As soon as Zheng Meili entered the door, she took the dish from Qi Mengmeng.
"Meng Meng, let me help you."
Zheng Yingying also started to roll up her sleeves: "Sister Mengmeng, what do you think I should do?"
Qi Mengmeng glanced at her watch out of the corner of her eye. It was only nine o'clock and two people had already arrived. Wasn't it a little early?
He smiled and said, "Aunt Zheng, Yingying, you came at the right time. Let's see if the dishes I prepared for lunch are enough. I bought some big bones and have already cooked them. If you want to eat noodles at noon, I'll make some bone soup noodles."
"Use half of the pork belly to make braised pork, and cut the other half to make minced meat and eggs. We have fresh spinach, so we can make spinach salad, and stir-fry pork liver with green peppers, okay?"
After hearing the menu, Zheng Meili knew that Qi Mengmeng had put a lot of thought into it. Except for one vegetarian dish, spinach, the rest were meat and eggs. This meal was of the highest standard for entertaining guests.
Instead, Zheng Yingying said embarrassedly: "There are so many dishes, can we finish them?"
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "Bone soup doesn't count as a dish. There are five of us, so there are only four dishes. It's not too many."
Braised pork and fried pork liver require more skills, so Qi Mengmeng prepared all the ingredients in advance, and Zheng Meili helped.
The two of them cooperated quite well. Zheng Yingying was unable to help for a while, so Zheng Meili simply asked her to go to the school to call Le Kangtai so that she would not have nothing to do here.
Zheng Yingying left obediently, and Zheng Meili said to Qi Mengmeng, "Mengmeng, look, Yingying is only a little younger than you, but she is not as steady as you. In the future, you two sisters should support each other."
Qi Mengmeng ignored Zheng Meili's previous words. They were just polite remarks, and she would be stupid if she took them seriously.
"I think Yingying is very smart. She started working earlier than me, but she knows much more than me."
Zheng Meili sighed. Although she didn't want to admit it, Qi Mengmeng was indeed more stable than Zheng Yingying.
Thinking of what Qi Zhijun said yesterday, she gave Qi Mengmeng a message.
"Mengmeng, I heard from your dad that he might be transferred away from here in the near future. From now on, you and Yingying should support each other. If there is anything, you should discuss it with each other. I will also remind Yingying when the time comes."
Qi Mengmeng was stunned for a moment: "My dad is going to be transferred? I didn't hear him say that."
Zheng Meili said, "I just found out too. Your dad said he might go to the Southern Military Region. It will probably be two or three months later. I don't know if Guizhi can come back."
Gu Guizhi has been on a mission for some time. Qi Mengmeng remembered him saying that this mission would take a long time, at least after the summer, so it was hard to say whether he could come back before Qi Zhijun was transferred.
"Has everything been settled?" Qi Mengmeng asked after coming back to her senses.
She always thought that she and Qi Zhijun lived in the same housing estate and would have a long time to spend together in the future. However, she did not expect that Qi Zhijun would be transferred after only about a year.
"The leader has already contacted your father. From what he said, it should have been decided."
Zheng Meili didn't want to leave either. If they all left and left Zheng Yingying here, if Zheng Yingying was bullied in the future, there would be no one to support her, so she thought about coaxing Qi Mengmeng before leaving.
"Mengmeng, your dad and I are leaving. You and Yingying are the only ones left here. You two sisters should support each other. If Yingying does anything wrong, you can write to us and I will tell her. If you need Yingying's help, go find her. Don't be polite to her."
Qi Mengmeng didn't expect Zheng Meili to say such a thing. She was not familiar with Zheng Yingying, and she was just a little more familiar with her than the other family members in the family compound.
But what Zheng Meili said makes sense. To outsiders, she and Zheng Yingying are really stepsisters.
If it is a small matter, Qi Mengmeng will help for Qi Zhijun's sake. If it is a big matter, Qi Mengmeng definitely cannot make the decision, so it's okay to agree.
When Zheng Meili heard Qi Mengmeng agree, a smile appeared on her face.
"Mengmeng, you are really sensible. Yingying really should learn more from you."
Zheng Meili was so obedient that she tried to get Qi Mengmeng to do it without asking for any money.
Qi Mengmeng just smiled and nodded occasionally. She could see that Zheng Meili was truly doing good for Zheng Yingying. If she didn't know that Zheng Meili was her aunt, she would have thought that Zheng Meili was Zheng Yingying's biological mother.
However, women in this era attach great importance to their natal family. Now that the Zheng family is gone, it is not excessive for Zheng Meili to love Zheng Yingying a little more.
Zheng Meili has been cooking for many years and her cooking skills are better than Qi Huilan's. She makes both cold spinach and minced meat and eggs.
Zheng Yingying and Le Kangtai arrived half an hour earlier than Qi Zhijun. Qi Mengmeng glanced at what Le Kangtai was holding and knew why it took Zheng Yingying so long to call him.
Le Kangtai handed the snacks and fruits in his hand to Qi Mengmeng: "Comrade Qi, there aren't many things, please don't mind."
"I treat you to a meal and you also buy things for you. That's really very polite." Qi Mengmeng also said polite words. She felt that Le Kangtai was really good in dealing with human relationships. The things in this net bag cost several dollars, which was more expensive than having a meal in a state-owned restaurant.
But looking at the expressions on Le Kangtai and Zheng Yingying's faces, they seemed very happy.
Qi Zhijun treated Le Kangtai quite well. He asked him to sit down and poured him some tea.
However, they didn't chat for long because the food was almost ready and they could eat.
Qi Mengmeng asked Zheng Yingying and knew that Le Kangtai preferred noodles, so the staple food was noodles cooked with big bones, and each person also had a fried golden egg.
Le Kangtai didn't sit and wait for dinner. He and Zheng Yingying went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
Qi Mengmeng had a good impression of Le Kangtai, so when she heard Qi Zhijun ask Le Kangtai's family to come over at the dinner table to discuss his marriage with Zheng Yingying, Qi Mengmeng was suddenly enlightened.
It seems that Zheng Yingying's wedding will take place before Qi Zhijun leaves.
The meal was a great success for both the host and the guests. Le Kangtai also said that when his parents come, he will also invite Qi Mengmeng to join them for dinner.
Qi Zhijun also said: "Yingying calls Mengmeng sister, Mengmeng should go."
Qi Mengmeng had no choice but to agree. She planned to be a mascot, talking less and smiling more.
Three days later, Qi Mengmeng was having dinner at home when Zheng Yingying came over. She came to inform Qi Mengmeng that the Le family would come over on Saturday and go to the staff quarters on Sunday to meet Qi Zhijun and his wife, and asked Qi Mengmeng to come to their house for dinner on Sunday.
Qi Mengmeng didn't expect that the Le family would come so soon. It seemed that they attached great importance to Le Kangtai's marriage.
"Okay, I'll go there early on Sunday." Qi Mengmeng nodded at Zheng Yingying, and asked Zheng Yingying if she had had dinner. Zheng Yingying glanced in the direction of the door, smiled and said that she had already had dinner.
Qi Mengmeng understood immediately that Le Kangtai was waiting for her at the door. In that case, Qi Mengmeng did not keep Zheng Yingying any longer.
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