After chatting for a while, Xia Mian went into the kitchen to help Xia Wenyue and Mao Huilan cook.
We just filled our stomachs at noon, and no one was full because of Qiangqiang. Mao Huimei would also be back in the evening, and the whole family would be together, so of course we had a big meal.
Xia Mian was soaking the cooked chicken feet when he heard Xiao Feng calling Uncle Ning. He looked out and saw that it was Ning Shaobai who had returned from get off work.
Xia Chuan had already gone out to greet them warmly, so Ning Shaobai followed him to the main hall to greet everyone.
Xia Mian saw him glance over here when he passed by the kitchen and couldn't help but smile.
Xia Wenyue said, "What are you laughing at? Hurry up and go! Aren't you going to introduce someone?"
Xia Mian had not specifically told Uncle Xia and the others about her relationship with Ning Shaobai, so Uncle Xia's family treated Ning Shaobai as a noble person who brought them to Yan City and were extremely polite to him.
Xia Mian laughed as she took off her apron. "It's so rare to see Dr. Ning nervous. How funny."
Mao Huilan leaned over to take a look. "You must be joking. How could Dr. Ning be nervous? I didn't notice it anyway."
Xia Wenyue said, "It's strange you could tell. Aside from Xia Mian, I'm afraid no one else could tell."
Ning Shaobai looked back again before entering the house. Xia Mian stopped teasing him, lifted the curtain and chased after him.
Everyone in the room had stood up to greet him. Xia Mian grinned wickedly and walked straight forward to hold Ning Shaobai's hand.
Everyone was stunned and fell silent at the same time. Xia Mian said with a smile, "Let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend!"
Ning Shaobai squeezed Xia Mian's hand tightly and greeted with a smile, "Uncle, Aunt."
Xia Chuan blurted out subconsciously, "How is that possible?"
Xia Hai nudged him with his elbow, and Uncle Xia quickly made amends, "When did that happen?"
Xia Mian glanced at Ning Shaobai and smiled, "We were together after graduating from high school."
The eldest aunt said quickly, "Oh, oh, very good, very good."
Obviously, they were more nervous and helpless than Ning Shaobai.
Uncle Xia's family has always pursued a stable and secure life, and they are even more unique, so their first reaction was not surprise, but astonishment and worry.
In their hearts, Xia Mian is indeed excellent, but he is still not on the same level as Ning Shaobai.
Xia Mian also knew how they felt. Wanting to give them some time to digest the news, she pulled Ning Shaobai and said, "Let's go to the kitchen to cook first. He needs to help us remove the bones. We'll talk later."
"Oh, go ahead, go ahead." Uncle Xia said quickly.
After coming out, Xia Mian looked at Ning Shaobai and smiled, "How is it? Are you still nervous?"
Ning Shaobai smiled and pulled her ahoge, "Don't I have you? I won't be nervous when you're here."
"You have such a sweet mouth." Xia Mian pouted in the air, "Kiss."
Ning Shaobai was amused by her.
After entering the kitchen, Xia Mian said to Xia Wenyue, "I think uncle and aunt are scared, haha."
Xia Wenyue also smiled, "It's okay. Doctor Ning dotes on you like this. I guarantee they'll be completely relieved when you get home."
Ning Shaobai smiled and handed the bag to Xia Wenyue, "I asked a friend to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. It's very nourishing for the elderly."
"Oh," Xia Wenyue took it and said in surprise, "These are all good things. I heard that they took a lot of effort."
Ning Shaobai handed another bag of fruit to Xia Mian and said, "I told my friends that they were going to make it anyway, so let's make an extra dish together."
Xia Wenyue naturally knew that Ning Shaobai had put his heart into it, and she carefully poured the vegetables into the clay pot.
Xia Mian tied an apron on Ning Shaobai and pushed him in front of the chicken feet. "Doctor Ning, please help me remove the bones."
Ning Shaobai picked up the knife and said, "Didn't you say lemon chicken feet are delicious? There are lemons in that bag."
Xia Mian's eyes lit up and he quickly took out a few lemons from the bag.
"Lemon? What's it for?" Xia Wenyue asked, "Why does it look like a yellow orange? But isn't this one a little too small?"
Transportation between the north and the south is not so convenient now, and fruits in the south are scarce and expensive. Most people don’t know about “not very practical” fruits like lemons.
Xia Mian rolled her eyes and tugged at Ning Shaobai, who was about to introduce her. Ning Shaobai saw through her evil intentions at a glance, smiled indulgently, and lowered his head to concentrate on picking the bones.
Xia Mian washed a lemon, cut it into two slices and handed them to Xia Wenyue and Mao Huilan.
Seeing the thing that looked like an orange, the two of them didn't suspect anything and took a bite one after another. Soon their faces wrinkled up and they shivered with sourness.
Xia Mian couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Xia Wenyue quickly poured some water and drank it while laughing and cursing, "Poor child, why is it so sour?"
“Is there really anyone who likes to eat something so sour?”
Xia Mian smiled and said, "This is very good for the skin. It's great for seasoning dishes or soaking in water."
Xia Wenyue suddenly realized, "I told you."
Xia Mian saw several children chasing each other in the yard, so he lifted the curtain and called Xiao Feng in.
Xiao Feng ran to her side, "Auntie?"
Xia Mian handed him a thin slice of lemon and instructed him, "Take a lick. Be careful, don't eat too much. Just take a lick."
Xiao Feng looked at Xia Mian's expression, obediently stretched out his little tongue and licked it carefully, then smacked his lips. Only then did he realize what was happening and shuddered, his whole face wrinkled.
Xia Mian fed him water while smiling. Qiangqiang and Huizhu had already noticed that Xiaofeng was missing and followed him in.
Xiao Feng's wrinkled face immediately relaxed, as if he was thirsty and came in to drink some water.
Xia Mian smiled secretly when watching this. Children can be a little mean sometimes.
Mao Huilan couldn't wait to cut two thick slices and handed them to Qiangqiang and Mao Huizhu. "You haven't eaten southern fruit before, right? Try it, it's delicious."
Mao Huizhu was still curious, but Qiangqiang had already stuffed the whole piece into his mouth without hesitation.
The four adults in the kitchen, plus a little Feng, all stopped what they were doing and stared at him at the same time.
Qiangqiang glanced at Mao Huizhu and chewed even harder, as if the food was particularly delicious. Xiaofeng looked at him curiously, then at Xia Mian, thinking that what he was eating was different.
Mao Huizhu had been fooled and also followed Qiangqiang's example by stuffing the lemon slice into her mouth.
Xia Wenyue and the others all gasped for her at the same time. Qiangqiang finally stopped pretending and shivered while jumping and shouting, "Quick, quick, quick! Water, water, water!"
Mao Huilan also handed water to Mao Huizhu. The two sisters' faces were wrinkled. Mao Huizhu was jealous, and Mao Huilan was jealous just looking at her.
Xiao Feng leaned against Xia Mian's legs and smiled secretly.
Qiangqiang finished drinking the water and asked, "What is this? Is there any more?"
The way his eyes are rolling around, you can tell he has bad intentions.
Mao Huizhu and Xiao Feng also looked at the adults at the same time, with anticipation in their eyes.
Xia Mian laughed, cut a lemon into many small slices, put them on a plate and handed it to them.
Several children ran to the main room excitedly.
In the kitchen, Xia Wenyue and the others were cooking while listening to the noise above. After a while, they heard Xia Chuan and the others yelling, laughing and scolding because of the jealousy.
Obviously, everyone has the same bad intentions. Seeing others suffer losses makes their own suffering not in vain. So even if they suffer losses one after another, everyone feels jealous together.
The fun in the main room had just ended when Chenchen came back. Mao Huizhu wanted to trick Chenchen into eating, but it turned out that Chenchen recognized her.
He went to the south every summer vacation. He must have been tricked by his parents a long time ago. He frowned when he saw the lemon, "Lemon, this is so sour! Don't try to trick me!"
Mao Huizhu and Qiangqiang both looked regretful.
When it was getting dark, Fang Yongpeng came back from sending Mao Huimei, and the house was bustling again.
Looking at Fang Yongpeng who just kept grinning foolishly, Xia Mian felt that Dr. Ning's performance was still very good. At least he was able to recognize everyone.
She turned around and went to the kitchen to serve the dishes, only to see Mao Huizhu grunting as she squeezed lemon juice into a kettle.
Xia Mian took a closer look and asked, "Isn't that Chenchen's kettle?"
Mao Huizhu made a "hush" gesture to Xia Mian and asked her to keep it a secret.
Xia Mian also heard Qiangqiang teasing Chenchen and chasing him outside...
Okay, let’s divide the work and cooperate.
Sure enough, after a while, Chenchen was tired from running and wanted to drink water. Mao Huizhu was so cunning that she took out a cup and handed it to him.
As a result, Chenchen saw her evil smile, looked at the light yellow juice in the cup, and decisively gave up the cup and went to find his own kettle to drink.
Xia Mian noticed that not only Mao Huizhu and Qiangqiang were staring at Chenchen intently, but even Xiaofeng didn't blink.
It was not until Chenchen's face was wrinkled and trembling with soreness that the children laughed happily as if their hearts were fulfilled. Chenchen was so angry that he jumped up and down, and the group of children started to make a mess again.
Two large round tables were set up in the main hall for a lively dinner. Ning Shaobai took Chenchen home first. After all, today was the reunion of the Xia family and also Fang Yongpeng's home court, so it was not appropriate for him to be here.
When Xia Mian sent him out, he sighed, "I've been busy for half a day and have nothing to eat. It's so pitiful to have no name or status." There was an inexplicable sense of pity in his voice.
Xia Mian was amused and laughed. She stood on tiptoe and kissed him, saying, "Don't be nervous when the time comes, as you are the host."
Ning Shaobai glanced into the yard and said with a smile, "He's definitely better than Fang Yongpeng."
Aestivation laughed.
Halfway through the meal, the atmosphere gradually became warmer. Uncle Xia's family had digested everything they needed to digest. They had already learned about the affairs of Mao Huimei and Fang Yongpeng. What still surprised them was the change in Mao Zhishan.
Especially since the other party has become a big star.
Xia Chuan looked at Mao Zhishan and felt proud for him. "Uncle, don't you know that your nephews all wanted to be stars? That year, they begged Hao Xufeng to introduce them to acting."
"I didn't expect that two of them would actually play traitors and servants. Mao Dawei from the Mao family played the little brother of the male lead. What a guy! He was so proud of himself."
"When the movie was released last year, we promoted it everywhere and invited many people to the cinema to see it, but it was gone in the blink of an eye."
"Even Mao Dawei was so proud of himself that he quit his job and followed the crew, saying he wanted to be an actor."
"Is he an actor now?" Mao Huilan asked.
"Why would I want to be one?" Xia Chuan said. "If I were one, I would have been showing off everywhere."
"Mao Erying, oh, that's the one who played a traitor and was scolded by the county people every day. He can't stand Mao Dawei now. He said that Mao Dawei begged and pleaded everywhere to get an acting job, but in the end no one paid any attention to him. He was always treated like a beggar, a dead person, or something like that..."
Mao Huizhu said, "That's called extras."
"Yes, extras." Xia Chuan said with a smile, "If they knew that their own uncle was a big star, they would probably regret it to death."
"Humph!" Mao Huilan said, "Even if they knew, it doesn't matter. They bullied us when we were young. Mao Dawei even beat my dad!"
Uncle Xia warned, "Don't say anything when you get back, otherwise that family won't be polite and they'll come looking for you and cause trouble."
Xia Chuan said, "Of course I know this. Mao Huihe is still thinking about finding Huimei."
"But when I came here, I heard that Mao Dawei seemed to have come to Yan City to look for a movie to film. Is my uncle filming with him? I don't think we'll meet each other."
Xia He said, "Even if I met him, he wouldn't recognize me."
Xia Hai said, "It's always better to be careful."
"There's also Mao Huihe in their family. They've been searching like crazy for my uncle's family, not letting go of any possibility."
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