Chapter 576 Major Frames Every 369, Minor Frames Every Day
Those past times remain only in our memories.
Master Yao has one, and so does Old Lin.
Old Lin coughed lightly: "Don't even mention you, I haven't eaten my sister-in-law's cooking for almost twenty years."
Since his wife passed away, besides his bodyguard, Old Zhang has been by his side.
Old Lin knew perfectly well that if it weren't for Xiaoyu's poor health and need for careful care, he would never have considered letting Sister Zhang come back.
He lived alone, keeping Old Zhang company. He didn't care what he ate, and if he really didn't want to cook, he could just eat at the cafeteria.
Xiaoyu and Xiaoqi don't come home often. He usually just eats breakfast and dinner at home. Sometimes when he's busy, he eats dinner at work.
If it weren't for the fact that Old Zhang had injured his leg on the battlefield and had shrapnel in his knee, making him unable to do heavy work, he wouldn't have wanted to keep Old Zhang at all.
He has bodyguards and can eat in the canteen easily, so he doesn't need anyone to take special care of him.
The atmosphere at the table grew increasingly lively as the three old comrades drank and chatted, reminiscing about the fun they had back then and discussing their lives now, their laughter never ceasing.
With Aunt Zhang, a heroine, chiming in every now and then, the atmosphere among them was very harmonious.
Jiang Chunyu, Lin Xiaoqi, and Yao Siyu didn't drink alcohol and ate quickly. Once they were full, the three of them put down their chopsticks.
"We'll leave the table now. Chef Yao, Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, Dad, please enjoy your meal."
Jiang Chunyu stood up and said something, and Lin Xiaoqi and Yao Siyu also stood up and greeted him.
The three of them walked together to the small living room next door, leaving the three old comrades and Aunt Zhang to continue their conversation.
As soon as he sat down in the small living room, Jiang Chunyu couldn't help but ask, "What exactly happened? I heard that child say that he broke someone's leg, or maybe their arm?"
She couldn't tell from Lin Xiaoqi's expression when the two entered, so she guessed it wasn't serious.
Otherwise, the two of them probably wouldn't even be able to have lunch.
The three compounds—the sea, land, and air wards—are all on the same road. Because they are so close, the children from these three families often fight.
Years ago, I heard Lin Xiaoqi say that the major frame is played on the 3rd, 6th, and 9th, while the minor frame is played every day.
They either fight amongst themselves, determined to determine the top two among the three.
Either the three families unite to fight the outsiders, drive out the external enemies, and then continue their internal strife.
In recent years, due to various reasons, their families have restrained them and they haven't been hitting them much anymore.
Occasionally there are still some minor conflicts, which are resolved privately, without the dramatic tension of earlier times.
However, breaking an arm or leg is still a bit excessive.
Jiang Chunyu had no doubt about Yao Siyu's kung fu skills; he had lived with Master Yao on the mountain and must have learned kung fu from him.
That day, neither Xiao Dai nor Lin Xiaoqi could keep up with Yao Siyu's footwork as well as they did when they went up the mountain.
Judging from his appearance, he has a solid foundation from childhood.
"It's okay, it's not broken."
Lin Xiaoqi paused, her tone tinged with helplessness yet also admiration for the young man's abilities. "This kid dislocated several people's arms and legs. Those kids, being ignorant, thought they were broken and screamed in terror. Later, when I arrived, he had fixed their arms and legs."
The reason for the long delay was that the other side called in reinforcements, and they also called in reinforcements.
Since we're already here, we can't leave empty-handed.
Lin Xiaoqi had no choice but to let them find a place to fight again until a winner was decided before they returned.
Actually, it's not quite accurate to say that a winner and a loser have been decided.
They won, but the other side was not satisfied and challenged them to another fight.
If it weren't for the fear of their families worrying, those two groups of boys probably wouldn't even want to come back for dinner.
Yao Siyu rubbed the back of her head, chuckled twice, and didn't refute.
He had learned some bone-setting skills from Master Yao since he was a child. At that time, he was so angry that he didn't know his own strength and dislocated the joints of the gang leader and his men.
It looks scary, but it's actually not seriously injured.
Later, when Uncle Qi arrived, he quickly covered the body, so no real harm was caused.
Jiang Chunyu breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned: "Then why did it take so long? You went out this morning and only just got back now, it's been several hours."
As she spoke, her gaze swept over the two men, trying to find the answer in their faces.
After all, it's just a small matter, so it shouldn't have taken this long. Could there have been other setbacks along the way?
"Everyone's calling for reinforcements, no one's willing to leave until a winner is decided."
Lin Xiaoqi felt helpless when she talked about this; she had driven these kids crazy with all the stress in recent years.
Hearing that there was a fight, I wished I could sprout wings and fly over.
Aunt Zhang drank two cups and then got off the table. She then put the dishes back in the pot, heated them up, and served them. She also made them a vegetable and tofu soup.
There is indeed plenty of food at home during the Chinese New Year, but with so many people, the daily consumption is also high.
When the remaining Lin Xiao family members left, they divided the spoils and basically left nothing behind.
After today's meal, all that's left at home are the salted goods we pickled before the Lunar New Year, and some cabbage and radishes.
Aunt Zhang brought the vegetable and tofu soup to the table, and then privately called Jiang Chunyu to the kitchen: "Will they stay here?"
If we stay here, she'll make some salted pork dumplings for dinner.
As long as there's meat, it's fine.
Little Fish likes to eat light food, so I made her some vegetarian food separately.
"I don't know."
Jiang Chunyu hesitated and said, "If we can get fresh meat, we can pack it up and freeze it in advance. Since they're not staying here, we can let them take it back and cook it themselves. Uncle Zhang used to pack buns for us to take to them."
Aunt Zhang nodded: "It's too cold, there's no time to prepare the dough. I'll go next door and ask to borrow some meat so I can make some dumplings. We'll cook dumplings here tonight, and if they're not staying overnight, they can take them with them. I'll prepare some more dough and make more steamed buns for them to take with them tomorrow morning."
“Okay, if you need anything, just ask Xiaoqi to go out and buy it. The supply and marketing cooperatives and vegetable markets outside are open now. You can’t buy meat, but you can probably buy vegetables.”
"We don't have any vegetables for now; someone delivers them every morning. Even if they don't, we've stocked up on plenty of radishes and cabbages. We just don't have much fresh meat left; we only have one chicken, which we're saving for you to make soup."
This morning, I heard from the logistics staff who deliver vegetables that because of the heavy snow, there's a shortage of meat and fish, so everyone has to make do for a while until the weather clears up.
Aunt Zhang wouldn't have been so anxious originally, mainly because Old Lin had asked her to come back so that she could take care of Xiao Jiang.
Old Lin specifically reminded her that she must make sure Xiao Jiang is satisfied with the food, and that she can ask the guards for anything she needs, or buy it at a high price.
Although she hadn't done anything for Mr. Lin for over twenty years, her husband had always been by his side taking care of him.
There weren't many things in the family that Lin Lao cared about, so Aunt Zhang asked Jiang Chunyu a few questions.
Jiang Chunyu was taken aback upon hearing this: "Is the snow disaster outside very serious?"
It has indeed been snowing intermittently in Beijing since before the Lunar New Year, but it hasn't been severe enough to affect logistics.
"It's said to be very serious, with several counties and cities affected and millions of livestock suffering. But the news has been suppressed, supposedly to avoid spoiling the New Year's atmosphere."
Damn it.
Jiang Chunyu cursed inwardly. Those incompetent officials only knew how to criticize and reap benefits every day. In order to have a good New Year, they didn't even care about natural disasters.
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