"Brother Lin, just tell me what you want to say!" Song Liyun could see that he had something to say, and looking at the mutton was just an excuse.
Lin Tao felt that it was a bit difficult for a grown man to say such little things, but after his wife urged him several times, he decided to say it anyway.
"Miss Song, Xiao An is doing well in the restaurant, but... he's a little too close to the Zhou family. I'm worried something might happen!"
"What's up?"
Song Liyun was a little puzzled. Zhou Sizhu was a chef in the restaurant and she had already known that he was teaching Xiao An how to cook. What else was there?
Lin Tao scratched his head. These were just speculations, so he couldn't say much.
"Miss Song, why don't you go to the vegetable market now and see for yourself!"
Song Liyun had some understanding of Zhou Sizhu.
When Tianxianglou first opened, someone tried to extort money from him. Zhou Sizhu stepped forward to speak up for him and was noticed by her.
The couple's restaurant business had failed and they were returning to their hometown with their two daughters and one son, so they simply stayed at Tianxianglou.
Seeing that Zhou Sizhu was an honest and loyal man, and his wife Juanniang was also a hardworking and conscientious woman, Song Liyun entrusted the kitchen of Tianxianglou to him.
Now it seems that Zhou Sizhu has lived up to her expectations and has managed the kitchen of Tianxianglou in an orderly manner. Even Lin Tao and Zhou Xiang often praise him.
What Lin Tao asked Song Liyun to do at the vegetable market now was obviously not a business issue.
Song Liyun actually went to the vegetable market.
In the chaotic crowd carrying baskets and hampers, she saw Zhou Sizhu picking vegetables with his three children.
Xiao An is about the same age as Zhou Sizhu's son Xiao Zhu, but he suffered in his childhood. Even though he is growing taller now, he still looks a little weak when standing next to the healthy Xiao Zhu.
What surprised Song Liyun was that Xiao An's expression at this moment was completely different from that in Baolinju.
He was carrying a basket of vegetables and talking to Xiao Zhu as they walked, gesturing excitedly, obviously talking about his proudest achievement.
Next to the two boys walked a little girl in a tea-red Confucian skirt, peeling a hot roasted sweet potato in her hand.
The little girl's fingers were flying and she was blowing air out of her mouth.
After she carefully broke the sweet potato into two pieces, she stuffed the smaller piece into her brother Xiaozhu's mouth and gave the other half to Xiaoan.
I don’t know what the little girl said with a smile, but Xiao An was smiling with lively eyes while holding the sweet potato, while Xiao Zhu next to him was laughing exaggeratedly.
Zhou Sizhu seemed to be accustomed to this scene. He walked behind the three children with his hands behind his back, and only stopped and bent down to choose the dishes he needed.
The sunlight shining on the innocent faces of the three children made Song Liyun a little stunned.
Behind her, Lin Tao whispered, "Miss Song, I'm not the talkative type, but Zhou Sizhu and his wife are so caring and considerate towards Xiao An. They truly treat Xiao An as their own child!
This is certainly a good thing, but Dahua is eleven years old this year, and in three years it will be time to discuss marriage."
Song Liyun understood what he meant.
Dahua is Zhou Sizhu's eldest daughter, one year younger than Xiaoan.
When Zhou Sizhu stayed in Tianxianglou as the head chef, Dahua helped with cleaning and chores every day, and also had to take care of her two-year-old sister Xiaohua. She was diligent and capable and was liked by the waiters in the restaurant.
When Xiao An arrived, Da Hua treated him like her own brother.
Xiao An grew up under scolding. Although Song Zhenping tried his best to take care of him, they were just a pair of brothers in distress.
It was not until I arrived in Suijin Town and moved into Baolinju that I felt the warmth of family.
Then there are Han Ming and Aunt Yun. They are all warm and caring, but they are still different from normal families.
Now that Xiao An has come into contact with Zhou Sizhu and his wife, he has finally seen what normal parents are like. It is normal for him to be attracted to them and not want to go home.
In the Zhou family, there are brothers and sisters of the same age for the company, and the care of both parents.
More importantly, if this continues, Xiao An and Da Hua will grow up together as childhood sweethearts.
Lin Tao had already learned some information from Captain Luo of the Guard.
Song Liyun has an engagement with the Zhenbei Army and the grassland tribe, so it is obvious that the Song family will prosper in the future.
No matter how well Zhou Sizhu's family does, they are still just cooks.
He was worried that if Zhou Dahua and Xiao An fell in love, the marriage would obviously be incompatible.
According to common sense, Lin Tao didn't think wrongly.
He is a father. His eldest son is eight years old and studying in the county school. Now his wife is pregnant with another child. His life is getting better and better.
Talk more about children in your conversations, and naturally you will think about your children's future.
The eldest brother of the Song family is already married and is a military household. He has no other options except doing farm work.
Miss Song is a woman, and she can change her background by getting married. As long as she has money and connections, Xiao An can also get rid of her status in a few years.
In this case, if these two children get together in the future, it will still be troublesome.
Now he is helping to take care of Xiao An.
If Song Liyun doesn't want this marriage in the future, he will be blamed.
Song Liyun watched the three children laughing and playing as they slowly walked away with Zhou Sizhu. She turned around and said to Lin Tao, "It's rare for Xiao An to have friends. Let's just make him happy!"
Xiao An is almost thirteen years old, but his mind is still as innocent as a child.
It’s not his fault that he is ignorant. It was rare for him to grow up in the environment he lived in before.
Fortunately, he had Black Gold by his side when he arrived at Suijin Town, and he gradually became cheerful. Now, Lin Tao and Zhou Xiang in the restaurant are also very caring.
If he were to go through hardships again and grow up, it would undoubtedly open up old scars.
Song Liyun thought that they could talk about the future later and just grow up happily!
Time flies and April has passed. In July, the weather is still quite hot at noon.
Song Liyun sat in the shade of a tree outside the yard, busying herself with Madam Yun.
She was also going to get married, and she had people to take care of her business matters everywhere, so she didn't have to run around.
Moreover, Yunniang said that she should stay at home and wait for her wedding, firstly to prepare her own wedding dress, and secondly to avoid any unlucky accidents before the wedding.
Song Liyun didn't believe these things at first, but in order to avoid regrets in the future, she obeyed them obediently.
Mrs. Wuya said that the Wuda tribe would send wedding clothes when the time came, and she only needed to prepare her own casual clothes.
Naturally, those clothes were sent to the town to be sewn by seamstresses, and she made some underwear herself.
Bellyband, underpants, belts, shoes and socks, each one needs to be embroidered.
In fact, Song Liyun’s space had already stored enough underwear, shoes and socks for her to use for ten years, and now she was just pretending to make insoles.
Now that she makes clothes by herself, she feels that everything from cutting to sewing and embroidery is very troublesome, and if there is a mistake in cutting, a piece of cloth will be wasted.
Knitting sweaters is still the most convenient.
It’s just that Song Liyun didn’t know how to knit before the end of the world, so at the beginning she only thought of spinning wool and weaving cloth.
Now that I have a sudden impulse, I might as well try it out. At least I will be able to do the basic flat stitches.
Song Liyun took out two barbecue skewers from Tianxianglou and demonstrated the basic needlework techniques she knew to Yunniang.
Watching the thread wrapping around the two iron skewers and soon a flat piece of cloth appeared, Madam Yun couldn't believe it.
That's a lot more felt than there are on the loom.
Although... if you pull it, it will have holes of different sizes, and it is easy to deform, but if you loosen it, it becomes cloth again.
"Cloth" can also be spliced together to become underwear.
Song Liyun and Lady Yun were becoming more and more happy and excited about this "great" invention. At this moment, Song Dekui came back from outside, sweating profusely, holding a cardboard box carefully in his hands.
He was going to Hecheng to deliver a cardboard wall.
Since Song Erlang and his colleagues joined, the production of the carton factory has increased several times, and a batch of building materials must be sent to Hecheng every few days.
When Song Liyun saw Song Dekui coming back, she quickly put down the half-knitted sweater and reached out to take his cardboard box.
Song Dekui glared at her, not letting her take it, and shouted, "Don't move! This is the bitter melon that the garrison gave me. It's a tribute! A tribute! There's only one!
I heard that the Lin family kid bought them from the grasslands. There aren't many of them. They used to be secretly sent back to the capital by the Qi family. I carried them all the way, so I hope they don't smash them when I get home!"
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