Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

At that moment, Chunni and He Yanqing returned to Lion Rock.

Chuchu and Cici, who had been drinking milk powder for a few days, were very dissatisfied with their parents who abandoned them. They turned their heads and looked at Chunni with tears in their eyes.

Chunni felt extremely distressed and quickly hugged Chuchu in her arms and kissed Cici, only then did she calm the two little darlings.

Old Mrs. Chu gently shook Cici and said to Chunni: "You might as well give up milk, so that Chuchu and Cici won't be waiting for you."

Chunni thought about it, handed Chuchu, who had been rubbing against her chest, to Ma Sao, and said, "Then you should stop doing it from now on."

Old Mrs. Chu advised: "Let's temporarily set aside a week! See if you can quit. You can go to the county to live these few days, so that Chu Ci won't bother you!"

"It seems that grandma doesn't care about the older one anymore now that she has the younger one!" Chunni pouted deliberately, packed some clothes, and followed He Yanqing to the county.

While in the county town, Chunni visited Chunni Hotel and Lirenfang.

Chunni Hotel has a superior geographical location, good quality food and reasonable prices, and has gained a good reputation in several nearby streets.

However, a clothing store opened near Lirenfang. People said it was a new style from Shanghai. The business was very good and it took away many old customers from Lirenfang. However, in the past two years, people's lives have been getting better and better, and they pay more attention to dressing up. More people buy clothes, so even if there is one more clothing store, it will not affect Lirenfang's revenue.

Chunni went to the city again, and happened to be in the afternoon when Chunni Restaurant was relatively idle. Chunni chatted with Li Shufen. As a boss, you still have to care about the emotional life of your employees.

"Shufen, your sister's baby is already over one year old, why haven't you reacted yet? Your mother is very worried about you!"

"I don't even have a man, she'd be worried if there was a reaction!"

Li Shufen is as humorous as ever.

"You know what I mean! I heard you went on a blind date last week. How was it?"

Chunni has been in the factory all this time, and has listened to a lot of things Li Shuhua said, such as her second sister has been on countless blind dates but failed, her third sister's boyfriend is urging her to get married, etc.

Li Shufen curled her lips, threw down the celery in her hand, and said angrily: "I don't know where the eldest sister found this person. She said that the four of them are workers in the city, with decent jobs and security. She asked me to go and meet them, and I went because I couldn't refuse. Bah, if they hadn't happened to work in the city more than ten years ago, wouldn't they still be a mud-legged peasant like me!? Can a pig pretend to be an elephant by sticking on a scallion?..."

Chunni...Li Shufen is still as good at swearing as ever!

Chunni had to interrupt Li Shuhua and asked, "Okay, okay. What's going on?"

Li Shufen sighed, took a deep breath, and then said, "His family knows that I'm a good cook, so they asked me to cook when we first met. Well, I understand that you want a hardworking daughter-in-law. I thought I'd just make do with it. So I went to the kitchen. His family had prepared a lot of dishes, including pork and fish. They also bought two Alstroemeria."

Chunni was puzzled. As the chef of Chunni Restaurant, Li Shufen’s cooking skills were impeccable. This level should be easy for her to pass! She asked, “It shouldn’t be like that. Your cooking is delicious!”

Li Shufen was quite satisfied with her cooking skills. She nodded vigorously and said, "The food is good. It's just that the little son of that family was naughty and took the pumpkin leaves out to play. He will take them back after I make the chicken mushroom egg soup."

Chunni understood a little bit. The chicken mushroom is not easy to wash, but it will be very clean if you use pumpkin leaves.

"The chicken mushrooms were not washed very clean, so there was only a little bit of flavor in the egg soup. The old woman told the matchmaker that she couldn't afford a daughter-in-law like me. She probably thought I was dissatisfied with her family and was deliberately embarrassing her!" Li Shuhua paused and said, "I don't understand. I have a good job and earn enough. More than that family combined! I'm not popular, but I'm pretty. Why doesn't his family like me?"

Chunni patted her shoulder to comfort her, "Well, when buying a pig, you have to look at the pen. This old lady is just nitpicking. It seems that this man may not be that good." Seeing Li Shufen's sad expression, she hurriedly said, "It is possible that good things will come out of bad things! It's just that there are only two brothers in this family, and the younger brother is so much younger, so the possibility of you dividing the family after marriage is small. Of course, that's assuming you are willing to work harder!"

When Li Shufen reached the marriageable age, her mother urged her to marry. She was so eager that she refused to go back to Shizishan even during the holidays! This blind date was introduced by a familiar customer. The family of three were all workers in the city's textile factory. They were honest and simple, and tall and strong. Li Shufen was willing to visit his home only when she was satisfied.

Chunni asked cautiously: "So what are you going to do?"

Li Shufen sniffed, raised her head and looked at Chunni firmly: "We are finished. When his mother asked me to cook, he didn't say anything. When his mother drank the egg soup with a look of disgust, he didn't say a few words to help. I knew that we were finished. I have seen clearly that he is too honest and listens to his mother too much, and his mother doesn't like me. He has no ability to deal with the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. I am determined to marry him, and I will definitely endure the bullying. I will not endure that kind of bullying."

Chunni really likes Li Shufen's temper. She dares to love and hate, and lets go when she says so. She encourages her: "If you break up, break up. The next one will be better!"

Li Shufen's mood suddenly brightened up, and she smiled, "With my ability, I can definitely find a better one!"

Before going to bed at night, Chunni was still sighing to Yanqing: "I don't know what's wrong with this society!? Women are more biased towards boys than men, and I am clearly the victim. After years of being a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, I have become a mother-in-law, and I find fault with my daughter-in-law and force her to follow my old path."

He Yanqing hugged his wife, thought carefully, and then comforted her: "That's because you haven't read enough. Reading makes people wise!"

Chunni retorted: "No, there are also remnants of feudal ideas such as favoring sons over daughters in intellectual families. I have little education, so don't lie to me!"

"Haha." He Yanqing didn't expect Chunni to react so quickly. He couldn't solve the problem of the century, so he could only smile foolishly.

Chunni thought that this problem would still exist in the 21st century, so she stopped worrying about it.

He Yanqing finished laughing and became complacent, "Fortunately, you don't have a mother-in-law, so you don't have to deal with these problems."

Chunni thought about this and comforted He Yanqing again: "I believe my mother-in-law is reasonable and will never do anything to make you and me uncomfortable."

He Yanqing thought of his mother who passed away young, and felt unhappy.

The two of them went to sleep with their own thoughts.