How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 324 - 326: Hosting a meal_1

Li Jinhua, her eyes rolling like a puppet’s, said, "Aren’t you afraid of being cheated by following them?"

Li Jiaoyang’s expression changed slightly.

Li Jinniu said coldly, "It’s none of your business." He offended people as soon as he opened his mouth.

"No good deed goes unpunished." Li Jinhua turned her head and looked outside, then, as if suddenly remembering, asked, "Dani, what are you going to the city for?"

The child did not understand adult matters and still thought of Li Jinhua as her fourth aunt, so she honestly replied, "Third Aunt said she would take us shopping and to see a movie. The streets in the city are so big and bustling, you haven’t been, have you?"

Li Jinhua managed a pale smile, "No, besides shopping and watching movies, isn’t there anything else to do?"

"What else could there be?" the eldest son was puzzled. Could it be possible to stay at Third Aunt’s house?

His parents wouldn’t allow that, would they? Otherwise, why would they be following along?

Li Jinhua couldn’t openly pry for information in front of Li Qiao and asked indirectly, "Won’t you eat? Your brother needs to nap during the day, right?"

The eldest son laughed and said, "Eat? Third Aunt said she would treat us to a restaurant meal. As for my brother’s nap, my parents will take turns holding him." He was dirty; he couldn’t possibly sleep on Third Aunt’s fragrant bed, could he? Even if Third Aunt agreed, she wouldn’t allow it.

Li Jinhua didn’t obtain any useful information, and feeling unwell, she closed her eyes to rest.

The children were taking the bus for the first time and were excited and noisy. Li Jiaoyang was busy scolding them and couldn’t attend to Li Jinniu until they got off the bus and she called out to him, "Jinniu, we’re going ahead."

"Eh." Li Jinniu greeted everyone.

Li Jinhua scoffed, "Third Sister, Third Sister, nobody is paying attention to you, and they’re all leaving without including you."

Li Jinniu replied irritably, "Aren’t I taking you to see a doctor? Who’s to blame if they’re ignoring me?"

Li Jinhua: "...."

....

Li Qiao led the eldest son, and after a ten-minute walk, they arrived at the siheyuan.

Li Jiaoyang and Song Lin looked around while the children ran and played.

"This house is really nice, how much did it cost? When your brother-in-law and I have money, we’ll build one just like yours," Li Jiaoyang said dreamily.

Song Lin: "To build a house like this, you need at least five or six hundred bucks, plus painting, decorating, and making furniture, it’ll be over a thousand."

"About twelve hundred," Li Qiao mentioned the matter of making fertilizer at this point, "Jin mentioned her friend who contacted your brother-in-law before, how come you didn’t join them? If you joined, you could have made two or three hundred bucks."

Qin Jin had many brothers; all the work he didn’t want to do was passed on to them.

Such as transporting fertilizer, collecting mushrooms, pine cones from Pig Waist Ridge, and goji berries.

Whenever it was time, there were always people to call upon.

Fertilizer was the most profitable. Qin Jin entrusted it to reliable people known for their steady work.

He didn’t even entrust it to people close to him like Feng Kui and Feng Fugui.

Song Lin was embarrassed and silent. It was also because he was timid, swayed by a few words from his mother, and didn’t dare. "When will it be next time?"

Li Qiao: "I’m afraid it won’t be until after the New Year and the spring planting season."

Li Jiaoyang: "Next time there’s a chance, we absolutely cannot miss it again." Two or three hundred bucks, with that, one could live comfortably for a year or two.

"Eh."

Li Qiao brewed some tea, and the eldest son clamored for a popsicle. She took out a stack of popsicle coupons: "Can we still find a nearby store that accepts these?"

"Yes," boasted the eldest son proudly, "I have a great memory. I clearly remember things from when I was small."

Li Qiao’s eyes crinkled with a smile as she spoke as if he had grown up. "The basket in the kitchen will do the trick."

"Okay." The eldest son ran off.

The second son wanted to follow but was stopped by Li Jiaoyang, "You just wait here to eat." What if he got lost in an unfamiliar place?

Five minutes later, the eldest son hadn’t come back, and Li Jiaoyang started to get anxious, "Qiaoqiao, could Dani have gotten lost?"

Li Qiao: "She shouldn’t have." If a third-grader couldn’t even find her way, wouldn’t that be terrible?

They were still chatting when

the gate sounded, and the eldest son pushed open the door and entered.

Li Qiao said with a smile, "See? Here she is back again."

Li Jiaoyang’s suspended heart was put at ease, and he laughed at his own actions just moments earlier, "I was a bit too nervous. It’s mainly because we don’t know anyone from door to door in the city, and if we get lost, there wouldn’t be anyone to send us back home."

Li Qiao: "As long as you don’t go off with strangers, it’ll be fine." The fear was that a child might be lured away by someone with bad intentions when lost.

....

The eldest son put down the vegetable basket, picked up a red bean ice pop, skillfully tore open the wrapper, and started to eat; the other two scrambled after it.

Li Jiaoyang: "Take it easy, you’re all acting like bandits one by one, aren’t you ashamed?"

Li Qiao: "They’re just kids." It was more lively with more children around.

Childish gibberish popped up from time to time, making people laugh.

After finishing the ice pops, Li Qiao checked the time, half-past eleven, and she suggested they have lunch.

Li Jiaoyang said, "Why not buy some groceries and eat at home, instead of spending money?"

"Come on, it’s not often we go into town." Li Qiao was the first to get up, with the children hurrying after her.

Li Jiaoyang felt embarrassed: "At least show some manners to your Aunt Jin."

Li Qiao: "We’re family, what’s there to be polite about?"

"Exactly, mom is too affected." The oldest said.

Li Jiaoyang raised his hand threateningly.

The eldest ducked behind Li Qiao, who laughed as she locked the door properly, leading everyone southward. After about ten minutes, they arrived in front of a restaurant:

"This is the place," Li Qiao said.

Li Jiaoyang whispered, "It looks like a big restaurant, must be expensive, right?"

"You just worry about enjoying your food, don’t think about anything else." Li Qiao walked in, the hall was full, so she requested a private room.

Upon entering, the children were full of wonder, touching things here and there.

Li Jiaoyang couldn’t control them and didn’t want to yell, threatening them instead, "If you don’t behave, Aunt Jin won’t take you out next time, you hear?"

That quieted the children down.

Li Qiao said, "As long as they don’t break anything, let them play." She picked up the menu and passed it to Song Lin to order. It was Song Lin’s first time here, and he was worried about choosing dishes that might not suit Li Qiao’s taste.

"I’m fine with anything, you decide." Song Lin pushed the menu back to her.

Li Qiao ordered what she loved to eat.

The kids loved meat, so she ordered a serving of braised pork, a chicken stew with mushrooms, and a sauerkraut fish dish.

Plus two stir-fried vegetables.

She also ordered a sweet soup, and two fruit platters.

Li Jiaoyang was startled, "Qiaoqiao, isn’t that too much food? Will we be able to finish it all?"

"If we can’t finish, we can take it home in a doggy bag."

"Take it home? How do you pack soup and other liquidy stuff? Do they give out lunch boxes or something?"

Li Qiao: "They don’t give them, but you can borrow theirs." Nowadays, plastic bags and plastic containers are not in vogue, but what’s astonishing is that nobody finds it inconvenient. People carry baskets when they buy groceries, use bowls to buy tofu or jelly, string to carry fish, newspaper to wrap meat, bring their own bottles and jars for vinegar and soy sauce, and carry their own mesh bags for apples. It’s super eco-friendly.

Plastic trash on the streets is virtually zero.

The food was served at the table.

The kids were busy eating.

The youngest loved fish, and Li Jiaoyang and Song Lin occasionally deboned it for him.

Li Qiao watched from the side, reminded of her own childhood when her parents were just as thoughtful, and she couldn’t help but feel a lump in her throat.

Li Jiaoyang caught a glimpse of her staring in their direction, daydreaming, "Qiaoqiao, eat the dishes you ordered quickly."

Li Qiao snapped back to the present, barely maintaining a smile: "Yeah, I’m eating."

"Aunt Jin, this chicken here is so tasty, even better than what my mom makes. You know, it’s all meat but why does it taste different?"

Li Qiao: "The person cooking is different, and the seasonings are different too."

Li Jiaoyang: "I have no idea what kind of seasonings other people use."