It was already dark, around nine o'clock in the evening, when the two brothers Zhou Sanming and Zhou Siming finally arrived.
At this moment, the air above the entire compound was filled with the rich aroma of food, causing many residents in the compound to touch their stomachs in distress, and their hearts began to become restless.
Especially for families with children, seeing their children sniffing the smell pitifully, they feel angry, annoyed and irritated. They don’t know which family stays up late at night to cook so deliciously that the whole yard is filled with fragrance. It’s simply a sin!
From time to time, someone outside looked towards Mingyue's house, wondering what the new person was doing.
It was also because Mingyue's room was bustling with activity, and no one dared to cause trouble for the time being.
In the spacious house, the not-so-big table was filled with dishes, including meat and vegetarian dishes, cold dishes, braised dishes, stir-fried dishes and stewed dishes. They looked so delicious at first glance that one could not help but salivate.
"I'm sorry to have troubled my third brother and his wife these days. Come, let me toast you a glass." Mingyue picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Although Zhou Sanming felt that his younger sister's words were too polite, he drank the glass of wine as well, and then said, "We are siblings, and we are one family, so we should not talk behind each other's backs. Now that you have settled down in the city, if you have any problems in the future, just come to me and your fourth brother directly. Don't treat yourself as an outsider."
Zhou Siming nodded fiercely and said without thinking: "Yes, if my parents knew that you were so distant, they would think that my third brother and I treated you unfairly, and we would not be treated well when we go back."
Although Zhou Siming is honest, he knows in his heart that if he and his third brother were not there to take care of each other in the city, mom and dad would not be willing to let their little sister go to the city alone!
Meng Zhen hurriedly swallowed the braised pork in his mouth, then quickly raised his wine glass and took a sip, shaking his head at Mingyue: "That's right, we are all family, it's a bit strange for you to be so polite."
Mingyue smiled and said, "I was just being polite. Since you don't like to hear it, I won't say it again in the future." Then she called out to everyone, "Don't be polite. Eat, eat, eat."
"Who's being polite to you?" Zhou Siming rolled his eyes and picked up another piece of pork belly with chopsticks and passed it to Ning Ning's bowl: "Ning Ning, try this pork belly. It's my little sister's specialty. The taste is no worse than the ones in state-owned restaurants."
Meng's mother smiled and joked: "Young people are still the best. Young people know how to care for others when they are in a relationship."
Now, everyone's eyes fell on Ning Ning's face, and Ning Ning, who was always generous, couldn't help blushing. She secretly pushed Zhou Siming's thigh with her hand. Why isn't this idiot ashamed
However Zhou Siming really didn't think there was anything wrong, and he even picked up two more cold-mixed cucumbers for Ning Ning with his chopsticks: "By the way, you haven't had much appetite recently, this thing is appetizing, try it."
Ning Ning felt shy and sweet at the same time. She glared at Zhou Siming with annoyance and stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth: "Eat it quickly!"
Zhou Siming was not annoyed and ate the steamed bun happily.
Zhou Sanming saw the envy flashing in his wife's eyes, and immediately understood the meaning of the song, and added more dishes to his wife: "This is what you like to eat, I remember it!"
"Well, you eat too." Meng Zhen felt sweet in her heart and pretended to be calm on her face, but in fact, the tips of her ears turned red.
Mingyue watched them show their affection without any emotion in her heart, and she could even eat another bowl of rice.
But Meng's mother was originally feeling relieved, but when she saw Mingyue eating her meal alone and pitifully, she felt a little uncomfortable.
How pitiful the little girl of the Zhou family is. She encountered such a family of wolves and tigers before, and now she sees her two brothers and sister-in-law loving each other. Doesn't that hurt her heart
When Meng's mother thought of this, her face turned serious and she deliberately reminded them, "Eat quickly and go home early after eating. You still have to go to work tomorrow!"
Seeing that it was indeed getting late, everyone really quickened their eating speed. After finishing the meal, Zhou Sanming and Zhou Siming followed into the kitchen and helped Mingyue clean up the dishes.
Originally, Meng's mother, Meng Zhen and Ning Ning also wanted to come to help, but Zhou Sanming said, "No, let us clean up. I'm afraid you will be clumsy and break the plates," and stopped them.
When it comes to kitchen work, they are not as skillful as the Zhou brothers and sisters.
After they finished all the work inside and outside the house, Zhou Sanming and the others didn't stay long. They said a few more words to Mingyue and then left.
But after everyone left, Mingyue discovered a stack of money on the table!
She counted carefully and found a total of sixty-five dollars, but she didn't know who left it.
Mingyue put the money in the pillow and opened the box that Ning Ning had given her today. Inside was a ladies' watch that was full of the atmosphere of the times and looked very valuable.
"It feels like I owe the Zhou family more and more!" Mingyue sighed casually and put the watch on her wrist. Since she already owed them all, there was no need to be pretentious anymore.
Then work hard to make money! There will be many opportunities to use money in the future!
On the other side, Meng's mother was also talking about Mingyue to her daughter.
Mother Meng frowned and said to Meng Zhen, "You two are really being rude tonight. You just want to eat, but you pick up food for me and I pick up food for you. Don't you think about Mingyue's condition? How upset she must be when she sees you like this?"
Ever since Mingyue showed off her cooking skills, Meng's mother has become Mingyue's "real fan", and she is thinking about Mingyue all the time!
Since Meng Zhen knew Mingyue, she had never seen Mingyue sad, so she naturally ignored the things that Mingyue had experienced and only thought that Mingyue was a cheerful and optimistic girl.
When Meng's mother mentioned it, Meng Zhen just remembered that, yes, something like that had happened to Mingyue. She must have felt very upset after seeing what happened to them today!
"I didn't think of going there either." Meng Zhen opened her mouth and said somewhat embarrassedly.
Of course, Meng's mother knew that her daughter had no bad intentions, so she changed the subject and brought up another matter: "By the way, didn't your cousin's wife run away with someone the other day? What do you think of Mingyue? You know your cousin, he's an honest man who lives a decent life. I think he's a perfect match for Mingyue."
Meng Zhen was stunned for a moment, "You mean to introduce Mingyue to my cousin?"
Mother Meng nodded and said as a matter of course: "Yes, it's a good opportunity to strengthen the relationship!"
Meng Zhen felt something was wrong. She felt that Mingyue would not marry an honest man. It was not that simple. She just couldn't imagine Mingyue getting married. It didn't seem like that...
Her thoughts were a little confused, so she didn't notice Meng's mother's excited look.
After Mingyue washed up, she had a good night's sleep.
The next day, Mingyue went to find a specialized craftsman to make a tricycle. This tricycle was customized by Mingyue based on the snack stalls of later generations. It can be used as a mobile stall and can store many things.
(End of this chapter)