Chapter 1062: A quite significant project

After a while, Liu Guilan shouted:

"Little An, hurry up and wash your face. It's time to eat."

Wang An agreed and walked into the house.

By the time Wang An finished washing his face and brushing his teeth, the food and porridge were all laid out on the table.

As soon as Wang An sat at the table, he heard Liu Guilan say with a smile:

"The steamed buns this morning were made by Little Li early this morning. Everyone, have a taste and see how they are."

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, everyone looked at Huang Li, which immediately made her feel embarrassed. She said somewhat awkwardly:

"I didn't know what you all liked to eat, so I just thought of steaming some buns."

It had to be said, Huang Li was getting into her role quite quickly. On the second day after arriving, she had already started taking the initiative to get up early to cook.

At this moment, Huang Li didn't sit at the table, but stood beside it like an ancient maid, as if waiting for instructions from Wang An's family at any time.

Seeing this, Wang An hurriedly called out to Huang Li:

"What are you doing standing there, Niece? Hurry up and sit at the table to eat."

Huang Li hurriedly waved her hand and said:

"You eat, you eat. I'll just eat in the outer room in a while."

Liu Guilan said with dissatisfaction:

"The food is all on the table, why go to the outer room to eat?"

Turning her head, Liu Guilan said to Wang An with displeasure:

"Look at this. The child has been like this since she was coaxed over last night. She says she won't sit at the table, insisting on eating in the outer room. You hurry up and talk to her."

Wang An frowned and looked at Huang Li:

"Since you've come here, we're all family. Our family doesn't have that many rules. Hurry up and sit at the table."

Huang Li lowered her head and said in a very small voice:

"I heard my grandma say that when she worked for the landlord, she couldn't sit at the table, and they all ate the landlord's leftovers..."

Before Huang Li could finish, Wang An said unhappily:

"Listen to what your grandma says, listen to what your grandma says... what era is this, and you're still listening to what your grandma says? If our family were landlords, we would have been beaten to death long ago. Hurry up and sit at the table to eat, don't drag it out. From now on, we'll all eat at one table."

Mu Xueqing also added:

"Sigh, I told you last night, just treat this place like your own home. Do the work here just like you did at home. No one will say anything to you. You, on the other hand, are acting like a stranger."

Seeing Wang An's face drop, Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing were also unhappy. Only then did Huang Li move her feet and sit down on a chair at the table.

Not until this moment did Wang Dazhu, the nominal head of the family, say:

"Eating at one table is right. If people were to say our family is a landlord family, that would be terrible."

Although at this time, things like landlords and capitalists were no longer taken seriously—or more accurately, basically no one cared—

many things involving class enemies were still not to be underestimated. Anyway, it was better to be low-key.

After a pause, Wang Dazhu said to Wang An with great dissatisfaction:

"Little An, this seniority also needs to be changed in the future. Little Huang isn't even two years younger than you. You've become an 'Uncle'—that's not right. From now on, in our family, she'll call you 'Brother,' call Xueqing 'Sister-in-law,' call me 'Uncle,' and call your mother 'Aunt.' That's the only appropriate way to address each other."

After Wang Dazhu finished speaking, Liu Guilan also said with dissatisfaction:

"Exactly. Last night, Little Li opened her mouth and called me 'Grandma,' which gave me a fright. If you dare to mess up the seniority outside again in the future, see if I don't let your father beat you."

As she spoke, Liu Guilan glared at Wang An.

To tell the truth, Wang An also felt the previous address was very awkward, especially awkward. It was better to address each other as brother and sister.

So Wang An gave a few dry laughs, hurriedly agreed, turned his head, and said to Huang Li:

"Little Li, did you hear that? Your seniority has been raised. From now on, call me 'Brother,' and call my father 'Uncle.'"

Huang Li naturally nodded repeatedly.

Wang An picked up a steamed bun and took a huge bite.

It had to be said, the steamed buns were quite good. The filling was made of pork fat mixed with hazel mushrooms, and the dough was made of two types of flour.

After one bun went down, Wang An couldn't help but praise:

"This bun filling is seasoned very well. Delicious, absolutely delicious."

In the local area, there were many types of mushrooms, and many types were edible.

However, the ones most commonly eaten, mainly because of their best taste and largest quantity, were hazel mushrooms, red mushrooms, poplar mushrooms, birch mushrooms, and grass mushrooms.

As for pine mushrooms, although they were edible and tasted okay, and were also very abundant, it was best to peel the skin off before eating, or stew them for a long time. Otherwise, if not handled properly, they could easily cause diarrhea.

Therefore, although the quantity of pine mushrooms was the largest, the locals rarely picked them. Even if they did, they only picked the small, tender ones.

There was no way around it; the mushroom resources were just too abundant, so naturally, people chose the good ones to eat.

After Wang An finished praising, Wang Dazhu and the others also expressed their appreciation for the buns.

Even the two little sisters followed along, shouting: "Delicious, really delicious."

The collective praise from Wang An's family finally made Huang Li smile with a blushing face.

While eating, the family persuaded Huang Li again.

The main content of the persuasion was to be more at ease at home, not to be so reserved, and that there weren't that many broken rules in the family.

Especially when eating, reach out with your chopsticks for whatever you want to eat, eat as much as you can, and eat until you're full. Don't be afraid that there won't be enough, and don't worry about being disliked or scolded for eating too much. This family doesn't lack that bit of food, and there aren't that many rules.

In fact, a person's appetite is determined by the oil in their stomach. As long as there is oil in the stomach, the person's appetite will naturally decrease.

Under the persuasion of the family, Huang Li, who was only 17 years old, finally had the smile that someone of her age should have, and there was finally the light that someone of her age should have in her eyes.

That's right, the feeling was that there was light.

It was as if a person had put down a lot of heavy thoughts, had no more worries and fears, and was full of hope and expectation for future life.

After the meal, Wang An's big frame had eaten 6 buns, while Huang Li had eaten a full 8, and also drank a large bowl of porridge.

Of course, this was the result of Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing actively adding buns for Huang Li.

Because whether it was Liu Guilan or Mu Xueqing, they knew too well how much a person should eat when there was no oil in their stomach.

One had to know that the first time Wang An went to the county town after being reborn, whether it was his mother-in-law Liu Ruxin or Mu Xueqing, each of them had eaten more than ten meat buns to be full.

After eating, Huang Li took the initiative to clean up the bowls and chopsticks. No one said anything about this, because Liu Guilan was also busy helping.

And Wang An didn't even look at these things, but walked toward the electric wires.

Taking advantage of not having to go into the mountains to guard the autumn crops today, Wang An wanted to arrange all the electric wires in the house and install all the electric lights.

This was a quite significant project.

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