At noon.

Uncle Chen Hailin was cooking, and Li Guohong came to Ying Zhicheng's house next door and invited his family to come over and eat together.

There are only three people in Ying Zhicheng's family, his father and Ying Chanxi. Because Ying's grandfather came here from other places to take root in his early years, he has no relatives here, so the family is not busy during the Chinese New Year.

When they were young, Grandpa Ying and Li Luo's grandfather had a very good relationship, just like Ying Zhicheng and Li Guohong now.

So when the New Year comes, the Li family will directly call the three members of the Ying family to celebrate the New Year together.

With the arrival of Ying Zhicheng and others, the Li family's living room suddenly became more lively.

Grandparents, uncle Chen Hailin, aunt Li Xuexian, cousin Chen Yongqi.

Li Luo's family of three.

Adding in Ying Zhicheng's three people, we can have a table of 11 people at noon.

"It smells so good." Li Luo walked into the kitchen after smelling the smell, and saw Chen Hailin holding a large iron pot in his hand, stir-frying very skillfully, and the steam from the pot came to his face.

He glanced at the hot fried kidneys next to him, reached out and secretly picked up a piece, stuffed it into his mouth and started eating it.

"You kid." Chen Hailin couldn't do anything, so he could only laugh and scold, "You still want to eat? Help take it outside."

"Okay." Li Luo chuckled and took out some freshly fried vegetables beside him.

His uncle, Chen Hailin, was a very straightforward man. He was born in Chenjia Village next door. In his early years, his family was in poverty and there was no money to bury him after his father died, so he married into the Li family. Li Luo's grandfather paid for the burial of the old man.

Since then, my uncle has been living with his aunt in the countryside. He is responsible for taking care of the two elderly people on weekdays. At the same time, at the request of Li Guohong, he also takes care of Grandpa Ying next door.

In addition to taking care of the elderly, my uncle's main job is to follow a rural cooking team in surrounding villages and towns to cook for everyone.

Generally, whenever a family needs to set up a banquet, whether it's a wedding or a funeral, my uncle's cooking team can handle it.

Years of experience in cooking have also allowed him to develop good cooking skills.

After Li Luo graduated from college, he was able to work in a restaurant, but it was through his uncle's acquaintances that he was able to get the job.

Later, when he was down and out, he chose to sell fried rice noodles on the street. In fact, it was Chen Hailin's idea.

If it weren't for his uncle's repeated persuasion, Li Luo wouldn't have had the nerve to sell fried rice noodles on the street.

If the time at that time were pushed forward ten or twenty years, Li Luo might have followed his uncle to join their cooking team and set up banquets in the villages.

However, with the further development of urbanization later, there were more and more hotels and restaurants around the village. As people became richer, every household had a car. Young people did not like to set up banquets in rural areas and disliked the mess.

As a result, the kitchen team became lonely and turned more into setting up tables in restaurants.

My uncle also followed the disbanded cooking team and found a job in a nearby restaurant. The income was not as much as the previous cooking team, but the advantage was stability and he no longer had to work around. He also enjoyed the benefits of urbanization in disguise.

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"Hey, I'll do it, I'll do it. Li Luo, go sit and watch TV." Aunt Li Xuexian saw Li Luo coming out with a plate and said quickly, "Hailin, what's the matter with you? Did you ask Li Luo to help?"

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"I have nothing to do. Auntie, go and sit down." Li Luo smiled and brought the dishes to the round table in the living room.

Naturally, Li Xuexian would not be idle, and she brought out the next dishes together. A round table was filled with more than ten dishes. After the meal was served, she greeted the people in the living room to come to the table.

"Where's the brother-in-law?" Li Guohong asked Li Xuexian after he sat down, "Let's eat together."

"He said there are still two dishes that haven't been fried yet, so let's keep them hot first." Li Xuexian called everyone to sit down and said with a smile, "Otherwise, the dishes in front will not taste good when they are cold."

"Come, Qiqi sit with your brother, and Xixi sit next to Li Luo? You kids sit together."

"Hey, Zhicheng, your Xixi is really getting more and more beautiful. With her juicy face, she must be very popular in school."

"Thank you, aunt." Ying Chanxi smiled shyly, thanked her in a low voice, and then sat down next to Li Luo obediently.

Ying Zhicheng and Li Guohong were brothers, so when Ying Chanxi was at Li Luo's house, it was customary for Ying Chanxi to call him whatever Li Luo called his elder.

"I remember how good Xixi's academic performance is? She used to be the first in grade." Li Xuexian shared the bowls and chopsticks for everyone and sat down. Her eldest brother Li Guoru was not here and her husband was cooking. She, the second sister in the family, was responsible for taking care of the food.

topic at the dinner table.

Ying Zhicheng also smiled, picked up the bowl and asked Li Guohong to pour wine for him, and responded: "Xixi is now in the No. 1 Middle School, and at the end of the semester she is still the first in her grade, right?"

Ying Chanxi nodded reservedly.

Li Xuexian praised: "It would be great if Xixi was my daughter. I am so beautiful. Our family Qiqi didn't do well in studies before. If she could be one-tenth of Xixi's level, I would be so happy."

Already."

Chen Yongqi glanced at his mother, picked up the chopsticks without saying a word, and ate the food silently.

Lin Xiuhong on the side smiled and said: "I heard from Li Dao that Qiqi has been working with him recently, right? They all praise him for his serious work. His previous academic performance in school cannot explain everything."

When Li Luo heard this, he shook his head and laughed, thinking, Mom, that's not what you said about me at home.

As soon as these words came out, Li Xuexian also turned his attention to Li Luo and sighed: "As Xiu Hongqian said, doesn't your Li Luo also have a future? He performed exceptionally well in the high school entrance examination and was admitted to the attached No. 1 Middle School. He will be a promising undergraduate in the future.

Woolen cloth."

"By the way, Li Luo, how was your final exam?"

"I usually study more from Xixi. If I work hard, I can pass the exam, right? It's much better than your brother's junior college."

"Auntie." As soon as he talked about Li Luo, Ying Chanxi couldn't help but interrupt, even his voice was a little louder, with a little pride in his eyes, "Li Luo's grades are very good now. In the finals,

He ranked 17th in the school and ranked first in the class, not much worse than me."

She was showing off, but those who didn't know thought she was talking about her own achievements.

Just now, Li Xuexian praised her for being the first in her grade, but she was just saying thank you. Now when they talked about Li Luo's grades, she started talking on Li Luo's behalf instead.

When Li Xuexian heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Luo in surprise: "It's not easy, Li Luo, you worked so hard?"

"Xixi taught me well." Li Luo took a sip of the drink Ying Chanxi poured for him and said modestly, "She usually tutors me in my homework. Otherwise, how could I improve so quickly?"

"That's right, thanks to Xixi." Lin Xiuhong also said, "Don't say thank you in words, show it in action and give Xixi a chicken drumstick to eat."

"Have I not started to show off yet?" Li Luo stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a chicken drumstick for Ying Chanxi.

Ying Chanxi's eyebrows curled up happily, he raised his bowl to take the chicken legs, lowered his head and ate happily.

At the dinner table, we talked about the children's studies, future plans, Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong's breakfast shop, and the various banquets hosted by my uncle Chen Hailin recently.

Li Xuexian also talked about a lot of gossip in the village. This family was in debt and borrowed money from everywhere. That family got married. Her daughter joined a wealthy family and became a phoenix. She even bought a house in the city and followed her.

Lin Xiuhong and the two chatted happily.

Li Guohong and Ying Zhicheng were drinking some wine with the two elderly people, chatting casually about the world. Grandma was staring at Grandpa's wine glass, and stopped drinking when the amount was reached.

The three children on Li Luo's side ate their food in silence, and would only respond a few words when the adults talked about their topic.

"Brother, you are working with Brother Li Dao about running a factory, right?" Li Luo looked around and saw that the adults were chatting animatedly, so he started talking to Chen Yongqi.

Chen Yongqi hummed and continued to eat.

"What does the factory do?" Li Luo didn't know this in his previous life and had never heard anyone talk about it, so he had no idea what Li Dao was doing.

Moreover, because Li Dao did not take over the family business of his uncle Li Guoru, he instead likes to tinker with things on his own, so what he does may be different in a few years.

Li Luo only knew that after he graduated from college, Li Dao worked in live streaming, handling logistics, connecting with various suppliers, and providing consulting services to various anchors behind the scenes.

As for what Li Dao was doing in 2015, Li Luo really didn't know.

"It's just a factory that makes customized packaging materials and so on." Chen Yongqi said, "Isn't takeout very popular recently?"

"Brother Dao ordered takeout before, but every time it was delivered, it was cold, so I was wondering if this takeout box could have better insulation effect."

"Later, I worked with others and realized that there were indeed similar materials that could achieve the effect, so I found a few partners and built a factory together."

"However, because the factory was recently required by the government to move north, we haven't had time to expand our business. We will have to wait until next year to see the effects."

After hearing this, Li Luo was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his cousin was quite financially savvy.

Most people can only see the turmoil in the takeout industry and wonder if they can go in and have a drink, but he can see that the scraps next to this market are also of immeasurable value.

This takeout box business is neither small nor large. The demand is large, but the profit is low, so we can only follow the path of small profits but quick turnover.

In this current stage of fierce competition in the food delivery industry, it is definitely possible to make money.

Li Xuexian obviously heard what his son said, so he couldn't help but said to Lin Xiuhong next to him: "Qiqi set up that factory with Li Dao this year, and the salary offered to him is not low, more than 10,000, and letting him manage a workshop is much better than

His previous job with a few thousand people was much more reliable."

"That's really good." Lin Xiuhong was slightly surprised and praised her along with her words.

This job sounds easy. It mainly involves managing the work of the workers in the workshop. Unlike Lin Xiuhong and Li Guohong's breakfast shop, they have to get up early every day and do it themselves.

If it were in the past, Lin Xiuhong would probably be very envious, thinking that it would be great if her son could have such a high salary in the future.

But now... Lin Xiuhong just smiled and agreed with the compliment.

Although I don't want to show off that my son writes novels to earn royalties, at least I feel comfortable, and I am very happy just thinking about it.

People are created by comparison.

When she learned that her son's monthly manuscript fee was 370,000 yuan, Lin Xiuhong was even more shocked.

But at this moment, after actually comparing with other people's children, after having a very obvious advantage, the original shock gradually turned into secret joy, and the sense of superiority suddenly came up in my heart.

It's just that Lin Xiuhong is not a person who doesn't know the rules. It's enough to show off Li Luo's academic performance when she goes home. She won't say more about writing novels.
To be continued...