Qi Mengmeng made the meat sauce on the same day, put it in the space after it cooled down, and the next day she made all the ribs into smoked ribs.
On Saturday night, when Qi Mengmeng got off work, Qi Zhijun was standing outside her house.
Qi Mengmeng opened the door with a look of surprise on her face, saying, "Dad, why are you here at this hour? Have you eaten?"
Qi Zhijun didn't say until he entered the room: "I have already handed over my work, and I will leave next Monday. I came here today just to tell you."
He originally thought he would have to wait for a while before he could leave, but unexpectedly something went wrong there and he had to go there early.
Qi Mengmeng didn't expect Qi Zhijun to leave so soon. Fortunately, she had already prepared the meat sauce and smoked ribs, so it didn't delay Qi Zhijun from taking them away.
"Dad, I made you some meat sauce and smoked ribs, just in time for you to take them with you when you go back."
Qi Mengmeng took Qi Zhijun to see what she had prepared. Qi Zhijun didn't want it at first because there was so much meat sauce and he didn't know how much money Qi Mengmeng had spent on the ticket.
But Qi Mengmeng said that these things were specially prepared for Qi Zhijun, so he decided to accept them.
Qi Mengmeng was about to pack up everything, but Qi Zhijun told her not to worry.
"Mengmeng, your aunt Zheng and I are going to stay at your place for one night today. Is that convenient for you?"
Qi Mengmeng immediately said, "You are my biological father. What's inconvenient about staying at your daughter's house for a night?"
The expression on Qi Zhijun's face softened a lot. He then mentioned that Zheng Meili had gone to the school to see Zheng Yingying and Le Kangtai. He came to see Qi Mengmeng first, and they would meet directly at the state-owned hotel later.
"Don't pack these things yet. We can pack them when we come back. Let's go to the restaurant first." Qi Zhijun said as he took out the prepared money and bills from his pocket.
"Mengmeng, I'm not here anymore, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help you if you need anything. If you need anything, go find Political Commissar Liao. We have a good relationship, and he will definitely help you."
"When I get there, I'll give you the phone number. Call me if you need anything. Also, call me if you don't have enough money."
Qi Zhijun kept talking, fearing that he had not thought of something.
"Okay, Dad, I'm an adult now. I can take care of myself. Don't worry."
Qi Mengmeng felt a little helpless. She didn't expect that Qi Zhijun was about to leave and would actually treat her like a child.
"I understand. You can take care of yourself." Qi Zhijun nodded and reminded Qi Mengmeng to put the money away.
Qi Mengmeng smiled, collected all the money and bills, and the two of them rode their bicycles to the state-owned restaurant.
At this time, there were many people in the state-owned restaurant, but Qi Mengmeng looked around and didn't see Zheng Meili and the others.
Qi Zhijun asked Qi Mengmeng to take a seat first while he went to the front to order food.
Because he didn't know Zheng Yingying's current situation, Qi Zhijun only ordered two dishes and would wait for Zheng Meili and the others to arrive before ordering the rest.
It was not until both dishes were served that Zheng Meili and the others spoke. Zheng Yingying said to them apologetically, "Dad, Sister Mengmeng, we are late. I felt a little uncomfortable when I went out just now."
Qi Mengmeng didn't care and asked Zheng Yingying to sit down quickly.
Qi Zhijun pointed at the two dishes on the table and said, "I ordered a braised fish and a chicken stewed with mushrooms. If you guys want anything else, I'll go order some more."
Zheng Yingying saw the fish on the table and moved it to the side. She couldn't stand the smell of meat for the past two days and could only eat vegetarian food.
Her action was too obvious, Zheng Meili noticed it immediately, she looked at Zheng Yingying distressedly: "Yingying, what do you want to eat? I'll go buy it."
Zheng Yingying couldn't say what she wanted to eat. She glanced around Zhuo Wei and found that one table had ordered a plate of shredded potatoes. The smell kept coming into her nose and she thought it was delicious.
Le Kangtai followed her gaze and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to eat shredded potatoes?"
"Yes." Zheng Yingying said pitifully, "I can only eat vegetarian food now."
Le Kangtai ate with Zheng Yingying every day and had already known her taste, so he asked the others to wait while he went to order the food.
After a while, he brought over two dishes, one was shredded potatoes with vinegar, and the other was stir-fried cabbage, without any shredded meat.
Le Kangtai placed both dishes in front of Zheng Yingying. He looked at the others, "Dad, Mom, what staple food are you having? I see we have dumplings, steamed buns, and rice today."
Zheng Yingying stretched out her hand: "I want to eat rice."
Qi Zhijun asked Qi Mengmeng and she also chose rice.
Le Kangtai went to buy some rice and then everyone started eating.
Zheng Meili took care of Zheng Yingying the whole time, asking a few questions from time to time, and her attitude was just like that of a biological mother.
Qi Zhijun looked at Qi Mengmeng several times, fearing that Qi Mengmeng would feel uncomfortable.
Qi Mengmeng found it a little funny. She pushed the chicken towards Qi Zhijun and said, "Dad, this chicken is good. Eat more chicken."
Zheng Meili also heard Qi Mengmeng talking. She first looked at the plate of chicken and asked Zheng Yingying in a low voice if she wanted to drink chicken soup.
Zheng Yingying didn't even raise her head and started shaking her head. She didn't want to eat any meat at all.
During the meal, Zheng Meili spent most of her time taking care of Zheng Yingying and didn't eat much herself. Although Zheng Yingying didn't eat meat, she ate a big bowl of rice and a lot of vegetables.
Qi Mengmeng has never been pregnant, but when she looked at Zheng Yingying's condition, she thought it was pretty good. At least she didn't notice that Zheng Yingying had lost weight.
Of course, because it was still a short period of time, there was no change in Zheng Yingying's belly. If she didn't say it, others really couldn't tell that she was pregnant.
Seeing that everyone was full, Zheng Meili was still reminding Zheng Yingying, which made Qi Zhijun feel a little uncomfortable.
"Meili, you should eat some too."
Zheng Yingying swallowed the food in her mouth, glanced at the table, and said, "Mom, you eat too, I can eat by myself."
Zheng Meili first asked Le Kangtai to pour a glass of water for Zheng Yingying, then she picked up the bowl and quickly picked up a few pieces of food with her chopsticks to eat.
At the speed she ate, she probably couldn't even taste the food.
Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, Qi Zhijun said, "We estimate that we will leave next Monday. I will take you to buy some things tomorrow, so you don't have to go back on Monday."
This was discussed by Qi Zhijun and Zheng Meili. They were mainly worried that Zheng Yingying had just become pregnant and it would be inconvenient for her to ride a bicycle back and forth.
Zheng Meili nodded and looked at Zheng Yingying with concern: "Yingying, you just got pregnant, you should pay more attention to your health. If you don't want to cook, go to the cafeteria to eat."
She has already told Qi Zhijun that she will give Zheng Yingying a subsidy of ten yuan every month until she gives birth to the child.
Because of this, Zheng Yingying was very grateful to Qi Zhijun.
Qi Zhijun had no objection to this, because he also wanted to give Qi Mengmeng some subsidy every month to help her recuperate.
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