Thanos's biological daughter in period fiction

On New Year's Eve, Liu Fangmei and her children got up very early. Today was the day to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, and Liu Fangmei didn't plan to cook it in her space.

Since it was the first Lunar New Year since they moved into their new home, they wanted to make it lively and festive. So she took some meat and seafood and planned to cook a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner to celebrate their move and family reunion.

Because she needed to coordinate with her husband's schedule, she started preparing the food in the afternoon. After it was finished, she put it in her spatial storage to keep it warm, and then took it out when her husband returned.

The food looked incredibly lavish, judging by the ingredients alone. The three little ones were busily helping out. Seeing the shrimp, fish, and meat, Xia Yutang even wanted to sneak a bite.

Years ago, this kind of weather was perfect for making frozen dumplings. But I haven't had that opportunity for two years now, because wheat flour is really scarce.

Only those villagers with a relatively large and wealthy workforce could afford to freeze dumplings.

She also made some in the morning, about two trays' worth, less than 200 pieces. She had her two sons take them to the yard to freeze early in the morning.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, and unless you need to borrow something, no one will be visiting each other's homes. So it's fine to leave the dumplings frozen outside.

Tonight's dishes include braised pork ribs with sauerkraut, steamed lobster with garlic, steamed turbot, braised pork belly, Chinese cabbage in broth, longan, red date and white fungus soup, braised chicken with shiitake mushrooms, pan-fried ribbonfish, and stir-fried squid with snow peas.

She originally wanted to cook spicy chicken, but the little girl didn't like spicy food, so she got angry when she saw her take out the chili peppers.

Actually, she didn't know that Xia Yutang could also eat spicy food, but she was still young and her body had never eaten chili peppers before, so she couldn't accept it yet.

When she saw her mother grab a handful of chili peppers, her eyes practically blazed with anger. She had tried several times before, but each time she had failed. This annoyed her, but there was nothing she could do. She would only be four years old after the New Year, and a four-year-old should be able to eat them if she was given some practice.

But for some reason, her body is acting up; now, whenever she eats spicy food, her eyes water, her nose runs, and her mouth swells. If she can't eat spicy food in the future, that would be terrible—she's used to cooking so many delicious dishes!

Just thinking about it makes Xia Yutang want to cry her heart out; all the good food is about to leave her.

At 6 o'clock sharp, Xia Jixuan arrived at home. The military camp had a party that wouldn't start until 7:00, so he had an hour to move around freely.

Of course, most people chose to eat at the cafeteria, but he went back to his dormitory. He had promised his family that he would go home for New Year's Eve dinner tonight. It was a rare opportunity for a family reunion, so how could he let it pass by?

"Dad..." The three little brats' eyes lit up when they saw their father. The main reason they were so excited was that they had received red envelopes and wages from their father for helping with chores yesterday. Suddenly, they were rich little brats, and they would be even happier if they could go out and show them off.

When they got home, their father became quite generous, giving each of them 20 yuan right away. That 20 yuan was equivalent to a month's wages for a temporary worker at a soap factory.

"Good girl, come on, let's eat first. After you finish eating, Daddy will give you a red envelope..." Xia Jixuan reached out and hoisted his little daughter onto his shoulder. When he was about to leave, he didn't forget to lower his head so that his little daughter wouldn't bump into the door.

Upon hearing that there would be red envelopes, all three of them were extremely excited, and even Xia Yutang, who was perched on her father's shoulders, screamed with delight.

Xia Jixuan, who was carrying the girl on his shoulders, suffered a lot. His daughter's voice was too shrill, and the sudden scream made his eardrums hurt.

"Alright, alright, you three are so noisy, shut up!" Liu Fangmei was speechless. How could these three brats be so loud? They almost blew the roof off.

"Yes, yes, let's eat! Dad, hurry up! Mom made lots and lots of delicious food tonight!" Shi Tou pulled his dad toward the kitchen.

They all knew that the food was in the space, but there wasn't enough room to put all the food on the kang (heated brick bed) to eat, as the kang table was too small.

When his wife laid out all the dishes, Xia Jixuan was a little stunned. His wife was really generous; if she had to pay for this meal herself, it would have cost a lot.

Now that they have space, his wife doesn't care at all about the delicious food. Looking at the large table laden with food, he realized that the new furniture had already been arranged.

"When did Uncle Qiao send it?"

"It was just delivered yesterday. They were supposed to send it a few days earlier, but we weren't home. Wasn't it the grain we ordered before? We slept in again, and when they came over, they weren't home, and no one answered the door. We just came out of the space yesterday, and that's when I remembered we ordered furniture. Otherwise, the old man would have brought it over with his son." Liu Fangmei had already set the table, and it was piled high with dishes. There were only five of them, so they probably couldn't finish it all.

Liu Fangmei was still thinking they wouldn't be able to finish all the food, but by the time she came to her senses, the food on the table was almost gone. There's a custom here that you have to leave some food behind after the New Year's Eve dinner, so they left a portion of all the food on a corner of the plate after each meal.

Liu Fangmei was speechless. If it weren't for that custom, there probably wouldn't be enough food for them.

It was only then that he looked at his husband and noticed that he had lost some weight. Although it was impossible to gain weight in this day and age, after so many years of marriage, even though they were separated by distance, they were still intimate lovers, so how could he not notice the changes in his body?

Looking at how he ate with his two sons tonight, Liu Fangmei felt that her husband, like her sons, hadn't been eating enough since he got stronger.

Whether it was to better integrate into the surrounding community or for some other reason, Liu Fangmei could guess why she had been enduring the lack of food and drink.

Even Xia Yutang, the fake child, could see how haggard her father looked, so during the meal, she kept piling food into his bowl, especially meat.

Liu Fangmei felt sorry for the man and sat down opposite him, saying directly, "Old Xia, you can't go on like this. I heard that the people over there are quite perceptive, but you can't deprive yourself. Didn't you get a batch of supplies for them before? Keep some for yourself, it can be a cover."

She was very serious at the moment, hoping that her husband would consider her and their three little ones.

"I know, I won't mistreat myself, it's just that I've been quite busy lately. I was thinking of taking some time to come back and be with you, so I took care of things ahead of time. It's okay, after the New Year, everyone who was on holiday will come back, and things will be less hectic." Xia Jixuan reached out and hugged his wife. He had been in this state lately because of the grain issue and the things happening on both sides.