Chapter 1390 Treat
It was nothing for Su Yi to let the neighbor's children eat some meat. He just saw that Xiaodang and Huaihua looked a little pale and thin compared to the plump Banggeng.
Of course, most children these days are pale and thin, and Banggeng is an exception.
The two little girls are very cute, and Su Yi felt sympathy, so he invited them to his home to eat meat.
But if Banggeng was there, Su Yi would not be the scapegoat.
Su Yi didn't care, but Yu Li felt sorry for Su Yi.
Seeing Su Yi serve a large spoonful of stewed meat to each of the two children, her heart was throbbing.
This prodigal son!
"Just give them one bowl and let them take it back to eat, why give them two bowls?" Yu Li still couldn't help but scold, "You are not as generous as you are even if you are kind-hearted."
"Don't let them take it back," Su Yi shook his head, put the bowl on the table, and took chopsticks, "How much can they eat if they take it back?"
Xiaodang and Huaihua couldn't take their eyes off the steaming and fragrant stewed meat.
Hearing Su Yi's words, Xiaodang nodded excitedly: "Uncle Yuanchao, you know our family too well! If this meat is taken back, Huaihua and I can only eat two pieces each!"
"Huaihua, don't eat two pieces! Huaihua, eat it all!" Xiao Huaihua had already walked to the bowl involuntarily and stretched out her hand to pinch the meat in the bowl.
Before Su Yi could stop her, Huaihua was pulled back by Xiaodang.
"You haven't said thank you yet, you are not allowed to eat!" Xiaodang scolded like a little adult, and swallowed his saliva after saying that.
"Thank you, Uncle Yuanchao, for treating me to meat!" Xiao Huaihua couldn't wait to say to Su Yi.
"Thank you, Uncle Yuanchao." Xiaodang also said hurriedly.
"Eat it, don't burn yourself." Su Yi said with a smile, "You can go back after you finish eating."
The two little girls no longer had any doubts, and hurriedly picked up the chopsticks to slurp the meat into their mouths. They were so hot that they kept sucking cold air, but they refused to slow down.
Yu Li looked at the two children, and then looked at Su Yi who was smiling at her father. She was inexplicably touched and said, "I didn't expect that you, a big guy, like children."
"I don't like Banggeng." Su Yi said without hesitation, "If he was here, no one would be able to eat this meat."
After a pause, he turned around and asked, "Is Brother Jiecheng back?"
"He should be back at this time." Yu Li replied.
In fact, the two had met before. Yan Jiecheng came back and smelled the meat. He guessed that it was his wife who was cooking here, so he came in, but was chased back by Yu Li.
What's the matter with the couple staying in someone else's house when the host is not there?
Yan Jiecheng wanted to secretly take a bowl of meat back, but was rejected by Yu Li.
The third aunt had already come over and taken a small bowl of meat. If he took another bowl, did he really think Su Yuanchao was a fool who couldn't see it?
However, the third aunt hid the meat so well that Yan Jiecheng didn't notice it when he went back.
"Then call him over." Su Yi said, "Sister-in-law, please take the rest of the dishes and let's eat."
"Hey." Yu Li smiled and responded, "Then I'll go call him."
After saying that, she turned her butt and walked out.
When Yu Li left, Xiao Dang had finished her bowl of stewed meat.
The stewed meat made by Yu Li was really good. The potatoes and meat looked attractive in color and tasted very soft and melted in the mouth. The gravy was thick and fragrant.
Xiao Dang wanted to eat more after eating a bowl. He stared at the pot on the stove with eager eyes.
Su Yi smiled and said, "You can't overeat. If you're always a vegetarian, eating too much meat at once can easily hurt your stomach and intestines, and it's not good to have food accumulation."
Xiao Dang said, "Uncle Yuanchao, you are different from Uncle Sha."
"How are you different?" Su Yi asked.
"Uncle Yuanchao is handsome!" Huaihua interrupted and shouted.
"Men can't be called handsome, they should be called handsome." Xiao Dang corrected, and then said seriously, "Uncle Sha is also good, but he is just like my grandmother and my mother, he is only good to my brother, and Huaihua and I are just casually good to him. Only you are really good to Huaihua and me."
"Mom is not!" Huaihua interrupted again.
"Mom is the same, in my heart, my brother is the most important! Last time, my brother and I were beaten by Wang Xiaohu from the next yard, and mom only asked if my brother was hurt, not me... and you, you and my brother went into the water together and got your clothes wet, and mom changed your brother first, fearing that he would be cold, and that time..."
Xiao Dang talked a lot, all of which were very small things in life.
To be honest, Su Yi was a little surprised.
How old is she?
But she remembered a lot of things, and she understood them all.
For children, adults are their sky. Whether it is sunny or rainy, they may see it more clearly than adults.
"You two can come here to play when you have nothing to do in the future." Su Yi smiled, "but don't bring your brother."
"Yeah, we won't bring him!" Xiao Dang nodded hurriedly.
At this time, Huaihua had finished eating, and her little mouth was greasy.
"Okay, go back." Su Yi said, "Uncle has to invite others to dinner, so I won't keep you. You are welcome to come next time."
Xiao Dang was very happy with Su Yi's words. After saying goodbye to Su Yi happily, he led his sister away.
The two walked all the way home, and they were still chattering all the way.
"That meat is so delicious, second sister, Huaihua has never eaten so much meat in her life!"
"The potatoes are so delicious, crunchy, and very delicious."
The two girls walked to the door with laughter, and heard the crying of their brother inside.
"I want to eat meat! I don't eat steamed bread! I want to eat meat!"
"My dear grandson, this is not an ordinary steamed bun, it's a lard steamed bun. It's delicious." Ms. Jia Zhang said flatteringly, "If you don't believe me, try it. Grandma won't lie to you."
"I don't! I won't!"
"Hey kid, don't throw it on the ground if you don't want to eat it..."
Xiaodang wiped his sister's mouth and then led her through the door.
"Grandma, we are back."
Banggen was sitting angrily by the kang, and Mrs. Jia Zhang was blowing on a steamed bun.
"Yeah." Mrs. Jia Zhang didn't even turn her head, but she smiled at BangGeng again and said, "My dear grandson, would you like to take a small sip?"
"I won't eat it!" Banggeng angrily knocked the bun away again.
"You'll starve to death if you don't eat!" Mrs. Jia Zhang was also angry.
The steamed bun just rolled under Huaihua's feet, so Huaihua picked it up and ran over to hand it to Jia Zhang.
Mrs. Jia Zhang took it away angrily and said, "This steamed bun is for your brother. Just wait and eat the rice porridge in the pot. I've already heated it up."
"We don't eat rice porridge, we have eaten it." Sophora japonica said in a milky voice.
"Have you eaten?" Jia Zhang looked at Sophora japonica suspiciously.
"Sophora japonica, don't say that!" Xiao Dang stamped his feet anxiously.
Huaihua immediately covered her mouth.
But Jia Zhang still discovered the clues.
"Where does the oil on your mouth come from?" she asked sternly, pulled Sophora japonica's hand away, sniffed it close to her nose, and said in surprise: "You are eating meat!"
"It smells so good!" Xiao Huaihua said.
"Where to eat?" Jia Zhang asked hurriedly, "Is it at the prodigal son's house?"
"He's an uncle who aids the emperor, not a prodigal son." Sophora japonica corrected him.
"I say a prodigal is a prodigal!" Jia Zhang scolded, "Okay, you heartless loser, why don't you eat meat without thinking about your brother? Why don't you call you brother?"
"Don't my brother have a grudge against someone else?" Xiao Dang muttered, "He wanted to come back first..."
"I have no grudge against Rou!" Banggeng was also very angry, "Can't you bring it back to me!"
"If someone doesn't let you take it, let's eat it at his house." Xiao Dang said.
"Then you won't take it secretly!" Banggeng said angrily, "Grandma is right, you are just feeding unfamiliar losers!"
Xiaodang looked at her brother in surprise. This was the first time his brother said that to her.
Her mouth tightened and she cried with a "wow" sound.
"You still have the nerve to cry? Did you say something wrong?" Mrs. Jia Zhang's face turned livid, "Is it true that you have been raised for nothing and you are living alone? I, I can't beat you to death, you are a white-eyed wolf!"
After saying that, he turned around to find the broom.
When Xiaodang saw it, he turned pale and hurriedly ran out.
But Banggeng hated her for not bringing meat to him, so he stopped Xiaodang first.
"Grandma, beat her!" Banggeng shouted.
"Let go of the second sister!" Huaihua rushed up to push Banggeng, but was pushed to the ground by Banggeng, and started crying loudly.
Here Jia Zhang found a broom, rushed over, grabbed Xiaodang's arm, and spanked Xiaodang on the buttocks. The beating made Xiaodang cry for father and mother, begging for mercy again and again, saying that he would never dare to do it again.
Banggeng said proudly: "That's right! Let you eat meat without taking me with you! I have no conscience. I take you with me whatever I have to eat, and you still don't take me with you?"
The Jia family in the middle courtyard is in a state of chaos, but Su Yi's family in the front yard is peaceful.
Yu Li took Yan Jiecheng into the house. Yan Jiecheng was smiling all over his face and was very polite to Su Yi. He kept saying mean compliments and glanced at the meat in the pot from time to time.
"Brother Yuanchao, thank you so much. Not only did you work for my wife, but you also treated us two to such a good meal. Really, you are so polite!" Yan Jiecheng said, holding Su Yi's hand.
Su Yi said with a smile: "Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Sister-in-law Yu Li helps me cook, and it is also inseparable from your understanding and support, brother Xiecheng. It is not easy for me to live alone, so I have to thank you. I should have invited You two go out to eat as a sign of solemnity , but today’s lunch is the first time for my family to open the stove. I thought it would be more friendly to eat at home, and it is also a good sign to open the stove, so I arranged it at home. The craftsmanship and taste are definitely the best.”
Yan Jiecheng felt his face light up when he said this, and he was even flattered.
"That's great, brother Yuan Korea. I'm not afraid of your jokes. This is the first time in my life that someone specially treated us two to dinner, and the food was so good..." Yan Jiecheng said excitedly.
Yu Li coughed slightly, and Yan Jiecheng immediately looked at her and shut up.
Yu Li smiled and said: "Yuanchao, you and Jie Cheng sit down first, and I'll put out the meat and you eat it first. There are three more dishes that I'll cook soon."
"Sorry, sister-in-law." Su Yi nodded and said to Yan Jiecheng, "Brother Jiecheng, let's sit down and chat first?"
"Sit, sit, chat! Let's chat!" Yan Jiecheng responded excitedly.
Yu Li calmly pinched Yan Jiecheng, who immediately straightened his back and coughed twice and became serious.
Su Yi pretended not to see it and said, "Brother Jie Cheng, can you have a drink?"
"I..." Yan Jiecheng looked at Yu Li with a look of emotion.
"He has to go to work in the afternoon, so he can't drink." Yu Li said.
Su Yi smiled: "Then drink two less drinks."
After that, he turned around and went to the back room and quickly took out a bottle of wine.
The wine was Moutai, which cost eight yuan a bottle. Su Yi bought three bottles.
Before Su Yi came out, Yu Li silently warned Yan Jiecheng not to drink.
But when he saw the wine Su Yi brought out, Yan Jiecheng's eyes immediately straightened!
Moutai!
It’s actually Maotai!
He has never drunk such good wine, never smelled it!
But now, he actually had the chance to taste it himself!
"Wife, I..." Yan Jiecheng looked at Yu Li eagerly, "How about I... drink less?"
Before Yu Li spoke, Su Yi smiled and said, "Drink less, so as not to delay work in the afternoon! Sister-in-law, you should drink a little later and try this wine. Let's drink as we like, no one will force us to drink, just drink happily."
Seeing Su Yi say this, Yu Li did not object and smiled, "Then drink less, your brother Jiecheng has a small alcohol tolerance, and it is easy to make a fool of yourself if you drink too much."
"What's there to be afraid of? We are not outsiders." Su Yi smiled and opened the wine, and then went to the chest of drawers to take out three wine glasses and filled them up. He raised the wine glass and said to Yan Jiecheng, "Brother Jiecheng, I am young, I toast you, shall we go first?"
"No, no, no, I toast you, thank you for treating me to such a good wine." Yan Jiecheng hurriedly stood up with the glass.
Su Yi also stood up and clinked glasses with him with a smile, and the rim of the glass was flush with him.
"The first glass of wine, let's celebrate that we are neighbors. In the future, our two families will often visit each other and take care of each other. Come on, Brother Jiecheng, drink up!"
After drinking the first glass, Yan Jiecheng smacked his lips and was brewing how to praise the wine, but Su Yi had already filled his glass again.
"Good things come in pairs, another glass!" Su Yi smiled and clinked his glasses and drank them all.
"Hey, hey!" Yan Jiecheng also drank hurriedly.
After drinking, the two sat down again. Su Yi poured the wine while saying: "Brother Jiecheng, I have to go out to do something in the afternoon. Let's just drink this bottle of wine. What do you think? We brothers will have fun another day, and today we will stop."
"I listen to you, I listen to you." Yan Jiecheng has hardly closed his mouth since he came in, "But to help North Korea, I have to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha, and return two glasses to you!"
"It's not a return toast, let's drink together." Su Yi smiled and picked up the wine glass.
Yu Li, who was cooking, looked at this scene and tears suddenly fell.
After so many years, this was the first time her husband was so happy.
She knew it was not because of the meat or the good wine.
It was because he was respected so much for the first time.
She hurriedly turned her back to wipe away her tears and went to take out the stew from the pot and put it on the table.
"You two are just drinking like this? Why don't you wait for me to put the dishes on the table before you start drinking!" Yu Li scolded, "Really, what are you in such a hurry for?"
"Happy, wife, I'm very happy today!" Yan Jiecheng took Yu Li's hand, "Wife, you must come with me later, let's toast to Yuan Chao! Thank him!"
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Yu Li smiled, "But I have to finish cooking the dishes."
"Go quickly!" Yan Jiecheng said happily, he turned his head and said to Su Yi, "Your sister-in-law's cooking is delicious, but in my house, there is no use for her skills! Alas, Yuan Chao, you just came, you may not know the situation of our family, let me tell you..."
Yan Jiecheng's words were actually a bit confusing, but Su Yi did not interrupt him, just smiled and listened to him.