Chapter 690 - 074 Visiting and Giving Gifts_2
"Daddy, daddy, we’re back!" As soon as they entered the village, Xiao Linshuang couldn’t contain herself any longer in the carriage. Her little head popped out of the window eagerly, and upon spotting Lin Jiaxin from afar, she called out with her young voice at the top of her lungs.
Lin Jiaxin greeted his daughter with a beaming smile, lifting his hand in response. People said that having three daughters was losing out on money, but they didn’t know that each and every one of his daughters was the apple of his eye.
The moment the carriage stopped, Xiao Linshuang could hardly wait to jump out.
"Be careful!" Lin Jiaxin pretended to be displeased, but his hand was already out, ready to catch the little girl’s body quickly.
Xiao Linshuang giggled with joy, hugging Lin Jiaxin’s hand and chattering non-stop about all the wonderful things she had bought, amusing Lin Jiaxin to no end.
Several people moved the items from the carriage into the house, one by one. Now that the wing rooms had been built, Lin Yi occupied one, and the other, unoccupied for the moment, was temporarily used by Lin Yuan as a storage room.
Lin Jiaxin looked over the items the children had bought, picked out the meat and other things that were to be given to the villagers, and, knife in hand, set up a small table in the courtyard, ready to start cutting the meat.
"Dad, let me do it." Lin Jiaxin had only recently recovered from his leg injury and couldn’t do strenuous work or lift heavy objects yet. Lin Yuan, worried that her father might overexert himself, hurriedly set down her stool and took his kitchen knife from him.
Lin Jiaxin waved his hand, insisting it wasn’t necessary. He arranged the meat on the cutting board and, with the knife, made a drawing motion as if gauging the size of the portions. Then, with swift cuts, the pork was divided neatly.
Lin Yuan was almost dumbfounded; she never expected her father to be so skillful. He measured with his hands and cut pieces of meat that were almost uniform in size—more accurate than the measurements she would have made with a scale.