Manbao was not happy to leave, so she made an excuse to stay. Once her brothers and sisters-in-law left, she found a chair in the lobby and sat down.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang sat next to her on the left and right, looking over with sharp eyes from time to time. As soon as the young lady left, Man Bao wandered over to watch Zhou Lixue.
The three of them subconsciously lowered their heads to avoid her gaze.
Man Bao was about the same age as them, a few months younger than Zhou Lixue, but he raised his chin with authority and asked, "Tell me, whose young lady is that?"
Bai Shan said: "I just heard you calling Sister Jing."
Man Bao: "She is older than you? She looks about the same as me, but she seems to be smaller."
Zhou Lixue: "For all regular customers, the women are sisters and the men are brothers, regardless of age."
Man Bao and the other three were stunned for a moment, and then they all gave him a thumbs up, awesome!
Zhou Lixue (Third Head) quietly glanced upstairs, and then whispered to Man Bao: "She is the eldest daughter of Mr. Jing's family on the other side of the street."
Man Bao suddenly remembered, "I remember, it seems that Lijun told me."
Zhou Lixue thought, indeed, the old Zhou family has no secrets.
Of course Zhou Lixue and the others would know that it was not Zhou Lijun who told them, but Zhou Liwei who confessed to them after they saw it themselves.
After all, I often come to the restaurant and see it often, so I noticed it.
Since my sister-in-law also knows about it, there is no psychological barrier for them to whisper about Zhou Liwei (Second Head) behind his back.
There are many people who come to Zhouji Restaurant to buy food, and there are also many young and unmarried ladies. When everyone is young and admiring, they naturally pay more attention to good-looking people.
Zhou Lixue whispered: "Second brother used to like the young lady from the Jing family. Every time the young lady from the Jing family came to buy steamed pork with rice noodles, second brother would always add an extra piece of meat to each bowl for her."
Manbao was stunned and asked: "How to add it?"
Their meat is placed very densely, one bowl after another, and it is absolutely impossible to fit another piece of meat into it.
Zhou Lixue paused and then said: "Just put it on the meat. That's not the key. The key is that Mr. Jing found out later."
Zhou Lixue thought for a while and then said: "Not long after my sister and you went to the Western Regions, the young lady from the Jing family stopped coming to our restaurant to buy steamed meat. As time went by, the second brother put this matter aside."
The two of them only communicated about buying and selling steamed meat. Their liking depended on their face and temperament. Even if they liked each other, their relationship gradually faded away after they stopped seeing each other.
Later, Zhou Liwei and Miss Lan got engaged, and this relationship disappeared with the wind.
Zhou Lixue was still muttering a little, "The second brother knew that the eldest wife of our Mr. Lan's family liked him at that time, and he was so proud. Huh, what's the point? In the future, when the fourth brother and I have accomplished our studies, the girls who like us will like us even more."
Many."
Man Bao asked: "How to calculate success in learning?"
Zhou Lixue was very confident and said: "You have to pass the Ming Jing exam, right?"
Man Bao nodded, "If you can pass the Ming Jing exam, you have indeed achieved something in your studies. Then you have to work hard. The Ming Jing exam is not easy."
"We know that we have been studying very hard recently."
Seeing that the topic was about to change, Bai Shan pulled it back and asked, "Then why is she here again now?"
Zhou Lixue said: "Maybe it's because our steamed pork is delicious."
He said: "I am not boasting, my mother's steamed pork is the only one in the capital."
Everyone looked at him silently, and he paused for a moment before saying, "Of course, it's not all because of this. The second brother also has some reasons."
He lowered his voice and said, "Don't you think the way she looks at my second brother is different from before?"
Zhou Ligu (four heads) and Bai Shuping nodded together, which was different.
Zhou Lixue wanted to speak, but when he caught a glimpse of the door of the store, he immediately stood up and shouted: "Second sister-in-law!"
Everyone looked back together and saw a young lady in a light green skirt standing at the door carrying a basket. She was probably out of breath because she was walking too fast.
It was the little lady of the Lan family whom Man Bao had met several times. She had a nice name called Lan Xin.
Lan Xin's eyes turned around in the store, but she saw Zhou Man instead of the person she wanted to see. She was startled, and then her face turned red. She glared at Zhou Lixue who was yelling in anger, and then blushed.
He stepped forward to salute Zhou Man, but after saluting, he found that the most appropriate title for her was to follow Zhou Liwei, "Sister-in-law..."
When Man Bao saw her face turned red, he raised his hand with a smile and said, "No need to be polite, no need to be polite. Are you here to see Li Wei? He is greeting guests upstairs."
Lan Xin wanted to say no, but before she could open her mouth, Manbao had already shouted upstairs: "Liwei, your future daughter-in-law is here, come down quickly -"
The tips of Lan Xin's ears turned red and she stood aside with her head lowered.
Zhou Liwei ran down in a hurry and saw that there were only his family and Lan Xin in the lobby, and there were two tables of guests who were still sitting there. He breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward with a smile, took the basket from her hand and said, "Why?"
You’re here now, your family won’t be having dinner just now, right?”
Lan Xin blushed and said, "We had already eaten, but my father suddenly had friends come to visit. They wanted to drink. The stove at home was cold, and it was inconvenient to turn it on again in winter, so I thought of going out to buy it."
When Zhou Liwei heard this, in addition to steaming the meat, he also went to the kitchen to ask his sixth uncle to cook two dishes for her to go with wine and put them on her plate. Lan Xin quickly waved her hand and said: "No, no need..."
"It's okay. The fire in our stove hasn't gone out anyway, and the dishes are all ready. It's very convenient."
Liu Lang was very experienced. Not only did he stir-fry the vegetables, he also said to Zhou Liwei: "Go and serve a bowl of beans. Beans are the only way to go with wine. The beans in our restaurant are fried by your aunt, so it's best to go with wine."
Zhou Liwei went there, filled the basket with two layers, and then carried it to send her off.
Although it was night now, the capital was very safe, but Zhou Liwei still didn't trust her to go back alone. He thought that the guests in the restaurant would probably have to eat for a while, so he sent her back with a basket.
Lan Xin whispered: "I can go back by myself, my sister-in-law and the others are still here."
"Well, just because my sister-in-law and the others are in the store, I can safely take you back. Let's go. It's cold at night, there are fewer people on the street than before, and there are fewer lights. It's better for me to take you back."
Zhou Liwei, Man Bao and others said hello and sent Lan Xin out. Man Bao and the others were very happy to watch them go out. After walking away, they immediately sat down around Zhou Li's school and asked in a low voice: "What next, what next?"
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Zhou Lixue also withdrew his gaze and said in the same low voice: "Then the second brother will avoid her. Every time he comes, he will walk away as long as he can. If he can't walk away, he will sell her meat for business, but not as much as before.