Da Bao, however, looked at Xiao Bao, "But Mom didn’t buy any new clothes for herself?"
Yet she bought clothes for them.
"Then let Dad take Mom to buy some clothes," Xiao Bao took over the conversation, not seeing any problem with what he said.
Dad often bought things for mom.
"Yes, when Dad gets back, I’ll talk to him."
Despite their young age, they have seen their father buy things to please their mother, so it didn’t seem awkward to them to say this now.
Yun Xiaoxiao was holding meat, heading to the kitchen to make meat patties. Her Grandma was from the Northeast and liked flour-based dishes, and she knew how to make some as well.
After mixing the meat filling, she started to prepare the dough.
The leftover meat was put in the cabinet, and the meat filling and dough were all covered with a pot lid.
"Da Bao, Da Bao, go and pick some green onions," she called.
Da Bao, who was playing outside, answered, "Mom, I’m on it."
He didn’t go alone, he also took Xiao Bao with him.
Today, Zhao Tianlei was helping at Brother Zhao Zhao Tianxiang’s house.
"Third Brother, I heard sister-in-law went to town today?" Zhao Tianhe, who also came to help build a house, asked upon hearing this.
Last time sister-in-law went to town, there were rumors that she left the children behind and ran away.
That caused quite a scene.
"She went to buy some things, are you curious?"
How could he not be curious?
"Sister-in-law was heading to town, why didn’t you accompany her, Third Brother? Elder Brother and the others building the house won’t finish in a moment; a little delay wouldn’t have mattered," he said, changing his tone.
Zhao Tianhe then added, "Da Li took Cuihua to town as well, wonder if they’ll bump into each other?"
"If they rode bicycles, they wouldn’t meet."
This outing brought them quite a sum of money, and Da Li was about to get married, partly thanks to this money.
"Third Brother, when are we going to the mountain? It’d be great to make some cured meat."
Nowadays, hunting in the mountains was split half for the collective and half for personal use, minor things need no division, but a big boar should be shared.
If it hadn’t been for the fact that it wasn’t time yet, Zhao Tianlei would have dropped what he was doing and gone home to check.
"Mom, Mom, look, this is the red string Little Aunt gave me, isn’t it pretty?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianlei also turned toward the voice, it was Sanya.
"Did you thank your Little Aunt?"
"I did, I did, she gave quite a few, big sister and second sister have them too."
Xiao Mao said from the side, "I don’t have one."
"You are a boy; of course, you don’t have one. Do you see Da Bao and Xiao Bao having any?"
Hearing their conversation, Zhao Tianlei smiled. It seemed his wife had returned, and Sanya and the others had gone over.
She even bought hair ties for Sanya and the others.
"Sister-in-law is back so soon?"
Zhao Tianhe was also somewhat surprised, speaking of Cao Cao, and there he was.
"It’s dirty here, take your brother back," she planned to work a bit longer, then head home to cook.
The helpers were to be fed; otherwise, who would come to help at home.
After eating, Zhao Tianlei headed home.
He had just arrived home when he heard a voice from the kitchen.
"Lower the fire a bit, or it might burn..."
"Mom, can we eat now?"
"Mom, it smells so good..."
The two youngsters could hardly wait to stand on a stool to appear taller, eager to see the meat patties in the pot, yearning for the Pot Pies their mom made.
"Cook it a bit longer, it will smell even better."
The two youngsters obediently responded, but their bright eyes were fixed on the pot, almost drooling.