Chapter 224 Foreign Son-in-Law
Fang Qingqing hugged her arm and personally fed a piece of red bean cake into Shi's mouth.
She had discovered a long time ago that her father-in-law did not like sweets, but her mother-in-law unexpectedly preferred red bean cakes and had only average feelings for mung bean cakes.
But the old lady felt sorry for her grandchildren. Every time she and her sister-in-law made pastries, she always said she didn't like them and took them all to the shop or left them for her children and grandchildren to eat.
"Mom, of course, you are the best mother-in-law in the world. You and dad both say that Brother Sanlang is lucky to marry me, but in my opinion, I am the most lucky little lady.
Isn’t it the greatest blessing in my life to meet a good mother-in-law like you?”
Shi smiled and stroked Fang Qingqing's little face with his big rough palms:
"Look at your little mouth, your words are pleasing to the ear. Old lady, I am also very lucky. Both my daughters are troublesome, but I have such a good daughter-in-law like you."
Just at this time, Li Xiuping came back. Seeing the conversation between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, his tooth ached.
Really, when an uninformed person sees her, they think she is the mother and daughter and he is the foreign son-in-law.
It's not Li Xiuping's day off yet, so there's a reason why he rushed back.
Because tomorrow is the day when the imperial court distributes salary, you can go and get your salary, silver, rice and so on.
Higher-ranking officials or wealthy families would have their own butlers and servants to do this, and when Li Xiuping was about to take up a post, it was natural that his family would be the ones to help him receive Lumi.
It's also because he knows that the food stalls and so many people in the family need to eat recently, the expenses are a bit high, and his parents must be distressed.
Going to bring Lumi back earlier can also reassure the two elders.
If it was said that I could only come back once every ten days to take a bath, I would feel pity for the third son Shi Shi every time I saw him.
Now, I've probably seen him more often, and it hasn't even been ten days since I saw the third child again.
Mrs. Shi was not happy and was angry: "You wouldn't do anything in the Yamen, so you came back early before the day was up, right?"
Li Xiuping is still very serious when it comes to his mother.
He bowed and then said: "Mom, tomorrow is the day to receive Lumi, so my son came back specially."
Because he has to go to work and has no free time, he hopes that his family will help him get his rice and salary back.
A few taels of silver is not obvious, but a few stones and rice are quite a lot. He needs his father and eldest brother to help him drive it back.
Li Xiuping had already registered with the Ministry of Revenue, stamped his personal and official seals on his invitation, and then received the note from the Ministry of Revenue.
At that time, family members can go directly to collect them with these.
This is also a popular practice among the fifth and sixth grade petty officials in the capital who are not yet wealthy enough to support their servants, and the people outside are not reliable.
For something big like this, you need help from family members, and you can also recruit brothers and so on.
When Shi heard this, his attitude immediately changed. Qingqing had explained in detail Saburo's official position and the number of Lumi.
That much rice is not only enough for their family to eat for a long time, but they also don't have to buy any more rice from the food store.
She looked at her youngest son with a smile and kept praising him: "Not bad, not bad. Saburo is the best. It would be great if he became an official."
Knowing that Li Xiuping came back directly from work without having dinner at the official residence, Ms. Shi felt very sad.
"Let's eat dumplings tonight."
"Eating dumplings?" Li Xiuping was quite happy.
This thing is delicious, mainly because the family doesn’t make it very often, so he hasn’t eaten it a few times in total.
What's more, it's not easy to get his mother to talk about eating dumplings.
Li Xiuping knew in his heart that it was definitely Nalumi's fault, otherwise he would have left the dinner at the official residence and gone all the way home——
Haha, his mother probably won't be too happy.
"There happens to be meat at home, do you want leek meat stuffing or cabbage meat stuffing?" Fang Qingqing was calculating in her mind.
There are so many people in the family, how many dumplings should we make if they all eat dumplings?
If it were in the past, when making dumplings, only Risaburo might be the only one who ate more, and the others, at most, were children who could taste the dumplings.
Sir, just take a look and drink some porridge to fill your stomach before going to bed.
After so many years, the Li family has become accustomed to it.
If Mr. Shi hadn't been so frugal and frugal in controlling the family, he wouldn't have been able to raise several children healthy.
It's great now, at least you don't have to eat separately. You can put more meat filling into the dumplings and both adults and children can have their share.
Li Xiuping didn't know that his mother and his wife had already communicated so much silently, but she was still secretly happy: "If I can choose, I want leek, egg and cabbage stuffed with meat."
No problem. Lao Li's house is crowded with people, so eating consumes a lot of food, but things can be done quickly.
It didn't take long for the dumplings to be wrapped, and after they were served on the table, Mr. Shi habitually gave Fang Qingqing a bowl first.
"There are three leeks and eggs inside, and seven cabbage and meat fillings." Mr. Shi smiled so kindly and kindly.
She was told that the meat stuffing was so delicious, why did Sanlang insist on eating egg stuffing?
So he brought another bowl to Li Bian: "Here, this is yours, three cabbage stuffed with meat, seven leeks and eggs."
Each of the five children had a bowl, plus Li Xiaomei, half of the large pot was eaten.
The rest belong to Mr. Li, Mr. Shi, and Mrs. Li Erlang, Mrs. Li. Tonight it happens that Da Mao Ermao comes back to pay the bills and at the same time take back the copper coins from the shop's revenue and hand them over to the government.
I just happened to have some good food at home. Just now, Fang Qingqing specially asked Li Xiaomei to leave twenty dumplings, and asked Damao to take them to the shop for Li Dalang and Sister Li to eat later.
As a result, halfway through the dumplings, Fang Qingqing brought out another good thing, which was a new dish she had just seen on the recipe in the system space.
Egg patties.
First pour the egg liquid that has been mixed evenly in the bowl into the pot, and then evenly sprinkle the minced meat into the steaming egg liquid on top after it is set.
The steps may seem simple, but the most challenging thing about this egg patty is the hand speed of the spoon when flipping the dough.
The recipe alone was not enough, Fang Qingqing also spent 100 points to buy a teaching video and practiced it carefully for a long time.
The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and the cooking pot was thick and heavy. Fang Qingqing spent a lot of thought and effort to be able to fry a large piece of intact and beautiful egg and meatloaf.
Eggs and meat are both good things. With such a big piece, it is naturally impossible for Li Xiuping to finish it by himself.
He first took two pieces and put them into his father and mother's bowls respectively. Then he took another piece for his wife and let the others eat.
Then he took a piece and put it into his mouth. It was naturally delicious and fresh. He took a bite of the egg patties and then ate the dumplings.
This day is truly unparalleled to the gods.
Tonight, the moonlight outside is quite nice. After dinner, we don’t need Li Xiu, Fang Qing and Qing Qing to do the work of clearing the table and washing the dishes.
So the two of them went for a walk in the yard together, saying they wanted to eat after dinner.
Chapter completed!