pappabearbooks Chapter 625 Zhou Family
Chapter 625 Zhou Family
The breakfast is very rich, with beef hot pot, baked eggs, sticky bean buns and other special snacks.
Knowing that Li Wanying was on her menstrual period, Qiao Chunyan asked her mother to make mutton soup to warm her body.
Li Wanying was very satisfied with the meal and kept praising: "This is good, this is good, brother, please try it, it tastes great, go back and make it for me."
Li Zhenmin naturally ate some as well and felt it was indeed quite good. For a chef like him, the taste was not top-notch, but it gave him a homely feeling and was very authentic.
But it seems too rich...
Especially the mutton soup, which has quite a lot of ingredients. This is not something that a family like Qiao Chunyan's can eat casually. Just look at the shabby house and you will know that such a good thing can only be enjoyed during the Chinese New Year, and there won't be enough ingredients for everyone.
Li Wanying didn't notice these and was immersed in her friend's hospitality, but Li Zhenmin couldn't help but care about this. He thought to himself that he had to give her some money when he returned to show his appreciation, otherwise he would feel uneasy.
"Brother, what are you thinking about? Is it delicious?"
"Yeah, not bad, much better than what you cook."
"You...can you please give me some face outside? It's amazing that you are a great cook. If you have the ability, you can cook for me when you go back. I don't believe that your cooking is better than Chunyan and Auntie's."
"You haven't thought about it yet. You are the only one who is trying to provoke me."
The brother and sister were bickering, and Qiao Chunyan was happy to see it. At the same time, during the conversation, she also learned that Li Zhenmin was actually a top chef, and she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.
In her mind, chefs have big faces and thick necks, right? Why didn't she feel that way when it came to Li Zhenmin?
Li Wanying saw what Qiao Chunyan was thinking and explained with a smile: "My brother's job as a chef is just a sideline job. He has other jobs. What's wrong with being a top chef? He can only cook for me on weekdays~"
Qiao Chunyan was dumbfounded again.
What is this? A top chef doesn't have to work, but can only use his skills at home? What is a formal job then?
But the other person didn't say anything, and she didn't feel comfortable asking.
Soon, after breakfast, Qiao Chunyan invited them, "Are you guys in a hurry? If not, let's go for a walk. It happens that I'm on vacation today, so I'll take you for a walk. We have a lot of delicious food here, such as candied haws. If you don't eat a bunch of candied haws in the snowy winter, you'd be embarrassed to say you've survived the winter. Oh, and there are frozen pears. Have you ever tried them?"
Li Wanying instantly became interested and asked curiously, "Are candied haws eaten in winter? And what are frozen pears? Are they frozen pears?"
Seeing how excited Li Wanying was, Qiao Chunyan also began to introduce herself enthusiastically.
As they were talking, the two of them walked out of the door arm in arm, ready to go shopping.
Li Zhenmin was dumbfounded behind him. They were going shopping now. Weren’t they in a hurry to go to the countryside before?
"Hey, hey, hey, don't you want to rent a donkey?"
Li Zhenmin shouted.
Li Wanying came back to her senses and said with a smile, "Don't delay, don't delay. Let's rent the donkey first. It's the same if we go there in the afternoon. It's not that far anyway. Let's just walk around here in the morning."
Li Zhenmin: “…”
Although he was a little speechless, he still agreed. It was not only because his sister needed to be accommodated, but more importantly, he also felt that taking a walk was a good idea. It would help Li Wanying recover faster. It would be more painful to ride a donkey directly to the countryside.
Of course, even though we had agreed on this, we still went to the donkey rental place before going shopping.
After the three of them turned three alleys, they saw Qiao Chunyan's mother negotiating business with someone in a yard not far away from them at a distance.
A few people walked over and Li Zhenmin learned that the rental price of a donkey was one dollar a day.
He didn't know if the price was expensive, but he thought it shouldn't be expensive. The donkey was the family's production tool, and there wasn't much work at home at this time, so it would be cheaper to rent it out.
Of course, this price was no pressure for him.
Li Zhenmin immediately told the buyer that he had just left in the afternoon and paid the full amount immediately.
There was only one donkey here, so Li Zhenmin gave it five yuan and said, "Brother, please help me find another one, and also ask someone to lead the way for us. If the money is not enough, please tell me."
The man who raises the donkey is Qiao Chunyan's third uncle.
The third uncle looked at the five yuan in his hand and looked at Qiao Chunyan's mother in confusion. Qiao Chunyan's mother quickly said, "You don't need so much, you don't need so much. You are Chunyan's friends, we can't let you suffer a loss..."
As he said this, he was about to return the money to Li Zhenmin.
Li Wanying interrupted in time and said, "Please keep it. Chunyan still wants to go out with me. If you don't take it, I won't dare to."
Li Zhenmin also said: "Keep it. You can't get anything for this price in Sijiu City. You treated us to breakfast and helped us find a donkey. These are what we should do."
Seeing this, Qiao Chunyan also said, "Mom, please stop wasting time. What's the point of pushing it back and forth? Getting things done is better than anything else. Remember, you must find someone reliable, otherwise I will make trouble with you."
Qiao Chunyan's mother rolled her eyes and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? How can I be so sneaky? You really think I'm a profiteer."
Then they chatted for a while.
Li Zhenmin and the other two left to go shopping.
Qiao Chunyan's mother gave her uncle three yuan and said, "Take it. Go find another one. It's up to you how much you make. Just don't tell anyone. I'll go find Bingkun and see if he's free this afternoon. Ask him to show them the way."
The third uncle nodded: "Okay, then you go."
Qiao Chunyan's mother didn't say anything more. She turned around and hurriedly turned two corners in the alley, came to Zhou's house, and walked straight in when she saw someone inside.
As he walked, he said, "Juan'er, you're busy. Where's Bingkun?"
There was a young woman sitting in the house stringing candied haws together.
The young woman's name is Zheng Juan, who is Zhou Bingkun's wife as mentioned by Qiao Chunyan's mother. She has long hair tied in two pigtails. Although she is dressed simply, it still cannot hide her outstanding appearance.
Zheng Juan heard the noise outside and quickly stood up to greet them: "Aunt Qiuju, it's cold outside, come in and tell them that Bingkun has taken mom and dad to the hospital and they probably won't be back for a while."
Qiao Chunyan's mother is called Deng Qiuju. She looked worried when she heard this and asked, "Is sister-in-law Suhua feeling unwell again?"
Zheng Juan's mother-in-law, Zhou Bingkun's mother, is called Li Suhua. She is notoriously pitiful in the Photon Film. A few years ago, because her rebellious daughter eloped with someone, she became so angry that she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and became a vegetable.
He had been taken care of by Zheng Juan for the past two years and finally woke up from a coma this year. After learning that it was Zheng Juan who had taken care of him all these years, he agreed to the marriage between Zheng Juan and her youngest son Zhou Bingkun.
Although Li Suhua was awake, he would often become confused at times, and was a truly pitiful person.
Fortunately, the head of the Zhou family, Zhou Bingkun's father Zhou Zhigang, was an eighth-level worker, which allowed the family to have some money to support the family, otherwise the family would have been in deficit long ago.
But even so, the Zhou family has not had an easy time in recent years.
Hearing what Deng Qiuju said, Zheng Juan just smiled and said, "It's an old illness. Dad went home for the holiday yesterday and said he would go out again after the New Year. He saw Mom was ill, so he thought of going for another checkup."
Deng Qiuju nodded: "It's good that nothing serious happened, it's good that nothing serious happened. By the way, a friend came to Chunyan's place..."