The shortbread and ox-tongue pastries left by Yun Jin made the two younger members of the Li family extremely hungry.
Yun Jin smiled and said, "My husband bought a lot. Auntie is keeping some for the children to eat. Otherwise, if anything happens next time, I'll be too embarrassed to ask Ai Mei for help."
Li's mother then accepted the gift with embarrassment, saying she would invite them to her home for dinner another day.
Yun Jin smiled and agreed. These days, if someone dares to invite someone to dinner at their home, it means they value that person very much.
Of course, most people who were more particular either brought their own food or gave money or food coupons.
Everyone knows that money is tight and food is scarce. If you eat a bite from someone else, someone in your family will have one less bite to eat.
After Yun Jin and the others left, Li's mother nodded to Li Aimei and said to Li Aiguo, "We'll pay for your sister's schooling ourselves. Commander He and his wife meant well, but we can't really lend them money. They're raising a child soon, and they'll have plenty of expenses!"
Li Aiguo nodded: "I'll listen to my mother."
"Now you know to listen to me, but why didn't you listen to me before?" As soon as these words were spoken, the brother and sister looked at each other in bewilderment. Now that their goal had been achieved, they had to say something nice to coax their mother.
Li's mother pointed at Li Aimei and said, "When you become successful in the future, you must help your older brother. If it weren't for him supporting your studies, you wouldn't have a good life in the future."
Li Aimei nodded with a grin: "Yes, if I become successful and get a good job with my high school diploma, I will definitely repay my older brother."
Mrs. Li smiled with satisfaction.
Cut the ox-tongue pastry in half and let the two smaller ones taste it.
The two little ones were eating ox-tongue pastries, almost crying from the deliciousness: "So delicious, so delicious! Big brother, did you buy us any more food?"
Li Aiguo took out the mung bean cakes and sesame candy he had bought. He didn't have much money on him, so he couldn't buy much food, but it was enough to make his younger siblings happy for a while.
As for the pomegranates that He Tingchuan brought, Li Aiguo was stunned. You know, He Tingchuan treasured them like the plague on the train, afraid of damaging them, and practically carried them with him the whole time. Anyone who saw them would be extremely careful.
Who knew they would be so generous, giving away seven or eight pomegranates at once.
Has Commander He changed his ways?
He Tingchuan didn't change his ways. If his wife hadn't been afraid to eat too much, Li Aiguo and the others wouldn't have gotten such a good deal.
Yun Jin took the initiative and even gave six pomegranates to Sister-in-law Gao, asking her in advance to teach her how to knit. Sister-in-law Gao accepted Yun Jin's offer and readily agreed: "Okay, it's too late now, I'll teach you tomorrow during the day."
Yun Jin smiled and nodded, then grabbed a few pieces of candy for Gao's children, who were overjoyed and kept calling her "Auntie, you're the best!"
After all this busy work, it's getting late.
Yun Jin held the bowl and ate most of the pomegranate that He Tingchuan had peeled, spitting out quite a few of the seeds.
The pomegranates we have now aren't the soft-seeded kind, so Yun Jin can't swallow them at all. She can only drink the pomegranate juice, and she definitely has to spit out the seeds. It's such a pain to eat them.
She gave the leftovers to He Tingchuan.
Seeing her frowning as she ate, He Tingchuan asked, "Is it not tasty?"
"It has seeds. Tomorrow when I eat it, I'll squeeze out the juice and just drink the juice to avoid the hassle of spitting out the seeds." Yun Jin longed for the soft-seeded pomegranate.
He Tingchuan: "..."
He pinched a pomegranate, and with a snap, the pomegranate burst with juice; it was indeed quite easy to squeeze out.
He Tingchuan said, "I'll peel a pomegranate for you when I have time tomorrow."
"good."
"Here's some pomegranate juice for you too."
Yun Jin was pleasantly surprised: "Why are you suddenly being so nice to me?"
He Tingchuan's heart skipped a beat as she stared at him with her bright, watery eyes. He pursed his thin lips, suppressing the upturned corners of his mouth, making himself appear calm and composed, revealing no trace of his inner joy.
He Tingchuan stubbornly insisted, "I just want to be good to my daughter!"
Yun Jin saw through it but didn't say anything. The corners of her mouth turned up and her eyes were smiling: "Alright, alright, I'm just lucky to have your daughter. Your daughter still wants to eat roast duck, why didn't you bring one back?"
He Tingchuan explained, "...Roast duck tastes best when eaten fresh; it's not as good when it's cold. If...if your daughter wants to eat it, I'll take her when we get back to Beijing."
"Oh, so when your daughter can run and jump, you guys go out to eat roast duck while I stay home counting duck feathers, right?" Yun Jin deliberately feigned pitifulness.
He Tingchuan couldn't help but smile as he imagined the scene: "If you want to go, I'll treat you all to a meal."
"Fine, I'm going to eat three roast ducks and squander all your allowance. Let's see how you treat your daughter then!" Yun Jin was jealous. She thought she should just have a son!
Having a daughter would just mean she'd compete with me for my affections, wouldn't it?
This man keeps calling his daughter "daughter," he only has eyes for his daughter and no eyes for her mother!
He Tingchuan couldn't help but put his fist to his mouth to hide his uncontrollable laughter.
Yun Jin hummed twice, ignoring his smug expression, kicked off her shoes and climbed into bed: "I'm sleepy, I need to go to sleep early. Are you going to report back tomorrow?"
He Tingchuan nodded.
Yun Jin patted the spot next to her: "Go to sleep early, I want to eat pork offal noodles tomorrow morning."
He Tingchuan strode over, closed the door, turned off the light, and took off his clothes and shoes as he walked. He lay down on the spot where he had patted her, with a quilt placed in the middle for her to use as a cushion for her legs and arms.
Yun Jin always needs to hold something while she falls asleep.
This bad habit of Yun Jin's developed was from sleeping alone while hugging a caterpillar doll.
I can't fall asleep without holding something in my arms.
Plus, now that her belly is big, she always feels uncomfortable if she doesn't put something around her belly.
He could hear her gentle breathing. After a two-day, one-night train journey, He Tingchuan was back by her side, but he couldn't fall asleep.
Yun Jin tentatively asked, "When you went home, did your parents say anything about me?"
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