Chapter 151: The People’s Wish

“Scallion pancakes?”

“That’s amazing!”

Thinking about the fragrant scallion pancakes, Li Xinyue almost drooled.

Xiao Nan brought over the flour. He was leaving tomorrow, so he would make some Dongpo Pork Scallion Pancakes tonight to treat him!

“We’ll make them tonight. You can help me if you know how.”

“No problem!”

Qian Sanni was really good at making pancakes.

Her grandparents were from the north, and they had fled to J province during the famine. They loved noodles the most.

Li Xinyue looked at the vegetables and immediately had an idea.

“Let’s eat together tonight. I’ll cook some mixed grain porridge, stir-fry two dishes, and then make some dumplings.”

Qian Sanni’s mouth watered at the sound of it: “Yes, yes, I’ll make leek and egg filling at home, and I’ll cook the porridge too!”

As the two were talking about sharing the food, soldiers from the communications company came to install the phone.

As soon as the phone was installed, Chen Mingchuan came back.

“Where did you go?”

“I went to the camp. There was something going on there, so I went over for a bit.”

“By the way, Xiao Nan is going back to the capital the day after tomorrow. Why don’t you make him some noodles these next two days so he can have a taste?”

Would he be afraid of not having noodles to eat back in the capital?

Fortunately, she was prepared.

Li Xinyue’s face twitched: “I was just thinking about that.”

“Sanni sent over some vegetables, including a big bunch of fresh scallions. I’m going to make scallion pancakes and some dumplings.”

“She’ll bring over the porridge, and she’ll also stir-fry the leek and egg filling. We’ll eat together tonight.”

Chen Mingchuan was naturally happy that his wife could get along well with the other family members.

There was a family member in the Shi Da Yuan who was a lazy, greedy, and mean woman. The couple was famous throughout the entire division!

“You handle it. I’ll call Xiao Nan first.”

“Okay.”

Ignoring him, Li Xinyue went into the kitchen and cut some meat to prepare for the pancakes.

The pancakes and dumplings needed the right seasoning to taste good.

After marinating the meat for the pancakes, Li Xinyue took out the oil residue and chopped it together with the string beans.

She sprinkled on salt, poured in soy sauce and MSG, and then added a bit of old wine.

Qian Sanni came over and saw that she was busy, so she immediately took the ingredients and went to make the dumplings.

Since she didn’t need to make the dumplings, Li Xinyue only needed to make two dishes.

Both men liked to have a drink, and it wouldn’t be good to have no dishes to go with it. However, they were both very restrained and never drank too much.

A dish of peanuts, a dish of cucumber salad, a dish of stir-fried pork belly, and a dish of spicy fish.

That’s it!

The dishes were ready, and it was getting late, so she started making the pancakes.

“My goodness, what are you cooking? It’s making my nose smell so good!”

While she was busy, Xu Hongqin came over with a few eggs, her face full of shock.

Li Xinyue laughed and responded: “I’m making pancakes. You’re here just in time, so I don’t have to deliver them.”

Xu Hongqin blushed immediately.

“Xiao Li, don’t! I’ve eaten too much of your food!”

“To be honest, these past few days you’ve been here, I feel like I’m eating better than during the New Year!”

“Normally, I wouldn’t dare to eat this much meat in a month!”

“But these past two days, I’ve been eating it every day!”

“This living standard is beyond anything we’ve seen in twenty years!”

“If I could live like this every day, I wouldn’t mind living to be a hundred years old!”

“Hahaha~~~”

Li Xinyue was really amused!

What was this compared to?

The future was beyond their imagination.

“Sister-in-law, I’m afraid that someday you won’t even want to eat meat!”

Would there be a time when people wouldn’t even want to eat meat?

Xu Hongqin grimaced: “If someone doesn’t want to eat meat, they must be seriously ill!”

“Right now, I’m satisfied just having enough salt and oil every day!”

If not wanting to eat meat means being seriously ill, then everyone in the future would be sick!

Li Xinyue smiled and said: “Our country will get better and better, and our lives will definitely get better and better in the future.”

“Sister-in-law, just rest assured. One day, you’ll know what it means to not want to eat anything!”

Nothing tastes good anymore?

That’s because you’ve eaten too much, so it doesn’t taste good anymore.

Will there be such a day?

Xu Hongqin felt that it was impossible!

But she wouldn’t say that she didn’t believe it.

“Then I hope that day comes sooner! If there is such a day, it’ll be worth living!”

“By the way, these eggs are from my chickens. For Xiao Yi, don’t refuse them.”

Li Xinyue immediately took them: “I want them, I want them. This is your big mama’s kindness, how can I refuse?”

“I made this cake for you and Sanni’s family, three for her family, and five for yours.”

“You weren’t here, I was going to have Dad send it over, but you came just in time and saved me the trouble.”

Xu Hongqin didn’t refuse, but when she brought the bowl over, she also brought a small bag of green beans and a bag of peanuts.

“They were just sent from my hometown, take them.”

Favors are like a saw, you pull it one way, I pull it the other.

If you don’t accept a small gift, people will think you’re being difficult.

Li Xinyue happily accepted them.

“That’s perfect, I was just thinking of getting some green beans, I’ll make some green bean cakes for the kids to snack on.”

“Good stuff! When you have time, come try my green bean cakes.”

“Okay!”

Xu Hongqin smiled and went back.

She had only been back for a while when Qian Sanni came over with dumplings.

“Fragrant!”

She sniffed, saying only one word.

Li Xinyue smiled and cut a piece for her: “Big pregnant woman, have a taste first, if you’re not craving it, your baby is!”

Qian Sanni giggled and took it: “Xinyue, this is really good, I love it!”

“If this time I have another girl, I’ll let her be your daughter-in-law, okay?”

“Sigh!”

Li Xinyue laughed: “Your agreement doesn’t count, your daughter has to agree too!”

“Also, I think this time you’re having a boy for sure!”

“Your face is yellow and you have spots, it’s more likely to be a boy!”

“Really?”

Qian Sanni was just joking, but when Li Xinyue said that, she was overjoyed.

“I’ll take your word for it! If it’s really a boy, I’ll send you twenty red eggs!”

In this era, sons are the ones who take care of you in your old age!

The Chinese people have a tradition of valuing sons over daughters for thousands of years, it’s not something that can be changed easily.

Li Xinyue laughed and agreed: “Hahaha, I’ll remember that, don’t go back on your word!”

Go back on my word?

Qian Sanni touched her stomach, which was still flat: If this one is a boy, then she’ll have both a son and a daughter!

No one can show off to her anymore!

“Xinyue, when are you going to have a second child?”

“If this one is a boy, then you should have a girl, then we’ll be in-laws!”

Have a second child?

Li Xinyue heard crows cawing in her head: We’re just revolutionary comrades, why have a second child!

Not wanting to talk about it, she immediately changed the subject.

“Children are a matter of fate, I believe that fate will bring us a second child.”

“By the way, do you have enough dumplings left?”

Qian Sanni was a very self-aware person, she nodded repeatedly: “Enough, enough, I left a lot.”

“There’s also the cake, don’t worry about starving yourself!”

Xiao Nan was coming over tonight, Qian Sanni didn’t plan on eating with them, she picked up the cake and went back.

“Mom, I’m back!”

Before he even entered the door, Chen Yiheng’s voice rushed into the kitchen.

“Dad picked you up?”

“Yeah. Mom, Dad said you’re making the best cakes at home, can I have some?”

“Of course!”

Li Xinyue had already prepared it, she handed a small bowl to her son.

“Go eat in the living room, eat slowly, it’s a bit hot.”

“Okay!”

“Babbling babbling” the little guy went out with his bowl, Chen Mingchuan walked in, holding a large paper bag…