Seeing his mother and wife entering the door, Xu Dong quickly stepped forward and took the sack from Yang Lina's hand. This sack seemed to be quite heavy, and it was indeed very heavy in the hand. He couldn't help but curiously said:
"What is it? Why is it so heavy?"
"It's potatoes. I bought twenty catties." Yang Lina replied casually.
"How...why did you buy so much at once?"
Xu's mother turned around and explained proactively: "Vegetable prices have risen sharply recently, and potatoes are durable. Buying more can save some money."
"You really know how to live a good life!" Xu Dong said with a wry smile.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes are foods that he never wants to touch again in his life. After all, he ate them for nearly ten years in his previous life, not every day, but every meal.
I didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time. After all, I was happy if I had enough to eat. But after I was reborn, I didn't know if things must be reversed at the extremes. Anyway, the sight of it made me sick to my stomach.
Xu's mother glared at her younger son fiercely, "Who is he? If you don't know how to speak, just shut up."
Xu Dong quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
Yang Lina took the opportunity to raise the convenience bag in her hand, and said to her husband: "We also bought a turbot fish, which will be braised in braise in the evening. It must taste very good."
The dinner was very sumptuous, including fish and meat. Xu’s mother also chopped a whole dried goose to make a hot pot. Although the goose meat was a bit fat, it tasted really great.
After having enough wine and food, Xu Dong suddenly patted the dining table, attracting everyone's attention.
"Ahem, Dad, Mom, Nana, I have an idea that I want to discuss with you." Xu Dong said as he looked at a few people.
"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Xu Ma was still as strong as ever.
"Well, isn't it Coco and Lele's birthday the day after tomorrow? I want to hold a party for them at home."
"What...body?" Xu Ma didn't understand.
Yang Lina explained: "Mom, Dongzi is talking about the birthday party."
The Coco sisters were very happy. Many classmates in the class had held parties. They had also participated in several parties of their close classmates, so naturally they wanted to have their own party.
"Is this necessary?"
After all, Xu Ma is a person who is used to saving money, and she has always disdained such fancy things.
The twins' faces fell.
Xu Dong immediately advised:
"Mom, there are many classmates in Keke's class who have held birthday parties. If our family doesn't hold one, wouldn't it embarrass your granddaughter?
Moreover, the two of them may be ostracized by their classmates because of this."
"Is there such a saying?" Xu Ma was stunned.
Yang Lina assisted and said: "Mom, it is indeed possible. Besides, it doesn't cost much to host a banquet. How about hosting one?"
"Grandma..." Lele grabbed Xu Ma's arm and said coquettishly.
Keke followed the same example and grabbed Xu’s father’s arm:
"Grandpa is the best! Grandpa..."
Father Xu immediately surrendered and said with a smile: "Okay, stop shaking it, grandpa agrees, isn't it okay?"
Seeing that the whole family agreed, Xu's mother agreed and the birthday party was scheduled for the evening of April 10th.
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In a blink of an eye, April 10th arrived. Starting at two o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Ma and Yang Lina began to deal with the ingredients needed for the birthday party.
Xu Dong specially found colorful ribbons and balloons and decorated the courtyard a little to create an atmosphere.
After school, before five o'clock, the Coco sisters came back with three of their usually close classmates.
The three classmates were one boy and two girls. One of the female classmates had been to the courtyard house several times before and knew Xu Ma.
In addition to the three classmates, Xu's mother also invited Wang Xiujuan's family, but they haven't arrived yet.
It was the granddaughters' birthday, and Xu's father also got off work early for a rare occasion. He also prepared a birthday gift for the two of them, which were two identical telephone watches.
"Welcome to our home, classmates." Xu Dong greeted us with a smile as he stood in the yard.
"Hello, uncle!" Several classmates were very polite.
Xu Dong led everyone into the living room, turned on the TV, turned around and left. As an adult, he could not play with the children.
As soon as Xu Dong left, Coco picked up the snack box on the table and distributed snacks to the classmates.
"This is delicious, I guarantee you haven't eaten it before."
Everyone said it was delicious after eating it. One of the male classmates said that he had not touched snacks for two months, which aroused the resonance of the other two female classmates.
"Does your family have no money to buy snacks?" Lele asked curiously.
The male classmate curled his lips: "It's not that I don't have money, it's that I can't buy it even if I have money. The supermarket has long sold out."
"Lele, where do your snacks come from?" a female classmate asked immediately.
Lele thought for a while and explained: "My family used to run a convenience store, maybe it was the leftovers sold in the store!"
In fact, Xu Dong purchased all the snacks in advance, and there were more than a thousand boxes in total, which was a very considerable amount.
After a while, Wang Xiujuan also arrived, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Zheng Yan, and her grandchildren. The whole family except the man of the house was all present.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, the birthday banquet officially started. The banquet was a buffet style, and the dining place was under the grape trellis.
Xu Ma and Yang Lina cooked six dishes in total, including potato and chicken nuggets, braised pomfret, fried bacon with green pepper, tomatoes mixed with sugar, fried cabbage and kelp and ham soup.
Generous portions!
Drinks include coke and orange juice.
The staple food is rice.
Not to mention several classmates, even Wang Xiujuan was dumbfounded by this formation. Meat is hard to find in the market nowadays. She didn't expect Lao Zhang's family to be so generous.
Even if their family has internal channels, they can only eat a meal of meat every other day, and the total amount of meat is less than a kilogram.
"Lao Zhang, your family is really secretive!"
Xu's mother smiled and explained: "These are the only ones left at home. Didn't I sell dried chicken before? These are the leftovers."
Wang Xiujuan suddenly remembered that the other party seemed to have sold dried goods, and it was said that they were quite popular in nearby restaurants.
"No wonder! Let me tell you, why do you still have meat at home?"
Originally, Wang Xiujuan wanted to take the opportunity to ask if she could spend some money to buy some meat back, but after thinking about it, she still didn't ask.
She is a decent person, but her skin is not thick enough.
Seeing the children carrying their plates, Xu Dong couldn't wait any longer, so he quickly announced: "Stop talking, we'll start eating right away, otherwise it won't taste good if it gets cold."
"Wow……"
After eating at the buffet for more than an hour, all the food was gone. The adults and children were all full, and they were drinking tea one by one with water cups in their hands.
Fifteen minutes later, Xu Dong personally drove the three classmates home one by one, and each classmate also gave a small bag of snacks.
When she got home, Xu's mother was saying goodbye to Wang Xiujuan and her family, and seemed to be forcing something into each other's hands.
After all the guests had left, Xu Dong immediately asked: "Mom, what did you give Aunt Wang just now? Such a big bag, isn't it all meat?"
"It's up to you to take care of it. Mom is sending things for your own good. Just wait." Xu Ma said vaguely.
Xu Dong was confused after hearing this, why is it still related to him?