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It was the ninth day of the new year, and twelfth of the month was a big event. Since Qi Town was the largest town in a radius of dozens of miles, everyone liked to come here to buy things and shops, and there were also people who sold things on 12th Street of the Moon of the Moon of the New Year. After the twenty-second day of the twelfth month, there would be more people, and Qi Cheng meant that twelfth of the month would set up a stall in front of Sister Deming's tailor shop.

After the discussion was over, Mrs Qi stayed back to help out with the chores and went out to the streets to buy meat and vegetables. With so many guests in the family, she had to busy herself with a whole table of dishes.

There were more people selling things as soon as they entered the street of the La Moon Gate. Qi Family Town had specially planned a street to sell vegetables here every twenty-seven years. At this time, there were already several stalls open. Although they were not as big as the farmers' market in the city, they still sold a wide variety of things.

Qi Family Village only had a few surnames, most of them were Qi. According to seniority, when one went out, they would meet all the elders, if one didn't have to call them grandpa, then they would have to call them grandpa, and if they sold meat, then they would be the people from the north end of the village. They were in their thirties, ranked in the family, had a short temper, and were known as the "Second Kick". Qi Xiang called out "Second Grandpa" and "Second Kick" to see him. He said, "It's Qi Xiang, you're on vacation? This pig was just killed this morning. The meat is fresh.

After cutting two catties of meat and five catties of meat, he bought some ribs. After weighing them, he took out two legs that were shaved and said, "This is not worth much. Let's go home and use the stove to make soup."

Qi Xiang refused, "Second Kick" said, "Isn't your grandmother still here? "Make soup for your grandma to drink."

He couldn't reject Qi Zhengyuan's suggestion of carrying the two bones and going out to buy vegetables. However, when he thought about the price of the bones or the price of the meat, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She carried her things back to her house and before she even opened the door, she heard Guo Guo's cheerful laughter. Seeing Qi Cheng carry her things in, Guo Guo ran up and said, "I'll help you carry your things. I'll help you carry your things."

Wu Yuzheng followed behind and said with a smile: "We're lucky. Look at the things we left behind." As he spoke, he took the items and brought them to the kitchen.

Guo Guo saw that Wu Yuzheng went to put the food away. She hugged Qi Jing's legs and said, "What are we going to eat for lunch?"

Qi Xiang hugged Guo Guo and kissed her rosy cheeks, saying, "What do you want to eat?"

Guo Guo said, "Last night's fruit salad was delicious, how about we make it again?"

Qi Cheng nodded her head, then said, "Alright, let's make some more to eat."

Liu He went to the kitchen to help Qi Gang with the cooking. Looking at Qi Gang's posture of slicing meat and chopping bones, she said, "Qi Gang, you really don't look like you're going to be a chef."

As they were busy with their work, they said, "No one is better than me. Especially when it comes to cooking; I just need to learn when to eat and when to do it. Other people wouldn't have to beg others to cook even if they wanted to. If they meet someone in a good mood, they would have to cook for them. If they were in a bad mood, they would have to embarrass themselves. "

Liu He nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

"What I said makes no sense," he said. "As long as you listen to me, you must be on the side of the truth."

Liu He said, "En, that makes sense. I don't think you should call him Qi Xiang. Why don't you call him mother?"

At this time, my grandma walked into the kitchen and said, "What are you talking about?"

Qi Xiang and Liu He both laughed and said, "Grandma, it's nothing." He then took out the two bones and said, "Grandma, this is from the butcher, Second Kick, who told me to make you some bone soup when I get home."

Grandma said, "This child really thinks differently. He's so polite just because he helped him out a little."

Qi Xiang asked, "Grandma, what did you help him with?"

Grandma said lightly, "His wife has a natural born child. She couldn't make it to the hospital in time to ask for my help to deliver the baby."

Qi Yuan said in surprise, "Grandma, you've come out again?"

Grandma said, "His wife is still quite a few days away from her expected delivery date, but who knew that she would be so anxious the moment she started. When she finds a car to go to the hospital, the child will be out soon. I don't know who will say that I will deliver the baby, so he asked me to help with the delivery. Fortunately, everything is going well, mother and child are safe."

When Liu He heard this, he said, "Grandma, you're really amazing."

Qi Xiang said, "My grandma has been giving birth for many years, and she can easily feel if the child in her womb is in the wrong fetal position. I can tell with a glance if it can be born smoothly."

Grandma smiled and said, "Stop boasting for Grandma. After all these years of not having a baby, she was born. It was fortunate that her daughter-in-law was born second, and she had a good figure. The child in her belly did not disappoint, so she was naturally born."

Qi Yuan found a pot and split the bones with the back of the knife. He added fresh water and put it on the stove to boil, since it was very convenient to have a stove in the winter. He made some bones and stewed a bone soup, and after he turned it on, he put a bowl on the stove to scoop up some chopped onion and parsley, poured some soy sauce and vinegar, and drank a bowl of cold air to remove the heat from his body.

Before he came back, he went to the supermarket to buy some yoghurt. There was a type of yoghurt, he sliced off the skin of an apple and a banana, found a large soup bowl and filled it with a big bowl, sprinkled with yoghurt.

Liu He saw that Qi Jian was fiddling around and said, "Guo Guo's fruit salad is so simple?"

Qi Xiang said, "It's not that simple. It's just coaxing the child. As long as she likes it, it's fine as long as it's easy."

Qi Jian and Qi Yuan had just finished school, so they were very happy to see their sister come back. Seeing that Wu Yuzheng also came with some food from the capital, especially for the two of them, they became even more happy to see a beautiful little girl like Guo Guo calling out "sister" as well as the delicious food that Qi Xiang had cooked, the two were so happy that their ears were about to burst open.

Before Mama Qi went home, she called Wu Min from the birth control office. Everyone had a good lunch, especially the big bowl of fruit salad. The adults and the kids all liked it, so Grandma said, "The fruits can be eaten like this. I originally had an astringent taste when eating bananas, but it really tastes good when mixed up."

"Yes, yes," said Qimu. "They would be surprised if I told them to eat fruit like that."

Guo Guo said, "I asked Auntie Qi to cook this. I knew that Auntie Qi's food was very delicious."

Qi Xiang, who was sitting beside Guo Guo said, "Guo Guo, you have to stay at our house for a few more days. I have a few days off, when the time comes I'll take you out to the streets and we'll find a lot of friends to play with."

Guo Guo was chewing the Red Braised Meat in her mouth as she nodded. After she swallowed that piece of meat, she happily told Qi San, "Okay, when the time comes, let's go find some friends to play with."

After finishing dinner and clearing the table, Mama Qi made a pot of hawthorn tea while chatting and drinking tea. Qi Yue and Qi Yuan brought some food Wu Yuzheng gave them and brought new stationery with them and happily went to school. Qi Ma looked at the two of them and smiled, "Qi Long won't be late today. I had to watch TV for lunch and drink some water. If it wasn't for Qi Yuan's constant urging me, I would probably be late every day."

"She can't wait to show people her things," he said. "She loves to show them, so they must make her proud for a long time."

Guo Guo asked, "What does' present 'mean?"

Qi Chang said: "I just like showing what I'm proud of to everyone so that they will envy you."

Guo Guo said, "I know, it means to share. When I have something, I also like to give it to my good friends. Mom says that I'm sharing my joy with others."

Grandma laughed and said, "We are indeed powerful. We all know to share."

Guo Guo embarrassedly said: "How can that be? It's not that strong anymore. Mom said if others are envious that you have something good you have to share it with them. If you don't want to share it with them, you have to hide it well and keep it for yourself to admire."

Mama Qi said, "Guoguo's mother knows how to teach children."

Wu Min only had time to sit down and talk to Wu Yuzheng after dinner. She repeatedly instructed him to go to her dormitory for dinner that evening. She had already made up her bed.

The dormitory consisted of two red brick houses with a small courtyard. It was probably because of Wu Yuzheng's father, the town leader had left a small yard for Wu Min in the dormitory, one bright and one dark, with two bedrooms and a living room. The kitchen was built at the back of the house, and there was also a small bungalow in the yard, so the family of three lived in a very spacious house.

When Mama Qi saw Wu Min off, she said, "It's still worth cooking for yourself. Come back for dinner tonight, let's roast vegetable cake tonight."

They would first take a bus to a nearby town, then take a taxi. After getting off the bus, they would have to walk for another three miles. Mama Qi said, "I called a minivan driver from our village, they'll drive you there later."

Liu Yang said, "No need, we'll just take a car and go home."

Wu Yuzheng said, "Auntie, stop calling us from the village. The driver that delivered us in the morning hasn't left. Just ask him to send us off."

Mother Qi said anxiously, "Why hasn't he come to eat yet? Quickly ask the driver if he has dinner, and then come to our house to eat before he has dinner."

Wu Yuzheng said: "Auntie, the driver has a relative in a nearby village. He went to his relative's house at noon. I've already told him to come over this afternoon and take the willow tree to his house."

"I'm sorry," said Mother Qi, "I've been busy with all this work and haven't eaten at home." After that, he went to the east wing in the yard and packed a bag of peanuts. He said to Wu Yuzheng: "Little Wu, give this to the driver as a gift. We can't let him waste his time."

Qi Yuan whispered a few words to Wu Yuzheng, then Qi Yuan said to Qi Ma: "Let's wait a bit longer, even though the Liu He family is over 80 miles away from our home, it will take us a long time to get home by bus."