After getting up the next morning, Lin Mai went out to look for food.
She doesn't like eating in big restaurants and prefers to eat at roadside stalls.
Although roadside stalls are unhygienic, sometimes the food they make is really delicious.
There is still a gap between the breakfast culture in Beijing and Jiangcheng. If nothing else, the variety cannot keep up.
There is no comparison with the Guangzhou morning tea, which is full of tricks.
The streets are full of food stalls selling bean juice and charcoal rings.
Lin Mai would kill himself and refuse to drink the bean juice that made outsiders frightened.
She would rather drink Hedinghong than have the guts to drink bean juice. The taste was too fantasy and she was unable to accept it.
After searching for a long time, Lin Mai sat down at a roadside stall and ordered a fried liver and a steamed bun.
The landlady enthusiastically persuaded Lin Mai to buy two steamed buns.
She said, who would eat only one steamed bun in the morning? That is not breakfast, it is bird food.
Lin Mai had no choice but to buy another bun.
She took a bite of steamed buns and drank a bite of fried liver.
The fried liver at this roadside stall has a thick and translucent soup, the pork intestines are fat and soft, and the pork liver is crisp and tender. It tastes very good.
The buns were not as satisfactory.
Compared with the buns sold in her Bao Hao delicious pastry shop, they are vastly different.
She was thinking that if she wasn't too busy with studies, she would open a delicious food chain store in Beijing.
Although she has a net worth of tens of millions, she is a restless person and will feel uneasy if she doesn't find something to do.
After breakfast, Lin Mai did not go back to the hotel, but walked towards Chang'an Street, where there are many courtyard houses.
She wanted to try her luck and see if there were any courtyard houses for sale.
I spent the whole morning shopping around and asking around for a long time. Although some people had the intention to sell their courtyard house.
But these people are worried that after selling their courtyard house, they will not be able to buy a suitable house in a hurry and have no place to live for their whole family, so they hesitate.
Lin Mai offered a reward at a place where some old men and women gathered to chat. If she could get the landlord to sell the courtyard house, she would be rewarded three hundred yuan.
No matter which city it is, grandfathers and ladies are the most well-informed.
With them helping to inquire, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
The weather in Beijing was cool at the end of August. Although he had been shopping all morning, Lin Mai was not very tired.
She went directly to the time-honored barbecue restaurant that Bai's father mentioned.
Father Bai and the others have been here a long time ago and are already waiting in the private room.
Lin Mai saw a gentle and beautiful young woman holding a baby girl less than one year old in her arms. He guessed that this young woman was the eldest sister Bai Yan.
As soon as Bai Yan saw Lin Mai, she stood up with the baby in her arms and asked kindly: "Is this my little sister? She's so beautiful!"
Father Bai waved to Lin Mai: "This is your eldest sister."
Lin Mai smiled and called: "Sister."
Bai Yan happily responded and asked her to sit next to her.
As soon as Lin Mai sat down, Bai Yan touched her and handed her a simple red envelope wrapped in red paper with a smile.
Lin Mai was stunned for a moment: "Why did eldest sister give me a red envelope?"
Bai Yan said gently: "This is a meeting gift for you!"
Lin Mai declined: "I don't want it."
Bai's father and Bai Lu's brother and sister both persuaded her to accept it.
Lin Mai accepted it and then took a red envelope and gave it to the baby girl in Bai Yan's arms.
The baby girl smiled happily while holding a red envelope, showing a small mouth without any front teeth. She was very cute.
Father Bai handed Lin Mai the menu handed to him by the waiter and told her to order whatever she liked in the hotel and don't be afraid to spend money.
Lin Mai only ordered a few barbecue dishes as expected, but then stopped.
Although Father Bai and brother and sister Bai Lu were very kind to her, they had never lived together before, so there was still a sense of unfamiliarity. Lin Mai could not be as casual as he was with Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang.
Seeing this, Father Bai added many more varieties.
Lin Mai teased the baby girl and asked Bai Yan how old her niece was and what her name was.
Bai Yan said: "You will be one year old in October, and your name is Yang Yao."
Lin Mai was a little surprised: "She's almost a year old, but she looks a little thin. I thought she was only seven or eight months old."
Bai Yan smiled bitterly.
Her mother-in-law favors boys over girls.
While she was at work, she secretly gave the milk powder she bought for her child to her second wife's son to drink, and fed her child rice soup. Of course, the little guy grew thin.
But Bai Yan didn't tell Lin Mai about her troubles.
The little sister had just met them, and she just wanted her to be happy and didn't want her to be worried about her affairs.
Bai Yan changed the topic and said: "Mai Zi, your niece doesn't have a nickname yet. Give your niece a nickname so that she can share in your joy of being the number one scholar and be as promising as you when she grows up."
Lin Mai didn't refuse. She thought about it seriously: "Just call it Tiantian. I wish the little baby a sweet life."
Bai Yan and Bai's father both said this name was good.
The little one was also babbling happily and waving her little hands, as if to show that she was satisfied.
There are several time-honored barbecue restaurants in Beijing, and Dad Bai chose the most expensive one.
This time-honored restaurant mainly specializes in roast beef, and is very particular about the ingredients and firewood.
The roasted beef is smooth, fat but not greasy, lean but not too dry, and tastes great. A family of four enjoyed eating it.
Bai Xia's mouth became oily after eating, and she said with emotion: "Thanks to my sister, I ate roast beef today. I usually don't eat it once a year."
Father Bai said angrily: "How much does it cost to eat a barbecue here? If you eat it twice more, your family will be poor."
Bai Xia chuckled and diligently advised Lin Mai to eat more.
Lin Mai thought that Bai's father had mentioned that he wanted to invite his brother-in-law, but she didn't see anyone.
She asked: "Why didn't my brother-in-law come?"
Bai Yan explained: "Your brother-in-law works in middle school today and can't come."
Lin Mai said oh and said nothing more.
After finishing the barbecue, Dad Bai called the waiter over and prepared to pay and leave.
Lin Mai rushed to pay the bill, but was stopped by Bai's father and his son.
Dad Bai said while paying the bill: "I'm treating my biological daughter to a nice meal, and she has to pay the bill herself. Am I treating her as a treat?"
When paying the bill, Bai's father ordered some roast beef for Lin Mai to take home as a supper.
Lin Mai doesn't have the habit of eating late night snacks. Even if she eats late night snacks, she only eats low-calorie white rice porridge, mainly because she is afraid of gaining weight.
She refused and said she didn't want the roast beef, but Bai's father saw that she liked roast beef just now, so he was definitely being polite now, so he insisted on letting Lin Mai accept it.
The roast beef that Lin Mai had no choice but to accept.
Although his wallet was a little deflated after eating this barbecue meal, Bai's father was happy.
This was the first time he invited his biological little daughter to dinner.
The five father and son stood in front of the barbecue restaurant and parted.
Bai Yan lovingly smoothed Lin Mai's hair: "I was supposed to invite my little sister to my house.
But it’s not convenient for me to live with my parents-in-law.
I will be assigned a house around the National Day, and then I can invite my little sister to play at my house."
Lin Mai smiled and said yes.
Bai Yan whispered in her ear: "Why did mom tell you that both Lulu and Xia Xia told me?
I know you feel aggrieved.
If Mom is confused, we are not confused, and we will treat you well."
Lin Mai nodded.
After breaking up with Bai's father and others, Lin Mai opened the red envelope Bai Yan gave her on the way. There was one hundred and sixty-six yuan in it. This red envelope was really big.
Lin Mai returned to the hotel and prepared to take a nap.
In the afternoon, she would go out to find out who was selling courtyard houses, so she had to recuperate her energy.
As soon as she entered the hotel, she heard someone calling her name from behind.
Even without looking back, Lin Mai could tell that the person calling her was Mama Bai.