In the evening, when most of the guests had left, Li Hehua closed the door and announced to everyone: "Let's have a good meal tonight to celebrate the opening of our restaurant!"
Everyone shouted in delight.
Li Hehua handed Shulin to Zhang Linshi. Zhang Linshi picked up Shulin and rubbed him affectionately. "Oh my Shulin, tell grandma, what did you learn in the academy today?"
Shulin said nothing, but looked at Li Hehua eagerly, wanting to play with his mother.
Li Hehua touched his head and said, "Mom is going to cook now. Can you stay outside for a while? Look, Heizi is still waiting to play with you."
Heizi was originally in the backyard, but as soon as Shulin came back, he ran to the front, lay at Shulin's feet and looked at him.
Seeing Li Hehua talking about it, he immediately stood up, walked to Shulin, and rubbed his leg with his head.
Shulin felt tickled and laughed all of a sudden. He agreed with Li Hehua's words, shook his legs and got down from Zhang Lin's arms, hugged Heizi's head and nudged him, and the man and the dog started playing.
Li Hehua smiled and shook his head, then went into the kitchen to cook.
At this time, Zhang Qingshan also came back from learning craft from his master, but he looked a little unhappy.
Seeing this, Zhang Tieshan patted his shoulder and said, "What's wrong? Why are you so listless? Tell me if you have anything to say."
Zhang Qingshan moved his mouth and wanted to say something, but seeing how happy everyone was, he felt it was not good to bring up his little troubles, as it would make him look like a child. So he shook his head, cheered himself up and said, "Nothing, I'm just a little hungry."
Zhang Tieshan didn't care and smiled, "Then wait a little longer. Your sister-in-law is cooking. We'll have something to eat soon. Come, help me clean up first."
Zhang Qingshan nodded, rolled up his sleeves and started to work together.
Everyone worked together quickly and cleaned the restaurant in less than half an hour. By the time they were almost done, Li Hehua had also quickly prepared a table of dishes.
Suddenly, the whole room was filled with enticing aromas. When the dishes were brought to the table one by one, everyone was stunned by the dazzling array of dishes. They had never seen such good-looking and fragrant dishes in their lives. I'm afraid that even the dishes the county magistrate eats are not so good, right?
If Li Hehua knew that everyone was thinking this way, he would definitely say that even the food the emperor eats in the palace is not as good looking and delicious as this.
"Don't just look at them, hurry up and eat. Weren't you envious of the guests in the private room at noon? The food on this table is not worse than the one at noon."
The dishes on the table now are all her specialties. Once, she was the chef for a small family banquet held at home for her grandfather’s birthday. They cooked these dishes. At that time, she was praised by the whole family. She was young at that time and very proud of herself. She was so happy about the praise for many days. It’s funny to think about it now.
After hearing what Li Hehua said, everyone came back to their senses and started eating with their chopsticks. After the first bite, they could no longer hold back and kept eating one chopstick after another. They couldn't stop eating and even fought for more bites. They fought for that one bite.
"Aunt Hehua, I finally understand how the people in the private room felt at noon. It was so delicious, no wonder they were so satisfied." Dahao said as he stuffed food into his mouth. The food in his mouth almost fell out because of talking, but he quickly swallowed it back.
Cao Simei patted him on the head and said, "You stupid kid, have you eaten or drunk less? It's like you haven't eaten for 800 years. Aren't you ashamed?"
Da He rubbed his head which was hurt by the beating and said, "That's because Aunt He Hua's cooking is so delicious. When have I ever eaten such delicious food? Mom, you are still blaming me, but don't you also enjoy the food yourself?"
Cao Simei rolled her eyes and said, "You stupid kid, you're just telling the truth."
Everyone looked at the bones and other scraps on the edge of Cao Simei's bowl and could tell that she was enjoying her meal very much. They all laughed and the atmosphere became very lively.
At this time, Luo Er said, "It's not enough to have good food without good wine, otherwise it would be a waste of food. Today is the opening of the restaurant, let's all have a drink to celebrate!"
Li Hehua patted her head, she had completely forgotten, how could there be no wine on such a happy day, she immediately stood up and went to the counter to get some wine, "I completely forgot, today we need to drink some wine to have fun, everyone should drink some."
Li Hehua brought three jugs of wine in one go, opened the seals, and began to pour wine into everyone's glasses. Seeing this, Luo Er quickly took the wine from her hand and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it, you sit down."
Li Hehua did not refuse and simply sat down, watching Luo Er pour wine for everyone, except Shulin.
Li Hehua picked up his glass and stood up, smiling and said, "Today is the first day of our restaurant's opening. Everyone has worked hard today. Let's all raise our glasses to celebrate. Those who can drink can drink, and those who can't drink can just give a nod."
Everyone stood up with their glasses and took a sip. The women just took a simple sip, but the men were different. They drank the whole glass in one gulp and felt extremely refreshed after finishing it.
Li Hehua hurriedly said to Dahe, Xiaoyuan and Zhang Qingshan: "Don't drink so much, you three are still young, be careful not to hurt your stomach."
The three young boys refused to accept the defeat and said they were not young anymore and could drink as much as they wanted. Then their mother hit them on the head and forced them to put down their cups obediently.
Luo Er laughed, "You young boys, take it easy, and have a good drink in a few years." After that, he raised his glass to Zhang Tieshan, "Tieshan, come on, let's have a good drink today."
Zhang Tieshan raised his glass and clinked it with Luo Er's. He raised his head and was about to drink. Li Hehua was shocked when he saw this and quickly held down his hand, "Drink less. Your injuries haven't healed yet. Drinking is not good for healing."
Zhang Tieshan paused, smiled, and put down the cup obediently, "Okay, I won't drink it then." Although drinking was nothing to him, he had to listen to his wife.
Seeing that he acted like he did whatever his wife said, Luo Er smiled mockingly and winked at Zhang Tieshan, meaning: You are a henpecked husband.
Zhang Tieshan didn't care. He was happy to be controlled by his wife. He was very happy that his wife Gao Gao was willing to control him.
Seeing this, Li Hehua raised his glass and clinked it with Luo Er's. "Brother Luo Er, I want to toast you and thank you for your help. Tieshan is injured now so I won't drink with you. When he gets better, you two can have a good drink together."
Luo Er hurriedly drank it, and then said: "It's okay, it's okay. Tieshan and I have been good brothers for so many years, why should I care about this? Just be casual." But in his heart, he was happy that Zhang Tieshan had found such a woman.
In this way, a group of people ate happily and felt that their lives were complete.
After the meal, everyone worked together to clean the table and wash the dishes before going home.
Zhang Tieshan was not in a hurry to leave, but stayed. Without saying a word, he filled a tank with water from the well in the backyard, then poured another full pot into the pot and started to boil water.
"Zhang Tieshan, what are you doing?"
"Here's some water for you and Shulin to take a bath."
Hearing that he was going to help her boil water for a bath, Li Hehua grinned and felt a sweetness rushing to her heart. So this is the feeling of having a boyfriend who loves her. No wonder her best friends show their love every day and can't stop talking about their boyfriends. Are they so happy?
Well, if she had a mobile phone now, she would definitely post a circle of friends, and then a bunch of people would complain about eating dog food.
Li Hehua was amused by his own thoughts and actually laughed out loud.
Zhang Tieshan used his free hand to pinch her cheek, "What are you laughing at so happily?"
Li Hehua shook her head, her voice a little coquettish, "I won't tell you."
Li Hehua had never spoken so coquettishly before. Zhang Tieshan was surprised. Looking at her flushed cheeks and her moist but slightly misty eyes, he felt helpless and amused. Was she drunk? She was drunk after just a little bit of wine? Was this the legendary "falling down after just one touch of alcohol"?
Li Hehua was toasted by everyone in the evening. She was so happy that she did not refuse. Although she only took a small sip each time, it added up to more than a glass of wine. Although she was not very drunk at the moment, she was beginning to feel unconscious. Zhang Tieshan saw that she only drank a little, so he did not stop her. Who knew that she would get drunk.
Li Hehua felt his head becoming more and more dizzy, his consciousness gradually becoming unclear, and he didn't want to move, so he simply held Shulin and sat next to Zhang Tieshan, watching him make a fire.
As she watched, she couldn't help laughing. She felt that although Zhang Tieshan was just making firewood now, he was much more handsome than those handsome guys who drove sports cars and wore famous watches in modern times! Her boyfriend was so handsome...
Li Hehua couldn't help but reach out and touch Zhang Tieshan's face, first his eyebrows, then his eyes, and then his nose, mouth, and chin. He touched everything he could, laughing as he did so.
Zhang Tieshan got goosebumps from being touched by those little hands, and quickly grabbed the troublesome hand and warned: "Gao Gao, don't move."
Li Hehua struggled but couldn't get free. She felt unhappy and pouted, "What are you doing? Why don't you let me touch you? You're my boyfriend."
Zhang Tieshan was puzzled, "Boyfriend? What is a boyfriend?"
Li Hehua was still clear in her mind. She knew that Zhang Tieshan knew her background and that she could tell him. So she explained, "Boyfriend is the name for someone who is not married in our place. A man is called a boyfriend and a woman is called a girlfriend."
Zhang Tieshan raised his eyebrows. It turned out that there was such a title, so he asked with interest: "What about calling husband and wife?"
Li Hehua quickly replied, "If they are a couple, the man calls the woman "wife" and the woman calls the man "husband."
Husband? Wife?
"Wife?" Zhang Tieshan called out tentatively.
"Hey." Li Hehua felt dizzy at the moment and responded subconsciously without any thought. He even laughed after responding. He was really stupid.
The smile in Zhang Tieshan's eyes was about to overflow. He just felt that she was extremely cute at this moment and wanted to hold her in his arms and cuddle her.
At this time, the water was just boiling. Zhang Tieshan touched Li Hehua's head and said, "Gao Gao, be good. You and Shu Lin sit here and don't move. I'll go prepare the bath water for you. I'll call you when it's ready, okay?" Zhang Tieshan was afraid that she would feel dizzy and unable to stand steadily. It would be bad if the mother and daughter fell.
Li Hehua nodded obediently and really sat there holding Shulin. When Zhang Tieshan came back with the water ready, he saw the mother and daughter almost falling asleep in each other's arms.
Zhang Tieshan shook his head and went forward to take Shulin out of Li Hehua's arms. Li Hehua and Shulin were both shocked by his action, and Shulin subconsciously wanted to hug Li Hehua's neck.
Zhang Tieshan patted the little guy's head soothingly: "Alright, alright, Daddy will carry you to take a bath and go to bed. Mom is tired today, so don't bother her anymore."
When Shulin heard this, he stopped struggling and obediently hugged Zhang Tieshan's neck, allowing him to take him to take a bath.
Zhang Tieshan worked quickly and finished washing Shulin in less than a quarter of an hour. As it was already late, Shulin fell asleep as soon as he was put on the bed.
Zhang Tieshan covered Shulin with a small quilt and then returned to the kitchen to pick up Li Hehua.
In the kitchen, Li Hehua had fallen asleep leaning against the stove, his face was rosy and looked particularly pretty.
Zhang Tieshan stared at her quietly for a long time before he reached out and picked her up horizontally, carrying her to the bathroom. However, Li Hehua woke up when he picked her up, but she didn't want to get down. She put her arms around Zhang Tieshan's neck and rubbed his face affectionately, exactly the same as Shulin's little action.
Zhang Tieshan immediately smiled. Both the big and small ones in his family were so adorable.
Li Hehua was very different when she was drunk. Normally, she would blush when he kissed her, but now she took the initiative to get close to him. Zhang Tieshan suddenly felt that being drunk was not a bad thing, and it might even increase the interest between husband and wife in the future. However, in the future, they could only drink alone, and he must never let her drink outside.
Zhang Tieshan carried Li Hehua to sit on the bench in the bathroom, squatted in front of her and said, "Gao Gao, I've prepared the bath water for you, can you go in and take a bath by yourself?"
Li Hehua vaguely heard the word "bath" and nodded, then she thought of taking off her clothes. She didn't even remember that Zhang Tieshan was still here and she couldn't take off her clothes. She started to take off her belt first, then her top, and then her skirt. Before Zhang Tieshan could react, only her underwear was left. However, the underwear was too thin and couldn't cover her figure at all. Zhang Tieshan was immediately attracted by the trembling fullness that was about to burst out.
My breathing suddenly became rapid.
But Li Hehua knew nothing. His brain was affected by alcohol. After taking off his outer clothes, he took off his inner clothes. His clothes slipped off his shoulders, revealing the red belt inside, which was particularly attractive against his snow-white skin.
All the blood in Zhang Tieshan's body immediately flowed to one place. At this moment, he wanted to rush forward without caring about anything, but reason told him that he couldn't do that. The most important thing he should do at this moment was to leave immediately, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Zhang Tieshan clenched his fists tightly and told himself over and over again in his heart that he couldn't do it. Finally, when Li Hehua was left with only her bellyband, he turned around, ran out in a very embarrassed manner, and closed the door with a bang.
Li Hehua looked at the door, not knowing what was going on, and continued to take off his clothes.
Zhang Tieshan, who was outside, ran to the well in one breath, drew a bucket of water and poured it over his head, which made him feel cool all over! Only then did he feel that his urge to move was suppressed. He sat by the well in his wet clothes, staring blankly at the direction of the bathroom. After almost half an hour, there was still no movement inside. Zhang Tieshan felt something was wrong and ran to the door and knocked, "Gao Gao? Gao Gao? Are you done with your shower? Come out when you are done, or you will catch a cold."
It was quiet inside, without any movement.
Zhang Tieshan frowned and knocked a few more times, but there was still no response. He was sure that she must have fallen asleep in there, as a drunk person is not easy to wake up.
Zhang Tieshan pounded his head in pain, not knowing whether he should go in. If his little woman fell asleep in the bathtub, he would see everything if he went in. Would she blame him for taking advantage of her tomorrow?
But if I don't go in, the water will be cold and I will get sick if I keep soaking in it.
Zhang Tieshan hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, reached out and pushed open the door.
Anyway, she will be his wife, the woman of his life. Now look at her crime and it's not punishable by death, right? Tomorrow she can be killed or chopped up as she pleases.
As expected, as soon as I entered, I saw Li Hehua sleeping soundly in the bathtub, with loose hair, rosy face, and exposed shoulders like white snow.
All this made Zhang Tieshan's heart beat wildly.
Zhang Tieshan walked over with stiff limbs, his eyes fixed on Li Hehua's face, not daring to look anywhere else. When he got close, he closed his eyes, stretched out his hand, scooped the person inside, and carried the person out in an instant. However, the slippery touch and refreshing fragrance made his heart almost jump out, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
By the time he finally carried the man into the quilt and covered him, Zhang Tieshan's clothes were now soaked with sweat instead of water, and he felt more tired than after several days of hunting.
At this moment, the culprit was sleeping soundly, and occasionally nodding his lips, just like Shulin when he slept.
Zhang Tieshan smiled helplessly and reached out to scratch her nose, "You, I can't let you drink alcohol in the future, otherwise I will be the one who suffers."
Li Hehua wrinkled his nose, turned his head to avoid the harassment and continued to sleep.
Zhang Tieshan curled the corners of his mouth and stared at her sleeping face quietly for a long time. Then he kissed her forehead lightly, blew out the candles in the room, closed the door and walked out.
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