Lu Qiuju and her sisters helped load the goods onto the tractor. As they set off, they asked, "Brother, who was that comrade sitting in the passenger seat just now? I don't think I've seen him before."
"Linglong's father just came back from Country M."
When they arrived at the restaurant, Gong Linglong had already ordered the dishes and was waiting for them at the door. Seeing some fruit in the carriage, she asked them, "Do you want watermelon or grapes?"
"Eat some watermelon to cool down." Lu Jingchuan came over and picked a big one.
When they arrived at the box, the triplets huddled together, took off their shoes and stood on the stools. The colorful money in their three small bags was spread out on the table. The three brothers were counting the money, and the three elders were sitting next to them and laughing.
"Oh my, we made a fortune again today." Gong Linglong wanted to laugh when she saw their money-grubber looks.
Lu Jingchuan asked his two sisters to cut the watermelon, took a handkerchief from his bag and went outside to dip it in water, then came back and wiped the little head, wiping his face and neck as roughly as if he was wiping a table.
The triplets were used to it long ago; they were not delicate babies and would tolerate his rough handling.
"Be gentle."
Zhou Lanqin felt sorry for her precious grandson. She slapped her son on the leg, snatched the handkerchief from his hand, and wiped her grandson's face gently.
Lu Jingchuan laughed helplessly: "Mom, you used to bathe Jingyang and me like this before."
"You guys are thick-skinned and tough, how can you compare to the delicate and tender triplets?"
The two brothers were born in a military camp and had been working in the army since childhood. They were both rough boys, and Zhou Lanqin had never taken good care of them.
The triplets: "...Grandma, we are men. Words like delicate and tender cannot be used to describe us."
Zhou Lanqin couldn't stop laughing as she listened. "You are only a little over a year old. Your bones are soft and your skin is tender."
"Tangtang is delicate."
Lu Chuming didn't like these two words being applied to him, and changed the subject, "I made the most money this morning. I sold all three boxes of canned food."
“All three of them are great.”
After Zhou Lanqin wiped their faces, she saw Lu Qiuju and her sister coming over with watermelons and asked, "Qiuju, Qiutong, have you been setting up stalls every day lately?"
"Yes, sometimes I help my eldest brother and his friends sell their goods, and sometimes I take some of the goods and set up stalls elsewhere to earn some pocket money."
Lu Qiuju and her friends had never set up a stall before. When they came to help, they were encouraged by the triplets to take the first step. It was not as difficult as they had imagined. Now, thinking about the money they earn every day, the two sisters are very happy.
Zhou Lanqin nodded and introduced them: "This is Linglong's father. He is younger than your father, so you can call him uncle."
"good."
The two sisters responded and said hello politely: "Hello, Uncle Cui."
"Qiuju, Qiutong, hello."
Cui Zhiyuan always carried a red envelope with him, and gave each of them a red envelope as a meeting gift. "This is just a little gift from uncle. Take it and buy something you like."
Gifts from elders cannot be declined, so they politely accepted them and said, "Thank you, Uncle Cui."
The triplets had already calculated this morning's revenue, and they had made quite a profit. Each of them generously contributed ten yuan, generously handing it to Gong Linglong. "Mom, we're treating us to lunch today, you can use this to pay the bill."
"Okay, thank you, baby."
Gong Linglong took it swiftly and put it in her pocket. She stretched out her arms and hugged her third son, kissing him one by one, deliberately making their whole bodies itchy.
"Mom, we just washed our faces." Lu Changxiao pushed her with a smile.
"My saliva is cleaner than your father's handkerchief."
Gong Linglong hugged him and kissed him fiercely, rubbing her lipstick all over their faces, making the three of them look like big harlequin cats.
The four of them, mother and children, were playing around, and everyone else was laughing.
The three brothers were no match for her now. Touching their faces covered in saliva and lipstick, they could only cry for help: "Dad, help me!"
"What are you complaining about? I don't think so yet."
His wife loves to kiss children, but rarely kisses him on her own initiative. He actually looks forward to her rubbing lipstick on his face all the time.
Triplets: "...We'll transfer it to you."
"Ha ha..."
Everyone in the room burst into laughter, and Gong Linglong also laughed non-stop. She cooperated by stuffing all the children into Lu Jingchuan's arms, allowing the four of them to share her saliva and lipstick with each other.
The natural outcome after the commotion was that the four of them, father and son, all got up and went to wash their faces.
Cui Zhiyuan watched them playing happily, and the guilt and discomfort that had accumulated in his heart in the morning dissipated a little. The mother and daughter had suffered a lot in the past, but now they really had their happiness after all the hardships.
The children were playing, and Lu Nanzheng and Zhou Lanqin did not neglect the guests and started chatting with Cui Zhiyuan.
Cui Zhiyuan had lived abroad for many years and was familiar with the policies of Western countries. He had common topics with the two of them, and the three of them soon started chatting.
The food was served soon. The three elders asked Gong Linglong to ask the children to eat first, and they would wait until all the dishes were served before picking up their chopsticks.
Gong Linglong took care of the three children's meals and also took care of the two sisters-in-law's meals. It was their first time to eat in this restaurant. The prices here were expensive, and those who came here were all of status. The dishes were high-end, and most of the dishes were ones they had never eaten before, and some they had never seen before.
"Mom, this dish is delicious. Do you know how to cook it?" Gong Pengze poked at a big meatball and gnawed on it.
"This is lion's head. I can make it, but it might not be as delicious as the master chef. I'll try it at home later."
Gong Linglong will try whatever the children like to eat.
She just ordered two servings of lion's head meat, one for each person, and pushed the bowl in front of the elders, "Dad, Mom, you guys try it too."
"Okay." Zhou Lanqin picked up the serving chopsticks and offered some to Cui Zhiyuan first. "Father-in-law, come and try it."
"Thank you, mother-in-law."
Seeing that the triplets loved the food, Cui Zhiyuan said, "Linglong, order another portion and pack it for Mingbao and the others to eat in the evening."
"We're not having dinner at home tonight. My uncle and Aunt Huo have to go somewhere else tomorrow to do some work. They said we'd go eat roast duck together tonight. It's already been arranged."
Since they had plans, Cui Zhiyuan didn't pack anything, but he kept it in mind and planned to pack another one and send it over in two days.
The triplets had just heard their elders talk about things abroad, and Gong Pengze took the initiative to ask, "Grandpa, how many countries have you been to?"
Seeing him call him "Grandpa", Cui Zhiyuan was in a good mood and smiled: "Grandpa has been to more than ten countries, mainly in Europe and the United States. The company has business dealings with them, and he attends various conferences every year."
"Are these countries very different from ours?" Gong Pengze asked again.
He is now learning a foreign language and has listened to his teacher talk about the customs and practices abroad. However, the teacher has not been abroad for many years and is not aware of the current changes.
"The gap is still quite large. The economies of the countries I visited are good and they are now relatively wealthy compared to China. However, their current wealthy lifestyles are all based on their previous plundering of other countries..."
The three children had a strong thirst for knowledge, so Cui Zhiyuan tried his best to explain the subject to them in a simple and easy-to-understand way. He also told them many real historical cases and talked about the current economy and income of Western countries in great detail.
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