With that, Lin Qixia turned and left the main room, heading towards the kitchen.
"Wait, Xia'er! I'll go with you!"
He Zhilan followed, saying as she walked, "There's still some rice I cooked in the kitchen, let's bring it over and eat together."
After all, a few steamed buns are definitely not enough for them.
"Okay, sister-in-law," Lin Qixia replied as she walked.
He Zhilan didn't know that the buns she exchanged with the system shop were very large and substantial; one was actually enough to fill her up.
Of course, it's also because she has a small appetite; for someone like her older brother, it's definitely not enough.
The two entered the kitchen, and Lin Qixia lifted the lid of the pot. Instantly, the aroma of noodles filled the entire kitchen and even drifted into the yard.
Lin Qixia took out the steamed buns.
He Zhilan served the rice, which was still some wild vegetable porridge, with some eggs added.
"The steamed buns you bought are indeed very fragrant."
As soon as Lin Qixia opened the pot lid, He Zhilan smelled it. At this moment, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva as she looked at the buns.
"Let's go, sister-in-law, let's eat in the main room," Lin Qixia said to her with a smile.
Afterwards, the two of them left the kitchen and walked towards the main room. Not far away, they heard Lin Jiudong's voice from her room: "Lin Qixia, what food did you buy? It smells so good! I want some too!"
Lin Qixia stopped in her tracks and sneered, "Your skin is getting thicker and thicker."
"You!" Lin Jiudong angrily slammed his fist on the window.
Sister-in-law He Zhilan frowned as she looked at Lin Jiudong.
I don't know what to do with her.
“Sister-in-law, look, my sister says she’s hungry.” Lin Qixia said to He Zhilan.
Hearing this, Lin Jiudong, who was not far away, looked on with anticipation, thinking that Lin Qixia was going to give in and give her the delicious food she had bought.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qixia then said, "How about... you take the wild vegetable porridge you cooked for her tonight to eat? You can't let your little sister go hungry, can you?"
Lin Qixia smiled and said to He Zhilan.
Lin Jiudong's expectant expression froze; she hadn't expected Lin Qixia to be playing a trick on her.
He Zhilan responded with a "Okay".
It seems Xia'er is indeed angry and unwilling to give Dong'er the things she bought.
She didn't intend to persuade the other party, after all, it was Xia'er who had worked hard to earn the money to buy it.
Besides, Dong'er did do something wrong before and deserves some punishment.
So He Zhilan brought Lin Jiudong's portion of wild vegetable porridge to her: "Here, eat up, Dong'er."
"What? Why are you all eating meat buns while I have to eat this wretched wild vegetable!" Lin Jiudong noticed that Lin Qixia was holding a meat bun; she could smell it!
He Zhilan placed the wild vegetable porridge in front of her and said, "Dong'er, what you've been doing lately has been really disappointing. Your older brother is still angry, your sister is angry with you, and your sister-in-law can't plead for you right now."
With that, she turned and left, this time without even opening Lin Jiudong's door.
After all, given Lin Jiudong's condition, she would definitely cause trouble if we let her out.
"Sister-in-law..." Lin Jiudong's eyes reddened with grievance as He Zhilan turned to leave.
In the past, He Zhilan would have felt sorry for her and couldn't bear to treat her badly if she looked like this, but this time her sister-in-law didn't soften her heart at all.
Lin Jiudong realized then that his current situation was worse than he had imagined.
She finally panicked.
Lin Qixia, on the other side, no longer cared about Lin Jiudong's situation.
Just then, she happily carried a steaming bowl of freshly steamed buns into the main room: "Big brother, Yi'er, the buns are here!"
"Wow! There really are steamed buns!" Lin Yi was still feeling disappointed that she couldn't continue eating candied fruit. There were also mung bean cakes on the table, which her father had just told her she couldn't eat until her aunt arrived. She could only look on longingly.
Lin Yi's eyes lit up immediately when she saw the meat buns appear.
After Lin Qixia put down the steamed buns, she turned around and saw He Zhilan coming in. She called out to her, "Sister-in-law, come on over, let's all eat together."
"Okay, Xia'er, don't be shy with us. You bought these things, so please eat them too." He Zhilan responded and neatly placed the wild vegetable porridge in front of everyone, one bowl for each person.
Lin Qixia's bowl contained many more eggs.
“Sister-in-law…” Lin Qixia noticed this and looked at her in surprise.
He Zhilan felt a little embarrassed by her gaze: "I had overlooked you before, and only then did I realize how much you hate eating wild vegetable porridge. From now on, I'll try to add more eggs to it so it will taste better."
Lin Qixia's tastes have changed, probably because she injured her brain before.
He Zhilan had seen people like this in her decades of life, and Lin Qixia was lucky enough to be fine except for this minor ailment.
"Sister-in-law... thank you." Her eyes welled up with tears as the other person took such good care of her.
Before she could even get emotional, her older brother's words made her hold back her tears: "Why can't she eat the wild vegetable porridge? When did I ever spoil you so much..."
"That's enough!" He Zhilan frowned, stopping him from continuing. "Xia'er has been working so hard lately, she should eat more good food."
As she spoke, she broke her own steamed bun in half and gave it to Lin Qixia, clearly worried that she wouldn't have enough to eat.
Lin Qixia refused speechlessly: "No need, sister-in-law, you eat."
She pushed the steamed bun back, then looked at He Zhilan expectantly: "Quickly try this steamed bun and see how it tastes!"
He Zhilan didn't expect Lin Qixia to refuse the food she offered so readily. After all, this girl used to take as much food as she could, and she wouldn't easily give up the benefits that were already in her mouth.
In addition, she earned all of this money herself today, so it's already quite rare for her to give up a portion of it.
“Okay, I’ll try it now.” He Zhilan looked at her with admiration before taking a bite of the bun in her hand.
The first taste is of white flour, soft, sweet and fragrant.
After chewing a few times, she tasted the filling. It was meat, pork, oily and delicious.
The last time I ate delicious steamed buns was when my husband was healthy. Back then, our family was much happier than we are now.
As He Zhilan ate, tears silently streamed down her face.
She hadn't eaten anything this delicious in a long time.
"What's wrong, Lan'er?"
"sister in law?"
Lin Xiao and Lin Qixia both looked at He Zhilan with worried expressions.
Afraid they would misunderstand, He Zhilan quickly swallowed the bun and replied, "No, it's nothing. The bun was delicious, really delicious..."
As she spoke, she wiped away her tears.
Seeing this, Lin Qixia breathed a sigh of relief and said to her elder brother and Lin Yi, "In that case, you should all try it too."
"Okay." Lin Xiao felt a little bad seeing his wife cry while eating a steamed bun.
He buried his head and took a big bite of the bun, then paused for a moment after tasting it.
"Big brother, how does it taste?" Lin Qixia asked him.
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