Chen ijuan said dotingly:
"Lin Xu wanted to eat this dish as soon as he learned to walk. He cried because it was spicy, but kept eating while crying, getting his face all greasy..."
Is this sothing Xu Bao ate as a child?
Then I absolutely have to try it!
"Thanks, Mom. If Xu Bao likes it, then I like it too. Please make more of it."
"Sure, I’ll make plenty so my dear daughter-in-law can have her fill!"
After dinner, Lin Xu didn’t busy himself in the kitchen. Instead, he took the whole family to the back of the complex and packed up all the clothes from the master bedroom.
Starting tonight, this master bedroom will belong to cousin Chen Yuanyuan. Lin Xu and Shen Baobao will move into their new ho tonight. The new master bedroom is ready, and new bedding is already laid out.
Chen ijuan and Lin Hongqi will move in as well.
There’s not much stuff here, a quick tidy-up and it’s good to go.
That way Xiaoqi can move into the second bedroom over the weekend.
Though it’s called the second bedroom, it’s quite similar to the master one, with a large window and a wardrobe. When Grandpa Gao was renovating, he prepared for subletting.
"Yuanyuan, tonight you’ll be living with that reporter we t at the scenic area, Zeng. Oh, she’s promoted to director now, let add you to our little group."
While everyone was packing, Shen Baobao added Chen Yuanyuan to the group chat [Good Sisters Group].
As soon as she joined, Zeng Xiaoqi jumped in to greet:
"A newcor? Reveal your voice, your photos, and your asurents quickly, or face whips and candles!"
Chen Yuanyuan: "..."
Do people in Beijing greet each other this openly?
That group na, that way of welcoming people.
Oh... quite eye-opening.
Shen Baobao said in the group:
"This is my family’s Xu Bao’s cousin Chen Yuanyuan."
With that, Zeng Xiaoqi recognized her.
"Yuanyuan’s in Beijing? Welco, welco! We’ll be good friends living under the sa roof, Director Chen, please take care of us."
Back then, Chen Yuanyuan was the self-appointed director of the ticket office at the scenic area, though she was the only one there, a one-person team.
She didn’t expect Xiaoqi to rember this and sent a handshake emoji:
"I hope Director Zeng will also take good care of ."
"Ha, easy, easy... By the way, Yuanyuan, what size are you?"
Size?
Why do you want to know?
Chen Yuanyuan replied:
"36C, what’s the matter, Director Zeng?"
On the other end of the line, Zeng Xiaoqi instantly went silent.
Turns out it’s the sa size as Shu Baobao, can’t there be a smaller one to balance things out?
Seeing this ssage, Chen Yan and Shu Yun each sent a laughing emoji.
Clearly, they understood what Director Zeng ant.
So, instead of finding superiority, Zeng was once again overshadowed.
Why did you ask in the first place?
"Yueyue, what’s up with reporter Zeng? Why did she stop talking after asking?"
"Her size is only 34B, in the group she’s smallest except for Lele, so she becos everyone’s teasing target."
Chen Yan’s age and Zeng Xiaoqi’s size, the two major sore points in the group.
Chen Yuanyuan asked curiously:
"Does no one tease Lele?"
"People don’t dare, that girl is too clever, provoking her is asking for trouble."
All the clothes were packed up, shoes put into boxes.
The family didn’t have much else, plenty of cardboard boxes, all part of Dundun’s toys that could be borrowed.
"Are we bringing Dundun’s toys along?"
"Yes, take all of them. I heard cats can easily get stressed if they don’t have familiar toys and items in a new environnt."
While chatting, Zou Cheng showed up with two young n upstairs:
"President Shen, the car is ready, shall we start moving things downstairs?"
"Let’s move then!"
As they moved things out, Zeng Xiaoqi packed all her dormitory belongings, called for a small cargo truck from the TV station, and helped transport them to the community behind Lin Ji’s Food.
Ha, there’s dinner at ho now, no need to envy Lin Ji’s breakfast anymore.
Feels like a beautiful life is beckoning.
After Lin Xu and the others took away their personal items, Chen Yuanyuan cleaned up all the rooms, mopped the floor. While she was busy, Zeng Xiaoqi arrived.
"Welco, Director Zeng. Do you have a lot of stuff? I can help you move it downstairs."
"Sure, once we’re done, let’s go check out the new house. That place is my dream ho, I need to see it once more before moving in."
The two of them busily moved stuff in, packed them up, then took a taxi to the new house.
At four in the afternoon.
Originally wanting to cook a al in the new ho, Chen ijuan found the kitchen unprepared, so she had to go back to the store to eat. Her plan was to host a small family dinner at ho tonight, inviting the in-laws.
But it seems it has to wait until tomorrow.
"We’ll do it tomorrow morning, Shuzhen, you and Guofu co early, we’ll have breakfast at ho, consider it christening the kitchen for the kids."
"Alright, we’ll co over early tomorrow, though it’s more work for ijuan again."
"What work? After seeing this house, I feel full of energy."
Chen ijuan was thrilled, very pleased with the new house.
Our Lin Family actually has a top-floor duplex with a sky garden in Beijing, it’s simply stunning.
Back at the store, she washed her hands and went to Lin Xu’s usual small kitchen for recording videos, to prepare the stuffed green peppers her daughter-in-law wanted.
This is an authentic Central Plains dish, but as people migrated around China, stuffed green peppers have spread nationwide. For example, migrating Ke Families from the Central Plains are skilled at making different stuffed dishes.
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