Chapter 1499

Zhou Andong scratched his head; he didn't have any money in his pocket, but looking at those expectant eyes and those little hands stretched out, not to mention refusing, even wanting to say give it tomorrow felt like a crime.

"Let's go!" Zhou Andong took Yuan Ying's daughter's little hand: "Big Uncle will take you to get a red envelope."

With so many little ones, Seeing Jian Qiu should have prepared the red envelopes long ago, right?

"Let's go, let's go get red envelopes."

The little girl jumped and let her uncle lead her forward.

Old Fourth and the little fatty led the team, following behind.

The old men were still playing cards, and the women were helping in the kitchen.

In the courtyard, Zhao Hong took someone and became the head of the fire team, burning fire for five large pots.

That security guard named Yu Zhan, wearing an apron, was standing in front of a large pot, frying meatballs.

Looking at his technique of squeezing meatballs and the proficiency of his movements, if one didn't know, one would definitely think that this kid was a cook.

"Chairman!"

"Chairman!"

"..."

Zhao Hong and several others hurriedly greeted, Zhou Andong waved his hand, looked down, and saw a large basin of fried spring rolls placed next to it.

"The spring rolls are all fried."

Yu Zhan didn't stop his hands, and while squeezing meatballs into the oil pan, he said: "Fried spring rolls need to be put into the pot at a low oil temperature; if you fry spring rolls after frying meatballs, the oil temperature will be too high, and the spring rolls will burn as soon as they enter the oil pan."

"There's even this saying."

Zhou Andong bent down and picked up a spring roll; it was golden in color and looked very appetizing. Then, he put it in his mouth and took a crunchy bite.

"Not bad!"

At this time, Yuan Ying and a nanny sent over a basin of cut sweet potatoes.

"Little Yu!" The nanny asked: "Where should I put the sweet potatoes?"

"Put them on the ground." Yu Zhan said: "Just don't get in the way."

Zhou Andong picked up another meatball and put it in his mouth; when he turned his head, he saw more than ten little guys, all looking at him expectantly.

With their little mouths slightly open, it was almost as if drool was about to flow out, especially the little fatty, who stretched out his tongue and kept licking his lips.

Zhou Andong laughed out loud and said to the nanny: "Sister Liu, go to the kitchen and get a small basin, and grab some spring rolls and meatballs for the children."

"Alright." Sister Liu walked quickly into the kitchen.

"You just spoil them." Yuan Ying said helplessly: "They wanted to eat just now, but I didn't let them. They can't stay in the room, and after eating they run around outside, wouldn't they choke on the wind?

Besides, there are guests at home, a big group of children, running around with food, how bad."

Zhou Andong knew that the guests Yuan Ying was talking about were Zhou Xianqiang and the others, after all, they came from Wanwan.

It wasn't just Yuan Ying and the younger generation, even elders like Yuan Hongdang and Yuan Hongzhan were always paying attention to their words and deeds.

It wasn't that they were inferior, but they couldn't let others look down on them. We are poor, but poor in material, not in backbone.

Zhou Andong couldn't say that this was wrong; Yuan Ying was his own cousin, and Yuan Hongdang and Yuan Hongzhan were his own uncles.

Grandpa and Grandma were in-laws with Grandpa and Grandma; as long as Yuan Liying was a daughter-in-law in the Zhou family for one day, this layer of family affection couldn't be cut off.

But compared to Third Old Master Zhou's family, this relationship was much worse, so treating them as guests was understandable.

But this wasn't what Zhou Andong wanted; adults restraining themselves a little was nothing, but greed for food and play was the nature of children, and this couldn't be restricted.

"In this family, there are no guests, only relatives."

Zhou Andong took another meatball and put it in his mouth, saying with a smile.

"Don't say they came from Wanwan, even if they came from outer space, they still have the surname Zhou. Besides, greed for food and play is the nature of children; with me here, none of you want to restrict them."

"Fine, fine, fine, you have the final say, you just spoil them."

Yuan Ying rolled her eyes at him and turned into the kitchen to complain to Seeing Jian Qiu.

"Sister-in-law, you should also talk to my brother. Look at how he spoils the children, each one holding a small basin and eating, covered in oil all over their bodies and mouths."

"This won't do."

Seeing Jian Qiu looked up and got up to walk out of the kitchen, which made Yuan Ying very proud.

"Ningning, eating outside will choke on the wind and cause a stomachache. Bring them into the room to eat, and go play outside after eating."

"Coming!" Old Fourth waved his little hand: "Let's go, let's go into the room to eat."

A group of little ones holding small basins entered the dining room, and Seeing Jian Qiu found napkins and wiped their mouths one by one.

"Eat slowly, we're going to fry lamb skewers in a while, if you eat too much now, you won't be able to eat the lamb skewers."

Hearing Seeing Jian Qiu's words, Yuan Ying could only sigh; they really were a couple.

Zhou Andong watched the children enter the dining room and couldn't help but shake his head; they really were children, they didn't even want the red envelopes when they had food.

"Yu Zhan, how do you have this skill?"

Zhou Andong squatted down, pulled out a piece of wood that had been adjusted in the stove, and stuffed it back.

Yu Zhan said with a smile: "This is my family's skill, my grandpa was a famous chef in the ten miles and eight villages. When I was young, I often went out to work with my grandpa, and I helped with whatever I could, just to be able to eat at the banquet."

"Ha!" Zhou Andong laughed: "It seems that you and I have a common language. When I was young, I learned to play the suona from the old master, also just to be able to eat at the banquet."

Zhao Hong sighed: "I'm not as good, my family members were all farmers, and the skill they knew was farming. And there were many children, and during the New Year, being able to eat a piece of meat the size of a fingernail was already very beautiful."

Another security guard squatting there adding wood to the stove said: "We were really poor when we were young, we couldn't even get enough to eat, and we could only eat meat in our dreams.

Unlike now, life is better, I can't say we eat meat every day, but eating a meal of meat during the New Year and holidays is no problem. Especially children now, they are much more blessed than we were at that time.

Look at the supermarket, the various foods children eat are dazzling, all kinds of them. If I had caught up with this time, I definitely wouldn't have gone to be a soldier."

Zhao Hong asked: "Do you regret being a soldier?"

This security guard shook his head: "I became a soldier because I couldn't get enough to eat, and being a soldier gave me a way to live. As for regret, I can't say. After all, this also gave my life a period of experience worth being proud of and remembering."

"Regret being a soldier for a moment."

Zhou Andong took out a cigarette, bent down to take out a piece of firewood, lit the cigarette, and then threw the more than half pack of cigarettes to Zhao Hong.

"Don't be a soldier, regret for a lifetime."

At this time, the smell of roasted meat drifted over from outside, and Zhao Hong sniffed.

"So fragrant!"

"I'll go out and see."

Zhou Andong turned and walked out, went out the gate, and saw two bonfires burning outside.

The orange-red flames licked the cold air, and in the collision of extreme heat and extreme cold.

A thin layer of mist rose around, making the whole space look a bit distorted.

Two fat sheep were placed on the bonfires, and the grease dripped onto the fire pile, emitting bursts of tempting fragrance.

Accompanied by the sound of popping, sparks splashed everywhere.

Wu Chao and several others were squatting by the bonfires smoking cigarettes, occasionally turning the roasted sheep.

"Beep!"

The sound of a car horn came from the alley entrance, Zhou Andong looked up and saw his car turning in.