Song Huaiqian pedaled his bicycle slowly, enjoying the scenery along the road, which was quite interesting.
In the car.
Zhao Ruozhu said, "My dear relatives, this is my nanny. I asked her to come to the family compound to cook for you during this period. You definitely don't know how to use that kind of stove."
Lin Yunyi also wanted to invite someone to cook at home, but if she borrowed Xu Huandi, wouldn’t there be no one to cook at the Yu family?
Besides, there was really no room for them at home, so Xu Huandi came to the staff quarters to cook for them. It was very troublesome for him to run here in the morning and back in the afternoon.
"No thanks." Lin Yunyi thought about it and refused. "Jing Mo said this morning that he would make breakfast and dinner, and let us just have something casual for lunch. Huaiqian and I used to be able to cook, but we haven't done it for so many years, so we're a little rusty."
Zhao Ruozhu didn't force it. "Cheng Jingmo is such a great kid! He's excellent at work, and he keeps the house perfectly organized. Nian Nian lives with him, and he's responsible for everything, both inside and outside the house!"
Lin Yunyi said: "Niannian is just not good at housework, she is also excellent in other aspects. Besides, if it weren't for Niannian, we would never recognize Jingmo in this life."
Zhao Ruozhu also agrees with this point.
If Yu Xiangnian had not been admitted to Peking University, Song Huaiqian and his wife would probably never have met Cheng Jingmo in their lives.
Zhao Ruozhu and the others returned home with the vegetables. Yu Xiangnian and Lin Ye were still sleeping.
Zhao Ruozhu pushed open the door of Yu Xiangnian's room and walked to the bedside, "Niannian! Niannian!..."
After being called several times, Yu Xiangnian finally opened his eyes and muttered, "Mom, why are you here?"
Zhao Ruozhu lowered her voice and said, "Your parents-in-law came here from Beijing, and you just slept in and left them alone. How can this be?"
Yu Xiangnian was still very sleepy and closed his eyes again, "They don't care about this."
"How can you be so ignorant, kid?!" Zhao Ruozhu said, "Your parents-in-law went out to buy groceries early this morning. They've already bought the groceries, and you're still sleeping!"
"Ouch! Just let me get some sleep, leave me alone!"
Yu Xiangnian pulled the quilt over his ears and continued to sleep.
Zhao Ruozhu: “...” He shook his head helplessly!
It's only Song Huaiqian and his family who don't care. If it were other parents-in-law, they would have scolded them all morning!
Zhao Ruozhu walked out of the bedroom, and Lin Yunyi had just come out of the kitchen after putting away the dishes.
"There's no need to wake Nian Nian up. Xiao Ye is still sleeping. Young people tend to be sleepy, so let them sleep a little longer." Lin Yunyi said without any concern.
Zhao Ruozhu thought to herself, Nian Nian is so lucky!
"My dear relatives, I have to go to work at the hospital."
"Okay, go slowly on the road."
Yu Xiangnian didn't get up until he was almost done sleeping.
It's time to make lunch at this time.
Zhao Ruozhu bought a lot of vegetables, including fish, meat and green vegetables.
All five people in the family helped to make this lunch.
Yu Xiangnian lit the fire and asked Xiaojie to stand guard at the stove door and be responsible for lighting the fire.
Song Huaiqian was killing fish under the faucet in the yard, and it was obvious that he was not very skilled.
Normally, Cheng Jingmo could cook a fish in seven or eight minutes, but Song Huaiqian had been working on it for almost twenty minutes and still hadn't finished.
The fish's belly had been cut open, with its intestines exposed, but it still refused to resign itself to its fate and kept flapping its tail, splashing water all over him.
Lin Ye was also washing vegetables under the faucet and was also splashed all over, but he was laughing happily.
"Dad, knock it out first!"
Lin Ye picked up a stone beside him and knocked the fish unconscious.
Song Huaiqian raised his hand and wiped the water off his face with his sleeve. "Next time we kill the fish, you come."
Yu Xiangnian cooked rice in the kitchen and put it into the steamer to steam it.
Lin Yunyi is responsible for cutting and cooking vegetables.
The five people worked for more than an hour and finally prepared lunch.
Clear soup fish, stir-fried pork, chopped green onion and egg, stir-fried water spinach, and cold-mixed shredded vegetables, it's quite a feast!
"I haven't cooked for a long time, and I don't know if the dishes I make are still edible. You guys should try them." Lin Yunyi said modestly.
Lin Yunyi hasn't cooked for a long time, she hasn't cooked since she returned to China.
During those years, she led an expedition team and lived in the open air all year round. Even when they returned to the base, they all ate in the cafeteria.
Later, when they returned to Beijing, their superiors arranged for Xiao Jiang to take care of their daily lives and she no longer had to cook at home.
This cooking skill that had been lost for almost thirty years was unexpectedly picked up again in South City.
Yu Xiangnian and Lin also took two bites each. Regardless of whether it tasted good or not, they all nodded and praised, "Hmm! It tastes very good!"
While eating, Lin couldn't help asking: "Sister-in-law, after dinner, where are we going to play?"
Yu Xiangnian: "Didn't you see how scorching the sun is outside?"
"How boring is it at home?"
Yu Xiangnian: "You can ask Xiaojie to take you out to play."
Lin Ye looked at Xiao Jie expectantly. Xiao Jie said, "Aunt, we boys are going to climb trees and play with slingshots. Do you know how to play?"
"You must be joking!" Lin Ye said with disdain, "Today I'll let you witness my absolute dominance in the slingshot world!"
Xiao Jie said faintly: "Do you have a slingshot?"
Lin Ye: “…”
Lin Yunyi: "Wash the dishes before ruling."
Lin Ye: "Oh."
In mid-July in the south city, the temperature was over 30 degrees Celsius at noon.
Song Huaiqian and Lin Yunyi took an hour's lunch break, and then read their own books without disturbing each other.
Lin Ye washed the dishes and ran out to play, while Yu Xiangnian was invited by Wang Hongxiang and others to chat at their home.
Cheng Jingmo received a call from the post office, asking him to go to the post office to pick up something, several large boxes.
Yu Xiangyang became a free laborer again, following him to move boxes home one by one.
The old couple looked at Cheng Jingmo in military uniform and became more and more satisfied.
Just at this time, Lin came back from playing somewhere, sweating all over.
Lin Yunyi asked, "Where's Xiaojie? Didn't you guys go play slingshots together?"
Lin Ye said distressedly: "They think I don't have a slingshot!"
"That's not difficult." Yu Xiangyang said, "I'll make one for you tomorrow."
"Really?" Lin's eyes lit up. "That's right! Tomorrow is Sunday, you have a day off, you can ride a bike with me!"
Song Huaiqian said, "Xiaoye, don't just think about playing all day. Tomorrow we are going to pay a formal visit to your sister-in-law's house."
Song Huaiqian then said to Xiangyang, "Xiangyang, ask your parents if it would be convenient for us to visit their home tomorrow."
Yu Xiangyang: "Okay, uncle, I'll go home and ask, they should be fine. If there is anything, I will let you know."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
"Then I'll go first." Yu Xiangyang went back to work first.
Song Huaiqian asked Cheng Jingmo again, "What are the customs in Nancheng? What should we pay attention to when visiting our in-laws?"
Cheng Jingmo said: "I don't quite understand it either. It seems there are no special customs."
Song Huaiqian said, "Then sort these things out tonight and do it this way tomorrow."
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