Jiangbin Garden Community.

This is an old residential complex. Although it is a bit old, the green environment is still good, and the property services are good. Every place is tidy and clean.

Nancy returned to Haicheng and chose to buy a second-hand house here, partly because she had not started working yet and did not want to spend all her money on buying a house.

Another important reason is that this place is very close to the hospital where Zhou Jinfan works. It only takes fifteen minutes to drive here and half an hour to walk there.

Zhou Jinfan didn't have work in the evening, so the two decided to make a sumptuous meal to reward their stomachs.

So after leaving the mall, they went to a nearby market and bought some seafood and some vegetables.

Nancy is from the south and theoretically cannot eat spicy food. However, perhaps because she has been poor since childhood, her stomach and intestines have a strong adaptability and she is not averse to spicy food.

Zhou Jinfan is from the north and can eat spicy food very well. He simply loves spicy food.

After being with Zhou Jinfan, Nancy also developed a liking for spicy food. Before giving birth to their daughter An An, the two often cooked together, and the dish they made most often was spicy hot pot.

"How about we have hotpot later?" Zhou Jinfan suggested excitedly on the way back.

Nancy looked at her daughter tenderly: "An An, do you want to eat spicy crayfish?"

Zhou Anan withdrew her gaze from the window and fell quietly on her mother. After hearing what she said, her eyes moved slightly.

She never forgot the first time she learned to eat spicy food from her parents. The spiciness made her tongue stick out and her face was covered with tears.

That was the most embarrassing time she felt, but her parents did not laugh at her. They even shared with her a funny story about the first time they ate spicy food when they were little and it was so spicy that it made them cry and have runny noses.

From then on, she started to like spicy food. Although she would still cry because of the spiciness, she was very happy.

"An An wants to eat the spicy crayfish dry pot made by my mother." Zhou An An nodded without hesitation.

Nancy and Zhou Jinfan looked at each other and both couldn't help laughing.

They are two big foodies and gave birth to a little foodie!

After returning home, Zhou Anan went to her own little room to do her homework. Nancy started washing vegetables in the kitchen. Zhou Jinfan changed his clothes and went into the kitchen.

Without waiting for Nancy to say anything, he took the bag of crayfish and went to the pool to clean it.

The two have been together for so many years that they have already formed a tacit understanding. Without words, they understand each other's intentions.

Nancy washed the rice and cooked it. Seeing that Zhou Jinfan had already washed the lobster, she started cutting the side dishes.

His right hand, which usually holds a scalpel, is now holding a kitchen knife with equal skill, and his technique of cutting vegetables is very skillful.

Heat the pan and pour in oil, sauté the scallions, ginger and garlic until fragrant.

Nancy poured the crayfish in and started stir-frying quickly over high heat. After a while, the lobsters turned a beautiful red color.

"Add some perilla?" Zhou Jinfan asked unexpectedly.

Nancy prefers to eat perilla. She has liked the smell of perilla since she was a child and always adds a little bit of it when making braised fish and duck.

She was about to agree when she suddenly remembered that she didn't buy it.

"It's too late to buy it now," said Nancy.

Zhou Jinfan smiled at her and said, "Wait for me." Then he took off his apron and walked out of the kitchen.

Nancy only heard the door being opened and closed, and thought Zhou Jinfan drove out to buy it, so she chuckled and shook her head.

A few minutes later, Zhou Jinfan came back with a bunch of perilla leaves, which were still pulled out with the roots.

"Have you become a speedster?" Nancy teased him.

Zhou Jinfan washed the perilla leaves and replied, "My neighbor gave them to me."

Nancy was a little surprised. Zhou Jinfan had only moved in for a few days, and he was already familiar with the neighbors next door?

"Next door is a couple about our age. I ran into them yesterday when I got home from get off work and said hello. When they opened the door, I smelled a strong aroma of perilla. I figured they either loved it and kept some on hand, or maybe they had some growing some. I just went over to ask, and I didn't expect they actually had several pots planted, and they even offered to give me so many."

"Then you just need to pinch it a little. You don't have to pull it out by the roots. It will grow again after you pinch it." Nancy was speechless.

Zhou Jinfan explained with a smile: "If they can plant it, so can we. I'll plant a few in pots later to see if they can grow well."

When they first moved in, they saw that the balcony looked empty, so they bought six or seven pots of flowers and plants.

Nancy couldn't help but feel a little worried when she thought that the porcelain pots where flowers and plants were planted would be planted with perilla leaves with a unique smell.

"Will the flowers and plants no longer be able to survive?"

"No," Zhou Jinfan said confidently, "My neighbor next door also has them planted in pots, and they're growing beautifully."

After a busy meal, the two of them brought the prepared meals to the table.

Zhou Anan came out after smelling the fragrance. When she saw a big pot of bright red and spicy lobsters, her big eyes curved into crescents with a smile.

Seeing her daughter already sitting on the chair, Nancy bent down and said, "An An, wash your hands and eat."

Zhou Anan raised her white and tender little hand and placed it under Nancy's nose: "Mom, it smells good."

Nancy smelled a cool, woody pine scent, Ann's favorite hand soap scent.

The daughter wanted to tell herself that she had washed her hands.

Nancy smiled and patted her daughter's head: "An An is so good, mommy will peel shrimp for An An."

But there was no room for Nancy to perform. Zhou Jinfan had already skillfully helped the mother and daughter peel the shrimps.

Soon the plates in front of them were piled high with shrimps, and all they had to do was open their mouths and eat.

Zhou Jinfan wore disposable gloves and simple home clothes, but these did not detract from his noble and gentle temperament at all.

A handsome man looks cool even when peeling crayfish.

"Thank you, husband." Nancy looked at Zhou Jinfan and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Dad." Zhou Anan also thanked him obediently.

Zhou Jinfan looked at his wife and daughter with a gentle smile: "You're welcome, darlings."

The meal should have ended in a warm and pleasant atmosphere, but at the very end, a pair of uninvited guests suddenly arrived.

"Xiao Xi..."

Zhou Jinfan opened the door, and Nancy just turned her head and took a look.

The people standing at the door were Nan Honglin and Li Lijuan?

Why are they here?

How did you know she lived here?

When Nancy was surprised, Nan Honglin and Li Lijuan had already walked into the house. Zhou Jinfan knew them, so he did not stop them.

However, worried that they would hurt Nancy, Zhou Jinfan strode ahead of them and stood beside Nancy, looking at the two of them with a wary look.

Nancy didn't look at her biological father and stepmother who were approaching. Her eyes fell on the table, and no one knew what she was thinking.

The room was silent, no one spoke except for the faint sound of Zhou Anan chewing. She looked at the stranger who appeared in her home with curiosity.

"Xiaoxi, we came to see you." Nan Honglin spoke first.

Li Lijuan also said: "Xiao Xi, we didn't know you were back before, otherwise we should have come to see you... and the child earlier."

She added the last few words hesitantly.

It’s interesting that the parents didn’t say that their daughter didn’t come to see them when she came back, but instead said that they shouldn’t have come to visit their daughter earlier.

But after she said this, neither Nan Honglin nor she felt that there was anything wrong with it.

After all, they owed Nancy too much in the past.

So much that they are no longer able to repay it.

So I can only use this humble attitude as much as possible to try to get a little understanding from my daughter, even if it's just a little bit.

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