Chapter 1079

After a while, they heard Liu Guilan shout:

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

Wang An agreed and walked into the house.

When Wang An finished washing his face and brushing his teeth, the food and porridge were all set 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 in the morning. Everyone, have a taste and see how they are."

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, everyone looked at Huang Li, which immediately made Huang Li feel embarrassed. She said with some awkwardness:

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

It had to be said that Huang Li was getting into her role quite quickly. On the second day after arriving, she 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 staring at 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, what are you going to the outer room to eat for?"

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

"Look, this child has been like this since she came over. She won't sit at the table no matter what, 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 house doesn't have so many rules. Hurry up and sit at the table."

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

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

Before Huang Li could finish, Wang An said very unhappily:

"Listen to what your grandmother says, still listening to your grandmother... what era is it now? 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 dawdle. From now on, we'll all eat at the same table."

Mu Xueqing also added:

"Oh, I told you yesterday, just treat this place like your own home. Whatever work you did at home, do the same here. No one will say anything to you. But you, you're acting like a stranger."

Seeing that Wang An was upset, Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing were also unhappy. Only then did Huang Li move her feet and sit down on the chair at the table.

Until this moment, Wang Dazhu, the nominal head of the family, said:

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

Although people didn't pay much attention to landlords and capitalists at this time—to be precise, basically no one cared anymore—

many things involving class enemies were not to be underestimated. In any case, it was better to be quiet and low-key.

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

"Little An, from now on, this seniority needs to be changed. Little Huang isn't two years younger than you. You're acting like an uncle. 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:

"That's right. Yesterday, Little Li opened her mouth and called me 'Grandmother,' which gave me a fright. If you dare to mess up the seniority outside again, see if I don't let your father beat you."

As she spoke, Liu Guilan glared at Wang An.

To be honest, Wang An also felt that the previous way of addressing each other was very awkward—especially awkward. It was better to call each other brother and sister.

So Wang An laughed dryly a few times, agreed hurriedly, and turned 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 big bite.

It had to be said that these buns were steamed quite well. The filling was pork fat mixed with hazel mushrooms, and the dough was a mix of two flours.

After a bite of the bun, Wang An couldn't help but praise:

"The filling of this bun is really great. Delicious, super delicious."

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

However, the most commonly eaten ones, which had the best taste and the 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 numerous, it was best to peel the skin off before eating them, or stew them for a while longer, otherwise, you might easily get diarrhea.

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

There was no other way; the mushroom resources were too abundant, so naturally, one had to pick 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 and shouted: "Delicious, really delicious."

The collective praise of Wang An's family finally made Huang Li blush and smile.

While eating, the family persuaded Huang Li again.

The main content of the persuasion was to be more comfortable at home, not to be so restrained, and that there were no such broken rules at home.

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 of not having enough, and don't worry about being disliked or scolded for eating too much. This family didn't lack that bit of food, and there weren't so many rules.

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

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

That's right, that feeling was having 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 a meal, Wang An, with his big frame, only ate 6 buns, while Huang Li ate a full 8, and also drank a large bowl of corn porridge.

Of course, this was the result of Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing constantly adding buns to Huang Li's plate.

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.

You have to know that the time Wang An returned after being reborn and went to the county town, whether it was his mother-in-law Liu Ruxin or Mu Xueqing, each of them ate ten or so meat buns before they were full.

After the meal, 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 and walked toward the wires and such.

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

This was a project that was truly not small.