Chapter 423: Bonded Workers Take a Holiday
The war at the dinner table has entered a fierce stage.
There are only so many good dishes at a banquet. Even if it is a Jiang family banquet, and even if two old men cook the dishes, there are only a few dishes that are truly worth putting aside the brother/sister relationship to fight for.
Even the much-anticipated cannonball has only one of the best parts. No matter how superb Jiang Weiming's cooking skills are, he can't make different parts of the meat equally tasty, juicy, tender, and delicious.
Therefore, it actually only takes a few minutes from the start of the war at the dinner table to the intense heat and the end.
A few minutes later, Jiang Feng burped.
The battle just now was so intense that Jiang Feng forgot his original plan in his desperation and ate two pancakes, five cannonballs and a moon cake. Although he was not full, he ate in such a hurry that he couldn't help but eat when he stopped. He burped.
Jiang Shoucheng was minding his own business enjoying the eight-treasure chestnut pigeon when he saw Jiang Feng burping and handed over the Coke at hand: "Take a bottle of Coke and squeeze it."
Jiang Feng took the coke, gulped it down, burped again with carbon dioxide bubbles, and continued eating.
Ji Xia, who witnessed all this:! ! !
It turns out that drinking water after eating really helps!
Ji Xia also opened the Coke in front of him and drank half the bottle of Coke.
"Hiccup."
It's a full, carbon dioxide-filled burp.
"Hiccup." Ji Xia covered her mouth, feeling like she couldn't control her hiccups.
Hearing two consecutive belches, Jiang Junlian couldn't help but look at Ji Xia. Seeing that the piece of cannonball in her bowl had not moved, she asked, "Are you really full?"
Ji Xia nodded repeatedly.
"Then let me eat this piece for you. Don't waste it." Jiang Junlian took the cannonball back.
"Do you still want to eat the eight-treasure chestnut-flavored pigeon? My brother said it was specially reserved for you." Jiang Junlian took a fancy to Ji Xia's eight-treasure chestnut-flavored pigeon.
Ji Xia shook her head repeatedly.
Jiang Junlian took away the eight-treasure chestnut pigeon.
"Do you still want to eat this orange?"
Ji Xia then shook his head.
Jiang Junlian took away the crab-stuffed orange again.
Jiang Junlian paid for an excellent piece of cannonball and received the original piece of cannonball, a portion of eight-treasure chestnut pigeon and a portion of crab-stuffed orange.
Jiang Junqing, who witnessed all this, gave Jiang Juanlian a meaningful look.
He is a master.
"Sister, give me half of the eight-treasure chestnut pigeon!"
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The Mid-Autumn Festival feast was a lively one.
Jiang Feng's table was dominated by the two sisters, Jiang Junlian and Jiang Junqing, who were noisy. The Jiang family's grandchildren were all mature and steady, and they were too focused on eating to have any free time to talk.
Jiang Feng's table was relatively quiet, but the elders' table was quite lively. The Jiang family's daughter-in-law group, headed by the eldest aunt, first boasted about Grandma Jiang's pancakes, and then ordered the dishes cooked by the two old men. He boasted in a different way. Among them, the most sincere one was when praising the cannon dolphin. The eldest aunt used 7 idioms to describe the cannon dolphin and the second aunt almost didn't answer the question.
In the end, the Jiang family's daughter-in-law team did not forget to praise Professor Li and his wife. Although they were not very familiar with each other, it did not prevent them from complimenting them. Anyway, praising people is just like writing an essay. There are a lot of essays in the world, and praising people is always the same. Grasp a central point, and the rest is all nonsense. As long as the words are used correctly, the compliment will be considered a success.
At the end of the dinner, Chen Suhua's perception of herself had some deviations.
"My eldest daughter-in-law, although she usually looks cold and indifferent, she is a nice person, especially with that mouth that knows how to talk." Grandma Jiang said to Chen Suhua with a smile as she still had some unfinished thoughts while clearing away the dishes.
Grandma Jiang is already thinking about whether to make pancakes for her eldest daughter-in-law who can talk tomorrow morning.
"She can indeed speak." Chen Suhua agreed very much, "She makes people feel comfortable when she opens her mouth. She speaks directly from our hearts."
"That's not true. It's a pity that I only gave birth to 5 brats and not a daughter. If I gave birth to a daughter..." Grandma Jiang was stunned, thinking about her two good-tasting, lazy, bad-mouthed and sweet-mouthed boys. The granddaughter suddenly felt that there was nothing good about her daughter.
"How?" Chen Suhua didn't know that Grandma Jiang's mind jumped so quickly and she was still stuck on the previous topic.
"I asked her to study hard and stop thinking about being lazy and sweet-talking her every day."
Chen Suhua:? ? ?
You didn't seem to mean it just now.
In Grandma Jiang's mind, the two granddaughters who knew how to be lazy and playful every day were now exchanging feelings with Ji Xia.
"Xia Xia, have you been to the Great Wall?"
"No."
“Have you been to the Forbidden City?”
"No."
“Have you seen the national flag being raised?”
"No."
"Brother, you are going too far!" The two sisters said in unison, turning their guns on Jiang Feng, who was in love with Wu Minqi, no, discussing cooking skills.
Jiang Feng:? ? ?
"Xia Xia has eaten roast duck." Jiang Feng said.
"Twice."
Rampage!
Considering that today is a holiday, no matter how cruel a landlord is, he should give his bonded workers a half-day off. Even high school seniors usually give half-day off during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Ji Xia is not an ordinary bonded worker, she is a gold medal bonded worker who never works 996, works 24 hours a day without any salary, and even takes care of the health of Jiang Feng's family. Capitalist Jiang Feng decided that since today was the Mid-Autumn Festival, putting Ji Xia in the back kitchen would do nothing but cause trouble. It was rare for Ji Xia to meet two peers who could talk to each other, so he generously gave Ji Xia half a day off. I went out to play with the two sisters Jiang Junlian and Jiang Junqing, and even got a certain amount of funds for the trip.
"Xia Xia." Jiang Feng walked towards Ji Xia with a pleasant look, "You have worked hard today. It's a big holiday. You don't have to go to the store later. Let's go out and play with your two junior uncles."
"Okay, great!" Jiang Junlian directly agreed for Ji Xia, looking at Jiang Feng, her eyes filled with the word "pay."
Of course Jiang Feng had to give money, and he had to give money to Jiang Juanlian. Who said Ji Xia didn't have a mobile phone and Jiang Feng didn't have cash himself.
"Eight hundred!" Jiang Junlian said loudly.
"Eight hundred? What are you going to do? Three hundred at most!" Jiang Feng cut him in half and subtracted one hundred.
"At least six hundred. Jun Qing and I took Xia Xia to eat roast duck. Xia Xia was so pitiful that she had only eaten roast duck twice." Jiang Junlian almost said that I was so pitiful that she had only eaten roast duck once.
"It costs six hundred to eat roast duck for three people. Do you think you...oh, six hundred, right? I'll forward it to you on WeChat." Jiang Feng immediately took out his mobile phone and the deal was concluded.
"Come back early, preferably before half past nine." Jiang Feng warned.
Jiang Juanlian took Ji Xia's hand and led her out, as excited as a piglet being released from the market: "Xia Xia, I told you that the roast duck in the roast duck restaurant I ate before was particularly delicious. Juan Qing and I will take you now. Past.”
"But we just finished eating..."
"It's okay. You can continue eating when you get there. If you can't eat, I'll help you eat." Jiang Junlian was extremely enthusiastic.
"I can also help you eat!" Jiang Junqing took the opportunity to interrupt.
"Oh, that's right." Jiang Junlian suddenly stopped, ran back a few steps, and found her biological mother, "Mom, when you go back later, help us take those unpacked mooncakes back. The rest are all It’s for Grandpa Li. You must take the broken ones back! We went out to play with Xia Xia.”
"I know, be careful on the road and come back early." The fifth aunt smiled angrily, and turned to Chen Suhua and said, "My two daughters are naughtier than the boys, especially Juan Lian. Her four brothers were naughty when they were young. They were so noisy. When they came here today, they said they wanted to bring so many mooncakes. I brought them here for you to try. I told her that there were so many mooncakes that you two would definitely not be able to finish them all. But guess what she said, she said there were two boxes for Dahua, who didn’t eat any mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It’s so lonely. Tell me what she is thinking about every day.”
"It's better for girls to be noisy and energetic." Chen Suhua said with a smile, but her eyes drifted towards the pig pen.
Thoughtful. (End of chapter)