Chapter 193 New Year Visitors
Song Xi had a...very special New Year.
In fact, he no longer had the concept of home.
He was born in an era of war, and his childhood memories were mainly of hunger and fleeing. He had long forgotten what his parents and siblings looked like. In order to survive, he worked as a beggar, a pickpocket, and a handyman in a church hospital. During his wandering, he learned to read and write and even joined a gang.
Later, even the gang leader couldn't stand the crimes committed by the Japanese in the Flower Planting House, so he helped smuggle food, medicine and weapons to the Hong Army.
In the end, due to the betrayal of a traitor, sixty or seventy lives of the entire gang, along with a large amount of supplies that had not yet been shipped out, were all blocked in the warehouse by the Neon Army and directly blown up!
Song Xi was young and weak, and the gang members couldn't bear to see him die, so they worked together to frantically dig a hole with their bare hands in the last half hour... They actually dug out a shallow pit, allowing Song Xi to hide in it and escape.
Song Xi is the only survivor.
He is filled with hatred!
Later he found an organization and joined the army.
Later, he stayed in the army and the army became his home.
All his concepts of "home" came from... the three months when he and Xu Huaizhen were trapped in the basement without day or night.
A beautiful girl with beautiful wishes for the future.
The future she didn't have time to see...
The wish she failed to fulfill became all Song Xi's wishes.
Now--
Xu Huaizhen wanted a villa with a small garden, grass that he could walk on barefoot, a sturdy swing, and a vegetable garden embraced by the garden...
Song Xi saw it at his son and daughter-in-law's place.
Xu Huaizhen wanted a peaceful and prosperous world, and a house full of children and grandchildren...
Song Xi also has it.
Now he feels that life is really comfortable!
On New Year's Eve, after spending the New Year's Eve with his children and grandchildren, Song Xi took out red envelopes and gave one to Feifei and Momo, as well as one to each of the three guards.
Zhao Hongjun declined, saying, "I don't want this, sir. I'm already over fifty..."
Song Xi said, "According to the customs and practices of Nandu, as long as you are not married and have not started a family, you are still a child! Take it!"
Taotao pretended not to hear.
——The old man privately told Taotao and Song Zhi that Zhao Hongjun was also an orphan. When he was young, he just became the old man's guard, but he was injured on the battlefield and would never be able to marry. So the old man found a way to promote him and kept him by his side. The two have been together for most of their lives and are no different from family members.
Zhao Hongjun was still a little embarrassed to take Song Xi's red envelope.
Tao Tao smiled and said, "Uncle, just take it!"
Zhao Hongjun accepted it reluctantly.
Finally, Song Xi took out two red envelopes, one for Song Zhi and one for Taotao.
Song Zhi raised his eyebrows, "Me too? Taotao and I have been married for more than ten years..."
Song Xi, "As long as I am alive, you will have it every New Year!"
After a while, he explained uncomfortably, "…to make up for what was missed before."
Song Zhi tightly grasped the red envelope in his hand and remained silent for a long time.
Taotao smiled and said, "Put it in your wallet along with the red envelope to bring good luck."
Song Zhi held the red envelope quietly and found his wallet.
Song Zhi's wallet was given to him by his third aunt who lives abroad. It is a long wallet with many layers.
Just as he was about to hide the red envelope his father gave him in the interlayer, Song Xi noticed...where the photos were placed, there was a miniature version of the family photo taken when they met their relatives in Nandu, and also a one-inch ID photo of Taotao and Song Xi's ID photo.
That yellowed old photo with folded corners should have been taken by Song Xi thirty years ago. She should have been in her thirties at that time.
"Where did you get this photo of me?" Song Xi asked.
Song Zhi felt a little uncomfortable. "It was when I was in school... When I went back to Nandu for the New Year, I happened to see one on your desk, so I took it away."
Song Xi looked at his son and felt extremely guilty.
Tao Tao tried to smooth things over, "From now on, we will take a family photo every year!"
Song Xi, "Why don't we buy ourselves a camera? Let's take color photos..."
"Grandpa, look!"
Mo Mo grunted and ran to Song Xi, holding several large photo albums.
It turned out that when Xiao Momo heard Grandpa and Dad talking about photos, he immediately moved all the photo albums at home over...
Song Xi was delighted when he saw it. He quickly put on his reading glasses and began to read it carefully.
Taotao also took the time to give red envelopes to the three guards and two sons.
The children were very happy.
The guards were a little embarrassed, but Taotao sincerely thanked them for taking such good care of Song Xi... In the end, with red eyes, they accepted the New Year red envelopes handed over by Taotao.
On the other side, Song Zhi was watching Song Xi looking through the photo album.
Taotao arranged the photo albums at home according to years.
The first book records the youth of Song Zhi and Tao Tao.
However, Song Zhi didn't like taking photos when he was a teenager, and there were almost no solo photos of him. All they were were class photos, group photos of participating delegations, and so on. As for Taotao, her family was poor and she had never traveled far. The first time she took a photo was when her father Bai Zhenggan was named an advanced worker and the provincial newspaper went to Ruyi Village for a follow-up interview, so she asked a reporter to help her take the photo.
The seventeen-year-old girl Taotao in the black and white photo is breathtakingly beautiful. When facing the camera, she tilted her head slightly, her big clear and watery eyes were full of inquiry and doubt, cute and clever.
Song Xi pointed at the photo and said to her son with a smile: "This photo of Taotao looks exactly like the one of your mother!"
Song Zhi also smiled and opened another photo album to find a photo of his mother Xu Huaizhen when she was a girl. In the photo, Xu Huaizhen, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old, tilted her head and slightly tilted her face, looking at the camera curiously with an innocent and cute look in her eyes.
Taotao also leaned over to take a look.
In fact, her facial features are nothing like her mother-in-law's, except for the innocence, curiosity and slightly doubtful look in her eyes, and the youthful vitality she exudes... they have so many similarities.
Taotao also smiled with her lips pursed.
Song Xi continued to slowly look through the photo album, and Song Zhi slowly explained to his father...
Then, Song Xi found the photos of Taotao and Song Zhi’s wedding.
All the photos were taken by Song Sui.
Song Sui’s photography skills are pretty wild, but that also allowed her to take a lot of photos…photos that are very much like those of a passerby.
Taotao in the photo is wearing an intricate Miao girl's skirt, still as beautiful as ever; Song Zhi is wearing black pants and a white shirt, looking young and handsome. The two occasionally looked at each other, their gazes filled with deep love...
Song Zhi saw the photos taken when he and Tao Tao got married, and for a moment he didn't know what to say...
Song Xi, on the other hand, shook his head and said, "Who took this photo? It doesn't make Taotao look good! Our Taotao is a hundred times prettier in person than in this photo!"
"Xiaosui took the photo!" Taotao said.
Zhao Hongjun couldn't help but say, "Song Zhi, Taotao... In fact, the commander was also here on the day you two got married!"
Song Xi, Song Zhi and Tao Tao were all stunned.
Song Xi's face flushed red, and he cursed, "You swear... do you want me to buy a padlock to lock it for you?"
Zhao Hongjun said, "Really! The chief wanted to go, but couldn't bring himself to do it. In the end, he hesitated until the early hours of the morning before making a decision. Then we drove from Nandu to Song County! We drove for more than ten hours without stopping for a minute, and finally made it to your wedding..."
"But after we arrived, the chief was in a bad mood again and refused to go into the village. He took us to climb the hill opposite Taotao's house. The chief watched you with a telescope for two or three hours! Oh, you don't know, the mosquitoes in the deep mountains and old forests are very fierce..." Zhao Hongjun began to mutter to himself.
Song Xi looked uncomfortable.
Song Zhi looked at his father, feeling both amused and angry.
Zhao Hongjun continued, "And Song Zhi... that time when you and Taotao's father went to Nandu, the leader was reluctant to let you go, and we hurried to the train station. The leader stood far away and looked at you..."
Song Xi's old face turned red.
Song Zhi was completely relieved and smiled.
He began to take the initiative to explain and introduce the photos in the album to his father.
Song Xi spent the first lively and family reunion New Year in his life.
The only flaw was probably the early death of his beloved wife Xu Huaizhen.
After the New Year's Eve, everyone went to the basketball court in the family compound of the retirement home and lined up with other family members to set off firecrackers and fireworks. Taotao didn't go because it was too noisy and stayed at home to cook sweet soup for everyone.
This is the custom of the Bai family.
After staying up all night on New Year's Eve, people cook a pot of sweet soup, which means the first food of the new year will be sweet, and the whole year will be sweet.
Today Taotao prepared several ingredients: sweet wine, which means longevity. Brown sugar symbolizes prosperity. Apple pieces symbolize peace and safety. Quail eggs mean "having".
The method is also simple. Just cook it in one pot and you will get a sweet warm drink - brown sugar eggnog with apple cubes.
After everyone has finished setting off firecrackers and comes back, we'll have a bowl of hot brown sugar and egg wine... The brown sugar is as sweet as honey, the wine is mellow, the pearl eggs are fragrant, and the apple chunks are slightly sour, crisp and refreshing!
After eating it, even in the middle of the night in the cold winter, the whole body feels warm and comfortable.
Everyone said good night to each other, and because it was already early in the morning, everyone agreed to have a good rest. No matter what breakfast was tomorrow, there were plenty of snacks at home anyway, so they would get up after 11 a.m. and make lunch directly.
Then they went back to their rooms to sleep.
Taotao and Song Zhi also returned to their room.
Song Zhi went to boil some hot water, poured it into a basin and let Taotao soak her feet. While she was soaking her feet, he took out a thick envelope from the drawer, handed it to Taotao, and said with a smile, "Hand it over!"
Taotao opened it and said curiously, "This, this..."
She quickly poured out the money in the envelope, took it in her hand one by one, looked at it over and over again, and said in surprise: "...This is fifty-one bills! Newly issued?" After taking a closer look, "Wow, it's the fourth set of RMB!"
Song Zhi smiled and nodded, "They are consecutive numbers!"
Taotao flipped the banknotes with her hand and saw that the banknote numbers were indeed consecutive. There are at least a hundred sheets in a thick stack, but there are several stacks! Here is... 20,000 yuan!
"Where does this money come from?" Taotao asked.
Song Zhi, "During the two years I taught abroad, I organized the lesson plans and submitted them to the publishing house. Later, they were designated as introductory textbooks by that university. These are copyright fees. You can keep them... You will always have them in the future."
Tao Tao sighed, "Song Zhi, I feel... it's really hard to catch up with you! Can you not be so awesome? I'm so tired!"
Song Zhi smiled and said, "I've also been chased by you and it's been very hard. I'll be caught up by you if I'm not careful... Can you be a little lazy and not be so hardworking?"
Tao Tao thought for a moment, "Okay, I'll be lazy for once! Wang Xuepeng brought me some nail polish, saying it's for painting on nails. I tried applying it on paper, and the color looks pretty good! Go get it, I'll try applying it on my toenails after I wash my feet."
Song Zhi agreed.
He took off his coat and sweater, unbuttoned the cuffs of his white shirt and rolled them up to his forearms, then went to get the soap and a towel. At Taotao's request, he also got her nail polish and a small bag full of skin care products.
Then, he moved a small stool over and sat next to Taotao's feet. He first rubbed the soap in his hands for a while, and after making bubbles, he began to rub Taotao's feet.
Song Zhi loved her white, cute, round and small toes. He rubbed them vigorously, then kneaded them carefully... and had a lot of fun.
Taotao tried desperately to take back her toes, but he held them tightly. She was tickled so hard that she giggled and shouted, "Hey, I didn't ask you to wash my feet!"
Song Zhi loved her so much in his heart, but he said seriously, "I volunteered!"
The two of them quarreled for a while, splashing water all over the floor, until the water in the basin gradually cooled down, and Song Zhi finally stopped.
He moved the basin aside, rubbed her clean feet dry with a towel, then unscrewed the lid of the box of vanishing cream that she usually used to apply on her body, scooped a dollop of the fragrant and soft cream with his fingers, applied it on the back of her feet, and slowly spread it.
The soft and smooth ointment was applied on the white and tender instep of her feet. It was hard to tell whether the ointment was smoother or her skin was more tender.
Taotao giggled and urged him to bring the nail polish over.
He gave it to her obediently...
Then I watched her unscrew the lid of an extremely tiny bottle with a small brush attached to it. She carefully applied the bright red chemical liquid on the brush onto her cute, round toenails.
——She has always been slim and slender, and even though she has given birth to two children, her figure is still soft and light. She has always loved beauty. When she was still a teenager, she liked to take care of her skin. She would apply cucumber, thinly sliced watermelon rind, etc. on her face whenever she had time. And this habit of loving beauty has continued to this day.
It would be the same even if she was in the Northwest. Whenever she went out, she would wear a straw hat with a veil. She would wash her face, massage her skin, and apply facial cream using her own method every morning and evening. She would also apply some fresh milk, honey, pearl powder, etc. on her face every now and then... Once autumn came, in order to prevent her skin from drying out, she would apply vanishing cream all over her body!
Therefore, Taotao, who is already 35 years old, is often mistaken for an unmarried girl because of her slim figure and delicate skin!
At this moment, Song Zhi stared blankly at Taotao's snow-white lotus-petal toes, which were inlaid with a few beautiful, round, small and pitiful toes, all painted with an alluring rouge color!
The intense red color formed a sharp contrast with the pale blue instep...
It made Song Zhi feel dry mouth and tongue.
But Taotao asked him, "...Does it look good?"
Song Zhi swallowed his saliva and said in a hoarse voice that it looked good.
Taotao proudly fiddled with her feet, twisting her ten cute little toes, and said with satisfaction, "I think they look good, too!"
Song Zhi suppressed the turmoil in his heart and advised: "Apply it on your hands too!"
Taotao was very moved.
But after hesitating for a moment, she still shook her head, "... I have to teach a new class in the new semester. I already look young, and if I paint this on my fingernails, I'm even more afraid that others will not accept me. Now, I'm no longer in the stage of wanting to compete with others. I always feel that there is not enough time... I have to spend a lot of time telling others that I'm in my thirties, I'm a doctor, and I'm an associate professor... Oh, if I had this free time, I could make a set of lesson plans!"
Song Zhi also slowly came to consciousness.
Just now he had been possessed by the devil and suggested that she paint her fingernails with nail polish. In fact, he wanted to see the erotic scene of her holding Xiao Songzhi.
Now that he heard her say this, he finally reacted.
——Yes, such a beautiful girl should only be enjoyed by him!
Song Zhi calmed himself down and bent down to clean up the mess.
He poured out her foot washing water, washed the towel, hung it up, put away the soap... He also took a quick shower.
When I returned to the room, Taotao was sitting on the bed with her legs bent, checking whether the nail polish on her toes had dried. Next to her was a bottle of vanishing cream that she used to apply on her body.
Song Zhi walked over silently and took the vanishing cream.
Taotao thought he was going to help her clean up, so she quickly stopped him, "Wait a minute! Don't take it away, I haven't painted it yet... I have to wait until the nail polish on my feet dries..."
Song Zhi smiled.
"I'll help you apply..."
He said softly and hugged Dabaitao.
Dabaitao's eyes suddenly widened!
——She had been married to him for more than ten years and knew that he had always been a strong partner with many tricks. but……
God, he was so passionate too.
so--
Does he like her nail polish so much?
Da Baitao was intoxicated by the crazy and surging spiritual energy. She didn't know how she rose and fell in the sea of love all night... She only vaguely remembered that it seemed that she had been fighting until dawn...
The new year begins.
Taotao was sleeping soundly with the quilt wrapped tightly around her, but she heard some noise?
She was feeling sleepy, so she unhappily pulled her head into the quilt and suddenly felt the world was quiet. But after sleeping for a while, I felt suffocated and had to stick my head out again.
Little did she know that as soon as she poked her head out, she could vaguely hear a woman crying, "Let Bai Taotao come out!"
Taotao opened her eyes.
——Why did she feel that this woman’s voice sounded familiar?
Then, Tao Tao heard Song Zhi say again: "I'll say it again...please leave immediately!"
Taotao was stunned.
Song Zhi was always gentle and refined when dealing with outsiders, and rarely got angry like this.
So who is coming?
Taotao went down to the ground.
hiss--
She was sore all over after being bothered by him all night last night!
Taotao forced herself to put on her clothes, washed up, and slowly went downstairs holding on to the wall.
The children came running over -
"Mom! Bad guys are coming!"
"Don't be afraid, Mom. Momo will protect you!"
Song Xi also came over, "Girl, don't be afraid!"
Taotao looked again and saw Zhao Hongjun, who was in plain clothes, and two guards standing behind Song Zhi with their arms folded. The soldiers who were immersed in murderous aura in the barracks all exuded malicious intentions, and even the temperature in the yard seemed to have dropped by several degrees.
However, Song Zhi blocked the visitor outside the courtyard gate, so Taotao didn't know who the visitor was. All I heard was a woman crying and repeating over and over again: "I don't believe it! Ask Bai Taotao to come out and see me..."
Song Zhi, "I can make the decision about our family affairs. If you have something to say, just tell me... If you don't want to talk, please leave!"
Taotao thought about it again and again, and finally remembered - this woman was Li Cuier, the mistress of the fourth room!
Since the eldest son moved to the city, although he goes back to his hometown every year, he actually only stays with his second uncle's family when he goes back. For some reason, my third and fourth uncles rarely came in contact with each other and only kept their relationship for the sake of face.
Now Li Cui'er has come all the way to the capital to find her. Why?
Taotao walked over and stood behind Song Zhi. She understood at a glance why Song Zhi didn't let Li Cuier in.
Because the ground outside the gate was filled with tattered luggage!
What with washbasins, bedding, tin buckets, and dozens of shoes packed in net bags... This is not just visiting relatives during the Spring Festival, this is a family relocation!
Taotao also saw Li Cuier who was blocked outside the door by Song Zhi.
——Li Cui'er is also over 50 years old and is not as good at maintaining herself as Tang Liren. Tang Liren is sixty years old, but her hair is not completely gray yet. She has a slim figure and looks like a woman in her early forties.
Li Cui'er was also thin, but she was so thin that she looked lifeless. Not only did her hair turn completely white, her back became hunched, and her face was covered with wrinkles...
Li Cui'er did not come alone.
Next to her stood a boy of about twelve or fourteen years old. He was fat and strong, and looked exactly like Li Cui'er's eldest son Fugui!
Taotao had indeed heard that of the three sons of the fourth room, the eldest, Fugui, got married and had a son; the second, Fugui, could not find a wife because his family was too poor, so he ended up becoming a son-in-law; the youngest, Guicai, went out to work and his whereabouts were unknown.
I think this little fat boy should be Fugui’s son and Li Cui’er’s only grandson.
At this time, Li Cui'er, who was standing outside, also saw Taotao.
Her eyes lit up and she shouted, "Taotao! Taotao... I'm your fourth aunt! My dear fourth aunt!"
Then he scolded Song Zhi, "Hey, what are you doing! I'm her fourth aunt, and your fourth aunt... Song Zhi, you are an intellectual. You used to look very polite. Why are you like this now? Hey, why are you still blocking here? Get out of the way! I want to talk to my niece Taotao..."
Tao Tao said, "Li Cui'er, if you have anything to say, just stand at the door and say it! Our Song Zhi just won't let you in, but he won't stop you from talking!"
Li Cui'er was stunned.
"This, this, this, this... We are from the same village, and I am still your fourth aunt, Bai Taotao, how can you be so heartless! I have come all the way to seek refuge with you, and you won't even let me in the door!" Li Cui'er yelled anxiously.
These words made Taotao grasp the key point keenly.
——Is Li Cui'er here to seek refuge with her? ! No wonder I brought so much luggage.
Tao Tao said loudly, "Li Cui'er! You and I... have nothing to do with each other! Don't try to get close to me! Fourth Uncle and my father are not brothers at all! Don't tell me that you are my dear Fourth Aunt... Since Fourth Uncle and my father grew up together, I will allow you to finish your words. But if you are thinking about whether to seek refuge or not... No way!"
Li Cui'er was stunned.
"What?"
Li Cui'er never dreamed that Bai Taotao would not let her in, and... said it so clearly and bluntly? No mercy for her at all?
A child's voice sounded impatiently, "Mother! What's going on?"
Li Cui'er said anxiously: "Stop making trouble!"
The child said, "I want to poop! I can't hold it anymore, I want to go in and poop! I'm also hungry... Didn't you say that Bai Taotao's family is very rich! She lives in a big villa! Grandma, ask her to give me braised pork knuckle! I also want to eat meat! Braised pork... I want braised pork the size of a palm!"
Tao Tao, "Song Zhi, close the door. I'm hungry too. Let's cook and eat!"
Song Zhi is preparing to close the door——
Li Cui'er was anxious. She desperately held onto the gate of Taotao's house and tried her best to squeeze in. She said loudly, "Bai Taotao, do you have to be so heartless? Yes, your third uncle and your fourth uncle are not from the Bai family! But why do you only help the third branch and not us?"
Tao Tao asked curiously, "Why should I help the Third House?"
Li Cui'er yelled, "When Zhenzhu and Feicui went back to the village to register Ayao and the two children... Feicui told us everything. She said that it was you who helped Ayao get married! Since you helped them... why can't you help us? I don't have any excessive demands... Bai Taotao, let me in, I want to talk to you!"
Tao Tao was startled and asked with interest: "Oh? Bai Feicui said that? What else did she say?"
Li Cui'er was afraid that Taotao would chase her away and would not give her a chance to speak, so she told him everything, "... Feicui said that you and Song Zhi are very rich, living in a villa in a government unit, and Song Zhi has even gone abroad! Song Zhi's family are all wealthy foreigners..."
"She also said that Lili's man is a high-ranking official! He is on the news every day... Lili is so powerful now that she gives watches and gold earrings worth hundreds of dollars to everyone she meets!"
Taotao sneered.
"So what?" Taotao asked Li Cuier coldly.
Li Cui'er said confidently, "...So you have helped the mute A Yao from the third room! Why can't you help us? Besides, I didn't ask you to find a wife for my grandson! The main thing is...my grandson is very smart! He is a good student! I heard that you and Song Zhi are also good at studying. Song Zhi went abroad to become a professor, and you are also a doctor. I, I just want my grandson to stay with you. You can teach the child when you are free!"
Tao Tao, "Me? Help you take care of your grandson? How much will you pay me per month?"
Li Cui'er, "Did you spend money to help A Yao get married? Besides, we are all from the same village... You live in a big villa, and our family is so poor, how dare you ask us for money?"
Tao Tao gradually lost her patience, "Then just get out!"
Li Cui'er was stunned, "Bai Taotao, you are so biased towards the third room... Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Tao Tao's expression turned cold. "Li Cui'er, you are one of the three sisters in the third room. I only saw you because A Yao is the child of Sister Pan Jin. It has nothing to do with Bai Feicui. Otherwise, if Bai Feicui died in front of me, do you think I would give her a look? Then I will sort out the grudges between you and me..."
Taotao told the old story again, which made Li Cuier blush.
"... That's it, and you still want me to help you? I think you're dreaming!" Tao Tao scolded unceremoniously, "Get out! Get out now! Now I'm giving you a chance to leave on your own, if you don't cherish it, I'll call the police!"
Then Tao Tao said loudly: "Xiao Zhang, go back to the house and call the police station! Tell them that someone is trying to break into a private house and looks like a robber!"
That being said, Taotao stood behind Song Zhi, turned around and winked at the guard Xiao Zhang: I'm just saying this to scare her, don't really call the police.
Xiao Zhang understood and said loudly, "Okay! I wrote down the police station's phone number. I'll call the police right away!"
Li Cui'er was frightened.
——She couldn't forget that Zhenzhu had injured Hongdou... She should follow the villagers' practice. As long as no one died and it was a family matter, they could just ask the elders to mediate. But Taotao insisted on calling the police, and that's why Zhenzhu was arrested and put in jail!
Now, is Bai Taotao going to use the same tactics against her that she used against Zhenzhu?
"Don't! Don't don't don't--"
Li Cui'er howled like a pig being slaughtered, "Don't call the police, Bai Taotao! How can you be so heartless..."
Taotao picked up a spray bottle placed in the corner of the garden, unscrewed the cap, and threw it at the outside, cursing, "Get out!"
"Bang--"
Li Cui'er quickly pulled her grandson away, but was frightened by the loud noise of the tin kettle falling to the ground, and was splashed with water all over her body and head!
Seeing that Li Cui'er had let go and was no longer clinging to the door frame, Song Zhi closed the door with force.
In the yard, everyone looked at each other.
Outside the yard, Li Cui'er's crying could be heard soon, "Oh my god... God is blind! Bai Taotao, you have such a cruel heart!"
And her eldest grandson's furious scolding, "You old bastard, you coaxed me to come here, saying that I could follow Bai Taotao and enjoy the best food and drink... Look at how she acted like a shrew just now! What if she hits me in the future?"
Tao Tao stood in the courtyard and shouted, "Xiao Zhang! When will the police come?"
Xiao Zhang cooperated and answered loudly: "The police said they will be there in about five minutes!"
The noise outside the yard immediately disappeared.
Taotao turned and went to the kitchen.
Song Zhi felt sorry for her because he had bullied her so badly last night... He quickly chased after her, "I'll cook, you go inside and rest!"
Tao Tao nodded, "Let's keep it simple for lunch. Didn't we braise the meat yesterday? Use that as a condiment and cook a pot of noodle soup. We'll make something delicious in the evening."
Song Zhi agreed.
Taotao went to the living room.
Song Xi gave her a thumbs up and said, "My daughter-in-law is a heroine!"
Taotao smiled, "I'm fierce, right?"
Song Xi nodded first, then shook his head.
He felt that shaking his head and nodding were not right, so he said, "This is not a question of whether or not to be fierce... From what I heard from this woman, it means that among a large group of relatives, there are those you like, so you treat them well. There are those you don't like, so you treat them badly... Is that what you mean?"
This time it was Taotao's turn to nod.
"So I think you did the right thing!" Song Xi comforted her daughter-in-law, "...There must be some relatives, even bad ones, who are down-to-earth!"
Taotao smiled.
After turning on the TV and watching the replay of last night's Spring Festival Gala for a while, Song Zhi cooked a big pot of chicken noodle soup and brought it over.
——The chicken is what’s left over from last night’s New Year’s Eve dinner. Tear off a few cabbage leaves and throw them into the noodle soup. Poach a few eggs according to the number of people. Finally, cut a large plate of braised pork head, and lunch is ready.
The soup has the aroma of chicken and fresh cabbage. Add a spoonful of marinade and a spoonful of braised meat, and mix well with the noodles and soup... It's so delicious!
No one had eaten breakfast seriously, and now because of the quarrel with Li Cui'er, they had wasted time and everyone was starving.
Soon, everyone finished the whole pot of noodle soup.
Little did people know that Li Cui'er, who was driven away, did not calm down.
She said to her eldest grandson Caibao, "Bai Taotao is a cruel woman. She sent Bai Zhenzhu to jail! Now her family is rich, and Bai Lili's husband is a high-ranking official! It would be bad if we had a falling out with her... So here's what we should do!"
"I took my luggage and went to find Zhenzhu... Bai Taotao's father is not your grandfather's biological brother, but Zhenzhu's father is your grandfather's brother from the same mother. So Bai Taotao doesn't care about me, but Bai Zhenzhu will definitely take care of me..."
Caibao glared at Li Cui'er and said, "What should I do?"
Li Cui'er, "This is what I thought... I'll go find Zhenzhu, and you stay here and find a chance to run into her house. I'm an adult, and if I break into her house, she'll call the police to arrest me... But you're a child, and she's an adult, and she's supposed to take care of you! Don't be afraid, if you get even a little scratched here, I'll make her lose everything!"
Caibao looked thoughtful, "You mean..."
Li Cui'er gave her precious grandson a look that could only be understood but not expressed in words, and said, "Anyway, I'm leaving now. I'll put the things at Zhenzhu's place first, and then I'll bring Zhenzhu to pick you up. Remember, you must enter Bai Taotao's house before three or four in the afternoon, and then no matter if you fall or get a little scrape..."
"However, you have to be smart and not hurt yourself. That's not worth it!" Li Cui'er persuaded.
Caibao, "I know! I'm tired of your nagging! By the way, is there anything to eat? Give me something to fill my stomach. I'm starving!"
Li Cui'er found the last boiled egg in the shell and handed it to her precious grandson.
Caibao looked impatient, "Peel the shell!"
Li Cui'er was also hungry.
But there was nothing wrong with leaving the last bit of food for her precious eldest grandson.
Li Cui'er peeled the boiled egg as she was told, handed it over, and then watched eagerly as Caibao ate the boiled egg in one bite.
Caibao ate so quickly because he was very hungry, and ended up choking almost to death on the egg.
Li Cui'er was so panicked that she quickly took out the kettle and fed Caibao a few sips of water...
Caibao, who had recovered, was furious. He took his anger out on Li Cui'er and slapped her hard in the face.
Li Cui'er was beaten so hard that she saw stars.
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