A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 269 is gratifying

When the eldest sister comes back, the food is ready.

Her job is indeed hard, and she has to stand for 12 hours a shift. Sometimes there is a shortage of people in the hospital, and it is common for her to delay the end of her get off work by two or three hours.

The aroma of roast duck is really overpowering.

Even if the doors and windows are tightly sealed in winter, when the eldest sister steps into the backyard, the smell has already entered her nose.

It smells so good, needless to say, there is no other place to buy it.

She guessed that her eldest brother was back, otherwise such a big dish would rarely be cooked at home.

I took a few steps closer and saw the bicycle parked by the wall. I was right.

In order to prevent wind, the doors and windows of each house have been closed tightly at this point.

Unlike in the summer, in order to cool off the heat, each family's dining table is mostly set out in the yard, so it's clear who has what kind of food.

Neighbors won't say anything about having a good meal once in a while. Who hasn't had a toothpasting ceremony yet?

But if it were summer and the neighbors met each other at the door, they would still have to joke about it, saying that the food at home was good today.

If you are a thin-skinned person, the portion is not so small that you must share some of it and give it to your neighbors to dip their chopsticks in to taste it.

But most of the time, there is still coming and going.

When people prepare dishes, they will also say kind words and ask you to stay and eat some.

It's just that people are quite conscious these days, and there are very few people who are really shameless and ignore the rules and open their mouths randomly.

That's the only thing that's good about winter. Even if you smell it in the house, you can at most say a few words in the house.

If you don't see anyone, there won't be any embarrassing situations.

It is common knowledge that the Li family is living a prosperous life, and everyone has a higher threshold for what kind of life his family leads.

The kids come back and do some good, and this feud is hard to pull off.

But if you eat spicy food every day, then you have to say something else.

Fortunately, the Li family of four are relatively sober and cautious, and feel there is no need to commit such stupidity.

In the past, my eldest sister and Li Xiang didn’t come back often from school.

Mother Li and Brother Li are at home. Apart from the staple food, which is mostly 2-heal noodles, there are a few more drops of oil in the dishes than others.

On the surface, it's pretty much the same as other restaurants, but not that obvious.

This is the second time the Li family has eaten roast duck.

Even if they eat the simple version, its delicious taste will never be forgotten in the hearts of several children.

Li Xiang mentioned it many times before and asked Li's mother to do it again.

Mother Li kept stretching her arms and refused to agree.

There is no other reason why I didn’t agree, it’s just that it’s too expensive.

The oils and spices used made even Mother Li, who can now be called a rich woman, tremble.

I did it again today, and most of the spices in the cabinet were immediately gone. Two bottles of oil that I had finally saved were also emptied.

The family is waiting for the eldest sister to come back and pour oil on her.

After the last layer of oil is poured on it, it tastes even more fragrant.

The spicy aroma of onion, garlic and garlic constantly overflows from the pot.

The roast duck placed in the middle of the table is red and shiny, with a full color and aroma.

The eldest sister suddenly felt the fatigue of hard work and immediately dissipated without a trace.

But Li Xiaodi had already diligently arranged all the dishes and chopsticks, staring at it, waiting for Mother Li to say, "It's ready to eat."

The children of the Li family have good rules. If their elders don't move, no matter how greedy they are, they will just tolerate it.

Following Mother Li's order, several pairs of chopsticks reached into the pot in unison.

Why are two duck legs and three children not enough? Such a situation does not exist in the Li family.

Whenever this kind of meat is eaten at home, Li Xiang always asks his mother to cut the parts into smaller pieces.

In order to achieve the effect that everyone has a share. He didn't have this habit before. Maybe it was because in the first few years, he got tired of pushing around for food at home.

From now on, if there is something good at home, everyone will share it.

No one is left out.

Brother Li is eating poultry delicacies, and his hobby is a little different.

He actually doesn't favor parts such as legs and wings that are considered delicious.

Instead, he likes to chew on the edges of his claws and neck. Of course, according to his eating habits, other parts will not be left out.

Mother Li couldn't eat more than two pieces, so she focused on the duck head.

Li Xiang had never heard Li's mother say that she loved eating this part.

But the fact is that whether it is duck heads, chicken heads, goose heads, or fish heads at home, Mother Li ate them all.

Li Xiang couldn't tell whether she really liked it, or it was just a natural habit of being a mother, responsible for cleaning the parts of the family that people didn't like to eat.

Li Xiang did not want to set rules for everything in the family, and he did not stop Li's mother from doing this.

Just when eating, I never forget to give my mother a few chopsticks to eat.

The four of them each had their own dishes and ate a steamed bun before they felt the gluttons in their stomachs subsided.

The person holding chopsticks slowed down and became interested in chatting.

"It's been snowing non-stop for about twenty days. It's too late." The purchasing department where Li's mother works is afraid of this kind of weather when purchasing supplies.

The food in the canteen of the steel rolling mill has deteriorated in the past few days, which shows how unsatisfactory their purchasing situation is.

"The same goes for our hospital. The supplies delivered have obviously decreased. Now those with milder conditions are not allowed to eat in the cafeteria." The eldest sister also talked about the situation in her unit.

In the past, if supplies were in short supply, the most likely would be that the patient's family members would not be allowed to eat in the canteen.

Situations like this are still relatively rare.

If Li Xiang did not respond to the mother and daughter, his side would not be affected.

So I don’t feel much about such changes.

In his opinion, no matter how hard it is, it is not as hard as those three years.

The situation that Li's mother and eldest sister said was only temporary and would get better soon.

After all, it’s almost Chinese New Year, isn’t it?

"My mother and eldest sister can relax more quickly this year, and my younger brother and I can help run around the New Year's goods at home," Li Xiang said.

"After all, you still have to go to work, and the help you can do is limited. But our little Ming'er can become an adult this year." Mother Li looked at the little brother next to her who was eating well, and she felt relieved that our child had just grown up.

Although Li Xiaodi is only twelve years old this year, if you look at him from behind, you will definitely be regarded as an adult.

The Li family has the gene for being tall. Even though they are young, their height has already reached over 1.6 meters, almost 1.7 meters. They look taller than some adults.

If the first half of the year was relatively chaotic and orderly, the second half of the year was too chaotic to look at.

Little brother Li is completely unable to get into school.

The rest of the Li family were afraid that Little Brother Li wouldn't be able to hold it in any longer and would run around with his classmates outside.

I just keep him at home and think of some tasks for him to do every day.

Regardless of academics or housework, as long as it consumes time, it is all handed over to him.

Not to mention, except for the poor academic performance, everything else was pretty good. Everything seemed to be in place and everything had results.

In the second half of the year, I actually became half a family.

This is enough. Li Xiang and his family are not dissatisfied with Li Xiaodi's ability to do this.

No one is perfect.

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