Chapter 308: Warm Life at Aunt's House 2
At noon, my aunt and uncle came back from get off work and smelled a strong fragrance as they entered the yard. They both smiled knowingly.
"It must be that kid cooking." Zhong Tongxin said to her husband with a smile.
"Yeah, this kid's cooking is delicious." Liu Yu also agreed.
"Aunt, uncle, it's time to get off work. The food is ready. Let's eat when you come back." Yike brought out the bowls and chopsticks and set the table.
"Hey, Yike, the dishes you cook are so delicious that I can smell them outside the courtyard." Zhong Tongxin went to wash her hands and helped serve the meal.
As Liu Baoer brought out the dishes, she saw her mother and said happily, "Mom, I told you guys would be back soon, but my cousin didn't believe me and insisted on waiting until you came back before serving the dishes to the table."
"You are just a greedy person. If you want to eat something, go ask your mother to cook it." Zhong Tongxin stepped aside and asked Liu Baoer to take the dishes out.
Yike went out to help Grandpa Liu tidy up his small table, and took the saucers and other things on the table and washed them in the sink.
"Yike, leave it there and come back to wash it after you have your meal." said the old man.
"Grandpa, please go in and sit down first. I'll be ready soon." Yi Ke quickly washed himself and went into the main room.
The food had already been placed on the table, and Yike went over and sat next to Liu Baoer.
The dining table is a square table, and a small part of the paint on the tabletop has started to peel off. There were four long seats around the table. My aunt and uncle sat on the left and right sides respectively, the old man sat at the top, and Liu Baoer and Yike sat at the bottom.
There were six dishes on the table, a plate of rabbit with green peppers, a plate of deep-fried fish, a plate of chicken stewed with mushrooms, a plate of stir-fried rapeseed, a plate of cucumber salad, a plate of boiled cabbage, and a bowl of winter melon, black bean and bone soup for each person.
My uncle looked at the table full of rich food and praised: "If I could eat like this every day, my life would be perfect."
The aunt said disdainfully, "Your life is all about eating. Bao Er is just like you, a foodie."
"You are wrong. Why do we work so hard in life? Isn't it just to have enough food? If you don't eat, can you still work?"
"Aunt, uncle, every family will live like this in the future, and everyone will have enough food to eat." Yike said.
"Yes, Yi Ke is right. In the future, every family will have enough to eat. I believe this. Just like our country, no one would have thought that we would have such a life now. Although we are still a little poor for the time being, it is much better than before liberation."
"Cousin, is what you said true? Can those people in the countryside also have enough food to eat?"
"Yes, by then every family will be able to achieve a moderately prosperous life. This will definitely be achieved. We just haven't developed high-yield grain varieties yet. Once the country develops high-yield grain varieties, achieving a moderately prosperous life will not be far away."
"Yike is right. I believe the country must be researching Yike's high-yield grain varieties." My uncle also said affirmatively.
Yike thought about what his uncle said in his heart. He wondered if there were still people like Grandpa Yuan in this world who were researching hybrid rice, and whether high-yield grain varieties could be developed so quickly. He wondered if he should set up a research field in the mountains to see if he could develop hybrid rice.
"Yike, Yike, eat your food. What are you thinking about? You're so absorbed in your thoughts that you can't even pick up some food with your hands." Zhong Tongxin picked up a piece of chicken and gave it to Yike.
Yi Ke suddenly came to his senses and said with an awkward smile: "I was just thinking about what my uncle said, wondering if I should give it a try."
"Cousin, do you still want to study grain varieties?"
"Yes, I am a farmer who tills the land. Isn't it normal for me to research high-yield grains? I just don't know if I can research it out?"
"Yike, don't you have a cave? You can experiment there." said the old man.
"Yes, I will experiment there. If it succeeds, it's great. If it fails, there is no loss."
"Yike, if you really succeed, it will benefit the entire society, and the people of the whole country will thank you."
"I just want to harvest more food. It would be even better if I can help the society." "Although you have to study those things, you can't slack off in your studies. I promised the principal of the high school that you must stay in the top three in the exams, otherwise you will have to go to the classroom to attend classes." The uncle reminded.
"Uncle, don't worry, I still want to skip a grade."
"What? You just entered high school and you want to skip a grade?" asked my aunt in surprise.
"Yes, I have also finished my freshman year courses. I am now studying my sophomore year courses. Next year I can go straight to my senior year."
Liu Baoer opened her mouth wide and looked at Yi Ke. She held the food in her mouth and tried to put it down her throat, but her tongue did not cooperate and remained stretched out motionless.
Yi Ke raised his hand and lifted Liu Baoer's chin in a funny way. Liu Baoer closed his mouth, gulped, and moved his throat up and down, swallowing the food in his mouth.
"Yike, you are so smart. What kind of brain do you have? How come you are so powerful?" Liu Baoer stretched out her hand and moved it on Yike's head.
"That's great. You finished your studies in just one year, which takes others three years to complete. Your mother would be so happy if she knew." Aunt Zhong Tong said happily, "After dinner, I will give you the money and things your mother sent you."
"Okay, I also sent dried meat and mushrooms to mom, as well as three wild ginsengs. Uncle, please call my mom and tell her that the wild ginsengs are among the mushrooms." Yike remembered that it was free for uncle to call, as he had them in his office.
"Where did you get the wild ginseng? Why don't you keep it for yourself or sell it? Your mother and others have money, they can buy whatever they want." Zhong Tongxin scolded.
"Aunt, I picked it myself in the mountains, and it's free. Things from the mountains have good medicinal effects. Keeping them with you will make them convenient for use when in emergency." Yike said.
"You are a filial child. Your mother is going to cry again this time, but she is crying for joy." Aunt Zhong Tongxin was happy for her sister.
"Yike, your mother asked on the phone when you are going to visit Beijing. Mainly, your grandfather and your father want to see you." Zhong Tongxin asked.
"Well, I can't decide for now. Maybe I will go there suddenly." Yi Ke thought for a while and answered.
Liu Baoer looked at Yike with shining eyes and said eagerly: "Cousin Yike, when are you going? Tell me when you go and I will go with you. I haven't seen my sister for a long time and I miss her a little."
Yike looks at the lively Liu Baoer, what a happy girl she is. While others are thinking about working harder and making more money, she just wants to have fun, and she is the kind of person who has the conditions to have fun.
"How long can you be gone? It takes a month to go back and forth. Don't you want to work anymore?" Zhong Fan Tongxin scolded with a smile.
"That's okay. I'll just advance my future vacations." Liu Baoer said proudly, looking at how smart I am.
My uncle and aunt stopped talking, and the table fell into silence for a moment, with only the smacking sounds of everyone eating...
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