Chapter 118: Eating a New Family Dinner
"Yes, the cows that Yi Ke gave us have been very helpful. If it weren't for the cows, we would never have been able to finish working on those wastelands. We are just cutting grass, how easy!" Chen Yue'er also echoed.
"Sister Yike, the calf you gave me has grown so big. It can even carry me to eat grass." Chen Fugui also stood on the other side of Yike. It turns out that this kid thinks that he has grown up just because the cow can lift him up. How heavy is he? Any calf can lift him up.
"He has grown a lot. This boy treasures his cow very much. He says that the cow is his and no one else in our family has a share of it. It was given to him by sister Yike. No one in the family is allowed to touch the cow. Once when he was not at home, my brother took the cow to eat grass. When he came back and didn't see it, he cried so loudly that his voice was hoarse." Chen Yue'er said this with a smile.
"So how did it end?" Yi Ke asked curiously.
"Hey! My brother brought the cow back. When he saw it, he ran over and hugged the cow's head and wouldn't let go. From then on, he would lead the cow every time he went out. He almost ate and slept with the cow. My dad was so angry that he threatened to sell the cow if he continued like this. He didn't have to see the cow all the time, and he didn't lead the cow every time he went out. Otherwise, you wouldn't just see him today, you would definitely see the cow." Chen Yue'er found it funny when she thought about it.
I never expected that the cowboy who gave away his head would also become a gigolo.
"Humph! I'm just afraid that you will lose my cow." Chen Fugui muttered in a low voice.
"Is your house built?" Ziyi asked Li Dashan.
"Okay, we're here to invite you to have a housewarming dinner the day after tomorrow. My father, Uncle Hu, and Uncle Chen have agreed that we'll all move into the new house and have the housewarming dinner together." Li Dashan said happily.
"Yes, yes! Yike, you guys have to come over earlier. We sisters want to play with you. We didn't have time to play properly before." Chen Yue'er was also very happy. There were too few people in the mountains, and even fewer girls.
"Okay, then we'll go there earlier." Yike also likes to play with girls.
"Then congratulations to you. We will definitely go to help you when the time comes." Ziyi said readily.
"Is Uncle Du at home? We need to go talk to him." Li Dashan asked.
"I'm here. I just checked the traps and I think I caught a few pheasants. You can eat later and then go back." Ziyi and Li Dashan walked towards the cave side by side.
Yike and Chen Yue'er were also talking in girlish whispers while walking. Chen Fugui pouted again because sister Yike and sister Yue'er were talking lively but just didn't talk to him, so he was unhappy.
After entering the cave, Li Dashan saw Li Haoran and Du Qingcang, "Hello, Uncle Hao! Hello, Uncle Du!"
"Hello Uncle Hao! Hello Uncle Du!" Chen Yue'er and Chen Fugui also called out politely.
Li Haoran couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Dashan. "It's Dashan, Yue'er, and Xiao Fugui. How did you find time to come here? Come in and have a cup of hot water."
"Everyone come in, everyone come in." Du Qingcang quickly put down the machete in his hand and accompanied them into the room.
Yike went into the house and poured each person a cup of hot water from the thermos, adding a little honey.
Chen Fugui took a sip of the honey syrup and couldn't help but gulp it down in one breath. He licked his lips and said, "Sister Yike, the sugar water is so delicious!"
"Would you like to have another drink? I have more here." Yike went to get Chen Fugui's cup.
Chen Yue'er hurriedly stopped him, saying, "No, no. Don't waste something so precious. Fugui, be obedient and don't drink anymore."
"Sister Yike, I don't want to drink it anymore." Chen Fugui said he didn't want it, but his eyes were looking at the jar that Yike had just filled with honey.
Yike took the cup from Chen Fugui's hand and poured him another cup of honey and sugar water. She said, "Sister, we still have some here. It's okay for Fugui to have one more drink."
"Thank you, Sister Yike!" Chen Fugui held the cup and drank in small sips. This time he didn't dare to finish it in one breath.
"So good!" Yike touched his head and whispered to Chen Yue'er.
Li Dashan told everyone about inviting them to a family dinner, and also asked Aunt Yuling and Aunt Cuihua to help with the cooking.
"Go back and tell your father and the others that we will definitely be there early." Li Haoran said.
"Okay. Thank you Uncle Hao and Uncle Du. We'll go back first." Seeing that the mission was completed, Li Dashan said he wanted to go back.
"Let's eat here and go back. It's still early." Li Haoran invited Li Dashan and the others to have dinner.
"No, it's better to go back early. Thank you, Uncle Hao." Li Dashan and Chen Yue'er did not stay for dinner. Only Chen Fugui did not want to go back and wanted to stay for dinner. In the end, it was his sister Yue'er who held his ears before he left.
"Sister Yike, you have to come over earlier. I want to play with you." Chen Fugui cried as he walked away, turning back and yelling at Yike.
"Okay, you go back first. I'll be there early then." Yike ran back to the room, grabbed a handful of candies and stuffed them into Chen Fugui's pocket. Chen Fugui's mood suddenly cleared up and he happily said thank you to Yike.
After Li Dashan, Chen Yue'er and Chen Fugui left, Ziyi and Yike went to help Li Haoran deal with the pheasants caught from the trap.
"Dad, why are there so many pheasants?" Yi Ke asked curiously, because there were pheasants in the traps almost every day in the past few days.
"These were caught with traps placed across the stream. There are more weeds and shrubs than big trees, and there is a stream, so there are more pheasants. We also found that there are no wolves, leopards or foxes in this forest, so there are more pheasants, rabbits and other small animals." Li Haoran talked about their findings.
"So that's how it is. Then it will be safe for us to raise chickens and ducks." Yike was very happy. This way she could raise more chickens and ducks.
"Your mother is reluctant to boil eggs for eating now. She said she wants to save them for hatching chicks." Li Haoran looked at Yi Ke and said, "Your mother said you can tell the difference between male and female chicks. If you succeed, you can raise more hens in the future."
"Dad, don't worry, this method is really effective. If you don't believe me, you will know its authenticity in a month when the chicks grow up a little." He said solemnly.
"I believe you." Li Haoran looked at Yi Ke seriously and said.
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Before dawn in the morning, Ziyi woke up Yike, who kept mumbling and didn't want to get up. Ziyi helped Yike put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and washed his face with a wet towel, and Yike finally woke up.
"Brother Ziyi, why are you here so early? Are you going somewhere?" Yike was puzzled.
Ziyi handed Yike a toothbrush with toothpaste squeezed on it, and pushed Yike to rinse his mouth, while answering: "Didn't Dashan say the day before yesterday that we would have a group dinner today? We should go early to help."
Yike just remembered it and hurried to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth. Ziyi went to the kitchen to help, and told Yike to come to the kitchen to have breakfast as soon as he brushed his teeth.
"Godmother, aren't we going to have a family dinner? Why do we have to eat breakfast?" Yi Ke asked puzzledly. It’s too early. I don’t feel like eating at all.
"It won't be that early to eat, so eat something first to fill your stomach." Wang Cuihua rolled up a scallion pancake and handed it to Yi Ke, "It's too early, there are no steamed buns, this is simple, you eat first, don't wait for them."
As soon as I smelled the fragrance, I couldn't help but eat it. I thought I had no appetite because it was too early, but stimulated by the aroma of the scallion pancake, my appetite suddenly returned.
“Eat slowly, it’s very hot.” Ziyi also went to the stove and took two, rolled one for Yike and ate one himself.
"Hah! Start eating!" As soon as Du Jiankang entered the kitchen, he smelled the fragrance and walked over quickly.
"Go, get it from the stove yourself." Ziyi nodded in the direction of the stove.
"It's healthy. Roll it up later. It's just out of the pan and it's so hot!" Wang Cuihua patted her son's hand.
"Go get a plate and eat it. It's a bit rushed since it's too early, so just eat while it's cooking." Zhang Yuling said as she was making scallion pancakes.
"Dad, godfather, drink the porridge first. The scallion pancakes are still being made." Ziyi filled a bowl of porridge for Li Haoran and Du Qingcang, and also filled a bowl for himself and Yike.
"It's delicious. Mom and godmother can open a breakfast shop outside and make money." The scallion pancake was so hot that it hurt his tongue, but he was reluctant to spit out the scallion pancake in his mouth.
Wang Cuihua gave Li Haoran and the others a scallion pancake each, and gave one or two, and said cheerfully, "That's because your method is good."
"I'm just talking, but I can't do it as well as you do." Yi really felt so.
The reason why she could talk about so many recipes was that she had eaten and seen a lot in her previous life, so she knew all the ingredients and cooking methods. In actual practice, she is not as good as Zhang Yuling and Wang Cuihua, two people who have been cooking in the kitchen for a long time.
"How many more do you want to eat? Tell us your number." Zhang Yuling asked everyone at the stove.
"I want two."
“I have two too.”
"I just want one."
“I only want one.”
"Mom, I don't want it anymore, I've had enough." Yike still had two scallion pancakes in his hands that he hadn't finished eating.
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After breakfast, it was still dark outside, so everyone walked towards the paradise with lanterns in hand.
Yike had never seen a lantern in her previous life. When Ziyi bought the lantern, she was very surprised. She thought the lantern should be very bright, but it was actually not even as bright as a flashlight.
Ziyi held a flashlight in one hand to light the way, and held Yike's hand with the other.
Du Jiankang walked behind Ziyi and looked at the flashlight with envy. "Brother, how about I hold the flashlight for you to light the way? You hold the hand of Sister Yi Ke carefully and don't let her fall."
"Ask your dad to buy you one next time, and don't even think about mine." Ziyi said coldly.
Du Jiankang curled his lips. Of course no one could see it in the dark. Even if Ziyi saw it, he would remain indifferent. He would not care about other people's feelings.
"Brother Jiankang, you can really ask your godfather to buy one for you. It's more convenient than a lantern. You are not short of money now, so it will be convenient for you to buy a godmother so that you can get up early in the morning and do things." Yike also spoke up for Ziyi.
"Okay! I'll ask my dad to buy one next time." Du Jiankang never objected to what Yi Ke said.
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