"Ha ha..."

A group of people laughed, and Ji Bingqing nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Jiaojiao, it's true. Don't say three days, just two days, I guarantee you will go to all the nearby stores to buy chili peppers."

"I'll take a bottle of chili."

Li Jiaojiao made plans in advance, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Next year we will take our parents, brother and sister-in-law with us. Since there will be many people, we need to bring two more bottles."

Tuantuan, who was playing with small toys nearby, came over and said to her, "Auntie, there are snails, shrimps, and big crabs in the sea."

"Tuantuan, did you go fishing with your parents? Did you see any seagulls?" Li Jiaojiao asked gently.

“I see, it’s flying in the sky.”

"Dad took me to swim in the sea. There was so much water. Dad held me in his arms while I swam."

"Dad took me to catch crabs, and we looked for bugs in the sand. Bugs... I didn't eat the edible bugs, and neither did Dad. Mom did."

"I eat shrimps, snails, big snails, and big shells, the shells that you can hear."

Tuantuan talked to her and demonstrated actions to her at the same time. He was very smart and cute.

Ji Luo helped him translate, "There is a kind of sandworm that can be dug up on the beach. It is very nutritious. It is this long and looks like a worm. Neither the father nor the son eats it. I like it very much and often use it to make soup. The shell he mentioned is a shell. If you put a big shell next to your ear, you can hear a sound."

"Oh, the more I listen, the more excited I get. I must go there next summer vacation, otherwise I won't be able to sleep at night." Li Jiaojiao felt itchy in her heart.

"We have been in Guangzhou for more than half a year, and we haven't been to the beach yet. We really want to go there and have some fun. Let's make an appointment to go together next year."

Chen Zhifeng and his family also wanted to go, but they were busy with work and spent most of their time in the factory. They only occasionally took their wives and children to the city for a visit. They had not been to many of the famous scenic spots in Guangzhou.

"Okay, it's settled. We'll go together next year." He Jie made the final arrangements.

After sitting at Li's house for two hours and waiting for the rain outside to stop, they got up to say goodbye, went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some gifts, and rode their bicycles to visit Chen's house in Xihegou.

Today, Ren Rongyan and his friends came over to play, so Chen Zhijun and his wife closed the shop early and went home. They are now slaughtering a chicken and making braised pork at home.

Chen Xiaodong, the eldest grandson of the Chen family, is over four years old. He is much more generous than when he was a child. When he saw Tuantuan, he immediately gave him his favorite toys to play with and stuffed some candies into his mouth. The two quickly became familiar with each other and played happily in the small yard in front of the house.

Yu Xiuzhu is also pregnant with her second child. She just found out at the beginning of the month. She is only two months pregnant now. She is in good health and is still helping out in the store.

"Ji Luo, Bingqing, you should also have one or two more babies to give Tuantuan and Chaohui another companion. You two young couples are capable and can earn money, so you can afford to raise one or two more kids." When Aunt Chen talked about children, she urged them to have children just like other elders.

"Aunt, Sister Luo and her family are planning to have a second child. Let's wait a little longer. Zhaohui hasn't been weaned yet, so we can plan for a second child next year."

Ji Bingqing also wanted to have two or three children. As her aunt said, the family conditions were good now and there was no financial burden to raise more children.

"That's right, that's right, as long as you two have a plan, it would be perfect to have the baby next year."

Aunt Chen was extremely pleased with her niece-in-law. She was holding her little nephew in her arms. Seeing him chasing after his two brothers, she smiled and teased him, "Huihui, do you want to go play with your two brothers?"

"He is very lazy. He doesn't want to move at all when you hold him in your arms. Only when you put him on the ground will he move his legs a few times." Ji Bingqing smiled and patted his son.

Aunt Chen chuckled, "He inherited this from Zhifeng. He would rather walk standing up than lying down. He has been like this since he was a child. His grandparents used to worry that he was a lazy guy and that he wouldn't be able to find a wife. But he stopped being like this when he grew up and is now very hardworking."

Chen Chaohui, who was lying on the ground, saw that no one was holding him. He looked at his mother and had to stagger to play with his brother.

While the female comrades were chatting at home, Ren Rongyan and his team went around the team. It was a rare occasion for him to come back, so he also visited his neighbors and gave some money to those neighbors whose families were in particularly difficult circumstances.

After walking around and passing by Zhou's house, he saw that it was overgrown with weeds, the mottled and dilapidated wooden door had collapsed, and there was no sign of life. Ren Rongyan asked, "Zhijun, is there no one here now?"

"Zhou Meimei had found a gangster to marry into her family. He was always fighting with the Zhou family at home, making the house a mess. Later, the gangster's friends seemed to have found some way to make money outside, and took them both away. They never came back, and no one in the team knew where they went."

"When they were at home, they had a mortal feud with the neighbors. They often resorted to knife-pulling and going crazy, which scared the neighbors. In the past, the neighbors always wanted to come over and take advantage of them, but maybe they were afraid that Zhou Meimei would come back and go crazy again, so they didn't think about this house for a year."

Next door are the Zhou family's side branch relatives. The whole family is not easy to deal with. They are the same as Zhou Dazhu's family. No one in the village likes them.

Ren Rongyan just asked casually and had no intention of intervening in the Zhou family's affairs. He took a walk outside and then went to the Chen family.

"Mom, dad is back."

Ji Luo finished preparing things in the living room. When he saw the man coming back, he waved at him with a smile: "Brother Yan, come quickly. Auntie dried some delicious hot sauce. I shamelessly asked for two bottles. You can take one to school later."

Aunt Chen was helping to fill the glass bottles with the sauce. She smiled and said, "You like this hot sauce. I'll make more next year and ask Zhijun to mail it to you."

“This is good stuff.”

Ren Rongyan loves to eat this. He picked up a large piece with chopsticks and threw it into his mouth, eating it with relish: "Delicious."

"Daddy, it's spicy." Tuantuan tried it a little bit before, but just licked it a little and didn't want it anymore.

"Well, it's spicy, you can't eat it."

Ren Rongyan picked him up and saw several glass bottles next to him, all filled with chili peppers, including chopped chili peppers, pickled chili peppers, and dried chili pepper flakes. Seeing Ji Bingqing sorting them out, he chuckled, "Bingqing, are you taking all of them to Yangcheng?"

"Well, these chili peppers made by my aunt are very delicious. I called her a long time ago and asked her to prepare some for us. We have to bring these over."

Aunt Chen was helping to fill the jars, saying, "Take these and eat them first. I'll make some more later, dry some more chilies and vegetables, and mail them to you later."

Ji Luo took two bottles of hot sauce, one bottle of chopped peppers and one bottle of pickled peppers. She planned to take them back to Kyoto to eat.

The Chen family also prepared a particularly sumptuous meal tonight, including a big braised rooster with ginger, a bowl of braised pork with brown sauce, a large pot of pork stewed with beans, and a bowl of spicy fish that goes very well with rice. Yu Xiuzhu carefully stewed a bowl of meatball and poached egg soup for the children. Tuantuan and Chaohui both loved this dish, and the two brothers ate two big bowls of it.

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