Maisui wanted to invite Gumi to her house for dinner. After all, Lin Lan left a good amount of meat and veggies back at home.
Then, Eldest Sister-in-law greeted Lin Lan and the others, “There is no room to sit on the kang anymore, so you guys should come to the main room to eat. There are even small benches to sit on.”
When Second Sister-in-Law Han saw that they were all leaving, she became even more excited and asked her children to eat quickly.
Lin Lan led the children away to the main room, thinking that they were all the same dishes anyway, so there was nothing in particular they were missing out on.
When she got to the main room, she realised that the Eldest Sister-in-law had become more crafty. Most of the dishes here were the ones that were brought by Lin Lan, which were of a greater variety than those on the south kang.
Eldest Sister-in-law Han divided the chopsticks and said to Dawang, “Hurry up and eat to make sure you eat your fill.”
Dawang didn’t have much of an appetite. This was his favourite dish of meat, but for some reason, eating it here and having it back at home was an entirely different experience for him.
He didn’t even bother to move his chopsticks.
Sanwang didn’t care. After all, his motto was to eat till his belly was full before talking about anything else.
At any rate, it was good that he didn’t have to eat Xiaofu’s snot.
At the same time, Old Lady Han happily exclaimed, “Now that Old Three is back, our family has another New Year’s Eve dinner together. Sigh, it’s just that Old Four isn’t here. If he was here, our family would be able to be reunited.”
Judging from her tone, it almost seemed like the ones considered family were seated at that table. The wives and grandchildren who sat on the north kang were apparently not part of the family.
Lin Lan pretended not to hear it and didn’t bother to pay attention.
Eldest Sister-in-law Han sneered and said to Lin Lan, “See? They only did this much and they still dared to ask you all to come over for a meal? The meat they made were so little in total and yet, they chose to serve them on that kang. She feels heartbroken when we or our children have a sip of that meat broth but in actuality, the dishes you serve are more delicious than mine and they have more meat.”
She asked several children to eat quickly.
When the family was not separated, Eldest Sister-in-law Han worked hard and seldom spoke up, but now she felt that she couldn’t help it. It was especially apparent in front of Lin Lan, the sister-in-law who separated her family to live a good life, so she didn’t intend or try to hide her words at all.
Lin Lan also understood her.
Now that Han Qingsong didn’t have to hand his salary to the family and there weren’t any subsidies from his job as a military man, life at home was not that good.
But it couldn’t be worse than it was before. After all, there was Lin Lan and her five children in the past. Currently, Han Qinghua is not a burden on the family and Han Jinyu could finally earn some work points.