While Mrs. Zhou was talking, she also observed the other person.

I found that his eyes were clear and he looked like a good child.

Judging from her appearance alone, she is indeed prettier than the old man's niece. I suddenly thought about it and wondered if she was interested in joining the Military Industry Corps.

Xu Niannian's mouth curled up:

"They are all little things. If Auntie likes to eat them, I brought a lot this time. I asked Brother Huaijin to send a few bottles."

Aunt Zhou's eyes fell on the tomatoes in her hand:

"Hey, if you want to eat any vegetables, just come to me. We have more vegetables in our fields than we can eat. There are so many growing crops that we can't even finish them. Why spend money to buy them?"

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, Lu Huaijin took his people home.

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Huaijin took off his shirt in the yard, revealing his solid muscles, which scared Xu Niannian.

Whispered:

"What are you going to do?"

Lu Huaijin pointed to the chopped wood on the ground:

"I'll process the wood and dry it quickly to make a bathtub for you."

Xu Niannian lowered his head:

"Oh, don't get cold."

There were still scratches on his back from last night, one after another, which looked very conspicuous.

She ran into the kitchen with her things, slapped her face, and felt dirty and full of wild thoughts.

I looked at my watch. It was already eleven o'clock. There were still a few potatoes, some cabbages, and a small bag of flour in the kitchen.

She simply put out an oil bottle and a salt shaker and placed all the seasonings she bought from the supply and marketing cooperative on the table.

Prepare to make spicy and sour shredded potatoes, pickled cabbage, and tomato soup.

Make a few more egg pancakes.

When she put the necessary ingredients into a basin and took it to the faucet in the yard to wash, she suddenly thought:

"I was thinking that I could take care of the family while I'm not looking for a job. If I find a job in the future, I can hire someone to come over. But I didn't tell Aunt Liu today. Would that be a bad idea?"

Lu Huaijin paused while cutting wood:

"It's okay. I'll go find Aunt Liu later and settle all the previous debts."

"That's fine."

The vegetarian dishes for lunch were prepared very quickly, and were ready in less than half an hour. It seemed that it would take some time before Lu Ze and the others would finish school.

Thinking that this was their first meeting, Xu Niannian decided to give the two kids some small benefits separately.

Take out tea and White Rabbit milk candy from the bag.

First put in 10 White Rabbit milk candies and then add a handful of tea leaves and water, keep boiling until bubbles appear, finally secretly put in a bottle of milk from the kitchen and take out the tea leaves.

Place into two small cups.

The yard was already filled with the burnt aroma of making milk tea.

The little kid in the next yard smelled the smell and started crying. He sat in the yard and cried loudly.

Sister Li was cooking when she heard two children crying in the yard. She thought something had happened.

He ran out without even putting down the rice shovel.

Then I heard my stupid son shouting:

"Where's the fragrance? I want to eat it. It's so sweet and fragrant."

Sister Li was speechless, but she took two steps towards the source of the fragrance. She saw that it was Captain Lu's home and heard that his wife was there.

I guess it must have been done by his wife:

"Okay, stop crying, we'll have dinner soon."

Erniu was still squatting on the ground:

"I want to eat the food next door. It smells so good and sweet."

When Mrs. Li saw this, she didn't bother to care anymore and continued cooking.

When Lu Huaijin came back from outside, he saw two kids from next door standing at the door of their house, looking towards his house with tears on their faces.

Lu Huaijin smelled the sweet fragrance in the air and knew what they were crying about.

When he walked to the yard, Xu Niannian had already started serving dishes. When she saw him coming back, she said:

"There's not much food, just eat what you have."

Lu Huaijin smiled:

"Did you make this dessert? The kids next door are crying because of it."

Xu Niannian also brought out the milk tea she had prepared:

"Just make a drink, would you like to try it?"

When Lu Ze arrived home holding his brother's hand, he saw his aunt holding a cup and feeding his uncle something.

Erniu next door just asked them what they were eating, it smelled so good.

I couldn't help but squeeze my brother's hand again.

My uncle and aunt seem to have a very good relationship. Will I have a younger brother soon?

Xu Niannian saw two people come in, and handed the cup to Lu Huaijin, letting him drink it himself.

Wave to them:

"Come over and eat, I made something to drink for you."

Lu Ze held the notebook in one hand and held his brother's hand with the other, and walked towards Xu Niannian.

He was a little nervous.

Xu Niannian took out their cups from the kitchen and put them on the table:

"Come on, one cup each."

Lu Ze glanced at his uncle, then handed a cup on the table to his brother:

"Brother, open your mouth and drink something."

Xu Niannian's mouth twitched. She had never raised a child before, so she asked Lu Huaijin:

"Can my little brother eat by himself? He looks so small."

Lu Ze responded first:

"Yes, he can eat it himself."

My younger brother doesn’t like to talk, and sometimes people call him a fool. If I say he doesn’t know how to eat, I don’t know if he will be thrown out.

As expected, the younger brother still listened to Lu Ze and opened his mouth as soon as he was told to. After taking the first sip, his eyes lit up.

Reach out and take the teacup in your own hand.

He drank it up with a gulp.

It was also the first time that Lu Ze saw his brother being so interested in things other than ants, leaves, and small stones on the ground.

He became curious about the thing in his hand and took a small sip. It was sweet, and tasted a bit like the candy his grandmother had stuffed into his luggage before, but with a different flavor.

Seeing that his brother was almost done drinking, he reached out to give his drink to his brother.

But he was stopped by his aunt:

"Children should not drink too much in one day, especially since your brother is still young. What's yours is yours, and what's yours is yours. If your brother likes it, I'll make it for you later."

It was the first time that Lu Ze heard someone tell him that what was his was his, and the other person looked very gentle.

He whispered, "Thank you, Auntie."

Xu Niannian was surprised that he was so polite at such a young age. It seemed that his grandparents must have educated him very well.

"You're welcome. Let's eat."

There were delicious egg pancakes on the table, and their aunt also taught them that they could wrap the shredded potatoes in the egg pancakes and eat them.

He tried it and found it tasted better than what Grandma Liu had made before.

It had been a long time since Lu Huaijin had eaten her cooking again. Although the food was simple, it tasted very good.

The pancakes tasted softer and more chewy than those in the cafeteria, and the family concentrated on eating.

Lu Ze and his brother both had full bellies. After they were full, Lu Huaijin bought up all the remaining egg pancakes.