Hongdou is the eldest child of the Bai family. He has been a good helper to his mother and grandmother since he was a child. He has always been very smart.

Now, she knows that Tao Tao is the only person in the family who is willing to help her, at least one who is willing to be neutral and listen to her voice.

So Hongdou dared to introduce the boy to Taotao, "Sigu, he is Fan Heng... He, he is my good friend."

Tao Tao sharply grasped the point.

- Hongdou said that Xiaofan is her good friend, not her boyfriend, or object.

Taotao couldn't help but praised in her heart: Hongdou really is a smart girl! Regardless of whether Hongdou likes Xiaofan, whether he treats Xiaofan as her boyfriend, she can easily please Taotao with this "good friend"...

She can even win Tao Tao's favor in the negotiation for a while!

Fan Heng greeted Taotao cautiously, "Hello, Fourth Aunt!"

Tao Tao smiled and greeted Xiao Fan naturally, "Xiao Fan is here, hurry up, sit in the room!"

She turned sideways to let the two teenagers into the room, and then saw Song Zhi emerge from the corridor on the next floor...

It seems that Song Zhi successfully completed the task, staring at Hongdou and Fan Heng upstairs.

Taotao smiled and gave Song Zhi a thumbs up, then closed the door gently.

Only then did Song Zhi really go back to his small courtyard to get some things.

But, Tao Tao closed the door and turned around—

Just saw Tang Li and Xing Xing standing at the door of the kitchen, glaring at Fan Heng angrily? !

Red Bean was at a loss and was about to cry.

Taotao, "Hongdou, have you introduced Xiaofan to your grandmother and your fifth aunt?"

As soon as these words came out, Hongdou seemed to have the strongest support.

She took a deep breath and said with a trembling voice: "Nice, Wu Gu, he, he is my... good friend Fan Heng."

Fan Heng was also too nervous, and bowed deeply to Tang Li and Xing Xing, "Good grandma! Good fifth aunt! I, I'm Fan Heng..."

Tang Li and Xing Xing didn't speak for a long time, they just stared at Fan Heng.

To be honest, in the past two years, people have been angry and angry, but Tang Li and Xing Xing have never calmed down and took a good look at Fan Heng.

Now finally see...

Fan Heng is a nineteen-year-old young man. He is handsome, wearing very ordinary clothes, and even a bit shabby, but he has an ethereal beauty that cannot be concealed. But he carries a very vicissitudes of life... Probably because he was sent to labor camp for a few years?

In short, in him, youthful vigor and vicissitudes of life and tiredness, two completely irrelevant temperaments, were wonderfully merged together.

It smells like a prodigal son.

Tao Tao sees that her mother and sister have been staring at Fan Heng, and Fan Heng is getting more and more embarrassed...

She smiled and said, "Mom, Xing Xing, don't you have to look at the stove?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xing Xing turned around and ran to the kitchen, "Oh, I'm frying tofu!"

Tang Liren stared at Fan Heng again, then turned and entered the kitchen.

Feifei and Momo were standing on the balcony, looking at Fan Heng curiously, the two little dumplings were still chatting in a milky voice.

"Brother, a lot of beans! A lot of soybeans?"

——When Momo called his brother, he was very clear. When calling other people, it is a lot.

At this moment he is asking Feifei: Is this big brother Brother Soybean?

Feifei first corrected his younger brother, "It's a big brother, not a lot..." Then he stared at Fan Heng for a while, and told his younger brother, "He's not Big Brother Huang Dou, Big Brother Huang Dou is also a child."

That's right, there are family photos in my mother's place, and the brother Soybean in the photo is a child!

Taotao smiled, "Feifei, Momo, come and say hello to brother Xiaofan!"

The two powder dumplings ran over hand in hand.

Hongdou quickly explained to Fan Heng, "This is the child of the fourth aunt, the older one is called Feifei, four and a half years old, and the youngest is called Momo, one and a half years old."

"Hello, little fan!" Feifei greeted Fan Heng politely.

Xiao Mo also followed suit, "Xiao Fan is so good!"

Fan Heng blushed, "Hello..."

Taotao asked Red Bean, "Red Bean, do you have anything to eat at home?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Oh, I also forgot that Sigu, you just arrived home, sit down...I'll pour tea for you!" Hongdou said quickly.

Taotao asked casually, "What kind of tea is there!"

According to the previous habit at home, every day, I use a large enamel vat to soak all kinds of flower tea. And because of the different constitutions of the family members, different teas will be soaked.

Sure enough, Hongdou replied, "Today is licorice Luo Han Guo, red dates and wolfberry tea."

Taotao said, "Bring me a cup of red jujube tea! The same goes for the two little ones! What are you drinking, Xiao Fan?"

"I, I can do it!" Fan Heng replied nervously.

Hongdou smiled and turned to go to the kitchen.

After a while, she brought tea on a tray, as well as a few refreshments.

——The cups of Taotao and Fan Heng are exquisite fine porcelain teacups with lids, with hand-painted pictures of four seasons flowers on them; Feifei and Momo use enamel cups with handles and no lids for children. The refreshment consisted of a plate of boiled peanuts, a plate of dried figs, a plate of pickled pickled ginger, pickled cucumbers, and a plate of sweets.

Fan Heng stared at the tea and refreshments without saying a word.

Instead, Feifei and Momo pointed at the plate of dried figs and asked Red Bean in a milky voice, what is this.

Hongdou asked Taotao, "Sigu, can my brothers eat this?"

Tao Tao had already picked up a dried fig, took a bite, chewed it, and felt that it was sweet and salutary, and the taste was good, so she said: "This dried fig can be eaten by Feifei, but Momo can't bite it, just hold it and lick it... ... Feifei, you take care of your brother, you can't let him swallow it."

The two little dumplings were overjoyed and clapped and cheered. Feifei picked up one of the fattest dried figs and handed it to Fan Heng, "Brother Fan, eat it!"

Fan Heng caught it in a daze, and held it in his palm.

Feifei picked up another second-largest one, broke it with his small hands, and found that he couldn't break it, so he handed it to his mother.

Tao Tao took it and broke off the head of the dried fig, revealing the sweet and soft flesh inside, before handing it to Feifei again.

Feifei took it and gave it to Momo.

Momo held it carefully, licked it, and found it to be sweet?

"Good seven!" Mo Mo said happily to Feifei.

Feifei just took a dried fig, took a bite, and nodded again and again, "Delicious! It's so sweet..." Then he explained to his brother, "You only have eight teeth, you can't bite, you can only lick!"

Momo nodded, "Good seven!"

Fan Heng stared at the Feimo brothers' interaction again and fell into a daze.

——In the past, he always knew that there was a class problem between him and Hongdou.

Hongdou's grandfather and father are both senior officials of the municipal party committee, and both grandmother and mother have decent jobs. Including Hongdou's uncles and aunts... are also very promising.

But he never felt that there was any generation gap between him and Hongdou.

When they are together, there is always something to talk about, no matter what they say... they all resonate.

until now.

The tea and snacks that Hongdou used to entertain guests were brought directly from the kitchen, within three minutes.

So, these things are the things she keeps in her house!

But--

Boiled peanuts are common, but it is not something that a poor boy can afford if he wants to eat them.

Dried figs were something he had never known before, not even seen!

And white rabbit toffee! This thing is very expensive, but the Red Bean family can get it at any time!

There is only this small dish of pickled vegetables, which is owned by poor families.

But the poor people bring pickles to their meals, but her family uses them as tea...

The taste is indescribable.

Fan Heng couldn't help looking at Feifei and Momo again.

This pair of brothers is still very young. The elder brother loves his younger brother very much, and he is courteous to his younger brother. He is willing to give the biggest dried figs to the guests and his younger brother, and finally it is his turn; the younger brother also unconditionally trusts his elder brother... Of course It's because they have good family education, but it also shows from the side that this is a family with good money.

If it was in his house, the brothers would be able to fight and bleed just to get enough food!

Let's take a look at the red bean home -

A giant pastoral landscape ink painting is mounted on the wall, with majestic strokes and strong and enthusiastic colors.

Seeing that his attention had shifted to the decorations at home, Hongdou explained, so as not to embarrass him, he explained, "This painting was painted by a friend of my fourth aunt, and it is of our hometown Ruyi Village, isn't it nice?"

Fan Heng nodded.

Tao Tao smiled and said, "Is this drawn by Hai Shan? I've never seen it before..."

Hongdou said to Taotao, "The sixth lady has already gone. It happened in March this year."

Taotao let out an "ah", and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

Hongdou continued: "the third aunt and the fourth aunt are too far apart. We wrote to the third aunt, and she came with her. Here, grandpa and grandma are busy with work and have no time. My dad took leave and went back to mourn. Don't worry, fourth aunt, my dad also helped you and the second uncle."

Tao Tao sighed.

Hongdou continued: "My dad said that it was Aunt Haishan who gave it to the sixth wife. After the sixth wife was buried, Aunt Haishan wanted to go back to Beijing and took a detour to come back with my father. When she came home, at night Living with us, she would go to your yard to sit during the day, and planted several flowers... Before leaving, she gave us a large stack of paintings. She gave this picture on the wall, Si Gu, Aunt Haishan also painted a lot of paintings for you, we keep them in your yard, and we will take them out to show you..."

Tao Tao hurriedly asked, "Where is Hai Shan now?"

Hongdou, "Auntie Haishan said that the situation is better now, and she wants to go abroad to see. Uncle Liu contacted her an art academy in Ouzhou and asked her to become a visiting professor. So she said she would take this opportunity to travel around. Ouzhou, but that's what she said, whether or not she has already gone abroad, we don't believe it."

Fan Heng was speechless.

——The friend of Sigu Hongdou is a painter, can he still go abroad? And still go abroad to be a professor and teach other foreigners?

Fan Heng didn't know what to say, so he could only continue to look at the living room.

In this small living room, the furnishings reveal everything about the family:

——A few things covered with glass covers are neatly placed on the Duobao grid. There are high-end pens that look very high-grade at first glance, military medals, and several photo frames with large group photos of many people, all of which are written with "recognition meeting", "outstanding staff", "advanced award", "outstanding progress award" and so on. ...

Hongdou introduced to Fan Heng in a low voice: the fountain pen was the prize that her grandfather received when she went to Kyoto to hold the commendation meeting, the military medal was for her second uncle, and the other awards included her grandmother, mother, and Song’s second uncle... …

——On the other wall of the living room, there is a picture of "Heroes and Righteousness" with dragons and phoenixes dancing, and next to it is a letter "Serve the people" with slightly immature handwriting...

Hongdou introduced to Fan Heng again: Haoran Zhengqi was written by her grandfather, and serving the people was written when she was twelve years old.

——There is a half-old doll on the chest of drawers next to the TV. Soybean went to the door of the state-run ice room to pick up the popsicle paper and cardboard boxes for the whole summer vacation, and bought it back. To celebrate the red beans tenth birthday...

——A total of five bonsai were placed in the house, representing the population of the five rooms in the family. In each bonsai, there are several small red flowers. The little red flower was pasted on both sides with cut out red paper, and a small toothpick was stuck in the middle. On the little red flower, a simple and childish smiley face was drawn with a pencil.

Red Bean explained to Fan Heng that it was made of mung beans and potatoes, while smiling and sorted out the little red flowers in the fifth pot.

The fifth pot represents Bai Xing Xing, she is unmarried and should have only one small red flower. But mung bean and potato were very stubborn and insisted to put two small red flowers in Xing Xing's bonsai, one for Xing Xing and one for Song Sui.

Every time Xing Xing saw it, she would pull out one of them and throw it aside.

But no matter who sees it in the family, he will always pick up the little red flower and put it back in...

When Hongdou said this, his smile was very gentle and his eyes were shining.

Fan Heng felt that she was like a warm sun, which made him not dare to look directly at her.

He lowered his head, and his eyes inevitably fell on the teacup.

Hongdou is still very concerned about Fan Heng's feelings.

Seeing him staring at the tea cup, she said to him, "This cup of licorice mangosteen tea, try it."

Fan Heng lifted the lid of the teacup.

The texture of this ceramic is so delicate and smooth, like a girl's musculature, it is a feeling he has never had before.

For a moment, Fan Heng was stunned.

Taotao picked up a piece of pickled **** and ate it, and was full of praise, "The pickled **** at home is delicious. I'm in the Northwest, and I make pickled **** myself, but the taste just isn't right."

After eating the pickled ginger, she picked up the cup and took a sip of the fragrant red dates and wolfberry water. She also noticed the tea cup and said oddly, "I think I have seen this set of cups at Sanjie's house!"

Hongdou said with a smile: "It was sent back by Sangu. It is said that the state hotel over there will buy and replace some teacups, bowls and plates that have been broken or not complete every year. It is the internal processing price, which is especially cheap, compared to It’s cheaper for us to buy new ones outside. The last time my dad went to a meeting in Kyoto, San Gu asked him to carry a large suitcase back…”

Fan Heng became more and more silent.

——The third uncle of Hongdou seems to be a high-ranking official, very powerful.

Fan Heng looked at Tao Tao again.

——I heard that the fourth aunt and fourth uncle of Hongdou are also very powerful. They are both scientists. Especially the fourth uncle of Hongdou, who is a very famous scholar at a young age, and his biological father is the commander-in-chief of Nandu, and his adoptive father is the commander-in-chief of Kyoto...

Inexplicably, Fan Heng felt a little disheartened.

Hongdou seemed to sense his lost emotion, and while Taotao wasn't paying attention, he reached out and squeezed his hand.

Fan Heng noticed Hongdou's hand and his hand again.

——Red Bean's hand is slender, white, smooth and tender; but his hand has thick joints, is full of calluses and is tattered.

Fan Heng took a deep breath and turned his head to the side.

Someone knocked on the door-

Hongdou ran to open the door, called out "Fourth Uncle", and turned to his side...

Song Zhi is here.

A group of children followed behind.

He brought a lot of things to his family, and it is estimated that he could not carry them all in one trip.

So he was very clever and went to the big flat first, called down the soybeans, mung beans, and potatoes, and followed him to the small villa to carry things before coming here.

So, the house was boiling again.

Everyone else was surprised that Tao Tao and Song Zhi brought back so many gifts...

Tang Li was so distressed that she scolded: "Bai Taozi! Did you evacuate the entire Great Northwest? You said that you two brought so many things back with such a small child? What happened to the two of you? Did you do it? Aren't you tired?"

Song Zhi, "Mom, we're not tired."

Tao Tao's attention was on soybeans, mung beans and potatoes.

——Soybean is fifteen years old this year, and already looks like an adult. He is 1.8 meters tall and completely inherited the genes of the Bai family. He is thin and tall, and his facial features are very similar to Big Brother Dongsheng, but his temperament is still very immature.

Seeing Taotao, Huangdou was very happy, rushed over and shouted "Si Gu"...and scratched his head embarrassedly. Then he turned his head and saw Feifei and Momo, the two powder dumplings, his eyes lit up, "Feifei? Momo?!"

Even Feifei couldn't recognize him, but shouted at Tudou excitedly, "Brother Soybean! Brother Soybean!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Soybean smiled: "I am Soybean!"

Feifei was stunned, looked at Huangdou in shock, then stretched out his little hand, compared the top of his head, and then tiptoed to compare the top of Bi Huangdou's head, and said seriously: "I look at family photos every day! Brother Huangdou is the most. Only taller than me... so much!" He then gestured.

Soybean laughed, "We'll all grow up! Little Feifei! My brother misses you so much!" After saying that, he picked up Feifei and walked around in the living room.

Mungdou is eleven years old, "Brother! Let me hug Feifei! Let me see how much he weighs..."

The youngest Tudou is also nine years old, a half-year-old child. He ran to Momo's side first, hugged him, and asked, "Momo! I'm Tudou! Do you know me?"

Momo nodded, "Seven potatoes are good!"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

On the other side, Song Zhi pulled Tang Liren to see what he brought back from Northwest China.

Most of them are native products.

Because of the special climate environment and soil, Northwest China produces many high-quality Chinese herbal medicines. Song Zhi brought back Cordyceps sinensis, Heibao hair dish, Cistanche, Codonopsis, Astragalus, Lily, Lycium barbarum and so on.

In addition, there are all kinds of high-quality dried fruits: raisins, dried apricots, red dates, walnuts...

In fact, the fruits on the northwest side are also delicious, and Song Zhi even brought a sack of melons! As well as the specialty milk tofu, a whole piece of butter, cheese, and a large bag of bitter roses that were freshly dried this year, for soaking in water.

Apart from these, there are also gifts that Song Zhi and Taotao carefully selected for everyone in the family.

The female family members are each a windproof veil, a piece of cotton cloth spun by the people of the northwest, and the colors are particularly rough and bold, with a borderland style.

Each of the men has a Populus euphratica root carving, Bai Zhenggan, Bai Dongsheng, and Bai Nansheng each have two bottles of Hongchuan wine; the underage children each have a Populus euphratica pen holder, plus a large package of snacks, including twist, sesame seeds, A whole plate of honey with honeycombs, and forty sets of postcards of the Western Regions issued by the post office.

Of course, there are a lot of these things, after all, it is to be human!

So Taotao also picked up a root carving and a bag of dried fruit, tied it with a thin hemp rope, and handed it to Hongdou, "When Xiao Fan is leaving at night, let him take it with him!"

Red Bean responded with a smile.

The whole lively scene cooled down in an instant.

Fang Cai was still smiling and hugging Xiao Feifei and Xiao Momo's Soybean smiling faces, and stared at Fan Heng with murderous eyes; Mungdou and Tudou also looked at Fan Heng angrily, pulling Hongdou aside.

Hongdou was a little embarrassed, "Don't be like this..."

Tao Tao smiled and asked, "Soybean, when does your father and grandfather usually get off work?"

Soybean still stared at Fan Heng, and after a while, he looked at the wall clock and replied, "That's right now."

Tao Tao asked again, "Are you going to study in September?"

Huangdou has calmed down, no longer pays attention to Fan Heng, and the tone of talking to Taotao has also eased, "Si Gu, according to the plan, I will be a freshman in September. My father's opinion is to let me go to high school step by step, and I'm in a hurry. I won't come... but I want to give it a try myself and take the college entrance exam directly."

"I originally wanted to say that when the fourth aunt and fourth uncle come back this time, when I take my sister and brothers to visit relatives in Kyoto, I will ask you to help me make up my mind... Before the fourth aunt and fourth uncle came back directly, the four Aunt, Fourth Uncle... you guys can help me with reference!" Soybean said.

Sons and nephews in the family like to read, of course Song Zhi agrees, so he said, "No problem, I'll find a way to get some real college entrance examination questions for this year and last year for you to do... Let's estimate the score first."

Tao Tao also said: "This year's college entrance examination has already passed, have you participated?"

Soybean glared at Fan Heng again and shook his head, "No."

——One month before and after the college entrance examination this year, it was the family that made the most fuss about Fan Heng. My sister ran three times a month, and he went to catch it twice... It's crazy, how can I take the exam!

Tao Tao said: "It's okay, let your uncle find more papers and books. Let's take a test. We didn't catch up with the college entrance examination this year, but it can't be wasted. It's just as high as it is suitable for the college entrance examination. It's just a matter of fighting for next year's college entrance examination."

Soybeans should go down.

Fan Heng lowered his eyes.

He finally understood... why Hongdou knew that he was not a reading material, but was so stubborn that he insisted on studying.

Because everyone in the Bai family learns.

Soybean is only fifteen years old, and he doesn't even want to study in the first year of high school. He wants to go straight to the college entrance examination!

While talking, Bai Zhenggan, Bai Dongsheng and Tan Fenghui also came back from get off work.

As soon as they opened the door, Tan Fenghui smiled and said, "...Is Tao Tao really back?"

——When they were downstairs just now, several neighbors told them that Taotao from your family had returned, and Tan Fenghui, her husband and father-in-law were still a little unconvinced, thinking that Taotao didn’t report it!

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the house, I saw a room full of people!

The Taotao family is among them.

Everyone's attention focused on Feifei and Momo again.

Taotao hurriedly called her sister-in-law, and then greeted her father, brother and sister-in-law. Tang Li and Xing Xing also came out of the kitchen. Needless to say, it was another meeting, very cordial and lively...

It wasn't until after some chat that they saw Fan Heng, and the scene cooled down again.

Taotao instructed Red Bean, "Red Bean, your uncle and I brought melons back. You and Xiao Fan will cut some melons. We will eat them as appetizers before meals..."

Hongdou's expression loosened, he nodded, and dragged Fan Heng to the kitchen.

Taotao asked again, "Where's Song Sui?"

Guys haven't answered yet...

Xing Xing hurriedly said, "What do you care about him?"

Tan Fenghui said, "We didn't even know you were back... Xiao Sui usually eats dinner with us on Mondays, three or five days a week, and today's Tuesday!"

Taotao, "Then let's run errands with mung bean and potatoes, and call him!"

Mung bean and potato responded together and ran out the door.

Bai Zhenggan then stared at Tang Liren, pouted in the direction of the kitchen, and asked, "How dare that kid come to our house?"

Tao Tao said, "Dad, I asked him to come."

Bai Zhengqian was stunned.

Tan Fenghui's eyes turned red, and she walked quickly to the balcony.

Bai Dongsheng glanced at his wife worriedly, and said to Tao Tao, "Tao Tao, you...you don't know the situation, why..."

Tao Tao, "Because I don't know the situation, I must understand it. Brother, I ask you... Do you understand the situation?"

Bai Dongsheng, "Why don't I... Of course I understand!"

"Then why don't you trust Red Bean?" Taotao asked back.

Bai Dongsheng was obviously angry, but he thought about his sister returning from a long way, so he tried to hold back, "How can you make me trust her? She is my first child, how much hope do I place on her? A very smart, obedient kid...I love her more than any other kid. But look..."

"Ever since she met that incompetent thing..."

Tao Tao corrected, "Xiao Fan."

Bai Dongsheng froze for a while, took a deep breath, "Okay, what has she become since she met Xiao Fan! She stopped going to school when she was only fourteen, and hangs out with Xiao Fan every day! Didn't we persuade her? No Have you done ideological work with her? But she just chooses to go her own way..."

Taotao, "Brother, I do not deny that Hongdou is a smart child. It is precisely because she is so smart, so I believe in her choice. She insists that we can affirm Xiaofan, then Xiaofan must be a good person. child……"

Soybean said bitterly, "What good does he have? He's a murderer!"

"That's his past!" Tao Tao said sternly, "It doesn't mean his present and future!"

Taotao slowly looked around at everyone in the family and said word by word, "I can understand everyone's feelings of caring for Hongdou, but I can't let Hongdou feel that our love is a yoke. Seriously, have a good talk with Xiao Fan..."

"It's better to choose another day than to hit the next day. Just today, let's sit down and have a good meal and chat... Everyone must promise me, no matter what, you can't get angry or lose your temper casually, okay?" Tao Tao asked.

The crowd fell into silence.

Xing Xing was the first to speak, "Although I don't think that bastard..."

"Xiao Fan!" Tao Tao corrected again.

Xing Xing surrendered, "Okay, Xiaofan is Xiaofan! Although I don't think Xiaofan is a good person, but I think what the fourth sister said makes sense, I will listen to the fourth sister! Today, let's have a good meal, have a good chat, and get to know each other well. Let's see what kind of person Xiao Fan is!"

Of course Song Zhi also stood up for his wife, "I agree with Tao Tao too!"

Tang Liren laughed, "She is your daughter-in-law, of course you listen to her! You worthless...I have never seen her let you go east, you dare to go west!"

Song Zhi smiled, "My daughter-in-law is right, so there is no need to object."

Tang Liren also expressed her stance, "Tao Tao is right! Our family is also a very good family, and I don't know what happened in the past two years, and suddenly it started shouting and killing! Hey, it's time to calm down. Let's talk about it."

Tan Fenghui stood at the door of the balcony, choked and said, "I also agree with Taotao's words."

Bai Zhengqian and Bai Dongsheng looked at each other and had to make concessions and nodded.

But they said that Hongdou and Fan Heng listened to Taotao's words and took a few melons and went to the kitchen to cut them. Both of them knew that Taotao did this for buffering purposes.

Otherwise, the scene just now...

If Fan Heng was present, there might be a fight already.

At this moment, he and Hongdou are in the kitchen, and he can clearly hear the words of the Bai family in the living room.

When Hongdou heard her father say, "Hongdou is my most beloved child," her tears couldn't help gushing down; while Fan Heng was holding a few melons in front of him and was at a loss.

—He had never seen a melon, and had no idea what to do with it.

However, when he saw the cutting board and the kitchen knife, he thought to himself: No matter what, wash the skin of this melon first, and then cut it open, it will never go wrong.

So he washed the melon and put it on the cutting board...

Red Bean quickly stopped him, "It's a cutting board for cutting meat, but you can't use it to cut fruit, it's not good if it smells fishy."

Saying that, she washed the melon he washed again, pulled out the chopping board and fruit knife specially used for cutting fruits at home, and took a large enamel tray, washed it, and put it aside.

Fan Heng watched quietly as Red Bean swiftly cut the melon in half, dug out the seeds inside, and then cut into thin strips, and cut each thin strip of melon until the skin and flesh were separated, but the melon remained. on the rind.

The red bean also cut a piece of melon flesh, broke it in half, put half in his mouth and she ate half.

She praised: "It's so sweet!" Then she tilted her head to look at him, "Is it sweet?"

Hongdou's smile was cute and sweet, and her eyes were bright and full of hope when she looked at him.

Fan Heng nodded silently.

sweet! It's really sweet... and this melon is crunchy in the mouth. After a few chews, it becomes soft and turns into a juice that is sweeter than honey, and automatically slides down the throat.

He had never eaten such a delicious melon.

It's called melon.

Hongdou said softly, "When you leave at night, take one to Xiuxiu to eat."

——Xiuxiu is Fan Heng's younger sister, half-born.

Fan Heng said nothing.

At this time, it was probably Mung Bean and Potato that called Song Sui over, and the living room became lively again.

Red beans cut two large plates of melons, and Fan Heng and Fan Heng carried one plate and walked out, "Come, come! Everyone eat melons! My fourth aunt brought it back from the Northwest, and it's so sweet!"

Everyone stared at Fan Heng, but no one spoke.

Taotao said: "Mom and Dad, brother, sister-in-law! Xiao Sui... come and come, let's eat melon! This melon is so sweet! We bought it halfway through the car, and we just wanted to buy a few to satisfy our children's cravings. Wow...I didn't expect this melon to be so delicious! In order not to argue with you, we already ate four or five by ourselves when we were still in the Northwest! Even Momo ate a whole melon by himself! "

Xing Xing, "As you said, don't argue with us!"

Taotao immediately turned her face and refused to admit it, "We don't fight, it doesn't mean we don't eat!"

The crowd laughed.

Then eat melons together.

Everyone praised this melon for being so sweet...

The atmosphere was a little calmer.

However, when eating melons, Fan Heng noticed the Bai family's eating habits.

——The melon pan was first delivered to Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren, the two elders in the family. When Bai Zhenggan took a piece of melon, Tang Liren would take an adjacent piece of melon. Then it was Song Sui's turn, who was still a guest. Song Sui also took a piece of melon...

The next step is to take it according to the seniority. It starts from Bai Dong and waits until Xing Xing, who is at the end of the second generation, has finished taking it. Red beans are first given to Fan Heng, and she will take it after Fan Heng takes it.

And Sigu's two children, Feifei and Momo, were so young, and they knew that they would take it after the older brothers and sisters took it... They even knew that they had to take the melon in sequence.

——The family of the fourth aunt has been out of town, and today is the first time to come back. If even Sigu's children understand such family rules, it proves that Sigu also grew up in such a family environment, so that she can naturally raise her children.

Fan Heng suddenly felt a little sad.

He looked at the red beans.

Hongdou immediately gave him an encouraging smile: Don't worry, I will protect you!

He was very moved, but he also knew... Such a good family, no wonder he was not allowed to interact with Hongdou. If he was a member of this family, I am afraid he would not agree.

Fan Heng was heartbroken.

After eating the melon, Taotao said, "Let's have dinner then!"

But when the dishes were served, Fan Heng was taken aback again!

Today is a welcome feast for the fourth aunt's family by the Bai family. Of course, it is very rich. Of course, there are hard vegetables such as braised pork, steamed fish, and yellow braised chicken, and there are also many vegetables...

But this table is full of various dishes, and the placement of each dish is exquisite.

For example, there is a dish of stir-fried green vegetables with shiitake mushrooms. All the tender green vegetables have their stems facing outward, and they are placed in a circle along the disk, and the mushrooms are piled in the middle. Each mushroom has its hat facing up. , it looks good!

Other dishes cannot be styled like this one, so two beautiful flowers are placed on the side of the plate, or they are decorated with thin slices of carrots carved into flowers, and two pieces of mint are directly picked. Leaves, placed on top of the dish.

Every dish is like a work of art.

Tao Tao laughed at Xing Xing, "If the third sister was here today, she would definitely have to curse... With your level of presentation, everyone will laugh at you! No wonder no one wants you!"

Apricot: ? ? ?

Song Sui hurriedly said, "Someone wants someone else!"

The crowd laughed.

Xing Xing glared at Song Sui and scolded: "What's the matter with you!"

Then he sighed again, "What's the use of putting on a good-looking plate, in the end it's going to be eaten in the stomach!"

Tang Liren felt distressed when Song Sui was scolded by Xing Xing and lowered her head, so she scolded: "Bai Xingzi, you can do it hard..."

Bai Zhenggan patted the old wife's thigh at the right time under the dining table, and gave her another wink.

Tang Liren looked at Fan Heng and Song Sui, only to feel a headache. She helped her forehead, and finally turned her head and yelled at Bai Zhenggan, "What are you still doing! Start the meal! My little grandson is still waiting to eat!"

Bai Zhenggan had no choice but to pick up his chopsticks, took a sip of the dish symbolically, put it in his bowl, and then ordered everyone, "Let's start the meal!"

This time, what shocked Fan Heng was that it wasn't the rules and upbringing of the Bai family when they ate.

Rather...

In his opinion, these dishes are already exquisite... like a picture scroll, but the fourth aunt still doesn't like it? And looking at it like this, it seems that the Bai family is also used to decorating dishes like this? ? ?

Fan Heng was holding the bowl and chopsticks, and he couldn't hold the vegetables for a long time.

Now that the family's economic conditions are good, the Bai family ordered a large round table and bought a turntable.

So everyone wants to eat what kind of food, just need to see clearly when others are not picking up the food, turn the turntable, and you can turn the favorite dish to yourself.

Hongdou has been taking care of Fan Heng.

"Fan Heng, eat this yellow braised chicken, my milk's specialty!"

"This fish is delicious, you have to be careful of the thorns."

"Try a piece of braised pork, there is a secret recipe for our braised pork."

"It's sweet and sour meat,