"It's the fourth brother to read the full text." Xiaoqi poked his head out from between Lian Man'er and Lian Ye'er and whispered. His eyes were sharp and he could see more clearly. "Ah, there is also the sixth brother. They must have gone to steal meatballs."

The fried meatballs and steamed meat were placed in the greenhouse, waiting for the meal tomorrow. The Lian family prepared ten tables of banquets to entertain visitors. The Lian family’s own family would not be able to sit at the table at that time. Lian Man’er and his children had no seats and could only wait to eat the remaining things on the table.

In this era, some rural families could only eat fried meatballs and a little meat during the Chinese New Year. Therefore, there was usually no left in the banquet for daily routines, especially the meatballs and meat, which were not left at all. Some people who came to the banquet were reluctant to eat them themselves, but would take these delicious food homes and give them tooth sacrifices to the children who could not come to the banquet.

This kind of thing is very common and everyone is used to it.

Therefore, although the Lian family prepared a large basin of fried meatballs and steamed meat, the children of the Lian family could not eat at all. Of course, some people love their children and would leave some for the children to eat, but the Lian family did not have this habit. Even if Zhou wanted to keep some food, only Lian Xiu'er could eat it. Not to mention Lian Man'er, Lian Ye'er, and even the children in the second room could not eat it.

So it was not surprising that Silang and Liulang went to steal food while it was dark.

Lian Man'er saw Silang and Liulang waving and crawling into the shed. Then, he heard Lian Xiu'er shouting in the upper room.

"What are you two doing? Put down the things quickly."

"...I was seen by my aunt." Xiaoqi lay down by the door, covering his mouth and laughing.

This cooking shed is built between the landlord's house and the east wing. Zhou is such a smart person. How could he not have thought that people would look at the cooked dishes to prevent people from eating them secretly? Lian Xiu'er did not look outside, but opened the window next to the shed door. She kept sitting in the house and watching. Anyone who wants to enter the shed must pass by her eyes.

Silang and Liulang ran out. Lian Xiuer moved faster and ran out of the upper room and intercepted him.

"You two are greedy. What are your grandfather and your grandmother saying? You won't let you eat it secretly. If there is not enough food for tomorrow, do you two make up for it?" Lian Xiu'er pointed at Silang and Liulang and cursed.

Lian Man'er came out of the house. Only then did she see clearly that Silang and Liulang had bulging mouths, with oil on their mouths. Both of them closed their mouths tightly and were trying to swallow the food they had full mouths. The two of them were still holding some meatballs and pork strips in their hands.

At this time, Zhou also ran out of the upper room. She looked at Silang and Liulang first, cursed hatefully, then stepped on her feet and entered the shed like a gust of wind. After a sound of bowls and bowls rolling, Zhou came out of the shed with a blue face.

"Little Baba Lamb has a boil in his mouth, so he is so greedy. It's not enough to eat meatballs. He also secretly eats pork. He is not afraid of suffocating to death..."

Zhou was really annoyed and went forward. He grabbed Silang's hand, knocked a few pieces of meat in Silang's hand to the ground, and then went to grab Liulang.

"There must be two bowls..., the little turtle boy who is a prodigal." Zhou stomped his feet in distress, and slapped Liulang in the face again.

Liulang was not brave enough, so he cried out with a wow, and even spit out the buttons that had not been swallowed in his mouth.

At this time, even Shouyi, He and others came out of the house. When Zhou saw He, he became more and more angry.

"What kind of mother will have a kind of child. Look at the beautiful things you taught (read shai, the third tone) that have lost all the faces of our family... You are a dark woman, you are not stealing food, you are a disaster for the family, look, look..." Zhou pointed to the pork that fell on the ground, "This is enough for two bowls of pork. Tomorrow I will not have enough seats. I see where you go to give birth to two bowls of bowls for me..."

Zhou pointed at He and cursed. He was thick-skinned and couldn't help but turn blue and white.

"I'll ask you to steal food again, I'll ask you to steal..." He grabbed Liulang, raised his hand, and slapped him in the face.

Zhou also hit Liulang just now, but she was so angry that she raised her hand and landed it on Liulang's face. To be fair, she never hit her grandchildren. If she was not satisfied with anyone, she would just call her son and daughter-in-law to discipline herself. However, He hit Liulang very hard, and every slap fell down, and it was crackling. Liulang was already crying like a pig killer, and the sound could almost be transmitted to the field outside the village.

Zhou was annoyed. She felt that He was a protest to Liulang, and that he was not taking her as a mother-in-law seriously. Of course, if He did not hit Liulang, she would think that He was protecting the child and not taking her seriously.

"You hit him to death, are you calling me?" Zhou pointed at He and cursed, "If you beat him to death, you will have this cramp tomorrow. A good child will be ruined by your greedy and lazy woman. You have made me credit..."

The noise outside became increasingly louder and louder. Liulang and Silang were crying loudly, and He and Zhou were also clapping their hands and cried.

Even the old man and others from the family walked out of the house. Everyone stood in the yard and refused to let He beat Liulang again. At the same time, they also persuaded Zhou.

Lian Man'er and a few backed back. Seeing that everyone's attention was on Zhou and He, she couldn't help but take a look into the shed.

"Yeah." Lian Man'er touched her chin and her eyes rolled.

"Second Sister." Xiaoqi pulled the corner of Lianman'er's clothes, and his big eyes shook his eyes in the direction of the shed.

"Just take meatballs, not pork ribs." Lian Man'er whispered to Xiaoqi, and while everyone was not paying attention to them, he happened to steal some meatballs out to eat.

Seeing that Lian Man'er agreed, Xiao Qi immediately narrowed his eyes with a smile. Lian Zhier and Lian Man'er stood together. Lian Zhier wanted to stop him, but Xiao Qi had already entered the shed.

Lian Zhier glanced at Lian Man'er helplessly.

Lian Man'er smiled and signaled Lian Zhi'er to cover Xiao Qi with her. Lian Zhi'er had no choice but to agree. Lian Man'er waved to Wulang, Zhang Caiyun and Lian Ye'er, and the children didn't say anything. They understood each other's meaning with their eyes. They lined up in a row and used human walls to cover Xiao Qi to smuggle a large bowl of meatballs into the west wing.

At this time, the old man Lian had already spoken. Lian Shouyi and He took Silang and Liulang back to the east wing, and Zhou took Zhang and Zhao into the shed to clean up the aftermath.

Several children returned to the west wing and laughed around the big bowl of meatballs.

"I won't be discovered, right?" Lian Zhier said.

"No, I grabbed this meatball from a big basin." Xiaoqi said with his chest straightened.

"It shouldn't be." Lian Man'er said. The situation is so chaotic now that Zhou found that there were fewer meatballs, so he would only think that it was stolen by Silang and Liulang, hehe.

"It's still hot, eat it." Lian Man'er picked up a meatball and gave it to Xiaoqi first.

"Yeah, it's delicious." Xiaoqi took it and put it in his mouth, and ate it happily.

Lian Zhier and Goro are a little older and think this is a bit nonsense.

"Brother, sister, don't worry about you two." Lian Man'er said, "Didn't you say that the meatballs are fried more and there is plenty of surplus, and the pork is the one that is made of Ke Ding Ke Mao."

Zhang was responsible for helping Chu Zi He. She knew the best of which dish is too much and whether it was enough. She bought so much meat, but there was no extra meatball, but fried a few more meatballs, just a handful of noodles and a little oil. Chu Zi handled more noodles and knew the situation in rural areas best. She deliberately fried some meatballs, just to leave a portion for the children to "stole" food.

It is common for me to do things from home, and it is fried more meatballs to give the children a tooth sacrifice. Just now, Silang and Liulang went to steal food, but Lian Man'er thought they were going to steal meatballs and didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, they even ate the pork with a piece of pork. It would be fine if they ate one or two slices of pork. But they were too greedy. If the pork with the dishes was not enough tomorrow, it would be difficult to deal with.

Zhou was annoyed because of this.

Lian Man'er's words made sense, and everyone had no worries in their hearts and started eating meatballs. As a result, when Zhang came back, he saw it. Lian Man'er quickly signaled Xiaoqi to go over and hug Zhang's thighs.

"Mom, we didn't take too much..." Lian Man'er said to Zhang in a pleasing manner.

Zhang shook his head helplessly. Everyone has such things to do when doing things. The children are sensible and don’t eat too much. When everyone sees it, they just laugh it off. She believes that Lian Man’er and his friends only ate meatballs for dinner last night, but now they steal meatballs to eat, not because they are greedy, but because they are fun. Fortunately, they are still at ease in their work.

"You guys, I won't allow it next time. If there are not enough meatballs, no one can hold back your breasts scolding." Zhang said.

Lian Man'er knew that Zhang said this and was fine, so she started to laugh.

The next day, everyone still got up early and started to get busy. The banquet was scheduled to be held at the beginning of noon. Everyone in the village had already received the ceremony and would just come to the banquet before the banquet started.

As soon as breakfast was over, the wife Zhao Xiucai and Mrs. Li Xiucai from the town came to take the gifts. This time it was Gu, Jiang, and Lian Huaer who personally welcomed them to entertain them. Both scholars gave them silk rulers and a pair of silver bracelets, which was a very heavy gift in rural areas.

Those who came yesterday were mostly relatives and friends of the Lian family, but today these two people are because they have a good relationship with Gu in the town. Zhao and Li are also from high school next year.

Lian Ye'er brought the tea tray and brought two cups of hot tea. Lian Huaer picked it up at the door, brought it to the room, wiped the water marks on the edge of the cup with a handkerchief, and first brought it to Zhao Xiucai's wife.

When Mrs. Zhao Xiucai saw that the tea soup was clear, she praised, "Good tea."

"This is the tea brewed by Huaer himself." Gu said.

Mrs. Zhao Xiucai brought the tea bowl and took a sip. The smile on her face immediately froze.

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Chapter completed!