Chapter 165 - 161 An Family monthly ticket 750 additional release
Seeing old friends was, of course, incredibly exciting. For their generation to survive to this age was nothing short of luck. Blaming society or the state was unrealistic; could your grievances bring back those children who had passed away? Once a person dies, what more can be done?
An Xuexin came to the capital this time to deal with the redress. The materials had been submitted and approved, and what followed was regarding the compensation, as well as employment and housing issues for his son and daughter-in-law that needed to be addressed.
So, Mr. Li waved his hand magnanimously, insisting they all stay; there was plenty of room in the house.
In the afternoon, Li Xianglu prepared a table full of dishes: braised pork, clear-broth ribs with white radish, sweet and sour fish. Qin Zhen even bought a dozen freshly harvested ears of corn, which Li Xianglu stir-fried with shrimp and eggs for the children, delighting them to no end as they ate non-stop. Meanwhile, Qin Zhen pouted resentfully off to the side — with the arrival of the two kids, his brother and Chou Xiang seemed to have forgotten about him.
After dinner, the two elders sat down under the wall to drink tea, while An Chenggang helped Qin Xi tidy up the things in the yard. The yard had just been repaired and was still a bit messy. It had been manageable with just their family, but with two little ones around, more caution was needed. It would be better to move things and tidy up properly.
Xu Hui helped Li Xianglu clean up the dishes and put the leftover food neatly into lunch boxes and into the fridge. Seeing a fridge for the first time, Xu Hui couldn’t hide her curiosity, finding the contraption exceptionally convenient.
Li Xianglu, seeing the pure curiosity and envy in her eyes, chuckled and opened all the drawers for her to see — the bottom was for freezing, turning fresh meat into frozen blocks; the top was for keeping things fresh, keeping leftover food and fruits from spoiling.
Xu Hui smacked her lips in amazement, "This thing is fantastic, how can people be so smart?"
Li Xianglu laughed heartily as she listened, "Right, humans are indeed smart." As she spoke, she pulled out a watermelon from the cupboard below, larger than a basketball, and started to wipe it clean for cutting.