seeing that Li didn't care about the eldest brother at all, and now the eldest brother was not as attractive as goose meat, Zhulan silently sympathized with the eldest brother.

(End of this chapter)