Chapter 246 - Chapter 246: Chapter 244: The Sensible YingEr and the Stubborn Di Yelei (1/2)

Chapter 246: Chapter 244: The Sensible YingEr and the Stubborn Di Yelei

In the afternoon, Ms. Zhao arrived.

She started wailing outside the Di Family’s home and refused to enter, even after Liu Sisi’s repeated invitations, attracting the barking of the two dogs, Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua.

Curious, YingEr occasionally peeked outside, puzzled by her grandmother’s actions.

Ms. Zhao sat on the Di Family’s doorstep, cursing continuously, accusing Elderly Mr. Di of being ungrateful, of abandoning his wife, of enjoying his luxurious life by himself, and more…

Since morning, Elderly Mr. Di had been sitting in front of the kitchen stove, listening to Ms. Zhao’s accusations without responding or leaving the house, lost in his thoughts.

Ms. Zhao cursed until it was almost dark, then left with a hoarse voice from all the wailing.

Di Yelei and the others worked until nightfall to finish rearranging the rooms. They moved the children’s small beds into the divided room, set up Elderly Mr. Di’s bamboo bed, and finally finished their tasks.

The dinner was prepared with Guihua’s help, and the two spent the entire afternoon making dumplings.

Liu Sisi brought various ingredients like baby bok choy, turnip leaves, Chinese chives, and scallions, along with the family’s chicken eggs, small dried shrimp, lard residue, and roe deer meat, to prepare a variety of dumpling fillings, filling up the entire table.

That evening, as everyone finished their work, the dumplings were ready.

“Come, come, everyone eat!”

Liu Sisi served the dumplings in separate categories, filling the table, and invited everyone to share with a smile.

“We have many seasonings here – soybean sauce, vinegar, and chili sauce. You can dip the dumplings in whatever you like, and don’t be shy with the portions.”

As she spoke, she stood up with a small bowl and carefully filled it with one of each type of dumpling, before placing it in front of her father-in-law at the head of the table.

“Father, what kind of sauce do you want? Sisi will get it for you.”

Elderly Mr. Di protectively covered his bowl, uttering with great effort: “Eat, everyone… eat, help yourselves!”

Only when Elderly Mr. Di started using his chopsticks did everyone else begin to eat the dumplings.

YingEr tried a shrimp and egg dumpling, and unable to resist, picked up another one and handed it to Elderly Mr. Di.

“Grandfather, this dumpling is so delicious! You should try it too!”

After she finished, she flashed a sweet smile at Elderly Mr. Di.

This scene made Liu Sisi’s heart flutter, fearing that Elderly Mr. Di might refuse to eat the dumpling offered by YingEr. After all, many older people in this era didn’t like girls, considering them a financial burden.

The others also paused their chopsticks and secretly observed the scene before them, feeling somewhat awkward.

YingEr seemed oblivious to everyone’s thoughts, smiling sweetly with her head tilted as she watched her grandfather.

At the sight of her smile, Elderly Mr. Di frozen, it took him a while to reach out his trembling hand and gently pat YingEr’s head.

“Good…eat, eat!”

“Thank you, grandfather.”

YingEr smiled sweetly once more before returning to her seat.

Everyone else released the tension in their hearts and continued eating the dumplings, exchanging relieved smiles.

That night, Di Yelei eagerly awaited, having bathed early.

Deprived of meat for so long, he was already incredibly envious, his eyes seemingly shooting sparks as he stared at Liu Sisi.